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Show 'J I All -- l 'lt a ppi; I'JL-L- -t -- Ult- - Ou Lil, tL2, ' IJ l.:.1 3500 South site approved for Albertsons project Commission okays Master Plan permitting commercial complex by GARY R. BLODGETT stores EDITOR Smiths at 8300 Salt Lake County Commission approved by a 0 vote last week to revise the County Master Plan permitting a commercial development on the south side of 3500 South west of 8000 West in Magna. Commissioners Mary Callaghan and Randy Horiuchi voted in favor of the rezone proposal, and Commissioner Brent Overson abstained. The petition from developer John Gust sought a zone change from Agricultural to Commercial. Earlier, a segment of Magna residents signed petitions and voiced opposition to the change in the Master Plan causing a couple of lengthy delays by the Salt Lake County Planning Commission and the Commission. Several spoke in opposition at last Wednesdays Commission meeting. Of course Im pleased with the decision, said an elated Gust. Weve worked long and hard to gain the Commissions approval, and now we can look forward to the development of the project. Earlier, the Commission subapproved rezoning of a 67-ldivision, also being developed by Gust, for single-famil- y dwellings on a site south of the proposed commercial development. Revision of the Master Plan will amend the zoning of the area which is located between two commercial developments and across the street from multiple housing foot to permit a 50,000-squar- e Albertsons Market and three or four smaller retail outlets adjacent to the food store. Although Albertsons will be erected between two large food 2-- r three-memb- !' t f er ot i i I Reams at 7200 West and West on 3500 Gust said the market is i Its a slow process, but Magna community leaders and Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation officials are still hopeful that Salt Lake County will eventually take over and operate historic Webster Elementary School. So much so, that Kennecott officials are opening the doorsto the historic, now vacated school atop the hill at the west end of Magnas Historic Main Street to permit further economic and feasibility studies, especially pertaining to the safety and renovation costs of the structure. We want to see the old school utilized by the county for various opposition group are closely involved with the development of the area, and We are going to do everything possible to minimize the impact. We are not going to ignore them. He pointed to surveys that indi- the populacate less than one-ha- lf tion of Magna do their major grocery shopping in Magna. Gust also emphasized that the commercial development will be a planned project and will certainly be more desirable and conducive to the neighborhood than some other types of development. Gust said independent surveys show that traffic on 3500 South in the neighborhood of the shopping center will not significantly increase with the commercial development. Feasibility and economic studies also show that another grocery store is needed to better serve the Magna area. Construction on the Albertsons store is expected to begin as soon as possible and be completed next spring. Opponents of the development argued that another large grocery store was not needed in the area; the development would significantly increase traffic on 3500 South 8000 West; and the and Commercial Zoning did not coincide with the 1988 Master Plan limiting Commercial Zoning to only three areas outside the Historic Main Street. The Commissions decision will enable the modification of the Salt Lake County Master Plan to extend the Commercial Zoning on 3500 South west of 8000 West. Gust said architectural plans and preliminary ground work should be completed within two or three months and construction could Independent studies to be conducted as to needs, costs and feasibility of renovating historic elementary EDITOR provide a good buffer and plenty of landscaping. We are not going to ignore these people (in the neighborhood) now that the zoning has been approved. Gust emphasized that some of the South needed in Magna. Kennecott opens doors of Webster for evaluations in attempt to keep County Commission interested by GARY R. BLODGETT begin late this summer. Albertsons store could be open next spring. We are going to work closely with people in the neighborhood and be careful what goes in at this site, Gust stressed. We want to county and community entities especially the Magna Ethnic and Mining Museum, said H. Howard Stahle, chairman of the Magna Economic and Tourism Committee (MTED) Development and also the Magna Ethnic and Mining Museum Committee. That site (school) would be ideal for our museum, as well as other county offices. MTED members agreed that no one in the community wants to see the old school undergo the wrecking ball, nor do they want to see the historic facility used for anything but public entities. decision by So the long-await- See WEBSTER on page 12 t Celebrating Americas independence and Utah's Centennial The Miss Magna royalty were among the many entrants in Magnas annual Independence Day parade last Thursday. For more pictorial highlights, please turn to page 9. Until fall of 1997 Uniform school dress policy postponed at Pleasant Green Elementary School by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR Students of Pleasant Green Elementary School in Magna wont be required to wear look-aliclothes to school this year. The schools Advisory Council decided to postpone the final decision for voluntary compliance to the proposal until further studies can be made. Tuesday night, Granite School District approved a request from (Pleasant Green) school leaders for funding of the study. Earlier, the advisory council decided to be the first school in the Granite School District to promote a policy asking students to voluntarily wear blue and white uniforms to school. Committee members said the policy would be voluntary, but did not specify what repercussions would come if students or parents disobeyed. Earlier, Monroe Elementary School in West Valley City took under advisement a similar policy but decided to wait a proposal year for further study before implementing such a controversial policy. Pleasant Greens proposal met with bitter opposition from a group of parents, and it was decided to postpone the proposal until there could be additional study and until some of the controversial problems can be resolved. The proposed study will look into unanswered questions; areas of concern; feasibility of the program, including proposed costs; and a study of alternative programs. One concern is that a disciplinary policy should be included in any dress code proposal, the committee help needs to be given teachers and administrators who must enforce decided. lem, nor will it substantially of a stuincrease the Although most schools have a restricted wear policy for their for spokespersons Green and Monroe Elementary Schools feel that a uniform dress code would further deter gang affiliation and juvenile students, Pleasant problems. Opponents of the proposal feel that a dress code, by itself, will not deter increase crime self-estee- m or substantially that more discipline problems. Shelli leader of Magnas opposition group, said or that a change of clothing requiring all students to dress alike will not solve the juvenile probHutto-Poulso- n, self-estee- m dent. Proponents argue that many students feel insecure and lack selfesteem simply because they may not be able to wear fancy clothes like some other students. Also, gang-relate- d students are almost always recognizable by the clothing they wear, and that they intimidate other students. |