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Show e UTAH STATE P. 0. - .. TRESS ASSN. B01 1327 SALT LASS CUT, 84110 UTAH 7DT1T THURSDAY. JUNE 9, By ROSELYN KIRK Residents in the south end of Davis County may get two new fire without organizing a fire district, according to Commissioner F Moss C 1 97- 7- from the station to put out a fire. Commissioner Moss said North Centerville was a lot longer than two miles from the county fire station located at 400 North and 500 West in Bountiful BUT HE also indicated that COMMISSIONER Moss said a meeting with city of- the Val Verda area in the unincorporated area of the Woods Cross and West Bountiful had resulted in an agreement to assess two mills for fire protection, conditional on the approval of the city councils. The mill levy would be assessed only in these three towns in the south end of the county and in the unincor- than two miles from the ficials from Centerville, porated areas. North Salt Lake, Farmington and Bountiful assess their own levies and supply fire protection m those cities. COMMISSIONER Moss said two locations for fire stations are being considered, one in Centerville, adjacent to the city hall and another at 2600 South and 800 West in Woods Cross. He said, There will have to be a lot of checking done before we decide what station to build first. County Fire Chief Russell Earl had said earlier that stations should be located so that no engine would have to travel further than two miles county was also much further county station. If the station is built in Centerville, Commissioner Moss said Center- ville officials had indicated that the county might be allowed to build on land owned by the city next to the city hall. But Commissioner Moss pointed out this proposal is only under consideration and no official steps have been taken. The issue over money has been central in resolving the problem since officials learned earlier that cities in the north end of the county were paying 2l4 mills for fire protection while those in the south were assessed only one mill. Commissioner Moss said this discrepancy was explainable based on an agreement initiated by former County Commissioner Stanley Smoot. HE SAID the agreement had set the one mill levy since cities in the south end were contributing the additional Weibell Named Acting Police Chief For Clinton A. Alan Weibell is Clintons new acting police chief. MR. WEIBELL, who has served on the city police force the past 18 months, was appointed acting police chief at least until the city council appoints a permanent chief after July 1. He fills the position vacated by the resignation of chief, Hank Kodele, who accepted a position with the Utah High- - way Patrol in Eastern Utah. A GRADUATE of Weber State College's police science course and a veteran of law enforcement, Mr. Weibell previously served as a Clearfield police officer and a security officer at Clearfield Job Corps Center. He is married to the former Joann Talbot. They have three children, grb VOLUME Commission approved the submission of applications for grants totaling $20,000 from the Housing and Urban 701 (HUD) Development funds and $200,000 in grant requests through the EnProtection vironmental Agency (FPA) 208 Water Quality Study COUNTY Planner Robert Scott said the matching grants, if received, would be 75 percent federally funded, with the local contribution set at 25 percent. The bulk of, the request for money under the HUD grant request would be the $15,000 application to update a county master plan. Mr. Scott said a Davis Master Plan was County completed eight or nine years ago, but was not officially adopted. County planners feel the original plan would give planners something to build on. If the money is awarded, it will be used to get the master plan updated and approved. HE ADMITTED that the county will probably get only a portion of the $15,000 request, but said the money could provide the funding for publications costs. The planof the ning staff will do most work. Last year the counties did not apply for the funding, Mr. Scott said, but eight or nine cities did apply and were awarded funds. The commission also approved the application for a grant for $5,000 to write a Community Design Manual. Mr Scott said the manual would graphically display planning concepts Presently the concepts are in ordinance not graphic form the APPROVING IN $200,000 grant application for Water the EPA Quality grant, the planning commission accepted Mr. Scotts recommendation He said a study of the area had been 1951-5from undertaken of to the construction prior the freeway This study must be revised, necessitating a mountain study suitability analysis and a geologic analysis of groundwater in the low'er areas of the county- The grant application asks for $100,000 in each of these two areas. Grant applications will now go to the Davis County Commission for approval. IN OTHER business, the apcommission proved two unrecorded subdivisions and required some changes before approving a recorded subdivision in the West Farmington area and a planned dwelling group in the South Bountiful area. A request for an unrecorded subdivision at 1100 West 300 South the West in Farmington area was approved by the commission the applicant provided Gordon Peterson could meet Health the Davis County Department rules for the three lot subdivision planning unrecorded subdivision at 3900 South and ANOTHER 2625 West in the South Boun- tiful area was also approved subject to the developer Ivon NUMBER SIX T mill toward the purchase of a fire engine. Commissioner Moss said now that the fire engine is paid for, the addi- tional one mill can be used to finance the additional build- ing The cost of the two substations has been estimated at $80,000. If the county from Farmington south were assessed two mills for fire protection, the county could collect $55,944 this year. This amount raised by the two mill levy would net about $31,000 more than the $24,000 raised by the one mill levy last year, Commissioner Moss said. THE COUNTY sidered forming had a fire condis- trict, in the south end of the county since they didn't want cities in the north end to pay an unequal share m fire costs. But Commissioner Moss said the statistics show that the county only collected $14,000 in property taxes from the north end of the county and paid out $16,830 in fire protection costs. The county has no fire department in the north end of the county, but pays the larger cities to supply fire protection for unincorporated areas of the county. COMMISSIONER Moss said county and city officials from the south end did not favor going with a fire district since that would require a mill levy election. It would be two or three years before anything could be done and then maybe the people would vote it down. He said the fire problem is crucial and the south end cities need fire protection soon. If the city councils approve the project and the county decides to go with the levy, the $31,000 would be used for a Commissioner Moss said. He suggested that sub-statio- buy the fire pumper on a time payment plan. the county Planning Commission Approves Applications By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County Planning FORTY-EIGH- Wall providing roads and curb and gutter. The commission also required that Mr. Wall meet the lot sizes specified by the ordinance. In approving a recorded subdivision west of 1100 West and North of Glovers Lane in the West Farmington area, told the commission developer Ken Knighton that t hard surfaced a full road will be required before building is allowed in the subdivision KNIGHTON had re quested that the 39 acres be MR. retained parceling as agricultural with an unimproved road. As the ruling was passed by the commission, lien agreements on the property for putting in curb, gutter and sidewalk will also be required. The commission also approved a planned dwelling group at 4250 South Highway 91 requested by Jim Keiser in the South Bountiful area but required that only four s be constructed in that area. The commission felt the area was too crowded and required that one building of the proposed five be dropped to provide more four-plexe- open space. IN A FINAL manner, the commission tabled a request by Jack Johnson to rezone his property off Highway 91 at 3100 South in North Salt Lake from to The commission told Mr. Johnson he would have to check with his neighbors and bring back a concensus from the community before the decision on the rezoning request is C-- made. for two large cars to pass under this Denver, Rio Grande and Western Railroad tracks at 2300 N. 1000 West, Clinton. Residents also claim narrow underpass is hazard to children. Its a tight squeeze TIGHT SQUEEZE By GARY R. BLODGETT Clinton residents have banned together for the safety of their children. NEARLY 1,000 persons have signed a petition asking the Denver, Rio Grande and Western Railroad to widen an underpass at 2300 North 1000 West. The petition states that the narrow underpass is hazar dous to our children as well as being too narrow for safe passage of cars. MAYOR Gary Bush saiCKthe underpass is so narrow that only small autos can pass side-hy-si- each other going separate directions, but the larger cars must wait for the other to clear the underpass. he said, there is "Also, no room for pedestrians and it is extremely dangerous to Hood Control Committee To Set Up Priorities Tor Storm Drain Projects By ROSELYN KIRK funding for storm dram The newly organized flood control advisory committee said Tuesday they will set up priority groupings for storm drain projects but added that no first prionty grouping will be inflexible. projects. The funding of projects will not begin until the plan is presented to the Council of Governments (COG) on June 15 and all cities make suggestions. The committee delegated Mr. Nielsen to make the presentation. GLE1 USTIN, county engineer and a member of the committee, said that several projects may be undertaken at the same time since some projects will take longer on the drawing board than others. The committee said that consideration will be given to need, but added they will take into consideration the efforts of the community to get the projects started The system will reward the city that gets things moving, said Mr. Austin Gene Nielsen, consulting engineer on the committee, said there are some projects that can get into construction immediately while others will need to wait for litigation to establish and solve other problems right-of-wa- y ROLF NELSON, a member of the committee, said this does not mean there is no priority grouping. The com- established mittee priorities which they nine chs-sife- d as crucial, but did rot place them in order The list included Wasa'ch Drive in Layton, Clinton detention basins and storm drain system. North Salt Lake Center Street storm drains, Clearfield storm drain at 1450 South 000 East, Bountiful culvert at 400 North, Holmes Creek, Weber Delta detention r Canal dedrain, tention dram, and 2600 South storm dram 1 Davis-Webe- COMMISSIONER Gien Flint said the county could borrow money on tax an- ticipation notes to finance any projects that are ready to go before the money is available from the mill levy The levy will provide about $506. Qoo in HE SAID the county will not jump into projects immediately, but indicated that some construction may begin more rapidly than others. He said the first step would be an agreement between the city and the county, specifying how work will be done and how it will be funded. The county would have the responsibility for the overall engineering planning. Commissioner Glen Flint said the county would be the central agency through which the plans and the funding were filtered. Well have to have receipts on everything we do. COMMISSIONER Flint said the commission had already had pressure from Bountiful, Clearfield and Layton to begin projects. Clinton City officials were present at the meeting to suggest the construction of two areas that could serve both as detention basins and as parks Larry Smith, Clinton City manager, said the city already has $10,000 available from a Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (BOR) park grant. The project could be completed with some additional money from the county. MR. NIELSEN advised that not too the project was serious or costly and the county might be able to solve the problem without too much expenditure. Commissioner Flint cau- tioned that the presence of Clinton city officials at the meeting did not guarantee that they had an edge over other cities who are seeking funding for their projects COMMISSIONER Flint mentioned that the storm drain problem in Layton at Wasatch Drive and Fairfield Road was critical and suggested the county move out Mr Austin on the project said, Cooperation from I should be a factor as to how fast the job gets done The committee asked Mr Nielsen to contact Bountiful city engineer Jack Balling on two projects one, the repair of the culvert at 200 West and 400 North Another project discussed by the committee was the possibility to alleviating flooding problems at Barton and Mill Creeks in Bountiful by allowing the storm water to flow into the Weber-Davi- s aqueduct and not be wasted ay-to- MR. NELSON agreed to contact Wayne Winegar, manager of Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, to see if the plan would be acceptable to the district, which owns the aqueduct. The committee also considered the project of placing a detention dram at the site of the Weber Delta to prevent flooding east of Sunset and Clinton. Mr. Nielsen suggested the project, which he said would supply the water to the West Layton area. WEBER Basin is consider- ing extending the Layton Canal in that area Mr. Niel- sen said the canal could be constructed on the east and the detention basin on the west The road could provide a berm in between. The committee said they will also require that all subdivision plats in the county be reviewed for storm drainage plans before the plat is approved Mr Austin said ci- should adopt that requirement as a part of their subdivision ordinance ties THE committee stressed that intercity relations will be necessary for the priority grouping proposal to work They noted that the first priority grouping may change after the committee receives input from COG Public Hearing Will Review Laytons General Fund Budget public hearing has been set for Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p m. to review Layton Citys proposed general fund budget of $1,628,038 A THE tentative budget, which has a balanced income and expenses, will be presented for public discus sion before the city council at the regular meeting The budget, according to City Recorder Randall Heaps, represents an increase of approximately 11 percent over this year's fiscal budget that the HE NOTED increase is reflected largely in a six percent cost of living pay raise for city employees and lnfldMona;, costs of all maintenance an operaions However, the l percent increase $169,690 - which totals will be met with additional income and there will be no increase in the property tax mill levy, he said children going to and from IDS Primary services. THE MAYOR said he has been working with the railroad and others since I came into office three years ago. But I have had absolutely no results. At that time, railroad officials said they had no money for such improvement projects and in a subsequent meeting told me that they could not spend the money for what they termed beautification of Clinton, he said. MORE recently, however, some steps have been taken to work closely with the State Department of Public Transportation and with the state that depart- ment heads have been corking with the city council for several weeks in preparation of the new budget, grb mayor Things are a little confused as to whom on the state level has jurisdiction over such matters, said Michael D. I yon, attorney for the city. In the past, the Utah Public Service Commission had direct responsibility and now its the Utah Department of Transportation. THE LATTER noted Mayor Bush, is willing to work with us on this problem and that seems to be the route well take But if we get no results from this, well have to resort to legal action Not only is the underpass narrow, but is hazardous to traffic w'lth the view from either side of 10O0 West being blocked to traffic. Its difficult for drivers going from 1000 West onto 2300 North to see if the way is clear, the mayor pointed out CLINTON city council also expressed concern that the railroad should remedy other hazardous or dangerous crossings as follows Fencing of the along the west side of the DRG&W tracks between 2300 North and 1300 North, smooth grade crossings 1300 and North, and replace the wooden bridge across the tracks at 800 North, grb right-of-wa- y DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Main St, Layton PHONE 376-91- 33 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBUSHIN6 CO. John Stahls. Jr.. Publisher Second Clast Postage Paid At Layton, Utah . 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