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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Thursday, February1, 1996 W.]J.to Discuss Costly Expansion _- West Jordan leaders have accepted petitions from | more than 1,700 property owners who want their Annexation of neighborhood annexedinto the city. The annexation | would costthe city $1.2 million to hire new staff and | buy equipment. Afterthe first two years, West Jordan officials expect to break even. Oquirrh Area [7 Despite First-Year Costs on the scene to search the area popular with ice climbers and snow By Rebecca Walsh THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE In spite of the costs, West Jordan leaders hope to enfold 10,000 to 12,000 willing county residents and their property in a huge annexation this month. If the City Council agrees to annex the 2,000 homesin the Oquirrh Shadows neighborhood and 3,400 acresof surrounding farmland, they will have Steve Baker’ TheSalt Lake Tribune to spend an extra $1.2 million in the next twoyears. idents to petition, says his neighbors have always considered themselvespart of West Jordan. And the Every year thereafter, though, the city will break even,cityofficials say. “We wanted to lookat this asif it were Possible,” said City Manager Dan Dahlgren. “We have a community feeling toward those folks. We didn't wantto be negative.” _To serve those new residents, West Jordan must hire morepolice officers, firefighters, road maintenance workersand planningstaff and buyvehicles to threat of Kearnsincorporating aroundthe neighbor- hood spurred the petition drive last year. “We just wantto put the question to rest,” he said. City leaders are undaunted by the estimated costs of annexation. Community and Economic Develop- ment Director Wayne Harperalready is trying to work out an agreement with Salt Lake Countyoffi- cials to transfer public-works equipmentto the city to ease the costlytransition. go with them. cepted annexation petitions from more than 1,700 Governor And Horiuchi says he is willing to work with the city either by donating equipment or continuing to serve the area until West Jordan can. “The residents certainly have a right to determine their own destiny, and they have spoken,” he said. But Kearns incorporation leader Wendy Brooks promisesto protest the annexation. “Everythingis supposedto be on hold until the newlaw is passed,” she said. “Obviously, we'll protest.” Protesting didn’t do Taylorsville-Bennion any good. In December, West Jordan annexed property Taylorsville-Bennion leaders had included in their new city’s boundaries. But becausethe city does not becomeofficialuntil July 1, the land was vulnerable to West Jordan's expansion ambitions. Horiuchi says so many Oquirrh Shadowsresidents have supported the annexation that the incorporators will have a hard time convincing their neighbors to stay in the county. “Those petitions are tantamount to an election,” he said. West Jordan City Council members will decide whetherto annexthe areaat a 7:45 p.m. public hearing Feb. 27 at City Hall, 8000 S. Redwood Road. campers. Return to GOP @ Continued from B-1 the risk to drivers posed by such presence of relatively warm, dry weather before storms started dumping snow Jan. 19. Theoriginal snowpack warmed up and consequently weakened, and was unable to support the weightof recently fallen snow. The snow late Tuesdaywas especially heavy. Earlier in the day, its water density was about 5% But as more tropical moisture streamed into Utah County and temperatures warmed, the snow’s density increased to 24%, said Carol Ciliberti of the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center. 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Wednesday, she per- formed at the state Capitol for about 100 students, mostly black: “It’s wonderful to be able to share this celebration in your state Capitol rotunda,” she said “It's not alwaysbeen thecase that we could kick off our celebration in such an extraordinary place.” Cat 74) BABY SHOE BRONZING Callto find out THATS RIGHT...FOR A LIMITED TIME GLASS ACT WILL WAIVE UP TO $100 OF YOUR INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE. APPROVED BY ALL INSURANCE | COMPANIES. FAST, FREE MOBILE SERVICE FROM LOGAN TO ST. GEORGE. truck and camper of two ice climbers who were parked at the falls. The pair suffered only minor injuries and wereable to dig themselves out of the WATCH & JEWELRY SERVICE CENTER UNMOUNTED BRONZED BABY SHOE Pertaeonl UiahyBoel Heath Deparnncs In the Past @ Continued from B-1 Whenheleft the GOP in 1988, Cook said, he did not see much difference between the two parties. “Both were ignoring budgets and deficits and taxes. Now they've clearly separated themselves and there's a major battle going on in Washington. The national Democrats are on the wrongside of what I believe needs to be done.” FREE Utah Cancer Control Been Deadly Large avalanches have blocked the road severaltimessince 1897, Mostnotable wasa slide in February 1931 that dammed the Provo River and flooded the road above Bridal Veil Falls, paralyzing traffic between Heber and Provo for weeks. A year later, an avalanche 1,000 feet across — one of the largest ever measuredin the canyon — again closed the road for weeks. In 1986, a slide from Cascade Mountain destroyed the Bridal Veil Falls snack bar didn’t fit Do you qualify for a ¢ Slides Have date or not.” Democrats were intrigued enough to make some overtures of their own. But their interest in Cook involved the governor's race, not the House contest, and there were other things that 262-7185 MAMMOGRAM? 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Cook would have to go through the GOP convention, where he may be torpedoed by activist rank-and-file who consider him a turncoat, The Republicans would gain Thedelugeis over Snowis giving way to cold as high pressuresettles over the West, ending a remarkable two-week period in which up to 15 lanche was caused in part by the Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz filed year-end 1995 financial reports for her two active campaign committees by mail late Wednesday, meeting a Federal Election Commission deadline. By law, the reports had to be postmarked by midnight on Jan. 81. They disclose the receipts, expenditures and debts of the Enid '94 and Enid '96 committees.Still to come are five other reports correcting false information provided to the FEC in the the leader of a bloc of independent voters who supportedhis tax rollback movement, gave him 265,000 votes statewide in the 1992 gubernatorial contest and helped him form the Independent Party of Utah in 1994. “Getting those people and that fight and those activists working back under their tent — that’s a very real possibility,” Cook said. “T wouldn't ever presumeto say I could bring everybody back that ever voted for me. But they'd probably give me credit for speaking for the independent force in Utah. With that we could hold the [2nd District] seat, regardless of whether I’m the candi- said slides as minimal. To try to control the avalanches, UDOT workersin a helicopter dropped about 50 explosive charges Sunday, said Griffith. The effort cut loose eight avalanches. Griffith said Wednesday's ava- past. Reasoningit out from the sidelines, Cook decided the race had been “stolen” and his wife gave him the go-aheadto jump backin. Leavitt was noncommittal, although Cooksaidit was the governor who reminded him that Waldholtz had encouraged other candidates to run. “He did say come back to the party, That's not the samething as saying come back and run. But he Rescuers there apparently was no one injuredin the slide. The highway was reopened at 10 a.m. despite an extreme danger of moreavalanches,according to Utah County sheriff's Lt. Ron Fernstedt. But Sheriff David Bateman said UDOT described @ CongresswomanFiles Reports Urges Cook to @ What's Next in the Weather? buried under a knee-deep snowpack @ Continued from B-1 and Rescue volunteers converged | county residents who live in Oquirrh Shadows and farmers who own property west of the neighborhood. The proposed annexation would encompassall the unincorporated county left between 4800 West and 8200 West and 6200 South and 8600 South. Kearnsincorporatorslaid claim to the area more than a year ago. Buttheir drive to become a city has been put on hold pending a new incorporation law now wendingits way throughthe Legislature. The petitions represent 66% of area property owners and 68% of the property in the area. In order for an annexation to proceed,state law requiresthat 51% percent of property owners, who holdatleast one-third of the assessed property value in the annexationarea, signthepetition. Tim Daffern, who organized Oquirrh Shadowsres- Avalanche Closes Road, Buries Business was blown 100 feet off some old tracks and landedin the river. About 35 Utah County Search Leaders: Move Makes Sense Salt Lake County Commissioner Randy Horiuchi estimates the county, which can provide services with an economyof scale West Jordan cannot match, spends $1.30 in services for every $1 in property tax collected from residential neighborhoods. 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