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Show PAGE A4 MAY 7, 2010 SUMMIT COUNTY NEWS From the Office of the Coalville City Mayor... MAYOR DUANE SCHMIDT As the weather changes and spring approaches, the city is focused on completing our Main Street Reconstruction and starting some new projects. This year is once again looking to be extremely busy and we would like to bring our residents this update on what has been planned for this coming year. May brings the completion of our Main Street Reconstruction Project. Trees will be planted along Main Street, 8 park benches will be installed along with new trash receptacles. A new water fountain will be installed at City Hall and hanging baskets will be placed on the new light poles. Planters will be placed along Main Street and flowers planted. The sprinkler system for grass and tree plantings will be completed. Main Street will receive a seal coat and traffic lines and parking stalls will be painted. Last fall the City had 5 old fuel tanks and soil contamination mitigation completed as part of our Main Street Project. These tanks were removed with an additional stimulus grant of $160,000 obtained by the City. Moving forward to new work this spring we will see additional paving throughout our city. Eight city streets will be milled and repaved. These streets are as follows: Main Street from Chalk Creek Road north to the bridge; Main Street from 100 S to 150 5;150 S from Main to 50 W; 50 W from 150 S to 100 S; 50 W from 100 S to Center Street; Center Street from 50 W to Main; 50 S from Main to 50 W; 200 N from Main to the Sewer Plant. The streets will be milled, compacted and repaved with 2-1/2 inches of asphalt. These roads along with the vast majority of city streets will have traffic lines repainted. Patch work will be completed on South Main heading towards Hoytsville, North Main and Border Station Road. This project has been awarded to Granite Construction at a cost of approximately $130,000. Funding for this project has come through B & C Road Funds that are received by the city to help maintain our roads. There will be some road closures for short periods of time along with a little inconvenience. Please have patience with the construction crews and we will work very hard to quickly complete these road projects. Coalville City has been awarded $44,000 in a RAP Tax grant to construct a pocket park to be located along Main Street between Bella's Hair Salon and Key Drug. This pocket park will include boulder retaining walls along with stamped concrete patio areas, landscaped with an antique truck as an interest piece and photo opportunity. Plans of this project are located in City Hall and available for your review. We need additional funds to complete this job and donations towards the pocket park are welcomed at City Hall. A sign recognizing donors will be placed within the park. We plan on having this project completed this summer. The City has also been awarded 1.1 million dollars to reconstruct the bridge that crosses the Weber River. The City hopes to have advanced construction completed by late fall. We have a lot of paperwork, federal loopholes and planning to be completed prior to the start of construction. We will continue to push ahead with an eye on completing this project as soon as possible. The grant money was awarded by a Federal Bridge Fund and requires a match of 20% to be paid by Coalville City. Our city staff has worked very hard at advancing this project, gaining the grant and putting together the matching funds. Please remember that the bridge weight limit has been decreased and it is imperative that everyone comply with the current weight restrictions. The bridge grant puts Coalville City at a total of just over 5.1 million dollars worth of grant awards in the last 4 years. Our City Staff has become very efficient at writing, presenting and obtaining these funds. When the opportunity arises please thank our employees for their hard work on the behalf of all of us to help make Coalville the wonderful community that it is. The Heritage Festival and Pig Roast will be held on June 19th at 5 p.m. on Main Street. This year we will once again dine on roasted swine, be entertained by local musicians and have good company with neighbors, family and friends. Mark your calendar as this is a must attend event. This year we intend to have a Dutch Oven Cook Off for dessert. We would like to see if community members could make their favorite Dutch Oven Dessert to bring to the Pig Roast and help feed the crowd and compete for the award of best dessert of the 2010 Pig Roast. Please call City Hall with any questions. The Car Show will be held on July 10th and we're looking for a large crowd this year. Last year's cancellation of the car show was met with a lot of disappointment. Concerns over our Main Street Project start date lead to the cancellation. We believe the support for the show will be larger than normal and look forward to a wonderful time in July. Over the past winter our Public Works Department has been busier than ever. While taking care of our normal winter snow plow activities, our staff has reconditioned a lot of equipment, organized and prepared for a productive 2010 season. Our Public Works Director, Craig Giles looks forward to serving the needs of our community and your input is important. Please let Craig know of any repairs, potholes or maintenance concerns by contacting him at (435) 336-5980. Our sewer facility has constructed a new screening plant for compost and will be selling compost this spring for all your gardening needs. The new screening and composting plant is extremely productive and we are very proud of the team efforts that made this new process become a reality. Dennis Gunn our Sewer Plant Manager can be reached at (435) 336-2571 to arrange compost pick ups. Coalville is currently seeking grant funding to reconstruct our 50 year old sewer plant. We are hot on the trail of a 5 million dollar grant and hope to secure this funding in the near future. We will keep everyone informed as we navigate the process. Our sewer plant is getting old and showing the effects of working 24 / 7 for 365 days a year. Over the past month our City Staff has been working on upgrades to our city website at www.coalville.utah.gov. We invite you to utilize the web-site and we are always looking for photographs of Coalville. Mayor Lew Marchant and City Council members hear about Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program Kamas City Council hears all about the Blue Sky renewable energy program! The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory ranked Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program second in the nation for total number of participating customers in its annual assessment of leading utility green power programs as of released information May 3. The company also ranked third in the nation for green power program sales volume. Its Blue Sky program has been in the top five in both categories for the past eight years. Forestry manager Dylan Evans of Rocky Mountain Power was the presenter to the Kamas City Council, with Mayor Lew Marchant at the helm. They were shown the actual figures in which Kamas City would be able to use figuring the monthly costs, annual costs including cost per 100 kwh block and costs per kilowatt-hour. Dylan also showed the effective carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to avoided CO2 emission/not driving x miles; or cars off the road for a year as well as trees planted. They also talked about the tree trimming program, where and why it is done - for the safety of the customers. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory reports there are more than 850 utilities across the United States now offering green power programs. The company's No. 2 ranking for customer participation is up one spot from its previous No. 3 ranking in that category. The company's rankings are based on Blue Sky participation by Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power customers in six states. As of December 2009, more than 71,165 customers were enrolled in the Blue Sky program. "We are pleased with the sustained excellence of our Blue Sky program and wish Mayor Peter Corroon Wednesday, April 28, the Summit County Mayors held their Council of Government meeting (COG), and were treated to have visiting them the Salt Lake County Mayor, Peter Corroon. He intro- duced himself, also announced that he is also running as a candidate for the Governor of Utah (Democrat). "Thank you for letting me come," he stated, "and (would like to tell you) what we have done in Salt Lake County." He brought out the fact that Salt Lake County is similar to Summit County, in that the past few months have been concerned about jobs and economy, as well as the education system. "Urban areas are concerned about quality of life and other issues." He went on to say that, "I used to live in Heber - spent some time in these parts - know a little bit about the area and spent a lot of time in Summit County as well. "I Love the great state of Utah - love raising my children here. Utah has the pioneer spirit, and is where I want to stay - and want to make it a great place for chil- dren and also my children to come to. It just happened that I ended up one day running as county mayor and one day ended up running for governor! "In Salt Lake County we are concerned about the quality of life - have seen growth here as well as in Salt Lake County. We are also concerned about air and water quality - and must focus on this area. I think that renewable energies are great for this state and can be put in a lot of rural areas (which will) create new jobs." I am here to listen to you. We Have common issues even in our jails. We have recently opened up the Oxbow Jail because we had to. It is now a treatment center for things like mental issues. Our jails are becoming over crowded." The Mayors spent the next few minutes discussing common issues in the two counties. They dismissed and will reconvene Aug. 25. more than 193 million kilowatt-hours for 2009. The company does not profit financially by offering Blue Sky renewable energy to its customers. Blue Sky was named 2007 Green Power Program of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. To learn more about Blue Sky or to sign up, visit www.rockymountainpower.net / bluesk y or call 1-800-769-3717. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's news release about its utility green power program assessment and rankings is available online at: http: / / www.nrel.gov /news / press / 2010 / 838.html. (Note that the #2 and #3 rankings listed as PacifiCorp include Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power.) Separate from Blue Sky, Rocky Mountain Power is investing in cost-effective renewable energy to serve its customers' growing electricity needs, as part of a diverse resource mix that includes coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, and renewable wind and geothermal resources. As part of PacifiCorp, the company is the second largest utility owner of wind energy resources in the nation. The Kamas City Council received information with statistics of their people who live within the city limits, and this will be helpful in the long run of what people dan do to help. Old Rockport rocks to Old Time Music CHERYL OVARD Peter Corroon visits the COG of Summit County to recognize our participating customers for their commitment to encouraging the development of renewable energy in the region, said Karen Gilmore, Rocky Mountain Power vice president of customer services. "By supporting Blue Sky, customers are also helping to influence the future of energy production, preserve the environment and conserve resources for future generations." The Blue Sky program provides an easy and convenient way for Rocky Mountain Power customers to support renewable energy in the region, for as little as $1.95 per month. When a customer enrolls in Blue Sky the company purchases Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy certificates on their behalf from wind energy facilities in the western United States. Blue Sky funds also help support the development of smaller projects in local communities that can include wind, solar, geothermal, lowemission biomass or other certified renewable energy sources. During the past year, Blue Sky participation by Rocky Mountain Power customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho grew by 6.6 percent to 31,734 customers enrolled in the program. Total renewable energy purchases by Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky customers in these three states increased by 25 percent to SCN Editor The Old Rockport Church, built in 1893, is once more rock'in to the fiddle and the guitar as dancers, young and young at heart, enjoyed the Virginia Reel-type dancing Contra Dance. May 1st was the night, and the Saturday weather did not deter those who came to enjoy the fun! Contra dance has been enjoyed for hundreds of years in North America, England and Europe. The traditions are being preserved, taught again to a new generation by Danielle Montague-Judd and Sharon. They were excited to see so many participants and everyone had a great time! Keep a watch out for their next session in the Summit County News! For more information: contact ddmjudd@aol.com or sharoniama@aol.com (Photo by Curtis Judd) Subscribe To The News 336-5501 DEMOLITION DERBY TICKET MAIL-IN ORDER FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE: MONDAY MAY 10, 2010 YOU MAY PICK UP THE FORMS AT LOCAL BUSINESSES DURING THEIR REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS, KAMAS CITY HALL (9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.), OR WWW.KAMASCITY.NET THE FORMS MUST BE MAILED IN! |