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Show Bid to line reservoir $9,500 under estimate r The local economy received a boost with a savings of approximately $9,500 to line the Monticello irrigation reservoir. Gary Crowley Construction of Monticello won the bid. Crowley, who specified a lining of commercial bentonite, bid $70,460. A $92,000 bid was received from Grand Junction and a Spanish Fork firm bid $102,000. Engineering estimate for the job was $80,000. Council approved an agree- ment drawn up by Attorney Robert Anderson between the city and San Juan Water The two quilts shown above were donated as door prizes by the Utah delegation for the Western Regional 4-Leaders Forum held in Hawaii March 8-- 1 2. Tauna DeGraw of Monticello, Utahs state coordinator for the Forum, H hand carried the quilts to the Forum. The quilts were made by (left to right, front row) Larque DeGraw, Nancy Palmer, Kemberli DeGraw, Tamra Bunker, (back row) Maxine Lyman, Tauna DeGraw, Lois Palmer, Holly Tatnall, Frank Morrell photo (not pictured) Melanie Palmer, Julie Bunker, and Lawana Palmer. Tlh Sam Juam HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH 25 cents 69 No 5 Vol Rcoird March 11, 1987 Commission against proposal to expand Canyonlands Park San Juan County Commission is on record against a bill introduced by Utah Congressman Wayne Owens to expand Canyonlands National Park from 337,285 acres to 754,600. County Commission Chairman Calvin Black said Monday that Canyonlands Park has a minor impact on the county economy, whereas Aneth oil the size of the field, park, contributes substantially to state, county and Navajo tribe revenues. Doubling the park, said Black, will lock up still more county land from potential one-fourt- h He development. the is said that Owens using dead issue of a proposed nuclear waste storage project in the Canyonlands vicinty as a red herring to get his proposal passed. The commission expressed concern that Owens might attempt to tie his bill to a bill if his expansion bill as introduced January 29 does not pass. Almost parenthetically, the economic non-relate- d commission wondered why state officials are not asking the same questions about the super-collidproposed for Northern Utah that they asked when nuclear repository issues were being considered. In other environmental issues, the commission received a er letter from Senator Jake Gam endorsing the Halls Crossing airport project in spite of environmental opposition. The commission is also awaiting a federal court decision on the Burr Trail road project. Environmental groups have challenged the right of Garfield County, through which the Burr Trail passes, to change a road grade without an environmental evaluation. The commissioners fear that a ruling against Garfield County will seriously hamper future projects in many areas. At the request of Sheriff Claude Lacy, the commission agreed to a change in personnel policy. The change will allow law enforcement personshifts and nel who work on holidays to have more than a period in which to use up compensatory time. Lacy said the change is necessary to 24-ho- ur two-wee- k expedite work schedules. Lacy reported that the agreement between the Navajo tribe and the county for of deputies is almost complete. Commission assistant Rick Bailey was asked to follow up on a letter from the Utah Division of Indian Affairs rejecting a county request for h of a payment of UDIA reservation road project. cross-deputizati- one-fourt- on contends they have no record of such an agreement. Bailey was also asked to continue efforts to locate an operator to replace Continental Trailways Service, which will end March 31. Anyone with interest in or knowledge of parties who might be interested in offering the service are asked to contact Rick Bailey at 587-223- 1. The commission set 4 p.m. on March 23 in commission chambers for a public discussion on the status of roads on the Max Dalton and former acreage in Long Canyon. They feel that past efforts by private interests to close the roads could seriously affect public access to large tracts of BLM land. The commission welcomes written or personal comments which might be helpful in their deliberations on how to balance public and private interests. In other business, the commissioners approved a request by the county communications specialist to attend a training conference in Albuquerque; approved contracts with low for $11,156 bidders Aqua-Tec- h and Bunker Construction for $1,260 for work on the Bland-in- g Palmer-Mortense- n swimming pool; agreed with Judge Hallidays request (Please turn to page 4) Conservancy District. The contract gives Monticello permanent rights to the first 1000 acre-fee- t of water in Loyds Lake and conveys the dam to the conservancy district at the end of the debt repayment period. 40-ye- ar woman Bemie Christensen will chair a committee to get neighborhoods, service and church groups involved in the project. In other business, council reversed a decision to bid the maintenance of the city park when city employees offered to add the park to their job descriptions; reduced the sewer bill for the new BLM building from $35 to $25 because connections shown on the original plans for the building were not installed; noted that no decision has been forthcoming from the National Guard on where to locate an armory in San Juan County; and decided to respond to Congressman Wayne Owens proposal to expand the boundaries of Canyonlands National Park. Councilman Lee Nielson reported he had submitted a list of needed street repairs to the county and had received a cost estimate. Time and money are really tough, said Nielson, noting that there is no way to get everthing on the list done this summer, even if the council had its 30 percent share of the cost, or about $40,000. The other consideration, said City Manager Rick Terry, is, even if we had the money, the county may not. Currently, the council feels asphalting city streets up to existing curb and gutter and correcting drainage problems are priority items. If the neighborhood south and west of the post office can be qualified for impact grant funds, the city may have enough money to construct a sidewalk from Main Street to the high school. Joe Slade and Paul Barr, representing MITE, reported they have tentatively set May 20 as a public hearing for the Utah State University study of Monticellos potential for economic growth. They noted that one of the prime consider- ations of the report is that more townspeople need to be involved in MITE projects, so MITE is looking for volunteers. Slade recently attended the Governors Conference on Economic Growth where he made contacts with Morris Travel, one of the worlds largest travel agencies; the Salt Lake Cham- bers division of economic growth; and, Utah Power and Light. Slade believes these contacts will be helpful to MITEs future. Council set the first week of time. Council- May as clean-up Snow survey in San Juan County The Soil Conservation Service has completed the snow course surveys for March in San Juan County. Near normal to above normal conditions exist for March 1. Present snow conditions on the Blue Mountain are: Camp Jackson at 8,600 feet elevation on the Blanding side of the mountain is 90 percent of normal. The snow depth is 49 inches and contains 10.4 inches of water. Last year at this time it was 103 percent of normal. The Monticello side at Buck-boarFlat is at 9,000 feet elevation and 120 percent of normal. The snow is 50.5 inches deep and contains 13.0 inches of water. One year ago at this time it was 93 percent of normal. Present conditions on the LaSal Mountains are: LaSal d Mountain upper at an elevation of 9,850 feet is 144 percent of normal. Snow depth 68.7 inches, with a water content of 18.1 inches. A year ago this site measured 116 percent of nor- mal. LaSal Mountain lower is at 8,800 feet elevation and is 114 percent of normal. The snow is 36 inches deep and contains 8.9 inches of water. This compares to 80 percent a year ago. The survey includes a new course in the Bookcliffs called East Willow Creek. It is at 8,400 feet elevation and measures 27 inches of snow with a water content of 6 inches. This site has no past comparison records for normal. |