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Show ' V' W - ' -. am jff " ' f,!-,- - rvuNr i, t . w - ' ,' f A' i V ft ,rt - v , ,. j rt- ; U vrf is' V . ;:. " t.' K ,r , ,4 t v ; cm iiwto one in Davis County must be aware of how I feel about the EPA, Clean Air Act, ozone and A timetable FARMINGTON said Comand tentative budget of an auto the I & M program, I B. Gerlach. missioner Harry emissions inspections program contemplated voting is seriously that the first step in implementing the program by April 1, no when this proposal appeared before us, however, 1 also be1984, has been sent to the state lieve in honoring and sustaining by the Davis County Environstate legislative law even though mental Health Department. it was created through duress. Davis County Commissioners The commissioners have been last week reluctantly approved outspoken critics of the program, the programs schedule and budwhich was passed by the state get and also designated the Envilegislature to meet Environmenronmental Health Department tal Protection Agency air stanas the official contact agency dards in Davis and Salt Lake for the program. counties. At this time and date, every- The state faced a possible sanc- - BARRY KAWA Review Staff - tion of the loss of $1 10 million in federal highway construction funds if the counties did not implement the program. Environmental health officials estimate the cost of an emissions inspection on a vehicle will be somewhere between $7 and $10 dollars. The timetable proposed by the environmental health officials sets Oct. as the date for the receiving of $63,483 from the EPA to begin the program. Also planned is the selling of compliance certificates for automobile registration at a cost of 25 cents each that will raise $17,500. Reg- 1 tmvmry istration fees at $ per vehicle are hoped to raise $43,984 and a certification fee will net $2,000 to total nearly $127,000 to get the program under way. I Costs including the hiring of three and a half new employees in the environmental health department for the period from Oct., 1983, to Sept., 1984, is estimated at $126,967. Fees from the inspections will fund it from then on. The timetable also sets Oct. as the date of assembling a preliminary list of inspection stations.' rr.i. 1 By Oct. 15, the department hopes to reach agreements with local colleges for the training of mechanics. The final draft of the few years ago by his department to meet rising carbon dioxide levels in the county. We felt it: wasnt cost effective to do then, he said. We still dont think its cost effective but when you add the sanctions in, it becomes cost effective. emissions inspection ordinance is planned for Nov. 15, with a public hearing set for Dec. for input before the final adoption 1 on Dec. 15. On Jan. 1, the program ordinance will take effect and mechanics training will begin. Certified inspection of motor vehicles is scheduled to begin on Feb. I, 1984, and the certificate of inspection for automobile registration will be required beginning April I., Richard Harvey, Environmental Health Department director, noted the program was studied a Commission Chairman Glen vis County. Gerlach said the EPA failed to take into consideration the effect of rotting matter in the Great Salt Lake that added to the hydrocarbon rate in the county. Gtfnm (zuniitnh Vol. 3 No. Wednesday, September 7, 1983 53 Flood Control On Davis Ballot Proposed In Loans - FARMINGTON It will be up to Davis County voters on Oct. 4 to decide if improvements on county-wid- e flood control channels and storm drainage systems will be funded at a cost of $13.7 million. A special bond election of that day is an effort by the county commissioners to provide funds for immediate projects. Voters are being asked to approve $12 million in bonds to be sold by the county. The projects being considered by the commissioners exceed the n amount by almost $2 million but Commissioner Harold J. Tippetts hopes good bids will be received from construction companies. Eighteen county-wid- e drainage channels are on the preliminary list of projects to be repaired and upgraded at a cost of approximatly $11 million. Other drainages will be up- BARRY KAWA Review Staff A proposal by LAYTON County Commissioner Harry B. Gerlach to place all future community development block grant funds in a loan program met with favorable approval from the city council last week. Gerlachs proposal is to put federal grant money allocated to Davis County in a fund that would make loans available for city and county low-intere- flood-contr- st Mayor Lewis G. Shields asked Gerlach to speak to the council after remarks Gerlach had made on the proposal at the recent Davis County Council of Government meeting. Layton City had filed an appeal on this years awarding lof the CDBG grants on a criteria basis as judged by each COG member and called for an overhaul of the selection process. Gerlach said a recent visit to Milwaukee which, uses CDBG funds in a float loan program gave him the idea of doing that in Davis County. The beauty of the program is that money is loaned out at a low interest and comes back. In an extreme emergency, we can even give it to them, Gerlach said. Currently, the COG members award the federal CDBG funds to citiesfknd the county which do not have to pay the funds back. It has worked in other places and meybe its the answer to what we need, said Shields.. Gerlach estimated the interest on loans would be approximate 4 percent and dependent on where the loan market is at the time. Anything would be an improvement over the way it is being handled right now, said councilman Sam Trujillo. He said smaller cities in the county have the same equtfi vote as Layton City but not the number of problems. Gerlach agreed with Trujillo but pointed out that the city also has a much larger tax base to draw from to finance projects. Gerlach said he will bring up the proposal for preliminary discussion at the Sept, meeting of COG. Gerlach hopes for a vote at the Nov. COG meeting and if approved, would be presented to the state in early 1984 for final will know approval. The COG ' the amount of 1984 CDBG money that is available in February and cities would start preparing their project outlines to meet the criteria. The COG may feel lets do it or they may defeat it completely, Gerlach said. Who knows how it will go. But if we make this thing work,, then we could , really create a miracle. r ,r $500,000 and the storm drainage d system for handling storms would be improved at a cost of about $2.2 million. Four . of the projects include the construction of a catch basin to' hold debris and mud swept down after a snowmelt. flash-floo- The preliminary list released last week by the commissioners includes the following projects on creeks and the amount of repairs: Barton, $2,425,319; Stone, $2,062,982', Mill Canyon, $1,412,000; Parrish, $1,029,560; Barnard, $637,723; Holmes, $571,330; Deuel, $522,537; Baer, $339,800; Farmington, $320,000; Ricks $312,500; Holmes North Fork, $300,000; Rudd, $300,000; Steed, Shepard, $250,000; Weber $170,000; River, $150,000;, Kays, $100,000; Davis, $75,000. The flood control estimate is not in on North Canyon, one of graded at a cost of about the 8 projects being considered. 1 Committee to Discuss Trash Plant Air Quality SALT LAKE -- - The Utah Air Conservation Committee will Staff Photo by Robert Regan HUDDLING was a popular' activity off the field as well as on when Clearfield met Woods Cross on a wet, windy football field Friday. Keeping warm with the help of a couple of quilts are Clearfield students Matt Drake, Richelle Pierson (left) and Diane Caswell. consider the air quality controls on the proposed Davis County Resource Recovery plant and also the Salt Lake and Davis County auto emissions inspection programs in their monthly meeting Friday. . The committee will decide whether the air quality controls on the proposed plant in Clearfield will be sufficient to meet air quality standards. Also on the agenda is the cohsideration of the implemen tation schedule proposed by the two counties in getting emissions inspection programs under way. An official of the committee said the meeting will be open to the public but comments from the. audience will probably not be taken. A public hearing on the emissions control of the proposed plant will be set at a later date by the committee. The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. in room 251 of the state office building located at 150 W, North Temple in Salt Lake. Rachaels We Know Too Much Year Later, Runyans Still Involved Story to SHARON STEELE Review Correspondent SUNSET We try to do what we can, because of what we know-J- eff and I know too much not to be involved. Even over the telephone, one can feel the determined set of Elaine Runyans jaw as she discusses convictions that in some ways have helped restore equilibrium to her life in- the 12 months since the Runyans tiny daughter, Rachael, disappeared from a park adjacent to their home. ' Witnesses to the August 26, 1982 kidnapping, that drew nation wide attention to the in- creasing problems of child abduction, reported that three-year-o- ld Rachael was pulled into a car by a tall black male. Although the kidnapper has never been apprehended, the child's body was later recovered from remote area of Morgan County. Since that time, the Runyans have tried to live a normal life, without hiding the fact that we once had a little girl. We talk about her; remember her in our prayers, and we try to reach out to others. Elaine ex' plains. Part of that reaching out has been a direct result of the Runyans involvement in Child Find. a New York based organization that helps parents find their missing children. The volunteer group maintains a hot line, while conducting public awareness seminars on the protection of children and distributing flyers, with pictures of missing children, throughout the United States. The hotline alone costs Child Find over $50,000 ip g support, but as tol-fr- fund-raisin- Starved Demos 0330 ol bond-electio- ' : projects. Layton : E. Saunders said he feels the: program will do little to address the air quality problems in Da-- , ft'OH.n&riU ee Elaine puts it, What is that in comparison with the value of one childs life? Since 1980. Child Find has reunited some 325 children with their families. Besides their efforts as Child Find volunteers, Jeff and Elaine Runyan appeared on programs like Prime Time Access, and Extra, while working with Neighborhood Watch, the PTA, and numerous other organizations to remind people not to let their guard down in safeguarding their children. For the Runyans, such involvement is not easy. In Elaines words, it's a constant reminder of a very sad thing. Every day I look out at that park and think, oh, if only Id suspected. But, at least, I can feel that my little girl didnt die for nothing. Index Business...... 4C-5- The Democratic Party in Davis County has been through some leans years. But food on the table for the Donkey still may be in the distant future. 4A Flooded Friday 3D 3A Editorial Home Living. 1B-3- B 1 School , a: in Salt Lake. C Classified Sports Following the recent kidnapof Tasha Be van from a ping ' Kearns theater,, Elaine paid a personal visit to the childs parents. It was hard for me, she says. When I walked into their home, I felt the same terror. It what was like regressing-relivi- ng wed been through with Rachael. But I was glad I went. I could almost feel them saying, You know what were going through, because youve reached our depth. Happily the Bevan family was reunited with their daughter two days later when Tasha was found alive in an abandoned schoolhouse near Trenton ton. But not many days passed before Elaine was again called upon to help comfort the families of five murdered kidnap victims D-2- D 1C-3- C Area high schools played in a downpour of rain last Friday. Three area schools remained undefeated. 1C Be Aired The story of the Rachael Runyan kidnapping and its impact on Utahs child abduc-tionmolestati- on laws will be aired tonight during the Real People television broadcast, beginning at 7 p.m., on Channel 2. Hopefully the program will perk interest and remind peo- ple to remain involved, commented Elaine Runyan, mother of the tiny blondehaired child who was taken from a Sunset park on Aug. 26, 1983. According to Mrs. Runyan, the program centers around the community involvement and support that drew nationwide attention to efforts to locate the child. A&t 1 .X I A I: , , ,, |