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Show t Utah State Press Assn. p.o. Box 1 Cily, Salt Lake 84110 Ut Thursday, February 17, 1977 Price, Utah 86th Year Number 7 24 Pages 15c loans buoy water project hope Officials of the Price River Water Improvement District have obtained commitments to cover an $800,000 cost overrun on the project. bids to be awarded within 15 days of the opening date. An extension was obtained but the deadline was getting close, he said. PRWID Manager Earl Staker said the bids for the pipeline and water treatment plant were that much over the engineers estimate for the $4.1 million project. The Four Corners Regional Commission awarded a $200,000 grant to help offset the overrun with this grant and a $300,000 loan from the State Division of Water Resources and a $300,000 loan from Farmers Home Administration, the project can now go ahead, Staker noted. Staker said district officials were in bind because the Economic Development Administration would not release $1 million they had agreed to provide until the $800,000 was obtained. He said state laws require a Most of the contracts will be awarded this week, he said. We will hold a preconstruction meeting after the first week in March and that, work will begin. Staker said how soon each con- tractor begins depends on how soon they can get the pipe. Staker said the EDA actually gave PRWID $300,000 because the portion of the pipeline from Price to Wellington was deleted from the original plans. The EDA has since agreed to fund that portion of the pipeline as a separate project, he said. The work on the project is expected to take about 18 months, he said. For streets, sidewalks City eyes special district South to the Denver John S. Huefner, city engineer, told the council he had considered the formation of either a street improvement district or a water and sewer district. Second South from First East past Seventh East; Third South from the middle of Second East to past Seventh East; Fourth South from Carbon Avenue to past Seventh East; two streets in the Montrose addition; Rose Street from Seventh South to Fifth South; Elm Street from Seventh South to Fifth South; Seventh East from Seventh South to Fifth South; Sixth South from Carbon Avenue to between Third East and Elm Street; Third West from near Fifth South to the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad; First East from Seventh Price beauty wins Miss CEU Contest He chose the street district because there are too few areas in the city without water and sewer to warrant such a district. JaLee Deaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Deaton of Price, was selected Miss CEU Tuesday night. Her attendants were Jackie Rich, first; and Shelly Woodruff, second. Other Huefner showed a map of Price City with the streets the council is considering to improve. They are Second East from First finalists were Julie Axelgard, Patricia Cisneros and Janalyn Farren. The pageant, themed "Reflections," was sponsored by the Associated Women Students' Council. & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks; First, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh East from First South to Fourth South; Third East from First South to Third Insufficient road surfacing and no sidewalks, curbs and gutters mostly in portions of south Price have prompted Price City Council to consider the formation of a special improvement district. South. North to Eighth North; portion of Eighth North between First and Second East; Seventh North from Seventh East to Ninth East; Eighth North from Eleventh East to near the boundary of the Eastwood Hills. These are only proposed repairs, and the council will add or delete any to the list. Tomsic suggested the council hold neighborhood meetings before the required public hearing to get the opinions of residents living in the areas. This would save the city time and money, he added. Huefener was asked to study the formation of the district on the standpoint of need and to present the council a preliminary recommendation at its next meeting. Gam blames bureaucracy. Congress for stifling Utah mine industry By JOHN SERFUSTINI two years in approval of mining plans and leases. regardless of the size of their stake, post a $100,000 bond with the federal government. fund. Ideally, however, there wouldnt be money taken, in, he said. Federal bureaucratic delays and congressional foot dragging will stall Americas energy development until the public prods the government into action, Sen. Jake Garn warned Monday. Garn suggested turning the tables on the bureaucracy by having Congress set deadlines for bureaucratic responses. People submitting requests must meet deadlines, but there is no time limit for government replies, he said. So there they are, trying to break up the monopolies and then putting the small prospectors out of business. That makes a lot of sense, doesnt it, he commented. In answer to questions from the audience, the also stated: Managing editor In a meeting with Utah coal operators in the Plateau Mine office in Wattis, the Republican senator claimed that government agencies are working at cross purposes. They try to relieve unemployment with welfare and make work projects, then stifle industrial growth with complicated regulations, he charged. more optimistic, but I get more frustrated all the time, he told the coal men. If I had any hair, Id tear it out. I wish I could be The coal operators complained were worse than the federal rules. understanding of mine operators Coal superintendent Max Robb told our immediate problem. that red tape delays There seems to be no problems, Swisher the senator. Time is Other coal operators agreed. They cited delays of up to Even if you didnt like the answer, youd be better off knowing what you had dark, Garn said. to do instead of being kept in the The senator blamed lower level officials for being afraid to make decisions. He told the operators to go around local agencies and ask top officials if necessary. He also asked the coal operators to help him by educating the public in the problems industry is having with regulatory agencies. Congress is too fragmented with conflicting interests to do much, he said. He also blasted the Bureau of Land Management. BLM has gone far beyond what is legal, he claimed. The city will have to budget for the remaining $5,000. The $10,000 for the program will come in two $5,000 installments, one this year and the other in 1978. The widening of the bridge was one of two priorities for the program. It was selected over the widening of 6th East and Veterans Lane because it was out of the question to complete," Gary Tomsic, administrative officer said. Tomsic said the project proposes to widen the bridge 60 feet. The council, President's Day however, did not agree the bridge was the most important place to improve. The council told Tomsic to apply for the money and see if another project option will be available. Price Retail Merchants Although many other projects have high priorities, if there is no option well accept the bridge project. City hikes parking fines ordinance at its next meeting Feb. 28. Mayor Walter Axelgard Monday night requested the raise in fines from 25 cents to $1. It isnt a revenue producing recommendation but rather a regulatory one, he said. The Mayor hopes the larger fine will encourage Prices business "ople to park free in stalls on First and Second East and in the former Central School yard instead of in front of their businesses. Furthermore, he said the stiffer fines would encourage motorists to pay the fines. audience that people would He told the have to voice their opposition to growing dictation from Washington. He also criticized the Environmental Protection Agencys absolute nondegradation policy. The policy now forbids new industry to open in areas which exceed EPA air pollution limits. The senator said this policy adds to unemployment problems. He said an alternative to this absolute policy might be a tax on pollution. He said this would not only allow new industry to open, but also that industry would make its own improvements to keep prices competitive. The tax money would go into a designated participating in the The EDA turned down the city request for the money to build two new water tanks and improve some of the 40 year old water lines late last year. A letter from Templeton Linke and Associates, engineers said the federal government may appropriate more money for public service projects this year. sale section: Hard Hat TV & Appliance Sunset Sports Yellow Front Mimis Sears PTC Apparel J.C. Penney D. F. W. Price Electronics The Red Balloon Mode O Day Bill's Home Furnishings Helper Furniture Oliveto Furniture La Marque s Shoe Salon Jack's Shoes She-She- Sweetbriar clean up senator that electric rates should not be held at artificially low prices because this would retard needed expansion. Price increases would bring about conservation without bureaucracy, policing or penalties; that he favored bringing Vietnam draft resisters back into the country to work for a few years in public works, but that he opposed an unconditional amnesty. that the U.S. is falling dangerously behind in military preparedness. and that Theodore Sorenson, President Carters first choice for CIA director, was a poor security risk and lacked administrative experience. As sidelights to his visit, the senator toured the Plateau Mine and met briefly with the Price City Council. Mayor Walter Axelgard gave the senator a paperweight with a piece of coal inside as a souvenir of the visit. Helper awaits EDA decision on second round of water grants Helper Citys application to the AdDevelopment ministration for $770,000 to improve the water distribution system is still under consideration. bridge. Mayor Axelgard said, I Economic Councilman Jim Jensen said the bad condition of Railroad Avenue deserves consideration. Councilman Amel Denison said there are more worthy projects in the city than the Better feed the meter Motorists may soon find it costs more to overpark at meter stalls in Price if the City Council approves an The Garn cited the proposed regulations on mining claims as an example. The proposal would make all claimants, Price applies for money for widening project Price City will apply for $10,000 from the Safer Off System Program to help pay the $14,000 cost of widening a bridge on Second East. Garn repeated his call for public unput during a session at the College of Eastern Utah later that evening. that much tax letter said Helper ranked fourth out of 232 in one bracket and The twelfth overall for projects in the repair the existing tanks and buna a new cue. He said that application may remain in effect. City looks to Scofield to meet water needs The lack of snow at Prices watersheds has forced the city council to look for Scofield Reservoir state. water shares. Helper Mayor Chuck Ghirardelli said the letter was encouraging because a bond and loans may not have to be obtained to pay for the improvements. City Attorney Luke Pappas Monday night said the city already has 350 acre feet of the reservoir water but will need another 1,500 acre feet. Ghirardelli said the old tanks leak and need to be lined and repaired. Because the EDA rejected the first application, Ghirardelli said the city has applied for a $200,000 loan to just Templeton and Linke said they did not know when the money would be appropriated. He suggested the city meet with the other cities in Carbon County, the Price River Water Improvement District and other water owners about solving the water problem. The additional water, he said, would be sought from the PRWID and the other water owners. The council also talked the legality of limiting the consumption of water to its 1,847 users outside the city limit if about water was scarce. |