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Show Index Business Classified Editorial Home Living Serving 29,000 Families From Roy Through Centerville Volume No. 1 Centerville, Clearfield, Clinton, East Layton, Farmington, Fruit Heights, Kaysville, Layton, Roy, South Weber, Sunset, Syracuse, West Point 1 :k Residents Start Pefftioim Drive Ora Merger PIot Thursday, August 28, s V; '' - "s' 1980 10A 13B 4A ......... IB, 2B Obituaries Sports Sports 13A 4B, 7B 4B-7- B ''' EAST LAYTON Citizens in favor of like to keep East Layton from unLayton merger have necessarily having to spend money on begun distributing petitions in East an election. The law requires the district judge to Layton calling for an election to be held on the question of East Layton disin- set an election date at least 45 days Layton-Ea- st corporation. The merger promponents need approximately 300 signatures, 25 percent of all East Laytons registered voters, to get the 2nd District Court in Farmington to set an election on n. from the filing of the petitions, so merger proponents only have a few weeks to get their petitions in if they want to have the disincorporation question placed on the November ballot. is group passing around an annexation petition to be presented to the Layton City Council, asking for East Layton to be annexed subject to the results of a disincorporation election. That will allow annexation The , simultaneously pro-merg- er It will take a simple majority of those voting in such an election to dissolve East Layton City. The merger group will have to get 51 percent of all landowners in the city to sign a petition requesting annexation into Layton, and the landowners of property must constitute the total land value within East Layton for the annexation petition to be valid. The City of Layton would then have to hold a public hearing on the annexation request before the City Council could decide to annex the East Layton area into the city. Twenty days notice of the public hearing from the day the annexation petition is presented is required by law, according to Layton City Planner Scott Carter. one-thir- d proceedings to begin immediately if East Layton citizens vote to disin- corporate. The City of Layton has announced that a public hearing to amend its bouneary policy declaration will be held at city hall Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. to facilitate possible annexation of East Layton. At the hearing, the city plans to change its present declaration to include East Layton as an area which Layton might want to annex in the future. State law requires cities to make such declarations to promote orderly growth and to prevent conflicts among governmental bodies which may be planning to annex the same Members of the Layton City Council have indicated a willingness to merge with East Layton, but they recently let East Layton know in no uncertain terms that they would do so only if East Layton disincorporated and allowed territory. itself to be annexed. The possibility of group leader Kim and Henderson said he feels his people can .. both cities disincorporating merging into a totally new city had get enough signatures to have a been discussed, but Layton officials disincorporation election held. 1 think the election will show that rejected the notion, saying that route was too complicated, expensive and most people want to be a part of Layton City, most people Ive talked to, disadvantageous to Layton. now are rushing anyway, he said. Merger proponents He noted that East Layton citizens tro get the needed number of signatures in enough time to have the already depend on Layton for fire question placed on the service and recreation programs. Well be better served, and basically ballot in the Nov. 6 general election. A our taxes will be lower with I think held could be election at any special time, but everyone concerned would Layton, he said. Pro-merg- er THIS HOUSE has been converted into a basement church and upstairs day care center in Clearfield. Pastor Allen Crosno of the Bible Baptist Church is enrolling children for the Intermountain Christian Academy which is a school that is being operated by the church in a garage located on the property. Church, School Anger Residents; City Pledges to Review License By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer CLEARFIELD Several area residents are upset with a neighbor who has set up a church and a school in a residence on 300 North. The residents attend the Tuesday city council meeting to object to the activities that have been taking place in their neigh- borhood. The neighbor, a church started by the independent fundamental Baptists, occupies the residence at 847 W. 300 N. Pastor Allen Crosno of the Bible Baptist Church, when questioned after the citizens made their appeal to the City Council, said that he was not aware of any problems at this time with the immediate neighbors of the facility. He did say that they are operating a church and a school at the location but refused to comment on reports of a day care center being located in the facilities. Phyllis Douglass, 869 W. 300 N., whos property adjoins the churchs, said that she received a flyer Tuesday evening on a day care facility being operated at the church. Mrs. Douglass is one of the citizens who appeared before the council. According to Carl Jensen, director of city building and zoning, there has not been a license issued to operate a day care center at the residence. When questioned Wednesday morning, he said that the planning commission is in the process of trying to shut the day care center down. They said that first the city must determine if it is a day care facility. If it is, then both city and state licenses are required. Jensen said that a use change for the Council Will Work to Protect Business ROY The Roy City Council reaffirmed a promise to Roy Business to loan the Roy owners that the agency will work to community. Tuesday agreed The formation of a separate agency Redevelopment Agency $15,000 and try to protect interests of the business to aid present Roy businesses was also proposed. The loan will be used by the agency to analysis of the city. The study will Candidates Prepare For Sept. 9 Runoff Voters will get the chance to say yea or nay to a wide spectrum of political candidates in the Sept. 9 primary election. This year, voters will select their favorite candidates on either the Democratic, Republican or Independent ticket. Those who win the primary election will represent their party in the general election this November. Four new voting districts have been created for Roy voters, and five new voting districts have been made for Davis County voters. Also, about one dozen Davis County voting districts have been realigned. Voters who are not certain in which district they should vote should contact the county clerks office. Republicans Harry B. Gerlach Sr. and Howard O. Wiscombe both of in a fight Bountiful, will go to become the Republican candidate for seat now held by Morris the four-yeF. Swapp. Swapp was not selected to be a candidate-- ' In Weber County, Republicans November. Vernon Borgeson of Clearfield, Byron Hellewell of Syracuse, and Bruce G. Terry of Syracuse will try to unseat incumbent Bruce Watkins of Sunset in the race for the Davis County School . . Harold R. Johnson of Hooper and incumbent Randall L. Gardner of Riverdale are vying for the party nomination to the Legislative District 8 seat. The district includes part of Roy, Riverdale, Hooper, and Kanes ville. The winner of that contest will run against incumbent state Rep. Roger Rawson, a Democrat, in November. Incumbent Weber County School Board member Shirley S. Carver of Hooper will face Ted L. Parke of Wilson, Dee L. Schenck of Taylor, and Janet A. Tueller of Roy in a four-wa- y contest for the Precinct 4 seat. Incumbent board member Patrick G. Baggs of Riverdale will meet Celia Archibald of Riverdale and Robert Vance of Washington Terrace in a race for the Precinct 5 seat. The top two vote getters in the school board contests will compete against one another in the November general election. In Davis County, several important races will be narrowed down as a result of how people vote in the upcoming primary election. i. one-on-o- ar Incumbent County Commissioner Glen W. Flint of West Point will run against challenger Glen E. Saunders of Clinton in attempt - to clinch the Republican nomination for that post. J. Leon Sorenson of Farmington and E. Ute Knowlton will face off for the Republican nomination to the District 54 state representative seat being vacated by state Rep. Jim Hansen. Hansen has chosen to leave that job to run against U.S. Rep. Gun nMcKay in Board District 5 seat. Kenneth Frank of East Layton, Bonnie Smith of East Layton, and Frank Brian of Kaysville are challenging incumbent Lucille Reading of Centerville for the District 3 school board job. At the state level, voters in both Weber and Davis counties will have the chance to choose between Dan Berman and Ogden Mayor A. Stephen Dirks in the Democratic U.S. Senate race. Both are hoping to unseat incumbent U.S. Senator Jake Garn in the general election this fall. Moroni L. Jensen and Doug Hunt, a Weber County Commissioner, will fight it out for the Democratic lieutenant governors nomination, a job presently held by Democrat David Monson. Polling places will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. election day. determine the market area and the prime areas for redevelopment and provide guidelines for the best commercial projects for the community. Richard Thompson, a Roy resident asked the council if the agency has power to condemn property and if the agency might ever repay the city loan. City Attorney Roger Dutson said the agency does have a number of governmental powers, including the power of dondemnation, even though the City Council and the agency board , are separate entities, comprised of the same individual members. The power to condemn property would be used sparingly," Dutson said. The agency would try first to negotiate with the owner according to Councilmen Mull Morris Appointment ROY Roy City Councilman Earl Morris proposed Tuesday that the Roy Redevelopment Agency name City Richard Kirkwood as executive director of the agency. No action was taken on the proposal. Morris said he feels the agency needs an executive director and said the council has previously agreed that Manager Kirkwood should work closely with the agency. City Attorney Roger Dutson was appointed by the agency board, whose members are also the citys mayor and city council members as coordinator at the agencys first meeting last week. You can recommend that the agency name an executive director if you wish, he said. Council members were reluctant to endorse the proposal. have 10 percent of the Ikoan amount and then could get guaranteed SBA loans of up to $500,000 at interest rates below market rate. He said most small Roy businesses bodies:. would qualify for SBA loans. I think you might be getting in too The redevelopment agency and the deep," he told the council. I hate to see development company could then share those powers used; its like a socialistic expenses on projects with no conflict. state, where the government owns the Councilman Richard Ulibarri said property and the private individual is the city has not been anxious to get into pushed out. the redevelopment business. He said he feels people often hold out If we had our druthers, we probably against condemnation because they feel cheated. wouldnt get into it at all, Ulibarri said. But were trying to respond I dont like to see people displaced, when it is actually the people of Roy positively to concerns of citizens that who are doing it through the council and the council isnt doing enough to the agency, he said. Those private strengthen the business community. business owners may have had plans Our success will be measured by how for their property that will never humanely we act. materialize. Dutson said condemnation is often Dutson said the agency is trying seen as a threat, when it has actually hard to make the project as equitable worked in favor of existing businesses in some instances. as possible. Some business owners ask the city He said it is possible for business to condemn the property rather than owners in the community, with the help it so they can avoid capital gains buy of the redevelopment agency, to form a taxes on the sale, he said. local development company and obtain Councilmam Earl Morris said the financing for redevelopment projects power of condemnation would be used from the Small Business only as a last resort, if a project that Administration. would be beneficial to the entire Dutson explained that the developcommunity is being held up by ment company would be required to unreasonable property owners. fair market value. He said it is likely the city would gain revenue from interest on the loan. Thompson said he objects to the controlling of property by government property at 847 W. 300 N. was requested at the planning commissions June 18 meeting. The change from residential to religious use was granted but for the main structure only. Neighbors of the facility also voiced concerns over the traffic problems on 300 North and the safety of the children. Campbell is also worried about the The safety of his own children. schools buses use a road that runs right next to my property line, he said. He also said that a bus has already been stuck while trying to turn on to the property because the drives onto the property are so narrow. Other neighbors complained that the buses have hit their fences and driven over their lawns. Mrs. Douglass said that the school is loading the children on the buses after school right in front of her home. Reviewing The News When Utahns discuss and often criticize the oil industry, it seems like a very distant, unfamiliar entity, a hazy giant with a Texas accent who we feel comfortable blaming for the havoc brought in our budgets by rising oil prices. But, the oil industry is actually a hometown business. An oil drilling rig just like those pictured on movie and television screens is anchored offshore in the northern end of the Great Salt Lake, not far from the bustling communities along the lake shore. Crewmen there are quietly going about the business of searching for oil far beneath the lake bottom. They attract no attention and many North Utahns dont know they are there. A Lakeside Review reporter made the trip recently to the site of the oil well, accompanied by a senior drilling foreman for Amoco Production Co. Read her story today on pages 6A and 7A in the Lakeside Review. Look for Us Thursday Morning The Lakeside Review is new in town. Beginning with this introductory issue, we hope to become a vital part of the community extending from Roy through Centerville. We-r-e a new newspaper, but we hope soon to become an old friend. Readers in 29,000 households will find us on their doorsteps each Thursday morning, filled with news of whats going on the various cities and towns in the area. The Lakeside Review is being distributed free. We will be bringing vital information concerning government decisions and issues, updates on both the good and bad news that you need to know and understand. And, just as important, we will let you know the more personal side of the news weddings, births, mission calls, achievements and awards the real heart of community news. The Lakeside Review is replacing the former Sun Chronicle, Sun Times and Clearfield Courier, and we have extended our coverage area soouth to include all communities through Centerville. We hope to retain the good friendships built by those publications and build the trust of many more readers through expanded and improved coverage. We hope all our readers will take advantage of the services we offer. 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