Stansbury crushes Alta to start softball season See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THIS SUNDAY THURSDAY March 8, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 124 No. 81 $1.00 Chief Kirby seeks new public safety building Tooele City Council also hears $800K request from Fire Chief Rick Harrison MARK WATSON STAFF WRITER Public safety budget requests were presented by Police Chief Ron Kirby and Fire Chief Rick Harrison at Wednesday’s FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Tooele City Council meeting. Tooele City Fire Department Kirby said during his budget Chief Rick Harrison presented the presentation the 30-year-old department’s 2018-19 budget at police station building at 323 the Tooele City Council meeting N. Main Street needs to be on Wednesday night. Harrison replaced. told the council requested capi- tal improvements are needs, not “She has done a wonderful wants. job with 30 years of service,” Kirby said. “Prior to that, trol departments amount for she served for 20 years as 31 percent of the city’s general Bradshaw Auto Parts.” fund. Estimated cost from the city Mayor Debbie Winn said the staff for building a new 30,000 city plans to meet with a pro- square-foot police station is $7 posed architect next week to million, according to informa- discuss a possible design for a tion given at a town hall meet- new public safety building. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO ing at City Hall last week. Tooele City Police Chief Ron Kirby makes a presentation for the police department’s 2018-19 budget at the Tooele City Council meeting on Wednesday The police and animal con- SEE BUILDING PAGE A9 ® night. Kirby asked for budget increases and urged the council to fund a new public safety building in the near future. Planning commission tables rezone request for project in Stansbury TIM GILLIE based home builder, submitted a hood immediately to the south. East of STAFF WRITER rezone application for approximately Beaman Way, Drown proposes to build A rezone request for property north 30 acres of land north of Rockwood a townhouse development, similar to of the current Old Mill development Way, which is adjacent to an exist- the townhouse development already in north of state Route 138 in Stansbury ing development north of the Benson the neighborhood, according to a staff Park could bring up to 200 new single Gristmill. report on the rezone request. family homes or townhomes to the Drown wants the property rezoned The rezone request is consistent with FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO area. from agricultural with 20-acre mini- the county general plan for the area, Anderson Ranch homeowner David Sweeney shows damage in his master However, faced with opposition from bath from a tub he said wasn’t installed properly by the contractor. He and mum lot sizes to zoning designations according to the staff report. other Anderson Ranch homeowners have complained to Grantsville City. Stansbury Park residents, the Tooele that would allow seven residential units The report also states that with County Planning Commission tabled per acre on the land west of Beaman Beaman Way as the only access to the action on the request during its meet- Way and 15 units per acre east of area, a traffic study would be required ing at the county building Wednesday Beaman Way. Drown’s plan is to devel- during the subdivision approval pro- Anderson Ranch night. op a single-family neighborhood east of Sam Drown, a Salt Lake County- Beaman Way, similar to the neighbor- SEE REZONE PAGE A7 ® residents claim their new homes Grantsville greenlights phase 1 have major woes of 2,400-home development STEVE HOWE dollars since purchasing the STAFF WRITER home built by Compass Point When David Sweeney and Construction in 2014. STEVE HOWE said the housing development could While the initial phases of the devel- his family moved from Tooele “We were excited, you STAFF WRITER take up to 80 years to complete and opment will be half-acre lots, Taylor to their new home in the know,” Sweeney said. The first phase of a 2,400-home indicated there would be dozens of said he wants to work with the city Anderson Ranch subdivision “Anybody would be to build a development received final plat phases. on future phases to implement differ- in Grantsville, he said they new house … It’s just been a approval from the Grantsville City Grantsville City Mayor Brent ent designs, such as housing clusters were excited for the newly con- headache.” Council during its meeting Wednesday Marshall said the developers will need on quarter-acre lots to allow for green structed home. Issues with the home on night. to construct a water tank after a few space and parks. But the experience of Saddle Road included an The initial phase of the North Star phases are completed to ensure water “You’ll see a lot more of me, the new homeownership quickly exterior door at the rear of Ranch subdivision will contain 25 pressure is high enough to be used by planning commission will as well, to soured for Sweeney, who said the home with daylight vis- homes on half-acre lots, located west firefighters. The tank will need to be talk about how we do this more cre- SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE he has had problems totaling UV INDEX of Mormon Trail Road and south of elevated to ensure it provides sufficient The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAYinto theWEDNESDAY tens of thousands ofTHURSDAY SEE RANCH PAGE A7 ® Durfee Street. Developer Travis Taylor pressure, he said. SEE GRANTSVILLE PAGE A7 ® Friday 6:51 a.m. 6:29 p.m. Saturday 6:49 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Sunday 7:48 a.m. 7:31 p.m. Monday 7:46 a.m. 7:32 p.m. Tuesday 7:44 a.m. 7:34 p.m. Wednesday 7:43 a.m. 7:35 p.m. F Sa Su M Tu W Th Thursday 7:41 a.m. 7:36 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Friday 1:36 a.m. 11:39 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Saturday 2:29 a.m. 12:23 p.m. Nickles to speakVery High; 11+ Extreme at Women’s Health Expo Sunday 4:18 a.m. 2:11 p.m. Monday 5:03 a.m. 3:03 p.m. ALMANAC MARK WATSON Tuesday 5:45 a.m. 3:58 p.m. “I really doStatistics feel for like the week I am ending March 7. She will speak at 10 a.m. “Raising twins while work- is what gave her and those Times of clouds and Times of clouds and Intervals of clouds and Nice with plentySTAFF of WRITERPeriods of clouds and Chance of a little rain; Wednesday 6:22 a.m. 4:56 p.m. Partly sunny going to kickTemperatures its butt,” she said in the THS auditorium on ing a weird shift, living away around her the reasons to keep Thursday 6:57 a.m. 5:56 p.m. sun sun sunshine sunshine sun cooler Mary Nickles writes that not in a KUTV 2NEWSHigh/Low past story week back “Finding 49/21 the Positive, Even in from her family core, losing moving, keep caring and keep Last New First Full many people can say their job in 2012. Normal high/low past week Tough 50/31 Times.” her mother, and publicly bat- smiling. She hopes her find- 54 33 49 28 50 30 53 31 60 41 65 43 53 37 Average temp past week 33.7 saved their life. Nickles willNormal be average the key- temp past week Nickles 40.4 joined KUTV 2 in tling cancer, have all been ings will help you look forward TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER “I was diagnosed with breast note speakerDaily at Temperaturesthe Annual High1991Low as a weekend anchor huge challenges,” according to every day, even when things Mar 9 Mar 17 Mar 24 Mar 31 Shown is Friday’s weather. cancer after getting a mammo- Spring Women’s Health Expo and reporter. She currently co- her bio on KUTV.com. get tough.” ©2018; forecasts and graphics Temperatures are Friday’s gram for a TV story,” she wrote sponsored by Mountain West anchors the news weekdays on It continues, “Mary shows The event will run from 10 © BRYCOX.COM, BRY COX provided by highs and Friday night’s Mary Nickles of KUTV 2News is lows. in her blog maryscancerstory. Medical Center at Tooele High 2NEWS This Morning from 5-8 us why every step of the way, blogspot.com. School on Saturday. a.m., according to KUTV.com. finding something positive SEE EXPO PAGE A9 ® the keynote speaker at Saturday’s Spring Women’s Health Expo. UTAH WEATHER Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 51/31 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 56/33 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS C6 42/23 56/33 56/33 54/36 Ogden Stansbury Park Jimmy Thomas Saddleback HOMETOWN A10 51/33 Erda 55/36 finds niche development news OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 55/34 Pine Canyon Salt Lake City 54/28 57/36 40/27 0.27 0.48 0.27 0.48 2.57 3.62 running at high SPORTS B1 Tooele 56/38 Bauer See A2 54/33 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 54/34 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D altitudes Provo Roosevelt 54/33 60/30 54/32 See Stockton Snowfall (in inches) See A10 Price complete 54/34 58/32 Nephi forecast Rush Valley 57/34 53/33 Ophir on A9 50/30 Delta Manti 57/34 57/33 4.0 4.0 43.5 Green River Last Month Season 68/35 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 53/33 61/31 Moab 51/29 SNOWPACK Hanksville 66/36 Beaver 67/36 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 58/31 Ibapah 51/30 52/27 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m.