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Show Volume 33, Number 31 Deadline Nears Thursday, Aug. 20, - WEST VALLEY With less than a eek left to enter the West Valley City Council races, two incumbents aie running unopposed and the only race is for the mayors spot andidates have until Tuesday to entor the races for mayor, council w Green Sheet Publication wood Road If they annex this area the schools there will automatically be assumed by the Murray School District We will then lose the assessed valuation from this area Call said several legislators have aheadv recognized the problem Muiray could create with an annexation Some legislators have called me and asked if Granite could take Murray in, he said Murray w ould hate the thought of consolidation into Granite, he con tinued Representation would prove to be another issue, Call said In several large cities where a super district has been formed, constituents com plain about lack of representation If Granite, Jordan, Murray Salt Lake City and Tooele districts were con sohdated each board member would represent 145,634 people Legislators have suggested that if consolidation occuis all of the boards would be combined Board member Patricia Sandstrom said a 22 member board would be impossi Murray's annexation plans are causing serious problems in Granite School District, says Superintendent John Reed Call Annexations proposed by Murray Citv ai e already threatening popuia dons in two Granite District high schools - Cottonwood and Taylorsville - Superintendent Dr John Reed Call said Murray is creating some serious Call said problems for Granite Their master plan calls for the city to expand up to 1300 East and to Red - Bonds Issued For Court Many pioponents of consolidation perceive only one problem - ad ministration, Call told the board But there are several problems Geographic location is just one If the districts in Salt Lake County were consolidated, bus scheduling would be a nightmare said David Gairet directoi ol budget development ble Another problem with a super district would be taxation Call said Several districts in Utah have voted leeways, which means the district has leniency in the mill lew If a district with a set mill levy were to consolidate with a district with a set levy it could cause problems Call Continued on page 3 School Occupancy Standard Is Met By Three Districts b Paula Huff Onen sheet staff Writer MURRAY Granite, Jordan and Murray School Districts will all be able to meet building utilization standards CORNY KID . . . The harvest is in full swing Heather Kerr of Syracuse seems to be saying while peddling ears of corn The corny kid happily sat on top of her parents truck load of produce while they sold it at the farmers market. Consumers should be warned that all fruits and vegetables are two weeks ahead of schedule. See related story in Marketplace. New Entity Pushes Development SALT LAKE In an effort to spur economic development in the county, a new entity has been formed that incorporates both public and private agencies into a single body At a press conference at Little America, Mountain Fuel Supply President D N Rose announced that the corporation will be putting both its financial and human resources to work concentrating on ways to bring Sheet stall Writer GRANITE PARK There is no value perceived need for Jordan Granite and Salt Lake City school disticts to consolidate, was an idea unanimously endorsed by the Grande Boaid of Education Tues day But consolidation of Murray and Granite districts is something which should be studied the ooard unanimously agieed uistrict No 1 and 3 and an position The candidates for the mayor's spot are Mayor Brent Anderson and George Wright, a retired school instructor and former chairman of the Granger Community Council The city council races, all four-ea- r terms, are for district No 1 with incumbent Leland DeLange running unopposed Councilman Claude L Jones is also running unopposed City Councilman Q Pete Winder is not seeking The only candidate running for the district No 3 is Jeff Beck Interested candidates should fill out a declaration for candidacy by 5 p m Tuesday by Hay Friess Oieen Sheet Staff Writer Paula Hull b Onen C WEST VALLEY A $3 4 million lease revenue bond for the state 5th Circuit Court complex, which will be attached to the new West Valley City Hall, was approved by the council in a special meeting Tuesday Piper, Jafery and Hopwood will secure the bonds the city, but the state will be responsible for paying them back The bonds must be paid back by 1995 The 23,000 foot court complex will be attached to the southwest corner of the city hall An architectural design for the facility, located at 2700 W 3650 South, has been approved by the council The city plans for the footings of the structure to be laid in late September, then construction will continue through the winter season A Granite Should Consider ConsolidationW ithMurray School Board Decides Few Plan Race For Office 3.4 Million 1987 new businesses and obs into the area, helping present businesses expand, and creating an overall positive business climate Part of the plan calls for the Committee of 100, the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerces mam economic arm, to be merged with the new entity and the staff of the committee to become the staff of the new body, which will be called the Utah Economic Development Corp A search is under way nationwide for a president and chief executive officer for theUEDC Funding for the new corporation w ill be solicited from both the public and private sector The first years budget is estimated at around $500,000 In the pastjust about each individual entity in the valley had its own economic development board or department, and under the new plan all paiticipating organizations have agreed that the UEDC will have the sole lesponsibility for economic development imposed by the legislature this year The law stipulates that all Utah school districts must either utilize more than 70 percent of square 'outage at the school or use 80 per cor t of the instruction station space utilization requirements are not met the state w ill w ithold utility and insurance funds from the school Gianite districts Canyon Rim met the re elementary barely qua ements of the state according to Assistant Supei intendent Rncv O Neil When a preschool and kindergarten deaf unit was approv ed for housing in the elementary Monday the student capacity was pushed over 70 percent Ch ji chill junior high would not have meet the requirements if students from Jordan district weren t bused to the secondary school O Neil said Cottonwood high would have been under the requirement, but students from the Taylorsville high area attend Bonneville junior high then mov e to Cottonwood, O Neil said But the districts woes do not end this year Next year East Millcreek elementary is expected to fall under 1 the utilization requirements, O Neil said Aouth Sale rents six classrooms at East Millcreek, but the state has already giv en us notice that they w ill have one more year of operation hesaid To keep this school above the requirements, the district may bus students from Jordan, rent some classrooms or close the school Jordan district had no problem meeting the utilization re quirements Even the three new schools IIcrtland, Jordan Ridge and Crescent View will meet the utilization requirements when they open, according to Devon Sanderson administrator of planning and ev aluation for the district Bingham high will open at 69 per cent of capacity this year, but that is only because the ninth graders were moved back into middle school this year The law allows a three-yea- r provision for schools for new schools or some other changes Bingham high w ill fall under this provision Murray district anticipates no problems with the utilization requirement law although boundaries were changed in the southwest quadrant of the city to boost enrollment at McMillan Superintendent Ron Stephens said McMillan was slightly over the 70 pei cent requirement The boundary change will bus students from the new subdivision in the southwest to McMillan We dont have any schools that are under the 70 percent require ment, but we have some that are Continued on page 3 Kearns Town Council Sets Election Date KEARNS Sept 14 has been an nounced as the deadline for applies tions to serve on the Kearns Town Council All residents ot Kearns are being invited to a town meeting to be held at 7 p m Sept 24 in the Kearns library auditorium Election of two persons to serve three year terms on the Kearns Town Council will take place at this said spokesman Marilvn time Madsen Persons age 18 and older who live within the boundaries ot Kearns (3200 West to the Oquirrh Mountains and between 4700 South and the W est Jordan city limits) who have In ed in the area at least one vear oi own property in Kearns are inv ited to at tend the meeting or to run lor otfice Deadline to file petitions is Sept 14 Continued on page 3 Tempers RageOverWest Valley Landscape Ordinance b Paula Huff Oieen Sheet staff H nler WEST VALLEY After moving into the Hopkins Meadow subdivision, a West Valley couple was told their power wouldnt be turned on until the subdivider had planted two trees five feet back from the sidewalk After two weeks of squabbling with the subdivider about the trees, they were planted and the power was turned on for the couple, who w ish to remain anonymous But their neighbors still dont have pow'er - or trees - and they have lived in the subdivision for weeks This power wrangling is caused by an ordinance West Valley City officials say is aimed at beautifying the town, but which one developer calls a pain in the neck A 1985 city ordinance stipulates that front and side sod must be placed on all new subdivision homes in the city, said Planner Craig Hinkley Two trees must also be planted within five feet of the sidewalk Until this is done the city inspector will not give authorization for power to be turned on, he said -- -- the city bonds a subdivider for the landscaping This guarantees that the landscaping will be done or the subdivider will lose the bonded money, Hinkley Even though the city is adamant about landscaping there are few problems with the law I would say we have received less than 10 complaints concerning the subdivision landscape or- dinance, said Hinkley And the ones who do complain are usually people who have moved into a home where landscaping is required and they werent aware of the three-and-a-ha- lf According to the uniform building code people shouldnt be able to move into the home until there is permanent power anyway, But the city hasnt said Hinkley enforced that stringently because we realize a lot of times people need to move out of their apartment so they dont have to pay another months rent Unlike the uniform building code, the city stringently enforces the landscape ordinance So strictly that RindlesBach a company who which claims to be the lai gest developer in West alley City said the landscaping also increases the price of the home A homeowner (who is borrowing money to purchase the home is then paving interest on the landscaping ovei 30 years said Kleinman It s also hard to maintain the landscaping if the home is not pui chased he said And most immediately homes shouldn t be landscaped until settling has occured Kleinman add ed This usually takes a year Bonding for landscaping has also caused Rindles Bach pioblems then he should have that choice but it shouldn t be dictated by a govern ment entity Dai lush Zamam a purchaser and estimater for Sunwood homes said the landscaping ordinance is a good if it doesn t discourage idea building in West Valley It might discourage building said Zamam If a developer thinks he can go to another citv and build Continued on page 3 ) Most homes shouldn't be landscaped tor one year so settling can occur, says Kevin Kleinman The idea for a landscape ordinance came out of the master plan hearings, according to Hinkley Several people complained that their neighbors were allowing the weeds on their property to grow and it served as Incubators for grasshoppers, he said So to please a number of residents of West Valley the landscape ordinance was instituted But it also serves to improve the image of the city, Hinkley said Although Kevin Kleinman agrees the landscaping does make the homes look better, it also forces the developer to beautify the city at the expense of the landowner," he said The production manager for Kleinman said alter landscaping was put in the Powderwood subdivisions, the city decide d tney didn t like w here the trees wee placed Last week we m v out with an ordinance official In m the city, He listed Kleinman said everything the city vas not happy with Now they are giv ing us this To bad, so sad story and we are out the cost of landscaping So they've got our $20,000 (which the developer is bonded for) in thur coffers and we don t know if we will be getting it back Kleinman addt , I feel landscaped by free entering cliould be clu. prise not the ti'v If a developer feels it will heq' m landscape a lot. BEARY NICE . . . Jiselle Jones 9, created a bear veg-ar- t during the contest at the Sait Lake County Fair Tuesday. The resident of West Volley used pumpkins, carrots potatoes to create the il 4-- lustration. The fair will continue through Saturday at the fairgrounds in Murray. Fireworks are held every night at 10:30 p.m. |