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Show Page 2 tElje '(Etmcs-jNcf- sorbed by the land owner. Mayor Robinson strongly encourages anyone who would like to attend planning and zoning meetings and volunteer for the committee to do so. He also stated appreciation for all the hard work done by the committee and growth the new ordinances will provide protection for the board to function properly and legally. Powers continued that in order to maintain quality of life and Levan Town Council KlGOB n7Dui keep our town country-fie- d these ordinances are essential, Mayor Robinson asked the two previous mayors in attendance, Andy Noble, of the company, Dubinsky and Mangelson, for Fransen & Noble, was assigned their input. They both felt that to test Levans water system and the council members and citizens make a report. Noble was sur- need more time to review tlie prised to find Levan met all cripile of proposed ordinances. teria for purity, storage, and ca- Council members Christensen, pacity. This is remarkable con- Shurtz, and Worwood, wanted sidering the amount of older time to review the ordinances. homes and plumbing in the town. Council member Wilson felt conThe report will have bearing on fident to adopt them. It was defuture grants that Levan is be- cided that the ordinances and ing considered for. Noble stated consideration of annexation will that the town could add 166 new be brought up at next months hook-up- s (at 25,000 per month) meeting. without problem. Any more New growth should be in subwould require an additional wa- division form. The town will do with other costs, ter tank. Wallace and Noble will the hook-up- s be back at the next town council such as street lights, to be ab meeting to give a final report. From page 1 Jack Powers, of the planning and zoning committee, brought up several issues. There is an interest in adjusting the minimum lot size from 14 acre to 12 acre. The committee is in favor placed in a data base to prove areas do not deserve a Wiof the proposal and may include many lderness designation, said it in the, still pending, new town Howarth. ordinances. They also received a Everyone knows that I had letter from local property owners trouble getting the right to have to annex 65.5 acres on the north- use of my mining claim on Mt. east side of town. Powers stated Nebo after the Wilderness was a proposed street layout would set, said Steele. It took thouand thousands have to be in place before it could sands of dollars of hours of time to win that right be considered for annexation. back in court. Powers urged the council to Howarth said Steele was not adopt the recommended new or- the only one who had problems dinances. He stressed that our once the designation went into town is vulnerable to developers. effect. He said many residents Because of the tremendous have had trouble with the Mt. Nebo Wilderness by not being able to repair or replace ditches, pipelines, or to maintain their water rights or improve their water rights. They also cannot extract minerals on their mining claims, said Howarth. Their access has been terminated on the roads that exist for hunting, grazing, or other recreational gocddugSD mGGGOmg By Times-New- Catlna Nichols Correspondent s The Levan Tbwn Council meeting began with a request from Darcy Paystrup to sponsor her at the upcoming Girls State. The council discussed in the past a donation of $100.00 was made to the participant. After brief discussion the motion was made and passed. Sally Smalley, president of the Levan Country Riders club requested the help of the town council members at their fund raising horse show on May 1st in Nephi. The council took it under advisement. Darren Lablanc of Sunrise Engineering advised the council on the status of a grant to study the feasibility ofa sewer system. The Grant (for $33,000) has been approved with the stipulation that a water conservation plan be studied and drafted. Sunrise will their contract with the town to include the plan. The towns share of the bill for the study is $2000. Kim Wallace the Regional Administrator of the Association of Governments (of which Levan is a member) discussed the towns compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. A grant was set aside to look at the quality of culinary water in smaller towns. 4-- H re-dra- ft Area Wednesday, April 28, 1999 Nephi, Utah os appreciates all their volunteer hours in behalf of the town." Utility contracts are being drawn up to require deposits for For the home utility hook-upowner the deposit will be refund : s. ch fJlona esOaoraaD WbaOCaoi? Sgfuqgg From GCao - DnOGcnoO There was discussion on maintaining the roadsides ofthe town during the summer months. Most land owners are good about keeping the towns property between them and the road clean and weed free. The town may buy a tractor mower or contract the work out It was also discussed that perhaps groups looking to do community thus keeping service can do costs to the town down. No action was taken on this matter. It is the responsibility of citizens to clean the garbage out of the ditches. The grills along the ditches belong to Levan not the irrigation company. They are there for safety purposes and to the ditches dean. Golden The faster the response time, the keep grave conMangelson better the chances of the victim cern aboutexpressed children playing to suffer minimal damage and to around the ditches. He cited the survive. bottom of the ditches become Members of the team are Tferi slick. This in conjunction very Boyd, Betty Garlick, Sue Garlick, with the volume and swiftness of Sharon Michael, Dawn Miller, water "even a grown man Denise Pay, Shelly Savage and the would have a hard time getting Lori Newell. We felt that all Mona resi- out. The next Tbwn Council meetdents would benefit from knowing was slated for May 19th. ing of the presence of the First Responder Team, she said. From page 1 Should it be necessary for you to call 911 because of a medical emergency, one or all of these people may show up at your door to assist you with your medical emergency. until the new ordinances are adopted and a public hearing is held. The ordinances call for zoning property commercial, indus- it DoopcEdoF Dccra egcgcc By Myrna Trauntvein Tunes-New- s correspondent The Mona First Responder Tfeam can be contacted by call- ing 911. Lori Newell, representing the team, told council members that the team will be dispatched by the county sheriffs office following the call: It is important to get held to victims of heart attacks, and oth- BDvl FofgccigO Furcft ed after 1 year, for the renter when the account is closed. This will hopefully help bring delinquent accounts under control. Council member Alden Shurtz reported the annual town clean-u- p will be held May 4th. This clean-u-p is limited to one bed sized load per housepick-u- p hold. Construction materials and old appliances are not to be included. If possible, please help the workers load your garbage into the trucks. er medical emergencies, in as short a time as possible, she said. Time can make the difference between life and death in many medical emergencies, she said. PCS diicauecos coK3ng guSdoDfooo God (SoGy 3cuc:c:5fl trial, residential, and defines sign regulation in those areas. Attending citizens continued to question why the town should adopt ordinances they do not enforce. Some complained that current ordinances such as the leash law, discharging of firearms in town limits, and underage drivers riding unlicensed oy FagEdta-oG-vjmotorcycles are being ignored. ( Mayor Robinson cited a discusexcavation street establish a persion with Sheriff Carter in that TVasntveia By Myras mit process, said Brough. the deputies and town council s He said one important issue members can't be on every corCorrespondent the council needed to consider ner to ensure the law is upheld. j .W of excavation work was the liability from not requir- Citizens can, however, report the 'done in street nghts-of-wa- y ing safety measures during incident to the Sheriffs Office . neecfr to be controlled by the city street excavations on city prop- and a citation will be issued council needs to set some erty. signed by the complainant If the We also need to consider util- matter to control the kinds goes to court, the citizen ities and other public or private would be required to testify to , quality of such work. entities doing street excavations the incident. wo.rkn TVe also need people to send - without permission and supervicommumPowers continued to assure us photos taken while they were has of he said. sion, those commitat the meeting howthemportance 52iV recreating in any of these Standards for street excava- - tee had reviewed the ordinances Retype andquahty BemiJcntrol!m areas "said posed Joseph work ,aid ad Brough, tions, which should apply equal- and they should be adopted. ni, commissioner. We also need ly to all those performing such Connie Dubinsky stated, But I photos of roads and other infor- - m2,yor, A. resurfac'and work, Brough compaction t the ? will people should know what is je?lde.n mation that help us prove the indicated ing standards, standards as to in the subdivision ordinance. community f that the land is multi-us' f that their was a high level of con--t the number of inspections, and Copies of the ordinances (all eem about the condition of pub- plans to address the repair of 218 pages) will be made availlic streets. damage to streets and the im- able to citizens for the cost of Weve hashed over the need to provements needed to be comprinting or a copy can be reprovide controls for excavation pleted by those who do street viewed at the town hall. A rework done across and on city excavations should also be set quest was made to postpone the We also need to consider what streets for some time now," said meeting for a couple of weeks to must be done in the case of fail- make the public more aware and Brough. We need to consider, in future ure oftrench compaction and re- insure the The connection fee would be legality of the meetreduced to only cover the admin- - meetings, an ordinance that will surfacing, said Brough. ing before the ordinances are istrative and inspection costs of govern street excavations and 'adopted. f the city, said Brough. I think this would be a good vjofli dono ougougGOcg on coGy Tunes-New- . ;dehn 1 te A , e. Wednesday. with showers and Mostly cloudy Highs in the 60s. thunderstorms likely. Extended forecast. Thursday through Saturday. Cool with a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day. Lows upper 30s to upper 40s. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s Thursday... Warming to the lower 60s to lower 70s by Saturday. Nephi weather Lcvcn weather Norma Sherwood, reporter Alfred Godek, reporter )z Sittied'Sfftitoe Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. Gibson, Editor Myrna Trauntvein, Correspondent Nephi, Sherie Partridge, Correspondent Levan 623-019- 5 623-573- 9 Call: (435) FAX: (435) for subscription, news or advertising INTERNET 623-052- 5 623-473- 5 timesnewsnebonet.com gibsontnnebonet.com Tl O (UPSP is published each byTh Tiass-NcPublishing C... M South Maun. Nephi. Utah 64646. Periodical is paid st Nephi. Utah. POSTMASTER: Send sddreos changes U The poets. News, P O. Bos 77. Nephi, Utah 64646 Deadlines: New. and advertising, dose of busineM, Mooday prior to public ton- - When a holiday (alia aa Monday, the deadline is the Friday prior to publication. Subocnptm prieaa: Sis Booths, $11 in or out af Juab County, aoe year, $21 in Juab County, $26 eutsids Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted far leas than su Booths. Single copy price, 7Sg. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles d phetiwrapha submitted far publicatiao are subset U editing sad only will be need d the editor deems them newsworthy The editor reserves the right U bold suboutted news iteas far space reasons. Tuaee-NewThe Utah 1996. All righte reserved. ReproCepynghtO Nephi, duction, reuse er transmittal ef all matter hereto is prohibited without prior written peroiseiuo by the publisher or editor. Itaw-Nc- 631-06- a, VnMir idea, said Richard Paxmanj council member. This would! make it so just one person was digging and would make it less confusing. At times, there has been some confusion on the part of the builder or the city crew as to where the line would match. would Adoption ofthe agreement end the confusion. ' Randy McKnight, city admin- istrator; the city attorney; and staff will draft an ordinance, in the near future, to spell out the specifics of the change. Considerations discussed by the council as to street excava- tions will apply to the standards and specifications established in any future ordinance. Independent order to help lessen the damage to city streets, the Nephi City is considering adopting an ordinance that will restrict or prohibit the parking of large trucks In . ! , on city streets and city street rights-of-waThe council will hold a public meeting at city hall at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, 1 999 to receive public comment on this issue. y. , , ; PcsCy convention cn April 2Cth AIRFREE WIRELESS The county convention of the Independent American Party will be held Thursday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Commission Chambers in the Juab County Building, 160 North Main, Nephi The nomination and election of county officers and state delegates will be held. A video. The Spirit of the American Revolution by David Barton will be shown. A plan to growth in Juab County will be presented. 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