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Show Wednesday, May 26, 1976 Page 2 Syppinls lm)dl To the People of Park City: To help clear up some facts concerning the upcoming general obligation bond election for the Snyderville Basin sewer District, I offer the following. ; During the time of the Park City building moratorium, which was due to the lack of water to service more growth, Park City increased its water supply by developing the Theriot Spring water and by also improving the source of City water at the Judge Tunnel. Park City also had problems of enlarging the present sewer plant at this same period of time. The City instructed Bush and Gudgell, the City engineer, to proceed with plans for the secondary phase of this improvement. During this time, we received pressure from the State Board of Health and the EPA to join with the Snyderville area and other subdivisions in the area to build one large sewer plant. Meanwhile, the prospect of Park City's getting Federal funds for its - own .improvement .im-provement were looking very dim. The Federal funds seemed to be going to consolidated con-solidated areas where one plant, instead of three or four, could service the .. area because one plant is less costly to build and maintain. Thus, Park City joined with the Snyderville Basin Sewer District, which totally took over the Park City sewer system and sewer plant bond ' Obligation. J The Park City sewer plant jjpday is operating at the maximum level. Its designed Housing Subsidy (Continued from Page if restrict Richards' profit on the project and, therefore, provide a guaranteed upper limit on rents, flexible only in terms of operational costs. Richards has stated that the same units, if financed by a conventional loan at current interest rates, would rent for $225 and $300 per month. He said the purpose of the project is "to provide family housing for miners, school teachers, young married couples and elderly couples people who don't make $15,000 a year." It is anticipated that the project will not only benefit those people elegible to rent the units but also the -local economy by retaining incomes in-comes within the community which are currently being spent in surrounding areas Where housing is less expensive. ex-pensive. : An additional forty , units are on the drawing board for the same site if the market for such housing shows them Commission Grants Approval ; The Park City Planning Commission gave final approval ap-proval to a number of different dif-ferent projects, including George Poly chron is' Mr. Air Cafe, at their Wednesday, Wed-nesday, May 19, meeting. I The Mt. Air Cafe, described s a reasonably priced, family style restaurant, will be built at the intersection of highways 248E and 224. Another project receiving approval from the com-, mission was Cliff Read's gas Station and car wash which Vill also be constructed at the 248E 224 junction. capacity is 500,000 gallons per day. Figures representing the average number of gallons used per day for the first four months , on 1976 are: January 435,350 gallons; February 455,000 gallons; March 516,400 gallons; and April 593,500 gallons. Due to the high number of gallons being used, the water leaving the plant and going back into the stream is highly contaminated. con-taminated. Park City's agreement with the Snyderville Basin Sewer District allows 2,000,000 gallons per day to be serviced. ser-viced. Also included in this bonding is $160,000 to be used . to repair or replace needed sewer lines in Park City. A survey was done by the City three years ago to obtain information regarding our collection system and to learn which lines needed replacing, which needed repair, and lines where outside water filtration occurred. I urge all voters to support the upcoming bond election . for this purpose: We need this sewer system now. The longer we put this off, the ' more costly it will be. If this bond election fails, the City will have to withstand another building moratorium until mis. our sewer problem, is solved-bearing solved-bearing in mind that no Federal funds will be for-' ; thcoming, I believe it is better for the whole of the Basin to pay 25 percent of the cost of this improvement, rather than our trying to make the improvement ourselves and bearing 100 percent of the total cost 'L&Ofi'VtiStW Mayor of Park City to be economically feasible. Resolution The adopted resolution states,"The Mayor and City Council have determined that an emergency exists within the corporate limits of Park City, Utah, and that a widespread low income housing shortage exists, and that said , emergency necessitates immediate action by Park City...." : Richards'7 project is described as "a partial solution to the low income housing problem." Should the project be sold within seven years, the resolution requires that the subsidy be repaid to the city with interest. Estimate It is estimated that the city's contribution will be in the neighborhood of $10,000 which will help to offset the approximately $45,000 in fees which Richards will have to pay the city before he can commence construction. Read, who owns Cliff's Cheveron station at Kimball's Kim-ball's Junction, plans to side his new building in natural woods and to use spot-lighted wood signs rattier than the conventional free standing plexiglass type erected by most stations. Taking heed of Commissioner Com-missioner Bill Bertagnole's statement, "Cliff you're a collector of junkers," the commission, stipulated that no permenant parking was to be allowed in front of Read's buildings. 5V Frank Marcellin Colleen Murnin Ron Schaefer Utah Foundation W':HU i4i , ttui J Uniform Program for Summit Co. . The public's right to know about the conduct of local government in Utah may be significantly increased in 1977, according to Utah Joundation,; the private, non-mWW non-mWW servlcVWency. A program of uniform budgeting, accounting, and reporting foi Utah counties and cities is scheduled to go into operation next year, aimed at correcting deficiencies that have existed from the beginning of the state's histuiy. It is noped that the program will put an end to situations which led Utah Foundation in the past to report that "many local governments do not comply with the legal requirements for publishing or posting annual financial reports. Of those who Ho, only a few produce meaningful reports for citizen use and understanding." un-derstanding." . The new program, which is now being tested in a pilot program in four Utah counties, should provide local officials with information in-formation essential to sound management practices, which too often has been lacking in the past; would permit valid comparisons among local government units and between different operating periods in the same unit and would make available to Utah citizens pertinent information on which they can judge the performance of their elected officials. The program directly stems from the Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties, enacted in 1975. The program being developed will, hovever, also be made uniform for cities. Counties, which operate on a January-to-December fiscal year, will go under the new program on January 1, 1977. Cities, which have a July-to-June fiscal period, will adopt it on July 1, 1977. '. The new fiscal program is being developed by the staff of the State Auditor, who is charged by law "to establish systems of accounting in all taxing units of the state and recommend accounting methods and forms for public accounts in the interest of uniformity, efficiency, and economy." Budgets, financial finan-cial reports, and audits of local government units will ' be made with reference to 'uniform charts of accounts. Certified conies of reports will be centralized in the office of the otate Auditor. Additional certified copies How About ft ? What do you plan to do after you graduate from Park High? Frank Marcellin I really don't know but I would like to travel. Karen Larsen Probably go to Rick's College or dental school and work. i Colleen Murnin Go College and work. Adrian Stevens Relax minute or six. Ron Schaefer I'm going to go strictly hippie. Doug Ford Work until I go on a mission they try to get into the Air Force Academy when I get back. will be maintained in the 1 respective seats of local ' government, open to public inspection. . Over . the years, repeated efforts have been made uE achieve the goals of uniform! accounting, budgeting andi reporting for local governments.' govern-ments.' but have met wilh little success. A major reason! for hoping that the newest' effort will be successful, the! Foundation notes, is the positive and often en-, thusiastic reception it is; receivieng from local government' officials as they! come in contact with it. The pilot program, now in operation, involves Salt Lake . County, Utah County,' Washington County, and, Summit County, testing it in units of large, medium, and small size. The new system is being computer-operated in1; the pilot program, with Salt Lake County furnishing computer service to Washington and Summit Counties, and Utah County employing a minicomputer. The system is adapted to either computer or manual operation, but local officials are finding that it takes less work to prepare raw data for computer processing than for manual handling. The Auditor's office is giving substantial assistance to local officials and training them in modern accounting methods, and finding most local officials enthusiastic about learning and operating the system. While both state and local official voice confidence in the long-range success of the program, they recognize that a great deal of time and effort will be required to achieve it. One major question mark confronts the new program, the Foundation points out. The incumbent State Auditor '.' is the first to have professional qualifications while holding office and has placed professionally qualified people in charge of ' the uniform local accounting program. The Auditors term ends this year, and under the Utah Constitution the Auditor cannot serve consecutive terms. "Who vill be the Auditor when the program goes into operation next year cannot be known at this time," the Foundation notes. "Utah citizens must hope that the new Auditor will carry on a program designed to provide information essential to sound management and to an informed body of Utah citizens." to the Salt Lake City and breathe for a NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A school For Two Members of Park City - From Representative Precincts Nos. 4 and 5 i ' I For a Terrri of 4 Years will be held for the" ! , 1HUty EllttrON !- Sf . 14, istr GENERAL ELECTION - NOV. The Polling place for this Election hall be the same as for the Primary and General Election as advertised ' by the County Cleric at a later date. The Polls wifl open at 7 A. M. and continue open until 8 P.M of the same day. FILING FECCEEDEE Nominations in writing must be candidate, or by at least five not later than the SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Park City's Fourth District, currently represented by Violet Terry, includes the top end of town down to 2nd Street. The Fifth District, currently represented by Ron Hannay, includes the south end of town, Snyderville and Summit Park. Strike Ends (Continued from Pagt 1 ) $100,000 has been erased and replaced by unlimited coverage. Also, union members are now entitled to $85 a week for up to 26 weeks if they are unable to work for health reasons. Ryan said other features of the new contract include a "real good" grievance procedure, a stronger safety committee and an improved seniority system. "We have one thing now which we've never had before, a line of progression in i the mill,",. Ryan said. "Everyone has to work their way up and nobody can be brought in from the outside and placed ahead of somebody already on the job." Two Years Management officials had originally proposed a three year contract but the union was seeking a one year term. "We wanted a one year contract but if it' was going to be anything over a year we wanted protection and we got it," Ryan stated. "We've been hurt before," he added. Negotiations ' ' . In what has to be one of the longest negotiation sessions on record locally, company and union xepresentatives met at 9:30 a.m. Saturday nioring and did not adjorn r C . - ft ITJ.i (Ax y ,v Karen Larsen -EC Adrian Stevens uuugruru the Board of Education of School District FOB CANDIDATES filed with the County Clerk by a citizens on behalf of a candidate, last Wednesday of June. until 11 p.m. that night by which time they had formulated for-mulated the contract which was eventually adopted. Union members gathered Monday morning to cast their votes on the contract which was recommended by the negotiating committee. According to Ryan 98 percent of the union endorsed the proposal. Workers began, straggling back to the mine immediately after the vote while union officials attempted to contact all members to pass the word. Thanks Ryan expressed his gratitude to various merchants mer-chants and to union members for their support during the strike. He mentioned the Motherlode, the Wickie Up, the Valley Hi, the Eating Establishment, various beer distributors and the C'est Bon as well as "many of the salaried personnel" at the mine as being supportive. "I would also like to thank all members that participated par-ticipated in a real big way during the strike, especially picket captains Wayne Putman, Neil Clegg, Del Ray Alvey, Lavar Daybell, Rex Pedersen and Ed Pedersen," Ryan said. T cm I' ,- f LMMl ftAlit BOND ELECTION An election will be held June 8 to decide if the Snyderville Basin Sewer District will be financed through general obligation bonds. Polling will take place in the Memorial Building from 7 a.m. until 8p.m. A public meeting will be held May 26 to discuss the bond election. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the city hall. REC. SCHEDULES The Summer Recreation Program Schedule and Registration Brochure will be in evervnn' mailbox Thursday or Friday. If you don't get one, : extras are available at the Memorial Building, the city offices and the Chamber of Commerce. Registration procedurres have changed this year. Registration can be accomplished by mailing in the registration forms in the brochure or by calling 649-9461 after June 1. The basic park program has also changed format this year. The park program will be geared more toward the Jr. High age level and the Day Camp program is aimed at the younger level. COUNSELOR TRAINING There will be a Day Camp Counselors Training Course June 7-11 starting at 9 a.m. at the Memorial Bldg. This will cover all aspects of the Day Camp Program : scheduling, programming, program-ming, safety and health, and First Aid. FIRST AID There will be an 8-hour Multi Media First Aid class offered to the public on June 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Memorial Bldg. There is a $5 fee for supplies, books and a First Aid Card for those who pass. Register before June 9 by calling 649-9461. 649-9461. - NEW HOURS FOR PLANNER Due to a heavy work load, City Planner Van Martin will only be available for public calls, appointments and zoning administration from nood until 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday,. This action has been taken at the request of the city cotistcif' 3VBrt as,:i,m a-'auwiJw :'! I smj-iu LADIES GOLF Ladies Golf League started last Tuesday, May 18, with 28 ladies participating. Anyone interested in-terested in playing is welcome. RUGBY The Park City Muckers will play the University of Utah side at 1:30 on Saturday in the city park. ABSENTEE BALLOTS Ab&cuiee ballots for voting in the June 8 Sewer Bond Election will be available at City Hall starting June 1. FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR ART FESTIVAL Local non-profit groups interested in operating food and beverage concessions during the Art Festival Aug. 14-15, please contact the Chamber of Commerce office as soon as possible . PROMOTE THE ART FESTIVAL Vacation Bound? Take along Art Festival brochureposters and do your bit to help promote this year's event throughout Utah and neighboring neigh-boring states. Call C of C 649-8899 or stop by the Chamber's temporary headquarters in the Ipbby of the Silver King Bank. ; LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Sign-up forms are now being distributed at Marsac School and at the Memorial Building. Ages 9-12. Need asst. coaches.. BABE RUTH LEAGUE Now being formed, contact Rec. Dept. at Memorial Building, if interested, ages 13-16. Need Coaches. 1 1 1 1 Publisher J. Howard Stahib Editor. Steve Derlng Business Manager ..... Bonnie Stable Reporter, Photographer ......... Greg Schlrf Office Manager. . . . . . . Sandy Erlckson Published weekly at Park City, Utah. Subscriptions Sub-scriptions $6 per year, $10 out of state. Send orders or-ders for subscriptions or change of address to THE NEWSPAPER P.O. Box 738, Park City, Utah 84060. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 Pictures, news and mitted prior to Wednesday pubication at our of- I fice, 419 Main St., Park 738, Park City, or by caling 649-9592 or 359-2612. 359-2612. Publication matter must be received by Monday afternoon for Wednesday pubication. iiljllllllllllliiiiiililljljlii! jSotttess ii i 1 advertising may be sub City, by mail, P.O. Box m |