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Show 1 Giuon Uii On ? SsJGijj Oomplon irkef ByR0SELYNKRK 1iSheriff William "Dub" Uwrence said he hasn't given p getting an Economic "development Administration J' DA) grant to build the froposed Public Safety lomplex and apparently uUffiavis County Commissioners 'aven't given up the pos- ibility either. LATE LAST week they pproved the expenditure of etween $200 and $300 for an invironmental Protection igency (EPA) study, which is lecessary before the proposal lA an be submitted for funding hrough the Public Works Act. . Although apparently all of jJjhe money under the $4 billion lollar public works grant has een allocated. Sheriff .awrence is still hoping that . 3avis County can receive ' noney from a fund that he iays has been set aside to rovide backup if there are ;rrors in the funding procedure. COMMISSIONER Glen Flint said that apparently $6 million of the $30 million allocated to the state has not been earmarked. Sheriff Lawrence had asked Governor I Scott Matheson for $200,000 of the state money, but had not received a definite answer, he told commissioners. State officials had instructed instruct-ed him to submit a letter to a state clearing house requesting request-ing the money. This agency said the letter would be sent on to the Governor if it cleared this hurdle. He said the letter will point out that Davis County did not get any of the funds allocated. IN ORDER to get the proposal into the mill, the EPA study, a soil feasibility study of the proposed site northwest of Lagoon, and the architectural plans are required. Sheriff Lawrence said the architectural plans will be available by Aug. 11. The money to finance the soil feasibility study, which will cost about $600, will be financed by the Sheriff's Office. Of-fice. He said that initial soil tests have shown that there is no problem with the site. Residents of the area had protested pro-tested earlier that the water table would be too high toallow the construction of the building. build-ing. THE EPA study will plot traffic flow patterns, factors that were under debate when a citizen's group protested the building site. County Commissioners Commis-sioners have taken a six month option on the 7.6 acres of land currently owned by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). |