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Show 4 I WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1SS7 address chamber oEsplin f Continued from Page at a cost of the Dixie Center $750,000. that will now allow the city to isolate outages, so a problem in one area will not necessitate the entire city going out The new diesel generating plant on the Red Hill can provide an additional 14 megawatts of electricity, and is be- ing used as an auxiliary power source at times of peak demand. It also is being used to help allay the historical problem Sl George has of being at the end of Utah Power & Light Company's transmission line and therefore sometimes not getting enough voltage, Esplin ex- nm plained. HURRICANE Newly elected officers of the Hurricane Valley Heritage Park and Pioneer Museum Committee are (front, Doug Gran-e- r, board member, Venice Spendlove, secretary; (back) Dorothy Spendlove, 1st vice president; LaWayne Wood, 3rd vice president; Verdell Hin l- -r) The city also is continuing to pursue an alternative to UP&L transmission into this area, Esplin said, although the shortage of transmission capacity is not quite so critical since the diesel plant came on line. It has provided a grace period, he said. Esplin noted that although the Public Service Commission has issued an interim order in the southwest transmission case allowing UP&L to upgrade its transmission facili- ton, president; Wayne Hinton, historian; Robert Langston, 2nd vice president. Not pictured are Utahna Richins, treasurer, Owen Sanders, historian; and Robert Reeve, Stella Shamo, Dell Stout, and David Sanders, board members. two-ye- Museum has board of directors At their first HURRICANE meeting since November, members of Hurricane Valley Heritage Park and Pioneer Museum Committee elected a board of directors. Those elected are Verdell Hinton, president; Dorothy Spendlove 1st vice president; Robert Langston, 2nd vice president; LaWayne Wdod, 3rd vice president; Venice Spendlove, secretary; Utahna Richins, treasurer, Owen Sanders and Wayne Hinton, historians. Also on the board are Robert Reeve, Stella Shamo, David Sand ers, Dell Stout and Doug Gamer. Now that the City of Hurricane has leased the vacant property at the comer of State and Main Streets, plans are going ahead for the park and museum, and the committee will be meeting on a regular basis. They hope soon to orit be incorporated as a ganization. non-prof- Russell Bezette, an expert on adobe, has research pioneer construction and gave information to the group which will help when they make a decision about the ties, the city is still pursuing a jointly owned project with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, which would also serve California. The city needs its own transmission so it can seek new sources of type of construction for the proposed visitor center at the park. Park property has been cleared of weeds, and an 8 x 8 sign painted by Jim Godrey will be erected. The committee would like to start collecting artifacts for the museum. Many people have already volunteered items, and they need to be catalogued and stored at the museum. Methods of fundraising were discussed. The first fundraiser, which will be a roast" of Hurricane City Officials, is planned for the evening of Aug. 1. cheaper power as an alternative to buying UP&Ls excess, he said. Whether UP&L builds it or we do, well have increased transmission soon, Pat Mellor ST. GEORGE - The St. George Planning Commission is still awaiting official' word from the City Council on steps it should take to protect property tentatively designated as a future airport site, chairman pro tern Lane Losee said Tuesday evening. Losee stated the commission's position at the outset of its regular meeting when he noted that once again, the commission faced an agenda item concerning development in the arearfesignated as the site of a future airport south of Bloomington Hills. Losee noted that Mel Farnsworth, a property owner seeking a conditional use permit to operate an auto storage yard on his land in the airport's" area, was one of a number of persons who have sought to develop land in that area in the past few months, and asked community development director Bob Nicholson if city manager Gary Esplin was going to brief the planning commissiqn on the area the council wishes to protect from permanent development "I don't think he's prepared to do that," Nicholson responded, But I do have a map on which the council has indicated they might want land protected." "We are still looking for official word from the council, then," Losee stated. It was my understanding that Gary Esplin was to appear at our last meeting and brief us on the council's determination." The Planning Commission listened to Farnsworth explain his problems with zoning as it pertained to his property and when discussion on the property in question was completed, Losee observed, In view of the fact that the Planning Commission is still look-- ing for official word from the Citjrj; Council on the area of this property to be protected, the chair will accept a motion on this matter." The Planning Commission subsequently agreed to recommend to the City Council approval of a conditional use permit for Farnsworth's operation of an auto storage yard at the site. Later in the meeting, commission member Bill Hobson voiced his hope that the city would become involved in efforts to construct a major airport in the Dixie area and said plans were underway for such a facility in conjunction with construction of a resort hotel between St. George and Zion National Park. Hobson said St. George is missing out on tourist opment in the area, Esplin said, as he turned to the subject of water. We need to protect our water sources. He said the city is approaching the limit that it can deliver with its present system. Were pumping as much as we can into the city, he said. Were approaching our limits, but we have a plan to solve the problem. Youve seen the blue pipe all over the city. He went on to explain that the pipe is for the internal distribution system that will deliver water from the Quail Creek Pro- revenues from the Park visitors because foreign tourists fly into Las Vegas, book flights or bus trips into the park itself, and return to Las Vegas for housing, food and entertainment. Much of that revenue could be channeled to St George, Hobson said, if St George would encourage development of toration committee originally planned to have the building fumigated and then to continue with the effort to restore the upstairs courtroom. Exterminators suggested that the county might want to wait until the restoration is completed and then fumigate, to assure that all termites are eradicated at that time. All those involved appeal to agree that fumigation would probably involve enveloping the entire building in a protective cover and then pumping fumigant into it. Originally it was hoped that Dow Chemical, manufacturers of the fumigant gas, would assist with the project and thereby defray the costs, but such assistance apparently will not be received, and County Commission chairman Jerry Lewis said earlier this week that he expects costs of the fumigating will be substantially higher than originally estimated. The structure is occupied by' the St. George Chamber of Commerce, but is owned by Washington 2-l- ot from Hansen Stadium. Two final plats were recommended to the City Council. One was for Shadowbrook Town-homPhase IV, at 900 South 900 East and the other was for a road dedication plat for Westridge es Drive north of Sunset Boulevard, tying into 1400 West Street. scheduled BUNKER VILLE,Nev. - A hay-rid- e and talent show are part of the Pioneer Day celebration scheduled today at the Bunkerville community center. Starting at 7 p.m., the hay riders will travel to Bunkerville park and hold a songfest that includes pioneer theme songs. Families and individuals are encouraged to participate in the talent program, and to wear clothing depicting the era of the LDS When Quail Creek is on line, the amount of water it will provide will about equal what is already in the system, Esplin said. Design of the $15 million complex that includes the water treatment plant at the reservoir and the pipeline from Quail Creek to St. George is 95 percent complete, he reported. The work is scheduled to be bid in August The pipeline will be broken down into two separate contracts one for the line from Quail Creek to St George and one for the distribution system within the city. The area south of 700 South will be built first Esplin said, because it can be fed by gravity from the treatment plant without any need for pumping. Along with the new Quail Creek source, the city is actively drilling more wells, the city manager reported. New wells are being drilled in Snow Canyon, at Gunlock, and two more in the Mfllcreek area that will bring the total to three there. The Gunlock well can only be used as backup because there is no additional pipeline capacity, he pointed out. A new hydropower plant is being built at Gunlock, with the electricity to be used to operate the wells, he said. A hydroplant also is being planned at the Pine Valley source, he added. The first phase of the citys pressurized irrigation system has been completed, with the result that large irrigation users have been taken off from the culinary system, saving 1 0 percent of the citys culinary supply, Esplin reported. During the next year, two additional phases are expected to be completed. Phase 2 will be constructed in the Millcreek area bordering Washington and will be for large irrigation users on the east side of Gc pioneers. Awards and certificates of par- ticipation will be given. says: Rapent lor the kingdom ol God to at hand! Haw yaw changad your mind about yaur ralattan-N- p ta Ood and Hto Kingdom? Rollins, Brown, and Gunnell is currently doing a study of the basin to . determine if it will hold water. Sewer On the new regional sewer plant planned to be built south of Bloomington, Esplin said the plans are being reviewed by the state health mildepartment and the $13-51- 5 lion project is scheduled to be put out to bid in November. The oxidation ditch type facility could take up to 1 8 months to build, he said. With some state aid, the city feels that the new plant can be built without having to increase the current rate structure, he said. On the sore subject of possible odor problems, Esplin assured that has been taken care of in the design of the new plant Were acquiring several hundred acres around it so therell be no encroachment, he said. Its a mile away from anything thats there. Concerning odor problems at the present lagoons near the south interchange, Esplin said, We think weve reduced the odor problems through mainte 15 nance. Roads Addressing the topic of roads, Esplin said that $1.2 million in street improvement bonds have been approved, and several projects are planned. One priority is redoing 700 South from Bluff Street to 800 East River Road, running from there out to Bloomington Hills, will be widened by five to eight feet, he said. Also planned from the bond money is improving two collector roads in Bloomington and roads in the ind dustrial park. The work on Tonaquint Road cannot be done until the sewer line under and paralleling it can be abandoned in connection with the new much-neede- sewer system, Esplin explained. Well have to get by another year, he said. . The first phase of the Sunset Blvd. improvement project has bepi epmptetrCwkfr thg fivtin-- n stallment of $600,000 in state funds, and an additional $2.5 million is expected to complete the project, Esplin said. The first phase was redoing the Dixie Downs intersection and widening Sunset in both directions from there. The Sunset Blvd.Bluff Street intersection is even more critical, Esplin acknowledged, but not enough money was available to do it in the first phase. Future work will involve redoing that SunsetBluff intersection, installing a traffic light there and at Sunset and Valley View, as well as completing the widening of Sunset all the way through. Esplin listed other recently completed road projects as the Airport Road realignment, which he called a major change for the better, as well as work on DonLee Drive and Middleton Drive. Fire Esplin also noted expansion of department. A new the fire $275,000 fire station has been built, and a new ladder truck and associated costing equipment has been added. Two new sites for fire substations have been designated, one in Bloomington Hills and one in the south Dixie Downs area. $250,000-$300,00- 0 Parks In the parks and recreation area, six new parks have been built in the last year, entirely out of park imimpact funds. Also lighting the at made been have provements j.C- - Snow Park. Two of the new parks, at Panorama and Sunset, have been built in cooperation with the school district, a plan which Esplin praised. Two of the areas planned for new parks in the future are Dixie Downs and Green Valley. Downtown Esplin briefly touched on down- town renovation and landscaping improvements. He said a shade tree committee is working on a plan to add trees and landscaping along streets in the downtown area. An ordinance has been passed that requires new commercial projects to designate 5 percent of their total area for landscaping, he said. A decision has been made that redevelopment money will be used to help downtown property owners do historic renovation of storefronts. Redevelopment funds will be contributed up to a total of $7,500 per project, to match private funding, Esplin explained. We have a real interest in two or three projects, he added. The redevelopment agency has purchased the Liberty Hotel to combine with about an acre it already owns, and is seeking a quality development for that area, according to Esplin. If a purchaser is not found for the hotel soon, the city probably will go ahead and demolish the hotel and use the property for landscaping or parking, he said. Building Esplin noted what he said was a positive trend in the citys building permit statistics. He said the per-cent of single family homes in comparison .with multiple family the 2 07 lesfden-tia- l units represented in the building permits issued by the city, 64 percent have been single family, Esplin said, whereas of year-to-da- ilkiiirji Serving the Nowtato Stetee For Otter 60 YeenI ed. However, the city manager did acknowledge that construction in the city is slowing down. Were a leveling seeing a slowdown off, he said. Tm not sure whether it means we have an oversupply. 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The total dollar amount of construction this year is down significantly from last year $28,744,600 at this time in 1986, and $17,832,250 to date this year but that is accounted for because of the huge number of expensive public buildings constructed last year, such as schools and churches, Esplin not- County. PM . , planned" for," it's not going tor happen," Hqbsoiiwarned thej Planning Commission. We're going to have junkyards all over the airport" In other action, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council approval of a prelisingle famminary plat for a 1 at approxilocated subdivision ily mately 6S0 South 700 East, across Courthouse termite problem 24th of July activities temporarily put on hold ST. GEORGE - Action to eradicate the termites which have been found in the historic Washington County Pioneer Courthouse will have to await the analysis of a structural engineer. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president Royce Jones said Monday. Jones said that he had communicated with county planner John Willie about selecting a structural engineer to review the condition of the building and that a decision on the timeliness of fumigating the building would depend on the outcome of the engineer's analysis. Advice from exterminators led to the county commission's decision to table the eradication of the insects until Jones' return from his vacation. The Chamber of Commerce is housed on the main floor of the structure, and Jones has assumed much of the responsibility for coordinating the effort to address the termite problem. Members of the courthouse res- ject a major airport facility and tourist housing capable of accommodat- ing large groups. I'd love to see the city get the revenue," Hobson said. The tourists are coming, the numbers are already? there:- - If. it's not master Esplin concluded. Its the crown jewel of devel- Airport awaits Council guidelines STAFF WRITER ar the Black Ridge. Phase 3 will be a project on City Creek north of the Red Hill, involving building a dam and storing up to 600 acre feet of water in a basin there. It will be used to irrigate the west side of town. The Soil Conservation Service will pay most of the $ 1 million cost, as a flood control project, Esplin said. The engineering firm of (702) 7 |
