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Show Monftocello reservoir closer to realization county was inferior and resulted Final determination of land of the proposed acquisition Monticello reservoir should be in unstable patches. Terry said the city is obtaining mulch from the state to o the poor patches as necessary. In response to questions on curb and gutter work, Terry noted that the city pays and the property owner rd of the costs. pays completed this week after engin- re-d- eers establish the appropriate road access to the dam site, Rick Terry, city manager, told Chamber of Commerce members Tuesday. If the city has to resort to condemnation to acquire the land, we will, said Terry. We would prefer to settle theproblem without creating hard feelings. to Terry, the According feet Miss San girls Juan from beautiful and San Juan County. Colleen Robinson, attendants Michelle Adams and Sheri Musselman (r) flash radiant smiles following crowning ceremonies last Thursday. Finalists included Shelly Lewis and Kari Goodwine. Cori Perkins was named Miss Congeniality. K. Barry photo County, ds one-thi- However, the city will curb and gutter only in lineal sections. According to Terry, piecemeal curb and gutter is useless as the county will not complete road work up to gutters for less than one block. Terry also commented onpro-pos- ed construction along Main Street from First North to Third South, stating that current plans the call for simply -- crowned road. already high The next Chamber meeting is Tuesday, July 12, at noon. The public is invited. one-blo- ck 4000-ac- re reservoir should be for ready bidding by September. Estimated construction time is 18 months. Current plans call fora recreation area for boating and fishing on the lake. Terry commented on road repair work in Monticello and a charge by the county that potholes on city streets were improperly repaired. He pointed out that or non-mot- Beautiful two-thir- re-surfa- cing repair mulch obtained from the Legislators to address flood costs funding HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH Vol. 65 No. 24 , 25 cents uyJ983 and how to ; asked Commissioner Ken Bailey to take the chair. Black said he had a conflicting interest, stating that noise and dust pollution from the pit are detrimental to his home and property, Black said he would not oper- ate a pit on his own land (which has similar gravel) because of the nature of the dust and could see no reason for favoring a pit within 1000 feet of his home. Halls contended that the county has a desperate need for aprivate gravel pit. He said the operators are willing to take precautions against dust pollution. Black stated he is willing to allow the operator to fulfill his present contract if dust control measures are taken, or he will sell his property to the operator. otherwise, he said, he will take the legal actionnecessarytopro- - tect himself, Halls questioned Blacks right to infringe on another persons land use and stated that the oper- ator will continue work pending advice from the Commission on Lake Powell buoys caution against spillways The Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service announced today that a buoy line will be installed on Lake PoweU above Glen Canyon Dam to prevent boats from approaching too close to the spillways. High spring runoffs have re- in increased water releases through Glen Canyon Dam, creating possible hazards for boaters and other recreationists in the immediate vicinity of the dam. The buoy line, which wifi be located at the Chains, approximately 300 yards above the dam, will prohibit boats, bank fishermen and swimmers from sulted the getting into the current above estispillways. The current is mated to flow at above 10 mph at the surface, with undertows of even greater velocity. The buoy line will be 38 inch steel cable with white can buoys marked Boats Keep Out with orange markings. Park Service spokesmen comthat because of the mented dangers involved at the spillways, that observance of the buoy line would be strictly enforced. The Bureau of Reclamation will be replacing this temporary buoy line with a more permanent in-stallation in the future. the proper procedure for filing a use application, Halls said that, in the past, other operators had not been required to obtain permits. Black said, The die is cast and the other commissioners will have to act. ing the of Representatives enMoncello city council and working on the pr0p0sed Mouticeii0 reservoir met with commiSsioners access to the to discuss road sie The com. missioners advised the Council meet h county surveyor Doug pehrson to design a road that will require minimal add- iacauisitioiL tl0Dal The commissioners tabled a request by Intermountain Power Company (IPC) of Sandy, Utah, asking that the Commission re- scind its support of a request by Utah Power and Light (UP&L) for hydro-electr- ic power rights, ipc claims that acquisition of these rights by UP&L will be detrimental to smaUer utilities. The Commission indicated a need for more databefore acting on the IPC request. Gold placer operation Inc. an- to begin a gold placer operation on the Col- orado River near Moab this summer. The firm holds 3,300 appropriate tax to raise now is the motor fuel tax, claims Matheson. He said the Utah Deof Transportation partment An 1984 bud- Representative C. Hardy Redd said the committee will take into consideration assessments forthmeetcoming from a July acres of state mineral leases, which it said could contain ip to 20 million cubic yards of gold-bear- ing gravel, according to The Mining Recori The firm will invest about $4.5 million to install six screening plants and a concentrator. places1 damage to Utah highways at $89 m illion, $41 million of which represents the Thistle slide. A penny increase in the motor fuel tax would produce $7.2 million of 6-- 13 ing of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, which is expected to pick 15) the ... revenue Matheson spoke of the rising level of the Great Salt Lake, pointing out that studies on the feasibility of pumping water from the lake in the west desert for impoundment and evaporation and also the construction of a series of dams on the Bear River are underway. cost of 75 percent of public flood losses. Governor Scott Matheson told members of the 45th Legislature in late June that the state has an Obligation to lend a hand beyond the 50 percent county allocation of the states share of federal dis- aster funds. The governor has proposed that impacted counties be required to raise their property taxes up to two mills or pay 50 percent of their share of the flood costs whichever is lower. He suggests that the Representative Redd welcomes suggestions from his constiuency on ways to address both theproblem of funding flood costs and balancing the budget. Calllhim at 18 or write or 686-22- 21 to Rep. C. Hardy Redd, LaSal, states 587-25- share of flood costs be raised by accelerating the collection of Utah, 84530. SEUCAP favors Headstart transfer In a board meeting of South- the White Mesa Center, this would still constitute six centers and would allow SEUCAP to maintain its funding level. The White Mesa Center operated in Monticello during the eastern Utah Community Action (SEUCAP) on June 28 in Price, support was expressed for the transfer of four Navajo based Tribe. Cash Industries, nounced that it plans balance the more. get. Gravel source of friction for commissioners by Carl Eisemann its price and avail- Gravel ability -- - was the center of attention and the source of fric- tion at the Tuesday meeting of county commissioners, The state charges more for gravel obtained from state lands than the countypaystohaul gravel from more remote Bureau of Land Management free sources, said Commissioner CalvinBlack. As a result, two things happen; 1) The county finds it uneconom- ical to purchase state gravel readily accessible to road pro- jects and, 2) the state realizes no education fund revenue from the sale of gravel in San Juan County. Craig Halls, attorney for pri- vate gravel pit operators two miles north of Blanding, asked the commissioners for a condi- tional use permit for a non- complying pit operation. Halls indicated that the county guide- lines for applying for a permit are vague and undefined, Commission Chairman Black sales taxes from a quarterly to a monthly basis. This plan would be limited to businesses whose annual tax liability is $100,000 or The Revenue and Taxation Committee of the Utah Legismeet July 14 to lature will address the problem of how to raise funds to pay for bills incurred in flood fighting efforts Reservation-- centers to the Navajo ahome-basedheadstartpro-g- The SEUCAP board agreed to address a letter to Utah Navajo Development Council expressing support for the transfer with funding to he provided through Indian Migrant Program the Division under the Navajo Tribe. According to SEUCAP officials this would make possible the addition of one more headstart past year on a trial basis. According to statistics there is need for a center in Monticello and another in Blanding, Monticello Pool now open see page 8 center in Blanding and a center in Monticello. Lynette headstart director, said there is now a need for a center in Green River. With SEUCAP retaining the present centers in Bluff and Blanding and off-reserva- w ww m v w INDIAN DAYS SEUCAP Hadden, ram i Bluff, Utah Sunday, July 10 tion . ; |