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Show ' - . V . 1 Index Business 14A-15- Classified 'CenterviliF'Clearfieldtl inton, Host loyton. Farmington, Vol. J 1 Fruit Heights, KoylvilT; LoyTon, Roy, Solfln Weber, SunsetTSyrocuso, West Point Serving 29,000 Families From Roy Through Centerville No. 8 By MARILYN KARRAS Staff Writer The Weber County School Board Tuesday approved a proposal to charge a fee for students who live less than lVfe miles from a school. In an attempt to relieve problems caused by a reduction in funding which has meant fewer children can ride school buses, the board will charge an annual fee per available bus seat for children who live closer than the minimum set by the state. Superintendent Leland Burningham said state reports indicate it costs 37 cents per seat per day to transport those students. He proposed charging that amount for bus seats not being filled on regular routes. It seems like a good solution to the . situation where school buses are passing walking children with only a portion of the bus seats filled, said Board Member Gary Crompton. The fee would amount to $67.20 per child for the school year. For the remainder of this school year, the fee would be $53.65 if the program could be put into effect immediately. If we fill up all the empty seats with paying children, they would have to understand that they could be bumped if a family moved into the area with school children who would live more than the IV2 miles away and would be eligible to ride .the bus, Crompton pointed out. Burningham said in that case the paying students would have their money refunded and would have to wait for another seat to become available. He said the program would be left to each individual school to administer and to set priorities for which children should be allowed first chance at the available seats. Burningham indicated a year pass would be the most efficient way to sell the service, but one district resident in the audience said that would be prohibitive, especially if a family had more than one child who needed to ride the bus. We should consider the ability of the families to pay for the entire year, Burningham agreed. Thursday, October 16, 1980 DELIBERATING THE thorny question of merger with Layton at East Laytons Tuesday City Council meeting are, clockwise, City Administrator Tracy Barnes, Councilman Yard A. Dailey, City Attorney Steve Bailey, Clearfield Council MX Utah Project The City CLEARFIELD Council has passed a resolution to support the MX project in Utah. The action was taken Tuesday in response to a request from the Utah Military Affairs committee. coordinating The committee had submitted a letter to the council with a sample resolution for their approval. City Manager Gayle Starks presented the measure to them. Mayor Donal W. Townley, after a . . long period of silence by the council, recommended that the councilmen support the resolution. Councilman H. Kay Chandler moved that they support the MX resolution. With two councilmen, Neldon Hamblin and Donald K. McDougal, absent, the remaining three voted unanimously in favor of the resolution. The Utah Military Affairs committee asked for a copy of the resolution to keep on file. The committees request stated that because of the vital importance of the MX to the nation in keeping up with the Soviet Union the committee would appreciate the support. ' Utah is listed as a possible location for the proposefpdX missile system. The MX has met with much opposition in Utah since its conception. The MX is felt to be needed to build up the nations current Proponents contend that the MX greater service deter a possible enemy attack because of the difficulty it presents in eliminating it. According to the Air Force, it would be too costly for the enemy to attack. will provide an even in that it will help to The projected cost of the MX is $33 billion. In the current plans, it will be a system of silos connect by a series of roads. The missiles will be moved by special trucks from silo to silo so that the enemy can never be sure of the exact location of any one of the missiles. The current project calls for 200 missiles with 4,600 shelters. The proposed placement of the missiles is either the Great Basin area of Utah and Nevada or in the area of Texas and New Mexico. Opponents of the placement of the system in Utah are afraid that Utah would become a primary target in the case of a nuclear attack. Utah and Nevada are primary choices because 98 percent of the land to be used is already owned by the federal government. Kaysville redevelopment consultant Tom Kenster Wednesday gave the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce a preview of his upcoming recommendations to the City Council concerning the specific areas which should be redeveloped in Kaysville.. The area Kenster said would be the best place to redevelop is bounded by Main Street on the north and east and by 200 North on the south. It would extend at least a block to the west, he Said. That site was chosen on the basis of factors such as traffic volume, the amount of acreage available, the site's nearness to major streets and the shape of the land, Kenster explained. The site Kenster will recommend to the council consists of approximately nine acres, the minimum which Ken ster says is needed to build a viable commercial center. Kenster said there will be room for growth to the northwest if more space is needed later. Peripheral commercial development should occur on the other three comers North inof the Main Street-20tersection, Kenster suggested. That area is the true center of downtown because Kaysvilles two main streets join there, he said. Kenster was hired by the City Council at the beginning of the year to research 0 4A 6A 14B 1B-2- B 4B-10- B Councilman Glen Budge, Mayor Delyn Yeates, and Councilman Neal Scheel. Merger Staff Writer The City Council EAST LAYTON will hold public meetings Oct. 23 and 28 to inform East Layton citizens about a possible merger with Layton. The meetings were tentatively set for 7 p.m. at East Layton Elementary School, but the time and place have not been confirmed. The Layton City Council will be invited to each public meeting to answer , questions about Laytons feelings toward a merger and to discuss the terms under which Layton would consent to annex East Layton. Mayor Delyn Yeates said he feels the public meetings are needed to educate the public on the dissolution and annexation questions. understanding with Layton before the Nov. 4 vote on dissolving East Layton were met with resistance by the majority of the councilmen, who did not wan to give the appearance that they in any way favor the merger. The City Council is not for it, Councilman Myron Nalder stated. I personally dont want to do too much (to further it) . . . He said individual council members could meet with the Layton council if they wanted to but that he was not interested in drawing up an agreement before the election. Memmott had asked the council earlier in the meeting to work on a memorandum of agreement that would smooth the transition to Layton should East Layton voters decide to dissolve their city. He explained that 2nd District Court Judge Duffy Palmer would enter a dissolution judgement Responding to Councilman Glen Budges comment that Layton City department heads had made some after the November election and upsetting remarks concerning forming supervise the disincorporation of the a special tax district in East Layton city if dissolution is approved. should it be annexed, Yeates said he The judge has wide latitude in this had talked with Layton Mayor Lewis y Shields about this. Its something that I think has gotten out of hand, with department heads making comments on things neither side knows much about, Yeates said, adding that Shields was not pleased with the situation either. The council was to meet this morning at 6 a.m. to draw up a list of questions to be presented to the Layton City Council at tonights meeting. The council was not certain Tuesday whether it would be able to get on Laytons agenda at such a late date, however. Urgings by merger proponent John Memmott and Yeates that the council try to formulate a memorandum of type of proceeding, he said. If the city councils got together, they could of unformulate a memorandum I to reason have every derstanding. believe the judge would accept it. Memmott said private citizens could attempt to draw up such a memorandum, but that it seems more proper for the council to do it. The memorandum would set a timetable for dissolution and annexation and outline how that would take place, he said. Councilman Neal Scheel asked if the council would be dissolved immediately should voters decide to disincorporate East Layton Nov. 4. Dissolution does not occur until the judgment is entered, explained East Layton City Attorney Steve Bailey. That could be the day after or four months later. Is there any guarantee we as a council would have time to draw up a protocol we could live with after the Councilman Kim Brown election? asked. The redevelopment agency, composed of the council members, was formed under the Utah Neighborhood Development Act, which sets out specific procedures for the redevelopment of blighted areas. The city is now ready to begin considering the creation of a redevelop--' ment plan, and Kenster will recommend the area the plan should en- compass at the council meeting ayfon Bailey said it was unlikely the court would enter a disolution judgment He said the council immediately. should have a "reasonable amount of time to work on the matter. I think your bargaining power with Layton is better now while youre elected officials, Memmott told the councilmen, trying to convince them not to delay their negotiating. Its a facLihat it (the dissolution) is on the baiiot, and wer& gOlJlg to have toUSS with that. Theres a lot of problems and questions nobodys even aware of, Bailey said, noting that dissolving a city the size of East Layton, to his knowledge, had never been done before. He encouraged the council to begin of considering a memorandum agreement so problems could be ironed out beforehand and voters could be aware of the factors involved in merging with Layton. Rainbow Drive Bid Accepted The City Council low bid of $71,465 for the improvement of Rainbow Drive from Fairfield Road to Emerald Drive. The council Tuesday awarded the job of building curbs, gutters and a sidewalk along the road to Eddie L. Shaw Construction of Layton. The company will have 60 days to complete the job after a contract has been signed. The city intends to accept bids for the job of asphalting the street this spring EAST LAYTON has accepted the apparent after the curb, gutter and sidewalk have been constructed. The total cost of widening and improving Rainbow Drive has been estimated at about $150,000. The city is expected to pay nearly $60,000 of that cost, with the remainder to be assessed from residents of a Rainbow Drive special improvement district created by the council last month. The city will try to sell bonds in advance to raise the cash needed to make the street improvements. The bonds Chamber Previews Pedewelapmenf Plans : KAYSVILLE Sports 1 10A Isaies 2 Meekness By NANCY LYNN KRZTON defense. According to the Air Force, the Soviets now have enough war heads which are accurate enough to destroy many of the Titan and Minuteman missiles in a first strike. The MX system is proposed to give the United States a system which could survive a first strike by the Soviets and then strike back. Economy Review Editorial Home Living Obituaries School A 14B-15- B comments made at the meeting before making his recommendation on site selection. All Kaysville businessmen are in a win-wi- n situation because they will receive more business as a result of the activity generated by the proposed new development at the intersection of Main Street and 200 North, he emphasized. Any businessman displaced by the development will by law have the chance to locate his business in the redeveloped area, Kenster reassured the businesspeople, many of whom have been apprehensive about the idea of redevelopment. Kenster said he would also recommend that related redevelopment be done on the west side of Main Street between 200 North and Center Street. Tuesday night. You folks are getting a preview of the need for commercial development this, and no one in city government and to formulate a redevelopment plan knows what Im about to say, Kenster told about 30 businesspeople who for the city. Just this month, the council voted to gathered to hear his explanation of form a redevelopment agency at redevelopment. Were presenting this Kensters recommendation. The to you because you're the backbone of agency will have the power to obtain this community, and without the funding, condemn land, create a support of the merchants, the program Major surgery, not cosmetic will not be as good as it could be. redevelopment plan and offer tax-fre- e surgery, is needed to create stores, Kenster said he would consider any. restaurants and offices that will attract Financing to interested developers. and keep customers, Kenster stated. He said he envisions all of the buildings on the west side of Main Street between 200 North and Center Street being razed with the exception of the old Barnes Bank Building and .possibly Kaysville Theatre. Kenster intended to recommend the destruction of the theater as well until current owner Mel Fehlman pointed out that the Layton Hills Mall movie theaters have a monopoly in the area on first-ru- n movies. Fehlman said it would do no good to tear down the present theater and build n a movie house in the new movies development if only second-ru- n can be shown there. Kenster said he and Davis County Planner John Jansen would explore that question. If its viable, yeah, I say itd be a good idea to keep it, he told Fehlman. two-scree- must be sold before the citys first payment to Shaw Construction is made. City Administrator Tracy Barnes said. Councilman Neal Scheel asked what would happen if the bonds could not be sold. Barnes said the city could then itself buy the bonds using its utility reserve fund. A board of equalization will decide how much each property owner in the special improvement district will be assessed and will send out a notice informing the owner of the assessment. Each person will have a chance to contest the assessment before the board. Reviewing The News Swimming is more than a form of recreation to a group of young athletes who meet for practice daily at the Roy Recreation Complex. The Utah Swimming Association team, with members from Weber and Davis counties, is ranked consistently in first or second place among the 28 amateur teams in the state. Both individually and as a team the swimmers have taken numerous awards in competition. A Lakeside Review- photographer spent some time at the pool during team practice recently and shot pictures of the members as they worked out. His photographic report of the afternoon appears on page 6B today. |