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Show ' . . C nb n J - w ifV J fl , Development Plan Targeted to Attract Businesses APRIL ADAMS still being conducted. Review Stall The proposed new plan has been developed over the past nine months. It is designed to sell Davis County as a viable part of Wasatch Fronts business climate," said Rick Mayfield, the countys director of economic development. The program will help attract business and industry to Davis County, broaden the countys tax base, and provide. employment, FARMINGTON A proposed Davis County economic development program may attract new businesses and aid smaller existing businesses with a revolving loan fund. Program officials are actively negotiating with five companies now who are interested in locating in the county. Three of the five firms are located outside the county, with two of them being companies. No further details could be released, however, since negotiations are he said.-- ' , "The main focus is to help local existing businesses grow and new businesses evolve. said Wilford out-of-sta- te Gov-ernmen- ts Besides helping to locate Since banks and other loaning institutions can only lend a certain amount to a small business, the loan fund will try to fill in the gap between what the company receives and what it actually There is so much competition out there, that if we dont have some plan, we will be left out," he said. But we are past the stage of planning. We need to get into action, Mayfield said. The most exciting aspect of the plan is the revolving loan fund, he said. Officials have $400,000 to work with, due to a community development block grant approved by the COG this spring. The intent is to provide "gap fto smaller businesses inancing that are healthy and growing, Sommerkorn explained, with the Sommerkorn, assistant director. The policies in the proposal have not yet been approved. County commissioners and the Davis County Council of still need to approve the plan. Sommerkorn said this process should be complete by the middle of September. For the past 10 years, the county has'lacked a strong emphasis in economic development, while Salt Lake and Weber counties have been very aggressive in marketing their plans, he said. Its fierce out there. This is an effort to reorganise. needs. At a recent meeting with the State Department of Community Development, "the people there were very excited and complimentary about the revolving loan, fund concept," Mayfield said. The economic development cated to Weber County and now ; employs 600 people. "We hope to avoid this. They didnt know there was someone here to help them. But we hope to change that," Sommerkorn plan will also provide services for companies wishing to expand or relocate inside the county. largest loan being $100,000. possi- ble expansion sites, program officials will also be working with zoning and planning, if a firm requires, he said. This will help them stay in the county instead of deciding to go elsewhere." , In 1982, Levolor Lorentzen Inc. needed to expand. Though it was located in Davis County, it relo- said. Bnmllm QUam Vol..4 No,' 35 Wednesday, September 5, 1984 Service District Proposed CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff BOUNTIFUL According to one county commissioner, the specific purpose of proposing a special service district would not be to acquire a burn plant but to give entities one more chance at viewing the negative and positive aspects and then make a decision. Commissioner Harold Gerlach told the Bay Area Refuse board members last week that the purpose of the district would be to pull the county together, without veto power of one entity to sabotage the plans of the rest of the county. (See related story on this page.) For years, Davis County off!-- , cials have mulled over the problem of what ,to do with the countys garbage Currently, there are two landfills, the North Area Refuse Disposal (NARD) and BARD. Since there is no place to build another, and the present landfills are almost to capacity and face expensive renovations to meet state environmental control standards, the county researched .building a burn plant. The plant would turn waste into steam to be sold to Hill Air Force Base. Builders would be be Incinco Systems. The problem arose when key cities, Clearfield where the plant would have been built and Bountiful and Centerville vetoed the plan. Bountiful later said it would agree if stipulations were met. Gerlach told BARD that those stipulations were already approved in the proposal by We are continually anwe hear- from offiwhen noyed cials they havent received information, he said. , Bountiful officials said they . would accept the proposal if conditions of a transfer station were accepted, something which Gerlach said was always in the proposal. All the other conditions, other than that close (when the landfill was full), were in the original propos-a- l. waste-to-erter- Dispos-al(BAR- . ' Katy-Seghe- Katy-Segher- rs Photo by Robert Regan FLAG WAVING by Bountiful High Schools Color Guard symbolizes the opening of school Gerlach said it was unfair to the company to make it look like they bowed to Bountifuls pressure. He said that since Bountifuls city council did not get all the. information, we felt that we must get information to people so they can make a decision, I personally feel that the burn plant can be a positive thing for residents of the county. Thats why we are trying to pull it together to inform people. Replying to Gerlachs comments, Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle said, We received the information, but we didnt agree ' with it." there are that Stahle admitted strong positive aspects to the burn plant but he would still like to respond to the Katy-Segh- city, er .. Centerville Mayor Neil Blackburn said his citys council never intended to have veto power, their reservations were based on technical concerns. , We should have flexibility in long term options, he said regarding the special service district. Also, he said he feared since cit- Public Can Give View on New District Today Gerlach. This will offer time to people who have views on the FARMINGTON -v- The public burn plant and the intent to form service will have an opportunity today to the special county-wid- e ' voice opinions about whether a district. County residents have 5 days special service district should be after the public hearing to reformed in Davis County to construct and oversee operation of a spond, he said. They may initiate proposed resource recovery plant petition drives. If more than 50 percent of the to burn garbage in the county. make their desires officials that stress the populace County the burn plant, is known the discuss not to against meeting pros and cons bf the burn plant itself, then the commission is bound by law .not to form the special serbut rather whether or not the special county-wid- e service district vice district, Gerlach explained. ' should be formed. However, if under 50 percent the. countys residents are of interested individual may Any attend the meeting, to be held at against it, then the county will use their judge-rhe10 a.m. in the county commisas to whether to form the sion chambers in the county district. courthouse in Farmington. But if the majority of the peo-- , Public involvement is one of the checks on the bum plant, pie feel we should get this show said County Commissioner Harry on the road, then we will take ap APRIL ADAMS Review Staff . 1 . nt propriate action, ded though, that were not built, what to do with he said. He ad- if the burn plant the question of the countys gar- bage still remains. The two county landfill are nearing capacity level. City councils have,had 30 days to take action on the burn plant issue. The last day they can act on the issue is Sept. 9. If enough city councils decided against the creation of the district, construction and operation of the burn plant would then not be feasible and commissioners could opt not to form the service district. This is another check, he said. City councils in the countys 1 5 communities who have already voted to be included in the proposed service district are Clinton, Farmington, Fruit Heights, North Salt Lake, Syracuse, South Weber, and Sunset. City councils who were expected to take action on the issue, last night include: Kaysville, West Bountiful, Woods Cross, West Point, and Centerville. The city councils of Layton, Clearfield and Bountiful will also act on the issue at their city council meetings later this week. If a city takes no action or attaches stipulations to its approval, this is counted as a negative vote. . County commissioners passed a resplution on the intent to create a county-sid- e special service district last month. The action was taken as a last attempt to revive the' burn plant idea, which has been around for three years. Last year, five city councils defeated the issue when they voted against it. However, this new concept would make the participating cities and district the owners and operators of the $35 million facility, which may be built by Katy-Segher- s. Under this proposal, communities would not be held responsible k of industriin regards to al revenue bonds that must be sold to build the project. pay-bac- The bonds would be paid back through the revenues the burn plant would receive. would also be bound by a contract to see the facility runs properly. Hill Air Force Base would also be bound by an indefinite contract to buy the steam energy the burn plant produces, even though they may not use it K.aty-Seghe- rs 20-ye- all. Bountiful Alio wed Power Plan Nannie Nixed Annexation Rights How to Honor Prominent Citizens Hutchings, the power companys first director. Walter Hutchings was electrocuted at the plant and died fn CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff A request by BOUNTIFUL the to honor a prominent Bountiful citizen by paming a power station after him, was denied by the Bountiful City Council. Lawrence Eckman. and Stanley Smedley, representing the Bountiful Rotary Club, presented a reso- 1938. If the proposal would have been approved a plaque would be placed at the power station on 300 South and 200 West naming the plant Hutchings Power Plant. Smedley. said the Rotary Club would honor Hutchings at a special dinner and hoped to have the citys approval in time to announce the renaming at the special ceremony. Berry Hutchings took over as lution to the council, listing contributions made to Bountiful by former Bountiful Light and Power Company Director Berry ies voting against-thdistrict Hutchings. They asked the council to honor could use the services of the burn and his father. Walter Hutchings plant but would have no vote." e I t , ' For Proposed Burn Plant s. rs Coe, advisor to the flag corps, said the popular theme was used at the Los Angeles yesterday. Here, sophomore Sandy Adair exhibited at upcoming school activities. Jan Olympics. - Katy-Segh-e- practices the groups drill to Aarpn Coplands Fanfare for the Common Man which will be .A director after his father's death until 1983. Smedley told of Hutchings sacrifices of working hours without pay and of turning down job offers elsehigh-payi- where. Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle was opposed to naming city buildings after city workers. Id certainly be in favor of a plaque in honor 'of him, he said. Stahle said outstanding citizens should be recognized, but felt another method would be better. He father as anoth, named Smedlcys citizen. Bountiful er devoted Continued On Page 2A CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff Bountiful offiBOUNTIFUL cials adopted an annexation resolution last week that will' extend the citys limits and make the it 110 acres larger. The Davis County Boundary Commission gave Bountiful annexation rights to annex an unin- corporated area south of vestment Group, Granada Incorporated, and Leilah Investment Incorporated. A dispute between Bountiful and North Salt Lake arose with each city claiming the land was in its future expansion policy. The matter was turned over to the Boundary Commission which is made up of Davis County cities representatives. Bountiful and east of North Salt A decision was delaed until leLake known as the Woods gal allegations were reviewed. property. The land will be subdivided by The allegations claimed docupetitioners for annexation. The ments filed by North Salt Lake petitioners were HaleRcdd In were not properly certified. ' |