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Show IX J Vol. 6, No. 35 Thursday, September 6, 1984 50 cents City okays annex of 77 acres to nmth The Lehi City Council approved the annexation of 77 acres of property north of the city in action taken last week. The approval for annexation came after landowners in the area complained that development on the annexed property would lead to water contamination in the area and after complaints that the city would be faced with the difficult problem of providing services to the outlying region. The property, located at 10400 North and 8000 West in Utah County, had been denied a similar request on the number of building for annexation when the proposal permits. was brought before the council a The city also specified that Lehi would not be required to provide year ago. Approval for the annexation came services to the area until the area after a motion to deny the proposal becomes more developed. Vivian Carter, who owns property by Councilman Chris Lind died for in the area, complained that septic want of a second. Lind told the council that the tanks in the area were threatening to annexation would present problems contaminate his water supply, and to the city when it was forced to expressed concern that more growth provide regular city services such as without sewer services in the area fire protection, street improvement would increase that threat. and snow removal. Representatives of the property After Lind's motion failed, the owners in the area said they are not council approved the annexation but willing to install sewer lines right stipulated that limits will be placed now. Lehi mulls mobile home park Dell Young and Lloyd Ash met with planning commission members Tuesday to work out details for annexation and approval of a mobile home park near 84th West and 104th North in Lehi. The planning commission will recommend to the council that the Ash property be annexed as a mobile home park zone. Other properties involved would be zoned AI (agricultural zone) and I and MI which is industrial and manufacturing zone. The project could cost 245-un- it 40-ac- ft. million before it is comaccording to developer residential density of four per acre. Present at the city council Young. meeting to oppose the project was Lehi Getting adequate water storage Julian Mercer, long-tim- e and pressure for the property is one resident. He explained that the initial problem with the project council should try to preserve the according to Young. He suggested aesthetic value of undeveloped that the problem could be solved by areas. installing a 25,000 gallon pressure If the council approved the antank that would serve culinary A of the mobile home park as well nexation well. purposes nearby could furnish water for landscaping. zone, Ash and Young will come Ash explained that the density of back to the planning commission the homes would be about six per with their mobile home park design acre, more than the average approval. nearly pleted, $1 Nanny or glorified maid, Wendy liked time in NY doesn't want to that's just a glorified name for a be called a "nanny." "I was a maid!" But Wendi loved her nine month mother's helper," she said, "and Wendi Horrocks Asmaw nomss THF LfllJ off)UNTY ... i St J Wendi Horrocks has her photo snapped in the Big Apple while serving as a mother's helper. stay in New York where she worked for the Richard Kaminester family. "They treated me like one of the like I was the big sister, family and I got paid for it," Wendi said. The Lehi girl is one of many Mormon girls who have joined an exodus to the eastern states where they work as Nannys for wealthy families there. They are recruited by Nanny registries who extol the character and dependability of these young women. Saint mothers' Many Latter-da- y from come large families helpers and have had several years of responsibility caring for younger brothers and sisters. In addition, most of these young women have very positive attitudes towards families, have developed very good skills in working with children and many have done extensive volunteer work with children in various church positions, which makes a lengthy training program unnecessary. In Wendi's case, she was a Mother's Helper to two children, ages 10 and 13. She was also required to do housework for the family of four. "I loved it," Wendi explained. She worked for $100 a week plus her room and board. "I got up and cleaned house in the morning, and depending on how fast I could do my work, I had free time See Mother's helper on page 3 - i j m Lr y AY A ni&&i&z-L- . if Children reach in to pet baby elephant contained in pet at Lehi Rodeo Grounds as Ford Brothers Circus made preparations for Tuesday night performance. (1 Kids thrill to sights and sounds of circus animals The circus came to town several and Tuesday, youngsters gathered at the T,phi Rnden Grounds to see the Big Top raised and to vipw thp rtiffprpnt animals Sk1 ft - i This giraffe got his share of attention as he was readied for the evenings shows. Youths found after night in Lone Peak area Two Salt Lake area youths were the Lake Hardy area of the canyon. reunited with their families Tuesday The youths had been reported morning after spending the night missing in the early morning hours alone in the Lone Peak Wilderness Tuesday after relatives had been area north of Alpine. unable to locate them earlier. They A Utah County Sheriff's Dispathad been hiking with their older cher said Johnny Van Valkenbergh, brothers David Isakson and Steve 13, 2945 S. 3145 West, West Valley, Van Valkenbergh when they became Steve David and his cousin, Joe Isakson, 10, 1430 separated. and Alder Road, Salt Lake City, were returned to the Dry Creek area of located by relatives at 10:42 a.m. in the canyon and reported the boys missing. Deputies from the Utah County Sheriff's Office and members of the Utah County Jeep Patrol joined relatives of the two at the dawn to continue with the search. An aircraft was flown over the area by the Sheriff's Office in an attempt to locate the missing youths, the dispatcher said. UTA waits for invitation from local communities Whether or not local communities able to participate in the mass transit merger that will extend Utah Transit Authority Service from Salt Lake City to the Provo-Orearea it up to those communities. Ray Miller, who works with UTA in Provo, said the UTA cannot approach the cities for annexation into the system, but must be approached by local city councils about that annexation. But with bus service extending from Salt Lake to Provo, as well as local service in the Provo-Orearea, he said extension into North Utah County is a logical next step -and one planned for when the Provo-Oreroutes were laid down. "It would be easy for us to serve the communities of north Utah County because we are operating between Provo and Salt Lake City anyway," Miller said in a telephone Interview. "The system we designed for Provo and Orem we designed keeping in mind that someday, will be m m probably in the very near future, we would be expanding county-wide.- " And although local city officials express mixed feelings about the proposal, Miller says local residents are going to realize eventually that they are already paying some money for the service. "These people are paying for the service by making purchases in our existing service area because they are probably coming to Provo and Orem to purchase their goods," Miller said. "I think the residents will realize very quickly that they are already paying for the service whether it be in Salt lake County or in Orem. So it's not going to be a big burden to them." While UTA officials have not approached local communities, Miller said meetings were held with legislators from throughout the county when Provo and Orem started considering the recent election that a quarter of a percent sales tax increase to pay for the mass transit system. "They also realize that their residents are already paying for it in the area of purchasing and other areas. We are kind of aware, and just waiting to hear from the local communities," Miller said. Before local communities can be annexed into the UTA's service area, they will have to go through the same process that Provo and Orem did, including a formal request for annexation by the city in the hearings governments, communities and existing UTA service area about the annexation, and, if the request isapproved by the UTA's board of directors, an election to raise local sales taxes by a quarter of one percent. however, Local communities, have mixed feelings about the proposal. Lehi Mayor George Tripp said his community is waiting to consider including the UTA in city services. "Lehi is not interested at the present time. We don't think we're ready to go into something like that," Tripp said. But American Pork Mayor Malcolm Beck says he intends to approach the city council next month about giving local residents a chance to vote on inclusion into the UTA service area. "I don't know what the rest of the communities are going to do, but I am interested in it," Beck said. "I think it's something we are going to need. We're looking at it." Beck said he would like to get a proposal before the voters as early as January the month the UTA is to scheduled get underway providing service to the Provo-Orearea. He said the voters would have to decide if they were willing to increase local sales tax to pay for the system, or to spend city funds in the tame amount to pay for UTA service.'i'd like to see Lehi, Pleasant Grove and American Fork go for it," Beck said. Pleasant Grove Mayor David - Holdaway could not be reached for comment. What could local residents expect from the UTA service? Miller says both local and express transit service would be offered within communities joining the UTA. Express service to both Salt Lake area would City and the Provo-Oree lot include a stop at a park-and-rid- near Local service would be a logical extension of proposed lines in the system designed for the Provo-Ore5. area, including service to the park-and-ri- lot. "We designed our route structure so it would be simple extension of existing routes," Miller explained. "We have kept In mind that service to American Fork and Alpine, for example, is eventually going to happen, and we don't want to keep redoing the routes to provide service there. "Those communities aren't big enough to warrant inner-cit- y ser vice. However, we would provide for the route coming into Provo and Orem to circulate through the communities first," he said. Miller said the smaller communities wouldn't provide the tax revenues that the larger communities did to pay for the UTA service, but that the residents of those communities would be subsidizing the service as well when they shopped in the communities served by the UTA. County-wid- e service is also a good possibility in the future, Miller said. While north Utah County is a natural extension for the bus service, the south part of the county is different story, according to Miller. Nevertheless, he said, "We are in the business of providing public If those cities transportation. the service, they are more request than likely going to receive it." However, the request will have to come from the communities before anything else will happen. |