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Show BoM&nfiQtaB Sells Ksairoinig) TdoeSo By GARY R. BLODGETT wlKTIFUL A preliminary master u-designed to coordinate private, 0lic and commercial sectors of the B ready lor presentation to Bountiful ) PUBLIC hearing is scheduled Tues- -2v at 7: 30 P-m . in the Viewmont High r, Planning Director Jon Reed Boothe jdii is not rte ci,y's first master Plan-yr Plan-yr lit ii is the most comprehensive and s many new and updated features. 1UT EVEN this master plan, some n ytars in preparation, will require aiesand updating in future years," s:Mr. Boothe. "Any master plan is only ijiletociry officials in hope of avoiding iras problems before they occur. However, there will be need for -i jesas problems do arise. This plan . be monitored, updated and kept as r.rni as possible." J, KE SAID thai it was lack of information ' wiCTjng several city problems that in-he in-he revision of the present master yme two years ago. s noted that city officials were being ..'d with such problems as hillside r.:!opment, land-use surrounding the J hospital, capacity of city streets, J development of the city's business ' distribution of new public facili-J facili-J -5, and an insight into the city's needs i'k! problems 5, 10 or 20 years from now. i HI SAID that a master plan provides :;r the Cuy Planning Commission and -iK Council goals and objectives for fu-development; fu-development; a means of estimating 'are growth; a source of information of 3' problems; a document for coordinator coordina-tor ol public and private development; la program for correcting past mis- "But a master plan is also beneficial to Se residents of the city," said Mr. 5Jie "Ii is a two-way street for benefit Mil he residents and those governing :J affairs of the city." HE NOTED thai a master plan lets the ! know where it stands in relation to "policies and ordinances; where the siands in relation to a certain al (if covered in the master planTT I !-i)s against "arbitrary" decisions; it stabilizes property values; and through city ordinances it regulates the use of land-private and commercial. "To establish the city's proposed master plan, the first step was to organize committees, find needs and desires, and then work towards those goals," he said. 'To do this, more than 200 citizens contributed con-tributed input into the proposed plan." HE SAID there were nine committees who did research-each one headed by a member of the nine-member Bountiful Planning Commission. Committees were; GROWTH AND regional relations, residential development, transportation, economic development, public facilities, parks and recreation, public utilities, urban ur-ban design and urban quality, and social and cultural development. He said the committee studies in phase one of the proposed master plan also revealed important data regarding history his-tory and physical development of the city, how the city compares with neighboring communities, the population trend-past present and future, land-use analysis, natural features, municipal revenues and expenditures, economic analysis, highway high-way and transportation trends, etc. "NOW THAT we have this data and prospectus of the futurein relation to the present and the past-city officials can make strides to further improve the city using the master plan as its guideline, just like a road map is used on vacation," said Mr. Boothe. He noted that master plan studies have already shown that the city is behind some 160 acres of park and recreation land to meet the minimum requirements of the city. The city also lacks in the number of recommended city employes, police officers, firemen, etc. AFTER TUESDAY'S public hearing, information obtained will be amassed and referred wfth the proposed master plan back to the City Planning Commission for refinement before being presented to the City Council for final adoption, the city planning director explained. He said that a county-wide master plan was adopted some 12 to 15 years ago but that this plan was "too general" and recently several Davis County communities communi-ties have adopted or they are working on their own comprehensive master plans. |
