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Show ) I City pursues postal plans English and education Gmr UR30YS Farmington Council grants phase development Developers of the homes at Shepard Creek, phase I development, were granted city council approval to build the development in phases. Developers were recently notified that VA and FHA rules will not approve loans until 70 percent of the development plat is closed and occupied. Were not changing anything we have already approved by this action," said Gary Elliott, city councilman. Two of the six units in each" x in the development are priced at a range for affordable housing. Approving the action requested by PSC Farmington council continues negotiations for downtown site By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Standard-Examin- correspondent FARMINGTON - Negotia- tions with property owners and the pursuit of downtown redevelopment and renewal of the area between Main Street and 200 East along State Street may keep the Farmington Post Office downtown. The city council authorized Dave Dixon, Pat Achter and Max Forbush to continue negotiating with property owners and to explore alternative funding. ' The city council wants the new post office located on the north corner of 100 East and State Street. Postal officials have said the price tag is too high and have suggested two alternative downtown locations. Neighbors in the alternative areas have opposed locating the post office in their neighborhoods. Several months ago the city began a redevelopment study. Three blocks in the downtown area have now been targeted for renewal and redevelopment, said Max Forbush, city manager. The blocks include block 10 where First Security Bank now stands on the west comer of State and Main streets; block 1 1 on the south side of where the new Davis County School District now stands; and block 12 where the ' old VIP, antique mall and post office now stand. To tie up the package so the post office can be built on the northeast comer of block 12, city officials must first relocate and negotiate the sale of the Acres Market building to the city; move the mini mall into business condominiums where Acres Market now stands on block 11; and get a HUD community development grant for $300,000 to help defray the $1 million land purchase price tage on block 12. A letter was sent to Sheila Peterson, the HUD program specialist with the Utah Slate Decity-own- partment of Community and Economic Development to see if the project would qualify, said Forbush. We have not yet received an answer. T A number of property owneres would be affected. Many have al- -i ready been contacted, but not all, said Forbush. To this point in time this committee has not received any adverse opposition to this proposal. . Theoretically it is possible, but there are two concerns: financial and time, said Wayne Chris- - See POSTAL2 six-ple- Development will allow FHA and VA to provide loans on the four contained in phase III and IV," said Max Forbush. subdivision gets approval 3-l- English as a Second Language teacher Chika Richins assists Guatemalan student Helide Heise during an exercise to acquaint students with the English language at Burton Elementary in Kaysville. ENGLISH CLASS: as Second Language training program District begins English By CYNTHIA E. THOMAS Standard-Examin- We take into consideration that their language is primary, and English is their second lan- Davis Bureau Farmington - Patricia two a great opportunity in school. But she knew that it would be difficult, considering the fact that her children spoke very little English, just as she did. Likewise, she figured that the teachers would have a hard time communicating with the Garcias, who are from Mexico City. Now she and other families like hers can feel even more relieved dunng the new school season, now that the Davis School District has coordinated a training package for families and students who speak English as a second language. This will better assist the students in the classrooms. Up until this point, the teachers have not been involved with them as they are now, said Sue Ross, district Title I director, who oversees the program. Before, the students were sent to another school until they were ready, but now, rather than having it as somebody elses problem, the teacher can work with the students directly, Ross said. Garcia said her son Jorge, who is in fourth grade, is learning much more. And now the learning path will be easier for guage, Ross said. Davis district teachers and teachers assistants have undergone 1,200 hours of training. Besides the teachers training, the program includes ESL software for reading, language and math skills, awareness of ethnic sensitivity, an ongoing segment on building a relationship within the elementary schools, and teacher certification in ESL. During the summer, individuals received 100 hours of training in computer software, Ross said. There also is a tutoring kit for to the the educated. Garcia said she wished she had had the help in school that her son now has. I came to the U.S. in fifth grade, and I didnt know anything in English. It was very frustrating for me back in that time. The teachers would stick you in the classroom, and if you understood good, and if you didnt, teachers didnt know if I understood or not, but now they care a lot more. They have a lot more programs to help you. In the area of ethnic sensitivity, district officials will look at how teachers are teaching chil- See ENGUSH2 non-read- LANGUAGE GAME: Richins uses games like hot and cold" to help students learn words for everyday items. daughter Erika, who is in kindert garten. Garcia said it was difficult at first for her family. It was frustrating for both of us, because I didnt know how they start in first grade. They start with the sounds of the letters with the ABCs, and I didnt know I had to go to the teacher so she could teach me sounds, and I could teach my son. Theres a lot of things I couldnt say in English, so its still hard, but not that hard. Garcia said the district has done a lot to help her and her son the last few years. There are no difficulties right now, because they pretty much know English, Garcia said. The districts ESL training package (funded through Title I) will benefit the teachers, nearly 3,000 ESL students and their families. er high-scho- ol S. Weber ponders zoning issues Board hopes to encourage trailer Council considers courses of action for businesses non-conformi- ng By LORI J. NAKAYU Standard Examiner correspondent For . SOUTH WEBER year, South the better part of a Weber city officials have pondered the question of what to do about businesses that have been operating in violation of the citys established zoning ordinance. Council members Brent Stauffer and Jack Frost have recently spent a number of hours with City Attorney Keith Backman discussing the possible courses of action the city could take to deal with businesses. these Stauffer reported to the council that he came away from the meeting feeling that the best way to business would be deal with through a conditional use permit. Frost, an advocate for the citys need of an amortization ordinance, indicated that he could be satisfied with granting a conditional use to deal businesses if one of the with the conditions could be that the business must relocate or leave the zone by a certain date. The only way a conditional use business could be removed is if they, the business, doesn't live up to the conditions, said Frost. Then the city council of 2006 would have to decide what to do businesses that had been with granted a conditional use permit. Call it amortization or a fixed, fimte-ende- d conditional use, or call it whatever you want, said Frost, but we need to lay the groundwork to businesses become legal or have go away. Councilwoman Annette Gardner expressed her concern that if the city adopted an amortization ordinance and tried to use that to deal with businesses, that the city would have a lengthy battle on their hands. Well go through courts and nothing will happen for at least eight years, said Gardner. Unless ... we use the three-legge- d stool, said the need to be able to tackle Frost, the problem from more than one angle. At a prior council meeting Mayor Henry Dick-amohad told council members that the city atd stool torney is trying to give them a - with the three legs being the business license use ordinance, and guidelines, the the amortization process. We tried the conditional use approach, but we never got where we wanted with it, said I linders. d We need to take the stool approach and let the ordinances support themselves. Mayor Henry Diekamore reminded the council that of the three legs, the the business license ordinance was the only one currently on the books. re three-legge- three-legge- See ZONING2 recycling by leasing gram must be subsidized because most loads only net about $10 By AMY PRAY Standard Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON - In an effort to encourage recycling and make a pilot recycling program successful, the Davis County waste management district's ad- ministrative board agreed to lease a recycling trailer through December. The trailer, located at 50 W. Center St. in North Salt Lake's will main park since mid-Julcost the district about $3,000 for a lease. If people use it and district officials find it an effective recycling method, Director LeGrand Bitter said the district has an option to buy it for $7,000. The city of North Salt Lake will manage the trailer and be responsible for taking the collected aluminum, paper, plastic and glass to Recycling Corporation of America and Bl I Utah Recycling in Salt Lake City. Bitter said the trailer will hold several tons of material. The pro y, th from recyclables, but Bitter said it was a worthwhile project to develop and encourage recycling options for district residents. He told board members, who voted recently to ratify the trailer lease with Dempster Industries Inc., that the district actually had been recycling more than he thought as waste is brought to the bum plant and landfill. He estimated about 1,400 tons of recycled material is gathered from district waste each month. Bitter said the district would evaluate the trailers success at the end of the year and decide whether to buy it and also whether other parts of the county might need their own. The purpose of this pilot program is to determine how effective a tool it can be. Well consider doing it in other cities, too, Bitter said. Contact reporter Amy Pra at 776-495- 1. ot . A three-lo- t subdivision on the property located at 547 North , in Main on the Farmington has received final small subdivision approval by the city council. The developer was told to review the dnveway so there would be no flag lots. The three lots will be serviced by one driveway that will go through the property and not impair the visual aesthetics of the property frontage and not destroy three large sycamore trees on the V property. The developer will also have to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure the buildings wont affect the substantial amount of wetlands in the area. -- Cellular tower plans on hold US West Wireless proposal to pay Farmington City $6,000 a year for a cellular tower at south Farmington park has been put on hold. The tower was approved by the city council and given a conditional use permit by the planning commission. However, an appeal from John Massey, planning commission chairman, brought the tower approval matter before the city council again. CLEARFIELD Payment box to be moved More than $10 million worth of new construction in downtown Clearfield will displace the citys parking lot payment drop box beginning Sept. 26. The drop box for years and years has been located just west of City Hall at 140 E. Center St. City officials said with the construction of the new $10 5 million City Hall beginning in that area the drop box has been moved to the lobby of First National Bank at 690 South State. The bank lobby is open utility Monday through Friday from 8 30 a m. to 5 p m., with drive-uwindow services available Monday through Friday from 8 30 a m. to 7 p m. and on Saturday from 9 a m. to 2 pm. The bank is closed p Sunday. COMING SATURDAY Adult hangout Couples are dancing, not in the streets, but at Clearfield High. Read about it in the next Lakeside Review 0877300003 II 4 R COPY 4 |