Newsletter
July 2010
West Davis Corridor

West Davis Corridor EIS Team is hosting three Alternative Open Houses.

Flyer with locations and dates.
Sports Registration Site

Check out our new online sports registration site.
Go to plaincityutah.org, click on the recreation tab then click on the link to new online registration.

We are currently taking registrations for Flag Football.
1st - 4th Grade Coed
Cost is $35.00

Landfill Summer Hours

The landfill will be open every Saturday from 8 am to 3pm.
and Wednesday Nights from 6-7 p.m.
Harvest Arts Festival

The Plain City Arts Council is proud to sponsor our 2nd annual Plain City Harvest Arts Festival, a day-long event focusing on the arts. Our theme is “Handmade and Homegrown.” The festival will be held Saturday, September 18th at the Plain City Town Square . This is a wonderful opportunity for Plain City artists, performers, craftspeople, and farmers to showcase their talents. The festival will again feature a Fine Arts display, vendor booths, and an entertainment stage. Applications are available at ww.plaincityutah.org or at the city office.

This year we've also added some fun new attractions. We will have a Farmers' Market and we'll also be presenting a musical. The musical is entitled “A Year with Frog and Toad” and promises to be enjoyable for the whole family. Auditions will be held in July with rehearsals in August. Evening performances will be September 17 th and 18 th with a matinee on the 18th. Look for further details coming in July on the website or at the city office.
Donations Wanted

This year Plain City received a RAMP grant and purchased new scoreboards for the Lee Olsen Park. We are currently seeking donations to help with installation costs for the boards. We have received several thousand dollars and need 4 to 5 thousand more to complete the project.  There are opportunities for advertising banners along with the donations. Contact Colette Doxey at 801 941-0168 for more information.
Public Works Department

Here are a few suggestions from the Public Works Department:

Street Sweeping:

Hopefully, those of you living in subdivisions that have curb and gutter have noticed the street sweeper coming around twice a year. This is to help keep our streets clean and looking nice. Not to mention, it helps with the water quality in the receiving streams. If for some reason, there is a vehicle parked along the curb at the time it is being swept, we ask that the homeowner sweep out that section of curb. Also, if you are having any type of dirt delivered to your property, it is against the law to have it placed in the street, in the gutter or on the sidewalk.

Street Lights:

If anyone notices a street light that is not operating properly, whether it is not coming on, staying on, or just looking bad, please give us a call, (801) 731-4908 we will be more than happy to get the problem resolved. After all, lights that operate properly help keep the honest people honest.

Sewer:

Just a reminder! When the power goes out, please try and refrain from using the facilities as much as possible. Currently there are still nine of the seventeen sewer lift stations that do not have an emergency power source. This really proves to be a challenge when the power is out. Also, we are still having a problem with illegal connections! Sump pumps are being tied into the sewer, usually inside of the house. This is a huge problem. It creates a large amount of water to be pumped and treated, which is a big cost to all of the residents of Plain City . If a sump pump is required at your home, the proper place for the water to drain is into the curb. If there are any questions, please call the city office.

Garbage Cans:

Please bring your can in from the street as soon as possible after it has been emptied. We are seeing a lot of them being left out on the side of the street for extended periods of time. If they are brought in, it will help cut down on the cost of having to replace damaged cans and possibly stop them from disappearing.

Thanks for your cooperation!
Plain City Public Works Department.
Volunteers Needed

Would you like to become more involved in community affairs? The city council is always looking for people with that Plain City volunteer spirit. From time to time, vacancies occur on the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission. If you would be interested in filling them, submit a letter of interest to the city office. We're always looking for willing helpers (especially those who might want to chair the committee) for Founders' Day and the 4 th of July celebrations. If you haven't had your turn yet, contact LaFray Kelley about Founders' Day and Brett Ferrin for the 4 th of July. Are you yearning to use your talents in the field of advertising? The Arts Council is on the lookout for someone to head our advertising committee. Contact Alan Yorgason for details. We are also working on putting together a Parks Plan Advisory Committee.
If you're interested, contact Beth Koford for more information.

Curb-side Recycling

The Plain City Council voted unanimously to institute a city-wide curb-side recycling program. Econo-Waste (our garbage hauler) has delivered a blue can to each resident within the city limits. Attached to the can are instructions on what items can be placed inside the can and when the pick-up dates will be. Blue cans will be picked up every other week on normal pick-up days. Black cans will continue to be picked up every week on normal pick-up day. This program will begin the 1 st of September and will cost each household $3.15 per month. The fee will be included on your Bona Vista bill. In September 2009, the city council will review the rate in hopes that this new program will lower the tipping fee for regular household garbage and hopefully that will mean a savings to you.

Recycling Do's & Don'ts for the Blue Cart

Public Works – Sewer

The public works department is in the process of upgrading our sewer system by installing back-up generators at each of the sewer lift stations around the city. These generators will protect us in the event of a power failure. As an added protection, we strongly encourage homeowners to have a backflow preventer check valve installed on the sewer lateral. This will help prevent any backups from entering your home. If you have a backflow preventer and it is working properly in your lateral, we are confident that the sewer sludge will not back up into your house.

We are currently doing a rotational maintenance program for our sewer lines. This involves cleaning and video inspections of all the main sewer lines. Rotational maintenance will help the city identify any potential problem in that line as well as any illegal connections. It is against state law to drain into the sewer system for anything other than sewer. Illegal connections are being found from sump-pumps, trench drains in driveways, rain gutter downspouts, dog run drains, etc. If you suspect that your home might be connected to the sewer illegally, please contact the city for advice; otherwise the city will have no choice but to impose the necessary fines.

* Just a reminder from the public works department. There are certain things that should never be flushed
down the toilet. Believe it or not, we have found diapers, towels, sanitary napkins, underwear, and other clothing items in our sewer system. These things cause the sewer pumps to fail and are very costly to remove from the pumps. They can also cause the sewer to back up and flood homes. Also, in the event of a power failure, please try to limit the use of the facilities in your home. Most of the sewer lift stations do not have emergency power sources.
Plain City History books (written by Dorothy & Lyman Cook) are available at the
City Offices or through Dorothy Cook for $10.00.
Look for the "Community Arts" button. We have our own newsletter.
The City Council and Planning Commission agendas will be posted through a link on the
calendar for the corresponding date when possible.