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Show Cities Can Apply For Disaster Aid BARRY KAWA declare a state of disaster emergency in upcoming council meet- Review Slafl FARMINGTON Davis Countys declaration of a state of BARRY KAWA Review Stall - ings. disaster emergency last Friday opens the door for cities to apply for state disaster relief funds. The Layton City Council Monday followed Davis Countys action and issued a declaration for the city which was hit by a mudslide in a canyon east of 2400 North and Valley View Drive Other cities including West Bountiful with a flooding problem down 500 South and Kays-vill- e with flooding problems from a dammed Holmes Creek in Webb Canyon are expected to Commission Chairman, Glen Saunders said the declaration by the county and cities will al0 low them to apply for matching funds with the state to pay the costs of rehabilitating the affected areas. The declaration also limits the countys liability in accessing private property for flood control work. Davis County joins Weber, Salt Lake, Millard, Wasatch, Utah and Tooele counties in declaring a state of disaster emergency jvith flooding and mudslide problems this spring. E. 50-5- r Srar Dissolve Trash Committee , fenrfe - FARMINGTON With plans for a resource recovery plant dead from a lack of site, the Davis Solid Waste Management Board should be dissolved, said North Salt Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist. Palmquist, chairman of the project board, told the Davis County Council of Governments last week the board has pursued the possibilities of a plant to the point where I to sleep and think of gargo waste-to-cn-er- bage. Palmquist said the recent ccrmiir. Clearfield City Council decision to withdraw a conditional use permit for a site in the city has left them with no other alternative sites to locate a plant in the county. He recommended the board, which was formed to consider the problems of disposal of waste in the county, be disbanded and a new committee agreed to go back to their respective city councils and ask for a feeling on the future of the solid waste board and their representatives. Meanwhile, the Wasatch Front Regional Council last week issued a study to north Davis formed. Based on 1980 census figures. Layton Citys share of the $1.7 million bond for the upgrading would be $612,000; Clearfield, $417,000; Kaysville, $227,000; utilized. ber, $36,000. Katy-Seghc- the changing suggested representation from the cities on thp hoard The COG mayors The figures issued represent the cost to each city of EMCON associates recommended improvements for continued use of the landfill. Each city would have to approve bonding for the improvements. County mayors on the cost of upgrading the North Davis landfill. With the burn-plaissue settling in the dust unless the Clearfield council reconsiders its action or Incino Systems Inc. takes legal action, the landfilling method of disposal of waste will continue to be nt Davis County Environmental Health Division Director Richard Harvey said the legal structure of the board is good and ayor rs Clinton, Sunset, GZttt&ii C2h23I vTnin- - 4 No. 20 Vol. $134,000; $133,000; Syracuse, $85,000; Fruit Heights, $63,000; West Point, $50,000; and South We- Wednesday, May 23, 1984 And, What About People in Foam Houses? BARRY KAWA has two to three times the Review Staff FRUIT HEIGHTS ue or resistance to heat loss Some of comparable insulation people spend their lives looking mate- rials. out from glass houses; others on this house is The spend theirs looking through 46 and the higher the number, windows of Styrofoam homes. A Layton couple is building a the more resistant to heat loss, new prototype foam house in Harrison said. On three and a Fruit Heights, the first one of half inches of insulation materirating. Six its kind in Utah and only the al, you get an 3 is an inches of Fiberglas 16th in the country. But, teche is foot foam This one of is house the not made nically, an comes out it to and of Styrofoam even though the foam blocks look and feel like ! the same product. Parker is building the home is a name brand "Styrofoam with his family and estimates of the Dow Chemical Compathe total cost will be about ny, says Peter Harrison, tech$85,000. The nical director of Cubic home will' have 2,000 square. Structures Inc. of McFarland, Wis. And while this is commonly called Styrofoam, its not the Dow Chemical Companys product. Its like a foam coffee-cucalled expanded polystyue R-1- R-1- 9. polys-tren- R-4- 6. . four-bedroo- m ,feet of living space on the upper and main floor and have an unfinished basement. Cubic Structures is providing the foam also plans to build a solar greenhouse in the back of the house that will collect sunlight to produce heat for the home. He said an engineering estimate of the projected energy savings of the home has shown they will be paying about 10 percent of the energy costs of their nearby neighbors. gineer, two-stor- blocks for the walls and roof, special ventilation unit and onsite inspections at a cost of about $15,000. Parker said they became interested in the foam material when they read an article on Harrisons company in a local newspaper that picked up the story from the Christian Science Monitor. We contacted the company after looking at several solar and designs and were very impressed with it, he said. Parker, who works for Evans V , a ' ,, s as y its vk-- - .'iiK.'. p, amazingly strong. Harrison said the foam houses were first developed in late 1982. He said once completed, the homes look like any other, ones except they are more wind and earthquake resistant than an ordinary home. The foam blocks are also coated with a Kaysville contractor Rand Hollist is the consultant and supervisor for the project. He said he was skeptical when Parker approached him about the idea of a foam house. But the only thing different is the structure super-insulat- - and its reinforced with no unhe said. usual requirements, As I get into it. Ive learned its got a lot of good value. After assembling the blocks, I was somewhat skeptical," adBut its mits Parker also. amazing how resilient that foam is. You take a coffee cup and it crushes easily but you beat on this with a hammer and & Sutherland Computer Corp. in Salt Lake as an electrical en- plaster and can be painted or wallpapered like an ordinary wall. Harrison said other people in Utah are expressing interest in building the homes and the concept will go nationwide shortly. He said Utah is a good place for the foam houses because of the large savings on air conditioning costs in the summer and heating bills in the fire-pro- of winter. Anywhere heating prices are going up people are conscien- tious about keeping their costs down, he said. And this is the kind of answer they're looking for. .A J t ' ' ; i1 ' .'- V - rene. Harrison visited Utah last week to inspect the progress of Edward J. and Sheree Parkers house at 915 Daniel St. in Fruit Heights. The house is still a couple of months away from completion, but the bright white foam walls of the structure are in sharp contrast to a .home being built ' across the street. On closer inspection, the foam block walls are about a foot thick and a good deal stronger than your ordinary ex- -, panded polystyrene drinking cup. The foam walls are held in place with a concrete frame and have wood supports at various locations for window sites. Harrison said his company is using the soft foam in building houses because of the extremely high insulation value of the STARK. WHITE foam blocks are used to con- material. He says the material struct walls of new home in Fruit Heights. The all-wo- steel-reinforc- ed Upgrading Needed - Will Air BARRY KAWA ; The North Davis ROY District will hold Sewer County a special meeting tonight with city representatives from the district to discuss plans for upgrading the sewer treatment plant facilities in Syracuse. Plans for upgrading the ties to meet 1985 Utah State Dept, of Health and Environmental Protection Agency regulations will be presented by district engineers. Kent Michie, Prudential-Bach- e Financial Conalso will sultant, present alternafacili- for financing the improvements estimated to cost $4.4 million. Bonding for approximately' $1.9 million of that amount may be requested in a bond election during the August primaries in each district city. The district includes most north Davis County cities, Roy City and a small un- incorporated area of Davis County. The meeting will start at 6 room p.m. in the multi-purpoof thp Roy City Hall at 5051 S. 1900 W. se Davis County School District was approved last week by the The Davis school board. FARMINGTON What differs in this calendar Board School acted to County from all previous years is that a and school calendar approve request for more planning time classes will not begin until after for teachers at two schools for Labor Da. The later start and the later reschool year and the 1984-8- 5 there is both good news and bad lease was an1 issue that concerned board member Dee news for students. The good news is that they, Forbes. He said he heard nothwont have to begin school until ing but complaints from parents, September 4, and some students teachers and administrators over the new schedule. He requested will have a short day on Monday each week. The bad news is that the calendar be revised so that summer vacation wont be- the first day of school is return- cd to the traditional August date. gin until June 6, 1985. But other board members and The 1984-8- 5 calendar for the DAN CARLSRUH , Review Staff Sewer Plan tives house is one of only 16 in the country made of the product which, is basically the same mate- - District OKs Meeting Review Staff staff Photo by Rodney Wright Roy Addition SHELLY KANCITIS : ' Review Correspondent ROY-Theis a chance Roy High School seniors may graduate Thursday in a brand-nea fire truck and building--wit- h five firemen standing by. re w Except for a malfunctioning fire alarm system, the final fire safety inspection of Roy High School's new $6.7 million gymnasium and auditorium was a Success, according to Deputy State Fire Marshal John Elder, Another inspection of the fire alarm system and the auditorium's sprinkler system is sched h uled for today. Because of the problems with the fire alarm. Elder was unable to conduct a dry run of the sprinkler system. Elder said that even if neither system works, he will agree to .having graduation ceremonies held in the new auditorium on Thursday if the Roy City Fjre' Department has a pumper and five firemen standing by. Roy Fire Chief Richard Waters said he would provide the necessary people and equipment. Lowell Smith, president of E and S Sales who installed the fire alarm system, said the alarm parents in attendance at the meeting disagreed. One parent said that August was too hot for students to learn. Board member Bruce Parry-saithat he realizes that people are generally resistant to change but the actual starting and ending date was really no big deal, especially since the students will used in foam drinking cups. The material makes it possible to cut energy rial Planning Time schools close two hours early on Dec. 21 and reconvene Jan. 2, 1985; semester break, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24, 25, 1985; Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18, 1985; spring break, Friday and Monday, April 1985; d 5-- 8, and Memorial May 27,. 1985. Two elementary schools received approval from the school board to shorten their Monday school days next year for a block planning time for teachers. Lincoln Elementary in Layton, and West Bountiful Elementary brings to 18 the total number of schools wiihin the county which 1 80 class days either way. With the new calendar, days which the schools will be closed get are: U.E.A., Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11, 12, 1984; Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22, 23, 1984; Christmas Holidays, had operated properly for a month before it malfunctioned. We dont know what happened. The logic bas gone erratic. ..Smith said he was optimistic about having the problem corrected in time for graduation. Other than some minor problems,. Elder said the structure I dont was a good building. think the public needs to feel concerned about their safety. Although Waters does not dispute Elders comments, he is concerned about the fire department's ability to effectively protect the building in case of a Day, Monday, afe ' will have a shorter Monday class schedule! Both schools will start morning kindergarten at 8:30 and let it out at 10:30. The afternoon kindergarten students will go from a.m. to 1:10 p.m. : Grades one through six will go from 8:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. These times are for Monday-only- . The rest of the week will continue according to the regular 1 1:10 ; schedule. According to the letter from;! Lincoln Elementary, Monday afternoons should be devoted to a professional job of planning. - Almost major fire because of inadequate fire fighting equipment. Some Roy City officials are al-- ! so concerned about the build- -' The Roy Fire Department does not have a ladder truck. Its highest ground ladders are 35 feet, high enough to reach the fire ings height in terms of fire protection. Roy Building Inspector David Facer said he had no idea the building was going to be as high as it is. roof. When informed of the height of the building, Facer said, the doors along the balcony walls, but not high enough to reach the - ; ' Although Elder said there are other ways for Roy firefighters to reach the roof, he admitted valuable time would be lost. The closest fire departments with ladders that could reach the roof are Ogden and Layton. -- city council passed a new ordinance. It stipulates that if a permit is issued to build a structure higher than the fire department can service, special steps would be required to make the building safe. ! |