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Show ?' Vol. 3NO. 1 r. j r 4' .,, VV ,, T,1 ' J' y 4 ' r t'H V j 47 Wednesday, July 20, 1983 Davos County Voters to Decide Flood Bond Issue By BARRY KAWA - Review Staff FARMINGTON County-wid- e voting in November will decide a bond issue to finance improvements in the county flood control system, reported the Davis County commission; ers last week. Approval for Commissioner Harold J. Tippetts to seek a bonding company to finance the projects was given by the commissioners. County-wid- e projects that will be considered include debris basins, check dams, new channels, enclosed pipes and channel retention basins. Tippetts said the spring flooding and minor flash floods caused by a heavy rain storm on July 9 showed an urgent need for such projects. I think the storm we had the other Saturday demonstrated our vulnerability, Tippetts said. But I dont know if we levies a tax that raises flood-contr- Tippetts said the project dollar multi-millio- n effort that would be paid back by the existing levy. The county currently flood-contr- $800,000 for projects. If the county is successful in paying for the bonds with this levy, then there would not have to be a tax increase, Tippetts said. Bond money would not be used to finance any repairs on can build adequately to handle a snowmelt like we had this year. But it could decrease tremendously the cost of damages. would be a flood control a year two-mi- ll cities ol flood-contr- systems ol damaged in the spring flooding. bountiful Repairs Sewer BOUNTIFUL A six inch sewer line which has dumped an estimated 1,000 gallons of raw sewage per day into Barton Creek since May 31 was repaired by city crews Monday. The line broke when a culvert and portion of Lakeview Drive at 900 South was washed away during flooding in May. The sewer line serves four homes and was diluted with the flow of the creek by a ratio of about 1,000 to one, according to City Manager Tom Hardy. The broken pipe came to light when several residents who live near the creek protested the citys inaction in repairing the pipe during a city council meeting last Wednesday. But repairing the line has been a difficult task. Robert - - If a resource BOUNTIFUL recovery plant project is given the okay, south Davis communities may soon have a recovery plant of their own that would not involve the north end of the county. During a July 13 Bountiful Ci- ty Council meeting, Ron Heyns and Steve Martinez, representatives of several companies who want to build a $10 million refuse derived fuel facility (RDF) plant in West Bountiful, said they could design the plant so it could handle all the refuse currently going to the Bay Area Refuse District (BARD) landfill. Heyns and Martinez have also presented their proposal to the BARD board of directors who seemed interested in the concept, according to BARD Manager Elmer Barlow. He said the ideal would be for the north end of the county to manager its own waste while the south end would manage its overall master plan and priorities evaluation would be completed before the bonding vote on November 8. Marshall claims he met the citys petition filing todeadline be 120 which he understood before the days general election. But a legal opinion by Forbes claims he filed the signed petitions 30 days late. Marshall said the city recorder should have given him notice the deadline was approaching so he could have ami. sewer line in WORKMEN repair a Bountiful that broke in May. The pipe is only a temporary solution to the problem and six-in- ch Bountiful City Proposes Changes to Barton Creek will remain in place until a culvert is placed across Barton Creek, own waste. A site in Clearfield is currently being considered for a plant to serve the entire county. Bountiful officials seem the most interested in the proposal. West Bountiful may also be interested, Barlow said. He said the other mayors involved with BARD still seem to favor the resource recovery county-wid- e plant concept proposed by and the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Heyns said the RDF plant would involve a slow burn process that burns waste below the level of combustion. The plant in turn produces gas, electricity and steam while emitting no substance into the atmosphere. Katy-Seghe- Four different companies would be involved in the building of the plant that would be about three stories high. The plant would have a 120 ton per day capacity. Bountiful produces about 40 tons of waste per day that could be used in' the plants operation, according to , Dog Days Whats summer without a friend? If that friend happens to be of the canine variety, summer fun takes a special meaning. ' 8A By RON KNOWLTON Review Staff Bountiful Mulls Plant Waste Proposal Raviaw Staff Kays Creek, Stone Creek and Farmington Creek. Tippetts said the projects will be done in phases with possibly more than one bond election needed because of the vast scope of the project. He said an turned the petitions in on time. But Jenson said he assumed that Marshall knew when the deadline was. I assumed he knew what he was doing, Jenthe city attorney, Layne son said. He said Marshall nevForbes. er asked when the deadline The two opinions are that the would be. initiative petition is not a lawMarshall also asked why the ful subject of initiative legisla- city accepted his $50 filing fee, if tion, and that the petition was city officials knew the initiative not submitted on a timely was not a subject of initiative basis. legislation. A May 11 legal opinion by Jenson said city officials, Forbes that the initiative was though, did not know this to be not a lawful subject for place- the case at the time the petition ment on the ballot was submitt-- . filing fee was paid in March. ed to the state attorney general After the petition was filed, who concurred with the opinion, city officials began to research Jenson said. the matter. Im disappointed, but not When the petition fee was paid in March, the city had no surprised, Marshall said. He said sponsors of the peti- alternative but to accept the tion drive likely will not take fee, Jenson said. Jenson said he feels badly ablegal action to force the issue on the ballot because the city has out the drive. They made a and the valiant effort. And unlike an unlimited resources funds to initiative petition drive to place the have dont sponsors fluoride in the citys drinking pursue the matter. He said he asked to speak at a water two years ago, the RDA future city council meeting petition did have enough signawhere he will ask the city to put tures to be placed on the ballot the issue on the ballot as an under normal circumstances, Jenson said. opinion poll. above. . The new sewer line dangles 25 feet in the air above the creek, Carlson said. He said the pipe is temporary until a new culvert is in place across the creek. City officials have set replacement of the culvert at Lakeview Drive (900 S. 1350 E.) as their top priority in making repairs and improvements along the creek. The new culvert should be in place in August, according to City Engineer Jack Balling. One lady at the July 13 council meeting said she wouldnt have allowed her children to play in the creek if she had known raw sewage was flowing into the creek. She said her children have played in the creek almost daily since the water level of the creek has dropped, and asked why the city had not notified residents living near the creek of the broken sewer line.: Workmen, in trying to replace the pipe Monday, worked in chairs suspended from slings over the creek, Carlson said. By RON KNOWLTON ll An initiative BOUNTIFUL issue to do away with the Bountiful Redevelopment Agency will not appear on the November ballot, even though sponsors of the initiative petition drive turned in enough signatures to have the issue placed on the ballot. In a July 14 letter to Willy Marshall, a sponsor of the initiative petition drive, City Recorder Arden Jenson notified Marshall the issue would not appear on the ballot because of two legal opinions rendered by Carlson, water department manager, said city crews had to suspend the sewer pipes over the creek using cables and slings linked to a telephone line , one-mi- Bountiful Rejects Petition to Place PDA On Ballot ; , Tippetts said federal and state money and the special disaster relief levy this year will aid in paying for those costs. Tippetts noted in the northwest part of the county in Sunset, Clinton, West Point, Syracuse and some parts of Clearfield, that no major drainage system exists. Other areas he said that could be improved are In August BOUNTIFUL Bountiful City will begin work to repair and replace culverts along Barton Creek which were destroyed during the flood. During a neighborhood meeting July 13 with residents who live along the creek, Bountiful on BARD property. City officials presented a series Since Bountiful City owns the of possible changes. transporting their waste to land used for BARD, Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle said the Clearfield, if the plant is built officials seem certain they will council is only throwing out sevthere. be able to obtain control of the eral ideas for changes to the I cant understand why the landfill by giving six months creek, but nothing definite has others (members of BARD) notice from June of any year been decided yet. would want to ship their waste that the city wants the property City Engineer Jack Balling up north, Martinez said. back, according to Layne said the city will concentrate on Co. Forbes, Bountiful City attornye. Barlow said replacement of culverts and seem He said there is a stipulation will try to build a large pretty representatives certain most south Davis com- in the contract that any land sedimentation basin on city promunities will participate in Bountiful wants back must be perty at 1500 East to help with their county-wid- e filled and utilized. He said all flooding along the creek in the project, howreever. He said 150 acres have been filled. future. If Bountiful were to take this He said it will cost $1 million presentatives recently visited the BARD landfill to take an action, it would involve the city to fix the citys culverts. A large inventory of equipment on in a lawsuit with the other mem- portion of this money will come hand. bers of BARD, Balow said. from federal funds, but the city While there, the representaHe said a judge would ultiwill also need to supply a large tives said they were 95 percent mately have to decide whether protion. sure they would be able to take the 150 acres had been filled or He said the city is also looking over management of the BARD not. at installing a concrete lining landfill in two or three months, Barlow has had a county atalong the creek to help with Barlow said. torney and also an attorney maintenance of the creek, but Control of the BARD landfill from the Utah League of Cities that the city has insufficient is a key issue for either resource go over the BARD contract and funds to buy right of ways to do Continued on 2A this. recovery proposal. Martinez. The main objection of Bountiful City officials to the plant is the high cost of Katy-Seghe- The RDF plant proposal would involve building the plant rs Katy-Seghe- rs Katy-Seghe- rs jjTUC LTj Index Classified Editorial Entertainment Home Living 8B,9B 3A ........ Sports . . 1B,2B 6B 4B,5B The creek channel may also need to be changed at 300 North between 100 East and 100 West. The Russon Brothers Bountiful Union Mortuary was built over a culvert which has created problems for the city in main- taining the culvert, Balling said. The creek channel should be changed so it does not flow under any buildings, he said. He said the city may need to buy some propety to do this. The city is also looking at building ramps along the creek so equipment can get in and remove debris as quickly as possible, Balling said. A fence along the creek to keep small children out of the creek is also being considered. Balling said that by the end of July all clean up work along the creek should be done. By mid August the city will begin construction of new culverts. Replacement of the Lakeview Drive culvert is the citys top priority, Balling said. The city will bid out one culvert each week until all of the work is complete. By Dec. 1 all work on the culverts should be completed, he said. The new culverts will hold ten Continued on 2A True G(y)ms Davis County has few public gymnasiums and voters have defeated recent plans for new facilities. 1C i wjwiing r |