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Show Volume Eighty-Fou- Tooele, Utah, Friday, February 23, 1979 r (zk(i Twenty lent Mull Residents ayor9 Tooele all Plans ele with downtown Magna. Some city officials have claimed if a mall were ImuIi elsewhere in Tooele citv. the downtown area would soon have the appearance of Magna. Bevan alvi questioned whether Tooele could financially siipjtort the large mall whiih has lieen outlined in preliminary plans. Bill Paulos. a local Imsinessman who has projierty in the proposed area, said if a null was not built in downtown Tooele, develojien would built a complex on the outskirts of town. If that Paulos said. The heart of hapjiened. the town would liecotne dead. MGERS POINTED out that the only structures which would not lie shopping null were constructTie thrown O'rt of their homes and into the streets, Mayor Doug Sagers told a group of 60 If a ed m Tooele, nolxalv would citiem Wednesday. Sagers explained to the group, who for a question and answer session it the proposed null, the step by proirss for a redevelopment agency and sxfiv he feels a mall would lie ad-- s nilagiMK to Tooele Cit v. 1IIE DOWNTOWN block from Mam to First East and Vine to First Ninth lias lieen pinpointed by city officials as the best feasible location for a downtown mail in Tooele. The mayor emihasicd in the meeting that if a majority of the population objected to a mall being built, the p! hi would not lie adojited. If more than 50 percent of the propels owners in the designated area submit written objections to the mall ahrr all the details have been outlined plan would lie decided by the pub-l- b tai a general referendum vole. IF MORE than 67 percent of the property owners in the area designated for redevelopment object to the proposal, plans for the mall would lie tallied for at least three years, Sagers said. Sagers outlined several organizing, t ai ti-- Local resident Edward Bud" Connell tipmsn hit opposing viewt to a mall in downtown Tooele at a Wednesday meeting in the city council chambers. Mayor Doug Sagers was on hand to answer questions about the redevelop men! agency and the mall. County Names Merit Member, Argues Wilderness Proposals Commissioners Tooele County Tuesday appointed Dr. John L. to replace Clyde Allen on the county's Merit Systems Commission. Allen had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Lyle Colbath which ended Feb. 1. Burgoynes appointment completes the seating of three new members to the commission during, the past three months. Sid Hullinger, Tooele, and Douglas Beers, Crantsville, are the other two members. COMMISSIONERS also voted to adopt the proposed housing authority resolution. Commissioner Ceorge said various city and county officials have reached an agreement that there should be only one housing authority in the county. He said Tooele City has entered into a contract allowing the county to go ahead under the new unified authority. Once the county authority is in operation, Tooele City will phase out its housing authority. The commissioners tabled until the next week the creating of the authority by name and the appointment of commissioners to serve on the board. CONFLICTING VIEWS on the governments plan to set aside from 22,000 to 55,000 acres of Stansbury Range as a designated wilderness area surfaced when County Attorney Edward Watson showed the Commissioners a revised map of the proposed Stansbury Bur-gov- ne is Wilderness Area. Tooele County Commissioners have taken the stand in the past that they will fight government regulation of the county recreation area on the grounds that no definite rules and regulations had been adopted to govern the area. Buzianis said there is no assurance of the air quality standards that will be adopted which could greatly affect the economic base of the county. WATSON SAID the government has assured counties they would remain in the promised class II clean air designation. He stated that the designation of air classification is up to the states, not the federal government. I believe you need to preserve certain areas from intrusion by four- - wheeled and other vehicles," Watson said. Watson cited examples in South Willow and related areas where bicycles have tom up the trails and marked up the mountainsides but never any arrests made. Buzianis agreed that there is an enforcement problem in the canyon, but Commissioner Charles Stromberg arg- ued that enforcement under the posed wilderness act would not proim- prove conditions. Both Buzianis and Stromberg said they resented Congress coming in and telling Tooele citizens what to do with their land. STROMBERG said one member of the Sierra Gub could complain to some congressman from California who could easily influence Congress to change the air quality from class II to I. They can change their minds like the wind. Buzianis said wilderness areas can be protected from drive vehicles with the administration of the four-wheel- Forest Service. Stromlerg cited Ogden City's success in curbing motorcycle vandalism by mandating an automatic fine of $75. said the Buzianis Commissioner commissioners will be meeting with Governor Matheson on Friday for more input on the matter. HE SAID, "Weve got to go with some or were going to have the whole thing rammed down our throats. Buzianis favors allowing a wilderness area of about 12,000 acres instead of the area proposed from Johnsons Pass to Timpie Point. Stromberg said he did not favor let- ting the government put any land under the wilderness designation and pointed out that much of it is svildemess anyway with canyons which have not changed in 50 years. The commissioners have continually stated the congressional designation of wilderness in the Stansbury Mountains would not serve the best interests of the citizens of the county at this time. TAD Violators Under New Magistrate System Misdemeanor, traffic, and other offenses committed at Tooele Army Depot are now subject to fixed fines and under the jurisdiction of a federal magistrate due to a new system of law enforcement there. In the past, violators were subject to disciplinary action taken by administrative officials at the depot and the result was an inconsistency in punishments. THE ADVANTAGE of this new system is that it is fairer, said Barrie Vernon, chief legal counsel for the Depot. Whereas before you didnt have equal discipline, because a violator would see different people, now, the magistrate can dispense a supposedly fair and consistent fine or action. Also, under the old system, if you were a visitor on the grounds, there wasnt anything we could do to you. This new process applies to visitors, Vemon said. The same set of standards for fines and court appearances is in effect at Hill Air Force Base, and Fort Douglas. planning, public hearings, and public notice stages the city must go through before a final decision is made on whether a mall should lie built. According to the mayor, each property owner will lie given fair market value for his home or business by a mall developer and a detailed method to ay for relocation of families and businesses must lie outlined before the mall const ruct ion can liegin. Edlocal resident HOWEVER ward Bud Connell objected to a mall being built in the downtown area because it would create more government. not necessarily more jobs. "Tooele is not an industrial city, it is a residential community. We have no assurance that the redevelopment area will lie a success, and I dont feel we should pass a major debt like that on to our children 20 years down the road, Connell said. He also said it is not the duty of the city to support business. RON WOODLAND, Tooele CounChamlier of Commerce felt such a ty shopping mall is a necessity to Tooele because it would bring more business activity and broaden the tax base of the city. The chamber is not for redevelopment at any cost, Woodland said, but we presently feel that to build an enclosed mall on this city block is the best way to go. Paul Bevan, a professional developer said local residents should quit apologizing for the looks of downtown Tooele. We have a viable, growing downtown area, Bevan said. HE ALSO said it was unfair for proponents of the mall to compare Too- - razed would I the Methodist Church. Mountain Bell Imilding. and the old city hall and lihran on Vine Street. Tlie mayor also feels the city would lie willing to donate land directly north of the Bale Ruth liaseliall field to the senior citizens where they could build a complex. Oil that liaatUHi. the senior citizens would hase adequate parking and still lie serv dose to the downtown shopping area. Sagers said. Prolvihly the biggest concent local businessmen had at the Wednesday meeting was whether they would lie able to afford leasing space in a large mall. Sagers said he did not hase any precise figures on leasing in the mall. Education Funds Cut By State Lawmakers by Hugh Barnes The appropriations executive comordermittee of the Utah ed education appropriations committee to cut public education funds an additional $1 million late Wednesday afternoon. . The education appropriations committee has already cut public education funding $1 million lielow the govof $355,808, ernors recommendation 300. The Republican majority felt that the additional .2 of percent cut was justified. is SEN. KARL SWAN, fearful that the additional cuts could lead to some real problems later on. Rep. John Smith said that he will testify before the Committee Executive Appropriations Friday to attempt to have $14 million which has been cut from the Utah T raining Schools budget reinstated. He is fearful that the American Fork training school will have to reduce vital programs if the cut is retained. Rep. Smith rejiorts that the Ante- lope Lsland Cattle Company has proposed to the state that joint development take place of the entire island. MILES A. Williams of the cattle It is our intention company reports, to formulate and institute plans for the development of the entire island of the complete unit prior to changing the current use to which the properties are now devoted. These plans will very likely include a master development program residential areas, golf courses, marina, equestrian facilities, camping, recreation vehicle trails, motel acbeaches and amusecommodations, ment parks. In addition, the flora and fauna adaptable to the island will be preserved and permitted to increase, Williams said. IIE ALSO expressed a desire to including work with the state of Utah to compliment the Wasatch Front and the tourist trade but they feel the development should lie undertaken by private capital. They have already offered to donate a to the state for a road from the south end of the Great Salt Lake to the state park of the island. right-of-wa- y Rep. Smith reports that House voted on a measure that would make state unemployment insurance more restrictive but amended it essentially to remain as it is. SPONSORS OF the bill felt that were too hlieral and should provisions le subject to closer scrutiny as to why people left their previous jolis. Rep. Smith spoke before the Women's Legislative Council Thursday on Federal restrictions affecting drinking water, air quality and pollution control. He feels the Federal government is burdening the state with carrying out Federal directives that are not necessary. To Speak Friday Ex-Mo- nk A former Catholic monk-pries- t, who now teaches at Brigham Young University, will be the guest speaker at the Know Your Religion lecture series Friday. John S. Staley will begin his address at 7:30 p.m. at the Tooele North Stake Center. Staley, presently a professor of Sociology at BYU, was benedictine monk at St. Vincent Archabbey in Pa., from 1935 until 1967. He joined the Mormon Church in 1967 and has nine brothers and four sisters. e, JUDGE DAN Alsup is the federal magistrate responsible for hearing cases involving Tooele Army Depot. Offenders of some misdemeanors will be sent to the Metropolitan Hall of Justice in Salt Lake to appear before horn. Other violations such as parking, will only require a fine. Offenders who want to plead not guilty to a charge, including parking violations, will have to appear before the magistrate. The new system does not apply to the South Area of the depot or at Dug-wa- y Proving Grounds. Local Property Taxes Moderate Despite Recent Utah Increases Despite the tax hikes in Salt Lake County last year, property taxes in Utah generally are moderate when compared with those imposed in 90 major cities across the nation. This was the conclusion reached by the Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in a report which analyzed a recent study released by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. ACCORDING TO the report analysis of 69 communities with Utah, the average property tax on a $50,000 home last year ranged from a low of $208 in Ephraim to a high of $752 in North Salt Lake, with an average throu MOOSE LODGE ghout the state of $495. The average property tax on a $50,000 home in Tooele during 1978 amounted to $534. The study shows the average property tax paid in 1966 on a single-famil- y home with a market value of $50,-00- 0 ranged from a low of $195 in Mobile, Alabama to a high of $2,445 in Trenton, New Jersey, with the average throughout the nation amounting to $909. ACCORDING TO the study, the average tax on a $50,000 home in Ogden was listed at $580 for 1976. Salt Lake Citys tax for 1978 even after the revaluation increase is estimated by Utah Foundation at $613 on a $50,-00- 0 market value home. This amount, however, still was well below the $909 average in the 90 cities surveyed and slightly below the $633 average recorded for major cities in the eight Mountain States. The report emphasized that this national comparison was based on taxes paid in 1976, which was prior to the furor caused by enactment of proposition 13 in California. Several California cities included in the survey listed 1976 property tax burdens in excess of $1,000 on a $50,000 home. 32031 GBAILILi Sot., February 24 9:00 p.m. Music by The Country Collection and Guests : Members (5.00 per couple EUGENE W. BRYANT Kennecott Promotes Tooele Natives Promotions of three Tooele natives were announced today by E. R. Peterson, employee relations director, Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Corporation. Sidney K. Hullinger is newly appointed union relations administrator. A native of Ophir, he received a B.S. degree in industrial management in 1962 from Utah State University and started with Kennecott at Nevada Mines relations Division as an industrial trainee the same year. He became mines plant industrial relations supervisor in 1965 and came to Utah Copper Division in 1973 as smelter plant employee relations supervi- tions, including service general foreman and reduction plant industrial relations supervisor before his transfer to Utah Copper Division in September, 1978. sor. J. Robert Shields has been advanc- ed to personnel administrator. He received a degree in industrial relations and personnel administration in 1966 from Utah State University. He was employed by Kennecott at Nevada Mines Division in 1966 and held a variety of staff and line posi Eugene W. Bryant has been advanced to smelter plant employee relations supervisor. Bom in Tooele, he received a B.S. degree in production management from Utah State University in 1970 and joined Kennecott in 1973 as an employee relations representative at the Utah smelter. V |