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Show . Wt aJlV '...,1, . A4M kMrtWMfcife-- V u&Miiyi) &J tXs ' m y w ,p 41. r r If ffaBc 'TaoSfldflLr fcinvlteft 1t. IW 'L ctemflik 'Cwhs ftvwocjic) '. t MV4'' f :.. - kl(IK-lV- V 'A t A ; 1 V-- ','. 'V v ' V V7Avv V V : "v f va A (MtlEfr Flood Control ti - .V. In Davis BARRY KAWA County way fund expected to lower the cost. In Kaysville, a debris basin at the mouth of Webb Canyon will Review Staff - s FARMINGTON Approval for the first of a series of county-wide flood control projects financed, by a $12 million bond election was granted by the Davis County Flood Control Committee last week. Debris basins designed to catch . collect debris from Holmes Creek and culverts will be replaced in the King Clarion Subdivision. The basin is hoped to allow a control point to remove debris from the creek in future storm and snowmelt runoff. Cost of the basin is estimated at $180,000. The culverts from Highway 89 and the Kaysville Irrigation Reservoir will be replaced ata cost of $174,561. Considerable flooding has occurred at Flint and , Center Streets over the past several years and $68,430 is hoped to solve the problem with new culverts. 4 i In Farmington, cleanout of the Shepard Creek basin and con- struction of bypass line and Culvert will be funded at an estimated cost of $122,000. A culvert and grading in the debris basin above the frontage road on Davis Creek was approved at a tentative price of $45,000. mud and water received the highest priority on the list of approved projects. More than $2.5 million dollars will be spent for the first 1 projects in the Bountiful, Centerville, Farmington and Kaysville areas. The committee noted the $12 million in bonds will go on the market this week and the first of the money should be available by early December to begin the construction as soon as possible. The top priority projects as determined by county officials include the construction of a 40,000 cubic yard debris basin on Ricks Creek in Centerville. Cost of the project including land purchase from three property owners is estimated at ! 1 ' "rSMWSM hum Photo by Robert Regan came in too fast, causing the pileup Several injuries resulted. The involved vehicles (insert) were quickly removed in an effort to relieve the backup which went in Salt Lake City. as far as the Fifth South p 115 BECOMES a state supported parking lot (above) trafaccident bottlenecks north-boun- d fic Monday near West Bountiful. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a disabled semitrailer in the outside lane forced cars to go around it. But another truck 13-vehi- BARRY KAWA on-ram- Testing Plan We frankly believe there has - FARMINGTON -- - A private firms offer to implement the countys auto emissions inspec- tions program has been rejected by the county commission. Representatives of the Vehicle Emissions Testing System (VETS) of Salt Lake City proposed last week the operation of a centralized system where vehicles would be tested at designated locations. The county plans to operate a decentralized system whereby vehicle owners can have their choice of licensed private locations for the mandated inspection. Commissioner Harry B. Ger-- : not yet been alternative mealach said machines are machines sures offered, said B. Ray Zoll, and test results would be accu-- . secretary-treasurof VETS. The rate whether done with a $13,00Q or $3, 000 testing maplan calls for three inspection stations in Layton, Farmington i chine. He iaid rates lor the fees and Bountiful to handle the in- - estimated maximum of $ 10, would be set by the private secA 4:. spections required by the Envi4' : ' tor iii the decentralized program they said. ronmental Protection Agency. Commission Chairman Glen and the county should remain The state ordered Salt Lake 4 E, Saunders, a Clinton resident, with its program because of the and Davis Counties to decrease s said it would take him about $3 time and work that has gone in- ozone and hydrocarbon levels : in gasoline to drive back and to it. after the EPA had ruled the two forth to Layton to gel his vehicle Gerlach and Saunders voted to counties in with inspected there. He said the $10 remain in me decentralized prostandards. 4 fee is the maximum amount es- gram. Commissioner Harold B. VETS representatives said timated and competition beTippetts abstained because of a their program would offer a lowtween the private inspection conflict of interest in voting for er inspection fee for tests, reduce stations for customers could the private station operated program. equipment costs by more than drive the fee cost as low as $5. . Review Correspondent The $40,000 FARMINGTON an for experimental warning funding device to be installed in Rudd Creek Canyon, has been unanimously ap-- , proved by the Farmington City '4 " ' - ,4 " Coun-- A AYA 4 The warning device, which will take 10 days to install, is an intelligence System that will monitor and pick up slides in the area. ur Designed by the University of Utah, the device is necessary because Far- - mington is facing an imminent threat, said Utahs Disaster Recovery Manager Bob Kistner. 4 . .,4 : That impending land mass can come down at any time, he told the council. ' According to Kistner, the state geologist has examined the site and reported that it is worse than it has ever been. That thing is moving, Kistner said. ; Information picked up by the device will be transmitted by wire to receiving stations at the Davis County Sheriffs office in Farmington, and the University of Utah Experimental Station. ' The data will be sent to the sheriff because he is actually the state warning point for all messages. We felt thats where its at, Kistner said. What happens after that, is up to the community. . 48-in- ;. $340,000. Steed Creek is reported to have a debris potential of 120,000 cubic yards in the area. The committee is hoping for FEMA Second on the list of projects $2 million dollars, be better accepted by the public and more efficiently analyze the emissions. A vehicle inspection fee would be guaranteed not to exceed $6.50 compared to the countys er APRIL ADAMS 24-ho- "A vTtei 35x3 tigi? iYisg IH 4. :s 4S l"jh M, ? ciL V Wednesday, November 9, 1983 2 Review Staff ' t.iTVr Vol. 3 No. 62 as a : are two debris basins on Parrish Creek in Centerville. An estimated 100,000 cubic yards of land mass is reported in an unstable . condition above Parrish Creek : and the projected $540,000 will fund the 9,000 and 49,300 Cubic yard basins." 4; V ;A Barnard Creek in Centerville will receive a basin with high clean out potential at :a cost of $123,000. A basin at a cost of $553,350 is planned for Mill Creek at. 5,00 West in Bountiful. . 6,000-cubic-ya- 9,680-cubic-ya- rd -- rd Actual construction of the basin is estimated at $433,350 with participation from the state high funding to lower the estimated cost of $213,000 for improvements on the creek. Some of the projects planned include, the construction of a debris sediment basin by removing, about 30,000 cubic yards of material above Highway 106. The south dike will be strengthened and all flow will be directed to the north dike above Highway 106. ;;4 Debris removal and channel grading of Farmington, Creek was approved at a cost of $420,000. stalled first in Rudd Creek because it is The Forest Service has agreed to clear a trail for the devices wire and furnish said. the helicopter to carry the equipment to Steed Creek in Davis County is an- the creek, according to Kistner. The deother site under consideration for a vice will also be periodically checked by warning device, but its a matter of, helicopter. 4 ; Councilman money, he said. 4 Gary Flood recThe Rudd Creek project started with ommended that there be other alert an estimated cost of $18,000. It is now systems besides the experimental dea $40,000 project that is still in the exvice. We cant put our whole reliance on perimental stage. Though there is a shortage of money for flood restoration it. We should keep other systems up. programs, we will probably be back We have nothing now, and if it comes here for. more, money, he told the crumbling down the canyon, you just 4. 4 4.1 council. hope you hear it, most critically needed there, Kistener , . It will then be the sheriffs decision whether to, evacuate the area. Sheriff Brant Johnson said that there is a need to put together an early warning program, and such as the use of sires or a buzzer,, system. The experiemental device will be one of 12 to come to Utah. It is being in -. , w f Investigation Started 4 ter when funds allow. We admit the facility is poor, he said. But What started with angry resi- recognize the facility was built in the late 1950s FARMINGTON dents complaining to the Davij County commis- - and weve grown tremendously. Tippetts said up sioners about cruelty to cats at the county animal to 200 to 300 cats are disposed of at the facility shelter turned into a discussion of how to nip the each month. The commission approved a 2,200 4 square foot addition in March but Tippetts said problem at its roots last week. About 20 residents turned out to Wednesdays flooding costs have put the project on hold. Animal ControL Director N6al Evans said his commission meeting and called for better treat' crew is spread thin to cover the entire ment of Condemned cats at the shelter in Fruit ': Heights. One woman carried a sign with a picture county. of a cat saying Please dont hurt us anymore. No 4 Karen Britton of Farmington said a low-coobjections were raised to the treatment of dogs at spaying and neutering program for cats should be the shelter. developed or mandatory licensing could be re4The group claimed the cats were overcrowded in quired. She said a mandatory state law could be small cages, left out in a cold bam and not given implemented to require both. food or water. 4 4 Tippetts told the group to go to their legislators They cited one incident recently involving a a bill to require the spaying and neu-- , worker at the shelter in which they saida cage and propose cats of tering closed on a cat and nearly severed it in half. The Upon inspection of the county animal control fa- - ; whole thing needs to be revamped, said Leigh of Bountiful. Theres no excuse for cru- cilities at the shelter , on Thursday, the smallcat cages were closed down. An official at the shelter elty at all. 4 Commissioner Harold J, Tippetts said plans are said a larger quarantine cage nearby had been ' ANIMAL SHELTER ' 4 in the works to double the size of the animal shel pressed into service to hold cats. .. BARRY KAWA Staff . ' six-m- an st : , ' : . 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