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Show - 467 EAST 300 As Possible Alternative School Site - i Granite Board Hos Its Eye , 1 were moving the Alternative school to Pioneer Craft House or Madison elementary or establishing a relocatable village. The board had previously ruled that because of the need to expend several hundred thousand dollars on meeting safety needs at the existing facility, which is the original Plymouth elementary, the Alternative school should be moved. It rejected changes in the program to inconschool or cepts. Advantages of the Central option include gymnasium, homemaking, ed there, she noted, saying that people who were behind the original consolidation proposal have now changed their mind. Mrs. Higashi tried to amend the motion to study the option of moving the district media facilities to Central and establishing the Alternative school in those relocatable units and interfacing with Granite high. Her motion failed. The May 1 session will be designed to accept public input on the issue. The board tabled a plan that would remove the after-schoswimming lesson program from its recreation media and parking facilities, along with good UTA and Granite bus accessibility, location, space and no need for remodeling, as well as maintaining the building as a school for possible regeneration of the population in the area. The major hurdle will be selling the concept to patrons of the school, many of whom live in the Taylorsville and Redwood areas. Mrs. Sandstrom said there are concerns about what type of facility the Alternative school is. Many people have a misconception about the type of students that would be hous Three Sections - 40 Pages WediOaEtey USPS 4 program and place it in the community school program. The action would involve a significant cut in pay for the 27 instructors in the program, all of whom are certified teachers. Program administrators said the choices are either that or increasing fees, which are now $20 for 15 lessons. Increasing the fees would drive more students into County Recreation or YMCA programs, proponents of the change said. Board members heard Granite Education Assn, officials object to the plan and agreed that they were uncomfortable with cutting salaries available to teachers, especially in light of the career ladder issues that are surfacing. They proposed freezing those in the program and looking to the future to implement the proposal. However, there are budgetary issues that must be explored before a decision is made, so the matter was tabled. The board approved issuing a 656-38- A i Green Volume 30, Number Thursday, Mar. 10 Manager At Council Session The recommendation was made to the City Council during Newman's presentation of the proposed fiscal 1984-8- 5 budget, just minutes after a CDBG steering committee had delivered its proposals for distribution of the grant. Newman advised the council to reallocate funds the committee had earmarked for parks to repair the roads, admonishing when the floor is crumbling and there are leaks in the roof, we cannot afford to spend money for television or badminton. He said the committee had indicated earlier it would be supportive of a reallocation ' of funds to meet emergency needs. Jo make up the $396,000 Newman proposed for road rehabilitation, he cut the $125,000 proposed for West Valley City park to $35,575 and the $187,000 pegged for Chesterfield, Decker Lake and Homestead parks to zero. He trimmed the committees $150,000 recommendation for Housing Rehabilitation by $50,000 and the $90,000 proposed for the ASSISTEmergency Home Repairs program by $30,000. Newman also recommended that $54,000 be used for Redevelopment Administration costs though the committee had Sheet Newspaper All 22, 1984 departments 262 6682 TAYLORSVILLE. County Recreation officials are studying a West Valley City proposal involving possible transfer of park properties to the city. recommended nothing. Steering committee chairman Anne Snow acknowledged the need to solve the citys streets problem, but urged that in the future, a comprehensive capital improvements program be developed so CDBG funds dont have to be used for disasters (such as road repairs). Newman told the council he hopes to implement a capital improvements program by next year which will be budgeted five years in advance. In other matters, the council reached decisions affecting property in the following locations: - 4100 W. 4500 South, Plaza 4700 Associates received a requested zone change on eight acres from 8 (single family homes on 8,000 square foot lots) to 2 (general commercial). A representative of the group, Armand Johansen, told the council Plaza 4700 plans to build a shopping center on the site and has been in touch with theater, sports and entertainment groups about leasing space. - 2852 So. Redwood Road, L.A. Marlers request for a zone change on three acres from R-(high density residential) and A-- l (agricultural) to M-- l (manufacturing) was continued because the council was uncomfortable with the uses an M-- l zone would allow. Marler was requested to work with staff members to develop a contrac- - tural agreement which would limit the uses allowed in the zone if it is approved. Mayor Jerry Maloney recommended denial of Marlers applica tion only because of the permitted The uses allowed in an M-- l zone. e program for this part of our town, I feel, is vital, he said. - 5600 W. 4600 South, the council long-rang- R-l-- C-- store, a lower tax rate than a small user, such as a homeowner. The courts have ruled the utilities themselves can charge users at different rates, he explained, but they have not said whether a city can do it. Wall said he has asked an economist for the Public Utilities Division of the State Tax Commission to look into the discrimination question. Under the officials plan, a specific dollar amount would be set as a tax cap limit. Once businesses reached that limit in a given year, they would stop paying taxes for that year. City Manager John Newman admitted the plan would deprive the here's a point read a lengthy dissertation the other day about honWe Now al- weve long agreed that honesty is usually the best policy but there - are times when you have to use common horse sense and not offend someone in order to tell the truth. Sorta like the boy who said to his dancing partFor a ner, fat girl, you sure dont sweat very much. In the aftermath of the philosophical treatise on honesty, we decided to try it. At least til we incur a mashed nose or a cracked tooth. V by resolution of support for the Pioneer Craft House program. A report from the Parent Advisory Committee for Gifted Education indicated a need for continued support of that program, which the report said is a good one, but only the tip of the iceberg in regard to meeting the needs of those students. Edwin M. Cole, spokesman, reported that three to five percent of the population is profoundly gifted and those students have as many educational problems as the handicapped. He noted that the program is weak on the secondary level and there are four elementary schools that do not have a program. Needs include time, space, resources and money. The board approved contracts to resurface the tennis courts at Cottonwood high ($69,359) and to air condition Hartvigsen school because federal mandates include year-roun- d programs in that facility. ($113,973) made last approved the expenditure of $34,507 to remove one of two sets of railroad tracks at this address and install a railroad crossing gate and lights. The city was required to pay 10 percent of the $344,070 cost of the project and will receive the balance in federal funding. - 4735 W. 3500 South, The council set April 19 as a public hearing date on Del Ray and Errol Bevans appeal of a Planning Commission decision to move the West Valley Billiards operation to a building immediately west of the existing facility. The planners expressed concern that a similar operation could open in the vacated building, a situation West Valley police said would require extra patrols. Councilman Brent Anderson asked that a representative of the Police Department attend the hearing to substantiate the claim. - 3320 So. 4400 West, the council lot from voted to purchase a e the LDS church for an amount not to exceed $69,000. 2.2-acr- if you fail to receive your Green Sheet on Thursday morning, please call the Circulation Department, 262 6682, before 10:30 a.m. CDBG FUNDS . . . Anne Snow addresses the City Council Thursday on recommendations from steering committee on how $835,000 in Community Development block grant funds should be spent. 'Now Im Sold! I always thought that story on the front page telling how good your want ads are was just a publicity come-on- city of some future utility tax revenue, but said the resulting influx of new business would ultimately result in a net gain in revenue. Finance Director Russ Sanderson agreed the tax cap would make West Valleys business climate more desirable for new businesses and added that it would also help existing businesses grow in the city. A few thousand dollars can be the difference for some businesses, he explained. Newman said the city has contacted the utility companies and received tremendous cooperation from them, with the exception of Mountain Bell. They wont even talk to us on the subject, Newman said. Theyve been so hocus-pocu- s about it, it causes me to wonder if theyre hiding something. Sanderson said hes baffled by the situation because Mountain Bell was one of the biggest adversaries to a utility tax in the first place. Youd figure theyd support a tax break, he said. The lack of cooperation Newman said the. city has received from Mountain Bell has raised questions in his mind as to whether they (are) properly levying the tax even now. I am going to, therefore, request that the auditors office conduct an audit of their books. . Now Im sold ! LeGrand Black, 388 E. 5900 South, reporting that his Green Sheet ad produced a buyer for his electric range before noon the first day the ad appeared. ROPER alactrlc rang, horvast gold. Lika Wednesday during a County Recreation board meeting by Mayor Gerald Maloney, who also asked the county for some help in defining the boundaries of Decker Lake so that the city could generate business involvement in improving the area. Maloney is proposing that the county deed Granger and Hillsdale parks to the city and use the money saved in maintenance of those two parks to build a fund for matching grants related to the Jordan River Parkway. The county has a master plan in which cities will be encouraged to operate smaller parks while the county concentrates on the large regional parks. However, when the plan was put in place, the matter of deeding the property had some legal issues tied to it. The board endorsed plans by Pioneer Craft House to engage in an campaign, aggressive and authorized a letter of support for the portfolio. The board also learned that its effort to have the Equestrian park pay The goal was to its way is raise $25,000 last year. That was exceeded by $5,000. fund-raisin- g West Side New PTA Council Is Formed KEARNS. The area covered by the Granite Oquirrh West PTA Council has been divided to form two councils, due to rapid growth of elmentary schools on the west side of the valley. There will be 23 schools next year, making it a difficult situation for one organization, explained spokesman Shirley Bevan. Schools north of 4100 South will now form the Granite Oquirrh West Council, she explained. Those south of 4100 will become the Granite Oquirrh Council. Officers of the West Council will include Jodi Lougy, president; Cynthia Reese, leadership vice president; Shirley Mortensen, legislative vice president; Penny Morris, secretary; Nancy Brantner, The Murray man found, as do a big majority of classified users in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers, that the Green Sheet really does get buyer and seller together - in a hurry Whether youre buying, selling, lookrenting, trading, ing for help, searching for lost items or conveying personal messages, classified ads will do the job! 2 to place your ad. Dial Save money by paying before it runs. Ask us how. ! 262-668- treasurer; Dr. Darryl Thomas, principal representative; Nancy Erickson, teacher vice president; Dr. Loren Burton, administrative vice president. Officers of the Granite Oquirrh Council include Ellie Kurzawa, president; Judy Anderson, leadership vice president; Debbie Sharp, legislative vice president; Luana Rampton, secretary; Susan Tolman, treasurer; William Mansell, principal representative; Linda Rhodes, teacher vice president; Dr. Riley ONeil, administrative vice president. Jim Cornwell its honesty that now comthat what we used to call potpourri in this column was in reality material wed stolen from other columnists -obviously demonstrating no originality at all. So was Funds Proposed For Road Repairs City Taking Look At Utility Tax Break WEST VALLEY. Businesses that would be enticed here with the implementation of a utility tax cap would generate enough revenue to more than make up the revenue the city would lose with such a move. That is the opinion of city officials who have asked the City Attorneys office to investigate the legalities of a tax cap. Attorney Rob Wall said hes been checking case laws, state statutes and constitutional problems, but that he hasnt found out enough yet to form an opinion. Wall said the legal question at hand is whether it would be discriminatory for the city to charge a large user, such as department proposal - For Major Industrial, Commercial Users esty, which, it insisted, is ways the best policy. 84111 County Mulls Request Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip tionrate$12 00 per year POSTMASTER. Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. tys streets. I UH UTAH WEST VALLEY. City Manager John Newman recommended Thursday nearly half the $835,000 in Community Development block grant (CDBG) funds available here this year be used to rehabilitate the ci- . j Regarding Park Properties THE voice OF WeST VALLEY CITY MOO, 000 In CD ft i Central JH Gen The By City in SALT LAKE CITY UTAH J GRANITE PARK. Moving the Granite Alternative school to Central junior high looms as a major possibility following a meeting of the Granite Board of Education here Tuesday night. The board opted to bring back a matter tabled two years ago regarding possible consolidation of Granite Park and Central junior high schools at the Granite Park facility. It is an option that may not be well received in the community, warned board member Patricia Sandstrom, who along with Joyce Higashi opposed the motion. When the matter was first considered, the lateness in the school year that it was brought to the board was one factor in its being tabled. That same problem exists now. However, the board is now faced with the need to relocate the Alternative school because of unsafe conditions at the existing building. The board has asked that data on enrollments and other issues related to possible consolidation be brought back at its May 1 meeting. It also instructed the administration to engage in dialogue with residents of both areas on the matter. Superintendent John Reed Call said that both schools may be asked to hold off on elections and other matters related to next year until a decision is made. The Central option was one of four presented Tuesday night. Others wuu -- SOUTH pels us to admit finally Dutch asked the partially-blinde- d player, What if we cant find the lens? Well, in that case, the player Ill take promptly responded, your place and umpire. Because it often represents our feelings as we watch some in political races, we must move this columnists comment to the second most prominent position in this compilation: The difference between a horse race and a political race," he is that in the horse analyzed, race the entire horse runs. Also high on the list of quoteworthy items is this one: Its a wonder Solomon ever managed to fall asleep, with the thousand and one things he had on his mind. If youve ever been the first person to a meeting, you can sympathize with this witticism: I believe in punctuality - even though it makes me very lonely. office-seeke- At a recent convention, we compared notes with other and they, writing thieves too, agreed they should acknowledge their crimes. - So here and now we confess our only contribution to the remainder of this column is eyesight -we saw it printed elsewhere and simply swiped it. For starters, a Midwest columnist detailed not long ago a talk hed heard by Lawrence (Dutch) Rennert, a National League baseball umpire. Dutch told of a game in which he was umpiring at second base when a player slid in on a close play and lost a contact lens. They searched with no luck and Paralleling that was this rs comment: When all is said and nothing is done, the committee meeting is over. A gal columnist whose weekly efforts we read religiously, posed these questions to no one in particular - and probably received no answers: Howcum success always occurs in private and failure in full view of the public? Howcum the hardness of the butter is always in direct proportion to the softness of the roll? Howcum chipped dishes never break? Howcum the urgency of scratwhere you itch is always ching ' compounded by the length of your reach? And why is it that love letters, business contracts and money you are due always arrive three weeks late, while junk mail gets to your postbox the day it was sent? i Moving to another source from which to pilfer, we found this ra Did you hear ther amusing: about the prison warden who was really burned up when his daughter married one of the convicts they eloped! And this commentary wasnt too far off the track: A specialist is a doctor whose patients are expected to confine their ailments to office hours. One of our favorite columnists had this apt observation: Sometimes wives are hard to satisfy. I have a friend who was so happy all the time his wife hired three detectives to find out the reason for it! Said one writer whod obviously just talked to his travel agent: If God had meant for people to fly, He wouldve make air fares lower. This guy expressed a viewpoint Some many of us have felt: judges are getting tougher on crime. Theyre issuing sterner warnings and longer suspended sentences. A women writer penned, At my beauty shop, the conversation alone would curl your hair ! Said another: Money cant buy love, but it helps in the negotiations. A columnist who really does have an overhanging paunch printed these remarks while pitching fun at obese people: You know youre oif your diet when it rains and nothing below your waist gets wet. . . . when somebody asks you to go down to the city hall and join a protest waddle. . . . when you see the pot at the end of the rainbow and its yours. . . . when you step on a drugstore scale and you get a card that reads, No discounts for groups. And heres a thought in closing - stolen, of course Its really a kindness to trust friends with a secret - they feel so important while telling it to others." - - |