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Show "i ' - Circumstances 'Suspicious' r'l S F " ! Ar 1 j' AT 1 )' 'li1 ) i Cm H Murray City Calls For Impact Study On Annexation Request . . . MURRAY. Without indicating a stand one way or the other, the Murray City Council authorized its Plan- ning Department to do an impact study on a proposed annexation involving property owned by Millstream Associates at 5400 So. 1300 West. In reality, the study will focus on properties owned by that firm, PF West and Frank Nelson Associates, totaling 81.5 acres and programmed for a combination of multi-familsingle family and office uses. There are strong indications from Salt Lake County sources that were Murray to attempt annexation of those properties, it would wind up in a Boundary Commission dispute. County Planning Director Clayne Ricks has indicated that the county has worked closely with the Taylorsville-BennioCommunity Council in developing a master plan for the area and would fight annexation overtures n The council is on record as strongly opposed to annexation by Murray, expressing particular concern about proximity to Taylorsville high and Plymouth elementary. In responding to a letter from the council outlining some of those concerns, the Murray Board of Education has indicated it has concerns over crowding in its own west side schools, although the board has taken no official action. The impact study is expected to of those issues into consideration. City development director Dennis Hamblin said the study and be completed would be as rapidly as possible The developer is anxious for a decision. Murray took action to annex one piece of east side property Tuesday night and authorized a comfort letter relating to another, one that in the future could be a portion of another sizeable annexation attempt. The property annexed is an extension of the Sports Mall project. The action was taken over objections of officials of Utah Power and Light. In a subsequent action, the property was zoned for an extension of the office uses for a second and third phase, but final plans must face the scrutiny of the City Planning Commission. Utah Power and Light officials expressed concern over franchise take all Two Sections - rights, an issue that some city officials have been hoping to see handled in court. Craig Colter, representing Holmes and Perry, said the developers are anxious to hook into Murray City power, which is serving the Sports Mall itself, the adjacent office building and several other businesses that are part of the annexation package. County officials are not expected to object to the annexation, city sources said. The comfort letter was authorized involving a project being built by Gull Laboratories at 4800 So. 1000 East. It allows the developer to continue his project under county jurisdiction, but reserves Murrays right to consider annexation of the property at a future date. There has been some discussion of tying that request to one involving the Three Fountains East area, put on the back burner a number of years ago. The council is expected to give some indication of just how aggressive Murray is going to be on potential annexations during final development stages of the city master plan, scheduled for public hearings late next month. 32 Pages WedVa&ey wesr valley of city Tnt voice UTAH USPS wspapmr 656 380 PuDhshed weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City UT 84119 Subscrip tionrateS12 0C per year. POSTMASTER. Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Volume 30, Number Green Shoe! Photo by Brian Pedersen ... In Saturday Fire At Kearns KEARNS. Arson investigators are calling a fire that caused damage ranging up to $15,000 at a tirerecapping business here Saturday suspicious. Robert Jacobsen, a arson investigator for the County Fire Department, said Tuesday the Thursday August battled the blaze for a little over an hour before it was brought under control. About 35 firefighters investigation is continuing. Firefighters responded to a call at the 747 Tire Store, 4710 So. 5000 West, at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when a large fire erupted in an outdoor tire Several hundred tires were destroyed by the fire. No one was jured. in- - . ' S Ordered For Ailing Streets VALLEY. Construction road can be completed before school -- deadline. In a related matter, the council is expected to approve the Utah Department of Transportations proposal to supply West Valley with 1,400 tons of road salt at $14.50 per ton, an increase of $4.43 over last year. Weaver called the nearly 44 percent hike in the cost of the salt a of the wet season, and explained that salt supplies have been decimated by rising waters of the Great Salt Lake. In still other matters, the council is expected to review two Planning Commission decisions and set a public hearing date on one annexation ' ,7 , (I so y1 200-un- it mid-Octob- Weaver told the City Council Tuesday hell recommend that Staker Paving receive the contract for all four construction projects. The North Salt Lake firm turned in the low bid of $933,194.68 for the work, $22,590.32 less than the City Engineers estimate. - Weaver predicted that once the contract is awarded, workers should begin construction on the first of the projects - 2700 West from 2700 to 3500 South - within 10 days. Once that section is completed, work will begin on a portion of 3600 West, from 3500 to 4100 South, which runs in front of Granger high. The director said it is doubtful construction of the s'SV - Max G. Schmidt is requesting annexation of 25 acres at 4925 W. 4700 South. The applicant is currently seeking to have the area rezoned by the County Planning Commission so he may proceed with plans for a mobile home park. Smith Gandry and Spectrum Enterprises are appealing City Planning Commission decisions denying their rezoning requests. The commission denied Smith Gandrys application for a zone change from 7 (single family homes on 7,000 square foot lots) to 4 (4.000 sq. ft. lots) on land at approximately 6400 W. 3100 South. Spectrum Enterprises is seeking a zone change from l (agricultural) R-l-- A-- to The council is also expected to approve the expenditure of $18,297.04 to purchase patrol car radios for the Police Department. - request. W J Sk i--' Planning Commission Chairman Carrol Elford discussos proposed amendment to master plan with collogues at Thursday meeting. Kearns Improvement District is requesting the change. AMENDMENT . . . City County Planners Approve Dwellings SALT LAKE. Two proposed residential developments opposed by the Taylorsville Bennion Community Council received the approval of the County Planning Commission here Tuesday. Gold Hill, Inc. was granted conditional use approval for 36 units of a proposed planned unit development (PUD) on land near 5200 So. 3600 West. The approved units will be built in an area zoned are while the remaining proposed for R-- zoned land. The commission voted to table a decision on the remaining units to allow residents of the neighboring Stone Hollow condominiums to meet with the developer. Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community 132-un- it ts representative Allen Ricks told the commission his group voted in a special meeting Friday to oppose the Gold Hill development because it lacked firm information about the plan. Ricks said the council was in opposition to a second application -Millstream Associates plan to build at 5440 So. 1500 West -because of the building materials proposed by the developer. The council representative said his group preferred the apartments be constructed of at least 50 percent brick instead of the proposed stucco and fiber board. That request seemed to aggrevate Associates represenMillstream tative Sherm Harmer who told the (See Page 7, Col. 5) Council ts Polls Beckon Tuesday ' I TOP FIVE . . . New County Fair quoon Jana Rao Bodoll isflankod by the top contender in Tuesday night's contest, including, from left, Bonnie Lund- - quist, Melonio Timothy, Astrid Van Komen, Jann McCardell. The top three will reign over the re- mainder of the fair which ends Saturday. Riverton Lass Crowned Sweetheart Of County Fair lass was jerowned here Tuesday night to reign ttver the remaining days of the Salt iake County Fair. Janarae Bodell topped the field of 20 contestants and will reign over 'the fair, as well as represent Salt J,ake County in the Utah State Fairn pageant. The winner of that competes in the Miss Utah . MURRAY. A Riverton dant is Melonie G. Timothy of West Jordan. Two other Green Sheet area girls rounded out the top five contestants. They were Jann McCardell of Holladay and Bonnie Lundquist, South Cottonwood. The pageant drew a crowd to the fairgrounds Tuesday evening. The opening two days of the fair have been highlighted by good weather, Pageant. First attendant to the new queen is unlike the previous two fairs. Activities at the fair will continue 'a former Miss South Salt Lake, Astrid Van Komen, who lists her through Saturday, concluding with as Murray. The second atten fireworks each night at 10:30. com-petitio- . activities tonight Highlighting (Thursday) will be a PRCA rodeo produced by Swanny Kerby, which continues through Saturday. There will also be a magic act by Paul Brewer and a band tonight and tomorrow. On Saturday at 8 p.m. the annual Farm Bureau Talent Find will be held. The market beef auction is scheduled on Friday and displays are open from 10 a.m. to 10:30 each day. There is no charge for admission to any of the fair events. WEST VALLEY. An amendment to this citys new master plan received the support of the City Planning Commission here Thursday. The boards recommendation that an 8.78-acrparcel on the northeast corner of 4700 So. 4000 West be designated in the master plan as a commercial zone will now go to the City Council for final adoption. ... Representatives of the Kearns Improvement District, which owns the land, requested the amendment after receiving little enthusiasm from city officials for a proposal to rezone the parcel from agricultural (A-2- ) to commercial (C-lPlanning staff members explained the district would not have much chance of obtaining the zone change because it does not coincide with recommendations of the master plan for high density use. Kearns Improvement District officials say they want the property rezoned to facilitate its sale. The officials also indicated their desire to e rezone an adjacent parcel for a higher density residential use, but that theyd like to wait until a medium density zone is developed in the city. City Councilman Mike Embley, who is manager of the Kearns Improvement District, called last month for the creation of a medium density designation and explained Thursday why such a zone is needed. No one comes in asking for 15 units zone because per acre on an R-know can 20, he said. get they they We dont encourage them to come We dont even in at 15 (on an ask them to think about it. Commission member Budd Rich disagreed with Embley that a new zone is needed, and that the R-zone could work as a medium density zone if given a chance. We have to educate the developer that just it doesnt because its R-necessarily mean 20 units per acre, he said. Rather than create a new zone, Rich recommended the city use the master plan as a guide and better regulate the present R-zone. In other matters, the commission took action affecting property at the following locations: 3175 W. 2100 South, F. C. Stangl received conditional use approval for an industrial center consisting of office, warehouse and manufacturM-ing facilities on 16.7 acres in an l zone. Dave Mineer, a representative of the company, said the development would be landscaped along the lines of the Metro Business Park, another Stangl project. 2840 So. Redwood Road, the commission approved by a 2 vote an application for a neighborhood y storage facility and a residence-office- . structure on three e y contracts are expected to be awardbegins. The two other road projects - 3200 ed here this evening (Thursday) for ' repairs on four of the most seriously West from 4100 to 4700 South and 3100 to 2700 West - will South from damaged sections of city roads. - Public Works Director Glenn be completed before the 262 6682 departments Master Plan Amendment Is Recommended To Council Contracts Just What Doctor WEST All 16, 1984 storage area. department still had no firm clues as to the cause of the blaze, but that an First Phase Of Major Operation 31 WEST VALLEY. Voters here and adjoining communities will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide eight primary races. Facing west area residents on the primary ballot Tuesday will be runoffs between the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls, Republican candidates for the Second Congressional District, four primaries for the State Legislature and Republican West Valley City constable hopefuls. In the race for the governors seat, Norm Bangerter and Dan Marriott are vying for the Republican bid, while Democrats Wayne Owens and Kem Gardner are seeking the spot being vacated by fellow Democrat Scott Matheson. In the Second Congressional District, Republicans Alice Shearer and Dave Monson square off in the Tuesday primary, hopeful to gain the seat vacated by Dan Marriott. The winner faces Democrat Francis Farley in November. State Legislature seats on the west side having primaries include District 49, where Republicans Willard Harbrecht of Granger and Boyd L. Wamick of Taylorsville face each other. The winner takes on incumbent George L. Gygi in the general election. District 51 will see Democrats Mable Atkinson of Granger and Paul T. Fordham of Taylorsville going up against each other in the primary. Republicans Katherine Brimley and Ronnie Thompson, both of Magna, will square off in the District 52 primary. In District 53, Democrats Brent H. Goodfellow of Hunter and incumbent Duayne T. Johnson of Granger will be the contenders in a primary runoff. West Valley constable candidates to face each other in the primaries are Republicans Randy K. Drawe and Kurt Nielsen. The polls will be open on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. More information and locations of polling places may be obtained by calling 535-765- See statements of candidates on page 4B of this weeks Green Sheet. ). 8'ii-acr- ). - - one-stor- acres in a manufacturing (M-l- ) zone. Janice Fisher and Legia Johnson voted against granting the conditional use permission. 3150 W. 4455 South, Dee Hall received preliminary plat approval for a three-lo- t subdivision of a parcel in an A-- l zone. 3506 W. 3500 South, A-- l Glass received conditional use permission for an automobile glass repair operation on approximately one-hazone. acre in a n 2537 Decker Lake Blvd., Investment Co. received conditional use approval for a warehouse on 1.5 acres in an M-- l zone. - re - lf C-- 2 - Bet-tilyo- |