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Show c , f L A . r. s:.L L l ( . i :o l w ri FI B .a k--d JL J ri imwm ' -- 1 cj tJ tLJ But relatively higher land costs would gowith a building at such a sue, Mr Schaeffer said And more of an overlap with the existing ld ByTOMBUSSELBERG FARMINGTON - In an ef fort to get things out in me open" the Davis County library Board has invited library officials from Kays-viil- Ck-iue- Binary would result that facili'y Being onlv two md one half miles north cf lhe mall site e and Lavton to meet with the board during its regular monthly meeting Oct 17 PORTION of that meeting will deal with possibilities for building new libraries tn those two cities At present, no library exists in Layton and Kaysville maintains a small bbrary of its own The board agreed to meeting with the citv off cials during a meeting held Tuesday morning at its September session It was delayed into A I . I f I Ar rjT? 4ri It A,? v ,wf Aijt 'i ivib i f vi , " - L'iiB'&L October because Library Director Jeanne Layton was out of town during much of ) I i. MUCH TIME was given to discussing alternatives for expansion of the countys library system, including moving the zr sim&sj from the present Farmington facility adp cent to the courthouse to either Kaysville or Layton Plans for those and other options were presented in rough f it mhv county plurmrsCbr.s Sehueferand John Junson They based their report on guidelines set by the Library Board in May indicating locations should be in areas of high and 30, traffic people should live within a thr-to four mile radius headquarters . Ns- ' , , ,. fv -- re " .a, T J.V s', rtew vA 4 K r, Many man-mad- e things have interesting shapes This steel w ork for on at Shepards Lane looks like it should plav an overpass But the music. only strumming it will get is from steel belted radiak While this work is in progress the white overhead. skimming concrete ribbon is being put down to form the other half of the freeway. OVERPASS SHAPES nn By GARY R. BLODGETT Will central Davis County residents reeeive extended telephone service as a result of two duvs of hearings before the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) in Salt Lake City9 IF SO, when9 And how much will it cost9 and oth r Answers to th-s- e questions discussed at the PSC hearings are not expect ed for at least two weeks. All matters were taken under advisement by the PSC for an indefinite period " STATE James Vf Representative Hansen (R-- ar nungton), who testified at the PSC hearings as well as preliminary hearings held a few months ago in I arming-ton- . s nd "extended t( It phone si rvice is the bipgt st issue in Davis Counts bsl.iv " Mountain Bell has its sole of the slorv, Davis County represe ntutives have theirs Mountain B II, in f.u t. of ft red six options for extended service toll-fre- e BIT SOMEONE has to pay the additional cost mui h9 Iconomisi W ho9 How George R. Compton of the Division of Public Utilities said that in order to avoid discrimination there would have to be a nil termination of rales of all the extended service area and basic exchange rates charged throughout the state BIT Representative Han vn and State Senator Haven J Barlow (R Layton) charge that central Davis County customers hive btri for a lung time and still are being discriminated ag itnst " Mountain B II representatives snv that a red' termination studv is undtrway and fat ts of t)u ir findings are expected to be made public in curlv -tnOwners Davis of a $."0,000 home County will be paving about 1101 more in property taxes this vear than a year ago. according to a research analvst for the Utah Taxpavers' Association Bn RF5EARCHFR Howard Stephenson said this is "the largest increase in property taxes since Che reappraisal three years ago " The laxpavers' association noted that the tax hike this year is due largely to the county government s increase in mill levy of 4 62 mills and a 4 18 mill increase by the Davos School District THIS BOOSTS the average lev y in Divts Countv from 6x 8 mills to 77 2 mills since last year and mi teases the average $50. out) home total own r's taxes to a record high J x0 this year, according to the report Davis Countv s big jump in property taxes, Lavis Countv residents will still he paving less (m arly Ski less) than Weber County residents with an equal $di.mn home VCHItF DAAIS taxpavers will pay S 101 more this year than last, Weber County taxpavers will pay only about $2 80 more based on a VVi.nno home, according report grb to the 1!M) "Until we have results of the study, it is impossible to say what the ultimate extended area service would he and how much it might cost It would depend on what the various options would be," said Mr Compton DAVIS (OLNH represen- tatives primarily woulJ like to have toll free service within Dav is County Also, they are v king to have f included on the Salt Lake Exchange and Kavsville and citiex north ini luded on the Ogden T Xchange Under the present s stent, there is no toll free service within the county Bountiful residents can call only to told the PSC that TXTL if toll free extended to Davis Countv, the additional costs would have to he passed on to the either telephone subscribers receiving the extra service or to all customers in Utah " service is "THIS WOE LI) set a precedent for expansion throughout the state, and it would result in an mereas(d rate to all customers-includ-t- ng tho-customers on fixed incomes who cannot afford bigger telephone bills," said e Mr. lawrence "We are pleading for an answer that will be best in the long run, not just for Dav is County but for all of I tah " Mr lawrence saul the hi st solution would be "miasured I servifp," based on the customer s actual use of the toll telephone Customers would armington without paving an additional long distance h f ARMINGTON customers r Till S. IT is not liloly th it Divts County rendi nts will receive any change in the But telephone strvice until at least Taxes Increase About $101.00 FARMINGTON 0 e in call onlv to Bountiful ami k.ivsviite pun's, e the Bevnnd those re is an additional ne a choice of p can call Ogdi n I Xehange, hut 1 avion and kavsville can't call eiihe r Ogdi n or s.,!t fake without paving an addihoi al toll Of HI R ARLAS of the Siam, Cache Countv, for rxample. can tall from one end of the county to the oth r without a toll fee It's the sime in Weber County Huntsville residents can call as far awav as Hooper and Plain C itv (across th mnun Lins) witltou! a toll Pu! Davis Cexmtv reside nts can't call much bevnnd 10 miles within own its populated county without pmng an additional fop MR. COMPTON challenges the revised svstem because, he said, "It wrnildn t be unfair for Salt Take customers to have to pav an extra 25 cents per month so that Davis Couhty customers can have e the privilege of calling from Farmington to Salt Lake City " toll-fre- w. Mac lawrence, vice president of Mountain Bell, a flat STAIN Bell executive th n noit d five reasons that the tc It phone n mpinv is ag nrst tod Ir e servi e THT h irge ( h arf if Id nmg rate or paving for De numb r of calls, time of dav, and length of call MOL xmiidod s rv n e p! n ( s n of pav irg for it on everyone nther than on It e w ho use the vrv u e I L the hurd 2. IONIINL Al expansion of local tailing is not consis tent with how consumer groups want utilities to provide and price their sm vices revealed pluses and minuses for both Layton and Kaysville as proposed he adquarters sites would cost custonit rs an ad ditional 16 cents a mon'h To provide toll free calling within Davis County, the es-- t mu led cost would be s' cc nts per month BASL RALt S would also he rvices, it w is expl on d Mr Law rente viol an:ht r factor to consider is the misuse of calling with ex-- l nded uret v rvue "ONCE Till calling area is expanded, psple abuse the service with not onlv more calls but longer calls as well," he vud "Lhe volume has bvn known to ini r ase 12 times on the aver, if e In in wly e art as " expand, d nr iMve Hans, n s ud Ripr he is "p1 iM d wi'h the PSC h armp ' "It w is te b st of all the b, irmj we ve h id on "er "IM (Jl this m BASLD ON population follows To provide extended loll free calling from kavsville, Tavton and Fruit Heights to Ogden, tt would cost the rus tomer in these areas an addi t tonal SI 11 per month L on f ! that nl cording to projections Tilt SITE is closer to the median population cenur for the county t Land costs would be r I j-- vt ly low 125,000 volumes comto about 65,000 at present and would cover from 38.0)-0 to 48, OX) square feet By comparison, the Bountiful and Clear! eld branch libraries include about 24,000 square 100.0)- 0 ir in uni tics north tn call Ogd n without aFlition il cost "If we can g t this nun h we will have won a major b ml And I P rk we o e j " mg to do it -- feet potential space and of house about 30, OKI volumes each IN ADDITION! to a new headquarters, plans were oi. timed for other county R of less o erl ip s w ith t xistmg Itbrurn-wou'd dm clop f rvwav auess would le livonble with completion of the 2k) North off ratrp and transportation would also be possible on majnr arterial such as H phwjy 106. Travel requests from several h'gh v hiwl musc groups will be among itpms consnlered bv the Davis Countv Board of f duration when it meets in regular session Oct 10 at 7 pm in Farmington OTHER AGFNDA items include building lot requests from Woods Cross High School, requests from - to vce it n red in Kavsv ulc ties might in, lude e idai ar other facili- pre fab units in South Wiberand L'vton com imng many volumes - SC in Clinton 15,01m 20,0u0 Bbrary The Farmington library would be expand, d to level and Cl library might a! ,o be s,e Dreams cot mnnv, howewr, and Mr Si ha fit r told the hoard that aw ht ad aarters hu.ld rig would cost "ovt r SI million" al a cu-of $J0 a square f, .it Then rth At the vime tirrie, pns.tive rs list, si for the Lavton a. n lOv holed k -S- U.MI ICAVTL3 iiwras'd drawing p to tre n giorvil mall Gl w r d,e aicr-- from Inter s'ate 15 and through colleitor stnx is -(- CBurfield cest luding fumishmgs and was enmf ieted in P3 (Mi in Al SO TO be cmvid red, sud board member Lvan Whitesides of I OMMl RUAILV Inn d " I m i II Fr gram mum'v ' N W atrh ig' !rbix d wbuh is mstitutfd to 3"1 ' p ertn e h s rr 1 Nx n "ix M e n ruv w , s PROGRAM was to lop a wuit-'j- l eve on your n jkb"s bom THf ibsgnisj and repot unuhmg The public is invited unnji th pili. man returned home from work wo k a kavsv He son e and al me al t e time lv at beirg anl he d scnvi ring he d d have his hnusn kev with hm-i4- x i to p sh op n nor of Die siik wind ws and crawl thnrw.gh in or V r to eot ins do thrir instead of wa tmg return He was seen hv a neighbor and he not iden tifvmg who hp was, immedi atelv called the pBce curlv H s Meet Id argue for any business high traffic area The libraries in Bountiful and Kavsville are the best sites now because theyre associated with other activities already drawing people "Theres a problem with the location in Clearfield because people dont know where it is when they have to attend meetings there Its in a quiet area " It was agreed that the library headquarters should be built tn the countys north end "The north part of the roun'y is over thA population of the soutti and the disparity is increasing There is still a lot of land available in the north end and a tremendous building capacity while the sou.h end is filling in very nstui ATT HE sometime, growth require addl'd in th1 south will facilities with projected jv.puljtion for the Bountiful area by W5 put at nearly 80 000 A regional library only JO.ooO to 50,000 people to sustain it, said Mr. Schieffer "We need to set a poll y il wewant one facility or disjx-rst-faulities Even with facilities that two would serve 70 5 A) and means we could probably increase the ftxint.ful library to handle another lQ.OnO or mavbe look at South Centerville " In looking to the Oct 17 chairman W a ne nieting asked that further Thormxk information be provided including a timetable ol profiled population growth for five ver intervals and differeno-'ahulated on trif fic flow for tb two possible I avion Ml s along with furtbir nfurmu"on to aid in prcjtx tiTf, future noids for the m-d- s s ful area poll e d p - Tt gr r LI lrtnu nt is r people who are rood w,;h th ir neigh-(f k i rs tbe r. rty ami p-- w Ifure m ghrs ahsence and je D i al the pxpie will ccn'mue to cooperate in Watch." "N ghhirhoid wln thev sf e an unusual r r. imsl in r uris b the home IS 5ltfH)M ow r IM1 who is entering tl.riK gh a wioik' np si-- not nmg time and buildings and gnxtOds business I BUT MISS Layton said, think the county can well justify the cost w hen we look at t ts possible use Its like a commercial store maybe spending $30,000 more and then recovering the cost in added lB-kjo- o ( t rl rmntary xhfK)s for plan t avtori. is a s and available land to eigEilJoiiiood Watch: Termed Uery Successful VI 1 fut in its d IF THE h i ! j iart rs were located in La 1 m. kavsv. lie would ve a library cxpandi d to sub regional lev I with other options remaining the strive Brjnih at the mall, he said Board member Lynette Wilson 'did, "I think unrealistic for the county to hive to compete at such He estimated pros nt county population at housing volumes and serving an area of from 5 000 7,500 facilities in Centerville and al erda would help relieve exjxx ted growth and demands on the existing Bountiful increased in proposed site in Layton immediately south of that citys new museum The site has been offered at no charge for construction of a facility by the county It cou'd mean a savings of possibly $100,000 th at it might cost for two acres rapidly A brary -- Ill T TVIO factors must ! cnnsid red at t'e same time, the bvird was t( Id Tie sue is not as strong a tommemal renter as the Lv.ion H 11s M ill now und r construction, for example Because of that, drawing I po( r to !' hriry m.ght nt be as great. Mr Scha,f!cr School Board Sets Meeting ARMINGTON either kavsville or in libiary Lavim Li'--t T cities based on placing the centra1 a PATTI I toll free s rvsee within th county and th it it will rule favorably for Larmirgton res, 'dints to call Sait lake City and kavsville and cc m d projections for lixO, Mr I awrem e outlined costs as 1 gt unfair to provide equal service lor various it 1 we will a f r or' r from th PSC. ' be sj.d "I ! that tG IM will rule m f of 4, IT is b gins That facility includes two stores at present with others expected to lie add d Commercial lo's are available to the site and about 47, 0'K) people will be living within three to four m!es ac- adjusted for these proposed Extended area service breeds wastefuln sx does extend area service stop cnee for VLLING IR RLPORT Pluses for Kav sv die inr luded Construction in the area near the new Valley Square Mall at about 500 North Mam Farmington to Salt Lake's north zone (to 2100 South) 3 locations 5 Where NDtD C sociation guidelines were followed, tne headquarters from would house from HII gSfXG yy PROMMITY TO Bill AFB was also listed as negative because the base has its own volume 33,000 facility, generates noise that might be detrimental and at the same time may limit further grow th ntar the mall site If American Library As- pared September sTf & Mti; 4 rt fr rouct mgs are normally held the first and third Tuesdav of each month but have been changed this month onlv to were at the THE home in seconds, one at each of the two dors with guns After ringing the door bell the the seinhd and fourth weeks tb was well man came to the door, he explained his pi gM and all THE t97 WLEKII REFLEX B North Man St. I. avion Phone PubshKj 376-913- 3 WawSijf by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. 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