Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday May 12 2000 — Page 7 Counties tax spat with air carrier to SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly half of the tickets set aside at the 2002 Winter Games for the public will be sold in packages mixing more and less SALT liKE CITY (AP) — Delta Air Lines and 29 Utah counties have agreed to a tax valuation that settlement reportedly will refund millions to the air carrier The dear must still be approved by the Utah State Tax Commission Commissioner have not scheduled a meeting to consider the settle- ' inent Delta which has its Western hub at the Salt Lake City International Airport appealed the property tax valuation from 1996 to 1999 Terms of the settlement are confidential but the Deseret News quoted an anonymous tax official Thursday who said the proposed refund was “in the low millions” and less than $10 million Tax commission spokeswoman Janice Perry Gully said the actual terms of the agreement won’t be public until the f mittee will make 135000 fewer tickets obligations they had to increase from downtown Salt Lake hotels Holding a available to the public than previously 800000 to 900 000 the number of former SLOC trustee drove a hard barannounced because sponsors sports committed seats gain getting up to $200 a night at the federations land national Olympic comThat means most people will be Little America where IOC members mittees want more seals will stay ami up to $335 at the newly watching the men's hockey events withi SLOC President Mitt on said E television rather in than the popular Romney game completed Little America Grand for no discounts over1 the ticketing changes shouldn't worry Center in West Valley City NBC personnel individual prices Utah residents and others who can't The same will go for the women's Trustee Ken Bullock voted against afford packages for an entire family A ice hockey game and the hotel contracts saying Holding Organizers project-- 1 ing heavy demand for typical deal will cost $250 per person sponsors could take half of the seats at should have provided a discount tickets to many sport and include tickets to four sporting the opening and closing ceremonies because he will make millions for stag- events announced SALT LAKE events over three days and women's figure skating finals at ing Olympic events at his Snowbasin the package deal and But plenty of individual seats will the Delta Center ski area and because SLOC helped him 2002 other changes that In other Olympic developments: still be for sale although primarily at secure federal support for a land could make an Olympic sport out of Jet Set Sports in New Jersey has exchange at Snowbasin and federal events and SLOC still finding tickets plains to set aside 160000 tickets for been named the official tour agency for funding for a new resort road It will be all but impossible to attend Utah residents Romney said A breakdown in negotiations over the Winter Games in a sponsorship such premier events as men’s al SLOC is bound by contracts to sup deal worth an estimated $20 million the land swap could cost SLOC hockey where 90 percent of ply sponsors federations and Olympic The travel agency will sell about 10 er $200000 in expenses for temporary seats will be taken by corporate sponcommittees with tickets of their choice percent of the public tickets facilities and tents at Snowbasin Romsors and to provide space for broadcasters SLOC trustees approved a contract ney reported Snowbasin will he the - And the Salt Lake Organizing Com When organizers reassessed those for exclusive use of Earl Holding's two site of downhill and Supcr-- ski races ' gold-med- al gold-med- less-popul- gold-med- G t Salt Lake causeway breach widened SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An existing gap in the railroad causeway across the Great Salt Lake should be enlarged enough to allow the water on either side to mix by November according to Art DuFault director of the Utah Divisi6n Most of the fresh water entering the lake comes in the southern end reducing salinity there below the level needed the brine shrimp that support a commercial industry and thousands of hungry birds salinity has Meanwhile ' - assessments against Delta To offset the reduced tax assessments to Delta residents and businesses in the affected taxing districts could see a small increase in their property taxes or cuts in government - services Gully said all 29 Utah coun- ties are involved in the tax dispute from 1996 to 1998 But in 1999 a Utah Supreme Court decision changed the way airline were taxed ' As a result of that ruling ' Salt Lake County Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City School District collected 99 percent of the property taxes from the airline since it was actually located in Salt Lake County--- : The breach is being widened needed by the shrimp In 1984 the state opened a to promote a more natural flow of water and produce breach in the conditions more favorable for "causeway to help mixing' In the brine shrimp that live in February lawmakers designatthe lakeed $650000 to deepen that State experts contend that Union Pacific’s dirt ami rock DuFault said state officials causeway which splits the are doing preliminary design lake between north and south work for the deepening project has become like a dam and studying alternative plans 300-foot-wi- de in case the work costs more than budgeted But the brine shrimping industry wishes the' state Setters fait Sewici Maim v1 Ht improve”-- ' DuFault said the state is starting a different monitoring program to make sure Union Pacific is clearing debris from two small culverts in the crossing that it owns SutfUtpaM lab-ou- t “ Breakfast Served Monday Thru Saturday All You Can Eat Anytime ‘ Cuts Penns Highlights Manicures Pedicures Nails 10 for Mom to 11AM Eddie’s Famous Spareibs Solo! 752-53- All Things Grow With Lmr’ Little Moments 139505 6AM $q75 'INCLUDES 2 SIDE ITEMS ANDDRINK v Coppin's Hallmark Premium Baby Back Ribs Appt Call 55 N MAIN LOGAN A in 999 Gully said Mother's Day breach is enlarged A lot of money will be spent on the project” she said ” and we want to see if things Gallfa 563-656- 5 (ftft 0fa ‘family Friends of Great Salt Lake said the state should spend more attention monitoring salinity changes after the A Lasting Reminder of Love and Appreciation on Zddie'l (l&UauAaHt 695 S A GIFT CERTIFICATE 7a 0m : would hurry up “I don’t think you could call this rapid implementation!' said Don Leonard spokesman for the industry He hoped the state would have been com- -' pleted this summer — or would have taken on more aggressive measures to help the shrimp Lynn de Freitas president of "gap' Iron Uintah Washington and Weber counties also received a tiny bit of tax from Deltas al ar of Sovereign Lands and increased in the north arm tax commission orders the Forestry possibly beyond the level counties to reduce their tax III Also Available Anytime 15 N Main jL I ' L' - 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