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Show Friday, September 17, 1993 2 CUPPER Postal Service selects site in Layton for a post office design and construction phases including a projected move-i- n date of Feb. 28, 1995. Postal Service Government Relations Representative in Washington, D.C. Bill Weagley said the architectural engineering bid is scheduled to be awarded in September. Weagley added that the design bid award would follow on Jan. 3, 1994. The construction phase of the project will be awarded on March 31, 1994. Weagley .said that if all goes well, the completion date would be scheduled for Dec. 31, 1994 and the date on Feb. 28, 1995, move-i- n nearly two years after the site acquisition was granted. Site acquisition was granted on Feb. 28, 1993 by officials in Washington, D.C. The Postal Service purchased 3.5 acres of land last February for $853,000 from the Bountiful Redevelopment Agency (RDA) to construct a 23,000 square-foregional facility on Main Street from Center to 100 West and to 100 South. By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor A second site for a LAYTON new post office has been selected by the United States Postal Service in Davis County as a five-acr- e parcel of land has been chosen in Layton. In February of 1993 the Postal Service also purchased a site in downtown Bountiful for a new regional post office. The new site is located on Fairfield Road and Gordon Avenue (1000 North) in Layton. The 29,000 square-fopost office will located about 400 feet north of the intersection on the west side of the road just north of the new Albertsons and PayLess Drug Center on Fairfield Road. ot Layton Postmaster Newell Wilson has reported that the land has not been purchased yet because the Postal Service will conduct a y period for public comment first before the deal is finalized. The public comment period started on Sept. 6 and will continue until 60-da- ot Nov. 6. In August the Postal Service released information about the new The Postal Service had previously removed the project from any post office construction list. When the Layton post office downtown Bountiful Post Office was OK'd, the Bountiful site was in real doubt. The closing date of the RDA property came after nearly 11 months of waiting and negotiations between the Postal Service and the RDA for a new post office. The deal was struck on April 22, 1992. A nationwide shake-u- p of the Postal Service was partly responsible for the delays in finalizing the deal with Bountiful r i " s Word onj--i the Street" What is the biggest problem in your community? The biggest problem is getting moved in. Im in the process of moving to Fruit Heights from upstate New York. officials. Last April the RDA board approved $5,000 and hired Allred, Soffe, Wilkinson and Nichols to provide landscaping architectural services for the design and construction of a fountain near the planned new post office in downtown Bountiful. The city claims the entire project to install the fountain is estimated to cost $30,000 and will enhance the post office facility that is slated to be completed by 1995. Public comments on the new Layton postal site can be mailed to: Denver Facility Service Center, U.S. Post Office, Real Estate, 80055 E. Tufts Avenue Parkway, No. 400, Denver, Colo. John Samlimbene Fruit Heights The thing that bothers me most is the U.S. 89 and Shepard Lane intersection. Its really dangerous and 1 wish they would do something about it. Kathy Johnson Farmington Marchant takes over as new Fruit Heights city manager July for health reasons, was By MARK EDDINGTON physically unable to provide as much assistance with the transition as she would have if she were healthy. Despite his inexperience, Staff Writer FRUIT HEIGHTS The mayor and members of the City Council didn't have to look beyond their own municipal borders to find a replacement for retiring City Manager Belva Provost but they Mayor Blaine Nelson said Marchant's performance in office since has exceeded his expectations. We're so pleased with the job he is doing, Nelson said. I felt we could never find anyone to replace Belva, but he has really picked up the ball. What attracted the council to Marchant over other candidates, Nelson explained, was his frugality. Fruit Heights is a small city with a small budget and limited resources, the mayor and council members were looking for someone who was careful with money. Marchant was one of seven finalists interviewed for the position. We talked to his former mid-Augu- st did. More than 120 applicants applied for the job, but it was city resident Richard L. Dick Marchant who was the council's unanimous choice to fill the A retired Air Force position. lieutenant colonel with no previous experience, Marchant said the on the job training has been a ar challenge. It's been pretty strenuous, because frankly I did not have a in background municipal administration, he said. Adding to the difficulty was the fact that Provost, who retired in Demos picnic Sept 18 The Davis County Democratic Party will host a picnic on Antelope Island on Saturday, Sept. 18 from p.m. The county party requests a five dollar per person donation to the Antelope Island Ranch House Restoration Project. All proceeds from the picnic will be used to restore the structure which is among the oldest continuously occupied dwellings in the state of Utah. The public is invited. For further information contact any Davis County Democratic Party 1- -4 Officer. E employers and they all said he was very meticulous, almost to a fault. They also said he was very honest and fiscally responsible, Nelson added. A month into the job, Marchant he is still learning but enjoying what he is doing. We generally pride ourselves as being a city with a good neighbor policy and relationships, and I see a great deal of that exhibited in our said council and planning commission meetings, he said. I think that problems are addressed in a very civil way.. There is a feeling of unity here that I think is representative of the relationships people have with each other and with city officials. I truly believe city Traffic. Whenever there is a wreck p or any kind of on 1 5 it is a horrible deal. And my lawn needs to be moved every week. Thats number two. Other than that, life is good. tie-u- Bob Bahl Layton that. Fruit Height's greatest challenge in the '90s, Marchant believes, is accomodating the demand for property in the city with only limited space. There were 100 residents when Fruit Heights was incoiporated in 1939. Since then, the city's population has blossomed into more than 4,500 residents and is currently one of the fastest growing communities in the state. Marchant said all available land for growth will probably be exhausted within 20 years. The pressing issue for the city.. .is keeping on top of this tremendous (growth) explosion that we're now experiencing. Vandalism. We have some kids in the neighborhood who didnt fit in or were just unhappy, and they went on a rampage. They shot out windows, flattened automobile tires and wrote on church buildings. It was really upsetting because we pride ourselves on being a warm and friendly community...Id like to think that we as a community can reach out and help these kids." Pam Stout Farmington |