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Show Uts h Pre 467 East Homecoming Game is Friday ociation Third South ,5lt Lake City, Ut. 84111 5s pieasetumtoPageA-- 9 wtut Vol. 3 No. 39 Thursday, September 24, 1981 20 cents single copy ElectkM to Be Nom Paiiisami When Lehi voters go to the poles this November to elect a new Mayor and two new city council members, they will be voting in a non partisan election, which will probably be a first for Lehi. In the past, the two political parties have always held a nominating convention to select those people who would run on either the Democratic or Republican ticket. A few years ago, members of the Republican party advocated going with the People's party and the Progressive party, in an attempt to make local small town politics less political. However, the Democrats would have nothing to do with the proposal, so now we have the Democratic party and an entirely different ball game. This is what happened. In an attempt to clarify and modernize old existing election laws, the legislature in the 1981 session passed the new Utah Municipal Election Code, which requires all municipal elections to be and for each city to hold a primary election, unless the city takes action by ordinance to do otherwise. The second part of the new code allows cities with fewer than 10,000 population to have a nonpartisan election without a primary, if the city passes an ordinance doing away with the primary. The law, however, is confusing on this point, because it appears that not only cities with fewer than 10,000 population, but any city can, by ordinance, do away with the primary election portion of the code, but all cities unless third class must conduct a election. n, . the Progressive party. But thanks to the Utah State Legislature and lack of information being sent out to local governments, Lehi's election this year is going to be This brings up the third part of the code, which permits third class cities to conduct a partisan or election with or without a primary, depending on what is decided by local city councils and is passed by ordinance. This third part of the code directly concerns Lehi, because we are a third class city, and in an attempt to follow the intention of the Legislature when it passed the new elections law, the Lehi City Council passed an ordinance last spring that stated Lehi City would not conduct a primary election. Aside from legislative intent, the city leaders did not want to have any primaries held for city elections, because of the expense involved. However, as things turned out, and more information was sent to the city, it was discovered that the election's ordinance passed by the city only took care of half the n and ByCARLHAUPT to stop construction 4 and Alpine 3 of aqueducts in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, mayors of Northern Utah County cities met last Thursday evening and presented their alternative plan to attempt the Jordan Tim-panog- Planning and Water in order to give Management Agency them a united voice in their opposition to specific portions of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Water Project. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation want to construct two separate aqueducts through Northern Utah County. However.the Timpanogos Planning And Water Management Agency proposes to "provide two separate water systems to serve North Utah County. The cities only want one line to supply water to Utah County cities and then the cities would construct a dual water system. Tne interconnected system would supply irrigation, fire and industrial flows. The other system would serve only domestic (inside the home) requirements within each city," said Christiansen. According to the cities' proposal "expanded spring water sources with existing wells as backup would supply the domestic system. The irrigation system would be supplied by surface streams, etc." W. Cornell Haynie, mayor of Pleasant Grove, said that the Timpanogos Planning And Water Management Agency has "for some time.. .been concerned about the CUP." Haynie said the cities were aware of the problem of supplying water to Salt Lake County in addition to taking care of the needs of the Utah County communities. "We know how important this water is," said Haynie. "We feel it can be delivered in a more economical way than it has been planned." The cities are concerned that the CUP aqueduct project as it is now planned will be a white elephant for Utah County. "Any mistakes that are made now will be very costly," said Haynie. "There is no need to deliver treated water to us through the CUP," said Christiansen. The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to construct two aqueduct systems - the Alpine Reach (3) and the Jordan Reach 4 ). The A-- 3 would terminate in Alpine would continue on to the Point of the Mountain where it would connect with the other portion of the Jordan Aqueduct which has already been built. These two systems would begin at the Orem Water Treatment Plant. According to the Conservancy District the J4 would transport, un- treated water to Salt Lake County and the A-- 3 would be used to deliver treated water to the cities of Northern Utah County. If the plan proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation is actually constructed the Utah Power & Light Power Plant at Olmstead would be forced to cease operations. The amount of water taken by the new aqueduct system would not leave enough water for the plant to operate. The pipe presently used by Utah Power & Light Co. to deliver water to the turbines at Olmstead will be used by the Bureau of Reclamation to supply water to the J-- 4 and A-- 3 aqueducts. UP&L was granted a water usp permit when it constructed its hydroelectric plant at Olmstead. The License for Renewal of that permit expired approximately three years ago.The Olmstead plant would have to be abandoned by UP&L if the present plan of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District is used. Christiansen said that the cities were "looking for a better way to serve northern Utah County." Officials at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District say they are planning on letting bids on the construction of the A-- 3 and J-- 4 aquaducts in about a year. No date has been set for completion of the project. One of the complaints of the Timpanogos Planning And Water Management Agency is that Utah County will be paying for the construction and maintainance of the J-- 4 aqueduct which will only benefit Salt Lake County., In response, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District says that all 12 counties involved in the Central Utah Project are taxed, although taxing does vary in the different counties because of the reassessment of property currently underway by the State of Utah. The Conservancy District also says that water belonging to the Jacob-Welb- y water rights will be transported through the J-Jacob-Welb- y water is water used for irrigation in Salt Lake County and Utah County near the Jordan River. The Bureau of Reclamation plans to remove the water in the Murdock canal presently used by Jacob-Welb- y and transfer it to J-- 4 for use in Salt Lake City. In order to keep Jacob-Welb- y supplied with water the Bureau of Reclamtion plans on putting water into Utah Lake from Strawberry through a pipeline already constructed with flows into Diamond Fork and down the Spanish Fork River. The Jacob Welby water will then be pumped out at the Jordan Narrows and part of it will be used in Utah County and part of it will be used in (J-4- til T J-- 4 4. . non-partis- petition. Democratic The and Progressive parties will still be meeting in convention on October 5, but only to decide which candidates they will support, but none of the candidates will be allowed to state party affiliation. This is how our local election will be run this year, but as soon as the City Attorney is satisfied with his understanding of the Utah Code, he will draw up a new ordinance that will cover the problem of and whether partisan, or not we will or will not have a primary. When this new ordinance is passed by the city, it will have an expiration time of two years, at which time a new ordinance will need to be passed before March 1st of the year the city has a municipal election. mun-cipaliti- non-partis- Therefore, all candidates interested in running for Mayor or one of the two council seats need only sign a Declaration of Candidacy which is available at the city Recorder's office, by October 9, according to Ken Rushton, Lehi City Attorney. Everyone who registers with the city Recorder will be on the ballot. This Week Homecoming activities at Lehi High will reach a peak tonight with a parade and pep rally. According to student officers, the parade will begin at 6 p.m. at Wines Park, travel south on First East to Main, west on Main to Second West, turn and return on Main to the high school. Following the parade and as soon as dusk comes, a big bonfire will be lit and a pep rally held as a prelude to the big football game and dance on Friday. All Pioneer fans are invited to join students for the big football clash with is Emery Friday afternoon. Kick-of- f slated for 5 p.m. At 8 p.m. in the north gym, the Homecoming Dance will begin. All alumni, and former students are invited to join students for this dance. Plans Fair UPPER PROVO RIVER RESERVOIR STABILIZATION -- Jake Garn and Congressman James Hansen. The cities are hoping that Utah's congressional leaders will support the modified plan and use their influence to persuade of the Bureau Reclamation to accept the changes. Don A. Christiansen, mayor of Alpine City, presented the cities' proposal to the federal representatives. The cities involved include Lindon, Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Lehi, Highland and Alpine. The cities have created the The city attorney indicated it will be similar to having everyone run as independent candidates, but this year they will not have to get 25 names on a question. By the time it was realized that the new ordinance was not broad enough to cover the partisan, aspect of the state law, it was too late for a new ordinance to be passed, by the May 1st deadline. As a result, Lehi will fall under the jurisdiction of the state code, which says all will hold a election. In addition, because of the no primary ordinance passed, Lehi will also not have a primary election, nor will the local parties be allowed to nominate candidates in convention. Lehi Ward Mayors Meet To Fight GUP In an fZff, Homecoming ii ?! v A TT TlAMPTON VI " Jordan VaHey 0...:l: :7"H Plant "V JORDAN Vy N'V SECT,0N 5 m Xlel,'LTW- -i jtah AQUEDUCT Volley GOSHEN BAY DIKE Area ( ASponitht 1 (W The Lehi Seventh Ward will hold an ward fair on October 3 at the ward house. The fun event will begin at 12 noon and continue until 5 p.m. Treat yourself to dippy dogs, sloppy joes, homemade ice cream, snow cones or drinks. The best cooks in the ward will be dishing up all homemade food items, plus there will be sewn articles and baked goods. (yJ Games, races and musical numbers every tiour of the fair, in the family can enjoy the activities. All ward members are invited, as well as the general public. will be held "-- Wotry ' V Jy ft rjORDANELLErL 1 Lehi Firemen Busy Sunday V Lehi's volunteer firemen were busy JJ Sunday night as they responded to two fire calls. They were paged about 9 p.m. when an auto caught fire on the frontage road north of Lehi. The vehicle was THIS MAP SHOWS the main elements of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. It does not show the proposed route of the Alpine 3 aqueduct which will follow the route of the Jordan 4 aqueduct. Salt Lake County. Loss of the Jacob-Welb- y water in the Murdock canal could cause it to be dry by the time it reaches Lehi. The mayors also want to eliminate seepage losses in the present Provo Resevoir (Murdock) Canal. The cities maintain that if the Jacob-Welb- y water is removed from the canal that the volume of water will drop significantly and that evaporation and seepage will increase in the canal. Presently seepage losses are shared among all water users of the canal. If the Jacob-Welb- y water is pumped through the J-- 4 aqueduct losses of that water will be reduced to zero and the remaining water users of the canal will have to share the cost of less water. The problem for users of the Murdock canal is that their water is measured at the Murdock Diversion Dam in Provo Canyon and not at the point which they remove the water from the canal for use. The water measured at the diversion dam is the correct amount allotted to each user but that volume of water is reduced by seepage and evaporation by the time it reaches the consumers. Another concern for the cities is that construction of the J-- 4 and aqueducts will essentially put a stop to further development of local water systems. City officials was concerned that the Bureau of Reclamation won't allow cities easements or right of ways to construct water, power, ewage lines, etc. across the A-- 3 aqueducts. Such action would put a stop to expansion of city services. According to Sheldon Talbot, engineer for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, all the cities have to do is file an application for easement and if the application is in line with construction guidelines that the easements will be granted. Talbot said that there are dozens of easements across the Jordan Aquaduct in Salt Lake County. According to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District "the Jordan Aqueduct will receive water from the rehabilitated Provo Reservoir Canal at Jordan Narrows." The Bonneville Unit is a part of the Central Utah Project which is divided into six units. The enabling legislation for the CUP was signed into law on April 11, Approximately 91 percent of the cost of the Bonneville Unit must be repayed to the Federal Government. This money will be repayed through water sales, power revenues from CUP power systems and local taxes. The high cost of constructing the system will mean that water purchased from the CUP will be high-price- 1956. The Bonneville Unit includes developments in both the Unita and Bonneville Basins with the purpose of diverting water from the Unita Basin into the Bonneville Basin. According to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District features of the Bonneville unit "will include 10 new resevoirs and enlargement of two existing resevoirs; 140 miles of aqueducts, tunnels and canals; three power plants; nine pumping plants; 13 miles of dike and 200 miles of pipe drains." In 1978 cost of the Bonneville Unit was estimated at $862,000,000. This figure has risen in the last three years due to construction delays and ' d. For example, American Fork now pays about $20 per acre foot for its water and Orem, which buys water from the CUP, is paying about $120 per acre foot. Extimates of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District are that water will cost up to $250. per acre foot when delivered through the J-- 4 and A-- 3 aqueducts. The cities are also worried about the right of way that the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District will need to use through the cities of Lindon and Pleasant Grove. The Murdock canal has a right of way of 100 feet and Carl Carpenter, engineer for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District says that the additional two water lines will be able to be constructed on a right of way. The Timpanogos Planning And Water Managemnt Agency claims that its plan for construction of only one line would lower capital costs and would also lower long term costs. The cities want the line to deliver untreated water to northern Utah County. They also want to the water line to be gravity flow and not ( Continued on Page A-- 3 150-fo- totally burned before the firemen arrived, even though they'd responded within minutes of the alarm. The second alarm sounded about 10:13 p.m. Fire trucks were dispatched to the Smith Farm west of Lehi where a haystack was ablaze. Due to lack of water in the area firemen were unable to control the fire and over 4,000 bales of hay were destroyed. Combustion was ruled out as cause of the fire as the hay was from last year's crop. Fire Chief Max Ray suspects lightning started the blaze. Losses exceed $8,000. The hay was insured, however, according to Fire Chief Ray. Maverik Is Robbed An armed robber made his escape with over $200 in a robbery at the Maverik, 500 West Main, last Monday evening. A male about 0 years of age walked into the convenience store about 9:35 last Monday, pointed a gun at the attendants and asked for all the money in the till. Teresa Robinson and Trudy Holmes were on duty when the gunman made his demand. A customer who came into the store during the incident was backed into the area where the two attendants stood. He told Teresa "hand me all the money in the till." The gunman left the store and '71 LTD jumped into a Ford being driven by another man. The car headed west according to the women. Paul Kirkpatrick, investigating officer, is working with the Salt Lake Police Department in the case. No flew leads have turned up according to Kirkpatrick. 18-2- light-colore- d |
