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An issue that has been mentioned but has received little attention so far is whether the store will
be open or be allowed to sell alcohol on Sundays.
Five of the other six Smith's stores in Utah County -- Pleasant Grove, Provo, American Fork and
Orem -- are prohibited by city ordinance from selling alcohol on Sundays.
City officials do not expect the Sunday issue to be a major factor in the decision-making process
of the commercial project, however.
About half of major retailers in Utah County are open on Sunday.
Nearly 90 percent of Utah County's population are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, which teaches that shopping is not in compliance with proper Sabbath day
observance.
The city seeks input via its Web site on the open-on-Sunday issue.
One of the proposed solutions to the city's problems with the golf course included levying an
$11-a-month fee to help pay the debt. Since some residents have expressed displeasure with the
fee, the city has decided to not move forward with that option for now.
Annual payments of $528,000 are needed for the city to remain current on its golf course loan. In
2007, a balloon payment of $6 million will be due.
City property taxes alone do not generate enough to make the annual payment, government
officials have said. Should Cedar Hills default on its loan, the city stands to lose its $800,000
public safety building as well.
Wal-Mart wanted to build in Cedar Hills last year, but the city fought the store's development
because -- at 160,000 square feet -- the proposed store was too big for the piece of land that was
available.
The Smith's project is a better fit for the land, Hildebrandt said.
Smith's Food and Drug Stores are owned and operated by Kroger Co., the nation's largest
grocery retailer, which has been in business since 1883.
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