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Show J ' Cuin)dl Vtfes T Hike I I i By RON KNOWITON i Rtviaw Staff BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful 1983-8budget brings both good news and bad news for Bountiful City residents concerned about property tax and utili- 4 s ty rate increases. First the good news. Property taxes wont be going up this year, Tom Har- dy, city manager, noted. The property tax mill levy will remain at 10.37 mills, same as last year. The $18.8 million budget is also balanced in all funds, he noted. Now the bad news. Power rates will increase by 18 percent in August. Also the city will raise garbage rates 25 cents per month and sewer rates by 25 cents per month. The council tentatively approved the i , budget, but will meet May 4 and 11 to further consider the budget. And on May 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the city hall, a budget hearing will be held. Power rates will be going up because during the past year the cost of purchasing power from the citys power suppliers has gone up nearly 50 percent, Hardy said. The increase also helps pay for future hydroelectric projects the city is hoping to obtain, and the higher cost of power for Hunter I power. The citys contract with Utah Power and Light Co. to receive Hunter I power is likely to go into force this fall. The city has received documents back from UP&L that city officials are expected to sign to execute the agreement with UP&L. Our residents will still enjoy costs 40 percent below what people pay in Centerville, Val Verda and in other areas, Hardy said. He noted that the city has gone three years without a power increase. The 25 cent per month increase in garbage fees will help to establish a fund for replacement of trucks and other vehicles used for garbage collection, Hardy said. The per month increase in sewer rates will help the city to purchase a $95,000 TV line. The TV line can be sent through the sewer lines to see where the lines are worn or in need of replacement, Hardy said. He said many of the sewer lines in the city are 30 or 40 years old. The city has never run a TV line through many of the lines, he added. The TV line will 25-ce- By RON KNOWLTON - ' CENTERVILLE Action ta-- . ken at the April 19 Centerville City Council meeting will pave the way for what Councilman Dennis R. Lifferth calls more efficient coordination and implementation of the city administrators duties. Responding to the concern of citizens who feared the changes might mean a change in the structure of the mayor-citcouncil government, the council stressed that the title of the job remains the same city administrator. It will not be changed to city manager. Mark R. Palesh currently fills the city administrator position. Rather than acting as liaison between the council and city department heads, the city administrator will now, according to the new wording adopted by the council, act as direct supe- Review Staff A joint agreement between the Bountiful and Woods Cross Redevelopmemt Agencies to develop property at 500 South and 500 West may be terminated. Bountiful RDA officials have sent a letter to the Woods Cross RDA suggesting that the two agencies terminate the agreement. In September the two agencies had agreed to work together to develop a motel project that would be in both cities. The agencies also agreed to split tax revenues from the pro- y rvisor over the department heads and will be responsible for the implementation of all policy changes and will chair all staff meetings. ject. 12-ac- re AMY HARBRECHT may be the youngest doctor's assistant in Bountiful. Each Satur- day morning the accompanies her father to his Bountiful office, where she can be seen reassuring patients and helping her father. Dr. David Harbrecht, pass out balloons, tongue blades and cotton balls to patients. Here, she takes a look at Dad's ear, just to check for complications. Raviaw Staff A Salt Lake City attorneys recommendation that a state agency overrule Layton Citys appeal of a Davis Council of Governments vote to award federal, block grants would leave Layton out of the money. Peter Grundfossen, hearings officer for the Utah Division of Community Development, recommended that a controversial ballot from North Salt Lake be accepted as valid. The ballot was cast in a vote of the Davis County Counstate-appointe- d cil of Governments Feb. 16 to decide which eight of 18 applic from Davis County cities should receive federal grant al-- locations. '.I Laytons application was ninth on the list. Utah Division of Community ; Development Director Buzz Hunt, is expected to make a ' decision on the Layton Citys appeal of the balloting this week. If Grundfossens recommendation is accepted, it would overrule Laytons request to have two ballots discarded and would keep Kaysville in line to receive $66,896 in grant funds. Layton would receive no Com- munity Development Block Grant funds. Grundfossen heard Laytons appeal on April 22. He prepared an analysis and recommendation in the case last week which were included in a letter 29-pa- to Hunt. The Lakeside Review obtained a copy of the recommendation from Grundfossens office Friday. Chris Beck of the division of community development saidi Monday that Hunt and other state officials have not had a chance to look at the report. He said Grundfossens recommendation would be discussed before a final decision is made. He said Grundfossens report is part of a process and was not meant to be made public. According to COG staff member Wilf Sommerkorn, Hunt and the division will be given five working days to examine the recommendation and make a decision. Hunt was out of town Monday and Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. North Salt Lakes initial ballot and scratch pad ballot are key points in Laytons appeal. North Salt Lake Councilman Rodney Woods ballot was protested by Layton because, of in its scoring discrepancies of grant applications. COG Chairman Norm Sant later gave Wood a chance to augment the scoring on his initial ballot. The second ballot, or scratch pad ballot score put Kaysville ahead of Layton in receiving federal grant money for special projects. Woods ballot contained five zero point totals for various grant applications. In his report, Grundfossen said Laytons argument that the ballots be discarded because of the zero totals on Woods ballot is not consistent. The report said Layton does not appeal other cities zero point totals and, therefore, supports the COGs contention that zero is a value, as Sant stated at the hearing. proposal, however, for a downscaled project on the land. Sant said three developers have approached the agency asking what property is available in the city for development. But Sant said all three want tc do projects on their own without RDA involvement. Sant said the high price of in the site has also land said there is Grundfossen also no rule against the use of zero been a problem. Woods Cross Mayor Lawrpoint totals and that Layton apence to the Urry said the Woods Cross concept support pears that with up to at least two RDA was to consider the matter zero point totals per ballot the following a council meeting outcome is not skewed, but with Tuesday evening. Urry said he would like to see five it is. Of the other 14 ballots cast, the agreement between the two two had one zero total and one agencies continue. He noted that Woods Cross set up an RDA had two zero totals. Grundfosand got into the project at the contensen examined Laytons tion that Councilman Wood, request of Bountiful. Woods substituting for North Salt Lake Cross has spent $20,000 so far on Mayor Robert Palmquist, was the RDA and motel project on the expectation that wed be uninformed on balloting procetoand dures deprived grant appl- able to get something going icants of their proper rankings. gether and get that money back. We looked upon it as an investI find this allegation without ment. Grundfosconcluded merit, If that ground stands idled to show sen. Layton has failed how Councilman Woods in- for who knows how long, weve structions as to use of the ballot wasted our money, Urry said. Urry said a motel project were inadequate or were in any material respect different from would be the best way to develop the property. But a smal instructions given to all members of the COG. Grundfossen stated that Wood was a proxy of Palmquist that night which he says is a common and accepted procedure in the COG. Raviaw Staff The BountiBOUNTIFUL ful Community Theatre is an organization looking for ahome. Without one, the organization may fold, Whitney Young told the Bountiful City Council April 28. Dr. Young was at the council meeting to see if the council could help provide a home. And the council voted in favor of using its influence to see if school or church officials in the city could help. Dr. Young said the group has put on plays in the city for eight years and is registered as a nonprofit organization. He said that for a time the organization was in part helped with funds by the Davis School District. But last year the or ganization was told the district would no longer be able to help, Dr. Young said. ' What has followed has been one crisis after another, Dr. Young said. The organization has been unable to find an auditorium at a reasonable cost where it can put on its productions. He said it costs $30 per hour on the average to rent a school On Ice ($Q 0300 H I - alone for the organization, which uses local performers, costs can run $2,000 to $3,000, Dr. Young said. He said the organization cant even come close to raising that amount through fundraising. Dr. Young said that with a recent production, the organiza- Continued on Page 2A Index C Section Mother's Day D Section 1B,4B Sports 6A t Garden . Court a ruling allowing West Bountiful to annex property for a proposed trailer court at 1200 W. on the south side of 500 S. The appeal is an attempt to stop the annexation and reverse the ruling so that Woods Cross can annex the property. Woods Cross officials claim the developers of the park first approached the Off everybodys dream, but a Bountiful man says its a great hobby. ft auditorium. For rehearsal time Classified isnt The WOODS CROSS Woods Cross City Council has appealed in Second District Driving a snow cat through the Wasatch Mountains 12-ac- re s g 13-ac- re Woods Cross Appeals Annexation Decision Theater Group Asks Council's Help By RON KNOWLTON ler project may also be advantageous. Sant said the Bountiful RDA is still open to a joint project. If they have a developer, they should let us know. He said that both the Flying J Corporation and Triange Oil Company are no longer interested in a motel project at the 500 South site. Both had earlier submitted proposals for motelhotel projects. Sant said both are feeling the crunch of the energy market now. Both also have alternative sites for motels that they are looking at. He a possibility both could come back with new proposals in the two cities in the future. Sant said developing the property at 500 South and 500 West is still a priority for the agency. Other developments being considered are a convenience store, shopping center and possibly a motel project. At this time we dont know what its going to be. Were open to any ideas any developers want to bring to us. He said an earlier proposal by the Boyer Corp. has officially been rejected. The project involved a combined hotelshop-pincenter project. It would have included a 100 unit hotel, 70,000 square feet for shopping center space and 10,000 to 15,000 square feet for a restaurant or something like that. Of the three parties interested in a motel, not all are looking at the 500 South site, Sant said. Other sites being considered are at 500 W. 400 N., where a vacant gas station is located; 500 W. 1000 N. and a site in Woods Cross. Bountiful earlier purchased a site in Centerville to trade the Utah Department of Transportation for 4.5 acres of property at 500 South. Sant said UDOT is still interested in the trade, but that the RDA would not make the trade until a proposal is approved on how to develop the 500 South property. said-there- Randy Sant, executive director of the Bountiful RDA, said that so far the two cities have been unable to attract a developer interested in developing lot set aside the entire for the motel project. He said he has heard of a Threw Out Appeal, Report Advises By BARRY KAWA in- stalled. Under the budget, the city will be looking at equipment replacement in the fire department. The budget also includes $200,000 in funds for a water treatment plant in Mill Creek Canyon. Hardy said it is cheaper for the city to pump water down from the canyon than to pump the water up from the valley floor. Hardy said the budget assumes an improved economy during the next few years. He said the power, water, golf course and cemetery funds, though, will all likely need additional increases in funds during the next three years. Bountiful Asks End To Pact With Woods Cross RDA By CAROLE COLE - when a new phone system was he said. City Attorney Layne Forbes noted that the TV line will also help to minimize lawsuits against the city because of faulty sewer pipes. The city has been renting a TV line from an Ogden company for the past two years, Hardy said. He said it will take the city four years to pay for the new TV line. Under the tentative budget, employees will receive a 4.6 percent salary increase, Hardy said. The city will add an additional police dispatcher, but will delete a receptionist who manned the citys telephone Raviaw Correspondent ; switchboard. The switchboard was done away with during the past year also help the city to inspect new lines that have been installed by contractors. The line will help to determine if any of the lines are crushed or broken, Centerville Redefines City Post : Uflilifly E?itfes .... ... A 2B, 3B Woods Cross Council before asking West Bountiful city officials to annex the property to that city. There will be a public hearing May 31 at the Woods Cross City Hall on the annexation. On May 17 at 8 p.m. at the city hall there will be a public hearing on a zero lot line ordinance amendment which would set new requirements for new construction in the city. the Wall Centerville man has become one of the best masters racquet-bal- l players in the n na-tio- and has not reached his peak IB yet. ) Av y v I |
