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Show Utah p 0 S.at f li7 City Salt Laa I 3 , t.a. 81U0 Sfl liXT. WttHVSMbtoHk. '''! V'$f assaMr ,mtn Vol. V,' , mwn'i M. &;& ' wHfcyao ;, i &;' - si , ,, Roy, Utah 24 No Thursday, June 29, 1978 f Heading planned .on annexation A public hearing on July 25 was set by the Roy City Planning Commission Tuesday night to review the annexation and rezoning petition of Wes Barton for property on the corner of 4800 South and 3100 West. This is for approximately 9 3 acres of land owned by Martinus Barton to be zoned along with 7.5 acres that is being jointly developed by Lewis C Zaugg and Barton. The property is cut by power poles, which is determining what type of zone will be in effect. Wes Barton told the Planning Commission that he planned to ask for RE-2zoning on the Zauggs land west of the power poles, to be consistent with conti guous property that is also zoned for 20,000 square foot lots recently annexed into the city Then the other portion of the land, east of the power poles, the Zauggs and zone. Barton are asking for the Planning Commission member Bob Ashley made the motion to set the hearing, which was approved unanimously. Also, a letter is being sent to the Weber Area Council of 8 0 a salesman at Ink leys in Roy, looks over the rules and applications now available at the store for those interested in entering the Miss Roy Contest. Miss Roy, Soma Curtis, right, with Doris McClelland, publicity chairman for the event, check the details with Stockard. Applications are due into Mrs. McClelland by July 4. Chairman for this year s event is Dee Ladd. DON STOCKHARD, 1 Council recommends Janet Smalley Editor A committee to study the airport ordinance will be announced by Mayor Joseph Dawson at Tuesdays regular council meeting This was the consensus of the Roy City Council during a workshop session Tuesday night after more discussion about various parts of the Planning Commissions proposed airport ordinance revision. Coun- cilman Earl Morris made a recommendation to the Mayor that he suggest those he would like on a group to study the ordinance, such as a Planning Commission member, airport representatives and then those individuals in the community who would be concerned with the issue. I would like to get everyones input in this matter, Morris said. The council also made some definite recommendations as to what they would like to see developed as far as parks are concerned to meet the demands of the estimated popopulation growth to A 1990. complex of three to four ball diamonds is something that the council felt is urgently needed by the city at the present time, and also looking towards future needs. With a suggestion from Councilman Dae Coons that the city look at using the 35 acres which is part of the landfill site week's flag photo is of Riverdale Park, which will This be the scene of activities on the Fourth in conjunction with Riverdale's "Old Olory Days" beginning at 7 a jn. July 4. and also the Junior Posse grounds, the council has charged the city manager with looking at how much of this land would be necessary to build this type of complex Citizens representativ e Don Clark, representing the Roy Citizens Association, told the council that he felt his group did not desire any change to the existing airport ordinance and he did not know why the Planning Commission wanted to make a change at this time Commission Chairman told him again that this revision of the ordinance was drafted to comply with existing FAA As it stands now, the regulations whole first page of our existing ordinance you can forget. It is for the protection of the people that we propose it now To demonstrate his point, Seamons told Clark that if a property owner wanted to build a high rise that would be in the flight pattern, we would have nothing that would prohibit him from doing so right now. Councilman Larkin Patterson asl$ed if we are in any hurry to get this Seamons told ordinance approved? him that it wasnt urgent; the only part that needed to be looked at right away is the environmental impact statement. Citizens and the city will have 45 days, or until Aug. 15 to make written statements about the study. Park recommendations Other recommendations by the council to be considered by the city engineer when attempting to estimate costs of developing parks includes Planning Jack Seamons looking into the use of county-owne- d land just north of Moweda Youth Home and contiguous to Roy Park' With this additional land, the council e suggested that an additional ball diamond and possibly tennis courts be added With these immediate needs, then the council recommended that two family-orienteparks of five acres a piece be looked at One could be placed on the east side, Councilman if there is Morris recommended, property still available." Also, the other smaller park would be located between 5600 South and 4800 South and west of 3100 West The meaning of family-orienteby the council included boweries, tennis courts, volleyball court, horseshoe facilities At the beginning of the discussion, Public Works Director Max Reeves presented the council with the information he and Parks Superintendent Parley Oleson had gathered estimating the current value of parks as they are now, fully developed. This figure was felt to be quite high by Councilmen Marvin Zaugg and Dae Coons, with estimates from Reeves ind Oleson of $35,000 per acre for Municipal park. Councilman Zaugg also made a proposal that he said would save a He considerable amount of money. suggested that the city manager get with the school board and look into the possibility of using school land while it is not in use during the summer, taking the overflow from the parks ball diamonds within and well-usethe city. full-siz- d d Running as an independent in the highly contested two-yecommission seat is a Roy county resident. Bob Classified ads. See page 4. 8. Opinion. See page 2. Society News. See page Sports. See page The U.S. 5. 9. Department is typists and looking secretaries to relocate in Washington D.C. See page for 12. Two girls from the Hooper Junior Posse won honors in a horse show held this past weekend. See page 13. annexation information to determine if any other cities would be affected. Barton and the Zauggs, as they came into the Planning Commission for consultation and the setting of a public hearing, did not indicate what type of zone they wished the land to become Chairman Jack Seamons asked them to come to some type of conclusion at the meeting so that public notices could indicate what zone was being asked for. Barton told the Commission that because of all the hassle with the surrounding residents over his last petition to annex ground into the city as he wanted originally to see the ground come in as RE-2now, avoiding the problems now The lots under the power poles would be now, he said, if he developed RE-2could get the Roy City Council to agree to amend current city or 8 0 R-l-- 0 0 women receive national press awards in Texas Three Utah women, including one that writes a column for the Sun Chronicle, received awards at the National Federation of Press Womens annual convention held last weekend m San Antonio, Texas. Janice Holmes Hubbard of Hunter received a first place award for her column The Cupboard, which appears in the w eekly newspaper, The Magna Times. She won in the category personal column published in a newspaper other than a daily with a circulation of under 4,000. of Mrs. Hubbards column met with almost instant success. She won first place in Utah Press Women competition earlier this year after having written a total of only eleven columns from which to select the needed three to submit for judging. This qualified her for national competition. For the last eight months, The Cupboard has been published in several other newspapers, the total circulation of which numbers 90,000. Mrs Hansen has been involved with the Valley View News for about 5 years as a writer, and the last three she has served as editor. The Magna Times and the Valley View News are two of a string of newspapers published by Stahle Publications, owned and managed by J. Howard and Bonnie Stahle. Mrs. Stahle joined the three Utahns for the convention in San Antonio and was assigned a seat at the winners table. During the awards ceremony she was recognized and given a round of applause. The International Ballroom on the 22nd floor of the Hotel Hilton Palacio the Del Rio was filled to capacity evening of the awards banquet. The 70 or 80 winners present were seated last, and as they filed into the banquet room they were enthusiastically The awards were applauded. presented by NFPW contest director Christine Buchanan. Along with their awards, the three Utah winners were each handed a telegram from Governor Scott M Matheson which reads: am very proud of the contribution you have made to the field of communications in our state, and I offer my best wishes for many future successes. I In other creative writing fields, Mrs. Hubbard is past president of the Zephyr Poetry Chapter of the Utah State Poetry Society. She also belongs to the League of Utah Writers. Jennie L. Hansen, also of Hunter, won a second place award for editing the front page of the Valley View News, the paper for which she holds the position of editor. She won in the category of single page regularly edited by the entrant, other than a family or lifestyle page, in a newspaper other than a daily under 4,000. Commission seat sought by Eldard sure-to-b- e Church News. See page in the county and WACOG that they would be advised of governments dinances requiring 120 foot frontages. Barton would like to see the council change this requirement to 85 feet under the power poles I don't think that we could get now Timmg is very important," Barton said 1 think maybe two years from now, the people down there will realize that it isn't so bad But, in consultation with the Zauggs, Barton agreed to petition for RE-2and Two Utah parks, committee By R-l-- 8 Governments (WACOG) to advise them of the intent to annex this ground into Roy This is to comply with an informal agreement between city Eldard of 3050 W. 5200 S., believes that he has something unique to offer the voters in being able to be totally honest" with them at all times. I decided to run as an independent because I wanted to get on the ballot and reach the people. I didnt want to go through a convention or primary. He said that most politicians didnt make enough effort to keep in touch with the people and they really havent been paid attention to." Those in public offices should work for the people and find the time to be a politician, Eldard said. Since he is employed with his own business as an accountant, he said he felt he could take the time necessary to be a politician. Im also thoroughly disgusted with all the high density housing that is proposed for the west end of the county, and he said the citizens should be involved in the planning Robert Eldard . . . declares candidacy process to have a say in what types of developments are built. Concerned about the number of welfare recipients in the county, Eldard said that these people should be able to work or help pay for the help they receive. Also he said politicians shouldnt get too tired down with the needs and desires of just one segment of the population. They should work for the good of the total population. In order to reach his constituents, Eldard said he would like to have a column in the paper for the Commission to let the people know just what is going on. Retiring from Hill AFB in 1974 as an accountant, Eldard was a resident of South Ogden for 15 years. After retirement, he moved to Roy. He was brought up in Brooklyn, New York. He and his wife, the former Lois Thulin of Ogden are the parents of six children of their own and six foster children. Eldard is a graduate of Weber State College with a degree in accounting. Arnold Satterlee, right, checks with Rodney the new pagers which the city has been fire marshall, Hosier, city calls. As of July 1 , residents should call fire to them to as alert using to report a fire os no calls will be received on the old fire phones. This new number is a direct line to the Farmington Dispatcher, who will then alert Sunset firemen on their pogers. SUNSET 825-975- 9 FIRE CHIEF |