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Show PEudDIgbs Elezoeie Petition The West Bountiful City Council, Tuesday night, voted three to one and one abstention, absten-tion, to deny the request of Phillips Petroleum Company to rezone an area owned by the company south of Millcreek to M-l. This action came at the conclusion of a very spirited discussion pro and con, the request of Phillips to rezone two two parcels of property (owned by them): (1) the property south of Millcreek to M l, and (2) property north of Millcreek, near the Fackrell subdivision, to M-la. After the discussion, f hillips withdrew the second proposal. ,i PHILLIPS Petroleum Co. . with spokesman, Frank Pen-dergast Pen-dergast (Real Estate acquisition acquisi-tion representative from Bartlesville, Oklahoma) and George Bishop, vice president of manufacturing of Tefineries, indicated that the. rezoning was to be done in anticipation of future expansion. expan-sion. Many of the citizens present (over one hundred and twenty-five strong) who caused the meeting to overflow to the school vehemently opposed the rezoning on the grounds of -decreased property evaluation evalua-tion should the expansion rmove closer to their property, ;because of ecology, and because they wish to preserve 7the "rural" atmosphere in the city. OTHER citizens expressed their appreciation for Phillips and the growth they had brought to the city. They indicated in-dicated that the city does need the tax base of Phillips for growth. The Phillips Company contended con-tended that increased plant facilitites and operations will bring added employment to the community and will assist in manufacturing products which are vital to our national security. THEY ALSO pointed out the fact that they have always tried to work for the beau-tification beau-tification of the areas surrounding the refinery and that they are interested in assisting as-sisting in flood control on Millcreek. Several citizens indicated that they were against the rezoning because of the vagueness of the Phillips' proposal. They said that they would prefer that rezonings were made for specific projects. AS THE evening progressed the meeting reassembled reas-sembled in the City Hall, where Councilman Hall introduced in-troduced a resolution and an ordinance to enact flood insurance in-surance into the city, as per demands of the federal government. A letter will be sent to the government asking for re-designation of flood prone areas, since the present map does not include improvements, such as the Page's Lane storm drain. The action to apply for flood insurance was taken, in order to comply with present regulations, that federally funded loans can not be secured without flood insurance in-surance being present in the . city. Councilman Hall indicated in-dicated that he will call a special meeting to explain the ramifications of the flood insurance in-surance program. THE EVENING also included some discussion concerning the proposed budget bud-get for the fiscal year 1975-76. The council voted unanimously to present the following budget to the citizens cit-izens in a budget hearing June 27 at 7:30 p.m. Income taxes, 48,800; sales tax, 38,000; business licenses, 1,500; building permits, 6,249.25; revenue sharing, 29,313; class C, 5,378.47; liquor fund, 1,176.28; Water Dept., 30,000; garbage, 4,500; recreation fee, 800; fines, 8,000; interest, 500; other, 1,200. TRANSFER from B & C 10,000; transfer of General, 20,000; total of $205,418. Expenditures, water, 25,050; administrative, 12,214.80; inspection, 2,870; recreation, 16,396.82; streets, including B & C fund, 49,100; bonds, 27,475; flood, 20,000. FIRE DEPT., 10,733.38; Justice of the Peace, 1,120; garbage, 4,500; BARD, 4,000; Police Dept., salaries, 19,332; reserve, 360; supplies and miscellaneous, 4,816; total $205,418. There was some discussion concerning the expenditures of the police department. Citizens Cit-izens are urged to express their feelings concerning the matter. AS THE evening progressed, the council made plans for the spending of their revenue sharing funds, totaling to-taling $29,313. $5,344 will be spent for the fire department; $900 for social services, and $29,600 for roads. Citizens are informed that due to repairing of 1600 N. from 8th W. to 11th W., traffic -will be re-routed to Porter's , Lane. Barracks will be in- stalled to close the road until re-surfacing can be completed. complet-ed. MAYOR Thompson reported report-ed that as soon as the flooding conditions are finished on 5th South and the areas adjacent, cleanup operations will be completed. West Bountiful City officials, the State Road Department, the two railroads, and Phillips Petroleum Pe-troleum representatives will cooperate on the matter. They will also begin plans immediately to bring about better drainage on Millcreek. am |
