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Show Bluff dale , Continued from Page One took over all services except health it was contracting for with Salt Lake County. This year Bluffdale will be providing its own snow removal, business street maintenance, licensing, planning and zoning, and street lighting. "We can take care of many things that have cost thousands of dollars in taxes," Mayor. Wanlass says. Much of the high cost of government is Draper has begun and will continue through this year. attributable to people's increasing demand for services, he says. is One garbage example collection. Bluffdale residents will be paying $1 a month less for garbage collection than they paid vhen Salt Lake County provided the Bluffdale awarded a service. contract last week to the Ideal Waste Paper and Rubbish Company to collect city residents' garbage for $2 per home per month. The city will add to that charge $1 a month for administrative costs, still less than the $4 a month charged by Salt Lake County. Although the city will not receive any property tax revenue for another year, Mayor Wanlass says the city council is not worrying yet about money. Once you start worrying about money, you keep trying to find new ways to raise it and then more ways to spent it, he says. Other plans for 1979 include further work on the city master plan and control of growth in the city. "We definitely want to control the growth. Sandy has been a city for a long time when the growth hit them. We can't afford it," Mayor Wanlass says. Exactly how Bluffdale will control the growth and plan the city has yet to be decided. "Everyone has their own opinions and ideas. It will be a problem starting from scratch to plan it where everyone is satisfied," ' Mayor Wanlass says. His prior experience on the committee that studied whether or not Bluffdale should incorporate makes Mayor Wanlass' job easier. However, the job still requires alot of time, especially when you're new, he says. The mayor also says he . receives many letters and phone calls inviting him to meetings. "There is a little agency for everything you want to talk about." , . Riverton Continued from Page One planning process, something they are now getting through the city master planning process. of One Riverton's major accomplishments during 1978 was completion of the master plan for the old city. Work on the master plan for the newly annexed areas Mayor White stresses that the master plan is a citizen plan. "We are allowing them to exercise their constitutional right to decide what ' they want to do with their property," he says. owners who committees, the city council is requiring that questionnaires be distributed to the ' property owners seeking their feelings on land use in the area. Also, buffer zones will be required on developments which differ from To protect property are not on the citizens adjoining land uses. , : . ; other two annexations occurred the same day as the unification vote. Desire for a voice in the planning process and fear of being a part of the larger Draper is also working with Sandy and the Salt Lake Water government may have prompted these annexations. This dislike of larger, less responsive government is also prompting one of Mayor White's main plans for 1979 Jordan County. use the county to the rural preserve way of life and stabilize the government. We are tired of unification proposals, he ck full-tim- : DaISu rCIICj CH IaUa leiierS ...... tOtliSCutOr . provision for says. talking, but says lack to them causes support programs thousands of dollars to save knowledge costing only hundreds. West Jordan Continued from Page One extended. Mayor Burton says the city probably would not allow more than 600 to 700 homes to be built in a year. "We would like to be able to control the growth and yet be fair with the developers," he says. He . such as water connection, park fees, and other impact fees. Certain of these fees are being collected now, but the cities are still being sued over them. problems," Mayor Clayton says. These old problems include areas of town with deteriorating curb, gutter, sidewalks and houses, and streets that have been resurfaced to the point where it is difficult to drive ' in and out of driveways. sees also Mayor Clayton Jordan Concerning County, Thompson says he will support legislation to make it easier to form new counties, but Mayor and to be made so that of the county is not no one wants it. He says Jordan County would not be if the however, necessary, legislature can solve the problems cities are having with the county. provisions have one poor section left out because commercial development starting in 1979. Developers are planning a shopping center similar to Trolley Square on the site of the old flotation mill. Developments along 7200 S. and near the new sewer plant are also expected. Letters to the editor are encouraged by .the Sentinel. We will give all points of view on any subject the space that they request. Letters must be signed by the author. In some situations we will withhold the name of the writer if they request but the name must accompany the letter and in case, of challenges we will reveal the name in the , offices of the Sentinel. Effective Jan. 1, fines for overdue books at Salt Lake County libraries will increase from two cents to five cents a day. Insurance fees for 16 mm films will also go up. Insurance fees now range from 50 cents to $3 depending on the length of the film. They will increase to $1 to $5. Also people living outside Salt Lake County will have to pay $7.50 a year, instead of the $3 they are how library paying for a plate. The library board of trustees deferred action on a proposal to charge room rental fees at the libraries. There is currently no organizations charge for g to use the rooms, while not to allowed groups are use them. According to library director Guy Schuurman, the fines needed to go up because books are being worn out faster than they, can be purchased. The higher fees are expected to bring in an additional $110,000 in revenues in 1979. This money will be used to purchase additional books, 16 mm films, video tapes, and audio-visuequipment and materials. The library board also authorized the director to create two new positions, an adult coordinator and a coordinator. services technical cost of promoting Approximate people and hiring two new clerks will be $15,000. These people will not be hired until the money becomes available, Schurrman says. non-reside- nt non-prof- it profit-makin- al Sound would also like to see southwest the development corner of 7800 S. 1700 W. A road will be built connecting the city park om Did2Z5-SJZ- 3 Redwood Road, allowing greater access to the park and opening the possibility of putting the new city hall in the park. Mayor Burton says the city is investigating ' grants that would help the city pay for the new city hall. Mayor Burton also hopes the city can build two new fire stations next year, one in the industrial park and a new main station somewhere to the of the west present station. He says the city has received offers to donate land and building materials for the industrial park station. It would be manned by volunteers working in the park. further physical the of city during 1979, expansion Burton says the council has Mayor not discussed it. He says he thinks West Jordan will eventually expand further to the west, but he doesn't know if it will be in the near future. Concerning Mayor Burton acknowledges that financial considerations may keep some city projects from being completed. "I didn't promise people the moon when I ran. I just promised them that things would be run honestly and fairly," he says. ' fees go up of make the employes'," he cities 3p collect fees' very little doing." He of involvement and sometimes areas The mayor says he would also like to see a state law passed authorizing challenge in the involvement citizen of do lot a "Citizens government. with spent. "We will be taking some definite "steps io solve some of the old police dispatching system with nearby cities, expansion of the fire department to include one or two emergency medical technicians, and purchase of an ambulance. . work to annex existing urban of the county as long as you not they want an industrial park. Community action committees from the five areas of the city are being formed to help the city decide where city revenues should be industrial . "I would also like to see the legislature tell the cities 'You should Continued from Page One the biggest next year is to insure what happened this year stays," he says. Mayor Lee says he has enjoyed his first year as South Jordan's mayor, but would like to see more Mayor Thompson says the state legislature ought to allow the county the right to continue providing services to urbanized areas they already serve, but to make new developments join cities for service. Midvale increased "I think master Especially of interest is state legislation to solve the problems cities are having with Salt Lake County. "The basic problem is the fact that our county government is in a competitive posture with city government," he says. Both are performing the same functions, causing the expansion of city boundaries to hurt county workers. "The greatest majority of the people are very appreciative of what the city is trying to do because it does give them a more direct choice in what they want," he says. city accomplishments include round-the-cloduring e police service with seven officers instead of one, purchase of and complete payment for a new fire truck, initiation of Life Flight service to the city, passage of a bond election to finance the installation of more sewer lines, replacement of about two miles of old water line, and construction of a three million gallon water tank. says he plan finished, general services improved, and several measures adopted by the state legislature. . Other perhaps laying more sewer trunk lines, and building six or seven new baseball diamonds. Mayor White also lists some city goals that have not been firmly decided upon but are being considered. They are: purchase of a three and one-ha- lf acre park in the northeast part of town, development of a 20 acre park, construction of a new city hall or expansion of the old one, establishment of a cooperative In 1979, Mayor Thompson would like to see the city done. - - . , ;" Hisatake sees - the Mayor of Draper as a incorporation definite advantage to its residents. says. the master plan, and widening of the bridges in the city during the coming year, but is not sure if all these projects can be accomplished. Continued from Page One discretion out of zoning and placing the control into the law. problems. The city has asked the state to do a traffic study on 12300 S. and 700 E. to determine what can be . newly annexed area, completion of Sandy, development along the freeway and in the southeast Draper area. Mayor Hisatake says he would like to see the downtown area Draper decongested because of traffic We want to hs an company, he says. Draper will also be encouraging commercial and light industrial legislature amends the law the require petition signatures and a vote only in the new county, the be could required signatures garnered before the May deadline, and the proposal put to a vote this During 1979, Riverton will be replacing an additional three-fourtof a mile of water line, on agreement for providing water to the Crescent area. "I would be interested to see on a small scale basis if the city can develop services." However, that does not mean buying out the existing water The concept of Jordan County has been officially approved by the Riverton City Council. Mayor White says he believes that if the 1978 District Conservancy says he Mayor see expansion of sewer lines into the celebration. week-lon- g Library ;. , The July. does not think South Jordan in area much or Continued from Page One t knt i nued from Page )n population this year. The only valley," Mayor Lee says. The people for EMT training in January. annexations he expects are small expansion of industry into that Mayor Hisatake says getting the islands within the city. "We are not ambulance service operating is a out to grab land," he says. , newly annexed area remains one of ' his main goals for the coming year. main goal for 1979. If the Council of Governments t. , The city will also be purchasing a decided to divide up the remaining According to Mayor Lee, roller and tar pot and patching the sections of the county, Midvale . approximately 11 industries had roads, buying five more acres for a might take a large section of new planned on locating in the newly area during the coming annexed baseball complex next to the park, land, he says. However, this would and sending some of the police require building more fire stations year. However, the dispute over the makes their coming officers to the Police Officers and increasing the size of the police annexation now. Standards and Training classes. and fire departments, which would f questionable Also planned for 1979 is a water Mayor Hisatake is also hopeful cost more money. booster pump which will remove that the city can obtain permanent Other plans for next year include Glenmoor Village residents from quarters for the city hall and fire the completion of the senior citizens' West Jordan well water, completion The city is now center and the Midvale Historical department.. of the senior citizen's center, and negotiating with Jordan School Society Museum, which were begun District for the purchase of the this year. Midvale will also be possible construction of a municipal School. swimming pool. Draper celebrating its 70th birthday with a would like to Lee Mayor Clayton Midvale will grow Page 2 Thursday, January 4, 1979 THE SENTINEL b something bagging yon? Do you hove a comment to make oa a k torrent iatne? Tho Sentinel " rati to hear from yon. Call and tell at what yon think about any-thing. Dial 2554556 weekdays between the hours of 8 and 12 noon or 1 and S p.m. No need to give your name. in. man had this to say about the elimination of salaries for the South Jordan mayor and councilmen. "South Jordan people forced their mayor and councilmen to stop drawing salaries. I would like to make a challenge to the West Jordan mayor and councilmen to drop their salaries. Maybe the rest of the community could also do something about it. You have got to in somewhere start cutting A West Jordan government spending." Why are there so many dogs running loose in Midvale? This lady suggests that the whole bunch should be rounded up and taken to the Humane Society, seeing as they are so hard up for money. The society can charge the owners for the return of their animal. In most areas . . . . Midvale residents" appear to be the with satisfied relatively in the with and city neighborhoods to so their or responses general, questions posed in the recently released Midvale City master plan public survey seem to indicate. They also like the location of their . neighborhoods and the neighbors they share it with. by The prepared survey, Community Development most the found Associates, been had living in respondents more in or five Midvale years 16 25 years to is housing that from old and, for the most part, is still mortgaged, although a large number of people have finished paying for their homes. Looking at the figures, 61.4 percent have lived in Midvale over five years. The area of the city designated as district one. west of the freeway and north of Center St., a has the largest number of from one to five year residents, 43.5 percent. A total of 46.6 percent say they are still paying for their homes, while 36.1 own their homes. residents like most about their , neighborhoods. The answers were fairly close in most areas of the city except district one, where 17.6 percent list neighbors and 47.1 percent locations, and district two,, east of the interstate and north of Center, put neighbors first; and people questioned, 48.2 percent, said their neighborhoods had a good physical appearance and 21.5 percent called it excellent, 20.4 Most just average. However, 52.2 percent of those questioned living in district one called their area average in appearance. An overwhelming majority, 88.4 percent said they were satisfied with the physical condition and appearance of their neighborhood, ranging from a low of 78.3 percent in district one to 92.3 percent in district four, the area found east of the interstate and south of Center Street. No wide concensus appeared as to felt would what respondents improve the quality of housing in the neighborhoods; 31.7 percent liked strong zoning laws, while 25 percent noted strong code enforcement and another 25 percent supported strong neighborhood groups. Neighbors and location each received a total 31.7 percent of the responses to the question of what : location 42.1 to 26.3. Pretty much down the line, residents questioned felt Midvale's zoning ordinances are just about right in terms of restrictiveness 53.7 percent, and administration 46.3 percent, but large group for both questions 26.3 and 25.8 percent said they didn't know. .When asked what type of multi-unhousing they would choose to live in if they were interested in ' going that direction, generally speaking, the greater the number of units the fewer favorable responses with 34 percent listing duplexes, 25.7 17.3 townhouses, garden 12 rise apartments, high 11 and apartments, percent other.., Where to locate, mutliple units drew a number of varied and close it . - responses. Locating in strips along corridors drew responses ranging from 8.7 percent in area one to 35.8 percent in area three (west of the freeway and south of Center) and 27.7 percent overall. Placed to separate commercial highly-accessib- le areas from single dwellings got 43.2 percent of area two approval, but was only favored 26.7 overall. both of the above was liked by 34.8 percent proposals of respondents in district one, but only 2.7 percent of district two, while 26.2 percent overall said it didn't make any difference. Without getting into specific Combining percentages, here areas of interesting are some other responses: board, Midvale residents would not be in favor of Across the house unpurchasing a single-famil- y less it were with other single-famil- y homes and not next to some other type of housing or development. The of would be a while disliked area the most duplex, least disapproved would be next to a major road. If the purchase price were the same, Midvale residents would strongly prefer a home on a large lot in a conventional addition, where they would furnish the landscaping, recreation, and maintenance as to an attracted single-famil- y dwelling with common open space, landscaping and recreational area already in, 80.6 percent to 19.4 opposed percent. A home on an acre of ground or, at least, on a lot in a conventional are the two most of home ownership choices popular for' Midvalites, far exceeding subdivision condominiums. Midvale residents say 84.1 percent to 15.9 that developers should be required to include open space and recreational areas in residential areas even if the cost is passed on in the price of a home. Most people, (58.2 percent to 41.8) know of the housing rehabilitation in the city, but the vast 84.8 percent, do not know of any community or neighborhood councils in their area of the city . While residents in district one program majority, i would to one degree or another., favor rehabilitation, housing however the rest of the city does not look as favorably on such a program that would be under government sponsorship to make low interest loans to rehabilitate homes and commercial buildings. And most would not like to see government subsidized housing built in their areas. A slight majority said they would probably to definitely not use a housing rehabilitation program if it were offerred, although a still sizeable number said they definitely or probably would. But, a good margin said that even if material and technical were advice available, they did not have the time or interest to participate in fix-uclean-u- p neighborhood projects. And so far as traffic in the city is concerned, nearly three fourths of those residents surveyed acoss the and city said they felt curved streets preferrable to straight or through streets. p, cul-de-sa- cs . |