Viewmont Vikings: Save the “V”
- The concrete “V” on the mountainside is in need of your help!
- Years of erosion has undermined under the structure.
- Concrete needs to be placed under the “V” to stop the erosion.
Funding for the project will be obtained through students, parents, faculty,community, and alumni donation.
For tax deductible contributions, send a check made out to the DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (write Save The “V” Project on the memo line) to P.O.Box 588, Farmington, Utah 84025 or send/drop-off the check to Viewmont High School, or get on the Davis Education Foundation website where credit card payments are accepted at www.daviseducationfoundation.org. This is a 501c charitable foundation set up by the Davis School District to foster charitable giving.
More Information About the Project:
Project: Part one of the restoration is to remove brush, weeds, and loose gravel along both outside edges to have a solid base for shotcrete (concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface like in pool construction) to be pumped under the “V.” Wire mesh secured with rebar will be placed to provide a framework for the shotcrete. The current student body, Boy Scouts, and able-bodied alumni will perform the labor for part one. Part two of the project is to have Intermountain Gunite Company professionally do the pumping of the shotcrete. The materials and labor for the pumping are the majority of the costs of this project. The rest of the cost will be to restore the ground next to the “V” by replacing dirt, replanting native grasses, and creating a drainage system along the side to prevent future erosion. An improved pathway for safer climbing up to the V is also a part of the project.
Part one of the project is scheduled to be completed in two phases. Ryan Trump with his scout troop and other volunteers will begin Saturday April 19th, 2014. The Viewmont Student leaders and advisors as well as any interested alumni or parents will continue the preparation for the shotcrete by placing the wire mesh around the V on Friday April 26th, 2014 at 3:00pm. Part two well begin after May 1st, 2014 by Intermountain Gunite Company pumping in the shotcrete. After the shotcrete has cured, then the last phase of replacing dirt, improving the pathway, replanting native grasses and creating a drainage system will be completed.
History: The Viewmont High School Class of 1973 constructed an 8 foot wide, 105 foot long concrete “V” on the mountain above Centerville on city property. After forty years, water running off the “V” has eroded the soil up to two feet under the concrete and has created two to three foot deep gully along the north side, and to a lesser extent along the south side. At the present time, the “V” is stable as determined by a geological engineer’s evaluation; however, if nothing is done to stop the erosion, the “V” is in danger of becoming unstable and breaking up. Ryan Trump created the restoration proposal to stop the erosion under the “V” as an Eagle Scout Project. Ryan is the youngest grandchild of Robert Trump, the contractor who aided the Class of ’73 with framing and pouring the concrete forty years ago. Ryan presented the proposal to the Viewmont Student Body officers, Viewmont Principal Daniel Linford, Viewmont Alumni Committee, and the Centerville City Council, with all parties agreeing to cooperate with the project. Centerville City Council has approved and authorized this work to be done with the oversight of the city engineer.
Please help the traditions of lighting and whitewashing the “V” stay an influential part of students’ school experience by donating by May 1st. Donations will still be accepted after that to help with re-planting and landscaping, but the contractor will need to be paid shortly after May 1st.
