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Show - a mi- t it'A- '4 4 - ' I Letters T t5sidleir Citfy The North Salt Lake City Council has committee appointed a to work on the design and financial In NovemNORTH SALT LAKE ber, North Salt Lake residents likely planning for the project, Palmquist said. The committee will also be rewill be going to the polls to decide whether the city needs a $600,000 addisponsible for educating the public to the need for the building, Palmquist hall. for its tion present city If the project is approved by voters said. Many neighborhood meetings will be held. in November, construction on the facilAs part of the education process, ity cOuld begin as soon as December, "wea.ther-permittinNorth Salt North Salt Lake officials will host a tour of the present facility and explain Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist said. The addition the need for the expansion to members would extend the present city hall of the Bountiful Area Chamber of Comgrounds to Highway 91. Plans also call merce Thursday. The present city hall houses city for a city park next to the building. The park and city hall would span about offices, the police department, the fire five acres, Palmquist said. department and courtroom for the cijustice of the peace. tys related (S itory page 2A) Space for the citys fire department is where were really hurting, PalmPalmquist claims the city has simply outgrown its present facility. And a quist said. He said there is no space for the study by a professional planning firm shows the extension is needed. Also, firemen to work. And two of the citys there is a need for the city hall to be fire trucks are stored in a building the more visible to those passing by on the city is renting. If there is a need to do repair work on highway. Many dont even know theyre in North Salt Lake or where the the citys fire trucks, the work must be since there is no space present city hall is located, Palmquist. dond outside said. inside the buildings which is all right With a nice municipal building with in the summer, but in the winter what a park-lik- e do you do? Palmquist said. atmosphere on the highWithin a year or two the city will way, it would really add to the city, ilikely need to hire a full time fire chief Palmquist said. - By RON KNOWLTON Review Staff - nine-memb- g, ot .11,000-square-fo- , and perhaps several firemen. There is no place for them to stay," Palmquist said. The police department has two small offices in the building and uses a basement room and small darkroom for photographic work. One of the offices is for the citys police chief and the other is used by the police dispatcher, Palmquist said. A series of old pipes run through the basement room shared by the other police officers. Also there is no heat in the room. Its nice in the summer, but its a little cool in the winter, Palmquist said. Jim Erickson, a police detective, said the department is lacking room for police records. Also there is no interrogation room and no holding cell to retain those arrested. The building is also lacking a garage for the citys police cars, Palmquist said. The basement room was originally a water-fille- d basement. They (the police department) drained it out themselves, Palmquist said. The city council room is not only used by the City Council, but also by the citys justice of the peace and the fire department. The fire department uses the room for training meetings and the justice of the peace uses the room for courtroom Hill Expei insifii If the court needs to proceedings. meet on Tuesday evening, the city council has to meet in the administrative offices, Palmquist said. The city manager, recorder, and (planning and zoning administrator share a small office in the building. All records for the three departments are also kept in the room. We can get by for a year or two more, Palmquist said, but an enlarged city hall is absolutely imperative as the city grows. Palmquist said that, with the reces- in the city has is room for nearly 1,000 more homes in the city and as the city expands, there will be a need for additional city services. The expansion to the city hall has been in the planning stages for the past two years, Palmquist said. The city council has purchased six lots adjacent sion, construction slowed. But there to the building for $200,000 in anticipation. Also city officials are negotiating with the owner of a tavern east of the change. A general obligation bond would be used to finance the city hall expansion. Palmquist said this is a good time for the expansion because in July the city 'will have paid off all of its debts, " leaving the city Also bonding interest is as low as it has ever been, Palmquist said. And construction bids are coming in lower now than ever before, he added. We dont know how long that will last. With the expansion, the city offices would be located directly east of the present building. The city office facility would also include an auditorium. Right now if we have a large meeting, wed have to hold it at the Orchard (Elementary) School, Palmquist said. The police department would be located in a wing of the building to the southeast of the present building. debt-free.- The fire department would be city hall, Palmquist said. The tavern, if all goes as planned; would be another site in the city that the owner could purchase or exby providing re- moved to make way for the expansion. The tavern owner, so far, has been willing to work with the city on the .project, Palmquist said. The city would like to help the tavern relocate located in the present city hall building. The expansion would also include an enlarged area in front that would be big enough to house a ladder truck for the fire department. The ladder truck likely will be the next purchase by the city, Palmquist said. HHtaMWmFii'WW Gto rssmlim aannilD Bounti Wednesday, March 9, 1983 Vol. 3 No. 28 Sfudy Indicates Proposed Trash Plant feasible7 But By KENT SOMERS Review Staff FARMINGTON A third party feasibility study of a proposed resource recovery plant in Davis County indicates that such a plant is feasible if certain economic conditions are present. Using a base case, R.W. Beck and Associates, an engineering firm hired to do the study, found that revenues from steam sales, electricity sales, user tipping fees, equity contributions and interest income on reserve funds could make the ' debt service payment on bonds and pay for the annual operating and maintenance expenses of the plant. The base case assumes that $54 million in bonds will be sold at an 8.5 percent interest rate, and that inflation will continue at 6 percent. The base case also assumes that natural gas prices will rise 3 percent over the inflation ' i ' '' - , W If '' jtJ J EMOTIONS run high for fans of both the Bountiful Braves (above) and Woods Cross Wild Cats as the two teams high school state basketball championfought for the 4-See full sports ship. The Wild Cats won the title, 76-5coverage on page IB. Hjwpm A 7. rate from 1985 to 1990, 2.5 percent from 1991 to 1995 and 1.75 percent thereafter. Those predictions are also predicated on the plant reaching capacity by 2001. Tipping fees charged to county residents under the base case will be $7 a ton in 1985, the year the plant is completed; $11 in 1990; $13 in 1995; $20.95 in 2000 and $22.62 in 2005. together for the city. The survey will be taken il In CENTERVILLE either April 11 or 18, according of Cen- - to Ms. Witmer. Those dates nearly terville City residents will be were chosen because it is antiasked to be a part of a survey on cipated the greatest number of community attitudes on planpeople will be home on Monday ning and zoning items and on as opposed to other days of the the effectiveness of city week, she said. The extension service is in the Well get some kind of a re- process of contacting LDS stake port card on what were doing in presidents to give them inforthe community, Centerville mation on what is planned, Ms. Witmer said. She said that if the Mayor Neil Blackburn said. extension service is able to get A committee is in the process the word out through the LDS of putting together the survey, church organization, it will likeaccording to Jan Witmer from ly help to obtain many survey the USU Extension Service. The takers to help with the survey. USU Extension Service is in the She said the extension service process of putting the survey plans to advertise the survey in By RON KNOWLTON Review Staff mid-Apr- h r X1 '.i- - v L tive. Harvey also said the tipping fees would be reduced if inflation was higher, better interest rates were obtained and if the plant reached its capacity sooner. The study, which cost $95,000, also came to other conclusions about the proposed plant. The plant is technically sound if constructed and operated as preset tly proposed by Katy-Segher- s. The countys estimate of the solid waste available for processing at the plant is reasonable. The plant is projected to meet its maximum annual solid waste processing capability in 2001, based on projected popula- tion increases in the county. With proper operation and maintenance the facility should have a useful life beyond the final maturity date of the bonds. The countys two landfills will have a useful life beyond the bond maturation date.- The estimated construction cost of the plant by is comparable to the' Katy-Seghe- rs costs of isimilar plants. Survey Planned in Centerville Council Considers Tree Committee City-wid- e one-fourt- Richard Harvey, the countys environmental health director, said he thought the figures used in the base case were extremely conserva- - all area newspapers. Also a week before the survey, Boy Scouts will deliver handouts to all homes notifying residents of the survey. The survey will cost $250, Ms. Witmer said. Those costs are mainly for computer time and printing, she said. It covers only their (cost of) materials, Im sure, Blackburn said. Results of the survey will be The night of the survey somegiven at a public meeting, one will be available at the city Blackburn said. Councilman to train volunteer survey offices Lee Duncan said nearly of the cities in Utah takers, Ms. Witmer said. have already participated in the Blackburn said that he and survey. He said the survey has a Duncan are available to take 96 percent accuracy rating. the names and phone numbers of those who want to volunteer. Of the citys nearly 2,000 resiThose wishing to volunteer dents, about 600 will participate 1 in the survey, Ms. Witmer said. can also call Ms. Witmer at evenings after 5:30 p.m. Or The survey will be taken to every fourth or fifth home in the they can call city hall at three-fourt- 295-769- city, she added. Up V Over " ,A $2.5 million roller coRster called sus will lift area residents up and around at high speeds this summer. ?A - Review Staff CenterCENTERVILLE ville is considering organizing a shade tree committee which will coordinate the planting of shade trees throughout the city. City Councilman Dennis Knoles said a similar approach was tried several years ago in Brigham City. The committee ordered certain varieties of trees planted on city streets. Many of the trees have now grown and enhanced the city. Knoles said the planting of trees would likely be a step that would be appreciated by future generations. Index Believe it or Not ..... 4B, SB Classified ........ 7B It took three games against Bountiful before many would believe Woods Cross is really that good. They IB believe it now. Business Home Living School i By RON KNOWLTON Sports ...... 6A 4A, 5A IB, 2B When they put in the trees, people adjacent started taking care of the trees, Knoles said. Many planted lawns around the trees that grew next to the sidewalk. There are now city streets in Brigham City that have long rows of beautiful shade trees. The committee there would street by street and hold a public hearing so that people would know whats going on, Knoles said. go There were 5,000 trees planted in Brigham City in eight years. |