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Show UTAH STATE PRESS ASStf. 467 EAST 300 SO.' UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, . 'J . s SUU A L jr 7 ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981 VOLUME SEVENTH 30 PAGES MUMBER FORTY Library When ufficient By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON The Davis County Commission has endorsed construction of a Layton branch library as soon as county growth reaches the 10 percent level. IN A FORMAL statement presented Tuesday afternoon by Com. Glen Saunders, a library board member, and commisapproved by the sion, four major points were outlined: The commission reaffirms its commitment to the regional library concept for furnishing library service. Should the Layton City Council rescind its action to withdraw from the county library system, the next branch library will be built in Layton. It said such a library will be built if county growth has been 10 percent or above up to the time the 1982 mill levy is formally adopted next fall when the commission will include one mill (about $500,000 a year) for library construction. THE STATEMENT noted support for a proposal made several days previous by the library board for a 15,000 square foot facility on two levels that can be expanded and will initially cost about $1 million, including equipment and book collection. Com. Saunders and Com. Harry Gerlach Sr. also voiced individual support for the one mill levy if growth reaches 10 percent. Growth currently is indexed at about four percent. Com.' Chairman Ernest Eberhard, does not plan to seek another term, said it would be useless for him to make such a statement. THE ACTION came after a Dec. 4 meeting where the county library board met with Com. Saunders and Eberhard. Com. Gerlach was ill. At that time, the commission agreed to prepare a statement of intention that could be used by the Layton Library Board in their future recommendations to the city council. The city council set a Dec. 17, meeting, the last regular meeting of the year, where any action could be taken either reaffirming its stand to withdraw from the county system taken several months ago or to reverse that and rejoin the system before Jan. 1. After that date the city will be on its own unless a change of mind takes place. BESIDES THE press, Layton Library Board Chairperson Oma Wilcox was the only visitor at the commission meeting and said of the commission statement, It sort of suggests well get one (library) some time. If we have four percent growth now its unlikely it will be 10 (soon). three-memb- Youngsters had to wait a bit longer for Santas arrival in Clearfield, but come he did, Saturday, in a flourish that only he can produce, with transportation care of the Clearfield Fire Department. In addition, a ping-pon- g gift from heaven brought goodies ft. the hundreds who jammed into the Lakeside Square parking lot for the e annual celebration. SANTA COMES TO CLEARFIELD pre-Yul- Council Gets TV Info By NORMA PREECE FRUIT HEIGHTS -- General Manager Clair Empey from Delaware OrCal Utah Inc., met with the Fruit Heights City Council on request from council members to provide them with a lease agreement for the city property which will be used for the Head-En- d sight and the property is to be fenced and maintained by his company. The agreement and cable programming was discussed. MR. EMPEY stated, "A representative from his company, George McLean told him that a Walt Disney program would be available in 1982 in addition to the 19 basic package offered by their company. The council also discussed Movie Channel, HTN (Home Theater Network), HBO' (Home Box Office), and Showtime and additional pay channels. RESIDENT A of Fruit Heights, Russ Christian stated that Movie Channel and Showtime show R rated films anytime, whereas HBO will show R only after 9 p.m. and HTN is on the air six hours only and that it is proposed to increase to eight hours. He stated that HBO has been buying some of the big sports events that other channels are not showing. COST OF the television channels was given by Mr. Empey. Movie Channel $10, HTN $4, or total of Movie Channel and HTN or HBO THE KAYSVILLE $13. HBO would cost $10. He had no prices on Show Time. Mayor Neil Noorda suggested that HTN and HBO be offered to the residents as a movie package with the people given the opportunity of making their own c' oice. COUNCILMAN Jay Fisher asked if the council could change programing later, adding or deleting and Mr. Empey said yes. Mr. Fisher said he would vote for the basic package plus HTN but would not vote to bring in HBO. COUNCILMAN Wayne Ballantyne stated he was not R rated, but felt a against community should have the right to establish contemporary community standards if a vote were given the people and the people (residents of Fruit Heights) wanted R programs, he would vote for it. Councilman Dean Wade stated that where Delaware OrCal Utah Inc. was not going on line for possibly eight months and Mr. Empey said they would only need two months before going on- to inform the residents of what is being offered when their representatives sell subscriptions. Mr. Wade said rather than the five people on the city council making the decision and assuming what the line contemporary community standards of Fruit Heights City fire truck. He will begin his tour of the city at 9:30 a.m. in the citys northeast sector. THE FIRE department will attempt to carry Santa to every street in the city, with emphasis on the north-soutstreets, h 1 Phone Published Weekly by 451-295- CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. JOHN STAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year ' State $5.50 per year Out Of Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance Mr. Empey said pole agreements were being sought from utility companies. Bridge work over Weber Basin Project under construction by Knudsen Contractors. The in the more populated subdivisions. He will toss candy to the youngsters and wish all resi- work has been slow but backfilling is going ahead the hazardous area should be corrected dents a happy holiday. The fire department remind residents to exercise extreme care with Christmas trees and to use only serviceable lights, both inside and outside their homes. Santa Ready For Visit To Kaysville Old Saint Nick will arrive in Kaysville Dec. from the North Pole, but since the snow is scarce this season he will be ushered in riding on a big red fire truck with huge bags of goodies for the children. 1 1 WEEKLY REFLEX 197 'B' North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 franchise agreement. within a week. Water lines have been frozen twice during the project. The council discussed the cost of lowering the vent pipe. BELVA Probst reported that Fruit Heights City has granted 33 business licenses during the 1981 year. Mayor Neil Noorda announced the newly elected city officials will be sworn in office during the January 5, 1982 city council meeting. A SANTA aid program was discussed as the Davis County Community Action Program had contacted the city. The council authorized Mrs. Probst, city recorder, to inquire if there are any needy families. progress of the Protective Santa Saturday citys COUNCILMAN Lynn Benson moved that the basic package HTN be adopted by Fruit Heights City at present, with the intention to hold a vote for the people with a public hearing to be held prior to an election on March 2, 1982. This was approved by council members. Councilman Wade questioned Mr. Empey if they were in the process of completing procedures as indicated in the RAY PHILLIPS, City inspector gave a report on the Clinton Awaits Santa will CLINTON make his annual visit to Clinton Saturday, riding atop the that the residents have the right by voting on the issue. is CHILDREN CAN visit with Santa at the city hall at 6:30 p.m. and order their gifts for Christmas. They can sit on his lap and place their order, he is anxious to meet all the little ones. Santa will ride throughout Kaysville on the fire truck prior to his stop at city hall to alert all the children that he has arrived. V THE JAYCEES will sponsor Santa this year under the direction of ruce McGraw, chairman. That same evening the traditional star on the mountain east of the city will be lite for the holiday season, np MAYOR-ELEC- T Dean Brand was asked to give a report on the Utah League of Cities and Towns meeting he attended with regard to the state sales tax plan, np She said the previous county commission had made a commitment to construction of a Layton library within three years of an April, 1979, letter that she has termed a commitment. That would put completion at next spring. COM. SAUNDERS noted the commission could not make a decision including Tuesdays about future Layton facilities that would necessarily be binding on a future commission. Indicating a desire for Layton to remain in the system Mrs. Wilcox said, I really hate to see Layton have to spend money (for its own library) when they helped build libraries in Clearfield, Farmington and Bountiful. I hope we can stay in the county system. SHE REITERATED Laytons efforts at accommodating a county library on a site near the city hall that had been planned as the systems headquarters and still can be expanded to fill that rule in the future as funds are available although the branch will come first. The city has donated about two acres, provided utility access, moved a small utility building from the site and has said it will provide lighting and other amenities when the building is completed. Previously, the county library board was proposing a 30,000 square foot facility about half again as large as either Bountiful or Clearield libraries, to serve as the headquarters. Cost was estimated at $2 million. The version was presented as a sort of compromise to hopefully provide Layton with facilities in the foreseeable future at a more economical cost to the county under the current crunch. IF LAYTON opts to stay out of the sys- - ' tern the county would lose $130,000 in tax revenue. The council will probably act largely on what its library board suggests although the board had set no meeting at press time. Laytons tax share has provided about 20 percent for library operations. Library Director Jeanne Layton has said that Laytons staying out could mean cutting e staff by a couple positions and eliminating one bookmobile, a popular library service. It would also mean Layton would have to contract for bookmobile service, probably from the county, and set up its own library. AND BASED on the budget of $750,000 incurred by the county to operate its three libraries, that could mean a quarter million dollar expense for Layton to provide comparable service, county commissioners have theorized. pared-dow- n full-tim- Theater To Reopen - With reKAYSVILLE gard to the closure of the Kays-vill- e Theater recently due to problems between the theater management, Cia J. Nielsen of Kaysville and MBCH Inc. of Ogden, owner of the building, a tentative agreement has been reached and a suitable lease is being drawn up. according to Atty. Jean Babilis of MBCH Inc. when reached by phone on Friday. AFTER contacting Mr. Nielsen, he said the theater will be on Wednesday, Nov. 9 with the same hours. Mr. Nielsen said they will be giving the annual free chi- ldrens Christmas matinee show on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 23 and 24. HE IS looking forward to continuing to serve the surrounding communities and run desirable films as in the past, np Layton Sets Zone Hearing By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON The Layton City Council has set a public hearing for Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the city hall to consider the rezone of property located on the southeast corner of Hill Tield Road and Antelope Drive. EIGHTEEN months ago the council approved a rezone request on this property changing the zone from RIB to CP3. The intention at the time was to allow a developer to build a medical center on the site. Citizens were promised by that council, when this rezone was made, that the lot would return to an RIB zone if the medical center was not built. Store RECENTLY, a representative contacted the city about building on the site. This establishment would not fit into a RIB zone. In other business at the Dec. meeting the council set a public hearing to consider a rezone 7-- 1 request for property located approximately south of North Layton Jr. High School on Antelope Drive. Originally, the developers hoped to build 82 rental units on this site. 75 ACCORDING to Larry Collier, representative for Jalco Company, the plans are now for 30 twin houses. This would be 60 individually owned dwelling units. The change in plans means the property must be rezoned from R2 to R14. There are 12.8 acres in the land parcel. By a vote of 3 to 1, the Layton City Council granted a lien waiver to the Faith Baptist Church located on Fairfield Rd. at 2430 North. In a previous council meeting the lien waiver was tabled until more information was gained about the situation on Fairfield Rd. in this area. Rd. was constructed. The stretches that have curb and AT THURSDAYS meeting Ladd Scoffield informed the council that Fairfield Rd. was percent developed and the city held Lein waivers on 14 property owners living near the church. Curb and guttering has been installed along part of the road. This was done when Fairfield guttering belonged to the county when the development took place. Since then the property has been annexed into Layton city. COUNCILMAN Lynn Wood made a motion to call in the lien waivers. The motion died for want of a second. A second motion to grant the lien waiver passed. The present economic conditionn was the main reason given by council members for granting the waiver. Councilman Wood reminded the council that Layton city has not called in one lien waiver in the 12 years he has been on the council. THE LIEN waiver extension on Mt. Air Estates granted by the council some months ago was brought up again last Thursday. Several weeks ago two property owners living in Mt. Air Estates asked the council for some help in solving drainage problems they are having. Sam Chelemes, the developer, promised the property owners he would have some dirt hauled in to temporarily correct the situation. This has not been done. Public works people contacted Mr. Chelemes and received the promise that he would immediately haul in a load of sand and compact it. AFTER INSPECTING the site, Councilmen Trujillo and Sill, questioned the value of putting fill at the location. The two councilmen believe the only way to solve drainage might mean that curb and guttering would have to be installed along the south portions of Antelope Dr. from Fort Lane to Fairfield. More discussion on this subject will take place at the next council meeting. THE COUNCIL tabled action on a redevelopment agency ordinance until Bruce Bar- ton, city attorney, gathers more information about what a redevelopment agency would involve. Under the Utah Neighor-hooDevelopment Act the mayor and city council members take the responsibility ol being the redevelopment agency. In this capacity plans are made to redevelop an area like portions of downtown Layton, Needs are identified and way! of financing are proposed. creating problems along Antelope Drive near the Mt. Air Estates is to move the water into the LADD SCOFFIELD suggested there may be eieW iSs natural drainage channel. This qualify for redevelopttitW- tions of Layton thttf tnJl IV |