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Show mm g rala 'w'WO L w ,j -J 'v r I. w Mietid Mmj !.yy I The Moab City Council Tuesday night voted to notify the Utah Dcpai't-ment Dcpai't-ment of Health that they had selected, as their number one choice, a sanitary landfill site in upper Spanish Valley, and would begin testing immediately to see if the site will meet specifications for such a landfill. In a following action, the Cu i:: ii voted to authorize City Recorder Da.'ir1 Bretzke to work with Councilman Iiaro!,! Jacobs to work toward closing t h . present city dump, which is operating contrary to state regulations. That wort-, which may take some time, will u;.:vi" fencing, limiting hours of access, manning man-ning and eventually covering the pre-iT.t duno before it i h?!v!or i-..' -. ;v will also be stopped during the shutdown shut-down phase. In a Monday tour of two proposal landfill sites, it was the unanimous opinion of those in attendance that the Spanish Valley site was preferable to the other site northwest of Moab. The rouncii v. ill r.ovv ak the National Park j' Sr-rvhr:-, .'.hi' h has available funds for !' work on a L-nddil, to begin soil tests to determine if suitkient soil is available for iaro; i', a.;,':. If that work proves feasible, ir:;n ..;pi:ca1ion will be filed with 'he n: o.' Land Management -r ,r: ; :( the site, and thra a'ren-.'y iii . in evironr wita! a j ' eijt b(.i-iv 'he landfill le'Hns o; er;.: Ms to A; --a !3LM maiu'ljer, :.'..! ha'-ht'-.. '.he whs or In tour ' ..,;, .;;.f.-1 ihH tl- si.e looked good to ;.: ' he thought thr.t t. ' :"i it'tti ",.ii"!f"t "-'ork couH l:i.-r: !.: hi-; -i-: onth", after the iiii.c i. is ;:.';. ; r-.x'ivos the application. r;-L'....'tr !o to. fy Ce'uroy Hint j.,. . v.r;'j rfia'ive the ioiiiia'.:-r s ion d.rrci to pro-vi(i.- cp :::t"rv- fvr.r's r.nd ma:i?;ement. The p;-sft-rr-d 1 i-oifill site is 13.5 mi''.s !-:,; the T'entr r of Moab, and will require 1.2 ni'es of access road from U. S. Hirheay 103. It was the opinion of city oiiiei.ils iJonday, that when the site is pu' ie.to te, a major garbage coliect't:. potr.t will have to be established establish-ed in e! :-,e prexi.-.iiiy to Moab City, and the aecuriiiiated debris then hauled to the Ian.! til! by a contractor with a large vehicle. lit other avt'on, the'City Council met with officials of the Grand County Water Const i vaecy District, who told council-men council-men dial they had recently completed a 41:" diameter te st water well near one cf the City's major storage tanks, and thai preliminary indications showed that large quantities of water might be made available from the well for culinary purposes for the next couple of years until the district needs it for irrigation purposes. Mayor V. D. McDougald questioned the early tests, stating that he doubted that when the w-ell were enlarged in diameter, it would produce as much as projections now show. At any rate, he said, the City is committed to bringing the recently purchased "Corbin veil" into the city system this spring, and that the Council would open bids at 1 p.m. Friday on the pipe needed to bring tne Corlin well to the closest city transmission lines. Other routine matters were handled by the Council with a small group of ciiitenr. who appeared. .... . . .... ' ' ' , ' ' ' " '. ' " f: ''i' vr, " , y- - . ' -y - ' i ;.. y'-':' ! ; ' :' '--' i y f? t S M :'iif , t l-h... ''y - Moab City, Grand County, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service personnel visited two proposed sanitary landfill sites Monday and decided that this site, in upper Spanish Valley, which is totally hidden from view and large enough for the landfill, would be prsferalle to the one north of town which would be highly visible froro the highway. Tests will now be undertaken to dE'i:vi ,,ii.K- if soil dept hs are sufficient for sanitary Ichh" rt:tt..o' fs. |