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Show Federal Help for Spanish Valley Utilities Depends on Industrial Park ( Chris Jouflas, Planner for the Southeastern Utah Econo-. Econo-. mic Development District, told local officials Monday that the federal Economic Development Develop-ment Administration could not participate in the funding of the proposed Spanish Valley Water & Sewer District unless such district involved an industrial park. Mr. Jouflas, who has been assisting the Grand County Economic Development Committee Com-mittee and County Commission Commiss-ion in securing federal assi-tance assi-tance on the project, stated that EDA help could only come if employment could be justified. An industrial center, with at least 1 prospect ready to move into it, would justify such employment, he said. Mr. Jouflas told the committee com-mittee that other avenues were being investigated, and that financing would be available without the Industrial Complex Com-plex through other agencies. The projected costs for the improvements in Spanish Valley Val-ley were listed at $460 thousand to install the water system and about $700 thousand thou-sand for the sewer system. Those costs, of course, would be expanded if the system were extended to the site of the proposed park. K. E. McDougald, chairman of the Grand County Water Conservancy District, met with the committee, and announced that he and executive secretary secre-tary E. L. Schumaker would travel to Sacramento, Calif, on Feb. 26 where plans for the proposed Mill Creek Project would be correlated for submission sub-mission to various agencies involved for final funding. Plans for the project have been principally completed, at this point, and all that remains is the final approval of plans, environmental clearances and funding plans. Chariman Russell Donoghue stated that the five member steering committee for the consolidated Economic Development, Devel-opment, Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, and Travel Council, had met and finalized the job description for the new director, direct-or, and also outlined use of the Visitor Center facility on North Highway 163, where the new director and his staff would be located. He said that eight applications for the post had been received, and he felt that a new director would be selected within the next two weeks. Donoghue stated that funds for the hiring of secretarial help for the new director had been secured from the Department Depart-ment of Employment Security, and that Mrs. Joyce Murray would continue in that position. posi-tion. He further stated that the committee had agreed to increase the transient room tax for funds for the Travel Council beginning in March. In other business, Lee Wangsgard, area manager for the Bureau of Land Management Manage-ment reported on the recent hearings conducted by the BLM concerning application for right-of-way for the proposed pro-posed LaSal Pipeline Co. subsidiary of Colony Development Develop-ment Corp. He stated that the projcet would be held up by Congress for at least two more years. Chris Jouflas stated that a possibility of securing funding for a Convention Center looked favorable. Commission Chairman Chair-man D. L. Taylor requested that Jouflas meet with City Councilman Jerry Bonser, who is heading up the move for that center, to discuss details. Ray Branscom reported that he had received a copy of the application filed by David Wilkerson, attorney for Utah Agencies, requesting subsidy for third level carriers. Mr. Branscom stated that the application was complete and very well done. |
