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Show For Midvale City ... Rilaster plan survey released Midvale residents, did you know that the two aspects your neighbors said they liked best about their neighborhoods were other neighbors and the location? Did you know that 86.2 percent of city residents said they would patronize businesses along Main St. if the store front were refurbished or redesigned? Or did you know, or care, that only 5.2 percent of residents said law enforcement needed improvement, while city businessmen felt the police could do more? If the above responses surprise you, you're not alone. For the information gathered in the study, of which those answers are only a small part, proved to be eye opening to even those that gathered and prepared it, as well as those who asked that it be done. The above information is part of that gathered in a 49 question public survey and an 18 question survey directed at downtown businessmen to gain background information for use in preparing an upcoming Midvale City master plan. Jack Willis, president Community of Development Associates, the firm contracted by the city do put together the master plan, says he feels the city council made a wise decision to include a survey with the master plan. "From what I've been able to see, on many important issues there is no clear concensus among Midvale residents," Willis explained. "Their answers to such things as what they feel needs improvement in the city or what to do with the large tracks of open and unused land on the west side of the city reveal a number of strong and varied responses. This information will be extremely valuable to the city as it begins to shape its master plan." Willis feels it could also make for some extremely volitile situations between the city council and residents, as the council attempts to put together priorities for limited funds based on many diverse opinions. According to Willis the survey is detailed and, he believes, accurate and was surprising not just in the variety of responses to questions, but in the massive amount of information it gathered. So much information, that ho attempt will be made in this article to go in to any kind of depth explaining. Future articles will deal with many of those and the important questions to them. responses In developing the survey, Willis said he first divided city's residential areas into four districts using center street for the north-sout- h division point and for the east-weline. District one was located in the northwest corner, district two in the northeast, district three in the southwest, and district four in the southeast. In addition the downtown business district was designated district five. A total of 274 people were interviewed: 200 residents within st the four districts, Volume 3, Number 28 Published weekly Continuing The Midvale Sentinel it 125 W. Center St, forty businessmen, and 34 commercial property owners. The average length of each interview was forty minutes, according to Willis. After studying over the material compiled within the survey, Willis feels the biggest recommendation he could make to the council is to go ahead with the formation of a redevelopment board comprised of representatives from city residents, businessmen and developers, and the city council to tackle such touchy items as city improvements, and industrial zoning, and commercial development." Willis adds that the master plan is being designed to provide the city council with several options for the city's development that they can adopt depending on various trends over the next three to four years. " " VX 4 V. V. i A L Jack Willis of Community Development Associates headed up activities at last Tuesday night's meeting of the Midvale City Council, as he released to that body the public survey his company had put together in preparation for the formulation of a final master plan for the city. Willis told the group that it is his chief, and Bill Clough, Sandy City Cities open jonnuft fire dispatch center Fires in Sandy, Riverton, and South Jordan will be handled a little differently next week. Beginning Monday, all fire engines in the three cities will be dispatched from the new dispatching center in Sandy. The new center, which is capable of dispatching for up to 18 cities, is housed in Sandy City Fire Station No. 1. 1220 E. 9400 S. The center is operated by interlocal agreement and will be manned by five the paid through dispatchers and Comprehensive Employment Training Act. The new dispatchers are Karen Erekson, Bonnie Doyle, Kathryn Parry. Gene Page, and Chris Trujillo. Another dispatcher may be hired joins the agreement. Riverton Mayor to According Lowell White. Bluffdale is providing their own fire protection; but Riverton is providing back-uservice for them. Sandy City Fire Chief Bill Clough says the new center is a remodeled kitchen. Cost to remodel the room was about $200 with all the new equipment costing approximately if Blul'fdale p $10,000. The new equipment also includes a tape recorder to record all communication for playback in case of legal action or in case the dispatcher does not hear the address where a fire is reported. The recorder also records the exact date and time of each call . The 110 watt system is backed up by direct phone lines to South Jordan and Riverton in case of radio failure. The building also contains an auxilliary generator to provide power within 30 seconds of failure of the regular power supply. The dispatchers have all been trained by either Salt Lake City or County dispatch centers and will receive additional training from Motorola Corporation, which is pr "viding the new equipment. Building in W.J. drops in October Jordan issued building in for million $1.9 permits construction in October, a drop from $2.4 million in September. Building permits for single family dwellings dropped even more, from $2.3 million in September to $1.4 million in October. Business building accounted for the second $513,600. largest category of building. A permit was issued for a medical and dental clinic at 1847 W. 9000 S., a finance company in Briarwood Plaza, a cabinet manufacturing plant at 5400 W. 9620 S., and a warehouse-offic- e at West 8040 S. 1336 W. fire chief. Jordan Valley to offer classes to handicapped is District Jordan School sponsoring a community education and recreation program for the handicapped children and adults of The District. Jordan School include to is designed program family members in the same recreation activities regardless of their age or handicap. company's intention to develop a series of at least three options the city could adopt for development, depending on how economic trends proceed and a process on how to implement each option. He said the information gathered in the survey will aid greatly in this process. step-by-ste- simply a landmark telling them when they have left Salt Lake County for Utah County. However, to hangliders in the two counties, it is a unique area. Here, barring bad weather, the wind can be counted on to blow from the south in the morning and from the north in the afternoon. The hillsides are flat and smooth, making it easy to climb and land on. "It's very safe to fly there," says Don Beuch, a Draper hanglider. Because of these wind and land conditions, hangliders are trying to save the area from development. According to Gordon Tenney, information officer for the State Parks and Recreation Department, the department has received a request that the area be made into a state park. The parks department is conducting a special study of the area to determine ownership of the land, how many people would use the park, how much it would cost, and to answer other questions that his Among sketchy, unification defeated city-count- y initial As of press time, local results of Tuesday's elections were still extremely sketchy. The Sentinel will run the final results by voting district of these local contests in next week's paper. However, it was evident that y unification of had been government defeated, although by a smaller margin than the nine to five defeat in 1975. Wiles station site of Ptlidvale At about 9:50 p.m. last Thursday a man described as being 5'9" in heigl,;, weighing 169 pounds, and with brown hair and a mustache held up the Wiles gas station at 8379 S. State St., Midvale Police reports state. The man entered the station and told the attendant, John Haugh of Sandy, that he wanted all the money and had a gun. The attendant emptied the cash register and the suspect fled in what police believe to be a 1974 yellow Volkswagon. The search for the suspect is continuing. Back on Oct. 30 the Reed C. Smith Plumbing Co. located at 60 Chapel St. in Midvale reported the theft of around $1130 worth of plumbing tools and supplies. Two suspects are under investigation. Also reported on that date was the burglarizing of a storage shed at 111 S. Allen 38 E. belonging to Helmen Anderson of West Jordan. Lumber worth $700 was listed as taken. Later on Wednesday, Nov. 1, a trailer belonging to the Allen Construction Co. of West Jordan was reported stolen from where it was parked in front of the C and N Enterprises Building at 7001 S. 400 W. The trailer was valued at $3,500. City park facilities on agenda Future city park policies will be discussed at a recreation hearing to be held Nov. 14, at 8:30 p.m. at Sandy City Hall. SANDY The following will be discussed: A regarding the use and development of public facilities for such groups as Little League baseball, youth and adult soccer, organized Softball leagues, etc.; the types of facilities Sandy should be providing at its park sites; an overview of the proposed 30 acre Flat Iron Mesa Par k, located at 1700 E. 8600 S.; a general discussion of open space, financial resources, and capabilities. policy park-recreatio- n The public is invited to attend. Veterans meet on World War I veterans will meet at Midvale City Hall on Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Sixty years ago, on Nov. 11, the bells, whistles, and sirens rang out the news that the great World War I had ended, E. Glen Beckstead, chairman of this yearly gathering, noted. On the committee arranging this is Mr annual Beckstead, Vern Millard, and Ren Howard, World War I veterans. er fi would have to be settled before the land could be purchased. After the study is completed, the seven-mapark board will consider it and if they decide it would make a good state park, recommend it to the state legislature. Legislative action would be required to make it a state park. According to Tom Mellenthin, chairman of Draper's Planning and Zoning Board, the land on Draper's side of the mountain is zoned for some allows It forestry. construction, such buildings as cabins, but not subdivisions. Mellenthin says the planning and zoning board has taken no stand either for or against development at Point of the Mountain because no plans for devleopment have been submitted to them "Until something is officially submitted, and we act on it in a meeting, it is bad policy to take a stand." Hangliders lease the south side of the hill, the part in Utah County, but the north side, in Draper, is privately owned. II Nov. Hangliders seek park at Point of the Mountain To many, Point of the Mountain is p Local election results armed robbery Dispatcher Karen Erekson shows the new equipment at the tacit) fire dispatching center to Bert Bouck, South Jordan fire s "78 postage paid at Midvale, Utah. lovaie receives survey, varices seniors' center city-count- ' 9. Salt lake County, Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. Second-clasSubscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School District recommendations, Willis suggested his company could be of assistance in locating sources of funds for any approved projects, that the city should establish a rethe district in development downtown area, and create a redevelopment board comprised of residents and businessmen within the community to suggest projects and priorities. He also informed the council that a preliminary plan will be ready by around the first of the year. Councilman Phil Kemp informed the body that delays in the final awarding of the contract for construction of the senior citizen's center have resulted in increased costs amounting to around $7,400. Because the building will not be ready for occupancy until sometime in May of 1979, Kemp suggested the city use part of the $15,000 1978-7operating budget for the center to cover the increased costs. He added the only other alternative would be to have the architect delete some items from the building initially to bring the costs down. The council voted unanimously to go along with the 9 transfer of funds. Councilman Moses Samowitz reported to the 'Council that 'police action in the area of Princeton and Monroe has netted many persons running the stop sign at that intersection. He also made note of the fact one school zone sign in the area has been moved for better visability and the city is continuing to pay for a crossing guard at the intersection, but so far they have received no official word from Sandy City on participating in the addition of a flashing sign and help in paying for the guard. Samowitz also told the council that earlier confusion by police as to whether the city has an ordinance preventing persons under 21 from entering a bar or tavern where beer is purchased and consumed has been cleared up. He said city attorney Marc Mascaro located the ordinance and enforcement can proceed. Councilman Carl R. Snow stated that the new museum area in the upstairs rear part of the hall is nearly ready for displays. He estimated the completion time of the entire remodeling project as about two weeks. 7 n s I 1 teacher at Alta High School, has been selected as the Kidvale. Sandy Kivanis "Teacher of the Month." Making the presentation te Mr Ward, center, is Kiwanis president Don Ward, a Jenson, and Jay Pond, Key Club representative. t'Jj lt:s |