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Show MM T V IRL31' 467 EAST 3RD SOUTH SAIT LAKE CITY, UT UTAH " Lake Valley City" Dies At Polls WEST VALLEY. This citys distinction as the states largest and most recent incorporation remained intact following Tuesdays crushing defeat of the Lake Valley City proposal. The proposal to form a city out of nearly the entire unincorporated county was defeated soundly: 26,389 against, 11,548 for. That equates to 69.7 percent rejection of the proposal. Voters in only one Arcadia elementary in wist Taylorsville the unincorpoiated areas 72 consolidated voting districts, favored the incorporation, and there by a scant 25 votes out of roughly 520 cast. Residents west of the Jordan River, where three of the proposed citys nine council districts were located, cast C7.6 percent of their votes against the proposal (8,331 against, 3,988 for). Opposition was even stronger east of the river, where 70.7 percent rejected the plan (18,508 against, 7,5(50 for). The extent of that opposition came as a surprise to many political observers who felt most of the plans support was rooted in the established east side For the past month, city officials have been watching the election most frequently by Lake Valley proponents as a municipality anxthe ious to gobble up areas of the unincorporated area through annexa- Murray Mayor LaRell D. Muir was more emphatic about his satisfaction with the results. Muirs city was one of those cited Wallace Lake County. tions. Muir said that while the proposal originally emanated from a grassroots movement, proponents made a serious mistake when they sold out to Jack Gallivan (Salt Lake Tribune publisher)- - and Walker didnt. (Salt Lake City whose clearly-stateintentions are to bring metropolitan government to Salt businessman) d Maloney said he hoped the election outcome signified that people couldnt buy (the idea) that an additional layer of government could be provided for those (cited) costs. He said West Valleys experience, where taxes rose after incorporation, showed that. He also characterized the Lake Valley proposal as a plan pushed by east side bedroom communities looking for the preservation of their industrial base on the west side. The outcome, he speculated, - 36 Pages the process of purchasing property and facilities from Hayes to begin its own animal control operations in July, ending two years of contracted services with the county. Planning Commission hearings begin at 9 a.m. in the upstairs conference room in City Hall, 2470 So. 656 380 ewspape Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Saif Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip bon rate SI? 50 per year. POSTMASTER Send address changes to West Valley View, Boa 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 13, 1982 Volume 28, Number All 18 departments 262 6682 on 1.1 acres at 6419 W. 2100 South. Dick Godfrey is seeking the permit on ground zoned for the state had violated several provisions of the law, giving the city its chance to block construction of the facilities. But, he noted in response to a question from Councilman Claude Jones, the cost of such a legal challenge, with the likelihood of appeals to higher courts by either side, would be quite expensive -and the case could be lost. As Greenhalgh stated in a draft memo, even though I believe the state goofed the courts are at times in ingenious remarkably critical decision faces the City Council, perhaps tonight (Thursday), on whether to expend city funds in a court fight to block state plans for correctional facilities here. The council is scheduled to discuss information being compiled on several legal questions researched this past week by City Attorney Hon Greenhalgh and to provide direction on where to proceed. The attorney said the city apchance to peared to have a win a court fight. A decision on future action may be necessary as early as tonight because of the advance of state plans for construction of a maximum-securityouth facility at Decker Lake and a halfway house at 25(50 W. 2365 South. Bids were opened two days ago for the youth facility. Interwest Construction Co. submitted the low bid, $2.3 million, $600,000 below the engineers estimate. Awarding of the construction contract is expected soon. Next Tuesday, adult corrections officials are scheduled to open bids for the halfway house. At Tuesdays study session, Greenhalgh told the council he felt WEST VALLEY. A I t 5 ... ! t I i I r i r k A high-priorit- We need compromise solution, Greenhalgh suggested, might be for the executive director of the State Department of Social Services (Andy Gallegos) to defuse when substantial compliance they believe it is in the public interest to do so. Earlier in the draft, the attorney indicated the city must take into account the reality that it may be in the public interestMo build more and different types of prison facilities. items Prisons are right now. We need more of them. Bankruptcies To Be On Chamber Agenda this situation by giving us the youth facility and someone else the halfway house. Meanwhile, area residents against the halfway house held a rally Tuesday night at Granger high to kick off a campaign to collect signatures on a petition for an initiative to prohibit incarceration of persons convicted of felonies or Class A misdemeanors in cities or unincorporated communities. Jf enough signatuies aie obtained, the initiative could be placed on the ballot this November. The petition drive is being coordinated by the West Valley Citizens Assn, and an Ogden group fighting state plans for prison facilities there. Following COG Meeting smaller ones. We need LAKE. Better fire prevention and a future countywide transit system were being considered by officials throughout SO. SALT the county at midweek. from the Representatives valley's cities, school districts and the County Commission were gear- - Greenhalgh that Gov. Scott Matheson strongly supports the prison program. Greenhalgh acknowledged that the possible violations uncovered in his research could be classified as technicalities, but added that courts have been known, in some cases, to stick by the letter of the law. , Greenhalgh said it is quite the site selection process was unconstitutional. Penal institution site selection, he noted, is by law a function of the State Legislature. Both the adult and youth corrections divisions are part of the executive branch of government, however, and may not be authorized legally to determine the location of penal institutions, the attorney said. If, in fact, that authority has been delegated, there is still a possibility that their decisions could be contested on grounds that the adult and youth boards do not have suitable safeguards (standards, policies, procedures) to guide the use of this delegated power and to protect against its possible spokesman explained. Last year, groups who performed included musical, specialty and family groups. In addition, booths are available for artists and craftsmen to sell their wares. Persons interested in participating as entertainment or who desire to obtain a booth may contact Vir8 or Dave ginia Wasescha, 4 chairman, Harvey, general or zggie Spear at the West Valley Chamber office, Anyone wishing to have a food booth in the fair is being asked to call Mrs. Wasescha. 968-676- 969-395- abuse. The state also may not have given proper notice of the hearings and federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations 974-534- heres a point . members of the West Valley Area Chambet of Commerce gather here next week, bankruptcies will be the focal point of the luncheon program. A representative of the State Attorney Generals office will make the presentation, according to Virginia Wasescha, Chamber president. The 12:15 p.m. session will be held at the 4150 So. Redwood Road. Chuck-A-Ram- a, If you fail to receive your Green Sheet on Thursday morning, please call the Circulation 262-668- Department, ) and manufacturcommercial ing (M-- l ) uses. In other matters, the board will consider Fred Fleischer's application for storage buildings on three acres of an l zone at 3550 W. 2400 (C-2- M-- South. A hearing will be held on LaMont M-- l zoning on a at 2455 So. Redwood Hunts request for half acre Road. Hunt is seeking the change from (normally duph rs) to allow trailer storage Planners also will hear a request for a street name change Cindy Johnson is seeking to change the name of 2300 South (from 1700-- :0!) West) to Printers Row because of the abundance of printing companies on that street. Her application follows City action Thursday Council establishing a procedure and fee structure for changing street names. Sold First Day! I sold it to the first caller on the morning the ad came out! Reed Haroldsen, 4631 Kathleen Ave., relating his experience with a Green Sheet classified ad. The Kearns area resident obviously found the little ads in Utahs most widely circulated UTILITY troilor. bed. Light. weekly newspapers are capable of delivering big results. In a hurry at low cost. to place your Green Dial Sheet ad. Save $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us how. Youll get results! 262-668- 2 before 10:30 a.m. - strong public purpose, wrote. He also noted WEST VALLEY. Entertainers are being sought for the West Valley City Fair and Arts Festival to be held July at Granger park. The affair, being by the West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and the West Valley Arts Council, will offer entertainment every hour on the hour from noon until dark all three days. We're looking for music, dancing, entertainment of any kind, to be done before an audience, a Taylorsville-Bennion- Transit Matt need secure halfway houses. youth facilities. Siting of new correctional facilities is backed by a Entertainers Are When TAYLORSVILLE. y We For Fair Souaht w s, in litigation. overlooking these mere technicalities and finding y i may have been violated in the countys sale of the Decker Lake property to the state, Greenhalgh said. Weighed against those considerations, however, is the public interest factor, he added. In his draft conclusion, the attorney noted that if we have to litigate, neither of us (city or state) will win. We will all reap the publics scorn. Few' things are less popular with the taxpayer than using his money to support both sides 50-5- 0 50-5- 0 Redwood Road. The commission also will hear a request for a truckstop cafe with beer sales - Council Is Facinq Critical Decision h VALLEY. Commission. Ferris Hayes is seeking a conditional use permit for a dog kennel and groomery on five acres at 4053 So. 7200 West. The City Council is in Thursday, May corporate Kennel Bid On Slate A request for this the way designed city to start its own animal control operations will be heard today (Thursday) by the City Planning USPS willing to sit down and talk with them, lie noted, adding that there is also no intention to talk only with those landowners whose property would be economically beneficial to the city. The mayor indicated that he does not see an acute need to pursue annexations since West Valley has so much vacant land which, with proper planning, could be developed to strengthen the citys tax base. An election now is pending, and may be held in September, to in- - to pave On Corrections Confrontation i annexation activity. We have no intention, as far as the city is concerned, to go out and actively solicit annexations. If people come to us, w;e will certainly be WEST Passage of the proposal essentially would have frozen the citys current boundaries in place. Defeat of the measure permits if the majority of expansion, residents in an unincorporated I signified that west side people are recognizing the value of the area. The west side is starting to come into whats rightfully theirs, Maloney said. Defeat of the Lake Valley proposal is likely to arouse fears of a flurry of annexations by cities. Maloney said West Valley would not be an aggressive participant in Of Planners Today Three Sections :4UX 6a area request annexation and the City Council is amenable to the request. West Valleys City Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on revising its annexation policy declaration on June 10. Mayor Jerry Maloney greeted news of the defeat calmly, saying that while West Valley could have lived with it if Lake Valley passed, he felt it was best that it with interest. developments Jf Hey Remain t?S! r - ASJ-CI.ST- WORTHY . . . West Valley City Mayor Jerry Maloney comments that Special Arson Fire Enforcement unit is worth every cent we put into it." ing up for discussions on two dif- issues. One ferent focuses on a suggested interlocal agreement between the cities and county to provide $50,000 per year to maintain a special arson fire enforcement unit. Also, school evacuation and notification procedures are slated for review by city representatives and school district officials. Also, whether or not a light rail system would be feasible in 1995 is the question behind a new study being proposed by the Wasatch Front Regional Council. All three issues stem from discussions at a Salt Lake County Council of Government meeting Friday. County Attorney Ted Cannon presented COG members a draft copy of the interlocal agreement to maintain a squad that has investigated suspected arson cases for the past two years. He explained the $50,000 would be adequate to hire a coordinator, a secretary and some office space. He explained that the central office would be necessary to keep the 35 members of the arson squad together. The members, he said, work as firefighters for fire departments throughout the county. Mayors from most cities said they favor the agreement, with the exception of West Jordan Mayor Dennis Randall, who said his City Council probably would vote to oppose the plan. He explained that both he and the council feel that fire-relate- d West Jordan already has the expertise it needs to conduct such in- vestigations. Randall also sought support from other COG members to seek legislation to allow cities to draft ordinances to regulate evacuation and notification procedures in case of fires in schools. He mentioned several recent fires in West Jordan schools where the fire department was not called until after the schools were evacuated and the fires were under control. He said the school district had a policy that the schools should call the district offices before calling the fire departments. He said the policy has now changed. COG president Jim Davis, who is also mayor of South Salt Lake, suggested that mayors meet with school district officials before taking any legislative action. Further discussion on the matter is expected at the June COG meet. COG members also voted unanimously to seek a federal grant to fund an study of The future transit alternatives. decision followed a long range transit study presented to COG by Mick Crandall, a Wasatch Front Regional Council director. Crandall estimated that a new study would take from 12 to 18 months to complete and would cost roughly from $75,000 to $100,000. The next step, he said, is to make some phone calls and begin looking at studies done in other areas. by Jim Cornwell i With our always-hand- Ive decided government scis- y sors, were frequently clipping something. Usually its a witticism by one of our friends. column-writin- Community newspapers over the country contain local g all col- umns. Theyre not Pulitzer quality through -- - but the years weve noted few are. What they lack in literary excellence however,, they make up in quotable humor and its for that reason we keep the scissors handy. Now n then its fun to share the clippings - and this seemed a -- good week to do it. K is like cars and houses, penned one writer. No one would be satisfied with the kind they could afford. Opined another, Theres no new news just the same old things happening to a new crop of people. - Inflation, one columnist is having enough wrote, money to burn, but not enough to buy the matches. Which relates to anothers ob- An accordionist is servation: the only person who can play both ends against the middle. One writer pointed out: I was gratified by a universitys ruling that no athlete could be awarded a letter unless he could tell at a glance which letter it was. Man does not live by bread alone, a columnist pointed out. He needs buttering up now and then. Another typed, tongue-in-chee- Did you hear about the Fortune Tellers convention which had to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances? Said one writer, Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but cant tolerate in the one iq front of you. "Theres similarity between fun and life insurance, a writer noted. The older you get, the more it costs. And in that vein, another wrote: Middle age is when you feel Saturday night like you used to feel Monday morning. He went on with a description of several symptoms of aging, to wit: Your mind makes contracts your body cant meet. You know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions. Your favorite part of the newspaper is the 25 years ago column. Your knees buckle but your belt wont. well-inform- You walk with your head held high - trying to get used to your -- bifocals. You get winded playing chess. Worst of all, you regret all those mistakes you made while resisting temptation. All of which may relate to this columnist's quip, Avenge yourself! Live long enough to be a problem to jour kids! If airlines are the safest way to travel, how come you dont see insurance booths in motorcycle shops? wrote columnist. Quips another, one puzzled The number of available diets proves people will go to great lengths to avoid going togreat widths. "A successful politician, said an observant writer, is a man who can rock the boat himself and persuade everybody that theres a terrible storm at sea. Remember those oldies that came to life after Gen. Douglas MacArthur told Congress, "Old soldiers never die - they just fade away? A columnist friend has resurrected a few, to wit: Old gardeners never die; they just lose their bloomers. Old pilots never die; they just buzz off. Old golfers never die; they just lose their drive. Old sneakers never die; they just smell that way. Said a womans page writer, "Marriage is an institution held together by two books cook and check. -- Another quoted the circus manager talking to the human cannonball: "You cant quit! Where will I find another man of your calibre? Some advice about desks: Those proud of keeping an orderly desk never know the thrill of finding something they thought they d lost forever ! Youre getting older, warned one writer, if you can remember when they advertised over- alls instead of underalls. Which may link w ith anothers advice: To keep looking young, hang out with older people. Getting old is nothing more than mind over matter anyway - if -- you dont mind, it dont matter. Two more writers who almost appear to have teamed up: A great, untapped source of wind energy is the service club luncheon, wrote the first. And the second penned, The time to stop talking is before people stop listening. Somehow it puts us in mind of a bit we read in a 1909 issue of a Utah newspaper while browsing microfilm the other day: If you think the jokes we print are bad, you oughta see the ones we dont! |