Upland News, The (Newspaper) - December 14, 1972, Upland, California Some In The Pomona Section The Upland News Seventy-Eighth No. 38 December 14, 1972 48 Pages 10 Cents LOS Back To The Drawing Board ly lEIft Of Stiff Representatives from Stabler Construction Co. of Los contractors for the Los Olivos Modernization were present at Monday's ing of the Housing Authority of Upland to present a request for renegotiation of their original The five commissioners had just received copies of a detailed letter sent to the Housing Nov. 27 by Joseph ler of Co. At the meeting Stabler reviewed the main points of the letter and sons for These refuse to move into half modernized has caused contractors to work each group of units to com- before starting another group and is a slower in con- architects and executive directors have caused problems of continuity in the of costs and increased time spent because of ment in contract to employ dents of the Although a training program has been dis- the contractors con- to use tenants on the work force to financial delays and rising costs of materials has increased sub- Theodore Criley ing Officer for the Housing wrote a reply to the con- struction company answering the points in the letter and ing that the Housing Authority not see any reason for not completing under the pre- sent Criley said the original con- tract provides for 10 units being worked on at a and that ants were to move back into the units when the kitchen and cooking facilities were with the finishing of re- modeling work to be done while the units were He said that moving into un- completed units proved to be un- acceptable to tenants and that the construction company had agreed on Sept. 19 to have all work com- and accepted before ants moved back in. Criley presented a time ule detailing the number of units which were completed on specific Jerry executive tor of the modernization reported that 12 units at a time were being turned over to the construction company at present and that no time lag had occurred since the present supervisory group has been in Under another schedule Criley estimated that completion of the modernization project of 98 units would occur on April 13, The original contract completion date was set for Jan. 23, 1973. All things the staff agreed to grant the construction company 81 days extension on the completion 72 Building Permits Issued The Upland building ment reports that 72 permits were issued in the month of No- vember totaling million in Housing led the statistics with 36 permits issued lor the con- struction of two homes and 112 The valuation of these developments totaled Additions and alterations brought 24 permits totaling while seven permits for garages and pools brought the issuance of seven permits with in Two commercial additions and alterations brought another in A sign was con- for a telephone pole for and demolition for city statistics N E R C HIV E He have recommended to the Commission that Change Order be executed for the total of 81 days extension but at no Change in contract Criley stated that Housing Urban Development als wouldn't allow a renegotiation of the original Criley also said the Housing Authority had reimbursed the company for retroactive pay for the time the work was shut down this To date 62 units have been re- The commissioners didn't come to any conclusions at the meeting and agreed to discuss the matter further at a later A resolution was passed which will allow the Housing Authority of Upland to apply for 200 subsidy houses which are part of a new Experimental Housing lowance Program in the county of San Leggett ex- that the housing program is a new concept which will do with of housing and allow scattered houses preventing the creation of to The county will provide direct rental subsidies to low income families to enable them to select and lease privately owned standard dwelling units for a period of two upon termination of such two year the Housing Authority of Upland will lease dwelling units in existing privately owned structures to provide housing for such families for an tional three year City Attorney Donald R. roney said he wasn't sure how the 200 houses would be dis- throughout Upland or ff necessary a powers agreement with clair could be Maroney said the question of the Authority passing over city boundaries wasn't as im- portant an issue as the basic premise of providing help to low income Mailing Deadlines Announced In Upland Projecting a holiday volume of nine billion pieces of mail this Upland Postmaster Charles L. announced a series of recommended mailing Two of these deadlines should be remembered by every member of the They Dec. 15 day for mailing surface greetings within the United and Dec. 21 final date for posting all domestic airmail greetings and Postal officials are quite con- that all mail deposited be- fore these suggested deadlines will be delivered in time for which comes on a Monday this In an effort to help customers with their the Postal service has publicized a number of helpful tips some of which If a single item is being mailed it should be cushioned with ded com- pressed tissue or expanded plastic If two or more items are mailed in the same carton or material should protect all items from contact with each and each item should have its individual Cardboard ing large cereal larger than the gift being mailed should be cut down to about the size of the gift to minimize ing and breaking in Fragile articles must be vidually and all four sides of the container should be padded with cushioning Tape used to seal containers should be durable type and should cover or secure firmly all hi SANTA'S HELPERS These petite little red and green elves can be seen helping Santa t in Upland Towri Center Saturday during the Fashioned is also hand out candy Council Discusses Policemen Salaries Id MAS At the Dec. 4 Upland Council meeting wages and salaries for policemen were In the A- f w J m discussion concerning a proposed resolution amending the Basic Pay Plan for cilman George Gibson questioned the zero amount of dollars shown in the budget document under the Police Department educational incentive of die Chief of Police was not included in the resolution and will be considered Dec. 18 by the City Manager Elwin Alder explained how the figures in the incentive pay column of the budget were He said that negotiations with the Police Department were held and ment was reached on certain amounts which were ed by administration and proved by the Alder said the total amount approved for incentive pay was spread throughout the various classifications in the salary The resolution between the City of Upland and the Upland Association calls for an increase in die Educational In- payable to Police cers commencing Jan. 1, is the second half of a pay raise already received some months It states that sworn police officers of flic city ing accredited degrees or having been awarded of from the Police Department may be paid an ad- increment of their basic salary as means California Peace Officers ards and Training Certification Training Achievement Associate of Arts or science degree Associato of Arts or Science degree plus basic POST Certificate Bachelor of Arts or Science Degree percent 5.0 percent 5.0 percent CHRISTMAS IN THE MUSEUM Cultural Museum in Upland play of Christmas traditions etc. has an attractive Christmas dis- 7.5 percent Intermediate POST Genii 10.0 percent Advanced POST An old fashioned Christmas in Home Town is theme chosen by the ber of Commerce and the Town Center Merchants Assn. for the cav long festivities planned for Santa's welcome ar the Kiosk this 16. The Old Fashioned promises of Christmas in Upland Home Town U.S.A. will be presented without lights or fender Santa arrive at 3 p.m. along with four Christmas Kiiss Christmas and two living rac dolls Raggedy Ann and The Upland Hre Department will escort the guests from North Pole to the Kiosk on the mas red fire Miss Christinas is Michael and are the Ann and Andy will be j by three year ulds and sen of Handmade toys including ing horses and doil cradles will a feature of Santa's Santa's tov maker may be reached bv Lamphear at 406 East Arrow The Old Fashioned Christmas festivities be a the historical Band of Ontario directed by master bred 13 member C. D. who will with the An of include Silent the Jingle Bells The program is be- gin at 12 noon with Upland Highlanders Review starring championship solo Di- rector of the ti the Kiosk stage by re- The review I re- sented through The the Salvation Army er- 1-2 At 2 a fashion show sored bv J. J. Vena's Upland -nd holiday
