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Show 467 At Thursday Evening Session m WEST VALLEY. A $22.2 million budget package which will hold property taxes at the 9.5 mill level for the fourth consecutive year was adopted here Thursday night by the City Council. The budget includes approximately $15.3 million in the general fund, a little more than $400,000 in the employee trust fund and nearly $7 million in the capital improvements fund. Doug Sogers, a representative of Boettcher and Co., explains interest structure on proposed $5 million bond Issue to City Council Thursday. . . . Two Sections -- - The majority of the general fund total, about $11.2 million, Is anticipated to be generated in the city, with the $4 million balance coming from restricted funds. In the current $14.4 million budget approved last June 9, the general fund amounted to ? little more than $13.6 million. The budget was adopted after an obligatory public hearing attended by a handful of department heads and three West Valley citizens, none of whom spoke on the matter. City Manager John Newman requested that the council approve the budget after the hearing, rather than wait two weeks, as has been done in the past, to give Finance Director Russ Sanderson and himself extra time to complete the difficult transition between budget years. Fiscal 1984-8- 5 begins July 1. One task the pair faces in the coming weeks, with which it has not had to deal in the past, is preparation for the Issuance of a $4 million bond by July 1 which will pay for repairs to For 496 Units icdfOflSfey one-fourt- USPS 656 use approval to rent, lease and store s on three acres in an industrial zone. The company is also seeking permission to locate a mobile office on the site. - 5173 Holder Dr. (4100 South), LaRae Taylor is rquesting permission to operate a preschool in her home which would serve approximately six children. - 2500 So. 2300 West, Reed Petersen is seeking conditional use approval for an complex on 6.5 acres in an industrial zone. The applicant plans to cony struct four buildings on the site. - 4000 W. 4570 South, Sutherland Lumber Co. is seeking conditional use permission to build a home improvement center on a 7 parcel adjacent to an existing shopping center. - 2836 Stafford Place (4360 South), Ann Simmons is seeking conditional use permission to continue using an addition to her home as a reweaving and alteration shop. W. 3300 South, West Valley Rental is seeking conditional use approval to operate a rental and sales center which would specialize in small hardware equipment. plan to conapartment complex WEST VALLEY. A struct a at 1900 W. 496-un- it semi-trailer- 3800 South will be discussed in a public hearing here this morning (Thursday) during a meeting of the City Planning Commission. The 9 oclock session will be held at City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. A. G. Spanos Construction Co., is e requesting the rezoning of a parcel from A-- l (agricultural) and (duplexes on 8,000 square foot lots) to R-(high density residential). The developer plans to use that parcel, as well as an adjacent parcel already zoned R-on which to build the development. Preliminary plans call for construction of a mixture of one, two and units on the site, which lies just west of the Briarwood subdivision. Plans submitted by the buffer company show a 60 to zone between the subdivision boundary and the proposed developments parking lot. A. G. Spanos is one of the largest 13.8-acr- -- office-warehou- se one-stor- -- 80-fo- 380 of developers Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, alt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip tion rate $12 00 per year POSTMASTER. Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Volume 30, Number 24, 1984 Thursday, May 19 To City, Officials Hope All departments 262 6682 Tax Cap Will Lure Business , WEST VALLEY. The enticement of new business to this city is the goal of a utility tax cap established here Thursday by the City Council. As of July 1, the start of the 1984-8- 5 fiscal year, utility users will not be assessed taxes on their bills once theyve paid a specified amount. While the move is likely to deprive West Valley of some initial tax revenues, attorney Rob Wall said the hope is the tax limit will entice enough new businesses to the city to make up the difference. The new business should offset any losses in revenues, Wall explained. In fact, it should enhance revenues over the long run. The tax cap idea was proposed by City Manager John Newman last March, after which Wall spent several weeks researching the legality of the move. The attorney said a question arose with the plan, which has never been tried in Utah, as to whether a city could legally charge one user a lower tax rate than another. A determination was finally made after discussions with officials from the State Tax Commission that the cap would be legal as long as it is uniformly applied to all utility users. Under the plan, Mountain Bell West Valley City Man Struck, Killed By Car sified users do, that results are quick in the Green Sheet. Best of all, costs are inexpensive. your message in the Green Sheet will reach more people than you can contact by any other method. Folks use classified ads to buy, t, look for sell, rent, trade, help, find lost items and convey personal messages. They reach over 57,000 homes and more than 216,000 potential readers. 2 to place your ad. Dial Save money by paying before it runl. Ask us how. Over 20 Calls! I had 20 or more calls and the camper was sold by Saturday after the ad came out. Im real pleased with the response to the Green Sheet. Terry Fuller, 74 W. 5785 South, relating his experience with a classified ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers. The Murray man found, as most clas- I FT. NON CABOVER compor. Sloopt lour. Ico box, itovo and acki. Dollar-for-dolla- WEST VALLEY.- - A West Valley man was struck and killed by an automobile here last week as he was walking along 3500 South. Officer Brooke Plotnick said Marion D. Allred was walking westbound in the roadway near the intersection of 2700 W. 3500 South at about 10:55 p.m. last Wednesday when he was hit. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital here. job-hun- 262-668- here's a point Americans are accused of many things, a portion of which are no doubt true. But the one trait we cant deny is our sense of humor. Get a group together and of Americans its extremely unlikely youll hear at fail to least some semblance of a joke. Give em enough time to concentrate on most any sub-- j e c t and theyll develop belly laughs out of it. Example: In a San Francisco newspaper the other day we came upon a of letters to the editor on the subject of Velcro. page-and-a-ha- lf You know - that cling-to-itse- lf material being extensively used on billfolds, luggage, shoes, r, com- - 4165 So. 6400 In other matters, the commission is expected to reach decisions affecting property in the following locations. - 1600 W. 2200 South, F. C. Stangl Co. is seeking conditional use apmotel on 1 55 proval for a acres n the Paik The users will pay no more than $1,900 in on their bills; Mountain Fuel customers no more than $4800; and Utah Power and Light customers no more than $19,000. Wall said different limits were set because of the that exists in the discrepancy amount of taxes generally received by each utility. In other matters, the council approved a flood control ordinance similar to one employed by the county, but which does not allow the use of permanent retention ponds. The ordinance also puts at the discretion of city engineers, the type of flood control facilities to be installed in future developments. An ordinance requiring two parking stalls per unit in future apartment developments was approved. The council ruled that developers who wish to install less than two stalls per unit may request a variance from the Planning Commission. The board upheld an appeal of a March 22 Planning Commission decision to limit the development of e a subdivision to 8,000 square foot lots. A representative of the developer, Shadow Wood Partnership, said permission to develop the subdivision with 7,000 square foot lots is critical to us." taxes 13'6-acr- If you fail to receive your Green Sheet on Thursday morning, please call the Circulation Department, before 10:30 a.m. 262-668- Granite District C-- 2. structure four-stor- y would be similar in height to the surrounding office structures, Hooper said. - 2245 So. 3200 West, Consolidated Freightways is seeking conditional Tuesday Parker is 33- - 8V2 acres in an 8 zone. - 3800 So. 2200 West, Jagdish Gill is seeking final plat approval for an eight-lo- t subdivision of two acres m zone. an - 2900 W. 4485 South, Bob Taylor is seeking final plat approval for a 7 -- 52-l- unit development planned (PUD). The development would constitute the third phase of the existing Roxborough community. Taylor is also seeking final plat approval for a PUD at 3100 W. Westcove Dr In addition, the commission will hear a request of Tony and Nancy parcel Hoopes to rezone a from l to 2 (commercial). The couple plans to construct a plumbing shop on the site with a residence behind it. An annexation request will be heard from the developers of a proposed apartment community planned for four acres at 4715 So. 4800 West. Craig Stanley received conditional use approval for the project from the County Planning Commission, but under a state law passed in 1979, developers of projects in unincorporated areas that are within f mile of a citys limits, must apply to that city for annexation before development may proceed. 58-l- .81-ac- A-- C-- one-hal- - Seniors Awaiting Final Ritual Friday it Metro-Busine- West, Don seeking final plat approval for a lot subdivision of GRANITE PARK. Final farewells to high school days will be said by - Granite districts seniors in seven Green Sheet area schools tomorrow City Vetoes Contract On (Friday). Those who have earned diplomas through the Granite Alternative school or Community Education programs will also be honored. A 6 p.m. start is scheduled at Granger high where the school gymnasium will be the site of commencement exercises for 580 seniors, largest graduating class in the district. Granite is the only school opting for an outdoor setting this year, weather permitting. The school's football field has been designated as the site of the 6 : 30 p m program . Also beginning at 6:30 are rites at Taylorsville and Olympus. Both schools plan to use their gymnasiums. Kearns highs processional into the schools spacious auditorium will begin at 7 p.m. On opposite ends of the valley, Cottonwood and Cyprus graduates will march into their school auditoriums at 7:30 for the finale to 13 years of schooling. The Community Education and Alternative school rites will be held at West Lake junior high, in the auditorium, at 8 p.m. Each commencement will have its unique flavor, but common threads run through all. Two Granite district officials will be on hand at each to accept the graduates and hand out New Station WEST VALLEY. Attorneys for West Valley City here Tuesday delivered a letter to the contractor in charge of the citys new fire station, calling for work to cease on the pro- ject. The approximate $56,000 left unpaid on the original $317,000 contract with Heinz Koenig & Sons will be used by the city to hire another contractor to finish the job, according to City Attorney Paul Morris. The driveway and parking lot for the station, at 2800 So. 2700 West, has yet to be poured and there is still some interior work to be done, Morris said. The agreement with the contractor specified the work on the station was to have been done by March 20. The City Council Thursday night appropriated an extra $12,000 for the station which will be used for storm drainage and for construction of a patio. The money came from a surplus in last quarters sales tax revenue, according to Finance Director Russ Sanderson. . . diplomas or certificates of completion. One will deliver an address. Student speakers, in most cases at least one a top scholar, will speak, along with key student officers. Miss Hispanic To Be Crowned TAYLORSVILLE. The third annual Miss Hispanic Utah Scholarship Pageant will be conducted here on June 8. The pageant will be held at Eisenhower junior high, 4351 So. Redwood Road. Mon" Gomez, reigning Hispanic will crown the new queen, who will compete in the Miss Utah Pageant in 1985. Miss Gomez, a resident of the South Cottonwood-Murra- y area, is the entrant in next months Miss Utah competition. A field of 12 will compete in evening gown, talent and swimsuit. Admission price is $4 for adults and $1.50 for children age Rich Romero of PM Magazine Utah will serve as master of ceremonies. A by Jim Cornwell purses and so on. It all began when the newspaper carried a story about the invention of Velcro. It was done straight as the parlance of our business goes - chapter-and-vers- e about a Swiss inventor named George de Mestral. Its not generally known he made Velcro as a facsimile of ordinary burdocks -- that from whence cometh those sticky cockleburrs. reader forthwith wrote, tongue-in-cheeI find your story about the invention of Velcro highly unlikely. I have been told by a reputable source that it is derived from the hide of Velcros, distant relatives of the Naugas. But now that Velcro has become such a lucrative commodity, the Velcros are threatened with extinction. The wholesale slaughter of these helpless animals compounds the already difficult situation Velcros face in the wild. A apartment munities in the nation, according to planning staff member Kevin Hooper, who added that, if approved, this project would be the com- panys first in Utah. - while HUD block grants are expected to amount to $1.2 million. Anticipated general fund revenue sources include $2 million from property taxes, $4.3 million from sales taxes, $2.5 million from utility taxes, nearly $600,000 from licenses and permits, $1.2 million from federal revenue sharing and $250,000 in interest from investments. Budgeted general fund expenditures include $3.7 million for the Police Department, $1.7 million for the Fire Deprtment, $2 4 million for Public Works, $825,000 for Community Development, $79,000 for City Crmcil, $962,000 for Finance, $375,000 for Attorneys Office and $246,000 for the Executive Planners To Mull Request three-bedroo- UTAH 1 1 1 - 13.2-acr- e THE VOtCE OF WEST VAUCV CtTY B4 Bond tion, he said. Newman, Sanderson, Sagers and Mayor Jerry Maloney are due back today (Thursday) from New York City, where they met this week with officials from two bond rating agencies. Sagers predicted before the trip the city would receive a rating no lower than A because of unusually competent management and unique repayment plan. A citys bond rating determines the interest rate it must pay. Class C road funds, a portion of which the city will use to repay the bonds, amount to a little more than h of the $4 million in anticipated restricted funds budgeted for 1984-8Flood control grants account for $1.3 million of the total, 8 28 Pages LAKE CITY UTAH m the citys roads. The council passed a resolution Thursday announcing its Intention to issue the $4 million bond, as well as an anticipation note for a $2 million bond to be used when needed. The $6 million total represents the majority of the funds budgeted for capital improvements. The bonds will be paid off using a portion of Class C road funds alloted West Valley City yearly by the state, according to Boettcher and company representative, Doug Sagers. He gave Newman and Sanderson credit for the unique concept. Sagers, whose company would buy the bonds, said the city can commit 53.25 percent of the funds for repayment. That would amount to about $475,000 based on this years alloca- - 300 SOUTH EAST SALT Council Adopts 1 BOND ISSUE FREES ASSOCIATION UTAH i They easily stick to things, and during mating become literally stuck to one another and hence are easy prey to hunters. Once started, there was no stemming the tide. Witty letters on the subject began flowing into the Chronicles offices. Here are some bits and pieces of what the The newspaper has termed Velcro Papers: I can remember my great granddaddy telling us how in the days before the white man came, one could see vast herds of Velcros. And in the entry hall of our ancestral home a Velcro foot served for many years as an um- brella stand until grandma discovered grandpa was using it for a spittoon, wrote one wit. Your Velcro writers got it all wrong, chimed in another. It wasnt something invented by some yodeler, either. Velcro is a sticky bush that he congrows in the desert, tinued. I know because I recently bought into a Velcro farm In Arizona. and released it in a suitable, albeit secret, location. Wrote one world traveler, It was while camping at 17,800 feet on the eastern slope of Ulag Mustagh on the China-Tibborder in 1976 that my sherpa, Shatze-Wa- , and I spotted and tracked an abominable Velcro. To prove this, I have two plaster casts of its footprints and a swatch of its hide." I A woman writer punned, have a small, secret breeding colony of Velcros in my back garden and I can make mature adult pairs available to caring, responsible adults of good character and credit. In fact, he added, Id have done real well but the man phoned last week and said the first crop was wiped out by a lint storm off the Phoenix Flats, Another writer contributed, In spite of what we have heard about the Velcros, the sad truth is that while they once roamed the vast plains of the West, they were the victims of overhunting by early., white settlers. The last confirmed sighting of a Velcro occurred in 1913 just north of Chico. However a woman writer quickly squelched that theory when she penned, Velcros are still around. At a campground at Lake Shasta in August, 82, a Velcro walked into our camp and ate the marshmallows. One woman thought the Chronicle would be pleased to know that Velcros are making a slow but steady comeback. Last spring the Marin Wildlife Center successfully raised a young Velcro CuHnhry ' ex- pert: "A very nteeitiock Velcro bisque can be made by substituting tofu in place of the Velcro. Prompting still another reader to write his appreciation for the recipe since, he said, Most commercial Velcro is tough, stringy and inedible. Whereupon a third commented, "Blanquette de Velcro can be prepared successfully and is delicious served over hot noodles. I have used this recipe even for wild Velcro, which are in abundance in arid eastern San Diego county. Leave it to a philosophical type to wrap it all up with a paraphrase of John Donnes ancient treatise, No man is an intire of it selfe; Every man is a peece of the Continent. A part of the maine and therefore never send to know for whom the Velcros; it crows for thee. To which he added, And that, of course, is why the Nauga - - tom?' .' didnt linger to learn what resulted from the surprising information that a little known g Velcro, genus Slippereonus, had been discovered In the wilds of central Oregon by a man searching for Bigfoot. It takes little Imagination to envision the next chapter. We Tef-lon- is |