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Show ML Hloaiids: How Steep For Safety? Bountiful City Council, especially es-pecially Mayor Swapp, are becoming concerned with the maximum grade requirement on the streets coming down from the mountain development. develop-ment. MAYOR Swapp noted, "I came down one of those roads that has a 15 percent grade, and noticed that if the road had been wet and slick I couldn't have stopped or turned. "If I had known what the 15 percent grade was I would not have permitted it, we should look into changing the policy. That is too steep to negociate in the winter." THE MAYOR pointed out that in California where the winters are mild, the grade could be higher. But that with the terrain and the winter we get in Bountiful, the 15 percent per-cent grade is too much. The mayor then requested that the other council members travel on the road with the 15 percent grade to see the dangers involved. JACK Balling, the city engineer, en-gineer, noted that it would be almost impossible for any mountain area development without the maximum 15 percent per-cent grade requirement left in. The council decided to have the citizens group of the Master Plan take a look at the situation and make recommendations recom-mendations in their final statements on April 15. , THE COUNCIL also approved the request to purchase two used cars for the Highway Patrol. One Bountiful police car was totaled to-taled in an accident and the money received from the insurance in-surance company will be used to purchase one of the cars. The city then wants to sell another police car and purchase another used car from the Highway Patrol. Reasoning behind this move is the cost of operation. CURRENTLY the police drive Montegos and they have figured out that it costs 33 cents a mile to operate; the highway cars cost 14 cents a mile to operate. The city has also ordered its new ambulance from the Universal Safety Company. Two bids were entered but then one withdrew because it didn't meet specifications The bid was $19,972. TIME OF delivery is expected ex-pected to be 90 days. This ambulance is a modular type, that means in seven years only the cab has to be replaced, the chasis will still be good, dw |
