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Show COO' ' co 50 t3l Vol. 69 No. 5 Coalville, Utah 84017 FridavjanaaLrv82000 Watch Those Icy Roads! Storage Sheds OKd By Kamas City Council BY JAN Kn ROWLEY ConrfX indent Kamas City Council members voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit allowing the expansion of the storage sheds on 300 South 100 East. The vote was made following an almost public-fre- e, public hearing held Tuesday night. Previously, allowing the expansion of the storage sheds had raised concern among members of the Kamas City Planning Commission and City Council because of the zoning in that location. Last fall, when Weaver Hanes approached the city for permission to expand the existing storage shed a problem emerged. It was found that the existing sight had been built in violation of the Kamas City ordinance, which stated storage units are allowed only in the heavy commercial zone. Hanes' storage sheds are in a general commercial zone. In order to right the wrong, it was decided that the zoning be changed to allow storage sheds as a conditional use permit in the general commercial zone. The decision was mg taken lightly. First, the planning commission debated the issue heavily before they finally agreed to make the recom- mendalion. Then the city council debated the issue Neither entity wanted to open a Pandora's box, and have storage sheds popping up all over the city in the commercial zone. However, they also did not want to go back on their agreement Weaver Hanes. After extensive debated the allowing storage change passed with a vote 2 sheds as conditional use general commercial zone. This look place in October, Tuesday night the con A New Prime Inc. semi and flat bed carrying lumber ended up in the median after the driver lost control due to slick road conditions on Tuesday, Jan. 18. The driver, Dennis Carmack, 31, of Columbus Georgia near mile marker 196 when the trailer began sliding and and lost control was traveling eastbound on According to the UUP office, the roads looked wet but were actually icy. The driver was transported by ambulance to the Evanston Regional Hospital No information on his condition was available at press time. 3-- Commission Highlights PAMELA ROBBINS lems like there are now. Bee Editor The following facts may help wjth some questions remaining Park City Mayor Brad Olch visited with the County Commission Board on Monday during the regularly scheduled meeting time. The Park City Council has decided to send one member to the weekly meetings in an effort to stay in tune with projects and work toward a closer relationship. Peg on-goi- ng Bodcll visited last week. Once again BFI-th- e county waste retrieval company, was the number one topic of discussion and took up most of the morning session. Michael O'Hara. Summit County Consultant for the waste project, said although the topic was still a hot" one, it hasn't gotten any larger. "People are beginning to understand the system with many kinks working themselves .out." Answering the question of are the containers causing hazards in the road O'Hara stated that he had gone to Summit Park and couldn't see any problems. "If LaMar (public works director) has his people do a good job of plowing, it should be okay. On another matter, BFI does have smaller containers available, according to Brad Mertz, BFI spokesman, who said people who would like smaller containers just need to clean out the ones they currently have before being replaced. The main cause of concern comes from Old Town in Park City. Containers on the street, and the picking up times and places are the main items needing to be worked out. "We need lo be able to wave a magic wand, said O'Hara, "but everyone BFI and County representatives are working on options available." "There are a good number of persons who are NOT complaining and are actually enjoying the new service available. Commissioner Schifferli said he would like LaMar to continue to go along with BFI representatives when a problem needs to be talked about. Although saying the procedure was like a "prolonged root canal, O'Hara said he was pleased that so many things have been worked out so far. As to the color of the containers- we just really let that one item slide right by," said Commissioner Schifferli-- a fact readily agreed upon by all involved. Because of the cost of ordering new ones, residents are just going to have to get used to them. Commission Chair Pat Cone told the BFI representatives present that the Commission Board would like them to begin working on summer time options and get the information, (such as clean up days, purchasing bins during the summer only) out to residents early so there wouldn't be prob OR COPY1 ! about the BFI contract. On January 1. 2000 Browning Ferris Industries became Summit County's new waste management contractor. The former contractor, G&F Waste Management, ended their contract o.t Dec. 31st. It is felt that the new system will make for a healthier, cleaner and safer community. An advisory committee stud- ied waste collection, and made their recommendations to the County Commission. Three companies submitted bids for the new automated system. (Waste management first1 proposed the automated service and tested the system in Park City. It was assumed that about 73 of the homes in Summit County would he automated, with ell three bring told it would probably not work in Old Town Park City and a number of other difficult areas. BFI's bid was approximately 20 below the next highest bid, and were awarded a 7 year contract. BFI chose to deliver the automated cans to everyone, and then determined where they did not technically work. This has resulted in a difficult process. The days of unlimited trash maintenance? Liability Concern? Cost expenditures? Johnson told the board that a portion of the cost would come from an endowment fund, and from fund raisers sponsored by "friends" of the program and troversy seemed resolved, and Hanes' will be allowed a conditional use permit to complete the storage sheds. Seventeen conditions were set as pari of the conditional use agreement. Among other things. Hanes will he required to limit hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., a 6 ft. fence, and a drainage system for snow and water containment, which must bee approved by the city engineer. Also at Tuesday's mcefing- - Kamas City plans to apply for CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) emergency fund money to replace water lines along 2nd west. There have been numerous breaks on the line, especially in the past 3 years. It w as felt the number of breakages would certainly meet criteria necessary to apply for the money. Chris Marline, a reciuitor for the 2000 Census presented the council w ith information about the census. Everyone alive, no matter where tliey live, will he counted.1 he said. April 1st is Census Day", when the official surveying will Marline also told council members they were looking for local people for temporary work as census lakers. I challenge you to find 20 people for me to test." he said. So far. there has been limited representation for the Summit County Area-fepeople have even applied. A little surprising since the pay for the area is good, about $13.(X) per hour. The work will last about 6-- 8 weeks, with training in mid March. his employment ads in the Martinez plans to n local newspapers, and on Channel 3, the local cable station. re-ru- Can Kamas Valley Communities Cooperate? mountainland dollars. The county was being asked to assume the legal liability because they were protected under the governmental immunity act with private land owners also being protected. UDOT would let partners and administer the project but a governmental agency must be leaden discuss school board officials from Francis, the possibilities of a community recreation center. Kamas. Oakley, and the South the authorizing partner between tougher, the middle school swimming pool is rapidly deteriorating, the high school football field needs work, and if you are looking for a about trail to walk or jog UDOT and the sponsor. "With donated labor, verbal commitments from volunteers and enhancement funding, there isn't a lot of hard dollars for the County to come up with, said Johnson. Commissioner Sheldon Richins said that although he feels the trail program may benefit residents, he had a concern that in the long run the project will need a lot of money. The county ended up not helping the rails to trails project which was eventually picked up by the Stale and Forest service- - because of the costs involved and he didn't want to Continued oh page A3 Community Recreational facilities are limit- ed in the South Summit area. Finding an available baseball diamond to play and practice on is tough, soccer Summit School District. Oakley Mayor Doug Evans, called the BY JAN ROWLEY Kami Correspondent perhaps even et it. meeting "a historic occasion", saying he could not remember a time when all three communities had worked together. The meeting was arranged after officials from Oakley approached the school board in December about the possibility of working together. The city of Oakley has about 70 acres of land they would like to develop into a recreation center with baseball diamonds, However, that all could change if the communities within the Kamas Valley can frod a way to get past politics and collaborate on building a community recreation center. In fact, Monday. January 24th. they took the first step to find out if they can all work together or not. Oakley hosted Monday night's community recreation work meeting, which was attended by mayors, city council members, and soc- cer fields, and an indoor arena. Although they have the spent the time and money to put the utilities in place, and they have some money set aside for the project. Oakley still won't have enough to do everything at once. Since they are working with limited funds it would take a number of years for them to complete everything. Realizing this, city leaders went outside their community to sec if there was a chance to work togeth er with the school district and other communities in order to utilize what they have in place and develop a recreation center for all the communities. Mayor Evans explained. "We are at the point now where we are getting pressure from the community to do something with the land or sell it. We have to start making some serious decisions about what Recreation centers to do with it arc costly. It is so expensive, that it would he hard for any one community to tackle. We wanted to see if anyone was interested in doing something with us." A combined rffort would defi- nitely he more economical. It would make funding from grants, and private sources more obtainable if the city governments were working togetlicr. A big portion of the money for building and maintaining a community recreation center would probably have to come from taxes; user Continued on page A3 service are ending nationwide. Charging extra has become standard; the more you throw away, the more you pay. While there have been complaints about the cost of a second can, the county is using the funds to subsidize a curbside recycling program, which should prolong landfill lifetime and encour- Air Med Receives New Helicopter age conservation. The County signed a contract with Ray and Sharlene Anderton on Monday to' purchase 13 acres of land near the current landfill at Henefcr. The county subsidizes all trash collection at the landfill, seen as a line-iteon property tax bills. In addition, the county pays for standard residential collection out of the general fund. In (he past, commercial pickup was partially subsidized out of the general that will no longer be happening. BFI is allowed to charge a fixed amount for commercial customers based upon the size of the container and the frequency of pickup. Their bid for this service was still approximately 20 lower than the other bidders. 1 m fund-somethi- The contract explicitly provides alternatives for elderly and handicapped users. If you have any questions or problems contact BH directly at PAMELA ROBBINS Bee tiditnr The University of Utah Transport Team has a new vehicle to assist them with their medical air lifts and search calls. The new machine is a Bell Helicopter Air-Medic- al d BH430. which is a conventional skid mounted helicopter powered by twin Allison 250-C40gas turbine engines that develop a maximum of 844 Shall horsepower each. Maximum airspeed of the craft is 130 knots (172.3 mph) with a normal cruise of 130 knots or 149 mph. The maximum altitude for VFR (visual flight rules) opcrat.ons is 20,000 feet. Weight of the new craft is 9300 pounds, the mid-size- B Trail Program Janet Johnson attended the board meeting to ask for support for a 1 T-2- trail program grant funding. Questions she addressed were: How will the project be designed to minimize long term allows for a faster lime in responding to medical calls outside the Wasatch Front region. The normal crew includes a pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic, andor specialist as needed. The Air Medical team currently consists of 7 pilots. 1 flight nurses. 14 flight paramedics and 16 specialists who respond as needed in high risk situations. NDIC'U (new bom intensive care unit) assists, high risk labor and delivery team, andor respiratory therapist. In' addition to the helicopters the team uses, there are two airplanes located at the Salt Lake Airport, that are used to lake the team to areas outside the valley when needed. These aircraft can hold up to 3 medical personnel and their equipment. travel at 30.1X1(1 feet and travel 300 mph. Responding to approximately 1 300 transports yearly (3 per day average), in case of bum victims or other immediate care situations outside the area, the personnel uses a helicopter to travel to the airport saving valuable minutes (4 minutes air time as compared to 20 plus on the highway ) There are also 2 full lime mechanics on duty to keep the machines up and running safely. "The main function of our program is to provide urgent patient care to those in need." "We are really fortunate to have great people working in the program- - they arc truly caring individuals who devote themselves to serving others" said Gully. It is wonderful to have such is high tech equipment at our disposal-cveryonreally excited about the new f Editors note: sprtiul thanks to Bill Cully Jar his assistant e with this article .) length being 50' I 34 inches and having a rotor diameter of 41' II 34 inches. According to Bill Gully. Program Director d of Services, this 1999 craft is state of the art technological equipment" and has "all the whistles and bells intact. Although the helicopter arrived on January 12, 2000, it wasn't actually put into action until Friday. January 21st. after pilots and medical crews completed their training. lire new addition is the second copter that has been acquired by the University of Utah d team recently, with the Bell Hospital 407 spending a great amount of time at the Bums Fire Station near Kimball Junction. This Air-Me- Air-Me- e r. ft |