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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 19. 1984- - Rehab Moneys Not Free Legislature OKs Funds To Study Diking In Davis LAYTON Those property owners participating in Layton downtown redevelopment arent receiving free handouts in the form of federal government loans. article outlining future plans for Anns Fabric Loft, Wasatch Sporta Insurance ing Goods and building, all on north Main just off Gentile, was made by Ann Harris, Fabric Loft owner and a city Holt-Od- coun-cilwoma- n. THAT CLARIFICATION on an By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor Interest rates can be obtained at well as provide some labor or a reduced rate through overall fedassistance. THE GRANT money is only an eral participation in the project, she said, but actual grant monies incentive to get (redevelopment) Ms. Harris added. We will go for curb, cutter and side- moving, walk improvements. Layton City regret any inconvenience last will pay for the new water line as weeks article might have raised, tb (CD)iMtwiMti(!M - GREAT SALT LAKE Utah State Legislature has approved $600,000 for an extensive study and preliminary design for diking of the Great Salt Lake -- - including along the east shore in Davis in-ki- Grmmvm County. SALT LAKE, Weber and Box Elder counties will also be included in the study. Additional studies are being made for the excessive water going into Utah Lake and its affect on Utah County. Any type of diking will cost millions of dollars but is essential to preserve lakeshore businesses, public utilities, private farmlands, wildlife resource areas, recreation areas, roads and other facilities UNOFFICIAL damages caused by the high rise of the Great Salt Lake during the past two years is in excessive of $200 million most of this loss being to lakeside businesses and industries. U.S. Interstate Highway 80 between Tooele and Grantsville was extensively damaged. Davis County Commission Chairman Glen Saunders said, Our county would be heavily impacted from any additional rise of the lake and diking is the only immediate method of preventing extensive damage, especially in south Davis County. HE NOTED that diking is necessary from Cudahy Lane in North Salt Lake to Cherry Lane in Farmington. Davis County-owne- d sewage treatment plants and the Bay Area Refuse Disposal (landfill garbage) site are particularly critical areas for diking. Great Salt Lake Bird Refuge in West Farmington is mostly under water and has seriously handicapped refuge of waterfowl and nesting habitats. How much diking and where is it needed are crucial problems facing the State Department of Water Resources, state and federal wildlife resources, and State Division of Parks and Recreation d - to name only a few agencies involved in the problems as a result of the rising level of the Great Salt Lake. STATE OFFICIALS will not release any cost estimates of diking - or draining of the Great Salt Lake - until extensive studies already approved are completed and analyzed. A program of diking or draining Great Salt Lake, if approved, would cost hundreds of millions, according to state officials. But according to some predictions - which have proved correct for the past two years - the weather pattern for northern Utah for the next few years will be much wetter than normal. These prognosticators are the same ones that predicted the rise of the Great Salt Lake for the early 1980s. IF THE northern Utah area is in a wet cycle - as many believe - the lake will continue to rise a few feet per year for the next two or three years. records Not only have the winters of 1982 and 1983 set e has continued to be excessively for precipitation, the water-yea- r wet. FOR EXAMPLE, after the spring run off of 1983 when the lake level rose slightly more than five feet, the following summer was wet and cool and the lake level receded only a few inches instead of the normal two to three feet. Now, the summer of 1984 has been even worse. It was the wettest summer on record and the second wettest water-yea- r last October until Sept. 30 - ever recorded. Again the lake receded only a matter of inches after rising an additional four feet , during the spring runoff of 1984. " THAT LEAVES the lake level the highest, by far, in nearly a century. The lake has risen nine feet in two years and evaporation during the same period has been less than three feet. The lakes maximum elevation was 4,209.25 feet above sea level. If it should reach 4,212 feet next spring - as some have predicted - the backup of the lakes water could cause extensive damage to Rose Park area, Salt Lake International Airport, and the International Center. Lakeshore businesses, sewage treatment plants, landfills and other private and public facilities would also be endangered if not properly diked before the spring runoff. By TOM BUSSELBERG LAYTON - If you think theres of brick and mortar going up around you, these days, youre DAVIS COUNTY fai outpaced the rest of the state, proportionately, when it comes to new building, especially in the residential apartment sector, where Laytons new $4.4 million, 430-un- it complex just south of HAFB is the largest multifamily project authorized statewide during the second quarter of 1984. Some ,23 construction permits were issued from January-June- , meanwhile, a hefty 45.3 percent above a year ago. Statewide, such activity rose by 27 percent, information released by the University of Utah indicates. FOR THE first time since construction records have been kept, there were more units under construction than single family homes. By comparison, in y units comprised 1977, of new housjust under ing. By last year, that figure had more than doubled, to 35.7 percent. This year, from January-Jun50.4 percent of authorized units were apartments or condominiums. A look at the residential picture, city by city, shows increases in over a year ago, decreases in construction in five cities and the unincorporated county. LAYTON NOT only authorized that large apartment complex but 232 other units, outdistancing the next city, Bountiful, by four times. Laytons activity was 209 percent over last year, while Bountifuls 151 units showed a 30.2 percent increase. Other cities posting gains were Farmington, recording 31 permits, Clinton, with 28 units for a 16.7 fell by 48.3 percent while Fruit percent increase; Kaysville, where Heights, listing 21 permits, drop57 units reflected a 29.5 percent 8.7 percent. Also registering climb; North Salt Lake, with 43 ped were West Bountiful, .declines units a 186 percent jump. South 35 lown by percent to 13 units and Weber posted an 8.3 percent in- ' the county, falling crease, at 13 units; no change for to 18unincorporated a 37.9 percent dip. for units Sunset with 12; Syracuse, with 10, a 25 percent increase. West Point By comparison, only 368 dwellunits for a saw heavy activity--5- 3 units were approved in Weber ing 140.9 percent gain while Woods County, a 29.2 percent drop, while Cross 28 was-- 180 percent jump. Salt Lake Countys 5,190 reflected DECLINES were posted by Cen41.6 percent increase, Job Sera 26 more at units down by terville, vice Clearfield Manager Jack than 50 percent; Clearfield drop65 Bailey with reports. 65.8 units; ped by percent, 1 ge -- -- Life After FORMER DAVIS County Com- missioner Glen Flint, ought to know. Its coming up on four years now that Glen Saunders defeated Flint by a mere 317 votes which wrote the final chapter to the longest standing commissioner-ship- , some 18 years, in the history of the county. Yes, said Flint as he celebrated his 64th birthday last week, There is life after being a polit- ician." I GUESS the best thing is that I'm healthy and can run my farm the way I see fit. I just saw the doctor the other day and passed his physical without a blink. Ive always enjoyed farming and thats what occupies my time these days. Of course its a little special too that I've got the farm to teach my nine grandsons the value of hard work. FLINT, WHO manages his 60 acre spread as well as anyone around, did admit that after 18 years of public office he sometimes felt pangs of being left out when important decisions concerning county government were brought to the surface. The first two years out of office were the toughest, I really missed the day to day routine. I longed to be there in the chambers when 1 knew they were discussing things Id been involved with. MAYBE I had a right to feel that way after working 18 years to help make Davis County a better 1 place to live, work and play. enas much as I the experience joyed I loved because could possibly working with people. One of the big joys of my life has been the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life. But, as Flint pointed out, If ss But the name like peppers, field corn, wheat and alfalfa. "People say that a farm is his own boss and 1 guess theyre right, until it comes to selling his crops. It takes some planning to set up the proper outlets for your produce, everything from Del Monte for the beans to the stores for sweet corn. Alfalfa has been a good thing to raise because of the horse lovers in the county. If youll put out a good quality hay crop, youll get a good return from buyers. But of course, everything has to be quality or people wont buy it. BEING INVOLVED in farming as much as he was, Glen wasnt afraid to get involved in such associations as the Utah Sugar Beets Growers group, the Davis County and ar Joseph Smith. RETIRED what farm. its like to be retired from politiis and back on the even the Davis County Fdrm dent for Bureau of which he served as presi- - 7 years. Being involved in such functions I thought my chances were down the tubes, but I won anyway. SMITH WAS a real gentleman after the race. He came out in the paper a day later and told everyone he was pledging his support to me and asked his followers to do the same. Flint said he campaigned like sixty to win his first election and gave a lot of the credit to Ken Hammond and Ray Dahl who campaigned with him and who eventually won out as county sheriff and assessor respectively. GLEN WON five more county terms elections, three four-yea- r terms beand two more two-yefore leaving public office in 1981. While in office, Flint wasn't one to stand around and let things happen. He more or less made things happen as any good farmer does. DURING Flints presence in county government, the county constructed three new libraries, built a fire station in Bountiful, built a new jail and later remodeled it. There was also an addition to the county courthouse and two county ar Former Davis County Commissioner Glen W. Flint tells fi Hides 115 AS I recall we had a convention back then to decide on two people who would run against each other in the final election. Along with myself, we had Walt Cook, Joseph Smith and the incumbent, Gene Tolman, in the race. Smith and myself came out on top. Gosh I worried back then how in the world I was going to beat a countys population 3 100-plu- two-ye- boomed through the years, rising from 64,000 in 63 to an estimated 160,000 in 1980 all of which demanded more of his time and less time to the farm. BUT TODAY I devote much of my time to it, said Flint who raises beans, potatoes, sweet com, Crop Growers Association us later led to his desire to seek a public office. WHILE IN the Farm Bureau I worked with county commissioners to help promote and organize our county affairs. As I rubbed shoulders with them I kindled a desire to run for a seat just because I enjoyed working with people. I put my name in for the 1962 election for a ticket on the Republican side. you run long enough youll find someone that will defeat ya. Flint admitted he didnt campaign as hard four years ago as he did back in 1962 when he won his first seat, would have liked but to have served four more years up to his 65th birthday. FLINT, WHO still serves as the president of his irrigation company and is a member of the West Point City Planning Commission, never gave up his farm completely while in office. If he had it rented during the more busy years in office, he at least spent some time working in the alfalfa. In the early years as a county commissioner he was paid $7,500 a year to conduct county business and usually met with the other commissioners three times a week. none-the-le- This 400-plunit apartment complex, going up just south and west of the main HAFB gate, highlights the heavy construction activity in Davis County, lately. Proportionately, the county leads the state in residential construction, with nearly half in Layton although activitys going at a good clip elsewhere, including Bountiful. IN COMMERCIAL construcFabell Enterprise, a bowling ball tion, several major projects were manufacturer, is enlarging at1 the at underway, mostly Freeport Freeport, growing from 90 to 120 Center; Polar Guard Energy Sysemployees by years end. tems Inc., has leased a facility OTHER NEW facilities include there where a manufacturing plant the May Trucking Co. terminal in is anticipated; Quality Packaging Layton, valued at $1 million and Corp., a folding carton manufacserving 20 trucks but expected to turer, is utilizing a 100,000 square grow to 100. Clarence Knight, Inc., foot facility there and should have of Layton, is building a new s a payroll within three $200,000 service, parts and body years. shop that will mean new employees, Job Service says, while Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., has Baby News childrens department invested $500,000 in a service facilstores will hire six initially in its ity there employing six initially; Layton Hills Mall store. CONSTRUCTION BOOMING -- af- 1? thorized all-tim- - Is there life i 1 1 -- WEST POINT i permit-au- -- ter politics? N e, -- By KEITH DUNCAN 1 one-fift- h -- 1 , golf courses were prepared and opened for the public. Flint had much to do with the purchases of ground for the countys two landfills. For 16 or the 18 years in office, Flint administered over the landfills and the county roads.. It wasnt uncommon to find the former commissioner rolling up his own sleeves and pitching in on such projects as the Davis County Park Golf Course. Hed bring his own tractor and work the fairways just like it was his own ground down in West Point. He claims it was a proud thing a few years later when the course helped the county make $86,000 clear in just one season. ONE OF my wrost critics of the course later told me that he passes up the doctors office to play a round every week, said Flint. With over 18 years in office, it would take more room than the limited space for this article to verify the hundreds of things Glen helped settle while a commissioner. DURING ALL those years Flint tried to stick with a simple philosophy when dealing with people. The best thing was that I tried to listen and tried to put myself in the shoes of those with a problem. I tried to be fair with the people. If I didnt know whether I could help someone, Id let them know wed take it under advisement. ! I couldnt say no right off the bat or people would get mad. And I couldnt always say yes because if I couldnt deliver after I said I would I was a marked man. Half the battle was just listening to people but Im pretty proud that I had very, very few arguments through all those years. OF COURSE there arent many arguments at all today, not unless he cant get a good price for his spuds or Lois his wife cant get him to get off the tractor once in a while and come in for lunch. w w w N 4 L w ft A multi-famil- -- long-ran- i 1 multi-famil- y flood-relate- -- ,i right. - -- -- a lot |