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Show j j i f fgtd adigc " ; Noise, Lighting Amendments Funds Not Available - For Park Proposal, Changes City Ordinances WEST VALLEY. Several dinances here have some new sions following Thursdays or- provi- City Council meeting. Changes in the citys noise control ordinance, which become effective upon posting, include restrictions on the permitted hours of operation for construction equipment and allowances for night maintenance work such as snow removal. In a related matter, Marna Lutton of West Valley voiced area residents concern over noise and vibrations from buses and trucks on 2700 West and 3100 South. Residents are upset over the jarring and noise created from large trucks and Utah Transit Authority buses. Lutton also requested a reduction of the speed limit in the area. Mayor Jerry Maloney instructed City Manager John Newman to set up a meeting with residents and UTA officials in the mayors office. Amendments were also made to strengthen the ordinance requiring the covering of certain loaded vehicles. The ordinance is primarily aimed at commercial vehicles hauling loads that could spill or leak onto roads and also includes mud lodged in the wheels which falls onto the road. Other action on city ordinances included: Approval of an amendment in street lighting requirements of the subdivision ordinance. Under the original provisions, the city was required to create a special improvement district for each new subdivision to fund street lights. However, the change no longer requires a mandatory special improvement district and opens the way for the concept of yard lights which are the responsibility of the homeowner. - Approval of a change in payment of the citys parks fee. The fee, as provided for in the subdivision ordinance, goes to benefit the development and the city. upgrading parks Under the original requirements, the fee had to be paid before a subdivision plat could be recorded. However, with the amendment, a developer can either pay the fee at the time the plat is recorded, or he can bond for it to defer payment until the issuance of a building permit. in of -- - A ordinance proposedroutes in West establishing truck October Start For 27th West TAYLORSVILLE. Work could start by October on a short, but link of 2700 West. much-anticipat- That was the projection made yesterday (Wednesday) by Ron Flynn of the County Highway Division. He had reference to a project ' extending north of 5400 South. The short strip is the only gap in a street that is otherwise conhalf-mil- e tinuous between 2100 and 14400 South. Should the project progress on its d timetable, Flynn said, completion could be expected of 1985. by Federal funding (on a 0 ratio) will be involved with only the intersection work and the first 200 feet of roadway. Because of federal involvement, Flynn noted, advertising for bids had been from late July to early September. Federal demands, he explained, called for adequate notice of all utilities entities involved. The project had encountered previous snags in the form of environmental studies and acquisition of of the 100 feet of Seventy-fiv- e will be asphalted, linking the project area with another half-mil- e stretch that had been extended from 4700 South a few years traffic ago. Access for north-sout- h between 4700 and 5400 South since e conthen has been via a dog nection using the nearby South Jordan Canal Road. Overall cost of new project will be about $750,000, with federal funding taking care of about $270,000 of the total. newly-adjuste- mid-summ- er 90-1- -- voice USPS 656 30, CITY iA 380 Number - A 4 percent across-the-schedu- salary increase. terms of last years profes- sional agreement, in addition to any new benefit improvements mutually agreed upon by both parties. - Four extra days for h teachers under the career ladder program, with pay calculated on the teachers daily rate, including the 4'k percent increase. In addition, the resolution instructs the administration to notify teachers that their positions are secure, with the expectation that they will report for work as usual. Although there are several other points of contention, the biggest snag in coming to a settlement is the salary increase. The district is offering teachers a 4Vfe percent increase, while Granite Education Assn, negotiators have been requesting five percent. On Monday, GEA president Kathy Broadhead said that in an attempt to reach a settlement, the association offered to split the difference in the nine-mont- i Green Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 tion rate SIS 00 per year POSTMASTER Send address changes to West Valley View, B0k7187, Salt Lake C ty, UT 84107. Volume Christensen said the resolution is intended to facilitate administrative planning and offer teachers a basis for employment security following the July 15 expiration of the professional agreement. The resolution adopted offers teachers the following: All OF VAlltY The intent of the resolution is that this is the way it will be if no settlement is reached by the time teachers report back to school, said board member J. Dale Christensen, who presented the resolution. -- UTAH - $408-per-l- GRANITE PARK. With teacher negotiations at a standstill, the Granite School Board here Tuesday adopted a resolution offering teachers a 4V2 percent salary increase. After a third negotiating session with a federal mediator failed to bring about a settlement, the board passed a resolution which will set the terms of teacher contracts - if a settlement is not reached by the date teachers are to report for work. IM Ualfei TM VYCST Thursday August 30 9, 1984 Free Admission All Six Days All Subscrip- departments 262 6682 - County Fair Opens Monday MURRAY. The 48th annual Salt Lake County Fair begins next week with something for everyone and the admission price cant be beat its free. With the fair come exhibits, entertainment, fireworks, a parade, refreshments, contests, games and more. Although many of the exhibits are open earlier in the day - including an horse show in the arena at 8 a.m. the fun officially begins Monday evening, with the grand opening marked by a parade beginning at 6:30. In all, 67 entries -including floats, animals, bands and more - will march down the parade route. The parade begins in the County Fairgrounds parking lot, 5177 So. State, travels north on State Street to Vine Street, then proceeds east along Vine to Murray park. From there, the procession moves through the park, ending at the starting point. Following the parade, highlights Monday evening include a Senior Style Revue at 7:30, the allbreeds horse show at 8 and talent show at 8:30. The evening concludes with a fireworks display, which will be featured each night of the fair at - Sorensen and Janarae Bodell of Riverton; Glenda Jones of Draper; Kirsten Wood, Maradee Densley and Shannon Laughter of Sandy; Karen Crosby and Melonie G. Timothy of (See Page 4, Col. 5) To Correct Hazard y log-typ- MAGNA. Members of the Magna Community Council unanimously last week endorsed a proposal by state and county traffic engineers that would correct the high hazard Intersection at 2700 South and 8400 West. The Utah Department of Transportation is proposing to widen the west side of 8400 West to 80 feet, which will increase the width of the road by seven feet, and add curb, gutter and sidewalk. On the east side of the road from Western Drive to the intersection of 2700 South, curb, gutter and sidewalk will be installed, using state safe sidewalk money. Granite School District will install curb, gutter and sidewalk on the south side of 2700 South to the new school now under construction and two cul de sacs will be put in on stub roads north of the intersection. Basically, however, the proposal asked for support of vacating the curve, because when motorists are pulling away, they must turn at a angle in order to observe 4-- 4-- 10:30. 4-- By County In Magna $4 Million Bond Issue Passes Vote MAGNA. Bids for construction of a new wastewater treatment plant could be taken here as early as next month as a result of voters overwhelming endorsement of a bond iSSUG. The vote was Magna Water and Sewer Improvement District manager Brent Huish said yesterday (Wednesday) he was surprised by the amount of people who came out to vote for the $4 million bond issue, which will result in roughly a $5 increase in monthly rates by the first of the year. The turnout was much better than we expected, he noted. Water company officials say a new facility is needed to replace a sewage treatment plant they claim is overloaded and in poor mechanical condition. In addition, they say the existing plant will not meet state and federal effluent stan890-18- 5. HERES THE BEEF . . . Chad Niolson and his market stoor, Boy, may be ths same height, but Boy outweighs the lad by a long shot. The steer is scheduled for appearance in County Fair which opens Monday. TAYLORSVILLE. As a result of action taken here Thursday night, a proposed ordinance governing community councils will be forwarded this week to the County Commission for enactment. Resounding endorsement of the proposal was given by members of dards. Construction of the new facility, which is scheduled to begin operation by the summer of 1986, should be under way by next spring, according to Huish. ing the past summer weve had no problem meeting water needs -because creek flows have been 150 to 200 percent of normal, Hooton said. However, this optimism should be guarded, according to Hooton, who said that despite favorable conditions, pump stations are running at full capacity some days. He cautioned against feeling too great a sense of security, saying that he had described the situation under favorable conditions. If this year had been a dry one, the county would have had water problems, according to Hooton. This wet cycle covered up the fact that when we get back to hot, dry summers, we will have difficulty, Hooton said. Another problem confronting the county is population growth. Hooton stressed that increased capacity water programs need to be pursued. In 1981, the last normal year (in terms of precipitation), we were on the verge of cutting someone off line, he said. Since then, the county has been increasing by 20,000 people a year, according to Hooton. This year the problems hasnt been so much a lack of water as it is an inability to transport the water to the consumer, according to Matthew Marshall, chief engineer for the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District. He said the county is seeing a 10 percent increase in annual (SeePage 7, Col. 5) one-tent- Teacher negotiating team spokesman Norma Phipps claimed that the board is nowhere near its financial margin of safety. Granite School District is not pleading poverty, Phipps said. We offered to split the difference, they refused. We are ready to compromise and they arent. Granite has the money. I think its time they said, Hey, the (See Page 7, Col. 6) oncoming traffic. According to Tosh Kano, county traffic engineer, 8400 West is a high speed facility, which makes it extremely hazardous to enter at that point. He proposed vacating the curve back to the original owners for creation of a parking lot with two entrances to the businesses. Rerouting of the traffic could warrant installation of a traffic signal at this site and he noted that he had asked the state to bring him cost figures. Kano also pointed out that the project will stop at the south side of the Sinclair station and from this point south it will be up to the developer to take care of the improvements. Kano said he feels that the two entrances will not jeopardize any of the businesses now located there. A letter from the Magna Community Council was submitted Monday, asking the county to vacate the road. The subject was also part of the County Commission meeting yesterday, (Wednesday) with commissioners. the Salt Lake County Assn, of Community Councils. A lone negative vote cast came from the Heights representative who clarified that the nay vote stemmed from the fact that communitys council had not met to consider taking action on the proposal. Another council, Canyon Rim, was not represented at the meeting and also has not voted on the ordinance. Thursday nights vote came following discussion that produced a few minor language changes, according to Janet Geyser, association chairman. Decisions are expected to come later on two other matters - a common (but unspecified) election date for all council members, plus some unresolved boundary differences. Not settled yet is the boundary separating the Kearns and the Taylorsville-Bennio- n districts, with the imaginary line to likely end up at either 4000 West, 3600 West, or somewhere in between. Also unresolved is a boundary in the South vicinity of separating the Cottonwood and Cottonwood Heights districts. (SeePage 7, Col. 6) 6800-720- 0 For Primary - Last Chance Looms For Registration Flooded As Pipe Section Bursts SALT LAKE. Three days next week will be the last chance for voters to register for the Aug. 21 WEST VALLEY. A section of the primary election. ruptured here Tuesday morning, sending hundreds of gallons of water pouring into three nearby homes. West Valley City Engineer Randy Drummond said a section of the culinary water line, located near 3800 W. 3000 South blew out between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said three homes received up to one foot of water in their basements as a result of the Incident and that the damage could have been much worse had the systems pumps been operating at the time. Repairs to the aqueduct could take up to two months, according to the engineer, who added West Valleys water supply will not be affected. one-fourt- h Ordinance Approved Three Homes Are Jordan Aqueduct compromise, she said. of one percent difThe ference amounts to $160,000 - about $50 per teacher per year or 30 cents h of per day. This is about one percent of the Granite districts boudget of $135 million, she explained. But board president Bruce Anderson said he doesnt see it that way. The distance ... is not a quarter of a percent, which would cost approximately $150,000, but three quarters of a percent, which represents Anderson said the latter $450,000. figure is the amount of money it would require through reductions in other planned expenditures. "At issue, however, is not any specific amount of money, but the fact that this board of education, as elected officials of the people, has an obligation to protect the financial welfare of this school system through determining where the financial margin of safety is for the operation of this district, Anderson concluded. Association Unusually Wet Season Has Saved County SOUTH SALT LAKE. An unusually wet summer has saved the county from a water shortage, but the summer isnt over yet. That was the observation of LeRoy W. Hooton Jr. here Thursday as he addressed the Salt Lake County Council of Governments. Hooton, director of the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, appeared before the council to present an update on area water supply issues. Weve met our needs thus far this year, he said. There should be an adequate supply of water to get us through the remaining high use period. Hooton said water problems have been few due to a wet cycle continuOur ing through the summer. primary source of water is deep wells and canyon streams and dur- - salary proposal and settle with a 4 percent increase in teachers salaries. The district refused to - right-of-wa- right-of-wa- D'4 Intersection Plan Endorsed By Council - The exhibits open at 10:30 a.m. each day and close at 10:30 p.m.. Tuesdays highlights will include the all breeds horse show at 8 a.m., 1 clown conp.m. and 7 p.m.; the test at 4 p.m.; and the Miss Salt Lake County Fair contest at 7:30 p.m. The events 22 contestants include 10 from the Green Sheet area. They include Astrid Van Komen and Francine Faerber of Murray; Teri Shunk of Kearns; Kimberlee West and Jann McCardell of Holladay; Sylvia Susann Andersen of West Valley City; Susan Stromberg of Taylorsville; Tamera Cederlof of Granger; Michaelene Weideman of Hunter and Bonnie Lundquist of South Cottonwood. Other contestants include Lydia Maria Jensen of Salt Lake; Angela atj dm Granite District, Teachers Still Without Settlement 28 Pages Two Sections JIM Third Negotiation Se GRANITE PARK. Funds are not available to allow the County Recreation Department to participate in a park project being explored in the west Bennion area. The point was stressed by Gary Swensen after reading of a report on the park proposal given at a meeting Comof the Taylorsville-Bennio- n munity Council. Swensen is department superintendent. The county official referred to a news story in last weeks Green Sheet. The story related that Karen Derbidge told council members at the meeting that the county had agreed to plant grass and install sprinklers in a proposed park if the Central Utah Project would provide water. The park would be developed atop a large reservoir near 3600 W. 5800 South. i H County Official Says Valley City was tabled to allow the staff time for further consideration of the ordinance. Also at the meeting, the council voiced its Intention to create Special Improvement District No. 2 to install storm drains and flood control measures in the Chesterfield area. Granger West stake was given approval for a subdivision near 2900 So. 4400 West, providing some specific requirements of the city are met. The council also approved a $16,975 expenditure for the purchase for the Police of 25 walkie-talkie- s Department. The units cost $679 apiece. GO' ITS A SNAP . . . Watt Valley City Mayor Jarry mphatliot a point at the Council of Malonay Govornmants mooting on Thurtday. COG mombort hoard an wpdato on tho county wator situation. 4 4. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have been set aside for registration in each of the districts in the county. During that time, agents will be available between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. for registration. In order to be eligible to vote, a person must be a U. S. citizen, a resident of Utah for at least 30 days before the election and at least 18 years old by the next election. Those born outside the United States must bring proof of U. S. citizenship when they register. Information on where to go to register during the three days may be obtained by calling the County Election Division, 535-765- |