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Show Page A3 - -- Thursday, February 3, 2005, Stranded men Several land use plans approved by council Rim ViUage Vistas developer Chuck Henderson finally won approval for the final Planned Unit Development of phases 1 and when the 2 Grand County Council agreed to his alternative plan to bring an access road from his property onto Highway 191. Approval has been held up by negotiations with neighboring property owner, the School Institutional and Trust Lands, and the county, for easements g and a plan that never gelled. Henderson ultimately went back to his original plan to bring an access road out from his development and to pay the entire cost of a turn lane off of the highway required by the Utah Department of Transportation. Phases 1 and 2 include 24 condominiums and 18 singlefamily units on 11.26 acres on Spanish Valley Drive. The county engineer and utilities have approved the infrastructure for the project, according to County Planning Administrator Mary Hofine, and the only loose end is the $170,000 bond for the turn lane. The bonding has been approved, but it is not in place cost-sharin- FREE WINDSHIELD! Moab Man Auto Glass will credit up to $125.00 of your insurance deductible. We are Insurance Approved & we handle ALL the paperwork. Action Body Moab Man! & Paint Auto Glass One call does it all! 259-174- 8 Fast free mobile window service up to 100 miles! located ; okay Two men who ran out of yet," Hofine said. The council approved the PUD but held back on signing the paperwork until the bond is received. Sorrel River Ranch developer Robbie Levin was also to build 12 given the new employee housing units on his property, with the condition that the units only be used for employees who get 90 percent of their employment income from Sorrel River. The increase will bring the total number of employee housing units to 20. Levin said he employs 55 to 60 people during the peak season, and about 20 during the Council member Rex Tanner acknowledged the complexity of the planning process, especially after the Rim Village Vistas project, and publicly thanked Hofine for her efforts. Planning and Zoning is one ofthe more complex things we do, and you do a very thorough job, he told Hofine. Thank you for the good job you do with this office. We appreciate it. The council also approved an amendment to the State Institutional Trust Lands Administration lease agreement on Sand Flats that extends the lease to 10 years and expands it by five acres. go-ahe- ad Surely, The Museum of Moab is challenging Moabs students to name and color the newest kid in town - an 11- - foot juvenile dinosaur called Gastonia burgei. The first discovery of this youngster was made at our very own Dalton Wells. The museums acquisition of this replica was made possible by generous local private donations and a grant from the n. The countys five-ye- by Carrie Switzer $18,000 in the agencys deposit fund. staff writer About 300 Spanish Valley property owners will be credited for their initial water deposits to help Grand Water and Sewer Service Agency staff clean up their bookkeeping. Were already allowed to put a lien on property owners who have outstanding bills, so we dont really need a deposit, said Stacey Boender, billing and records administrator for ar lease with SITLA expired in 2001, and 25 campsites have been added to the property since. the agency. Only one other The new contract will increase the cost of the lease by $400 a year. SITLA receives $1 per person for the campsites managed by the county. utility in this area charges a deposit. Typically, property owners pay a $65 deposit, which is refundable after 18 months when there are no late payments. There is currently Continued from page A1 People in this county did a good deed during the Cold War by producing this stuff, MILLION added Langianese. This is the largest pile (of uranium tailings) that ever existed and the last to be removed, said Tanner. We should talk about the flooding Source: NEWSWEEK Paid for by Steve Mulligan For all our home health needs Experts in Home Care Since 1929 www.cnsvna.org During the week of Jan. 25 through Feb. Position Opening 1, 2005, the Moab City Police Department responded to the following in- cidents: 1 - assault; 5 - thefts; 6 2 2 e. Wages appropriate for level of experience. - warrant arrests; - intoxicated; - criminal mischief; - extortion; 1 - domestic violence; 3 - suspicious incidents; 1 - ambulance assist; 2 - traffic offense; 1 Call for details. 1 - drugs; 19 - animal control calls, city and county. accidents: At Footprints, we take every job seriously, whether it's a computer upgrade or network meltdown. We keep a history on ment: our community. serving 435-259-893- 8, Jsri Ct Support Call Footprints new name. Awards will be gift certificates from Music of Grand County authorities. Deputies and search and The board asked Boender to send out a reminder to property owners that a lien will be put on the property for unpaid bills. Boender said the credits will be issued to every property owner who has not been refunded. r movie info. Find our Show Times on the Web' 24-h- Essentially, itll pay Januarys bill, she said. hollywood.com All bills because the agencys shows before 6 p.m. $5.00 Starts Friday, Feb. 4 policy is to disconnect service after customers fall two months in arrears. The accounting problem arises when a customer moves and the agency doesnt have a forwarding address. A lot of people who pay the bills are renters, but we bill the owners, Boender said. in Southern California and St. George, and the tsunami. There is no greater force in the world than the power of water. Were down to the wire, said council member Judy Carmichael. I dont think we want to be anything but asser- Doogeyman .Sat. .Whats NEW? PS13 Bargains Social Doin's School stuff Sports City Council, County Council and more. Times-Independe- Sat. & & & Nightly 7:00 Only Sun. Matinees 1:00 Only, Nightly 7:00 & 9:00 Sun. Matinees 1:00 & 3:00., Certificates Available Kane Creek Blvd. McDonalds! nt tive. The result is a resolution Grand County is stepped up to the plate and produced uranium during the Cold War and as a result has had 11 million tons of radioactive waste sitting on the bank of a major waterway the Colorado River - since 1962. The pile is located in an area that has even a slight chance of flooding, that would bring the waste into the river. Also, of 22 such sites, the Moab site is the only one that has yet to be Merrill M. Hugentobler, D.D.S. 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A reception and awrards ceremony wall be held on the afternoon of Saturday March, 12 at the museum just prior to the official unveiling of well - whatever his or her name is. 4 lOO'.'oDluaSky ; total citations: 15; Moab City Police Depart- every repair we make... so you don't have to. 259-438- 1; total arrests: 19. Found property: none. Tip for the week: This week, officers are directing traffic at the intersections during construction. Watch for their hand signal for direction. ...and little jobs v pay record. Boender said there are no accumulating past due that somehow introduces a lem. Total incidents: 44; total For Bigs Jobs t Zit high because customers werent establishing a good that states, in essence, that Community Nursing Services 259-046- 6 From an accounting standpoint its kind of a pain, Boender said. Some water board members wondered aloud if the deposit account was so Move the tailings pile. . . . RN or LPN part-tim- Eccles Foundation. Elementary school children are invited to color a drawing of our newest and oldest neighbor. Awards will be given at various grade levels. Middle and High School students are asked to come up with a name for the museums newest acquisition. Even better would be to come up with a poem, limerick or short story Water customers to receive early deposit refund Estimated Presidential Inauguration cost: n youre not gonna call me Shirley Contest to welcome newest kid in town Initial U.S. Tsunami Aid offer: $15 MILLION $40 gasoline and spent the night in their vehicle near the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park were found safe on Tuesday night, according to information provided by the Grand County Sheriffs office. Glen Haynes, 53, of Moab and Charlie Mitchell, 53, of Borger, TX left Moab for a sightseeing trip in the Island In The Sky section of Canyonlands around 7 a.m. Monday. 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