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Show School tax may see slight rise Park Record Thursday, June 13, T991 Page A3 Continued from A1 increased by $6,000 to cover increased increas-ed insurance rates, and its special transportation fund will rise by $70,000 to purchase a new bus for handicapped students. These items make up the list of additional requests re-quests not included in the originally proposed budget. The new teaching positions include: a second grade teacher at McPolin Elementary School; a fourth grade teacher at Parley's Park Elementary School ; a seventheighth grade teacher at Treasure Mountain Middle School; a one-seventh time language arts teacher at Park City High School to reinstitute an honors English program; pro-gram; and a TMMS band program assistant. Total price tag for these posts is $103,500. At a 10 percent student population growth rate, adding the five posts will reduce Park City school class sizes from about 27 to 24. The largest class sizes predicted for next year will be among fourth grade classes, with 26 students. Next largest would be second and sixth grades, with 25. Because of a recently enacted piece of state legislation called the AMAX decision, property taxes have been revamped statewide. Legislators were propelled to act when the Utah Supreme Court ruled state methods for taxing the AMAX Magnesium Corp. were unconstitutional. unconstitu-tional. As a result, all Utah county taxes are now being equalized, and Summit County is experiencing what some have called "favorable discrimination" with a rise of about $180 million. Though taxes for primary homeowners may rise slightly, the actual tax levy has gone down, Jolley says. "Truth in taxation is a way of life for us to remain revenue neutral, as long as we're growing," Board President Val Chin said. Basin wetlands study has been completed The final draft of the Snyderville Advanced Identification of Wetlands has been completed. Copies of this document may be obtained from Doyle Pergande, 1910 Prospector Pro-spector Square, Suite 200, Park City, UT 84060. The local telephone number is 645-9000. Copies can also be obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1403 South 600 West, Suite A, Bountiful, UT 84010, telephone (801) 295-8380. A public hearing will be held on June 18 at 7 p.m. at Parley's Park Elementary Elemen-tary School to present the findings and accept comments. The information contained in this document will be used to determine the general suitability or unsuitability of specific sites for the future disposaldischarge of dredged or fill material. This will shorten the permit processing time should the Army Corps receive a Section 404 permit application applica-tion to perform such work at some later date. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments on or before June 18. Comments may be addressed to: Katherine Trott, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Utah Regulatory Office, 1403 South 600 West Suite A, Bountiful, UT 84010. Workshop scheduled for transportation plan The second of three public workshops for the Park Meadows Transportation Transporta-tion Master Plan is scheduled for June 18 at 7 p.m. in the library of Treasure Mountain Middle School. The agenda for the workshop includes a brief presentation of the data and analysis completed to date and a description of the development alternatives being considered. Following the presentation, small working groups will be organized to further fur-ther discuss the alternatives and the impacts identified through the analysis for each of the alternatives. The groups also will be asked to select and prioritize preliminary recommendations for the Transportation Master Plan. Historic District Commission has two vacancies The mayor is accepting applications for two seats on the Historic District Commission which are expiring July 1. Persons interested in promoting andor are knowledgeable in historic preservation are encouraged to apply. Members serve two-year terms and meet as business demands. For further information, call Suzanne Mclntyre or Steve Osguthorpe at 645-5020. Send lettersresumes to Mayor Bradley A. Olch, P.O. Box 1480, Park City, UT 84060. Water conservation begins in Park City During summer, the city experiences its largest single water demand, landscape irrigation, at 50 percent of its yearly total water use. In response to this high use and increased demands, along with heightened awareness of environmental conservation, the Park City Council has am-mended am-mended existing ordinances and established a seasonal water rate that is in effect for the June 1 through September 30 time period of each year. The city ordinance for seasonal water conservation is in place and directed toward conserving water, a limited resource in Utah. The outside watering of lawns and landscaped areas using city water will be restricted to every other day from May 1 to September 30. Watering at even-numbered street addresses shall be limited to even-numbered even-numbered days of the month and water at odd-numbered addresses shall be limited to odd-numbered days. Hours of outside watering shall be restricted to between 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. Exceptions to these outside watering restrictions may be permitted, in writing, by the Public Works Director for new landscaping and seeding. Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine. Board Member Gene Lambert told the group assembled at the Tuesday meeting, that as long as the school district continues to experience record-breaking growth, the school district will need to take some advantage ad-vantage of the rise in local economic growth in order to keep pace. Board Member Greg Schirf said though he would have liked to see primary homeowners' tax rates go down, he does not believe the individual in-dividual savings would be significant. signifi-cant. In the district's capital outlay budget, the board plans to increase the levy from 9 to 10 mils in order to raise $155,000 for: computers in PCHS' new wing, $65,000; an airport-style airport-style student drop-off at TMMS, $20,000; a vehicle student drop-off near McPolin, $35,000; and to re-roof the PCHS multipurpose room, $30,000. Provo Canyon road results Results of the Provo Canyon Truck Survey were presented to the Utah Transportation Commission at their meeting held in Salt Lake City on June 7. The study, which was presented to commissioners as an information item, gave the results of a traffic survey recently taken on U.S. 189 in Provo Canyon. The traffic survey was combined with other studies done by the Utah Department of Transportation. It covered such topics as air quality, noise levels, safety and the economic impacts of banning trucks from the canyon. After interested groups have a chance to review and comment aon the Provo Canyon Truck Study, the commission will again put the issue on their agenda as an action item. The commission also approved funding $500,000 to be distributed statewide for the construction of sidewalks. The funds are distributed by county according to population, school enrollment and pedestrian accidents. An additional $610,000 was approved approv-ed to resurface and install traffic signals on 3500 South between 3200 West and State Street in Salt Lake County. The commission also approved ap-proved a resolution to abandon a section of roadway adjacent to State Route 126 in Layton. Resolutions were also approved to add Hastings Road in Grand County and 1100 North in Tremonton to the Federal Aid Secondary system. Placing these roads on the FAS will allow the counties to procure federal funding to help amintain those roads. The next meeting of the Utah Transportation Commission is scheduled for June 21 in Salt Lake City. DO YOUR PART. DRIVE SMART. How is it that a country that imports almost half its oil can afford to waste it? When a little thing like keeping the right pressure in our tires would save America over two million gallons of gas a day. Using lower octane fuels-two and a half million. And driving just five miles per hour slower would save still another two million gallons. When solutions are this easy, there's no excuse good enough. President Bush hopes you'll do your part, because when you think about it, it's not a lot to do for America. A Battle We Can Win If you are interested in becoming a literacy tutor or know someone who wants to learn to read and write, you can contact the following sources to find the literacy program nearest you. Contact Literacy Center P.O. Box 81826 Lincoln, NE 68501-1826 800-228-8813 or 402-464-0602 Laubach Literacy Action P.O. 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