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  • Plans for an herb business building is presented to Mona City Council


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.