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Show By MEL1NDA SOWERBY Two cities, Layton and Clearfield received funding approval for sewer improvements and additions from the Davis County Council Coun-cil of Governments at their meeting of Jan. 21. MAYOR LEWIS G. Shields, of Lavton City requested $213,000 for additions to that city's storm sewer system. Mr. Hugh Wheelock. representing the city's engineering en-gineering firm, explained to the council the funds would be used to put in two new pipelines. One pipeline would extend from the new hospital on Antelope Drive, west to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. He said this pipeline would help alleviate the runoff from the hospital's parking lot. He said the other pipeline would be used in a housing development in Lay-ton Lay-ton to route the runoff into a retention pond. MR. WHEELOCK said the funds included all rights of way to the property. Funds for improvements to the Clearfield City storm sewer system would be used to handle excess water coming com-ing from Hill Air Force Base and from the high side of that city. GAYLE STARKS, Clearfield Clear-field City manager, explained that "millions of gallons of water run off on us." He said the city has three lawsuits pending from last spring's runoff. He said, "it is time for Davis County to plan storm drainage for this county now." He said it was critical to start somewhere and suggested sug-gested a possible mill increase could be the answer to handling the county's runoff problem. Commissioner Glen W. Flint said that had been discussed and it was decided that this wasn't the year to increase the mill levy. Four hundred and thirty-two thirty-two thousand dollars was approved for Clearfield's sewer improvements. IN OTHER business, a report was given on the Hill Air Force Base Installation Compatible use zone (A1CUZ) known as the clear zone. Mayor Shields reported that a bill to be introduced to the Utah legislature would restrict re-strict the use of land to the south of the runway in Lay-ton, Lay-ton, to agricultural use only. He said the present owners could retain the land, but couldn't develop it, He also said the zoning could not be changed to clear the way for development. Mayor Shields said the bill should pass the House of Representatives, but he added ad-ded that it may be difficult to get through the Senate. He then asked the council to talk to the state legislators and ask for their support of the bill. ALSO AT the meeting, approval was given for coordination coor-dination of the alteration projects at HAFB to be presented to the Wasatch Front Regional Council on Jan. 29. Chief A. O. Archuleta, of the Clearfield police received approval of a continuation of funds for the "Crime Specific Prevention and Investigation Unit." ARCHULETA SAID Clearfield Clear-field needed the continuation to work with the job corp in orienting new corp boys to local laws and arrest practices prac-tices as well as to continue working with the prevention of crime. Archuleta said the two team members working under this grant had brought a 42 percent per-cent reduction in assault cases from the job corp. He said the team had worked to bring in weapons and contraband con-traband found while working with the job corp. He added that car thefts had been reduced last year by 39 percent per-cent through the efforts of this team. IN OTHER business, the council accepted the continuation con-tinuation of the Davis County staff administrator-investigator which assists the county attorney's office. Brant Johnson, special investigator out of the Sheriff's office, reduced plea bargaining by 12 percent last year. He said there was a "non communication between the police and county attorney's attor-ney's office" which the investigator inves-tigator was working to close. IN OTHER action, Norman L. Beers, of the Department of Employment Security received approval for funds of $6,343 to move the Farming-ton Farming-ton office of Employment Security to Bountiful. Mayor Moms F. Swapp of Bountiful announced that his city has received $150,000 through Title 10. He said the city would receive another $150,000 in the next fiscal year. |