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Show UTAH 467 ti ti PRESS ASSOCIATION 300 EAST LAKE CITY UTAH SALT tyi Volume 31, Number 13 Thursday, April Board Eyes Areas Of District's Schools BULK BATE SOUTH U.aPo9 PAID 84111 Salt Lake City. Utah Permit No. 373 ujyyi The Green Sheet 18, 1983 - Hazardous Route Issue Is Addressed The real solution is to get sidewalks in, someplace along the line, committee member Madelyn Player told the board. Mrs. Player, who served with the state PTA organization and is a new a member of the County Planning Commission, was on a committee which, in early March, boarded a school bus and viewed first hand the routes in question. While visiting the areas, each member of the Hazardous made Transportation Committee an evaluation on a uniform rating sheet. Weve got to get the pressure on the public to get the real solution -in curb, gutter and sidewalks place. This is the only real solution to the problem, she pointed out.' Its good for kids to walk to school. When Madelyn speaks, I listen, board president Patricia G. Sand- - GRANITE PARK. Decisions made by county and city officials in the past are what have caused many of these problems, Superintendent John Reed Call told the Granite Board of Education here Tuesday night. Dr. Calls comments concerned a hazardous routes report which, among other things, suggested busing for hazardous conditions not be employed in any of the districts secondary schools, and the district explore putting money into permanent community improvement projects," such as sidewalks. Traffic hazards exist on many routes over which district children must travel to school from their homes, it was noted. Those routes were the subject of a committee report presented to the board Tuesday, outlining suggestions for ways the district could deal with the - Old Man Winter Took His Toll strom noted. The state gives local boards the hazardous option to provide transportation at their discretion and helps pay for busing when walking constitutes a hazardous condition, regardless of distance from the school. The committee rated student pedestrian routes on a relative scale and ranked district schools according to their degree of hazardousness. Recommendations were made on each specific school. Besides ranking schools according to their hazards, eight additional points were outlined in the committees report. The committee: recommended hazardous busing not be employed for any secondary students. Junior and senior high school students, they reasoned, should be mature enough to able to recognize potential hazards. suggested if this transportation is to be eliminated, residents be informed within a reasonable length of time so education and alternatives could be established by the local school community. recommended, if transportation is to be eliminated, residents be informed and allowed a reasonable length of time for education and alternatives to be established by the local school community. suggested efforts be made in changing existing laws and regulations to allow district hazardous money to be transferred to permanent community improvement projects. It was the committees opinion that band aid approaches to hazardous conditions - such as hazardous busing at the elementary level - be used in conjunction with solving community hazardous problems on a permanent basis. recommended reviews by appropriate planning agencies should - Repair Pursued At Fast Pace WEST VALLEY. Were fixing potholes at twice the pace we normally would. That was the comment this week of Glenn Weaver, director of West Valley Citys Public Works Department. Were spending $20,000 a week on pothole repair, Weaver pointed out, adding that the winter just ended caused as much damage to the citys streets as he can remember. Contributing to the heavy damage, Weaver acknowledged, was the generally poor condition of the street surfaces. Some of the roads are getting Weaver went really dilapidated, on, we cant afford to do enough work to really keep them up. be conducted before site selection, or boundary new construction, changes at all district schools to prevent hazardous walking areas. suggested the district establish a policy of cooperating with city and county planning, contractors, developers, PTA, and so forth, to enact laws and regulations requiring the completion of safe sidewalks, as well as other improvements, between different developments in the county. noted that some school areas with high hazardous ratings - such as Whittier and Millcreek elementary schools - could not be bused due to the close proximity of these hazar-dou- s areas to the schools themselves, and that no safe place existed where a bus stop could be established without creating further hazards to both students and motorists. commended the district for its policy of exceeding the states guidelines and busing students on the elementary level who live within a mile of their schools. No action was taken Tuesday on the committees report, but because scheduling and bus route decisions must be made soon to prepare for school year, it is expected the 1985-8the board will act on the committees suggestions at the next regular meeting. mile-and-a-h- 6 Besides Mrs. Player, other members of the committee included state transportation specialist Kelvin Clayton, Pete Niksich of the County Sheriffs office, Dale Ann Wright of the West Valley police, Joe McBride of UDOT, Sgt. Lloyd Olson of the Utah Highway Patrol, Chuck Kruer of county traffic engineering and bus driver foreman Rodney McKnight. Trucks Alter Routes As Council Holds Fast On Closures WEST VALLEY.' Keep on to the north would result in stagtruckin, just take a different route. gering cost increases to the Thats the message the West businesses involved. Valley City Council has issued to The gravel and fill material for the those in charge of a fleet of trucks is being hauled from locaprojects fill material and with laden gravel and west of Kearns. south tions for projects to the north of here. Monin session special Meeting day, the council was unanimous in a decision to stand by an earlier decision to close two city streets to vehicles in excess of 16 tons. Two weeks ago the council ratified WEST VALLEY. The City Council an executive order by City Manager here will consider adopting a tenJohn Newman to close 5600 West betand tative budget for fiscal 1985-8ween 2100 and 4700 South to heavy conduct five public hearings tonight trucks. The closure became effec(Thursday). tive Monday, prompting a massive No tax increase is included in the traffic tie-u- p during the morning rush hour the next day. Drivers atproposed budget, which has a tempting to use the closed road general fund total of $17.62 million, Tuesday morning were turned back according to City Manager John Newman. by West Valley police. Public hearings will be held on: a . Randy Gallegos of Gallegos Cony. struction Co. told ?meyK.pnt at Valley o'-- ., ficer who denied him acces to the 4100 South; a rezoning amendment forbidden stretch of road that he was at 4100 So. 2200 West; a new condominium ordinance; a $7 million inviolting his rights. dustrial revenue bond request; conto the truck, Newman, According sideration of planning districts which were hauling material to conand 2100 three, five and six. struction projects on South, were destroying the roadbed and that citizens living in the area were complaining about noise and potential danger from the heavy vehicles. The council also closed a section of 3200 West from 3100 to 4700 South -WEST VALLEY. A record high an announcement that brought prosales tax yield has been received tests from Associated General Conhere, according to City Finance tractors, whose spokesmen met with Director Russ Sanderson. This citys share of state sales tax city officials several times in hope of revenues for the Christmas keeping the roads open. the three-mont- h period enThose efforts went for naught, as quarter, Dec. 31, exceeded $1.4 million. ding did those made during Mondays This is not quite as high as we special session, which was attended would have liked, Sanderson coma dozen construction more than by mented, but acknowledged it was company owners and represen$140,228 more than the city had tatives, plust Richard J. Thorn, AGC budgeted for during that period. general manager. The quarter, traditionally the Thom, who said court action is be- . highest due to Christmas shopping activity in retail stores, produced ing considered, contended that alternate routes truckers must take to just short of $1,361,000 for West deliver material to building projects Valley City the previous year. Early Budget Before City 6 Weaver said the city has a road maintenance budget of $265,000, plus another $565,000 in Class C road funds (from gasoline tax) and that it will complete bonding soon for $4 million to do some major road renovation. Of the funds in the proposed 1985-8- 6 budget,' $491,000 will go to pay bonds issued for road construction and repair last year. About $85,000 will go for the beautification of 4100 South; $835,000 will be used for various other road projects and $100,000 will be used to extend 3800 South. The city $450,000 to rake is employed to asphalt on West Valley 7IS THE SEASON . . . Wide smooth out freshly-dumpe- d street which has fallen victim to ravages weather during winter months. City ill also spend about reseal existing road sur$750,000 to con- faces and will spend struct curb, gutter and sidewalks in selected areas. of County Okays Robotic Assembly rail after a short haul over a private, Hercules-owne- d road leading to the railhead. The commission gave unanimous consent to the project, stipulating that areas in the plant be bermed and planted with native plants and that the new buildings be an earth tone color. SALT LAKE. The County Plann- ing Commission Tuesday granted site plan approval to Hercules Corporations proposal to construct an automated robotic assembly plant at 4797 So. 9170 West. Richard Miller and Chris Robins, representing the aerospace company, pointed out that business had increased to the point where a new assembly plant was necessary. Joe Ribotto and Laura Jo f. I McDer-mai- Miller d match existing portions of the plant, but when several members of the commission objected, he agreed the company could live with the earth tone stipulation. A hearing and decision on a proposal by 45th South Associates for of the Magna Community Council expressed concern over the impact of the plant on the Magna area. Were in full compliance with enMiller vironmental regulations, assured them. rezone six acres from to (agricultural) family) and C-- 2 A- -l R-- (multiple (commercial) at West. Plans call for construction of four professional office buildings on the south portion of the property and retail commercial development on 5450 So. 2700 the north. e The center of the parcel was proposed for a nursing home and a mortuary, with a Rainbo station slated for the corner southwest of the intersection. We tried to plan for something that would not be too offensive to the neighborhood, Arnold told the commission. We dont want to infringe on their privacy. , Continued on page 6 six-acr- ' A-- 2 Traffic has been estimated about 60 'trucks per hour over Magna roads, Ribotto said. McDermaid pointed out to the commission that with the closing of 5600 and 3200 West to vehicles over 16 tons, there will be a significant impact on traffic safety on 8400 West, which she contended the Hercules plant could increase to even greater numbers. Miller explained, though, that the engine components for the space shuttle which would be manufactured at the proposed plant would not be transported on public roads. Instead they would be shipped by approved. The proposal had been turned down by the commission on March 26, but at the County Commissions request, a new hearing was granted. The commission approved the rezoning up to 100 feet from the river, with the condition that an easement be granted in that area for flood control purposes. , Donna Crase of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Council questioned the density of the project. Ralph Johnson, representing the developers, noted that the current c i d. ) ' I The parade has been scheduled for July 20. Troy Huffaker, chairman, said Kearns residents who wish fb offer suggestions of someone to serve as grand marshal of the . parade may call him at - TAYLORSVILLE. A member of the Sierra Club and also of the committee studying the feasibility of Salt Lake City hosting the Olympics says the concept is being forced down the publics throat without the proper study. Alexis Kelner, a locally-know- n author and environmentalist, told members of the United Association of Community Councils here Thurscommittee day that the investigating the possibility of bringing the 1996 Winter Olympics to Utah is loaded with people involved in the state's ski industry. The group is heavily dominated by people in the ski industry, said Kelner. There are also business relationships between Snowbird owners and the company the com mittee hired to study the feasibility of bringing the Olympics here. said Kelner, Myself and two others on the committee are voting for restraint, but its futile because the ski industry controls the task force. Kelner said the financial aspect of hosting the games isnt all its cracked up to be. For example, he said, the cost of building facilities to support the 1988 Calgary Winter Games has escalated from the projected $400 million to nearly $1 billion. The same company preparing the feasibility study for the Utah games, Underwood McClellan Ltd., is the same firm which made the financial projects, said Kelner. Kelner said the Canadian firm is to deliver its final report to the Utah committee on May 3. Public meetings are scheduled to start next Continued on page 6 State Official Is CofC Speaker 968-960- 4. The council discussed the potential of dealing with another grasshopper problem tljis summer, acknowledging that the primary source of assistance will have to come from the county. Also during the meeting, job placement for Kearns area youths was discussed by Bonnie Lantz and Chris Robinson of Valley West Social Services. - by Lance Gurwell Residents' Input Sought For Kearns Celebration KEARNS. Suggestions on activities that would enhance the annual Hometown Days observance here are being welcomed by thE J Kearns Town Council. a night, Tuesday During meeting council members discussed making I a more full day of the observance, j such as conducting a fun run' before the annual parade, as well as having a carnival in operation after-war- Highest Level Restraint Advice Is Futile Approach R-- to be Sales Tax At UACC Members Told rezoning 20 acres from (multiple (agricultural) to family) at 800 W. 4500 South was also Im concerned with the haulage. 5. the company explained wished to construct the new buildings in a manner which would plans called for 18.4 units per acre, even without the 100 feet. A hearing was also held concerning a proposal by Mervyn Arnold to fr: Kolnor tails UACC members caution is noodod considering feasibility for Salt Lake area to host Winter Olympics. STUDY . . . Alox in TAYLORSVILLE. The commissioner of Utahs Department of Financial Institutions will address members of the West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce here today (Thursday). Elaine Weis, focusing on deregulation and its effects on banking, will speak to the Chambers general membership during a montly luncheon session at the Chuck-A-Ram- 4150 So. Redwood Road. In observance of Professional Secretaries Week, which starts Monday, the Chamber will pay tribute to secretaries during the meeting, according to Dean Trump, president. He is encouraging members to make known their intention to attending by or Shirley calling Pat Gee, ext. 24196 or 22208. Spivey, 328-204- 250-591- |