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Show riHflMIWHpltNfnMiMia ,nnwfnyr. eftpj$ z 1 By Max E. Knudson Jr. The resolution was a compromise Fraluro Highlight measure submitted long-rang- long-rang- half-millio- n New Hill Commission be continued for the purpose of "further study of a master plan for state office needs and also that the commission "consult with and recommend to H- - member Albert Christensen as substitute for a motion by I.ynn M. Hilton that asked for another years study and master plan completion of a before submitting the matter to the legislature. The resolution is only a report, not a blanket recommendation and simply stales that previsions to meet immediate needs of expansion for state offices can be made on property already owned by the state on Capitol Hill . It does recommend that the Capitol Tribune Staff Writer In a vote Saturday, the Utah Capitol Hill Commission approved a resolution to be sent to the Slate legislature stating that a square foot office building can lx? built on Capitol Hill without degradation of the residential and historic value and by revisions in the traffic operations. 10-- 7 InUrmounhtiii Lwal ays Slate Building Board parking solutions, e including parking and remote parking. Mr. Hilton said the seven members who voted against the resolution would issue a minority report to the legislature stating their intentions that the structure should not be built without on-sit- . by commission e further study. Franklin Johnson, president of the Avenues Improvement League and, lie said, representing IS other civic and neighborin'! organizations, supported a Salt Lake City Commission request for further planning and study The Capitol Hill neighlxirhood is a fragile area,"kuid Mr. Johnson, adding that 'he construction of the building and the resulting influx of traffic could destroy the quality of life for its residents. What remains of that heritage is beautiful a. id we want to keep it that way, he said. Mr. Franklin said the organizations he was speaking for represent some 125,000 Salt Lake City residents. The Salt. Lake City Commission recommendations came in a letteTead to the Capitol llill Commission by Jess Agraz, city traffic engineer. The city recommerded that before a final recommendation on construction be sub-Se- e Page B-- Col, 1 Sunday Morning, January 12, 1975 ,1 Section - g. Page One 15 y, ''V jr 2-- ' ' - C ' - - - - , - 5 4 - , 1 V ' , , ' b iS . ' I 2 VT w - 'S I.-- ' 7.'.,'-,;- . - ( i-- - - ' For CDP : 7 , C, . r'3: 1 ; , r ;'C. T ,.k ' c w r js'i' ' ft - ySiV'iSH'f ' k ' bffc -- Vi s k- C , - r" -j; $ v. , ,7 ' Asks 87 Million In S.L. Plan By Vandra L. Webb Tribune Staff Writer City officials Saturday urged funding $7.75 million in Community Develop- ment Program projects, despite the availability of only $4.6 million in federal grants. Addressing members of the CDP advisory committee, Mayor Conrad B. Harrison said citizens must now sift through requests, establish priorities, and come up with a recommendation to meet the $4.6 million limitation by Feb. e. v I c t A ' v; S'".;.. t t 7 - - . - - ' c ' , 5. . - , C C $ - 'k- , .. , . - ' f,r - 7 " . ' i ' . - - v , , r iL x- k- - :v V ' : x- ." .kkC'--",--.' f f'V 5 . 4 - Replaces Funding The CDP, which goes into operation in July, replaces current funding under seven grant areas. To qualify for the new CDP money, the city must have its application finalized by the end of , 3 - .kb" 'J - , . " 7L, , ' 1 , Jr.u" kk: cv.a'...;. . ' . - - v - - . V 'r- vbi'- 'February. II. Danny Wall, community development director, reminded citizens that funding was a direct result of the monies presently received under the not new categorical grant program money. What CDP does allow, he said, is the efficiency of consolidation. In the past, the federal government has come to use with a bag of solutions and weve had to find a problem that fit in the bag. "Now well have an opportunity to deal with the problems on our own level. and It will be the community that will particularly the citizens determine how the funds will be used. Current Needs Mr. Wall said the city's proposals were based on current needs and planning studies. For the first CDP year, the target areas of Central City and the West Side have been identified. Projects proposed relate primarily, although not exclusively, to these two areas. In the next two years the program will expand to other areas, he said. He emphasized that funding proposals are not chiseled in stone Through a sene'- of CDP citizens input meetings, the list will be revised. It will be citizens who come up with the final proposal. And although the funding requests far outweigh the money available, Mr. Wall, explained that some of this can be handled through matching funds. Up to Citizens to Its up the citizens to get the maximum use out of the funds. CDP money can be used to match other federal program monies. In some cases, such as housing loans, it can generate future monies. But the determination of the uses still remains with the citizens, he said. Under the Parks Department proposal, Mayor Harrison said a total of $1,610 in improvements are necessary. A total of $200,000 for the acquisition of new park land was recommended. A proposal for $250,000 for a park on 13th Avenue drew some opposition because it was out of the target area and would not serve low or moderate-incom- e people because they don't live in that neighborhood. Other Parks Department proposals include: Glendale Park, $200,000; Sherwood, $425,000; Jordan, $15,030; liberty, $120,000 : Ensign Park, $25,000; Rose Park Athletic Fields, $100,000; Memory Grove, $80,000; and Fairmont Park, $70,000. Other park improvements were recommended for Riverside Park, $10,000; Tracy Aviary, $50,000 tnew bipd cages); Derks Field, $20,000; Athletic Park at 800 East and 7th East, $60,000, Western Boys Baseball Fields, $20,000. Although specific allocations were not discussed, Commissioner Harrosen said the money could be used for low interest housing loans, remodeling. See Page B-- 7, Calami Dim on Vacation upon his will ro- - - - - C' -- a e "' , . '" ' - Tritxr StM Several persons were injured, one critical- ly and another seriously, in an accident I tanker truck and a three passenger cars Saturday just after involving semi-trail- er noon were at 4500 South southbound. An on 5. All veliicles Orem man and his wife I I 1-15 Boom Increases Troubles of Utah Village Tribune Environmental Specialist TOQUFIRVILLE, Washington CounTheres trouble, right here m ty Toquerville. This cotton-pickincommunity of on the route to the 1860s, just off nearby Zion National Park, has basked in natural color, generous sunshine and relative obscurity for more than a century. Then telescoped travel tune between west coast multitudes and southwest Utah, now practically a recreational suburb of Los Angeles. With the twin-lan- e speedway came a new wave of the affluent, a swelling demand for recreation and retirement property. And alert land developers naturally scrambled to feed the need. Good if Orderly All well and good, if the growth is orderly, responsible and equitable. But is it? Tiny village of Toquerville occupies an elbow to Zion National Hark. cutoff road from Facing land development was cnee the scene 325 of problems, the town of fiasco. a wine-makin- g long-stabl- year after it was settled by six families in 1858, a party led by Joshua T. Willis, bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints (according to the I Was Called to historic account, Dixie, by Andrew Karl Larson) Growth Triples Sue By the following spring, 1859, the settlement tripled. Nineteen families were piantuig wheat, com, sugar cane and vegetables. The next year saw 20 acres of cotton flourishing, a flour mill and cotton gin operating. In 1866, orchards and vineyards fostered a new industry . . . winemaking and distilling . . . sanctioned by LDS authorities, the product to be sold to outsiders for cash. But those who produced it drark it, sometimes to excess, and this increase of and drunkenness finally brought an end to the venture, the historian commented. Lights and Water , wine-drinki- 1917, Toquerville incorporated floated a bond, installed electric lights and a water system. U pipes culinary water Bom springs a nuie up Ash Creek from the townshe. jonnon Crash A noontime accident involving three automobiles and a semi-trailtanker truck loaded with diesel fuel kept southliound at 4500 South closed more than three hours Saturday. Several persons were injured, including an Orem husband and wife who w ere listed in critical and serious condition, respectively, at Cottonwood Hospital. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Roy Mac Kay identified them as Hugh James Woodard, 61, 239 Inglewood St., Orem, and Iris wife, Irene, no age listed. Center Lane The trooper said the Woodard car stopped in the center lane to remove a ladder on the highway. A car driven by Lincoln Card, 49, attempted to miss it but hit the Wcxxiard ear. Then, a car driven by Preston C. Affleck, age and address unlisted, and the tanker truck driven by Brant C. Lawson, 27, Richfield, collided with the other cars. The tankers second unit overturned, spilling 5,200 gallons of oil on the highway. The Woodard car apparently was caught between the diesel units, although Trooper MacKay said investigation will continue Sunday when he can talk to all involved. er g Toquerville took a population spurt a bv Lynn R. Injures 7 Utahns By Robert S. Halliday Take a look at Toquerville. It s typical of development pressures m the region. The tiny town faces a population explosion to potentially seven times its present total of 325. Its obscurity is shot. e Its tranquility is slipping. And tax obligations of present residents could soar to subsidize facilities for the newcomers. PtioK were the most seriously injured and were thought to be in car hit by tanker truck. Disorder of Growing Pains in Dan Valentine is on vacation. His Snovis, return. 1 " board in 1972. Oliver D. LeFevre, Cedar By 1950, the towns 92nd anniversary, there were 232 residents (55 families), ,City, is developing this project. The street lights and paved sidew-alksBoth subdivisions were permitted by 1970 census showed a drop to about 185 a previous town board, since replaced residents. by new members, according to Mr. . and Now it has an estimated 325 Parrish. is braced for an influx of 2,000 or more. The present five couneilmen, mired The central cluster of Toquerville in problems associated with the two homes occupies a relatively small piece approved developments, have so far of the larger incorporated town area, a withheld approval of a third subdivision rectangle 254 by 34 miles. This is . . . Toquerville Terrace. This project bisected by Ash Creek, flowing through by Homer Englestead, Hurricane, is a gorge ranging to 90 feet deep and 80 designed for 310 homes in the northeast feet wide for a mile through the rocky part of towm strata. 678 New Homes A new 90-lsubdivision, Toquerville three The subdivisions, if fully ocAcres, developed in the would bring 678 new homes arid cupied, part of town by Pearl Dewitt, a 2, O'M residents to Toquerville, assuming ToquerviHe resident, was approved by three persons average per home. the town board in 1971. No sewage Theyll all require culinary water facilities, water, roads or 'other im- supply and a wastewater-sewag- e disprovements are in progress, although 28 posal system. Neither is possible withlots have been sold, according to Julian out large expenditures neither the Parrish, town board president. townspeople nor the developers are Seeks Equitable Plan willing to make, town couneilmen He said he is now trying to arrange report. The expanded population would an equitable method lor supplying water to this subdivision since the boost Toquerville from town to city dev elope-- i s status, involving additional expenses supply is suffifor independent services now obtained cient for only 28 lots, not the 62 unsold. Almond Heights Park sulxlivision, through Hurricane (1,408 population in 1970), six miles distant 218 lots on D6 acres, borders the opposite side of Uie gorge, southwest of the town Toquerville children are presently center. It was approved by the town educated through high school in Hur .. south-centr- wcil-wfct- er ricane. Hurricane provides Toquerville with fire protection for a nominal fee. Toquerville has a part-tim- e town marshal, but uses the jail George, as well as the hospital. The Big Question How does a town of our size and financial limitations cope with such a situation? Our total town revenue from property taxes was under $900 last year. Revenue-sharinbrought between $700 and $800, Mr. Parrish said. The developers say the town should take out a hond to expand our water system and supply their subdivisions, added Donald R. Pitt, another Toquerville councilman. As it is now, he explained, a home owner pays $2 to $3 a month for an unlimited quantity of fresh spring water. The distribution system is all paid for. The pipes are carrying full capacity and cant handle any population increase. No new connections are being permitted. We simply dont have the water for them, period. If a bond were taken out a obligation on residents for about $250,060 . . . water might coal $10 to $15 a month for 2,000 to 3,000 gallons We cant handle that kind of commitment, Mr. Pitt said. Both couneilmen emphasized that See Page R-- Cel. 1 per-capit- a listed Fair in-St- g ... Mr. Affleck was listed in fair condi- tion at St. Marks Hospital late Saturday. In the Card vehicle were Mr. Card's wife, Jilene, 47, and their sons and daughter: Kevin, 21; David. 19; Colette, 16, and Scott, 10. David and Kevin were uninjured, the rest of the family was treated and released from Cottonwood Hospital. Snow Lets Up. Cold Remains Snow began slacking off across Utah Saturday, but not before it left most highways in the state icy and hazardous. With much colder temperatures, roads remained slick with little melting. The road to Alta and Snow bird in Tittle Cottonwood Canyon remained closed Saturday because of avalanche and slide danger. Weather Sunday should be partly cloudy, few snow showers and much colder. snow-packe- d, j |
