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Show Index Itusint's Classified 1$ 1 1 Editorial Home lit Lning Obituaries Centerville, Clearfield, Clinton, East Loyton, Farmington, Fruit Heights, Kaysville, Layton, Roy, South Weber, Sunset, Syracuse, West Point Vol. 1 No. 2 Thursday, September 4, 1980 Serving 29,000 Families From Roy Through Centerville II 1 1 1 School Sports 1 lit It -- 1211 lit 71$ Weber Bosin Water Runs Out By NANCY LYNN KRZTON Staff Writer EAST LAYTON The city of East Layton has used up all of the 119,000 acre feet of water bought under contract from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District this year, and the city has halted residents use of culinary water for yard use. Weve run out of our contracted water, City Administrator Tracy Barnes said. Weve got enough leased water to get us through December. Barnes said the citys contracted water supply with Weber Basin ran out The city is about a week ago. currently working out an agreement with Weber Basin to lease additional water at a cost of $120 per acre foot. The city normally pays $55 per acre foot for .its contracted water. Barnes said the exact amount of water to be leased from Weber Basin for the remainder of the year had not yet been determined. Letters were sent to all East Layton residents Friday saying that outside watering with culinary water would be - CENTERVILLE City Council listened to grievances aired by city residents. Mrs. Beth Jarman is at the podium at Tuesdays open hearing asking for rezoning of her mothers property. Councilman Kenneth Holman CeorihgirvilD Couch dim mi character of the city has changed from a small rural community to a bedroom CENTERVILLE -- The City Council Tuesday discussed residents problems relating to development in the city until past 11:30 p.m. Several of the council members voiced concern with the amount of time taken on business, brought to the councils attention by residents, but Mayor Golden A. Allen and Councilman Robert M. Arbuckle said it was their duty to hear the complaints. Jean Marshall, who said her family has lived on Parrish Lane for Generations, had requested a zone to change for her property from C--l. The rezoning was approved by the council following a public hearing Tuesday. community for Salt Lake City. Property all around the Marshalls is now commercial or a city park, she said making their land less than desirable for single family living she said the non-agen- traffic was bothersome. The Marshalls proposed building an office building on their property. They said they bope to preserve the maple trees for aesthetic and sound values. Councilman Arbuckle wanted to Know how neighbors felt about the zoning change. Blair Furman, who lives across the street from the Marshalls said he looks at it with mixed feelings. It could be something worse than a professional building, he said but the area is not R-l-- , Beth Jarman speaking for her mother, Mrs Marshall said the Opened for School Improvement Projects; Clinton Parents Heard Bids for the Holt FARMINGTON and Knowlton Elementary schools were opened and members of the Clinton Elementary district were heard during Tuesdays meeting of the Davis County Bills Anger Clinton Group Clinton CLINTON- -A group of residents is circulating fliers calling for a meeting to discuss city water rates, a Clinton woman reported to the Lakeside Review. The fliers are asking water users to attend a meeting tonight at 7 at the Clinton Elementary School. They also ask residents to meet with the City Council Tuesday evening. Help us fight these exorbitant water bills, the fliers say. If you are one of the lucky ones who received a low water bill, we need you too, because yours might soon be one of those to reach $75 to $125 per month. The fliers also indicate the water users are getting inadequate water pressure. They said water bills are getting "out of control. Mrs. Jack Cairns of Clinton said she had not received a flier, but said her water bill received in August more than doubled over the previous month. She said the city had apparently been estimating useage, because her water meter had not previously been read. Ginton Gty raised water rates in Junly to $7,75 per month for the first 12.000 gallons and 60 cents per thous Ginton City raised water rates in July to $7.75 per month for the first 12.000 gallons and 60 cents per thousand for amounts over 12,000 gallons. The old rate was $5 per month for the first 12.000 gallons and 45 cents per thousand for additional useage. . (from left). Mayor Golden Allen, Councilman Dennis Knoles, City Recorder Tess Porter, Councilman Dale Ford, recording secretary Monica Lemon and City Administrator Kenner Kilpack listen. School Board. The low bid out of nine bids received for the Holt Elementary improvements was received from Utah Gardening and Landscaping Inc. The base bid was for $73,433 with 28' cents for alternate one which is the unit cost of sod to be used. The alternate two for trees and shrubs was not accepted. The completion time was 90 working days. The Knowlton Elementary School landscaping project received eight bids Rasmussen Sprinkler and Distributing Co. the low bidder. The with base bid of $43,931 was accepted with alternative one for sod of 21 cents for unit cost and alternate two costing $404.20. The completion time for the project was 30 working days. Representatives of the Clinton area presented a third proposal for the school board to consider as a solution to their elementary school need for improvements. Their proposal, presented by Brent Buckner, calls for a combination of the two proposals of the board. It involves building a new building and when that is ' occupied beginning the phased construction on the old structure. to that A number of advantages proposal were sited by Buckner. He said it would give the school district immediate relief to Clintons growth problem and would also solve some of the safety problems for the current school. Superintendent Lawrence Welling suggested adding to the number of rooms proposed for the school now under consideration in Ginton. He' said that would help accommodate growth for a period of time. Board member Sheryl L. Allen said, In the future, schools will have to be built larger. This brings the administrative costs down. She said small schools will be closed as larger area schools are built that are cheaper to maintain and run. Clhsiifi) residential any more so it wouldnt change things. Two other nearby residents voiced their objections to the zoning change, saying it was like opening pandoras box, and that they were against having commercial zoning creeping up the street, a piece at a time.' Mayor Alien recommended the council act positively to change the property to C-- l, but said it was the decision. councils The councilmen were evely divided in voting so the mayor cast the deciding vote in favor of the zoning change. The mayor said it was the first time he has had to break a tie vote. Judy Wilkins said she has been waiting for a long time to get a dirt road, Hughes Streest, between 1100 and 1200 North paved by the city. During the oublic hearing she said the dust created by the heavy traffic was ruining her lawn. He suggested that if the city doesnt pave the road at least block it to traffic. Ms. Wilkins said the property owner whose land borders the road, Hal Harrison, was willing to pave half the road. The mayor wanted to determine if it was private property. He suggested having a meeting with Harrison and Dewey Peterson, who owns property on the other side of the road, to see what could be worked out. If the city is to build a road there, it y minimum to meet city specifications, he said. Lengthy discussion revolved around Dean Cooks request for a preliminary approval of his Center Village plan. He said he intends to develop a shopping center off Parrish Lane at 400 West. Councilman Kenneth T. Holman said he is against the development because it boils down to selling one plot and leaving the rest. He said it should all be developed at one time. All were asking is preliminary approval for development, and we would like to have a street, Cook said. Holman was the onlv councilman who voted against the proposal. I dont like the piecemeal development of the area, thats my objection he said. A group of four citizens appealed to the council for free city water con- has to have a 50-fo- right-of-wa- nections. They said their water pressure was very low and that "we are entitled to city water. Arbuckle said that connections would cost close to $600 each. The mayor was against the free hookups because he said, it may save an expensive precedent. Councilman Norman R. Wright said it would be a special consideration. Arbuckle made a motion to let the four families have the free conncection and it passed unanimously. prohibited until further notice due to the water shortage. The water shortfall was caused by two factors, according to Barnes. The outflow from springs on the mountain near Fernwood Park, which has in the past supplied 75 percent of the citys water needs, has dropped considerably because of clogged lines, he said. The flow is now up appreciably because the lines have been cleaned, Barnes explained. In addition, Barnes noted, he suspected there had been a lot of waste during the summer months on the part of East Layton residents. Many families used culinary water for swimming, wading, washing cars and gardening, Barnes said. The city administrator indicated that the city is now running a usage audit to determine who the high water users are and where the extra water is going. Even with those measures, Barnes said, As our city continues to grow, we will have to look for alternate water sources. McKay Discusses School Aid Funds With 3 Districts million for category A impegged to the children of families which live and work of $342 By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer The impacts of FARMINGTON proposed funding measures af- fecting local school districts were outlined Tuesday by Congressman Gunn McKay in a meeting with area superintendents. The proposal as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week appropriates $740 million in Federal Impact Aid to Education Funds. McKay, in the meeting with G. Leland Superintendents of the Weber School District, William Garner of Ogden School District, and Lawrence Welling of Davis School District, discussed the projected outcome of the bill as it now stands. He said the districts can be assured of losing not more than about 10 percent of the impact aid funding they had during the current school year. The Impact Aid Program provides per capita tuition assistance to school districts which educate children whose parents work at federal installations but do not pay taxes in those school districts. The original proposal requested Bur-ningha- m pact aid and federal installations $9 million for "cagegory B, keyed mostly to the children of federal personnel who live off federal reserves. According to McKay, the proposal as it passed the House will restore the B payments to almost the current level. He said he expects the House-passeappropriations bill to come in with the higher dollar when the House and Senate appropriations conferees meet later this year. d Burningham said Weber and Davis School districts have already reduced services substantially because of the loss. Davis County is currently seeking funding through the leeway tax proposal in order to fill the gap being left by the federal reductions. Ogden, Weber, and Davis school districts will mainly be affected by B the reductions in category funds. In the original proposal, those were nearly eliminated. As the bill now stands there is a 5 percent cut in those funds. Kaysville Studies Extensions, Annexation KAYSVILLE The City Council has again delayed passage of an ordinance outlining its policy for the extension of water service inside and outside the city. The ordinance was tabled Tuesday until the council receives information from a water law attorney. of the Consideration policy declaration was prompted in part by the desire of some citizens living in the unincorporated area known as West Kaysville to hook up to city water without being annexed to the city immediately. The city is willing to provide water service to those people but is not Reviewing The News anxious to annex their land now since the city would then have to provide all city services, an expense the council does not feel the city can afford. At present, the city does not supply water service to an area unless it lies within the city limits. If passed in its present form, the water main extension ordinance would - change that policy. The ordinance would allow water service to be extended outside the city if the person or developer involved would agree to advance the whole expense of the extension, offer to sell water rights, stock, or shares as required to the city, and agree to annex the serviced property at the option of the city. That means unilateral annexation at the option of the city, noted Councilman H. Russell Bracken. The county is considering giving the city much of the responsibility for planning services and building within its sphere of influence to encourage Continued on Fage 2A ' ' XX V ' ; Av'Y vjVv v- - s family is beating inflation, learning about the business world and building stronger family relationships through the formation of a successful One Roy business enterprise Craguns Unlimited. Everyone joins in, including Corey Cragun, who has his signature filed with the business bank account and writes checks to cover expenses. Candar Cragun, 10. and Nate Cragun, 8, along with little Corey produce and sell toys and household items, with the help of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cragun. Read their story on page IB of the Lakeside Review today. laa-iWO- i fti mMBfcwMEt LAYTON 2ND NATIONAL Bank was held op Wednesday morning by armed gunmen working with the FBI. The training exercise was conducted in cooperation with Layton Police at the request of the bank to help tellers know what to do if a robbery should occur. |