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Show In Sandburg Elementary Area - UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 67 EAST 3?JD SALT LAKE UT Ruling Delayed On DownzonmgBid obWEST VALLEY. jections prompted the City Commission here Thursday to postpone a decision on the proposed downzoning of the Sandburg elementary area. A ruling is expected tonight (Thursday) at the regularly scheduled 5 oclock commission meeting. Several property owners objected to the proposal to rezone a considerable portion of land from 5200 and 5600 West between 3500 to 4100 South to allowing only single family homes on 8,000 square foot lots. All but one of those protesting the change recommended by the City Planning Commission said they had not been present at that boards hearings on the matter. Much of the land around Sandburg permitelementary is zoned Residents from ting duplexes. Amanda Acres, a single family home subdivision within the area, initiated the downzoning effort to halt the con- -' struction of multiple unit dwellings built in the area. But the influx of new opposition Thursday prompted the City Com g CHANGES . . . Gordon spoke out against to rezone his family's to Garbage Plans mission to delay a decision until the planning staff could review the overall plan and possibly develop a compromise that would not require a by the Planning Commis- perty owners could petition to rezone when their property back to they were ready to develop. That might not be that large of a problem and it could solve a number 8 sion. Objections were voiced primarily by the owners of property along 5450 West at about 3700 South. Roland Evans, 3732 So. 5450 West, pointed out that he had owned land there prior to the construction of Amanda Acres subdvision. e Evans said he had retirement plans to build duplexes on the property, which he had paid taxes I should have a on since the 1940s. over done with whats my propersay ty rather than Amanda Acres, he said. Following his remarks, Commissioner Renee Mackay questioned whether the city had a right to dictate zoning to people who had owned, and paid taxes, on land for a considerable amount of time. Commissioner Jerry Wagstaff suggested that if approval was given to the overall plan, those objecting pro long-rang- - Local Help Is Being Requested technical evaluations are proceeding and, by March, policy decisions are needed on whether to proceed and, if so, in which direction, he added. A local government policy body will be needed to look at the political and financial issues, who is involved and now, Jefferies said. A special services district under the county or enabling legislation similar to that which arranged funding for the Utah Transit Authority are options that may be considered for financing the waste recovery system, he noted. Decisions also will be needed on whether to produce steam or electricity from recoverable garbage and where to locate a conversion plant. Jefferies said there are markets for both. Utah Power and Light has shown an interest in electricity, while Stauffer Chemical Co. and Hill AFB have expressed similar feelings about steam, he noted. In both cases, however, prospective compurchasers want long-tim- e mitments, requiring cities to commit their waste to the project on a longterm basis. UP&L, he noted, wants a SO. SALT LAKE. Landfills to handle garbage in Salt Lake and Davis counties will be reaching capacity in the next 10 years. Sometime within that period, the cost of converting substantial amounts of garbage into energy will fall below that of maintaining a landfill, analysts predict. But, to ensure that solid waste recovery and energy production become a reality by the late 1980s, policy decisions need to be made now by local government officials. That was the message delivered here Friday to County Council of Government (COG) officials by the Wasatch Front Regional Council, which is drafting the second phase of a study on the resource recovery process. COG members responded by endorsing an interlocal agreement which pledges the support of all cities, as well as the governments of Salt Lake and Davis counties to completion of the study. Before the agreement is complete, however, mayors endorsing the project will have to receive the support of their fellow commission members or city councils. Local government leaders will be responsible for key policy decisions necessary to implement the project when the second phase of the study is completed, said Wilbur Jefferies of the Regional Council. The second phase deals with optional means of converting garbage into energy and considers the market for that energy. Market analysis and representative from Sandy pointed out that failure to meet the commitment could create economic hardships for small cities unable to pay for shortfalls in the amount of waste materials they contribute to the operation. Jefferies said resource recovery would be done primarily by private enterprise, but local government participation is necessary to put the mechanism into operation. y The new Landfill has a capacity and the Trans-Jorda- n Landfills could be longer, but its future is more tenuous since owns the landfill property and leases it on a yearly basis, Jefferies said. A resource recovery system wont be ready before 1986. It is more difficult to assess when a system would be cost effective, he added. With implementation of a system, landfill will be needed to deal with materials. But a system would extend the lives of landfills into the 21st century, the analyst pointed out. City-Count- PROTESTING . . . Frd Fonger also objected to rezoning of his property. Two Sections 32 Pages - Weat VaSSeu USPS 656380 A i Green Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at 155 E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscription rate. $12 50 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Thursday, Feb. Volume 27, Number 12, 1981 Second Call Sells! Can you sell used household appliances with a Green Sheet classified ad? Certainly1 Ask Mrs Gail Moffat, 1268 Brockway Cir., what happened WESTINGHOUSE wojh. ir white Good condition 6 All departments - 262 6682 when she did that. Site'll tell you, We sold them both on the second call and had other calls as well one on the following Monday Green Sheet classifieds reach more than 50,000 homes every Thursday morning. to place your ad. Save Dial $1 by paying before it runs Ask us mid-valle- 262-668- how. Three Blazes - Firefighters Are Busy After Lull After a month of the West action, relatively Valley Fire Department was called to three blazes here in a period. One child required hospitalization and damage estimates exceeded $200,000 in the fires, all of which occurred in residential dwellings City firefighters responded to a blaze which gutted a home at 4787 W. 4290 South Thursday evening. At 4 a m. the following morning, firemen were called to a blaze at a fourplex at 4165 So. 3200 West. A home fire at 6:30 a m. Saturday at 2471 Dublin was the third major blaze and resulted in the hospitalization of a girl for smoke inhalation. She was treated at Primary Childrens Medical Center and released Sunday. A West Valley firefighter also was injured at the fourplex fire when he was struck under the chin by a clamp on a pressurized hose. (See inside story for further details) WEST VALLEY. little Incorporation Effort Takes Its Place SALT dryer. y n Taylorsville-Bennio- LAKE. corporate ond two-stor- THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH contract. The commitment caused concerns A for several COG members. to. other problems, said Wagstaff What chance Countered Evans, would 1 have? I wouldnt be able to get it zoned back because the Amanda Acres residents would object A spokesman for Lynwood Development Corp., which is on the Planning Commission agenda today (Thursday) seeking approval for seven duplexes at 3667 So. 5600 West, said the company had spent a sizable amount of money designing its development. He argued that future planned widening of 5600 West did not make the area conducive to single family homes. Several other protesting property owners contended they had no immediate plans for use of their land but would prefer the zoning to remain the same or be changed to agricultural. Wagstaff noted that both sides had solid arguments, putting the City Commission in a difficult position between the proverbial rock and a hard place. On the one hand, he said, city officials were concerned about an individuals property rights; on the other, the city had the signatures of hundreds of residents opposed to more high density housing. And, he added, concern about the influx of multiple dwelling units into the area was a major reason the city was formed. of An effort Taylorsville-Bennio- became official to in- n here yesterday (Wednesday), but now it will have to wait in line. A petition calling for incorporation of the two communities was submitted to the County Commission yesterday by Bill Bannon, who drafted the document in accord with several other members of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Council. If the County Clerk verifies the validity of the petition (it must contain the signatures of 100 registered voters in the area), the incorporation effort will be second in line to the Lake Valley City proposal, which seeks city status for the entire unincorporated area. The Taylorsville-Benniopetition contained more than 200 signatures, a backer noted. Circulation of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n petition was prompted by concern about the ability of the Lake Valley City proposal to survive legal challenges anticipated from existing cities, Bannon said. Incorporatiorf proponents have n cited West Valley Citys recently expressed interest in annexing the American Express building at 4300 So. 2700 West as an example of the potential depletion of the county tax base. At this time, incorporation proponents say they would maintain a close working relationship with the county if a new city were established, In Line minimizing the cost of government seeking contracts and local agreements with the county. The proposal will be discussed by the Taylorsville-BennioCommunity Council at its monthly meeting Tuesday at Eisenhower junior high. The County Attorneys office will be represented at the 7 p.m. session, said council chairman Lynne Turner. by n Ken-neco- tt Hearing Is Tonight On CD Funds Use neighborhood and community meetings here during the past month. West Valleys allocation of CD block resource . recovery COG meeting. report grant funds is expected to exceed $700,000. Further information about the hearing may be obtained by calling John at Janson, here's a point It's probably human nature that, we endeavor to insert a specific location in an unbelieve-abl- e story being passed off as true. thats supposed to lend authenticity. For example, Somehow an air of "Wf the version , a' VjI fcL, most often heard 7 in this area about the errant lovers convertible was pinpointed in Kearns. You remember the tale, of course. It was just unlikely enough to make you dubious - but just plausible enough that you couldnt entirely discount it. Downzoning Proposal On Planners' Agenda WEST VALLEY. A recommendation on the proposed downzoning of 3500 to 4100 South between 3200 and 3600 West is scheduled for delivery today (Thursday) by the City Planning Commission. e The decision, which involves a area, has been considered for more than a month by the commission and city planning staffers. The Planning Commission meets at 9 a.m. in the upstairs conference room in City Hall. The board also will conduct hearings on four other requests. An application for manufacturing zoning on 69 acres at 2200 So. Redwood Road is being sought by F. C. Stangl. Midwest Realty and Finance is requesting RMH zoning for a mobile home park on 39.4 acres at 3000 So. 6400 West. zoning on 4.6 Requests for 3 320-acr- WEST VALLEY. Final recommendations for use of Community Development funds by this city will be presented to the City Commission today (Thursday) at 5 oclock. A citizens advisory committee will offer a list of projects given high priority status following a series of HMMM! . . . County Commissioner Mike Stewart listens to For Meeting Today R-l-- 974-550- acres at 3500 W. 3600 South (Carl Oldham) and on three acres at 3820 W. 4600 South (John Strasser) also zones will be discussed. generally are designed for twin home developments. The commission also will consider applications for conditional use permits that would allow: - Single family homes in a planned unit development at 3100 So. 6400 South (Robert Holmes); - Seven duplexes on 1.6 acres at 3667 So. 5600 West (Lynwood Development); - A medical building at 3532 So. 6000 West ( Richard Bertoch) ; - A state e liquor outlet in a cafe at 3565 So. Redwood Road (William Henry); The commission also will consider a request by Andy Nelson to review the mobile home ordinance and two subdivision plans. R-l-- 3 -- -- mini-bottl- Kermit: She's My Valentine' SPARKLER . . . Kermit appears beside himself with joy os Miss Piggy accepts engagement ring from him at Granger Library. Related story about Valentine party there is inside this issue. by Jim Cornwell The convertible-owne- r, the story went, was having an illicit relationship with a housewife in Kearns. Now and then, while her husband was off at his job as driver of a mobile cement mixer, the car would be parked for a couple of hours near their home. Somehow hubby found out what was going on. Probably a neighbor - one of those killjoy types - spilled the beans. Anyway, the yarn went, the interloper came out of the house one day to find his convertible full of rapidly-drying concrete. Deposited there, of course, by a mobile driven by - you guess. mixer-truc- k No matter how sincere the person was who told you this hilarious tale, no amount of researching could substantiate it. - Eventually, in fact, we ran into a Californian who told us about some guy in Vallejo whose convertible was filled with concrete. Such stories keep emerging, though, and even if theyre farfetched, theyre funny to recall. Like the day the fella was reading want ads right here in our valley and found one that said, 1977 Porsche. Like new condition. $50. Now if youve priced a Porsche, you know they dont come in $50 models. Nor $500 or $5,000. Upwards of $25,000 is possibly acceptable. So the fella answers the ad and is aghast when hes shown a beautiful, sleek and shiny black Porsche. Hes e it. permitted to start and Not a flaw! Even the whitewalls are clean as driven snow. So he buys it - for $50. As hes driving home, doubt assails him and he returns to the house to again talk to the lady who sold the car. Cmon now, he says, whats test-driv- the gimmick? Is this car hot or does it have mechanical problems that cant be fixed? Neither, the lady smiles. Ill be happy to tell you about it. It was my husbands car. He loved it, pampered and cared for it and spent hours keeping it shined. But last month he ran away with his blonde girl friend. Yesterday, she continued, he called and said theyd spent all their money. He told me to sell the Porsche and send him the proceeds. You doubt the story? Certainly. Who doesn't? And weve since heard it happened in Ho- boken, Kalamazoo and Phoenix. Space doesnt permit recounting the one about the lady caught in the raw by the Mountain Fuel meter-reade- r while wearing only her sons Little League football helmet. But gas youll recall the quick-witteman said Sure hope your team wins the game, lady! We have reserved enough room, though, for the newest yarn thats floating around. Its related by a gal who mans a phone for the 911 system. She said the call came in about 9 am. and a man said he and his wife had been arguing since 3 oclock whether to call and had concluded they had no choice. What they needed was someone with handcuff keys. Somehow the wife had been handcuffed and her careless husband had lost the key. d Strange, you say? You bet! But it becomes even stranger. Not just one handcuff is involved, but four. Four? shouts the incredulous operator. Why in the world would she have four handcuffs on 911 her wrist? Well . . . and the operator swears she could detect sheepishness leaking through the phone . . . theyre not all on her wrist. Then where are they? Well, theres one on each wrist and one on each ankle. Sir, the operator queries, why dont you go to the nearest sheriffs substation and have them removed? he blurts out, the Because, handcuffs are fastened to the four bedposts! The 911 operator alleges seven sheriffs cars, two teams of paramedics, a Gold Cross ambulance and four motorists with police-banradios reached the mans address in less than 12 minutes. The address? Darned if the storyteller could remember. d |