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Show iMisa I ! iiBHrtSliiiiM(ilniiii,iiiia,iii Public urged not to miss meeting March 12 A new CivicEquestrian Center has been discussed for the past several months in Salina. Enough information has been gathered that shows consid erable public support as well as sufficient proposed revenues to pay for the Center. Thursday, March 12, at 6:00 p.m. in the American Legion Building, a public meeting will be held for citizen input, pro and con. There are two main issues involved in the proposed center that the Salina City Council will have to address. The center would be a city owned project ,:ii the city would have to ensure the funding which could add $600,000of cnie dt. ht to the city. t )n Jr., c Jier side of the picture, the council is looking at a new licensing fee for the merchants in Salina. Salina City merchants already pay approximately $17,000 to the city in the form of a business license. This base amount would not change much under a new proposal to the merchants, but they would add a .25 percent charge to the final sale of taxable goods. In other words, presently there is a 6 percent sales tax charged for goods sold in Salina. This would change to 6.25 percent, the same that is being charged in Richfield and other communities in Utah. This additional business fee would generate another $15,000 to $20,000, or a total of approximately $40,000. The question that is raised is if this fee is enacted should the money be spent for recreation and economic projects such as the CivicEquestrian Center? These two proposals will be discussed in detail in the public meeting on Thursday. There were concerts, shows, cutting shows, football practices, high school rodeos, horse sales, Panorama Horse Shows, stock shows and sales, team penning, team roping and western tack shows. These events bring in people to the area and people in turn spend money. So in part, the increase in the business license fee would be paid by visitors to our area. This amount is estimated to be 40 percent. The businesses in the area have also shown their support to the proposal. They passed a resolution in their monthly Chamber meeting to support the concept of the proposed license fee changes as well as many of them were willing to pay $500 and $ 100 annually towards the facility to pay for the debt service. This annual commitment totaled $16,400 at the last count. Salinas businesses bring to Salina City about $180,000 each year. As business grows so does the cities revenues and ultimately the cities services. The following is the proposed financing of the $1.2 million project. 4-- H Funding CIB Grant CIB Loan Total Annual Expenses $600,000 $600,000 $1,200,000 Debt Service CIB Operation Costs $48,150 $30,000 $78,150 Total Proposed Income The CivicEquestrian Center is a project of economics for the area, so expressed those on the planning committee. Danna Shaw explained that after visits to other Equestrian arenas in the state she found schedules that were full for almost every weekend of the year. The committee found that these centers were being used for horse shows and clinics, archery tournacar shows, Chamber trade fairs, Clinics for barrels, ments, horsemanship, judging, reining, rodeo queens and roping. i - bull-a-rama- s, It is proposed that the facility would cost $810,000. This would include Wednesday, March Volume 70 Number 1 0 the multipurpose areas, concessions, rest rooms, banquet tables, chairs, bleachers, arena i (.inipmerit, lighting, and riding area. The site preparation is expected to tou 5390,000. This would include the earth work, drainage, stalls, holding pens, utilities, curbs, gutter, sidewalks, parking, engineering, security lighting and access roads. It is presently proposed that the facility be built on the hill at 6th south and state in Salina. Th. re is approximately 17 acres in that area with much of the area already lc' eled Other sites were looked at but this site, with preliminary estimates, was Ivs! Everyone is invited ; i the public meeting on Thursday. The council will am nents and views of those in the area concerning be on hand to hear this proposal. A c ''tec, designated by the city council last year, has spent almost a yu..mcring the information that will be presented on fc i The Thursday. piojcctis viable as well as desired by those that live in the area. Thcv lev. jiey have proposed ways in funding the project that will l.Lile nupao f n Mina residents as si! the necessary funds would come ( mhlir. ' use and advert, from bus'! ori eng. The commit!'1' felt tl, d the overall economic picture of the Salina area 1 1 , 1 Price 50 Cents 992 Members of American Legion turn out to air opinions place where previous war veterans were memorialized. They were and this would promised continue, he said.He explained the need for more flag space, not less space. From here Ted Burr offered his property if the city would remove the tanks. Joe Springer explained the law about the handicapped facilities with the present city building and why they needed the new city hall. Valdo Heath said that if they dont abandon the present building they would have to address this with the library there anyway. Most mentioned that they were not against a new city hall but that the council should address some problems first. Talked of new fire station and putting the city hall where the fire station is presently located. A vote was taken by those present that was 26-- 4 in favor of not letting the city use their property for the city building. Members of the North Sevier Middle School Strategic Planning Committee met last Thursday evening, Friday and Saturday to continue making plans for a new approach to teaching that will be going into effect at the facility soon. Schools around the state are joining in the planning seeking to meet national and state goals for educating Utah's kids. Fire of needed improvements support of the Council and also a list of citizens in Salina who would be beneficial. The mayor asked each Council member to hand in a list of five people to Betty Cowley, Recorder, and have her send out letters. Claudia Nielson asked that the city endorse and support the citywide cleanup campaign set for April 24 through May 23. Mayor Nyals Andreason received approval from the Council to hold a public hearing March 12 at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall to discuss the proposed CivicEquestrian Center. Also on the agenda would be the proposal to put a fee on total gross sales in Salina, much the same as is now in operation in Richfield City. Gwen Noyes will be attending the annual Spring Conference for Treasurers. Chief Gordon Kiesel will be ! nse interested come reality whc1 in the system will step forward and put it in said Roy Cwtke later. Wednesday, NUrh,18, the Legion will hold non inations for officers of 1992 and i fictions will be held the following meeting. NyaLs Andieasoti wnniiuiuxi aiua the meeting that it was the prevailing attitude in the community 'hat it was the mayors idea to build tl e city building next to the legion building. He explained that it was a proposal by several legion members that were on the building committee that made this proposal. He said that he would meet with the council and the building committee and see which direction the city should proceed. t After looking at the lawn area, Roy commented that they had all received letters concerning the city building a new office building on the legion property. He then made the motion that the legion agree to let the city have 65 feet from the west fence and then south to the road. 65 x 180 feet for the building of the new office building. He asked for discussion on the motion and the vote. Then Ted Sorensen took the floor. He explained that with no second the motion was dead. He went on record that the lawned area was a Miss North Sevier 1991 will crown successor Department tells Council The Salina City Council met March 1992. 2, Following are excerpts from the unapproved minutes of the meeting: Jim Burr, representing the Fire Department, reported a list of equipment that needs to be updated and purchased for the fire department. He added that the department would like to send nine members to training this year. The motion was approved to send the nine members to the training sessions. The Council was invited to attend a meeting with the County Fire Chiefs Association on March 17, at the Salina Fire House. Jeff Brewer, representing Utah Power and Light, would like Salina Citys help in supporting a strategic planning workshop that has been set up for the City. The session will be held March 19 and 26 for three hours each night. They would like the The Salina Legion members held their regulaily scheduled meeting last week and had about 40 people on hand to discuss a proposal to allow the city to build a new city building next to their building. Marlin Mickelsen, Commander welcomed those present and then the time was turned over to Roy Cooke to take care of the business at hand. Una Gay Didirm was present and asked those w h tlkedofanew sprinkler system to t . tjourmoney where your mouth a wrote a check to go towards the new sprinkler system. Others follov ed. This was just the beginning ,r this will be- North Sevier, and the community can be very proud of having her as our representative. Thank you Treena for a beautiful reign as our Miss North Sevier 1991. We all wish Treena a speedy recovery from her recent injuries. Treena is the daughter of Kathy Bastian and Bobby Willardson. Treena Willardson, Miss North Sevier 1991 , will relinquish her crown to her successor in the annual Miss North Sevier Pageant to be held March 14, at 7 p.m. in the NSHS Auditorium. This past year Treena has participated in many activities as Miss at- tending the EDI training workshop at the end of this month. Councilperson Karren Glover reported that the Youth Council is looking for service projects. Councilperson Nancy Frame had the motion approved to remove $50,000 form the State Treasurers Investment fund and h"ve Recorder Betty Cowley make a payment to the Farmers Home Administration. Also approved was the motion to have the city accept a local consent form to allow Cedar Creek Restaurant to have a liquor license. Fifty seven business licenses were Treena Willardson approved. Council adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next meeting of the Salina City Council will be held Monday, March 16, beginning at 7 p.m. Anyone with a question or concern for the council is welcome to attend. Salina couple safe after two days lost on mountain What started as an afternoon snowmobile ride almost turned to disaster as Kirk and Pam Learning, Salina, spent two miserable nights in the cold and snow before they were rescued. Saturday afternoon, March 7, Kirk and Pam told their kids they would be gone until after dark on a snowmobile trip. They started at the Gooseberry area and worked their way to the top. They talked with some snowmobilers on top looking down towards Fish Lake and told the snowmobilers they were going to drop off to Broad-hea- d Lake and make the loop back to Gooseberry. This turnoff is in the upper Lost Creek area just below the Sudwicks Dug way or Red Slide Area. Because of the new snow they made the turn to head down the hill about 200 yards premature and dropped off into a big hole with no way out on a snowmobile. Kirk and Pam tried to keep their snowmobiles moving but the snow was deep and wet and finally gave up. They decided to hike back up the hill and then over to a cabin owned by Kay Peterson which was about 4 miles away. They struggled all that night and most of the next day to within a few hundred yards of the cabin. On Sunday the Search and Rescue Units from Salina and Richfield were dispatched. During the afternoon on Sun day Kirk explained that they could see the Civil Air Patrol plane flying overhead and they worked themselves out to a clearing but was never seen. Also, just before dark on Sunday, a snowmobiler got to within 100 or so yards from the couple but they couldnt yell loud enough for the parked rescuer to hear them. It wasnt long before he too left for the night. Snow conditions were such that both crawled for much of the four miles. At night and at other times Pam was light enough to walk on top of the crusted snow but Kirk had to crawl the distance because Continued on Page 8 at V JL Last Saturday, Newell Hales, of Hales X s 44 Sand and Gravel, and Kirby Nelson, of Nelson Sunbeam Coal, put the finishing touches on a cleanup project on the Kinder properties at Salinas north end. Last Fall two buildings on trie sites had been dismantled and most of the debris had been hauled away. The rest of the debris has now been removed. This is all part of an project to help Salina be mere attractive to those who live and work here as well as tourists who may be passing through, under the direction of the SIG on-goi- organization. mi,- - JWilimBIi m |