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Show OURTOWNS American SECTION DailysHerald B SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2006 METROEDITOR| Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com New smoking bans start Monday Fork looks: at raising water fees Alan Choate half of their revenue from food sales. Joining thé no-smoking bandwagon next week will be: Newsmoking restrictions take effect Monday that ban smokingin somebars and private clubs and extend smokingprohibitionsto places that had been exempt from the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act Eventually, changes to the act Barbara Christiansen The cost of water may be going up in American Fork — andthe city is seeking public commenton the matter. After studying four alternatives, engineers have recommendedthecit move forward with a $39.5 million sys- passed bythe Utah Legislatureearlier this year will ban smokingin all tavernsandprivate clubs: Thefirst to experience the ban are taverns and Class D private clubs licensed after May 15, Class D private clubs are thosethat deriveless than » unlicensed daycare providers (licensed day cares are already smoke- free) » private schools, including the « groun ¥ buildingsused bysocial,fraternal Health will mounta public information campaign for the rest of the year to inform affected parties and the public about the changes in the law. On Thursday, some clubswill go smoke-free for a day to demonstrate what the smoking ban will be like whenit finally takeseffect statewide. “Controlling the public’s exposure orreligious organizations for social or to the pollutants of secondhand smoke religious events » workplaces with no public access (those with public access were already under the ban) has become aninternational health concern,” said Heather Borski, who » facilities leased for private func- managesthe tobacco prevention and control program for the state health department. The Utah Departmentof Public Americansdie from secondhand tions such as weddings. “Every year more than 50,000 smoke-related diseases, including heart disease and lung cancer.ra ing smoke-free policies 'is an effective wayto eliminate unhealthyand dan- gerous environments.” ” In 2007, the smokingbanwill be in place for country clubs, lodges and patriotic clubs, and fine dining establishments with liquorlicenses. In 2009, all other taverns and Class D private clubs will go smoke-free. Twelve otherstates, as well as Wash- ington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, have legislation barring indoor smoki Moreinformation about the Utah Indoor Clean Air Aetis available at www.tobaccofreeutah.org. tem that wouldbringirrigation water onlyto homesandbissinesses southof the freewayand major water users on A NIGHTAT THE BALL the north side of the freeway. Even thougbonly some areas would haveaccess to the water,all residents will see a rate increase,city officials havesaid. Council members have yet to vote on howto pay for the system, but general obligation bonds have been discussed. Whateverthe design looks like, if the city buildsanew system residents will “ain We invite be paying morefor the public to of HorrocksEngi- a meeting neers told Council members. Council members assigned Schiess to May 4at4 p.m. at the | z water, John Schiess report back with A _. library to an estimate of how eeimccise” present theiri wouldpay for the views. $39.5 million system. Residents today pay$10 a month as a base waterrate includingthefirst 6,000 gallons of cu- Heber Thompson American Fork mayor linary water, with a surchargefor additional water. Steve Parker,head of the water department, said there are very fewresidents who use only the base. Horrocks hadoriginally presented ninealternatives for the city to increase its water supply. The council selected four of them for further study. Of those four, engineers recommended the $39.5 million alternative. Theotheralternatives included eschewingirrigation waterfora full culi- narysystem with wells and a treatment the same system used byexist- s at a cost of $49 million, or building a secondaryirrigation system to serve the wholecity at a cost of around$46.7 million, or a plan similar to the recommended $39.5 million plan that would bringfull irrigation only to the AUTUMN LORIMER, Daily Heraic Lauralee Budd andartist Braden Burgon discuss a painting during the Art Ball at the SpringvilleMuseum onSaturdaynight area south of State Street for a price of $38.2 million. Schiesssaid the first $15 million of the $39.5 million needed for the recommended plan would probably be financedovera three-yearperiod. Springville Museum of Art hosts 40th-annual Art Ball Caleb Warnock “The rest would comeas impact fees,” he said, referring to charges which would be levied for newconstruction. Anotheroption for the financing is s usual, the art stole the show. More than 600 art enthusiasts gathered at the Springville a possible grant from the Central Utah Project. The city was offered a $5 mil- Museumof Art’s 40th-annual Art Ball on Saturdayevening to dine and dance among oneof the state’s finest and largest collections of art lion grant from CUP several years ago, but council membersvoted to turn it down sinceit would have required that Greeting guests were several paintings set out on easels — aplace of honorto set them apart from the hundreds of worksofart onthe walls. the city give back 1,000 acre feet — nearly half — of whatit had contracted to purchase from the agency. The works including a 2006 oil by James C. Christensen titled “Outside the Box,” a 2005 mixed-media 10-foot-tall sculpture emphasizing wood by potential grantat this stage would be less than $5million. was a blown-up photo of Eaton during his hey pevee emphasizing the evening's theme of localathletes andartists. City officials have anticipated that a Michael Bingham, and 2006pastoraloil by Valoy E: + At7 p.m,, guests began mingling overa buffet of spiced pork. cran- Schiess said the engineers anticipated it would take two years for construction of a main trunk line'for the secondary system, The remainder would be built by developmentas it takes Bee south ofthe freeway. berry-spinach salad and hors d'oeuvres in the museum's standing-room- onlyhalls. Guests then queued for an after-dinerItalianice bar. At 8 p.m. masterof ceremonies Wesley Ruff ofABC4 News began a short program bypointing out the myriad paintings hanging on gallery walls. ° “These artists whopainted these pictures puta lot oftheir lives into them,”he said. “Their namesare on thesepaintings, and it means some- “The options presented by occas werevery well thought out,” said Mayor Heber Thompson. “Wewill be pleased to makea selection of a proposed final solution. Weinvite the pub- lic to a meeting May at 4 p.m.at the library to presenttheir views.” AUTUMN LORIMER/Daily Herald Art patrons dancein one of the galleries at the annual Art Ball at the Springville hing. When someonehears your nameI hope theywill think ‘Thereis someonewholivestheir life right.’ ” See ART BALL, BS Museum on Saturday night Lindonresidents petition for more safety precautions near park Jamie Lawson NORTH COUNTY STAFF Believing their children are in danger from speeding cars, Lindon residents arepetitioning the city for addi- tional street signs, speed humps and a strongerpolice presence. At a recent meeting of the City Council, residents of the Pheasant Brook subdivision near 800 West said manydriversin their neighborhood regularly speed and ignorestop signs —a problemthatwill only increaseif a proposed parkis constructed. The residents presented a petition with two dozen signatures for help. Inthe petition, residents ask for more speed limit signs and signs indicating whichstreets are not throughstreets, a largerpolice presence and speed humps on 800 West and 425 North. “We're concerned over the new Pheasant Brooke Park being built,” said resident Mike Christensen. “We are looking for waysto enforce the speed limit and help our kids be safe.” The newparkis slated to be built at about 800 West and 400 North. Resi- dentsliving in the area, particularly along the streets of 800 West and 425 North, 575 West and 550 North, have been dealing with traffic problems for several years and neighbors fear their children will now be in even greater danger,said Sheri Nelson, who lives in the subdivision. “We're worried about the speeding, “Weare looking for ways to enforce the speed limit and help our kids be safe.” iv.'> Christensen Lin, on resident ' the increased amountoftraffic and the increased numberof kids,” Nelson said. “It’s not that people don’t see the signs,”said Julie Christensen. “Unfortunately, they don’t slow people down.” After somediscussion, Council- woman Lindsey Bayless said the City Council would ask police to increase recentlyto assessthe situationfirst hand. “The police pulled someone over patrols in the area. “This is a great neighborhood with while I was there.”he said. “Wecan definitely ask the police tobe agreater presence down there.” ald, City Administrator Ott Dameron. said Acerson had asked the city ee neerdoa traffic study and report back a lot of young families,” Bayless said. Drivers may also notice a speed trailer in the immediate future until a more permanentsolution can be found, said city officials. “Unfortunately, the offenders are often us,” said Councilman Bruce Carpenter. “We're good in our own neighborhood and poorin others. We all need to do a better job of being considerate.” MayorJeff Acerson spent an hour watching traffic along 800 West “WWW.HERALDEXTRA-COM =CALL'375-5103 TOSUBSCRIBE In an interviewwith the Daily Her- to the City Council Residents told council membersthat cars often run stop signs, and people tend to use 800 West as an alternate route whenInterstate 15 gets backed up. In addition, when drivers unfamiliar with the area realize that 800 West is not a throughstreet, they become frustrated and speed as they are forced to back-track. |