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Show T.' V 4 I mim mm W m wmm m 1 i Mr. Spencer P Universal Mirrofiln 141 Slt Pleracrat Ave. Lake City, Utah 34101 REVIEW RHONE NUMBERS Advertising, News, Office 487-740- 1 Action Ads 487-327- Circulation VoL TOUR SUBSCRIPTION 9 KELPS YOUR CARRIER No. 1 8 487-181- The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt Lake City Community CITY EDITION 5 February 17, 1966 EXPERTS TACKLE FLOOD PROBLEMS... ALMOST recmcood -'- the are think- - about a lot of catastrophies ent going to happen. that, people Ccndr-T- m not sure we reoresent thoeel groups any better than you do. CcrdtUT $500,000 will take care at 75 percent of your flood problem... but nobody will believe me. StTCn&Jl 'When they fully under-- f stand It won't be quite so bad.. ...its been grossly exaggerated. Jenson --'This is the most powerful group weve ever had on this problpjp. Greer 'Except for the the Creeks. residents of Agree On Stream Use... But Residents Not Satisfied the las delivered commissioners beamed. It was Mr. Oliver, too, who showed the City Fathers a- - couple of years ago just how they could eliminate a big $2 and one -- half million deficit. It was a stroke of genius. Now, in a letter to his fellow commissioners, Jim Barker has revealed how the work of genius was done. On January 25, 1966, the commission adopted a Resolution calling for econo- Mayor and other City Commissioners must before June 30, face up to a deficit in the city "real Salt Lake City a newest commissioner a "State of the City" who message. Its an message bound to set Salt Lakers buzzing with Its red-hclarity. The essence of the message . . . the City Is in lousy financial shape. The explanation for everyone having missed the brunt of the message heretofore a simple bookkeeping quirk. es. eve-popp- ing Mr. Barker recalled, vividly, that a few years back Mayor Lee declared: 1 dont trust any government that has to hire someone to tell the people how good it is. A couple of weeks ago, Fred Oliver, fiscal consultant hired by the city at a cost approaching $9,000 per year, made a beautiful speech telling the city fathers how wonderful they were. ot .... Mayor Lee Campaign oratory of Mayor J. Bracken Lee was borrowed by City Commissioner James L. Barker to soften the blow for A my. The resolution was passed, Mr. Bar- ker recalled, after Mr. Oliver praised the commission for past economy. Mr. Oliver cited the citys accomplishment in absorbing the $2 and one-h- alf million deficit since June 30, 1962. Commissioners Beam Mayor Lee sopped it up. The other lucrative Career Barker Quote $.L. Golf ... As a or our financial consultant matter of fact, I hold Mr. Oliver in the highest esteem. However . . . Mr. Barker is convinced that the commission is "in danHe presents of deluding ourselves. and aoes not collect a salary, or if ger himself to the other members of the he does collect a salary as in Spoas the "Loyal Opposition. kanes case, he must report the gross Commission In that role, and with a talent for intake and profit of the concession to Mr. Barker emphasizes the city. No such reporting exists in diplomacy, that he would in no way dispute Mr. Salt or Lake either County. City Olivers laudatory statements concerning the economy heretofore achieved by this commission. In the other four cities -- Denver, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland - pros run the the $2 and a half million But concessions, including the golf shops, rentals, driving ranges and repairs but was a phony deficit. There's another one of $3 million, and pay the city a percentage of the gross deficit thats real, Jim Barker reveals. intake for the privilege of running conHow did it happen? cessions. At the beginning of each year, Mr. The main difference between the SpoBarker explained, the city always has a kane and Salt Lake systems is that Spokane knows what kind of financial situaf'Vw s. s tion it deals with.. ..Salt Lake doesnt.... or at least doesnt officially. $ize The Green$ The career of a golf pro on Salt Lakes public golf courses may or may not be lucrative.. ..but from here it appears tobeA-oka- y. golf pros on the Citys five courses, and one of the Countys courses, collect the profit on all rentals, sales of balls, clubs, equipment, ana other merchandise out of the pro shops. In addition they are paid a salary by the city, and the county. The fact that the pros are making a profit on business conducted on public The property is not unique.... a similar .... .... sys- tem is used in other cities. The difference, the Review learned in a spot check of five major Western cities this week, is that in other cities the pro pays a portion of the gross intake from the concessions to the city C hanges Dr, Edward Moe, Bureau of Community Development, University of Utah, last week urged executives of agencies served by Community Services Council to put their heads together and come up with tomorrows needs. on page A2) red or black, Mr. Barker declared, the city has spent It has every cent it has collected spent it all, even though, during the period, income has increased by $2,700, -000 per year through the city sales tax. Beginning July 1, 1965, the city operated under an "unrecognized or unacknowledged deficit of about $3 million, .... t (Continued on page A6) JYt v A .... t .... ns . :? gs dfccsdsncfi Profits The Police Cadet marks the trend away from the national prototype. .$ The trends toward seeking out, for the police profession, a part of the s to run these supposed a share of the scholarship elite. upper crust of high school graduates shops themselves, or hire people to And, why not a police scholarship? do it from the profits of the shops, but The police cadet must be solicited during his high school career. He must ? the Review has learned from one source $ be cajoled. Promised. Reassured. He must be sought actively with the ac- that often city employees are called in to handle the shops while the pros are r. knowledgement that hes NEEDED to help make law enforcement a better pro- - k ' ' , out giving lessons or doing something ?: fession. Hes taken into police service at the time of high school graduation. elsa. In addition to the income from S' We now prohibit men from becoming policemen until theyre 23 years old. profits of the shops the pros collect for those who wander from Job to job from j Thats fine. Keep it that way full fees from any lessons they give on page A 12) & (Continued on (Continued page a 7) The pros .... are 5 .... The only party meeting in County Commission chambers . . . residents along the creek beds. Present at Monday's meeting: All three County Commissioners; City Commissioners Conrad B. Harrison and George Catmull; Comity Flood director Ray P. Greenwood; consulting engineer A. H. Sorenson, Jr.; David-1- . Gardner, one-tiflood coordinator and now private consulting engineer; E. O. Larson, formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation and now Salt Lake manager of international engineering firm Berger and Associates; County Roads and Bridges flood man. Bill Caseworm; Roads and Bridges boss Woolas Macey; Citizens Flood Control Committee chairman JohnConder ; another flood control comm ittee chairman, or perhaps Chairman Of Executive Committee Of Big Flood Control Committee, Grant Macfarlane; County Planning Director Doug Campbell; Utah Water and Power Beard Directoc Jay Bingham; U. S. Army Corps of Engineers director F. W. McGregor; cCounty Recreation director Paul Rose and County flood control attorney Jim McIntosh. me An impressive group feat should have come up with new thinking Commissioner Jenson opened the meeting by expressing thanks to everybody, individually, for coming. Then as per usual in flood control meetings he gave the floor to the consulting engineer - A. H. Sorenson, Jr. Mr. Sorenson said the county intends to John Canepari .... The missing resident use fee Jordan River and its tributaries as its base of flood control operations. He further said Weve gotten into some When the public relations problems. people fully understand it wont 9e quite so bad - fee situation has been grossly exaggerated. Yet-Joi- n Mr. Sorensons reference to exaggeration may or may not have been referring to the Master Plan created by his own firm which on page 86 states: 'The flows in Big Cottonwood Creek will range from 350 cubic feet per second near the mouth of the canyon to 3500 cfs at the Jordan Theres an old story about an eleay River. widths along the channel also wiU vary from 30 to 100 phant. A group of people are blindfolded feet. and told to touch the elephant and asked 100 Year Storm to name fee object theyve touched. Each one comes up with a different answer -The report notes that the original denobody says elephant. A comparison with that elephant and sign was for a 100 year frequency storm (the worst storm that might happen in metropolitan government is apt. To some metro government is a 100 years). He has recently explained -including at court last Friday - that fee panacea - march in and all the valley's problems would be solved, including plan has been reduced to a 25 year fretaxaOnly truouble quency. nobody has inefficiency in government, double bothered to tell the residents exactly tion and duplicate costs. To some its a menace threatening y. what this means in terms of Theyre still understandably upset. historic values of Salt Lake Countys cities and towns. Commissioner John Preston Creer To some its a scheme for a power followed Mr. Sorenson by saying 'The - a technique depriving the citizen grab real immediate problem is that we must of independent action. to use the natural decide, if were going To most its an inigma. ' creeks or find an alternate. Metropolitan government is usually a ty consoliMr. Sorenson noted that 'Its true synonym for total that therell eventually have to be some dation. In recent weeks the Review has run The enlargements of the channels. on a concept called 'in4800 South storm dr n line might hike articles terlocal cooperation. The name is a 30 years before its flowing Ml. mouthM. Perhaps a catch phrase would David Gardner said I feel fee Big be better, but interlocal cooperation and Little Cottonwood Creeks can be is toe Best way to describe the concept. enlarged to carry 600 cfs without desIts not really new, just new to Salt troying the beauty of the creeks. A pipeline down the streets would cost 50 Lake, because the big emphasis in the times as much as the natural channels. past has been metropolitan government. The concept shouldnt be a secret -He added "From Highland Drive to 5th East you wouldnt have to change fee it isnt, for instance, to the Utah Municipal League..... an organization dedicawidth, just the slope of Big Cottonwood ted to assisting local governments in Creek. finding approaches to their problems. Mr. Sorenson confirmed 'I believe The concept wasnt a secret to the it can be done. state legislature in 1965 when it passed Utahs interlocal cooperation law. Metro Government '' s Some Stay Home - or parties - missing arme Monday Impressive cording to the city auditors departby Jim Baldwin ment. In Spokanes one driving range not w Law enforcement in Salt Lake Area soon may become a profession the pro pays the city 20 percent of k: ' a trade! the first $5000 gross, 40 percent of City Commissioner Jim Barkers wrestling with the idea of a Police Cadet the next $1000 and 50 percent of any to upgrade professional standards. .:j; c Program take over $4000. k Today the coUege degrees a mark of the exile for officers above the rank p of sergeant on the Salt Lake force. Bonneville Those lieutenants who have a degree, hence the shameful brand of profession-- s: alism, are rare and isolated. Captains and chiefs have no degrees. The citys fee for the driving range Its been a fact of police life in Salt Lake City that officers - including an at Bonneville for the fiscal year end- have been discouraged from achieving university graduate ing June 30, 1965 was $1214.51, which v assistant chief y.5 status. means that the total take was $12,145.10 s Its fact that administrative attitude has encouraged departure from police according to the City Auditors office. ranks of two officers who obtained law degrees, and of several others who ob- Out of this take the pro must also pay s: tained degrees in sociology. Several of the latter, desiring to remain close to any expenses of operating the driving s? police work, shifted to our state probation and our local juvenile court systems, s range. That attitude, said Jim Barker, is about to come to an end. The pros at the five City courses The Review brought Mr. Barker up to date on the national trend toward estab-- I: receive a salary of $440 per month of the Police Cadet program. He took action last week to obtain infor- - : lishment On round. the Meadow countys year i; mation about it from other police departments. brook Golf Course, the pro receives Police cadet programs arent new although theyre unknown in Utah. a $45Q Per month salary, and in addi- r make tion !s provided with a county house Theyre not costly. Actually, they cut down department expenses of effective more experienced personnel. assignment on which the County pays the utilities. possible func-tioOn the Mick Riley course the salary They release top pay scale veteran officers for more demanding police is $500 without concessions privileges ! i They upgrade police professionalism. as yet. National surveys show that the average American policeman is a high Neither County Auditor David Jones or City Auditor Lawrence Jones had & school graduate.! He tried one or more jobs before he decided to become a policeman; Just as he tried one or more wives before his present marriage. figures on the total receipts of the What he knows as a policeman, he learned from the experiences of other concessions of the courses on City policemen, who learned in like fashion. He brings nothing new to the departor County property. ? ment, or to the profession. Rather, he assures decadence because he perpet-imt- : (Continued resulted in a deficit. In the past six years, -- tions. Its time, he said, that the Community service agencies tum the problems of service to the individual over to public The private agency, then, agencies. can Indulge in planning and research. at about the same rate, Mr. Barker observed, without loss of revenue or increase of expenditures which could have ... Since 1880, Dr. Moe declared, Salt Lake Valley has been lagging behind because, unlike Brigham Young, in this century we have based plans upon past experieqee rather than future anticipa- ing. The changeover resulted in the accountant1 s deficit being absored under the advice of Mr. Oliver. The city continued to receive and spend f Lags Behind Year after year, as human problems increase, we add agency to agency to serve the individual needs, and needs grow faster than the service. Its time, he said, for us to balance build today on the past the see-sa- w; with the future as the guide for build- systems. From January 1 to June 30, 1962, the city didn't collect revenue needed to retire the tax anticipation notes. Added notes financed the new fiscal year. .... vacuum. error. counting ... A vital segment....the human element ....was left out of the Salt Lake County Master Plan for 1935. ...and now is the time to put people to work filling the said Dr. Moe, Utah has been a society of builders on old plans ....no longer a society of planners. Our handling of human services, he has revealed the same complained, The balance sheet at fed beginning of any fiscal year, will show at the moment that the city is in the red. At the end of each fiscal year, however, the city ends operating in the black But, only apparently operating in the black. Actually, still in the red. Beginning July 1, 1962, the city changed from an annual toa fiscal accounting period. Because the changeover occured in mid-yethe calendar year was administered under the old and the new ac- .... ... sentials. Police Cadet Idea Gets Serious Look Within the Salt Lake City system there are two driving ranges, one at Bonneville Golf Course. There the pro pays the city tea percent of the gross, ac- Needed 1880. Fiscal Year A In Services Since and other revenues are collected. Always the city has to sell tax anticipation notes in order to have cash to pay the bills. The notes retire as revenue comes in. ar, Mr. Barker continued: "I do not wish to be understood by this reference to mean that I mistrust this Commission Pro$ Salt Lake countys hottest political potato at the moment is flood control, and involved it was a week of frustration and some progress. . Straddling the weekend the case of the residents along Big Cottonwood Creek came before, and was dismissed by Judge A. H. Ellett. The residents might not be through though. Their chairman John Canepari, Jr. said Tuesday night that his group was examining the possibility of taking the matter to Utahs Supreme Court. On Monday a melting of big names from all over skirted aroimd the edges but not quite of the flood control problem and almost , got down to es- for those deficit, which has be'en absorbed as taxes Better Forces Right-of-w- right-of-wa- city-coun- (Continued on page A9) (Continued on page 42) ' |