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Show r PCV rr r Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 96, No 6 Wednesday, February 11, 1998 12 Pages Single Copy Price n lEfo 1: DMfcm dhisdk firomm GUP (5 By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent All the skeptics who predicted that the Central Utah Water Project would never benefit the farmers in Juab County were wrong. On Thursday, February 18, at 7 p.m., the East Juab Water Efficiency Project will receive a $6 million check to begin laying a water pipeline through Nephi to send water to the y irrigation water users. Ross Garrett, manager of the East Juab Water Conservancy District, Earl Jarrett, Nephi Irrigation Company president, and Sheldon Talbot, project manager for the SFN and the water pipe, project, were all at attendance at a meeting on Monday, February 9, to look at maps for the project. Paul McPherson is president of the East Juab Water Conservancy Board. The project has been a long time coming, said Garrett. Jarrett agreed. It was a proposal be- fore I was married and had eight chilnon-cit- dren. ture along Salt Creek near the city golf course. We plan to pipe clean water through Nephi, said Garrett. The purpose of the rebuilding will be to clean the water up so it does not have all the gravel and debris in it that cause problems now. A sediment pond will be constructed east of Nephi. In March, said Talbot, the contracts for the project will be let for the $6 million pipeline. In all, including the laterals which will be built, the project will come to approximately $12 million. The $6 million will come from the United States Department of the Interior, said Talbot. This money will actually come to the project through the money set aside through the Central Utah Project Completion Act. He said some of the other money for the project would come from a credit program, from the Utah State Department of Water Resources. The DWR will charge us 1 percent k interest over 30 years on the said Garrett. The pipeline will consist of a 1,600-foin diameter, long pipe, said Jarrett, which will run north and south beginning at the Bill Pay property on the north and ending at the Randy Greenhalgh property on the south, . lh 3 f I The north-sout- h street is not a through street, even though the pipeline does go along the street is some areas, he said. The major pipeline will be buried beneath the roadways, where possible, and beneath farm ground. Farmers will be able to cultivate the land over the pipeline, said Talbot. The water for this portion of the project will come from Salt Creek. It will help conserve the water. Much of the irrigation water traveling to farms is lost to evaporation and to overgrowth and dirt ditch banks along the way. This will start saving our water, said Garrett. f'Vff Yr Talbot said the SFN Project water is planned to be delivered in the year 2008. The draft environmental statement on the project is due to be completed in the next 60 days and the final draft should ..v. r be completed by the fall of this year. The contracts for construction in Diamond Fork and Spanish Fork canyons will then be placed on bid and the water will begin to make its way to the .. , East Juab area; . ' ' We will here sooner even get hope it r f t k s, than 2008, said Garrett. One reason WATER LINE PLANS Ross Garrett, manager of the East Juab Water Conser- we qualified for the money was that our old vancy District, Earl Jarrett, Nephi Irrigation Company president, and Sheldon existing water delivery system was and look the the SFN pipeline project take a at Talbot, project manager for inadequate. maps that show the plans for the water delivery system for irrigation water users. ,-i- T es year, 1998, as the main pipeline will be. We will put those lines in when the water is out of the ditches this fall and next year, said Garrett. Talbot said plans are not to disturb activities at the county fairgrounds as the pipe is laid this summer. rwUi--- pay-bac- - ot The $6 million will come to the project in the form of a grant which will not require said Talbot. Part of the project will involve rebuilding the gates at the lower water struc said Jarrett. Lateral lines will be laid west of the pipeline, said Jarrett. Those lateral lines will be in diameter and wiR run approximately two and a half niles each in length. Those lines will not be completed this - - non-cit- y wni Mire mew employees for police department CI I think all the questions individual The 1998 list of proposed projects will Richard Paxman; council member, members had concerning the list have agreed and made the motion to adopt now be submitted to the Six County s Correspondent been answered now, said Chad Brough, the fist and submit it. Voting was Association of Governments to be included with the Six County plan which Nephi City Council members voted to mayor. hire two new employees for the dty law enforcement department. Vicki Thomas will serve as a e to clerk the city justice court judge. She was selected by the council following interviews of applicants. Hiatt Bean, Payson, was hired to serve as a reserve police officer for the city police department. e Bean is a police officer in By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- part-tim- full-tim- Payson. Nephi City Council members agreed to submit the citys consolidated capital improvements plan to the Six County Association of Governments. The council tabled the item until they could discuss the separate planned improvements at a work session. Governor invites council and area mayors to worltshop on 21st Century By Myrna Trauntvein s Correspondent Gov. Mike Leavitts plan for 21st Century Communities is not completely defined yet and local city council members will have an opportunity to assist in developing the concept. The idea is not yet fleshed out, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. A workshop in being held in March to discuss the plan. ' All council members and community mayors are invited to attend and to discuss the topic. Additional information will also be presented at the meeting. The program gives incentives to communities that have the infrastructure, services and planning processes in place to accommodate current and future growth, said McKnight. He said the Governors idea was to form the necessary initiative to fuel the economic resettlement of rural Utah. ' Times-New- Juab Wrestlers take Region Championship By Angie Sperry JHS Correspondent The Juab High School Wrestling team had eight region champions Saturday as they overcame South Summit and ran away with the Region 12 title. The Wasps team total was 267.5 points while South Summit followed with 226, North Summit with 134.5, Grantsville with 99.5, Manti with 91, and Gunnison with 54. Coach Kevin Waldron was very proud of how well everyone wrestled, especially in the third round. It really showed how good of shape the Wasp wrestlers are in and how mentally tough they are. The team accomplished their goal of taking region, but there is still a greater goal to achieve as they go to the state tournament this weekend. There were some upsets for Juab as Casey Shepherd was seeded fourth and came out a region champion. Ryan Warner and Chet Johnson pulled off big wins as they both pinned returning state champions. Individual results of the region tournament are as follows: Cody Mortens-e103, champion over Ben Keyes of North Summit; Kolby Andersen, 112, third place; Tanner Cowan, 119, cham n, pion over Paul Kanz ofSouth Summit; Brady Mortensen, 125, champion over Aaron Robinson of South Summit; Casey Shepherd, 130,. champion over Tyler Roath of North Summit; Andy Messersmith, 135, champion over Gedeon Jarvis of Manti; Seth McPherson, 140, third place over Clayton Christiansen of Gunnison; Sam Adams, 145, champion over Terrance Wilson of North Summit; Ryan Ingram, 152, second to MaClaine Hamilton of North Summit; Jason Spencer, 160, second to Jesse Strickland of See Wrestle on page 2 state government. Community Impact Loans which are funded by the CIB board are only considered if they are on the improvements list Six County submits. Certain types of funding only come to communities who have submitted a plan, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. The city attorney reviewed with council members the state law dealing with times when municipal officers and employees should disclose dealings that might interfere with a fair vote. The statute, Utah State Municipal Officers and Employees Ethics Act, is designed to address the times when certification disclosures should be made, said David Leavitt, city attorney. He said, for example, if an elected official is the owner of a private business dealing with the city, those dealings should be disclosed and the official should be excused from voting and from discussion that would influence others to vote in a manner which might benefit the official. The statue is very clear in setting forth times when an employee or elected official must disclose private life, business, and conflicts which might arise in performing civic duties, he said. The council reviewed, in detail, Utah Code Unannotated through will be presented to It doesnt often happen that a new business owner will actually attend city council meeting when the business license is approved for that business. Such was not the case when Carey W. Trammel, seeking a license for Industrial Engine and Machine, had his license approved. Trammel was in the audience and was invited to address the counciL 1 plan to operate a business at 753 South Main, said Trammel. That is in the commercial zone. We want to welcome you to the community, said Chad Brough, mayor. |