Woodford
Wilkerson, property owner, his wife and
daughter, Gay, attended the county commission
meeting to request that the county road be
deeded to Mona city.
By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A Mona land-owner needed a letter of intent from the
county commission so that a surveyor would survey a road so
that a land sale could be made.
Such a letter will be written by Juab County Attorney,
Jared Eldridge, which will outline the intent of the county
to allow roads to be deeded from the county to Mona
City.
Woodford Wilkerson, property owner, his wife and
daughter, Gay, attended county commission meeting to request
that the county road be deeded to the city.
"I plan to sell the property (a portion of what is owned)
to a subdivider," said Wilkerson.
The road in question is a planned county road which was
first designed as a cattle moving road.
"I hope you can help me," said Wilkerson. "My house sits
here (as designated on a property description map) and the
county owns either up to my door or half my house."
A survey needed to be made to determine just where the
county road was located and so that the property could be
adjusted to indicate where a county road was to be
placed.
There is a fence, said Wilkerson, which has been there
for at least 50 years.
"Bro. Jones and I rebuilt the fence along an existing
fence line," he said.
The road in question was discussed six or seven years
ago, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chairman.
A subdivision was built behind the property in question
and, at the time that was being planned, the discussion
occurred that the road needed to be adjusted.
Howarth said he thought it was determined that should be
done.
However, nothing has been done.
"It must have fallen through a hole," said Howarth.
In the past, said Robert Steele, corrections have been
made because the county's intent is, and has been, to work
with landowners.
Nevertheless, a survey needs to be made. Wilkerson said
his surveyor will not do the road survey, since it belongs
to the county, without the county's permission and,
therefore, he needs a written permission from the county or
he needs the county to deed the road to either Wilkerson or
Mona.
"The county doesn't have anything to deed, at present,"
said Craig Sperry, county recorder. "The county has always
cooperated and has deeded over such roads to the city."
The extra property, which appears on the county records,
will be negotiable.
When the surveyor does the work for the road, he needs to
make certain that the road meets the specifications of the
county and of Mona City as to width.
Mona City requires a 66-foot roadway right-of-way.
Gay Wilkerson said she and her parents had gone to Mona's
planning commission and those officials had referred the
Wilkersons to the county, since the roadway belongs to the
county at present.
Wilkerson said his intent was to deed the road to Mona
City.
"Get with our attorney and he will get a letter of intent
ready for you," said Howarth.
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