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Show tri ?0 A X 4A Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday April 9, 2002 Speed Limits Continued from PAGE 3A. Chidcstcr from Harney Trucking said, Our drivers take sufely training classes. If Dun they speed they pay a $225 fine. Fur more ears and pickups are speeding through the towns than coal trucks. We are interested in our trucks obeying the laws. Dowering the speed limits wont solve all the problems. We are w illing to do whatever we can to work with you." One citizen wondered if there was a possibility of getting a sidewalk along the state road for the children to walk safely. Daws said, "I IX)T sponsors a safe sidewalk program. Ten thousand dollars each year is distributed for this program. One citizen wondered what happens to the taxes paid by the coal trucks. The fuel taxes assessed go mainly to the federal found the worst bus driver we We took could and drove SR-1them to the park and fed them a government with some money being allocated back to the state. Rep. Johnson said a lot of the money allocated back to the state goes to the Wasatch Front, but be said, "We do get some and some promises. Some of the money has been used for light rail. I will make it known that some of that money should return to the county in which it is generated. We our doing our best. I have approached the legislators many times on SIMO, but am only one and I have 75 legislators against me." Commissioner Drew Sitterud said, "I can testify that Brad has fou glil hard and given his heart and soul in working for us. Sheriff (luymon pointed out steak. They said thanks and they never came back and nothing changed. Sgt. US Wilbergsaid mother states they have a lower posted speed limit for trucks than for regular traffic and he wondered if something similar could be done here. One citizen requested crosswalks on each end of town for school children to use to cross the street. One citizen said she had more trouble with teenagers passing her going over the speed limit than she did with coal trucks. Councilman Darsen said, We need to unite our voices. We live on restricted budgets. Call Governor Iwavitt and say hey, were 1 that three years ago they brought the legislators down and drove SIMO in u bus. We down here. Make our voices heard. We will draft a letter from the council, but we need public support." Mayor Darsen said, We appreciate everyone for coming. We have representatives here from Consol, PadfiCorp, Barney, Robinson, and Sufco as well as many others. We appreciate your willingness to be here and work on the problem with us. The objective is to get coal to the pow er plants. We dont w ant the power plants to go away. We need the trucks to coexist with the other traffic." It was pointed out if you have a problem with a truck to record the truck number and the time of day and location. Call the sheriffs office with the information. The trucking companies are interested in how their trueks are driving and also w ant to hear the information. Councilman Gordon Bennett said that one problem they have is that the citizens w ho complain do not want to sign a formal complaint so therefore nothing can be done. Sheriff Guymon agreed and said, You cant do that, you need to step up and say what happened and be willing to go to court to make it stick. We all need to step up and take responsibility. One trucking company repre- sentative said their drivers come to him with as many complaints about the citizen drivers as citizens have about coal trucks. One citizen pointed out the general public is just as guilty as the coal trucks when it comes to speeding. We cant expect Water Meeting 1 1 1 problem. The hearing came to a close with the final thought being, Its everyones responsibility to drive the way we should be Society seeks by a district employee to clean trash away from them and inspect the guards. The meeting of the Hunting-to- n North Reservoir Resource was a concern. The representative of the Bureau of Reclamation, Wayne Pullan said, At first early in the Management Plan was ideas which were basically wish lists. These will all be narrowed down by reality. I am pleased that Jay Mark spoke up at the meetingbecause, this is an education process. We cant overlook the original purpose of the reservoir. What does the future look like? It isnt set in stone, we need to shape it. We need a chance to talk to people and do better to identify changes that need to be made. We want to accomodate recreation without impairing the reservoirs main use, he said. The next item discussed was the increase in liablity insurance costs. Theres nothing as process everyone presented dis- cussed. This was the second in a series of meetings to develop a document that will guide Reclamation and other local, state, federal and interested entities in managing, allocating and appropriately using land and wa- ter resources at Huntington North Reservoir. Humphrey was concerned that the special interest groups were trying to overrun the process. He said it is a good plan and they want to get it right. The next meeting is scheduled for April 110 in Huntington at the Town Hall at 1 p.m. One problem that was pointed out, was the structures that fish-in- g groups want to have placed in the reservoir for fish to hide in and to care for their young. Tires placed in the reservoir for fish habitat also are sucked into the outlet works and have to be permanent as change, said Johansen. Behling gave a report on a project they are currently finishing up at Millsite Reservoir. He said they ran into more expense than anticipated because of the lead paint on the pipe. The pipe had to be sprayed with a coating before it could be sandblasted to keep the lead paint contained. A vacuum truck was removed. One problem also pointed out was an activity that took place at the reservoir allowed vehicles into areas where they damaged the dam, which needed to vacuum up all the debris created. Behling felt they had stopped the corrosion of the pipe. It was later determined in the meeting that $70,000 be allocated to help with the expense of this project. IrThe Huntington-Clevelan- d rigation company presented a request for funding to help with a study for a cost assessment of building a reservoir in an area commonly referred to as Johnny Jensen Hollow. Jensen listed the benefits of a reservoir to help regulate water flows in the creek. With stored water they would be able to convert more canals to pipelines to save water. They felt they would be able to fill the reservoir twice because of the water they are losing that just runs down the canal especially in the winter. Jensen said they had sent their proposal to the bureau for fundingbut they were askingfor too much and it didnt pass. Jensen said they have met with cooperation from SITDA and have obtained a lease on the land. They have also talked to Texaco who have drilling operations in the area, but have not installed anything in the area in question which would be a prob- - lem for the reservoir. It was determined that the board would take a field trip to the site to take a look at the land and the proposal. This will give board members a clear understanding of the undertaking by the irrigation company Pullan said the bureau has been funding projects for the salinity program which have been under $25 per ton. Behling said when their salinity project was approved it was for $32 per ton. Humphrey mentioned that he will be doing pictures of all the canals in the near future to record their conditions and their histories. Pullan said that any lobbying the board can do for more money for funding salinity projects would be appreciated. He also spoke of another option for funding for Kays reservoir. He said they still have the small reclamation loan program which might be considered. They also have rehabilitation and betterment loans for projects. The meeting was adjourned with plans to meet for the field trip on April 5. cm a for history recognition The Utah State Histori-- 1 cal Society is seeking nominations of individu-- .' als and organizations for ' special recognition to be presented at their annual meeting in August. These awards acknowledge out-- : standing contributions to .3 the cause of state and lo- - . ' cal history. If you know of a deserving person or organiza- tion to nominate call Mary for Peach at an application form. Nominations deadline is May 15. 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Johansen said that they are setting up a date to meet with will Bob Morgan. On April be an informal hearing on the Hiawatha mine water dispute. The next item for discussion was the annexation of portions of the CCII Canal into Castle Dale City. It was jointed out that if this property is annexed into Castle I ale City the 1 0 acre parcel ordinance for building outside of city limits would no longer effect this area. The possibility of quarter acre lots w ith residential people living next to the canal was brought up. The question of who would pay to have a chain link fence installed along the canal was discussed. Fstimates for the cost of such a fence would be approximately $500,000. Public protection devices would also need to be installed on five syphons with an estimated cost of $25,000. After these devices are installed they will have to he visited every day them to obey the speed limits w hen we dont do it ourselves he said. The representative froth Sufco said it is their job to produce coal and run trucks. Seven million ton of coal w as moved by truck, we had one 24 hour period where we loaded 881 trucks. We employ people who live in Emery County and w e are sensitive to these concerns. The representative froin PacifiCorp said they are on the receiving end of the coal to the plants. The plants will be here for a long time and we want to hear the issues. We want to be part of the solution and not the am zr-Wtil-. Main, Pile S37-81- ; , |