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Show Impact Board OKs state money for community projects By Roger Pusey Deseret News staff writer The Community Impact Board has approved money for some projects but has deferred action on several more. Shirl D. Clarke. Community Impact F und coordinator, said board members felt they wanted more study on certain projects as they relate to other projects that might be submitted later. Also, after allocating $5.2 million · for projects caused by energy-related growth. the board wanted to give the fund a chance to regenerate itself and a llocated only $329,318. Here are the projects approved: - Price City received a $206,000 loan at 4.5 percent for five years to build a new electrical substation. - Washington County/Silver Reef Special Service District received a $75,250 grant to help restore a Wells Fargo historic building in the ghost town of Silver Reef. - The Utah Bureau of Public Water Supplies received a $10,068 grant on behalf of the Rural Water Association of Utah to purchase some equipment that can detect leaks in waterlines and treatment plants. Clarke said the equipment can be used by any organization. - Sigurd, Sevier County, received a $25,000 grant to purchase a used fire engine and make it operable. A request for money to build a fire station was deferred until the next meeting. - Centerfield, Sanpete County. received a $13,000 grant to prepare a city master plan. Then board members changed hats and became the Disaster Relief Board to dole out $76.256 for six repair projects left over from the 1983 and 1984 flooding in Utah. The state money will be put with money from the Federal Emergency Management Administration for a total repair bill of $626,038. Receiving the money were Davis County, $35,110; Millard County, $256; Millard County Drainage District No. 2, $420; Provo, $9,604; Salt Lake County, $20,496; and Tooele County, $12,368. The board also voted to allow Sevier County to reprogram some money previously allocated that would include additional flood channelization work in Koosharem and Richfield. No additional flood money is needed. Officials of Goshen, Utah County, also received approval to reprogram some of it money to repave the streets damaged when an underground drainage system was installed. Of the $57,540,000 appropriated by the Legislature to repair public facilities damaged by the 1983 and 1984 flooding, only $658,037 remains to be allocated. The $2.5 million allocated by the 1986 Legislature for flooding in February hasn't been spent, but requests should start coming before the board in the June meeting. |
