Show Proposes In By LE ANN BLODGETT Salt Lake City Council was asked to consider a change in the status of their city's post DISTRICT Manager Robert S. Green- supervises Utah and grounding the council that he-retiring of post master brings up an Ideal opportunity to study the character of apost office for a possible i Reid Betts is retiring as North Salt take's GREENBURG says that by making some changes such as eliminating the position of there could enough economical advantage to offer loor-to-door the the mail would up and processed in Bountiful or Salt Lake Greenburg emphasized that community identity would be retained with their own North Salt Lake f THE STATUS of the post office would be hanged to a with a superintendent instead of a Mail would be processed in Bountiful or Salt Lake An office would continue to be available for customer service such as locked parcel mailing and purchase of E It is possible there wouldn't be the need as many There are three employees the None of the employees would be laid but it is possible one or two of them could be transferred to Bountiful or PRESENT building is in need of repair and lacks adequate space for efficient handling of mail Greenburg know it is a poor facility and one of the policies of the postal service is to upgrade and we are ing IS possible Bountiful could handle parcels for the time The time wouldn't be too long before a new building would be scheduled for North Salt The Postal Service has been given the challenge to break even financially by 1984 so they are looking for economies but don't forsee a financial advantage in this CHANGING the status of the post office to a branch without a postmaster would be a savings of The savings would be channeled into door-to-door They are presently served by locked boxes at the post The definition of door-to-door delivery is a curb where all boxes are on one side of the THERE IS A difference between and according to postal Door delivery is where the carrier delivers it to the box attached to the Certain criteria must be met to qualify for door delivery such as a specific street and house numbering Lots must not exceed 30 feet between homes and setback cannot be more than 50 FUTURE plans call for handling distribution of mail from Clearfield to through Salt At the present the Salt Lake Post Office is suffering from but a look into the future foresees a new facility with a high speed and large sorting Locked boxes will be available to those who Children getting into mail boxes is sometimes a problem when no one is home during the THE COUNCIL came up with a split vote on the new The plan will be tied down with more details and considered Councilman Robert Ludwig declined his vote as he felt it could be construed as a conflict of Ludwig is employed by the postal Watch out before you take to the you could be tearing up the watershed and putting yourself in jeopardy of being fined MOTORCYCLING is growing in Hundreds of new bikes are being registered There are several miles of ideal motor bike trails through Davis' foothills and There has been numerous complaints this especially during the last three to four weeks 40 concerning dangers and problems of motor OFFICIALS representing Utah Wild Life U.S. Parks and Recreation and Davis County Sheriff's Department told the County Commissioners of the Catching violators has been difficult especially when they take to the hills on unmarked Salt Lake City purchased a helicopter to track and apprehend the of fenders DAVIS County is now equipped with motor bikes and which will be used to patrol problem They are set up to function all including Sundays and Citations are issued consistently for faulty no drivers license and driving on a BIKES can be confiscated if they are in a serious violation such as harassing The new state penal code going into effect In July will enable more strict In the it has been necessary to prove knowledgeable negligence and to have the property The new criminal code will eliminate this as a IT IS difficult to determine if you are riding in a permissible The laws regarding posting and marking of trails are different depending on the There are several jurisdictions such as Bureau of Land National State Forest and Parks and Some say no riding unless specifically other codes say you can ride unless posted so the safe thing is to look for a marked trail or stay THERE IS an excellent marked trail from Mueller of to North Canyon of Val which will be opened by the Forest Service as soon as weather A dry surface is necessary to prevent A CONTROLLED trail has features such as a well packed surface and small bridges to allow the correct flow of It is no small task to cut a trail removing roots and IT IS legal to ride a fire break road when officially open and John Love's private property east of Lay-ton is presently open to There has been some discussion of developing a hill such as the Love property for a commercial site for possibly providing competitive hill climbing similar to the Hill Climb in THERE IS a bike trail in the highlands from Salt Lake through North Salt Lake to but it goes through private property which creates a Little Mountain Complex will be developed slowly on a state level for recreational Antelope State Park is another good Protection of buffalo is a factor but the roads provide excellent AS THE water shed is abused and town growth encroaches on the the deer herds of the Wasatch front are Ralph Utah Wild Life says is a question as to how long we will be able to maintain a deer Noise has been the number one complaint of residents concerning The Forest Service has three Davis County Sheriff's Department controls noise by issuing citations for lack of a muffler or a faulty A PERMIT fee of has been charged to recreational has been effective in ing funds for snowmobile since snowmobiles are exclusive off-street The fee is only charged tor off-street vehicles and many cycles don't pay it because they pay license plate This fee is apportioned to taxing agencies such as state city Basin and Mosquito Very little of these funds are filtered into cycling THE ONLY funds from the Recreational Vehicle Act available for motor biking facilities are paid by vehicles such as dune buggies and din |