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Show I o - By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer Davis County ComFARMINGTON missioners have voted to stop pursuing the completion of the Layton Canal Project. The canal now ends near the intersection of 1300 North and 4000 West in Sunset, and since 1962 the completion of the canal out to the Great Salt Lake has been tossed back and forth. The most recent effort was to finish the canal e as a project which included use for both irrigation and flood control and to construct a belt road along its banks. multi-purpos- The plan was to be funded by the county and by state and local water districts through which funding had been obtained for the irrigation uses. Cities located in north Davis County which were counting on the canal for flood control became concerned earlier when the newly elected Davis County commission started discussion to scrap the project. The flood control issue is a real threat for North Davis County cities, officials said. Several lawsuits are already in process on the issue, and building moratoriums have been imposed in several cities awaiting a solution to the flood control problems. Davis County commissioners, however, felt there was a better and less expensive solution to flood control problems in Davis County. A statement issued by Davis County Commissioner Earnest Eberhard on the commissions decision states that the alternative for flood control will be develop 6 existing flood drains in the county. He said this approach will be cost effective since it is estimated that putting the flood drains into A-- l condition would only be one- - "si Cheaper Wssy" tenth of the cost of building the canal. He said there is enough fall to the existing flood control system that it could easily be buried to increase the value to surrounding lands. Commissioner Glen Saunders said the commission should Show our good faith as a. commission toward addressing the flood' control problems of that area and do several things. Among these, he said the rights to the existing canals in the area should immediately be secured and recorded by the county. Mayors from five cities in North Davis that the commissioners sign an agreement with the cities stating that they would take the action if they denied the canal project. County had asked Saunders comment is the only mention made of this agreement. He also asked that the county surveyor present to the county Flood Control Committee specific recommendations for projects necessary to alleviate problems on existing channels. Index Classified 611-- Editorial. Vol. 1 No. 37 Serving 3 1,500 Families From Roy Through Centerville - By JIMSAWDEY Staff Writer CLEARFIELD Wasatch Cable Tv has a franchise in Clearfield and now so does Star West Communications. And if Star West had not received one, someone might have been sued. The council granted a franchise to Star West of Ogden in a 1 vote that followed a heated debate. When Darryl Shuttloffel of Star West, first asked for a cable franchise in the city, he was told to come back after the The council talked to Wasatch. council talked to Wasatch' and granted it a franchise to string Cable in the utility easements of file city, and then Shuttloffel was there for his turn. He wanted easement rights to cross the street, thus allowing hime to exp-pan-d cable services from Pepper Ridge Apartments to the Sundowner Condominiums, 1080 S. 1500 W. At first, what he heard from City Manager- Gayle Starks was, in his Starks said he had words, amazing. spoken to City attorney Alf. C. Van- - - 1 3-- - wager, who wasnt present at the VanWagner said offering meeting. another franchise isnt in the citys interests at the present time. Two competing companies would be damaging to both companies, thus hampering the citys ability to generate revenue on a franchise tax charged to the company. Shuttloffel said for 15 years, the other cable company had been there and had not made a profit in Davis County. Star West has been there for less than a year and making a profit. At the time of the council meeting, Shuttloffel said, his was the only operating cable in Davis County. Wasatch Cable turned on power to its system Thursday evening, two nights after the council meeting. Star West is operating a privately owned system at Pepper Ridge Apartments via a satellite receiver, The company is required to have a business license to operate. To cross the street, the company must have easements rights and a franchise agreement with the city. 1! 7 10A HomeGarden C Home Living School Sports It Section Section 8A 4A Wednesday, May 6, 1981 To deny that easement, Shuttloffel said, would be restraint of trade. Starks said no business license had been filed with the city. You have Shuttloffel performed poorly so far. replied that a check and application were submitted to the city six weeks ago. We have made every attempt to to do business properly. Starks replied, Yes, I recognize that. Mayor Donal Townley said the city has ordinances to adhere to a porIs Star West nography ordinance. willing to become disenfranchised if it is in violation of city ordinances? Townley asked. Shuttloffel told the council that he engages in redistributing the signal, not originating it. He said Townley should talk with Warner Brothers, the originator of the signal. He said that the Federal Com- munications Commission governs what can be legally distributed. TheFCC, he said, prempts state and city or-(finances. The federal laws are spelled out in black and white, he said. , , ? Centerville OKs $500,000 Offer for Industrial Park Land . The City Council CENTERVILLE accepted an offer of $500,000 for property it has designated as industrial park land during a special council meeting last week. : The bid, from Reynolds Realty of Salt Lake City, was the only offer the city received for the property after it advertised for bids during the past month. ..The property, which includes approximately 109 acres, is located just north of file west end of Parish Lane in Centerville. The city purchased the land years ago to be used as a trash landfill area, but when the Bay Area Refuse District was established the property was no longer needed for that purpose. The property is zoned for industrial use. Though there are some problems with a high water table in some areas of the parcel, the land is nearly 100 per- cent usable, according to Kenner Killpack, city administrator. The city will receive $100,000 as a down payment. The contract also calls for another payment of $200,000 next year, with the balance to be paid by April 1983. Bonny Reynolds of Reynolds Realty said the company was buying the land on specualtion and that no development is planned at least for a few years. The City an ap- praisal of the property several weeks ago, before bids were requested, since there was disagreement among council members about how much the property was worth. Council-authorize- d At that time, Ms. Reynolds made an informal offer of between $4,000 and $5,000 per acre. Mayor Golden Allen told her the property was worth closer to $10,000 per acre. Several councilmen disagreed with Allens estimate, and an appraisal was requested. Results of the appraisal were not discussed. Kaysville's New Chamber Decal Depicts Home , Business Community : - KAYSVILLE A newly designed decal is being handed out to chamber of commerce members in Kaysville. Sandy Butterfield, executive secretary of the chamber, is the designer of the new yellow and brown window decal which is being desplayed by the chamber mem- bers. Tr?v un Jtnrn j CHAMBER I of COMMERCE Mrs. Butterfield said the idea of the decal is to represent Kaysville as a home and community. The morning sun rising depicts a new day dawning in Kaysville while the skyline of the mountains shows the protection and seclusion of the city, she said. Buildings in the foreground depict other aspects in the community. The church for the religious community, the home for the family, and a little side building which stands for the commercial and business interest in the community, she said. Mrs. Butterfield said the cherry tree and corn stalk represent the private crops vegetable gardens and fruit orchards for which the Kaysville area is known. The flag flying over the community is to represent the patriotic strain of the Kaysville population, and a car in the foreground represents the new influence and progress that is under way in the city. She said there is symbolism as well in the letters of Kaysville on the decal. The large K represents the strength of business while the small lettters are for the quiet influence of the community. in Layton has recently been TRAFFIC ALONG diverted and slowed by construction of the Antelope Drive interchange. Work on the $3.6 million interchange is ex- pec ted to be completed by September, and will add on and off ramps to the existing overpass which will be widened, Plans also include the widening of both Antelope Drive and in order to handle the expected increase in traffic volumn. County Republicans Elect New Officers, Hear Nansen Address Davis County FARMINGTON Republicans elected officers Saturday their organizing convention during which is held every two years. The convention was addressed by U.S. Rep. James Hansen who is from Davis County. The party also gave recognition to persons who worked for the party during the 1980 elections. Elected to office were Gene Peresich, chairman; Ruby Price, Artelle Rigtrup, Secretary; and Onan Mecham, treasurer. Peresich is a computer systems engineer and this is his second term as chairman in Davis County. He was a 1980 delegate to the National Republican Convention and served as a two-ye- ar field operations director for the Hansen congressional campaign. Mrs. Price was also to a second term as vicechairman for the Davis County Party. She has served five terms as a voter district chairman and has also been a delegate to local, state and national party conventions. Mrs. Rigtrup was elected to her first NEWLY ELECTED officers of the Davis County Republican party are, from left. Gene Peresich, chairman ; Ruby Price, ; Arte lie Rigtrup, secretary; and Onan Mecham treasurer. The officers are elected for a r vice-chairm- two-yea- term. term in the Davis County Republican party. She has worked for the party as a voter district chairman and a legislative area chairman. Mecham was elected for the first time to serve as a Davis county party officer. 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