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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/OBITUARIES Sunday, June 20, 1999 Fear of Fire Leads Couple to File Suit for Road The push for wall wall cities in Salt Lake County picking up steam. One planfor eli inating much of the valley's unincorporated communities calls for a "Greater Taylorsville," which would stretch from Magna on the west to the canyons on the east. MORGAN COUNTY DAVIS COUNTY Road Shortage Sparks Fire-Safety Fears If a wildfire breaks out in Emigration Canyon, say some firefightélers, Emigration Oaks residents will wish they had another street connecting Pioneer Fork Road to Emigration Canyon Road.Original designs called for such a route near Freeze Creek, but those plans have been dropped. @ Continued from C-1 ing Judge Stephen Henriod to or- der the county to build the Freeze Creek road. “The county’s position is that they can ignore the recommenda- tions of engineers or the fire mar- shal, evenif fire codes are part of county ordinance,” said George Adondokis, the Harnichers’attor- ney. “We're not convinced they can do that. This is a dangerous situation, and we just want the fire experts heard.” TOOELE COUNTY Emigration Township Board Chairwoman Karen Crompton said the planning board did hear fire experts, but they heard the wishes of residents, too. Some feared increased traffic from sightseers or criminals if the loop was completed, and others opsed the environmental damage that would be doneby paving the Salt Lake City Sandy South Jordan South Salt Lake Taylorsville West Jordan West Valley City Bluttdale 1978 Draper 1978 Herriman (town)1999 HollCont 2000 Midvale 1909 UTAH COUNTY © Proposed Greater Tay jorsvill tiny creek. Boyer President Kem Gardner 1093 1935 1938 1998 1941 proposed a compromise: Build the road but gateit off to all but police and fire vehicles. That idea seemed to make both and from 1300 East to the foothills. City Council members and County’s Borders Mayor Deedee Corradini are toying with the idea of annexing the whole thing to protect the city’s water infrastructure. Murray is @ Continued from C-1 interested in some of the same territory, as are South Salt Lake and Midvale. services we enjoy,” he says. Although a wall-to-wall cities Looking at the possibilities, Smith figures east-side residents would accept annexation into Taylorsville before being divvied bill failed in the Legislature this year, Salt Lake County may becomeall municipalities without it. The unincorporated swatch that bisects the Salt Lake Valley rapidly is being dissected by incorporations and annexations. Last year, Midvale took in Union and South Salt Lake snatched up part of Millcreek. This spring, Holladay-Cottonwood voters decided to incorporatefor the same reasons. Commissioners created Herriman Town. And Magnaresidents are circulating their own incorporation petition. Forthose left in the unincorporated county, threats of annexation are resurfacing. Salt Lake City’s 20-year-old policy declaration extends south to Creek Road (about 8000 South) up. “It's a valid option,’ Smith says. And legal. According to state law, Taylorsville could annex any unincorporated community whose borders bump up against the city. Starting with Kearns on the west and Millcreek on the east, the city eventually could absorb a huge chunkof the county by spreading even farther in each direction. I've seentheletter... It’s nota joke.” The mayor is sympathetic to her unincorporated neighbors. Taylorsville residents were in a “Conditions are almost perfect for a fast-moving fire,” the state fireman said. “You could easily get 100-foot flames up there. Utah has been extremely lucky that we haven't had a major event like Oakland.” It’s not just Emigration Oaks, Dalrymple said. The Legislature never has enacted statewide fire standards, figuring it’s a proper- 350,000-gallon holding tank are ty-rights issue best left to owners. Crompton said. “We had three bad choices be- idealsituation, but wetried to end wRwith the best thing for every- The board finally endorsed a new compromise in which Boyer would cut backits final build-out to 210 homesinstead of 270, permanently dedicate the surplus land to open space, and make a hostof fire-safety improvements, such as reducing the grade at the located above Emigration Oaks. And the development — which is As more people move into the canyons, potential losses increase about three-fourths complete — includesfire hydrants, a rarity for canyon dwellers. as well as potential fire-starting incidents. It happened in Malibu two years ago, when 900 engines were dedicated to a wildfire that de- fighters cannot swim upstream against the traffic of 500 or so panickedresidents on the narrow, twisting road. stroyed hundreds of millions of Noneofthatwaterwill do much good, the Harnichers say,if fire- “And whatif a fire starts in the afternoon, when some children are home alone after school?” S-curve on Pioneer Fork Road. Stephanie Harnicher asked. Therecertainly is good reason “It's notlike they didn’t do anything. They gave us 20 conditions Dalrymple agrees. After a centu- to fear brushfires in the canyons, dollars’ worth of homes. “‘And we don’t have anywhere near that amountof resources,” Dalrymple worried. “It's not just Emigration Oaks, it’s everywhere. It’s Maple Hills in Bountiful and Orange Mountain in Duchesne. It alarms me,butuntil political leaders recognize the problem andact onit, there's not much wecan do.” RescuersStill Unable to Find Man WhoFell in Logan River porated county resident and rep- resentatives from the Sheriff's Office, the Utah Public Employ- Taylorsville Mayor Janice Auger dismisses the notion quickly. “I heard about it and thought it wasa big, fat joke,” she says. “But could do. We are following the wishes of local government boards who voted 100 percent in favor of the currentplan. All we throughout Utah’s canyons just as more and more homes are being built there. Besides, Gardner maintains, fore us. It was clear you were going to get sued no matter what you did,” Cromptonsaid. “It wasn’t an more this week: another unincor- the community council and township planning board. “I don’t know what else we plenty of firefighting precautions have been taken. Two wells and a City or even a Kearns city. So residents voted in September 1995to incorporate. Auger says community identity is as important for a successful city as financialviability. And her city isn’t interested in overseeing body believes there will be a Greater Taylorsville,” she says. Still, the threat was enough to make commissioners jump. Overson and Shurtleff voted to expand the feasibility steering committee to include a city representative — Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini — and an unincorporated community representative — Smith. Shurtleff plans to push for even Creek road, he said, but went at its meetings wasvirtually unan- imous against building the road, unrelated neighborhoods. ‘No- wayshad plannedto build Freeze along with the unanimous votes of can do is abide by that decision,” Gardnersaid. similar situation just four years ago, terrified of being gobbled up by West Jordan or West Valley to meet before the project can proceed,” Gardnersaid. Boyeral- sides unhappy. By the time the township board consideredthefi- nal plan in March, public opinion The Salt Lake Tribune Cities Plan Could Bend Steve Baker / TheSalt Lake Tribune ty of dousing wildfires, a record abundanceof fuel — dry brush, heavy oak — has accumulated ees Association and the county's Public Works Department. If the county does not continue providing services to the new and expanded cities, many of those county employeescould lose their jobs when the unincorporated county disappears. Shurtleff says they deserveto be involved. Cache County sheriff's deputies continued their search for a man whofell into the Logan River early Friday but have not been able to locate him. Grant Herschi, 38, was camping with a friend in Logan Canyon in Guinavah-Malibu campground whenhefell in the river at 1 a.m. Search-and-rescue teams searched the river all day Friday and Saturday. The river is swift dueto spring snow runoff. Chief Deputy Mike Stauffer said crews from the Cache County Sher- iff's Search and Rescue, the Logan river and get swept away in the swift current. The Hyrum woman reportedly ran down as far as the next campsite to help him but couldn't see him. City Fire Department and the Smithfield Fire Department would continuesearching for several days Witnesses told deputies Herschi and his companion hadbeen drinking and Herschi was “quite intoxi- Herschi was camping with a Investigators do not suspect foul play or suicide, Stauffer said. if n 3 friend who saw him tumbleinto the cated.” OBITUARIES Fon Glenn Brown DianneShafer Child DennyD. Frandsen William Paul Drews aSaar”°° aiats gt i 25 8 iiu Compiled by Julie DeHerrera ‘The Salt Lake Tribune notes the fol Maxine Chandler Daniels irlommation, please cat 237-2934 diet ft Tage in i oe h t atl g i : Hu so S382 Mark lord by 8 i c Bi Hf fe 500 pm Exko copies of this news paper ore ovaiiobie. 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