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Show y 4 will be top item for new CUP board. By MARC HADDOCK I Relying on the argument that a I refurbished Murdock Canal will carry more water for less money I than any other proposed method of I transporting Central Utah Project I Water through north Utah County, I local city officials plan to make one last presentation to the Central Utah 1 Water Conservancy District board I i of directors today. I "We hope that the directors of the . I CUWCD will give a fair review to the I issues involved in the Murdock I Canal versus J-4," said attorney James Jardine about the presen- I tation, "because it is absolutely I . clear to us that the . refurbished 1 Murdock Canal will carry more I water for less money." The presentation is scheduled for a morning session of the general board. A discussion of construction 1 of the Jordan Aqueduct-Reach 4 is l the main topic for the morning session. , ' Several sides of the issue are scheduled for the meeting, including the Provo River Water Users Association, the Salt Lake County Municipal Water Users and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Those groups have all supported the J-4 concept in the past. Representing the Murdock Canal alternative will be the Timpanogos Planning and Water Management Agency, a group made up of seven Utah County cities which have banded together to oppose the J-4. Jardine, who represents the Timp Agency, said the group has put together the. most complete presentation ever to earn more consideration for the Murdock Canal option. "We are going to make the best possible presentation we can make," Jardine said. "We are going in with the fullest amount of good faith to present the best amount of information." The board discussion of the J-4 comes on the heals of the selection of seven board members by Gov. Scott Matheson the first time CUWCD members will have been appointed by an elected official. Previous appointments were made by the courts. The four new board members three of the seven are reappointments reap-pointments will take the oath of office at a continuation of the April meeting earler that morning. Of those board members, one, Alpine Mayor Don Christiansen, will be heading the Timp Agency's presentation while sitting on the board for the first time. Christiansen is chairman of the Timp Agency. Christiansen said he feels the Murdock option hasn't had a fair hearing by the CUWCD, which has taken a hard line on support for the . J-4 proposal. He also said Thursday morning may be the last time that option will get a complete hearing by the board. "We are in a position of right, "he said. "We are out to try and help the taxpayer and the water user get the best deal for their money. The only wrong thing we could do is to make a poor presentation or no presentation at all." Christiansen said he was told the Timp Agency will have up to two hours to make its presentation, The agency has also been threatening the conservancy district with a law suit challenging the constutional standing of the board members appointed by the judiciary and possibly the CUWCD's responsibility to comply with Utah County zoning ordinances in the construction of J-4. rfeMstjansen was authorized to file the suit by the ' Timp , Agency members at it's last meeting a week ago. But Jardine, who would do the actual filing, said the position of the suit was still undertain Tuesday. "No suit has been filed." he said. "It would be premature to say that one is going to be filed." He refused to comrhent further on the point. ' 1 '-..."' . " . .fit . , - - " ' " , ' ' " " - "P ' - : - A i . y, - : . I ' v- i , . 1 1 I V I . St ' -- I 4 ...A . - p- ;v- v.- I LITTLE 'SPRING LAMBIES' play on the grass at Battlecreek Park this last Saturday. Sarah, Bruce and Lana Bowles and an unidentified child enjoy the green grass and the warm temperatures of that day. Oh, if only we'd have more days like that! |