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Show Works to Give Bountiful a New Downtown ffiDA CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Stall RDA was sold to Shipley at a write down". Without assistance from the RDA, Shipley Associates, a national writers training firm which is expanding world wide, would have located its headquarters somewhere else, Randy Sant, RDA executive director, said. Shipley is the first business to take advantage;of a Small Business Administration Loan made available by njjbney the RDA gave the SBA. Carriage Crossing, a condominium project being developed by Prowswood Limited at 800 South Main, will open three furnished models in July. The two and three bedroom units will primarily attract young couples who are now renting. But a large percentage of the sales has come from older cou - BOUNTIFUL Bountiful may not have much of a skyline", but the city will soon have a new structural landscape. One hundred acres of land is now generating revenues for the Bountiful Redevelopment Agency through tax increments which would otherwise go to the school system or other entities. Those revenues will be put to use to give Bountiful a new, more attractive and even more profitable An 184-un- it face-lif- t. example of developing made possible by the RDA, although it is not entirely an RDA project, is Shipley and Associate's new offices to be built on the corner of 400 North Main Street. Property acquired by the ples whose children are grown and gone. According to Jack Jenks, director of marketing, starting price will be $54,000. He said tennis courts, a swimming pool and whirlpool, an aerobics room and a community center with kitchen will be available to residents. The units were named Carriage Crossing because Mill Creek runs through the property. In times past, carriages used to cross the stream at the location where the condominiums are being built. Taxes generated through the project will go to the RDA. The Gateway Project on 500 S. 500 W., is the first total project of the RDA . The development will provide 150,000 square feet of office and business space and public money and staff to negotiate with the many property owners downtown." Land in the center of the city is usually expensive, Sant said. So businesses buy land in outlying areas where land is less and less expensive.. bertsons super market. Fifteen thousand square feet will be for City's downtown areas die olT. six retail shops and upstairs ofThe agency has the legal right fices. Being completed in two "to buy land, clear it. provide phases, Albertsons will have its parking and amenities such as Grand Opening in the fall. Alwalkways, plazas, sidewalks, ctc. and to sell the land back to a bertsons Grocery Warehouse stores in Five points Mall and in private developer at a loss or a write down." This encourages Centerville will be closed. The RDA will work with the businesses to locate downtown. , mall in trying to acquire a good However, the RDA must work anchor" store for the vacant within legal guidelines. An annual report and financial statement mall space, Sant explained. In a report to the League of must be filed and must be open Women Voters, Sant described to the public. Proposed budgets the purpose of the RDA as using must go through public hearings. a restaurant, at a cost of $ 1 8 million. Location for the offices is in an area determined to have the most potential for development as office complex areas." according to a study by Lavcn-thand Horwath which evaluated likely market support for new office space. It is located at one of Bount- a cost of at least $30 million. Sessions Place on the southeast corner of 500 South Main, an area not belonging to the RDA, is being developed by Peterson, Gasser and Associates and will include a 45,000 square foot Al- 1 ol ifuls busiest intersections adja- cent to the freeway. Both Bountiful and Woods Cross RDAs are involved in the proj- ect. The other area found to have the best potential for office space use is downtown along Main Street between Center Street and 500 South. Part of that area, between 200 South and 100 North along Main Street will be revitalized at r Y5J Qaiffii Q22HD (.Cross mtxni Wednesday, June 13, 1984 Vol. 4 No. 23 Starts With Study Franchise Economic Board Develops a Plan CHERYL ARCHIBALD with 48,989 jobs for 68,562 Review workers. Staff CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review !. Inventories of existing businesses and industries in the county should be analyzed to understand how to aid growth, . May-fiel- be answered. Mayfield said... .. Properties should be analyzed to see which are zoned for industry and which have adequate utilities and services. Desireable industries should be targeted and given information to attract them to the area. Of firms in Davis County the first quarter of 1983, three firms employed 500 or more people, 207 employed 20 to 49 workers, and 1,033 firms employed three workers or less. Statistics showed that between 1970 and 1980 the populations of Fruit Heights, North Salt Lake and Bountiful grew 241, 158 and 18.5 percent respectfull- How do we maintain a tax base large enough to maintain needed and required public services, and what direction should we take to assure jobs for the future? Members of the board and staff will be able to handle the task, he said. Part of the team in the effort are Wilf Summer-koyand Rich Welch. The number of people Statistics on population, labor in 1980largest were between 0 to four force, market, assessments and years of age, each age group gettaxes and comparisons among ting smaller until it hit the 5 to counties should be studied as a 19 age group with 7,000 to 8,200 first step, Mayfield said, to show From there it dropped people. where the county stands. into the five and six thousands. Some of those statistics have But in the 35 to 44 age group the already been accumulated by the numbers rose again to over 8000 board to add to an information people. packet for potential developers Providing financial aid was anand businessmen. other point which Mayfield sugStatistics on employment in gested the board pursue, along Davis County, for instance, .with providing job training, showed that in 1970 there were compiling promotional materials 31,999 jobs for 36,700 workers. and gaining the support of the In 1983 unemployment rose County Commissioners. m ear-mark- ed 1 City Denies Annexation FARMINGTON Many motorists on roads in North Davis County Friday evening were unpleasantly surprised by three law enforcement roadblocks set up to check for drunk drivers and other offenders. Davis County Sheriffs Dept. Capt. K.D. Simpson called the roadblocks extremely successful" as they netted 3 DUI arrests, four illegal possession of alcohol arrests, one narcotic violation arrest and 30 citations for minor offences such as driving without a license. He also noted officers at one roadblock chased down a vehicle attempting to evade the inspection and arrested the driver on a DUI charge. Simpson said about 40 law enforcement officers from the Clearfield, Layton, Sunset, Davis County Sheriffs and Utah Highway Patrol agencies participated 1 from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. He said Photo by Rodney Wright the roadblocks were established only in the North Davis County area including locations on SR 193 near Hill Air Force Base, SR 126 in Sunset and on U.S. 89 in Layton. The roadblocks were the first in Davis County since a joint ef-fort in the Bountiful area in January saw 10 motorists arrested for DUI and 18 for other viola- tions, We decided it would be a good idea to change and go to the north end this time, Simp- son said. Simpson noted the Bountiful area roadblocks were publicized in advance but Friday's were not because of the recent flooding and mudslides in the county that preoccupied the sheriffs depart- ment time. He said other roadblocks may be organized in the north and south ends of the county in July and August. A BOUNTIFUL was decondominium proposed nied a Bountiful address last week when city councilmen voted three to two not to annex county properly to Bountiful to accommodate the building. Arnell Heaps, owner of the property, petitioned Bountiful to extend its city limits by annexing county property at 2900 South and 650 West to abide by a state statute. The action would have enabled him to build more units per acre than allowed by the county. V About: 40 residents voiced complaints about traffic congestion, disruption of lives of the elderly and the reduction of space for children to play. 31-u- Roadblocks Catch Drivers U na wares ; Staff CENTERVILLE Franchise taxesare like a bad tooth. It is painful, you dont like it, but its even harder to get rid of. So, last week, Centerville decided to ; keep it a little longer. One who is ready to get rid of. the tax, which is levied on electricity and gas, is Councilman Jerry Jenson. The tax is a no muss, no fuss tax for the city," he said. He said the Franchise tax is kept around because it is easy for the city. It is collected by the utility company and when utilities go up taxes go up. A decision does not have to be made by the city to increase taxes because they just go up automatically, Jenson said. He said it is actually a hidden tax. Jenson agreed that taxes are neces- - . sary but he disagreed with franchise taxes as the type to use. Property taxes, he said, are more fair to everyone and are easier to get out of. Property taxes are deductible from income taxes, he said. If the mil levy is increased, at least the increased amount can be used as a tax break. If capital improvements are needed as the city says, then the city should go to the people and get a bond approval, he said. A bond can be paid off in 20 years for a specifand it is ic improvement. Franchise taxes go into a general fund, Jenson explained. aged $20,316. he said. Mayfield proposed a six to 12 month study to aid in establishing a strategy to lure commercial and industrial businesses to Davis County, saying there is keen competition for those businesses among counties along the Wasatch Front. With the nations economic situation and with rapid populad tion growth in the county, said, certain questions must - - Annual pay in 1982 compared to national averages was slightly less in every field but mining. Utah mine workers averaged $28,852 while the national wage average was $27,626. Firemen and manufacturing workers were the most underpayed by national standards. Firemen in Utah received an annual wage of $15,333, and the national average was $17,890. Workers in manufacturing industries in Utah earned $18,619, while nationally the pay aver- FARMINGTON Economic in Davis County development will be dependent upon the commitment and enthusiasm" of the Davis County Economic Development Board, said Director Rick Mayfield. He presented the first phase of a program to establish an economic development plan at last weeks economic board meeting. Even though the board has existed for 25 years, no established plan has ever been adopted by Davis County Commissioners, ITS BEEN a common sight on roads in the Davis County area this past spring as road crews try to repair worn and damaged streets. Pat Humes (above) , CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff : 1 . , r Fire Insurance Rates to Tumble Down ; i drivers to ?low down as they go around construction on Highway 89, between Centerville and Bountiful.' 'encourages ' : Residents BOUNTIFUL being served by the South Davis Fire District will get lower fire insurance premiums now that the fire department's rating has been changed from a Class Seven to Class Five. The reduction will be as much as 28.6 percent for home owners, and 25.2 to 27.6 percent for commercial. Residents of Centerville, West Bountiful, Woods Cross. Val Verda and unincorporated county areas south of Farmington can call their insurance companies July and ask for the lower insurance premiums, said Brent 1 - Argyle, fire chief. ISO Commercial Risk Ser- vices, an independent rating company from San Francisco, studied South Davis fire department at the departments request. Ten percent of the total evaluation points were given for the handling of dispatch and fire alarms and 40 percent on adequacy of water supplies. Fifty percent were based on drills, equipment, training records, manning of the station, and location of the fire station, Argyle explained. Weve already sent letters to ISO to find out our deficiencies," Argyle said. The department is only four points away from gaining a Class Four rating. Emergency Medical Techni- cians (EMTs) are incorporated into the fire department and the vy station's ambulance is owned by the Firemens Association, an arrangement Argyle said has worked out very well. There are 42 firemen manning the station, three working full time. Part time shifts keep the station manned as though they were fulj time. Work will begin soon to up- date the fire station to earth- quake standards with recently acquired money from the Coun" cil of Governments. y |