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Show 69th Year ' No. 52 Thursday December 30, 1982 Roosevelt, Utah 25 Cents 36 Pages CUP activities will continue through S3 The' Central Utah Project has been classified as the largest water resource development program ever undertaken in the State of Utah. The project provides Utah the opportunity to beneficially use a sizable portion of its alloted share of Colorado River water. The Basin will see water benefits come to municipalities and industrial users as well as to the farmers c as irrigation water, power, fish and wildlife, conservation and recreation purposes. The project will also improve flood contra capability and assist in water quality control. Hie CUP has been divided into six separate units. Four of these units, Vernal, Bonneville, Jensen and Upalco, were authorized for construction in 1956 by the Colorado River Storage project act. The Uintah Unit was authorized in hydro-electri- 1968. Work has been progressing this year on the Bonneville project. The bulk of the work is completed on the Vat, Rhoades, Stillwater and. Hades tunnels. The only drilling that is left to complete on any of these tunnels is in Stillwater. The rest are being lined or are finished. The Upper Stillwater storage lake was to be excavated completely by last November with dam construction starting when the yeather broke this spring. Because of problems encountered when the bed rock on the floor of the dam was not where it was suppose to be, at least another season will be spent in preparing the dam site. Work should start on the North Fork siphon. This is a pipe that will siphon the water between the Hades tunnel and the Stillwater tunnel across the North Fork of the Duchesne River. Most of the tunnel outlets are high above the canyon floors and the siphon process to take the water from one canyon wall to another will be used. The Uintah Unit progress is still held up by the Ute Tribe and their gathering a natural resource impact statement. According to Public Affairs specialist for the Bureau, Bud Rusho, the Tribe is waiting for a study to be made for impact of their land and until that study is completed the Tribe will not allow construction of any of the Uintah Unit lakes are proposed. One in Whiterocks Canyon and the other in Uintah Canyon. Test for dam sites have been made with a possible site being located in In this unit two the Whiterocks area but to date, no good site has been found in Uintah Canyon," said Rusho. Work has been started on the damage spillway at Flaming Gorge and should be completed early in 1983. According to Rusho this has been a good year for storing water and Flaming Gorge is now at over 90 capacity and, if we have another good water year a lot of water would be turned downstream from the Gorge and they will need to have the spillway completed by then. Part of the project will be the stabalizing of the high mountain lakes. This would be done for recreational purposes as the lakes are now being drawn down so for that hi some cases it almost destroys the recreational value of the lake. These lakes would be adjusted so that water wouldn't have to be taken out of the lake. The new reservoirs bgng built downstream would collect and store the runoff waters. This would allow the high lakes to stay the same level for better fishing and recreation. The Bureau is also involved to a certain extent with salinity control. Every reclamation project adds to the salinity problem of the Colorado River because it takes more water out of the river flow and makes for a higher concentration of salt in the remaining water. There are several ways in which the water gets its salt. First of all the land the water flows over has a high salt content and some of this will always be in the water. Other salt water providers are salt springs that run directly into the Colorado River that the Bureau is trying to find alternate destinations rather than the Colorado River. One such project now in the planning stage is that of the Aqua Drain. This would entail a pipeline from Colorado to California that would collect most of this salted spring water. It is proposed that plastic bags could be made to hold up to four ton of coal and these of coal could be floated to in the pipeline. The coal could be used in California or shipped onto 'Japan and the water could be dumped into the ocean without contaminating the present Colorado River. Depending on funding this should be a busy year for the Bureau and the proposed CUP activities. push for Block rants . A public meeting was held Monday evening, December 27, during the weekly Roosevelt City Coundl meeting for the discussion of possible projects to be funded with Community Development Block Grants. A total of $279,352 has been allocated for 1983 and communities have been urged to develop plans as soon as possible. The public hearings were urged to allow residente to present input, assist in identifying projects, and to have a voice in what decisions are made regarding projects. There was no participation from Roosevelt residents at Mondays ng, but members of the CSty proposed several projects they like to see accomplished wii ' the next year. The first suggestion was for a sewer line from tenth east toward the west This would provide sewer services to presently unserved areas. Shane Luck, (Sty Administrator, said this type of project is that which the board has supported in the past , A second suggestion proposed by the Council was for the installation of a drain system in the Emerald Hills subdivision. According to Luck, the State has said they would like to see money go to projects of health, safety, and economic development However, the problem in Emerald Hills was a major concern of the Council. 1 would like to see Emerald Hills as the number one priority, said Dennis Jenkins, Councilman. Luck explained that a total of $12,000 was held out of the Emerald Hills be made to various community groups within the next few months. After that the issue will most likely go before voters in a bond election, has served Roosevelt residents for the past 25 plus years, but plans are underway for its replacement. Size and cost factors have prompted the development of new plans. Presentations on the proposal ROOSEVELT'S POOL? This structure wj Recreation complex plans discussed in Roosevelt It all began innocently enough when a group of concerned Roosevelt citizens approached the City Council regarding tiie construction of a swimming pooL Several months later plans blossomed to include an indoor pool, and today they include racquet ball courts as well as a library. Discussion has been continuing, and a number of plan revisions have been submitted by Canon and McCune Architects. Hie main goal of these revisions is to design a complex with a number of offerings, while at the same time keeping the cost between $50 and $55 per property owner per year. During Monday evening's Council meeting, Kimball Young, a representa- tive of Boettcher and Company, presented possible financing options to the Council. He explained that presently the bond market is such that the project would possibly not cone in at $55 per year, but stressed that things are expected to change. The City would most likely be looking at a 15 year payback on the project. I think it's a good project," said Mark Stewart, City Councilman. "However, we need to keep the costs down as much as possible with the bond market as it is. In an effort to reduce costs, the City will be looking toward the Community Impact Board for possible funding. In an effort to clarify proposed design plans, Richard McCune, Cannon & McCune, made a presentation Tuesday, December 28, to members of the swimming pool and library committees as well as City ball courts, men's and womans locker rooms, saunas, and whirlpool. The center would also include three recreation department offices and mechanical and equipment rooms. The remainder of the first phase would be the construction of a swimming pool, deck, and chainlink fence. The total estimated cost of the first phase would be approximately 900,000. McCune stressed that all construction estimates have been made to include any possible hidden costs. He emphasized that actual construction costs could very well be lower. "At this point in time we felt a necessity to make the estimates and take the high figures to protect ourselves, said McCune. McCune said he feels very good about the cost estimates, and added that a very desirable facility could be constructed for the money. After the brief explanation of the plans by McCune, the group discussed possible alterna- tives. McCune explained that all design work on the library was done after close consideration of information provided by the State Library Board. The library would include a 42 seat conference room as well as an room. There would also be ample book space. McCune said the State Library audio-visu- Board has estimated that for a community Roosevelt's size there should be a total of 1,875 linear feet of book shelf. This is based on populations from 5,000 to 10,000. McCune explained that one linear foot contained about eight books. The plans call for 480 linear feet of shelves in the children's section, 1,260 in the adult and youth section, and 204 linear feet in the reference section. This amounts to a total of 1,944 linear feet This did not include the space needed ' for bookmobile books. The additional phases were also outlined. Should the need arise (McCune stressed that the phases would not have to go in this order, but that other communities have seen similar development) the second phase could include four additional racquetball courts. This would require, induding all architectural and engineering fees, $196,500. The third phase could be the addition of a lifetime sports gymnasium, storage, roller skating, and a 116 mile elevated jogging track. This phase was I "What do we do with the water," asked Garth Sorenson, Councilman. It's easy to get the water out Just place a perforated pipe. However, Sorenson was concerned about having a method for disposing of the water, or the solution may only create another problem. It was discussed, and felt that this ground water would have to be taken to the intersection of Highway 40 and State Street The method for proceeding on the project was discussed and it was derided to attempt to acquire funds for the drain. possible while at the same time providing desirable services. Kimball Young stressed similar sentiments at Monday's Council meeting. Young pointed out that a bond Continued on page 2 . 'y Officials. that he has the total recreationlibrary McCune explained ty in four phases. The first phase would include a library with meeting room, public restrooms, four racquet- - .,X. 1 contract because of the problem. However, the total cost of the project would be more than that For this reason, it was decided to place the project would be more than that For this reason, it was decided to place the project at the top of the list and place the tenth East sewer line as the second priority. However, some concerns were expressed about the resolution of the problem. . estimated to cost about $501,000. The final phase suggested was that of an exercise and weight room. This would cost about $100,000. McCune emphasized that the building nas been designed to add these phases in any order should the desire arise. In addition to these phases, the architect pointed out two additional features which could be added. The first of these would be a bubble on the pooL He said the bubble and all mechanical units would cost about $80,000. Also, should the City decide to add, at any time, an active solar system for heating pool water from spring through fall, the cost would be about $41,500. McCune said they are still waiting for a detailed breakdown of costs on this feature, and added that the estimate is only a ball park figure. During the meeting the need for keeping a ceiling on costs was stressed. It was decided that all efforts should be made to keep the costs as low as Green killed , t m, y t ! l$r PtfAiC in mining 100,000 accident A Tridell man died Saturday, December 25, from injuries suffered Thursday, December 23, in a mining accident south of Ouray. According to Uintah County Sheriff Sergeant Pete Pickup, Bruce Green was seriously injured Thursday while working in the Gilsonite Mine. Sergeant Pickup said a bucket was being raised from the mine when a large rock fell and struck Green on the head. Green was transported to the Ashley Valley Medical Center in Vernal and was then taken to Salt Lake. He died Christmas day in Salt Lake. TotaL u ccvr or au.1 f AS A RECREATION CQMPLEX-Th- ese a P are the complete proposed plans for the Roosevelt RecreationLibrary complex. The plans are divided into four phases. The first would include four racquetball courts, swimming pool, and library. It also includes locker rooms, two saunas, and one whirl pool. Pjans are still in the discussion stage, but could go before the Roosevelt voters in March for the passage of a bond to finance the project. |