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Show 3 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, Aug. 25, 1988 FROM PAGE ONE Council Again Expresses Its Ire With US West Direct WVC TAYLORSVILLE. Several zoning matters will be discussed tonight (Thursday) before the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Annua Council, spokesman Madsen said. Nathan Coulter is seeking a change from to (commercial) (residential) council still exists. on the northwest comer of 3200 The ordinance - Standards for W. 5400 South in order to build a the Employees of Child Care Facilities - was repealed. "The cost made it prohibitive for some employees," said councilwoman Janice Fisher. for allowed The ordinance extensive identification checks on child care employees. The purpose was to track down people with child abuse offenses which may have occurred in other states; thus giving added assurance to the care of the citys children. the city couldnt However, afford the approximate $32 per person or employee fee to run these checks, so the care facilities had to pick up the cost or require their employees to pay it. "The council is still looking for solutions and they are hoping to work with the legislature to find one," said Fisher. Also the northwest corner of 3500 So. 4800 West was amended on the master plan as commercial and residential allowing a national company to build an outlet on John N. and Jean Paras property. The council passed a payment elected for the agreement constable Rick Barry. It will encourage Hercules to use West Valley City on its letterheads and other forms of correspondence, rather than Magna. Police identification cards will be denied to those with a drunk driving record; the appointees for a Cultural Arts Council were ratified. zoning WEST VALLEY. If you live in West Valley City or thought you did, you may become disoriented when referring to the US West Direct Yellow Pages. Although Redwood, Granger and Hunter incorporated as West Valley City in 1980, the 1988-8- 9 yellow pages are still referring to streets under these area names, and the map is inaccurate. The City Council approved a letter Thursday night to be sent to US West Direct relaying the flaws and omissions in the West Valley City limits. "It was worse than last year," said Karen Leftwich, assistantant city manager. "We received a lot of calls from our citizens." Last years Yellow Pages map West Valley ignored Citys existence. This year Che map only includes about of the citys span, according to the councils letter, and none of the zip codes were printed. Towns with populations less than 500 are accurately listed, so why is a city with a population of over 97,000 difficult to locate? Well, the City Council hasnt been able to determine the answer. City officials have offered their assistance through the planning office to US West Direct. But then again, according to the map, six of the seven councilmen and the new city hall are not even within West Valley City boundaries. Perhaps 'the company is unable to locate the current city hall. In the meantime, the city one-twelf- Council Meets Tonight Taylorsville-Bennio- n R-l-- 8 C-- 2 -- Conoco gas station at that location, she said. Two rezoning petitions have been filed by Merv Arnold on two separate pieces of property the southwest comer of 5400 So. 2700 West and the southeast comer of 4700 So. 3600 West. Both to seek petitions change residential property to commercial zoning. A petition filed by Jerry Westekskow is a seeking conditional use permit to install a Phillips 66 gas station and car wash at 4216 So. Redwood Road. The property is currently zoned for commercial use. Finally, Bill Frances is seeking permission to build an office building on LaVoy Drive in the Sorensen Research Park off of 4500 South. already taken place. Higher education would also be impacted by the initiatives, he said. "The State Board of Regents estimates that they would have to raise tuitions by percent and would still have to turn away between and 10,000 8,000 .students if the initiatives, pass," Memmot indicated. "There is serious consideration of closing one or two institutions." Local governments would also have to reduce services, with libraries hurt the worst because almost all of their funds come from the property tax. Senior citizen services would be 25-to-- . ' another area heavily impacted because these programs are not as critical as public safety services, he said. There would probably also be reductions in preventative health services in the county health clinics. Even reducing all these services would not be enough, Memmot asserted. "Essential services of local governments police, fire construction and and road maintenance - would have to be -- reduced as well. He also predicted that increased fees would have to be charged for things like business licenses, building permits, recorder fees, service ambulance and title searches in order to make up the difference in lost revenues. Ope of the confusing things . about Utahs tax initiatives is the comparison which proponents are making to similar initiative in other states, campaigns Memmot said. "These three initiatives do things theyre not simple," he said. "But the one thing that people need to understand is that they go too many - far." Utahs initiatives "are totally unique," he said. "They cut much more than has been implemented in any other state. This is truly a radical proposal. The protestors are claiming that this is just like the California and Massachusetts initiatives, and since nothing bad resulted in those states, no harm will result here. We must turn that perception around." Memmot pointed out that tax limitation measures in others states such as Proposition 13 in California or Proposition in Massachusetts "dealt just with 2 THANK YOU Wc would like to ttiank you for participating In our voluntary pay program. Much of our carrier! wage comes from your payment, end If they do a good oh we hope you reward them. We greatly appreciate your support. THE GREEN SHEET 155 E. 4905 South Murray, Utah S410T Office Hours: Mon.-Frl.- , I a.m. Peter Bernhard, Publisher Robert Prince, V.P. Operations Bill Olsen, V.P. Marketing Michele Bartmess, Editor Ethel Bradford, Editor Karen Egll. Circulation Jan Brown, Business - 5 p.m. Community College. For additional information, those interested may contact Madsen at 966-195- 9. -- Master Plan Continued From Page 1 rates and the operating costs, determining expected cash flow and what the rates of return may be, and working out alternatives for development and land sale. The preliminary stage also entails the site plan and the cost estimates. This mean suggesting other ways to use and develop the land, plus determining design parameters for each type of land use, coming up with a plan for the golf course, and creating legal descriptions for the individual land parcels. Between each stage in the development process the master plan team reviews all the data. The last stage is the final stage two-thir- one-thir- which is a detailed version of the preliminary plan. Catten said he has no definite conclusions about the develop- ment at this early stage. "Its an evolutionary process," he said. All and this planning replanning sounds like it could spiral to high consulting fees; however, there is no drain on taxpayers money, said Catten. The fees were used with the bonds in purchasing the property. Hercules generates new money and this is used to pay the bonds. West Valley City annexed the land to keep Hercules here. Plus it is an opportunity for the city to create an environment conducive to employment. d life Ktake No Bones About Finding Orthopedists. With Physician Finder, you can now get information on hundreds of doctors from LDS, Cottonwood, Alta View, and Wasatch Canyons hospitals with one quick phone call. rfo Our free computerized net- - Y' work groups doctors by specialty, location, availability, and even by the types of insurance accepted. So no matter what kind of doctor youre looking for, call us today. Tax Iniatives Continued From Page 1 The council will meet tonight (Thursday) in the Presidents Room at Salt Lake Community College, beginning at 7 p.m. Next months meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 22, will feature guest speaker O.D. Carnahan, president of Salt Lake the property shopping list which the impact." - right this minute our property taxes are lower than those in either California or Massachusetts, even after those states passed their own (property tax initiatives,". limitation) Memmot said. According to figures complied by American the Chamber of Commerce Researchers Assn., an e foot home with a similar lot in Salt Lake, San Diego and Boston would be taxed $939.06, $1,580 and $2,939.13 respectively, he explained. Memmot also pointed out that other differences also exist between Utahs current situation and Californias tax limitation initiative in 1978. "Did you know that the state government in California paid each school district, county, city or special district 95 percent of the revenue that was lost through Proposition 13 from a $4 billion surplus?" he asked. "Only in the last few years is the real impact there being felt. We dont have the luxury of surplus or fat in government," he said. "Utahs initiatives would cut muscle and bone." As far as the tax rollback issue is concerned, Memmot pointed out that even though the 1987 legislature here passed the largest package of tax increase in the states history, those increases did not "create" $160 million of new extra money for the state, but only "replaced" money that formerly had come to the government from mining and oil revenues when those industries took an economic downturn. "And even with the tax increase, the budget was less than the year before," he explained. "The state of Utah, county and local governments, school district and colleges and universities are already operating with lean budgets," Memmot said. "We can be proud that they are among the most productive and cost efficient in the nation at all levels." Another difference between the Utah initiative package and previous initiative efforts in other areas, Memmot pointed out, is in exactly which sources of state revenue will be impacted by the initiatives here. "The Utah initiatives deal not only with the property tax, but also with the sales tax, the state income tax, the gasoline and motor fuel tax and the cigarette tax. About 95 percent of the states available resources will be "Right now 1,800-squar- 264-111- 1 Pet Of The Week TAFFY ... This female Shih Tzu is currently up for adoption at the Humane Society of Utah, 4613 So. 4000 West. Groomers at Artistic Pet Groomery described her as being "lively, alert, active, a little arrogant, but she enjoys human company. 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