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Show West Bountiful Council Ponders Video Games By ALICE MITCHELL There was considerable discussion dis-cussion in the West Bountiful City Council meeting last Tuesday concerning the video game center to be installed in Tri-D. Councilman Jay Dewell said it is impossible to oppose such a business because it is located in a commercial district. dis-trict. People have a right to use their property as they wish, if they obey all of the laws and ordinances in so doing. DEWELL INDICATED that there is some sentiment against the video games' business. busi-ness. The city has the right to establish the rules or conditions condi-tions othe running of the business. busi-ness. The owners said they wanted to attract adult business, busi-ness, they are not interested in a lot of "kids." COUNCILMAN Sam All-man All-man is afraid that many of the young people will be eager to use the facility and spend too much of their money in so doing. Dewell said that there is a need to watch the operation carefully so that drugs and other elements will not be introduced. in-troduced. Police Chief Wayne Jeppson agreed. He noted that another operation in a grocery store had become a problem. It was a problem to control the juveniles who gathered at the establishment. IT WAS suggested that Attorney Stahle be talked to about the operation. Jeppson proposed and the council agreed that the video games be shut down at 10 p.m. each night and have no longer hours on weekends. The owners hope to operate 20 machines and to lease others. AUman talked briefly of the past episode of bacteria in the culinary water system of the city. He introduced the guest speaker, Richard Harvey of the County Board of Health, who gave a resume of what had happened with regards to the ( bacteria or organisms in the culinary water system. THE WATER problem started when some people complained of illnesses they had contracted through the culinary water system. Samples Sam-ples were taken from the West Bountiful reservoir in Bountiful. Bounti-ful. Later they blew the lines to try and clean them out. Mr. Taggart of the county was sent to analyze the results. They found the contaminated water seemed to be localized in the water north of Pages Lane. A flier was sent out to the city advising people on Pages Lane and north to boil their water. Later it was suggested that the remainder of the city desist from drinking the water because be-cause a heavy solution of chlorine had been added to get rid of the organisms which may have caused the illnesses. TESTS WERE taken on the water daily for a time. Later it was once every other day. They are keeping a close watch on the water system. Mr. Harvey explained that organisms grow on food, moisture mois-ture and heat. Some people are highly susceptible to certain kinds of bacteria. He said that West Bountiful's big water lines are advantageous and will continue to be a plus factor in the city as it grows. A RESOLUTION will be drawn up to the effect that water wa-ter lines must be blown out periodically. Mr. Harvey suggested sug-gested that everyone take ten gallons from the bottom of their water heaters to further rid the chlorine. LaPreal Wheelright, realtor for Jay Roush property, attended the meeting to talk of the possible selling of the Roush property. This would make it possible for Mr. Roush to get rid of his trucking business busi-ness vehicles. Mrs. Wheelwright Wheel-wright said that the property had been listed on the market for some time but called the price asked for too exorbitant for buyers. It had been her idea that the property be divided into two parts. She talked of "flag property" which they have in other cities. DEWELL INDICATED that there is no "flag" property in West Bountiful. He said there is not sufficient frontage for dividing di-viding the property into two pieces. Allman and other council members indicated they would be glad to get the problem of the Roush property settled. They reminded that the Ban-gerter Ban-gerter property, in the same area, is working on a nonconforming non-conforming use. Dewell suggested sug-gested that he make an appointment with Mrs. Wheel-right Wheel-right to talk of the situation. AUDITOR RAY Allen presented pre-sented copies of the audit of the city books for the past fiscal fis-cal year June 30, 1980 to June 30, 1981. He explained that he had worked with Beverly Hill, city treasurer, and found $10,000extra and put it into the capital improvement fund. Allman asked about this year's funds and budget and was told that he, Mr. Allen, hopes to keep the city up to date with the budget and hopes that all councilmen will read each monthly report. It has been a good year for West Bountiful, since they have received re-ceived seme of the sales taxes which had been going to Bountiful. Boun-tiful. THE DEVELOPERS of Surrey Sur-rey Downs want the city to accept their second plat. Six things have to be done before the city can release the bond. After discussion the council voted to accept Surrey Downs plat two if the six things are completed. Mayor Secrist has the approval of the council to sign the necessary papers after the necessary improvements are finished. Dewell talked of the problem prob-lem of the trailer on the Halvor Olsen property. Judge Wellington Wel-lington had told Mr. Olsen to get the trailor off the property and he had been told this many times before. The council agreed that the matter should be between the attorney and Mr. Olsen and not between the council and Mr. Olsen. ALLMAN AND Mayor Secrist Sec-rist had investigated the problems prob-lems which had been brought up by Mr. Barber and the owners own-ers of the mobile homes in City Center Mobile Home Park. They found that the trailer industry in-dustry next door did have a fire break, which had some debris in it. The owners promised to clean out the fire break and to do their welding at the far end of the park. They will get all the weeds off the property, also. The council would like the Tire department to send the mobile home park owners and Mr. Barber a letter concerning the safety of the trailer business. busi-ness. It was suggested that a site barrier should be built between be-tween the mobile home park, the Fire Place Shop and the owners of the ties in back of the Texaco Station. THE COUNCIL felt that some matters, similar to the one above, should be discussed discus-sed with one of the council-members council-members and not have to be discussed in council meeting. Allman reported that the residents re-sidents on 1 2th N. and 1770 W. are beginning to pay for the installation in-stallation of fire hydrants, which were installed by the city, even though they live in the county. have such a meeting at the West Bountiful Elem. School on Oct. 27 Edmonds says he is still wondering when the railroad crossing arms are going to be installed on the D&RG tracks at 4th North and Pages Lane. He was happy that he was able to get the bill for repairing the road lowered. THE COUNCIL is working on the estimates from the engineer en-gineer about putting a sidewalk in from of Ralph Lees to Pages Lane. Mayor Secrist is happy with the new building being built behind be-hind the city hall. It blends in with the environment and will be a great development so vehicles can be stored. The mayor asked the council to be conscious of the cash flow. There had been some large checks written during the past month. The mayor led a discussion concerning the new ordinance books which are to be published. pub-lished. It was decided that it wouldn't be necessary to print the whole book for everyone. For example: the police would need the criminal code the most. The mayor indicated that the pages are going to be written on both sides of the paper in order to cut down on the bulkiness of the books. DEWELL SUGGESTED that the books be printed on standard size paper, not the small ones of the older books. It was agreed that the planning and zoning committee, the board of adjustments and possible pos-sible builders would only need the portion of the book which covered the zoning laws and ordinances. It was stressed that all of the books should be returned when people are not in office. Mayor Secrist read a letter from the school district noting that one of the problems in the area is building enough schools for the school population of the future. IT WAS decided, after talking talk-ing with Attorney Stahle, that it would be well to grant a lease . to the people in Hill West in order for them to build a fence, " as a barrier against Syro Steel. It had been thought that a deed should have been given to the citizens, but it seems advantageous advan-tageous to extend short-term loans to the citizens. It was decided not to make suggestions as to new members mem-bers of the board of adjustments adjust-ments until after the election in November. New members of the council would then be able to participate in chosing new members. COUNCILMAN Max Hall talked about BARD. It is true that each citizen must pay $1 per month for the use of the facility and also $1 for every load taken to the facility. Hall reminded that he had been against the raise in rates. Hall again talked about the space of the landfill. There are several possibilities but many are too expensive. Bountiful does have 86 acres more of land and it could possibly be used. Some alternatives are: to cover over the present landfill and add another layer of garbage; gar-bage; make a fishing pond by taking the dirt out of the portion por-tion of Mill Creek adjacent to the landfill area and the dirt could be used to cover the present pre-sent landfill. It is hoped that the BARD operation can buy itself at least ten more years. Councilman Gary Edmonds reported that the council's Meet Your Candidate meeting on Oct. 28 will not be held. The i League of Women Voters will |