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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Gun Range Proposed And Water Treatment Plant Plans

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  February 21, 2013. The gun range is probably the top current project.  Danny White, the City Administrator, is currently working on designing this project.  The County is involved and will build the roads into the range and keep them open as their contribution to the project.  The state owns the land where this range will be created.  They will either lease it to the City, or let the land be used for this activity.   

After checking with how several other gun ranges were run, it has been decided that there needs to be one person in charge of the range with volunteer help.  The range will be open to the public on specific days.  Other times will be used for special groups such as scouts, law enforcement officers, hunter safety classes, and so forth.  There may need to be an annual membership fee.  A gun club might need to be established to help with the range.  There are a lot of ideas and suggestions being tossed around to make sure the range will be taken care of and used as much as possible. 

 Riley Argyle, public works director, reported that there were some problems encountered with the snowplow during one of the storms.  Some bolts sheared off, and the blade gave them some problems.  Dee’s Service was able to repair some problems, and Steven Watterson, who plows the roads at Bridgerland, loaned the city his equipment thereby allowing the workers to keep the roads open.  Riley wanted the City to be aware that some bills will be coming in for repair.  He also wanted the City to know of the generosity of Watterson and to express his appreciation and thanks to him and his willingness to share.  It was greatly appreciated. 

Riley indicated that the GPS units will be arriving soon.  A couple of the workers in the Public Works Department will be brushing up on their GPS skills and will be starting to put more of the City’s water system on these units.   

Danny White is finishing up the plans for Heritage Park.  Everything will be ready to go in the spring.  There will need to be a purchase of more bentonite to help seal the pond bottom again this year. 

There are two water meters left to be installed on the Idaho side of the line.  This will be done as soon as weather permits. 

Landscaping will be completed at the treatment plant as soon as weather permits.  There is some problems with one of the meters at the plant.  It is the one that tests the clarity of the water to determine if the filters can be placed on a quarterly cleaning schedule instead of monthly.  If the plant filters can be cleaned quarterly, it will save the city a tremendous amount of money as well as time.  There is a lot of paperwork involved in getting this routine established but will be well worth the effort. 

Since Third West is at least two years down the road, the water line will not be completed along there this year.   

A pellet stove has been placed in the water treatment plant and is working well.  The propane heaters appear to be off.  Putting tools and supplies in the roof area of the plant is going to help tremendously and get some of the more expensive items out of the weather.

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