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Show PRESS UTAH STATE ASS!! A A A A J 2 VOLUME FIFTY NUMBER FOUR 30 Pages THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1979 ir nn 9 till 0 By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON ing an - (3) If off-stre- et problems. DITTO FOR attempting to enforce living in single dwellings. These are two very complex problems tackled by the Davis County Commission last week -- with little results. multi-famili- OGDEN MALL COMING that will move back in. There has been a lot of new business activity (because of the mall), such as on Wall Avenue by businesses that dont need downtown traffic. THERES LITTLE or no ByTOMBUSSELBERG Take a drive to OGDEN downtown Ogden tomorrow and you might think it had been bombed out. BUT COME back in a few months and youll think again as tangible results of the downtown Ogden mall begin to take shape. It will provide concern about filling the mall, he continues. The developer said interest has been better than usual. Another place that has Weber Countys first clima-tizeenclosed mall and bring together four major department stores and about 120 other stores offering a wide variety of wares to northern benefitted has been the Ogden d, Industrial Park. Mall developer is Emest W. Hahn, Inc., of El Segundo, Calif. They have developed many shopping centers and Utahns. The mall is set to open near the end of 1980 and officials are optimistic there will be enough included to draw people from as far away as southwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho. SHOPPERS WONT even have to see the light of day from where they park their car, says Ogden Redevelopment Agency Manager Scott Parkinson. About 3,500 parking spaces will be provided in three interconnecting three level parking terraces ringing the shopping center. The center will cover about 33 acres from 22nd and Washington to 24th, west to Grant and on to Lincoln between 22nd and 23rd. The Lincoln portion will include a convenience center with a home improvement center, theaters and a J.C. Penney Automotive Center. That portion will open this summer, he says. THE ENCLOSED mall seg- ment covering most of the remainder will include the existing Bon Marche, which will be remodeled, a new Penney s in the malls center, and two new stores to northern Utah, Weinstocks and Nordstroms. Nordstroms, a late comer to the project, wont open until 1981. In addition, an enclosed walkway over Washington Blvd. will connect an expanded ZCMI with the mall. The two-levmall will cover 750,000 square feet, or about five times the size of the Bon Marche. The interior will cariy a geometric Indian design, generally, Mr. el Parkinson says, accenting . some shops will face onto Washington Blvd. that wont open into the mall. And shops on the corner of 24th and Washington, being developed separately but in conjunction with the mall, will also be independent of it. THE SIDEWALKS will be widened, trees and shrubs planted and the area beautified to make for a pleasant downtown atmosphere, Mr. Parkinson adds. While many stores have been forced to relocate while the mall is under construction, the Redevelopment Agency manager sees that as a plus rather than a problem. There are a number (of stores) who were relocated also are acting as general contractor. Leasing agent is Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokerage Co. of Denver. Architect is Burke Nicolais Archuleta of Los Angeles. ALONG WITH the mall, Mr. Parkinson looks at two other developments as helping to change downtown Og- dens second class image to Plans are underway for a revitalization of lower 25th Street from a home of derelicts and decaying buildn bustling ings to a d historically-accentebusiness and entertainment top-rat- e. once-agai- COMMISSIONERS center. The Redevelopment Agency is aiding businessmen in rebuildings storing through federal Small Business ministration loans. Facades of yesteryear will return to building fronts while interiors can be built to suit various business needs, he adds. The agency will move its office to 252 - 25th latpr this month. ALREADY ADDING new life to the area is the renovated Union Station, home of Golden Spike Empire tourist agency, a railroad and guns museum and center for conventions and cultural events. Another iron in the fire, if concocted as planned, could see construction of an eight-stor- y Ad- 300-roo- Hilton Hotel adjoining 25th Street Some 80 percent of necessary land is now on option, Mr. Parkinson says and prospects look very bright. rr WOULD be developed by the same firms owning the Tri-Ar- c and Hilton in Salt Lake City and would be con- -' structed of similar design. If' all goes as hoped, that project could see fruition by that there should be a countywide (for the unincorporated area) ordinance for parking. But when and how it should be enforced met with a lot of conflict. off-stre- et Commissioners . were unified in their beliefs that the parking ordinance be enforced during the winter, to aid in snow removal and for safety reasons. off-stre- et should ALSO, THEY thought it a good idea to have the or- dinance enforced year-aroun- d. It would discourage prowls and would reduce BUT THE questions arise: . - son. HE SAID the lieutenant overseeing the jail was demoted and reassigned and one of two jailers on duty was rehired while the other jailer resigned soon after being placed on suspension. Lieutenant Stan Tebbs, jail commander, was reassigned to the civil division and demoted from lieutenant to sergeant. SERGEANT JAN Cunningham, who served as chief deputy to former sheriff William (Dub) Lawrence, has been placed over jail operations. His rank, however, was unchanged. IKE - FARMINGTON Its going to cost more for Johnny and Judy to eat the school-distriprepared hot lunch, come fall, the board of education was told Tuesday night. THAT SOUR word came from School Foods Director Maxine Reeves, who told the board of pending legislation that would severely cut federal financial aid for lunch programs. And no matter what Congress decides, inflationary costs will force an uppage. elementary school students pay 35 cents and secondary 45 cents a meal. Teachers pay 80 cents. But until employee contract negotiations are completed, the increase wont be known, she said. BUT INFLATION has upped the cost of some and produce by doubled the price of meat in the last year, she said. The two-thir- proposal before Congress would cut child nutrition funds by $528 million, stripping the rate of aid to paying students by from five to eleven cents. And that would wreak havoc on an already tightly budgeted meal. The district presently receives 15 cents from the federal government and 28 cents from the state plus 15 cents from the federal food commodity program per child. Total funding, including student lunch fees, brings Vmnvg Boy aves M CLINTON A boy from Roy has been iden- tified as the person who pulled a small child from an irrigation ditch near a subdivision development at 2650 North 1000 West, Clinton. THE YOUTH, Monti Savero, son of Connie Savero of 6076 South 2850 West, Roy, was with a friend, Blake Lilly, 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Lilly, 2921 West 5075 South, Roy. They were bike riding near the railroad tracks adjacent to the irrigation ditch when the heroic action took place. Monti told his mother that a little boy ran up to them and said his little sister had fallen into a manhole and was sucked into the water-fille- d pipe. THE YOUTH said he ran to where the pipe empties into the irrigation ditch, some 80 to 100 feet from the manhole and across the railroad tracks. The child who had fallen into the manhole, Heather Wiegard, daughter of Cindy Wiegard, Clinton, was pushed through the pipe under the tracks and dumped into the irrigation ditch. MONTI SAID he saw the little girl shoot out of the pipe, propelled by the force of the water, and into the ditch. Monti then waded into the water and carried her out. The girl was able to make it to a nearby home alone, safe except for scratches and some bruises. The manhole into which she fell has since been covered, grb Sheriff Johnson explained: THIS WAS a very serious mistake that these men were involved in and disciplinary action was necessary to tighten up our jail security. He said that after talking to jailer Wielhelm Evenhuis, it was apparent that his attitude is such that I think he can function here, so I decided to rehire him. THE TWO prisoners Ed ward Dale Hardy and Steven Scott Parnell escaped May 20 through a door jailers allowed to be left unlocked to provide better ventilation to of the jail. the 74 cents for elementary students and below 84 cents for high schoolers. But at the same time, its costing the district about 95 cents per meal for high schoolers, 93 cents for junior high students and 73 cents for students. elementary BUT IT is getting impossible to balance the budget any longer, Mrs. Reeves said. When school started (last fall) we were paying 78 cents a pound for beef and by the end it was $1.44. Well need more money. That would help cover expected raises for the 300 plus food service employees and equipment costs, including what will be needed for three elementary schools under construction. Entrants Wanted For Parade of Boggs. THE CHAMBER may lead off the theme with a horse and buggy float but imagination is the limit. Further information is available by calling 1 Mr. Boggs at or the Chamber office at or Roger Bodily at . or tb 773-577- 825-589- 825-227- THE COMMISSIONERS agreed that a further study will be made by the planning department with the aim of preparing an ordinance for Commission Chairman Glen W. Flint noted that Davis County has no ordinance to control parking on the streets, but that most incorporated cities in the county do have ordinances, at least during the winter winter months, much the same as communities within the county. Mr. Cole also told the commission that the planning months. department is having a ALBERT COLE, a member of the County Planning Department, asked the commission about enforcement of' ordinance if such an adopted by the commission. Well just have to give you all the backing we can as a commission, said Commissioner Flint. Weve got to do something to get these cars off the streets, especially during the winter. COMMISSIONER Morris F. Swapp added: It would be difficult (to enforce) at first because people are not used to complying to new ordinances. But if it (ordinance) is on the books, then we should see that its enforced, or take it off the books. m MR. COLE told the commission that the Val Verda area is the worst for parking, but other areas of the county are also bad. Commissioner Flint said, There are so many conditions and facets to this dif- ficult time contolling two families living in a singledwelling unit in an area not y use. zoned for multi-famil- MANY FAMILIES have inlaws or parents living with them, he said. Under cer-- . tain circumstances this is permissible, but for the most part it is illegal. He explained that if the two families use joint kitchen facilities, it is legpl. But if there are two kitchens and separate sleeping facilities, it would be illegal under the present county ordinance. MR. COLE emphasized, however, that for the most part nothing is said by county officials unless there are complaints from neighbors. Most of our complaints come from parking problems created by two families in a single unit where there is not sufficient parking, said Mr. Cole. Otherwise, the ordinance is difficult to enforce and we dont do much to try to enforce it. off-stre- liiMet of jail under construction. They were apprehended about nine hours later in Murray, grb And the funding cut by Congress will be like a final blow. Middle (income) America will pay the price. I'd like to get parental support and have them contact their congressmen, she said. Those paying for their own lunch, or 80 percent of the 27,000 taking school lunch, will suffer while those receiving full or partial financial aid will be reimbursed. THE congressional cut will mean, Many children will stop eating what could be the only nutritious meal they have all day, Mrs. Reeves said in a prepared handout. food service Many employees will lose their jobs. Schools will buy less food which will adversely affect the local economy and the cost to produce the meal will increase. tb - Davis FARMINGTON County property owners can heave a sigh of relief since their taxes will be cut, thanks to formal action Tuesday by the Davis County Board of Education. THAT BOARD accepted a cut in the maintenance and mill levy operations implemented by the State Board of Education totalling four mills, or about $32 a year for the owner of a $50,000 home. That tax was lowered from 28 mills to 24. At the same time, the dismill trict approved a one-haincrease in the capital outlays mill levy, upping it to 18 mills. Even so, with the $4 mill equals for that one-hathe $50,000 homeowner, taxpayers will benefit in the long run, the board reasoned. lf lf BY INCREASING the capital outlays mill to 18, the dis trict can cash in on more than $1 million in extra state funding for construction-relate- d projects. The district will be considered eligible for critical building needs instead of continuing building needs as has been the case in the past. That will mean the district will receive about $1.3 million available already under the continuing building needs on top of the next million. And while from taxpayers throughout the state contribute to that fund, Board Member Dee Forbes said Davis taxpayers pay the big- gest share, proportionately, of any taxpayers in the state. We give more than any other county per capita and we shouldnt be timid in trying to get it back. THE CHANGE was made possible because of heavy district involvement in paying interest on the $12 million bonds recently sold as part of the overall $35 million bond sale approved in an election March 27. While the change was approved unanimously by board members, that didnt come without some concern. I think theres a case of credibility here, said Mr. Forbes. We told the public we wouldnt have to raise the mill levy (when explaining the bond proposal) and the state lowered that mill levy, not us (the four mill maintenance and operation levy). BUT BOARD Member Allen said, We couldn't tell the public about it before the bond election because we didnt know what would happen since the Sheryl legislature hadnt decided. Credibility is important but the district has to be flexible enough to meet needs based on the latest information. It seems you get preferred treatment (with the one-hamill increase), Mr. Forbes said. "Growth is essentially our reason to be in that area (critical building needs) and to ask the public for $150,000 mill raised (total of one-hacountywide) to get $1.1 million to help meet building needs is what anyone would do in business." lf Davis Okays Contracts For Study Of Hillsides Commerce parade. SAVE ENERGY for America will be the theme of the annual gala event that will start with floats and participants gathering at 9 a.m. at 935 South State, leaving at 9:30 a.m. and finishing at 300 North and 200 East, said parade chairman, Paul 825-401- (2) SHOULD parking of recreation vehicles on streets be prohibited? dinance. (4) AND with all this done, how would the ordinance be enforced? The escapees slipped out the unlocked door and broke through a window of a section CLEARFIELD Independence Day is less than a month away and time's wasting if you want to get that float in the Clearfield Chamber off-stre- et By TOM BUSSELBERG in just under Could a temporary permit be obtained for this purpose? cell-secti- tnJ ct Presently, (1) Should all streets be to parking, or just those streets under a certain width? restricted ReasFARMINGTON signment of a jail supervisor and rehiring of a suspended civilian jailer as a result of a jail escape of two "extremely dangerous inmates was announced this week by Davis County Sheriff Brant John- what parking? et car mid-198- agreed the danger of children darting from between parked cars into a busy street. . blues, reds and yellows. It will be a slick, high fashion mall .with a continuous skylight and will have vege- tation. THE SECOND level will be visible from below, similar to the ZCMI Center in Salt Lake City. The mall will be built as a complement to downtown Ogden, he says. For that reason, of the $55 million project set for 1980. d, about visitors Enforc- parking ordinance in unincorporated Davis has its County It will be a completely different downtown Ogden with completion year-aroun- problem that its going to require a lot more study. But I do believe that we should have some sort of an or- parking is off-stre- et required - FARMINGTON Contracts for study of the hillside environment throughout Davis County have been approved by the County Commission. TWO CONTRACTS-o- ne for study of the various aspects of the soil content and the other to determine seismic safety of the hillside areas were signed last Thursday by the commission. The two agreements, each for $4,000, were made with Dames and Moore Engineering and Consulting Firm and with Harry D. Goode, a geologist. MR. GOODE will study the of the soil while Dames and Moore will study the seismic safety of the hillside area. aspects Funds will come from a grant by the Four Corners Regional Commission, according to County Planning Director Joe Moore. He said the state, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Service will also participate in the studies. INFORMATION from the studies will be used by call cities within Davis County which plan to construct on the hillsides, he said. The studies will provide concrete information about the hillsides which will aide city and county planners when assessing new requests for hillside developments, said the county planner. ALSO, IT (information) will be available for local to show governments of potential developers hazards before developments begin. Its not going to stop development, but it may slow it down. He said the area to be studied borders the U.S. Forest Service land on the east and Interstate Highway 15 on the west, grb lf THE KAYSVIU.E REFLEX 197 B North Main St., Layton PHONE 376-91- 33 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stable, Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out at State Subscription $5.50 Overseas Subscription $1 5.00 (Payable In Advance) |