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Show By MARK FOTHERINGHAM NORTH SALT LAKE --North --North Salt Lake has got several sever-al projects in the works as the weather gets warmer. WORK IS continuing to try '. and stabilize a section of land C; on David Way which has slip-S slip-S ped several times in the last r month, threatening a nearby fr house and the roadway itself. According to Colin Wood, - city manager, city crews have Z installed pipes in the area to v remove water from a natural 'r spring which contributed to the slippage problems. The pipe has been covered and fill dirt has been dumped over the edge of the slide area to dimin-j dimin-j ish the slope of the cliff, he 11 said. THE CITY also plans to grade the area off and seed it to avoid further erosion. Engineers at Terra Firma Inc. are waiting until city engineers en-gineers deem the area to be stable. They will then decide on the best way to repair damages dam-ages to the house adjacent to the slide area. Terra Firma President Leo Cornish said that the house would be demolished de-molished only as a last resort. NORTH SALT Lake is also working on plans to modernize the city water system. Mr. Wood said the Utah Water Resources Board recently re-cently approved a $207,000 low interest loan for the project. pro-ject. The loan will be used to increase the city's water storage stor-age capacity as well as improve im-prove the distribution system. THE TOTAL cost of the. project is projected at $387,000. "The city will end up footing about $100,000," said Mr. Wood. Although the city doesn't expect to increase taxes to pay back the 15 year, five percent loan, Mr. Wood said the project may result in a water rate increase. Plans are also proceeding on a new city Complex for North Salt Lake. A citizens advisory committee is now gathering information in-formation to sell the public on the idea of a general obligation bond to finance the project. FOR THE most part, the architectural work is done, according to Shanna Schaefer-meyer, Schaefer-meyer, vice chairman of the city complex committee. The plan is to add on to the present city office building by expand- ing to the south and east. A larger parking lot is also planned plan-ned with access from Main Street. The inside of the present pre-sent facility will be remodeled and be used mostly for the fire department. The entire project is estimated esti-mated to cost somewhere in the range of $800,000 to $900,000. The committee is looking to ask for a bond election elec-tion sometime in late summer or fall. Mrs. Schaefermeyer said that she would rather see a special election held for this proposal rather than waiting to put it on the November ballot. THE BIGGEST need for the new complex is simply for more room. "The present facility is extremely inadequate," inadequ-ate," she said. "The city hs. increased in size greatly," she v added, citing the need to expand ex-pand facilities for city services just to keep up with city growth. Mrs. Schaefermeyer also thinks that the new complex will help build the image of North Salt Lake. "The architect has done a fine job adapting the existing structure and making it look congruous all around," she said. THERE HAS not yet been any opposition to the project but Mrs. Schaefermeyer said she expects there will be, once a bond election is called for. "If the bond passes, we hope to get going about two and a haf months after the election," elec-tion," she added. THE CITY is also hoping to start construction this summer on a two year project to put in a storm drain along 350 North, according to Mr. Wood. Other projects planned for the summer include the completion com-pletion of the city park on 350 E., street repairs on Orchard Drive, and several curb and gutter projects on state-owned property in the city. MR. WOOD cited a potential poten-tial problem in that some businesses are now using the state land for their off-street parking. |