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Show Oppose Farmingfon Subdivision j S,MRK I). MK KFLSEN ' KNG TON A hand-1 hand-1 .umington residents ! Mormon Church lawyer ::i :h Davis County Com-"svn Com-"svn last week to slop the '''O.irk subdivision near ""'Si. reck from being built. "c vn'.ill. but angry group ""'lined that the water ihere is already ina.de-,; ina.de-,; i"J that water samples " nte of the wells arc con-"',CJ con-"',CJ Kith ammonia. IHNMS PETERSEN, an "'" tor the Farmington-Mormon Farmington-Mormon slake farm. multi-acre develop-atk's. develop-atk's. on IS0O West I ane. lies only 50 ,r'm the church-owned vi:J the church opposes TT.ent (here for two . ' " first. Spring Crcck-a ; : waterway running ,v '"' nearby . past ln- may be polluted j ' ';'nal runoff from the : -'cnt. And second. ! 0 ..i!!lc-raiMng portion " ; ' ni so close, the new 1 ould be exposed to " animal odor from i UIV- PETERSEN said i .. ..'-'isusedtoimgaie l.-.:ms m the area and j . "ic;'t the farmers want it .'. v" li s the onlv unpol-V unpol-V .("--"mn.isisCountv." 1 . '"ver '.old the commissi commis-si ,..C;-llr'-"h..nd resident far-: far-: i-.;' ncd than the in-i in-i '-j L Jcxelopment will f 7,re ater into Spnnc 4 r. Petersen said far-A far-A ;. cattle each vcar to ? ;vr ngl" 'he waters get 'higher. .;l:!n,1nON, the church l arBcd that some of the proposed drainage holding ponds for the development would be a danger to small children living in the area. And they are worried that additional pumping from the existing culinary water wells will cause them to go dry . Some of the wells. Any. Feterscn said, arc already dry from cattle feeding in the area. HE S AID tests conducted on water samples from one ot the wells show sub-standard conditions. con-ditions. A high ammoni.: content was discovered in the water, said Petersen, who explained that such conditions show evidence evi-dence of animal wa-tc and. or sew age leakage. "THE CHl'RCH is hauling in drinking wata because thev don't want the farmers ormk-ing ormk-ing it." Att. Petersen s.ud. nothcr man in tue a..vli-encc. a..vli-encc. however. told i'-e law vcr that ammonia in the w.,.vrsa... come from a num er , t sources. He aNo said '.c-,..e cuiTcntU onlv ltm;'.CvU-..-.a-torv siandardsont'-en .i s -that arc in the water. WE'lE AIL be fc"-1,':5: this one way or vc o. ... Mtv. retersensaid.u-g ";. s commission lo i , velopment before anv re, problems surtace. Another resident, oprd tothedevelopment.sa.. the well on Clark s..-. is opened up and "J.' inc.1 the existing rcsiu.n.e will lose water. SHE SAID drinking water m the area is already expressed concern t.-. i s v islL water suppKwidg if the subdivision goes in. Another man sa d the access road going into the area is in poor shape. RE-EMPIUSIZINC, the church's concern over Spring Creek. Any. Petersen said Mi Claik "will be the last one hurt, because he will sell the lots and that's the last we'll see of Mr. Clark." Mr. Cl.uk sat silcn'dv f.icing the county commissioners. He did not respond. ALBERT CO I E. Da. ,s Counlv phmmrc director, t,- J ,bc g'oup :..cs.i,v t-.,t Mr Clark bad or c n.,.:v asked ' approval for tuc devc'.vc-: in si. In M- Co o -! Cl.rk c.--e befo-e ,.te p nine c o n m i s i o n w i : f. an approved r:'" f'T 'vc' r- t'-c p - so-- s- . n i. (.".rk to rcet cc".-. is". re mo-: s u u ;v w ...s ;L e ? ( ' ' of i d "' -c ',v'c ' ' ;ts pvr.- cs ; T..;s,h, s -c: V" C-;,A s, d re d , y-'-:,; a:c ' ts - " i. ,v cd l-v i-s'a ; ! ' "i s He :- ' s - ' ' . - - s . . co. - v. MR. CI RK A s.s i-i "d S'r.-rci;ot,:o'v-.:'s" .drc. ;..-" AC"f I: wis po -::d i: r.r,:ri--a:M: t (cr sto;s,VV. m .. . ' " - MC. '."I"' ' C0M. Cl.FN T -: c..:te--g bsA..s , ihe courts has c .. r... savso over the use of w.rer. Com. Morris Swarp s.nd Mi. Clark owns the land and. therefore there-fore can build on it Glen Austin. P.ivis County Suivevor. s.nJ runi'll l;om i'"e development, mostly ..::! and asphalt debris, could g.i into Spring Creek He s.,id :l e biggest problem wo.;. id be s. :. Hon from the ot:n!oi. rune m'o the creek. CONl. SU 'P s,,,d if II e storm d r ,ii n.i cc p: ot- U m is sati s.,. lor u v IjUh i.irc i-f. there's po'bnc I' e e.' .n'v e.ui do to stop t 1 e di v e '.opm.i r! Com I Wrt m.'ti.'r,. d t.t..lc the is. ,;c u-ider .id or in r.i i,n. id A sr. '"i d' ; r . : r -n is .i..'. cJ Ire .it v.-"- " s- |