Show i. i LI Storm Sewer Success Sought Sou ht j I If f Hate Base the rec recent nt heavy rains rams ramsI I priority for future 1 I Dinged 21 a rm orm drain dram work in Bountiful j I jI I MAYOR LnOR MORRIS F F. F this question to Jack 1 g Ung g cit city city engineer during t regular city council co meet- meet the be Wednesday evening t Mr Balling answered h o t I But gi it the the rains have proved the geney of the work plus an- an ng a question I had ONE OVE OF THE critical areas I r fea been along 2nd West south jf Five Fire Points Mr bir Balling ested two weeks ago the d cay f wait on further work to see the new storm sewer line linea a DO East would do I know now flaw The new line Sift diat help this area There is Ou IN much water coming below CO East that the curb and gutter gut gut- j ter cant can't hold it from the cemon cemon cem- cem on north THE ONLY way to stop the rater is to sandbag the entire ret rest side This is not reason- reason e. e So 2nd West must be a aft ft priority project he said As for the other two priori priori- s they remain The rains jure lice re shown how urgent they I t to also he sa said d. d f THESE PROJECTS include Canyon Crest Drive and East between Center and North This latter area picks up water from 1300 East down to East The problem is increased increased in increased in- in creased because there are many springs on the hillside pumping water into the drain When the rains rams come the drain cant can't handle the load he noted Mayor layor Morris F. F threw out another thought one which has been kicked back and forth on storm drains for over a decade I STILL dont don't think those who have lived in the developed part of the city for many years should have to pay for storm sewers for those just moving in People of the city are subsidizing subsidizing subsidizing sub sub- the in their developments since they pay only a small part of the cost of lines WHEN I moved to Bountiful 20 years ago there were very few homes above East Now this summer the city paid i for a new storm sewer along East to carry off waier water water wa wa- ter ier from new homes Those who have been here paying taxes for many years pay for those causing the problem problem lem the mayor said IF THESE lines are paid for forout forout out put of taxes the people who live in special areas for aesthetic reasons are subsidized by others Councilman Layne Forbes noted The city has a storm sewer fee for certain areas This amounts to per acre of land CITY MANAGER Grant Petersen Petersen Petersen Pe- Pe explained how the figure was arrived at We took the land to be developed developed developed devel devel- figured the cost for storm sewer lines This came to he said Price increases might change this now A problem arises he contin contin- The areas paying the fee dont don't develop fast enough to handle the problem new areas cause in the developed areas below them CITY ENGINEER Jack Balling Balling Ball Ball- ing was directed to review the I fee |