By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Bacalla Holdings is interested in constructing a herb
business building along 300 South Street in Mona.
Council members directed the Chuck Childress and
Norman Bacalla to complete a concept plan for the business
and then return to the council for further action.
Gordon Newton, Mona property owner, accompanied the
men to the council meeting.
"We would like to see all the details in a concept
plan," said Doran Kay, council member. "We would be
concerned about water, your proposal for water treatment,
your demand for natural gas, and other requirements."
Bacalla is an engineer and is capable of doing the
requested work, that of providing a concept plan.
Bacalla was also directed to meet with the city
planning commission to discuss the project with them.
"In the past, we have frowned on people building west
of the racks because of the meadow there," said Bryce Lynn,
mayor. "A perk test can tell you more than we can tell
you."
The company will construct their own water treatment
facility.
They will need an easement under the railroad line to
bring culinary water to the project.
At present there is an old, galvanized corral tap
which goes under the tracks but that cannot be used and the
railroad requires a new easement application for the line to
be replaced.
That could take some time to obtain.
"We have a city master plan which covers land use
issues," said Kay.
The subject property, may need to be rezoned to meet
the needs of the plant that Bacalla is interested in
building.
"I have an existing business in Springville," said
Bacalla. "I have an international market for the product and
I am interested in breaking out one segment from the
Springville market and bringing it here."
The plant in Mona would be used strictly for
manufacturing, would be considered light industry, and would
employ approximately five people.
As the company is putting together the plan, said Alan
Pay, water master, he would like them to also consider
looping the culinary water line so that it does not dead end
at their property.
A looped line is better for the entire water delivery
system of a community, he said.
Bacalla presented the council with a letter setting
forth his desire to purchase 13.7 acres of land from Cola
Mae Jensen, Gordon L. Newton and Neda Schofield.
"The intent of this letter is for the parties to agree
to permit Bacalla to accomplish due diligence in the
determination of a land use plan, and define the
availability, and cost involved to obtain potable water,
electricity, waste management, ingress and egress road
improvements including the road over the railroad access to
the property, as well as to determine the water bale
situation to establish that there is no marsh or wetlands in
the subject land to be analyzed to establish that these is
no water flood problem to the building site and its
immediate surroundings," read Bacalla.
Bacalla said he was seeking the city council's
approval to build and operate a light manufacturing facility
for the production of herbal ointments, extracts, syrups,
powders, and encapsulation and the agricultural growth and
harvesting of herbal plants such as alfalfa and barley.
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