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Show LAYTON Will a quick-sto- p convenience food and gas stor: be constructed on the northeast comer of Rainbow Drive and Fairfield Road in de- building at this site. In two days, volunteers secured 2 signatures from residents living nearb stating opposition to the store. The petition, along with a letter of opposition from Principal Ta lor was given to the planning commission. Layton spite objections from school officials, the PTA and residents of the area? ACCORDING TO Layton City Planner, Scott Carter, "At this point in time the possibility seems THERE ARE three major reasons for citizen opposition to ihe store: 1. The safety of the children would be jeopardized. An already busy intersection would have increased traffic problems as people entered and exited the facility . The "short stop nature of this traffic is especially worrisome to parents. 2. A convenience store located this close to an elementary school would be an attraction for school pupils. Again, there would be safety problems combined with the problems of children visiting the store against the wishes of parents and educators. 3. The store would sell beer. State law says beer cannot be sold within 600 feet of a school. The 1 store would be 630 feet from E.G. King, according to Dorothy Paine, PTA safety chairman. City Planner Scott Carter says there is still one or two items that will be worked out before final approval for the store can be given. If these details store will not be can't be resolved then the allowed to build. highly likely. Mr. Carter explained his statement by saying when Layton City and East Layton were joined last year, Layton decided to accept the zoning plan East Layton had adopted. Adding that touch to hopefully make for winning Layton High School games is the drill team that includes: back, Tracy Monroe, left, Mindy Green, Stocks, AMLISON Layton, Lori Evans, Lucy Sargent and Kim Cottle; middle, Sabor Parry, left, Amelia Beeson, Jerilyn Huffaker, Jeannie Johnston, Aicci Jo Adams, Jalaire Barton and Gina Durbano; front, Kathleen Isom, left, Maria Anapol, Lisa Wadsworth, Gina Dalton, Nancy Flitton and Darnell Bennett. THE CORNER of Rainbow and Fairfield came into Layton under a commercial zone. Any company that meets Layton Citys commercial zoning requirements. the building codes and the fire code can locate on this site. No city council approval is needed because the property is a commercial zone. ie LAYTON DRILL TEAM Layton High School repre- tall flags, short flags, baton groups, cheerleaders in several categories, bands and drill teams from all parts of the country enter the Miss Drill Team USA International competition. sentatives scored extremely well against thousands of high school students from all parts of the United States in the Miss Drill Team USA International pageant that was held Feb. 12 and 13 in Santa Monica, Calif. KAY CRAWFORD of Santa Monica College is the pageant director. American business corporations donate money to sponsor the two-dapageant and to pay for the many trophies, prizes and scholarships that are given for top performances. JACKIE Fullmer, the director of the Miss Drill Team MISS GINA Durbano, the Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Durbano, earned the title of Miss Drill team USA International. daughter of y The Layton High School varsity cheerleaders received first place honors for cheerleaders. They are directed by Myrna Mayes. Utah competition, said 13 Utah drill teams entered the contest from Utah. The teams FIRST PLACE in the military team category went to the Layton High School Lancel-les- . They also received a third place award in dance precision. Clay Reeves is the director. all placed in the top seven of every division they entered. A drill team can compete in one or more of five divisions; Lan-cell- Individual performers, routines. ON SATURDAY, all the first place teams and individuals were announced. The top winners performed in the evening in the Los Angeles County Sports Arena before a crowd of about 13,000 spectators. According to one person who attended the final performance, it was better than any professional entertainment event she had ever attended or seen on television. Besides the first place award for the drill military category received by the Lancelles, one other Utah team received first place honors. This was the Wasatch drill team. They won the show division. UTAHS Bingham high school band was given the most outstanding band award. In order to earn the title of Miss Drill Team USA Interna- MS. FULLMER says the audience and judges of the contest are always impressed by tional, Gina Durbano competed in three areas against 40 girls from all parts of the United States. First, the girls gave an individual routine. The second area of competition the performances of Utah teams. The routines are fresh, clean and wholesome. Council Seat Deadline March 4th entries presented their show, dance, prop, novelty and military. cheerleaders, song leaders. Friday was the first day of competition in the contest. All was a modeling sequence ol drill team poises. Finally, each contestant had to present a prepared speech about drill team. INDIVIDUAL competition was narrowed down to the top ON DECEMBER 14, the Southland Corporation, owners of 1 1 stores, attended the Layton Planning Commission meeting to get permission to build a convenience store on the corner of Fairfield and on Saturday morning. These girls performed their drill routines for the judges. The top eight went on to pre- from school personnel and parents living in the area. This intersection is heavily traveled. A school crossing guard is needed to aid E. G. King School children before and after school. 7-- 7-- Action was tabled until input could be received sent their modeling sequences. FIRST, THERE is a dispute over the ownership of a small strip of land on the north part of the property. Layton City claims they hold the deed. The land developers believe the property belongs to them. Second, the Layton City Council will have to approve a beer license for the store. If public opinion is strongly opposed to this license and if the city council feels the store is too close to a school to be allowed to dispense beer, they could deny the store a beer license. their speeches on Saturday. From the final five girls Gina Durbano was awarded the title of Miss Drill Team USA International. Allison Bean of Bonneville High School in Ogden was the in the same first runner-u- p competition. BOTH GIRLS will have many opportunities to perform, to travel and to meet people during the coming year. One highlight will be a goodwill trip to Japan. This summer the five finalists with 50 other girls representing the first place drill teams will be the guests of the Japanese government. They will tour the country, performing in many of the major cities, dmg 1 1 Rainbow. 10 The top five gave safety-conscio- ' THE NEXT planning commission meeting came at awkward time, Planning Commission Chairman Jerry Stevenson said. There was some unexplainable communication problems. Dr. Jesse Taylor, E.G. King School Principal and PTA representatives did not attend the planning commission meeting. Dr. Steven White, Davis School District Assistant Superintendent, was at the meeting but he arrived after the decision favoring the 1 store was made. WITHOUT A beer license it is probable that would not build. Third, City Attorney, Bruce Barton is preparing a legal opinion concerning the use of land zoned for a particular purpose. This question has been debated and litigated in many courts. At issue is the question of who has the final say on how land will be used. If a parcel of land is zoned commercial, does that mean any company who meets the zoning requirements can build on the site or does a city planning commission and city council have the power to deny building permits based on public opposition and simply not wanting that particular business at that particular location? WOULD INPUT from the school and the PTA have made any difference in the decision the planning commission reached? Probably not, City Councilman Sam Trujillo said. The developers complied with the commercial zoning requirements. The planning commission and the city council cannot deny a building permit to a business that conforms to the law. PTA leaders are still working to prevent from 7-- DAVIS NEWS - - The deadline LAYTON for applying for the vacant seat on the Layton City Council will be March 4. ANYONE wanting to be considered for this position ir Layton City government thi was left vacant when Counci man Kent Randall resigm should contact Mayor Lew.-GShields or the city office for an application blank, dmg . LAYTON The Layton City Council voted unanimously last Thursday evening to create a redevelopment agency in Layton city. Members of the agency will be the city council members and the city mayor. Advisory boards to assist the agency will be selected from downtown Layton property owners and business people. THE COUNCIL began considering establishing a rede JOURNAL velopment agency in Decem1981. There were many meetings held to gather information about how the agency would operate; what powers they would have and where the city would get the revenue to finance redevelopment. City Attorney Bruce Barton researched the legal aspects of redevelopment and made several ber of recommendations to the council. The main idea that came from Mr. Bartons legal re He said the agency could be weighted to favor the council. downtown people was organized to work on redevelopment. Nothing ever came of their efforts because the committee seemed to lack the support of some property owners, business people and elected officials. Councilman Stevenson said If business people and the atmosphere of the city search was that the redevelop- Clark Adams, owner of ment agency membership Wasatch Sporting Goods Co. and a leader in the downtown should be limited to elected city officials. Council members only have the power to levy taxes, condemn property and make decisions for the people they have been elected to govern. ANOTHER recommendation the city attorney made was to keep the agency small. Fewer people can work more efficiently, Mr. Barton redevelopment movement, felt the agency should be made up of council members and businessmen. property owners arent part of the agency, Mr. Adams said, weU see a November 1979 He was referring to the time when a committee of council is different now than it was in 1979. MAYOR SHIELDS re- minded Mr. Adams that there would be serious legal ques tions if non-electe- d people were given the power to vote. The mayor went on to say that there was no way of knowing how council members would vote. It is almost a certainty they would not vote as a block on many issues. Therefore, weighting the agency in favor of the council would have little effect in the decision-makin- g ' process. The boundaries for the redevelopment agency have not yet been set. 197 B North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 1 Phone Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. 451-295- JOHN STAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out Of State $5.50 per year Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance Future Of Paramedics Hinges On Election By GARY R. BLODGETT The future of paramedics in Davis County may hinge on the oucome of next Tuesdays special election. At that time, voters will go to the polls to decide: SHALL DAVIS County impose a separate mill levy of up to 1.5 mills to fund the Davis County Paramedics Program until Jan. 1, 1983. A Yes vote will mean that the revenue generated from the mill levy or any portion of the mill levy , will assure residents of continued operation of the paramedics in Davis County for several more years. A NO vote could mean the discontinuation of the paramedics program, according to Davis County Commissioners. Voters will go to the polls next Tuesday (March 2) to approve or disapprove the referendum vote. Boothes will be open at 44 polling sites throughout the county on Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. SEVERAL KEY questions are being asked, probably the most important being why is there a separate mill levy being requested to finance the paramedics program? Sgt. K.D. Simpson of the Davis County Para medics Division, explained that the paramedics program is a county program, meaning that the program is not one that is required to be funded by the county. HOWEVER, FOR the past five years, since the conception of the paramedics program in 1977, Davis County has financed the program to the tune of up to $350,000 annually through the countys general fund. Now, according to county commissioners, the pall ramedics budget of $350,000 is equal to or about one-ha- lf of the total revenue generated by the proposed 1.5 mill. THE FUNDS from 1.5 mills should carry the paramedics for several years, including inflation costs and additional expenses, said Sgt. Simpson. But for the next few years the paramedics should be able to be funded by less than one mill. Some residents have suggested that part of the anticipated revenue be used to upgrade the training of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in the county. WHY SHOULD all of the county funding go toWe asked one resident. wards the paramedics? the in county have several well qualified EMTs .80-mi- serving as ambulance crewmen and theres no reason why they shouldnt receive a part of the funding to upgrade their training. What are the differences between the medical qualifications of a paramedic and a trained EMT? Sgt. Simpson described some of the differences as follows: A PARAMEDIC spends more than 1,000 hours in classroom and clinical study. This compares to about 100 hours of training for an EMT. A paramedic is trained and authorized to use 27 different medical drugs. An EMT is not authorized to administer drugs. A PARAMEDIC is taught many procedures that are taught only to doctors, many of which are not taught to nurses. These include procedures used in cardiac arrest, stroke victims, births, etc. EMTs are taught signs, symtoms and treatment of illness and minor medical injuries. Paramedics can treat illness and injury at the scene but can not transport patients. EMTs serving with ambulances give aid at the scene and while transporting patients to a hospital. THERE IS a definite need for paramedics and EMTs, Sgt Simpson emphasized. One without the other would be ineffective. It would be a shame to have the paramedics program discontinued. Many lives have been saved bv the paramedics. COSTWISE, he noted, an ambulance costs more than $40,000 to purchase and equip. A paramedic truck costs about $12,000. Paramedic trucks also carry rescue equipment not carried in ambulances, but paramedics can not transport the sick and injured. Will there be a tax increase if the .5 mill levy is on Tuesday? approved COUNTY OFFICIALS say there will not be an immediate increase, since the budgeting is complete through 1982, but that an increase in the general fund budget is possible in future years. Since the $350,000 budgeted annually for paramedics will be taken from the general fund and transported to the sherifF s department, it would leave a void in the general fund that could be made up through increased taxes, it was explained. BUT THE main thing is that the paramedics program is a program not required to be funded through county tax monies unless approved by referendum vote. That will be your decision next Tuesday. 1 |