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Show PRESS ASSOCIATION UTAH 467 EAST 300 SOUTH BALT LAKE Woman of the Year Today! The Green Sheet's - 1983" . . CITY UTAH S4111 see page 2B Council May Decide Issue Tonight - Next Redevelopment Agency Step Mulled WEST VALLEY. The City Council is expected to designate a e area surrounding City Hall as a redevelopment survey area tonight (Thursday), the second step toward formation of a redevelopment agency in West Valley. The council is scheduled to meet at 6 oclock this evening in City Hall. here ment projects at one time. At Tuesdays study meeting, Bircher told the councilmen if they approve the survey area tonight, he could identify a blight area within two months. He said questionnaires would be handed out to homeowners and that his department would complete a walking study of the survey area. We wont be going inside the buildings, he explained. A project ultimately built in a blighted area could be commercial, industrial, residential or a mixture of the three, according to Bircher. The project could be funded with block Community Development grant funds, city loans or bonding, but would be paid off through tax increment financing, he said. Tax increment financing works by taking the difference in the value of the land (as a tax base), before and after the construction of a projct, and using the extra tax money it generates to pay the costs of the project. In addition to the redevelopment 374-acr- parcel-by-parc- A redevelopment agency authorizes and secures funding for the restoration of areas determined to be blighted (deteriorated). The area the council will look at is e a tract bounded on the north 2320 South, on the south by Sunset by Avenue (2820 South), on the east by Chatham (1600 West) and on the west by the freeway. If the council designates the expanse a survey area, the next step, 374-acr- to economic according and redevelopment administrator Brent Bircher, is to locate a smaller area that qualifies for a redevelopment project. That area could be 10 or 20 Bircher explained last acres, month. By law, we can have no more than 100 acres in redevelop survey area, the council is expected to reach decisions on the following matters: An architect should be chosen for West Valleys new city hall, despite Councilman Leland DeLanges concern that the city should take care of other problems before spending money on a new building. City John Manager Newman An ordinance reducing the time a convicted felon must wait to obtain a work card will be considered. A work card must be obtained by any convicted felon who wishes to work in a bar in West Valley. The current ordinance states a felon is eligible for the card five years after his con viction, while the proposed ordinance would make a felon eligible three years after his release from prison. A person convicted of a misdemeanor would be eligible for a work card two years after conviction under the new ordinance. A public hearing will be held on First Security Banks application for a zone change on 1.87 acres. The bank is requesting the change, from l (convenience stores) to R-(highest density permitted), so C-- developer Bryson Garbett can ceed with plans to build a apartment complex. proit told DeLange the new City Hall is not high on the citys priority list, but that it is not something that can be put off forever. He said the current and structure is not energy-efficieis inaccessible to West Valleys handicapped citizens. The architect chosen by the council will be paid an hourly rate when the city needs him, Newman said. The council is expected to award a $62,462 storm drain contract for work required on 4800 West, north of West Point Drive. Public Works Director Glenn Weaver said a storm drain there is bubbling into the street and that the contractor will run the water through another pipe to the Utah-Sal- t Lake Canal. HOUSE CHAMBERS . . . Legislators including Jack DeMann of Murray (front row, center) and Bryson Educators Not Enthralled Garbett of Hunter (second row, third from left) wade through legislation on one of the final days- - - Legislature Winds Up Work Green Sheet Newspaper SALT LAKE. While Utahs teachers arent going to give the State Legislature an A for its effort, the budget session isnt being deemed a total failure. If put on the spot, many teachers Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, tJT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscription rate $12 00 per year. POSTMASTE R . Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 64107 Volume 30, Number Thursday, Feb. 3 At Public Hearing 7, 1984 All departments 262 6682 - Homeowners Speak Against Rezoning WEST VALLEY. Plans to zone an for high density, multi-famil- y dwellings drew the disapproval of area area homeowners here Thursday who expressed concern about the developers lack of concrete plans for the site. Several residents spoke in opposition to the zone change, from l (limited agricultural use) and 8 (.single family homes on 8,000 square foot lots) to R-(highest density permitted), during a public hearing held at the City Planning Commission meeting. The developers have not even put forth the effort to show us a site plan, complained Ilene Lofgren, 3967 So. 2200 West. If you rezone it, they could get anything in there. They (developers) promise everything, warned Charles Gilley, 3981 So. 2200 West, but when it comes down to producing, unless youve got it in writing, youre stuck. Bill Martin, a representative for the developer, M.P.E., Inc., told the commission his group had decided against developing a site plan because of the uncertainty that the companys zone change application would be approved. I apologize for not having a site plan, but were not going to spend any money until we get some kind of a stand here, he said, adding that each site plan costs approximately $35,000 to develop. Martin told the commission it could get a fair idea of the future developments appearance by studying the site plan M.P.E. developed for another piece of land last month. The City Council denied the companys zone change request on that e land, an parcel near 3400 So. 2100 West on Jan. 5. The commission is expected to reach a decision on M.P.E. s current A-- rezoning request next week. In other matters, the commission reached decisions affecting property in the following locations: 4340 W. 3500 South, Keith Sizemore received conditional use approval to operate an auto repair shop behind his home on .3 acres zoned The applicant told the commission he plans to build a one story block or metal structure in which he will perform minor auto repairs and tuneups. The commission stipulated Sizemore must erect a fence between his property and a residentially zoned parcel he owns behind it. The measure is intended to discourage the applicant from storing junk cars on the residentially zoned parcel in the future. - 4000 So. 2700 West, the commisand sion approved Didericksen Associates conditional use applica- - 11.7-acr- C-- Water Matters Are On Agenda SOUTH SALT LAKE. Two matters dealing with water flood control and future culinary supplies -will be reviewed during a meeting of the County Council of Governments here today (Thursday). The 3:30 p.m. session, to be conducted by West Valley Mayor Jerry Maloney, will be held in the South Salt Lake City Hall, 2500 So. State. Terry Holzworth, county flood control director, will update COG members on efforts to cope with anticipated flooding of area streams this spring. Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson will delve into the valleys future water supply, particularly as it is affected by the Central Utah Project. - here's a point r Funk & Wagnall says superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown or trust in magic. It is also, F&W reports, a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary. Many people are superstitious. Were really not. Oh, were careful on Friday the 13th and youll never catch us walking under a ladder. If we spill salt we always toss a bit of it over our left shoulder. And we find black cats crossing our path causes apprehension. We simply wont get out of bed on the side opposite that we tion for a townhouse despite Ivan Woodburys contention the development is wrong for the area. To the east (of the proposed townhouses) we have one of the higher quality subdivisions in the city and to the west some of the better homes, he said. I dont think its y apartments right to put between the two, he said. The developer plans to construct four buildings with four units in each on the 1.77-acparcel. A restriction was included in the motion for approval limiting the height of the profeet below the upper ject to sundecks of the residents of the subdivision to the west. - 3100 So. 4720 West, Holmes ar.d Jensen received conditional use and preliminary subdivision approval for a planned unit development in an 6 zone. - 2700 So. 4000 West, Business it two-stor- re 8 -- 44-l- -- Park Properties received preliminary subdivision approval for 187 lots on 40 acres in an 7 zone. Approval was granted subject to the resolution of several issues, in- - Sold Second Day! the truck the day after the ad came out in the Green Sheet had several other calls, too. I I sold was quite pleased with the response. 72 DATSUN pickup. Runs good. Mag whools. Jeff Harwood, 7949 W. 3320 South, reporting results of his classified ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers. 2 to place your ad. Dial Youll get results! 262-668- eluding construction of a visual barrier between the development and 2700 South - 2750 So. Redwood Road, the commission continued Decker Lake Companys request for dedication of a street to run west from this address. The applicant says it needs the new street to provide access for a proposed light industrial-offic- e development. The matter was continued to give the planning staff an opportunity to study issues, such as whether another road would be desirable so close to one that exists at 2770 So. Redwood Road. A public hearing was held on Plaza 4700s request to rezone eight acres near 4100 W. 4500 South from 8 to 2 (general commercial use). Armand Johanson told the commission his group planned to construct movie theaters and an office building on the site and is still looking for tenants. No one spoke in opposition to the plan. C-- would probably give the legislature a C- Taypayers, although they will hidden be hit with some -. taxes, may have fared better than they dared hope in the $2.32 billion budget package that was passed almost on the stroke of midnight Saturday. Although Gov. Scott Mathesons budget proposals were trimmed, especially in education, there were some compromises, and several critical areas - the prison, social services, breaching the Great Salt Lake causeway - received attention that has been deemed adequate by those closest to those issues. With the spotlight -- on education, there were some disappointments. Educators were hoping for a six percent pay hike and money to fund reforms in the pay system amounting to about $41 million. What they received was a four percent salary hike, also granted to state employees, along with $15.3 million to fund career ladder programs to be developed by individual districts and $5.5 for merit increases, where $17 million was proposed. The legislature appropriated a total of $711.3 million of its $2.32 billion to public education - $517.2 from state funds. Districts have some latitude on how the dollars will be spent. Higher education officials received some money they will aim at salary increases. Mathesons proposed increase in across-the-boar- From 21st To 90th South d state income tax was ignored, as was a soft drink tax backed by some legislators. Democrats charged that the failure to tamper with the income tax protects the rich at the expense of the poor. The legislature funded most of the increase in its budget from taxes consumers will pay - an additional three cents at the gasoline pump and an extension of the extra half-cesales tax that went into effect in October and was originally scheduled to be lifted in September of 1984. The gasoline tax, up now to 14 cents per gallon, will fund road work, the sales tax is aimed at flood repairs. Consumers may or may not find thqmselves affected by the one percent increase in corporate franchise taxes, boosted now to five percent. There is also an increase in the severance tax on oil and natural gas, from two to four percent. Child safety restraint laws were among those that failed. Lawmakers ran out of time to deal with constitutional reform issues, a matter likely to head the agenda of a special session scheduled sometime in March. A plan to accelerate sales tax collections will give the e state a revenue bonus of one-tim- about $40 million, legislative analysts predict. There is legislation aimed at collecting dollars from fathers who fail d to pay child support payments. Much of what the legislature did in (See Page 5, Col. 3) court-mandate- - Hearing Focuses On Highway WEST VALLEY. A public hearing will be held this month to discuss the environmental impact statement for the proposed West Valley Highway. The three-yea- r study was compiled by the Utah Department of Transportation at a cost of $200,000, according to Mark Masuris, UDOT engineer. The federal government will pick up 90 percent of the cost of the study, while West Valley City, West Jordan and Salt Lake County will cover the other 10 percent. The highway plans, first proposed in 1959, call for a four and six-lan- e (depending to onbe location) constructed thoroughfare along 3800 West from 2100 to 9000 South. Information will be presented at the hearing covering the location alternatives which were considered in the study and the relocation assistance programs that will be available if the project is approved. The hearing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 in the Granger high auditorium. A second hearing will be held the following Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Westland elementary in West Jordan for those persons living near the southern end of the proposed highway. Persons unable to attend either hearing but w'ho wish to submit comments for consideration may send them to: Utah Department of Transportation, Office of Community Relations, Attention: James E. Johnston, 4501 So. 2700 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Letters must be postmarked no later than midnight March 12 to be included in the official transcript. by Jim Cornwell entered. Which, many years ago, elicited much laughter on the part of our bride. To this day, she chuckles if this particular belief of ours becomes a topic of conversation. We only smile because we know some dire consequence would result from breaking this taboo. Its sorta like the guy in Chicago who said he kept the tigers away by snapping his fingers. He answered his critics, "You dont see any tigers around, do you? All right -- - so were superstitious. But its a matter of degree. Were not nearly as superstitious as some folks. Fr instance, that strapping Western hero of yesteryear, John Wayne. He wasnt superstitious, he either, but the same packed in his first movie in 1931 were the ones he was using when he played Rooster Cogburn and six-gu- won an Oscar later. some 40 years And drawling Jimmy Stewart wore the same hat all through his film career even though it was literally held together with glue and spit. Actors and actresses are generally superstitious people. They never whistle, for example, in a dressing room. If they do so inadvertently, they must curse loudly or leave the room and knock for readmittance. And get this - if they fail to do so spontaneously, they must leave the room and turn around three times before returning. If thats not convincing enough, consider that the last line of a play is almost never delivered in rehearsals. And looking through the curtain is strictly forbidden -so when that happens you can bet its some novice on the stage. Opening an umbrella or dropping a comb onstage is asking for trouble, show people say. And if someone is knitting anywhere near the stage or in the wings, the players must beware. Beware of what? Who e knows? A failure; cast members missing lines and cues; props out of place something equally horrible. box-offic- of the stage Other "no-no- s are spilling the contents of a makeup box, looking over the shoulder of a colleague into a mirror or permitting a cat to run across the stage during a performance. You probably know a bushel basket of superstitions, but some that are rather interesting to us include: Stirring food against the suns course can spoil a meal, some say. That would be we presume. If two knives are crossed on the table, a quarrel is certain unless another person uncrosses them. counter-clockwis- e, Never mail a love letter on Christmas Day. Its a sure sign the romance will break up. In Scotland its taboo to carry a spade through the house. If you do, a grave will soon be dug your own. In Ireland, on the other hand, its considered lucky to spill a drink on the ground - sort of a libation for the Gods. Icelanders believe an unmarried person who sits at the corner of a table wont marry for at least seven years. Picking up a comb with the teeth facing the body is very unlucky, Japanese feel. Why is an engagement or wedding ring placed on the third finger, left hand? Superstition. It was an early belief a vein leads directly from that finger to the heart. Why is rice thrown on a newly-marrie- d couple? It continues an old Greek belief that fertility and prosperity follow people showered with sweetmeats. What happens if a fisherman meets a priest or a nun while on the way to the harbor? Many of era refuse to sail that day. Whistling isnt forbidden only in the dressing room of a play. Doing so on a ship is banned its a frightening invitation to high winds. Did the belief die with sailing ships? Not at all it has continued well into the days of - - steamships. And for some reason rabbits and pigs are never to be mentioned on shipboard. Just what Peter and Porky did to deserve this isnt clear. Protection against many evils could be gained if you believed the Bedouins of northern Arabia. They carry two marbles - a white one for daytime safety and a black one for night. Which may have given rise to the expression, Hes lost his marbles." |