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Show Eye County-wide Redevelopment THE R.A. does have authority author-ity to condemn property but in Bountiful, for instance, two appraisers are hired for each project. If the two appraisals are within 15 percent of each other, the highest is paid to the property owner, he said, noting not-ing that is the best policy where an owner might not be anxious to sell and is better than forcing the matter into limbo for one year by court action, ac-tion, etc. where the price would probably go up that much. He also emphasized that an R.A. is subject to the master plan of the area it serves. "It has no power to adjust or change zoning." EXPLAINING its role as primarily pri-marily a catalyst he said the R.A. could start an industrial park, for example, and "be very kind to the first one or two groups that move in and could manage it but they would have to have the idea of getting out. Let them (private sector) run their own thing. I think you could run into a lot of trouble if you went in with the idea of organizing it and running the operations. The county can draw on a state study to obtain additional information with Com Gerlach indicating, "We are trying to move in a definite direction to be in the forefront (of development) develop-ment) in the county." KAYSVILLE Mayor Gar Elison, whose city is involved in its own redevelopment agency, said. "I just think the county should consider it (its own agency)." But the group is merely Investigating In-vestigating options, currently, it was emphasized, with additional addi-tional areas to be considered in future meetings. income has grown from $32,000 in 1978 to nearly $400,000 now, thanks primarily primari-ly to the opening of a grocery-drug grocery-drug store. Although the general impression im-pression of redevelopment finds visions of tearing down blighted downtown sections of cities, the county could use such a project to start an industrial in-dustrial park in an outlying area, for instance, based on a broad definition of purging of blight" that might even include a swamp area. A LARGE "start-up fee" isn't necessary to get a redevelopment rede-velopment agency going, he explained, noting the commission commis-sion could loan such funds and expect repayment in three years the earliest actual revenue re-venue could be expected. Re-'venue Re-'venue equals that amount of tax dollars generated by any new projects, such as a new store, over what was there before. be-fore. Com. Harry Gerlach Sr., a member of the economic development de-velopment board, expressed concern the county would set up such an agency to include the proposed Chevron shale plant and then it could be annexed into North Salt Lake. THOSE TAX dollars generated gener-ated through redevelopment would continue reverting to the agency until they were no longer called for, whether the plant was in the county or city, Mr. Bettilyon said. The legislature has provided an R.A. with the same powers as a developer in its ability to plan what should go on a piece of property but added that such an agency can't take income in-come and property and merely hold it. "We are not a profit agency," he said, adding the agency could give land away if it felt that was the best way to assure development or it could return some of its excess money for other city projects if it so chose. A GOVERNING body for the county would probably include in-clude the county commission or the economic development board, Mr. Bettilyon conjectured, conjec-tured, indicating projects must be okayed by the county commission com-mission in the end, anyway. Some may complain the private pri-vate sector gains from R.A. activitiy but to that he said, "What we're trying to accomplish accom-plish is to get a healthy community. com-munity. I'm not too concerned if we help the retailer at the same time." HE USED a hypothetical example ex-ample of the ABC Co. moving in with an $18 million project, netting $180,000 in taxes a year. If they asked the city or county for $1 million in assistance assist-ance over a ten year period, the county could cut the firm's taxes in half, giving them nearly near-ly that amount while still aiding the governing entity . And after ten years all taxes would revert to the city or county. An what helps one area helps another, he emphasized, as new jobs and income sources are generated affecting affect-ing a wide area. By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON The county could form a redevelopment rede-velopment agency with nine or ten other cities as an aid to commercial and industrial development. de-velopment. THAT COULD help stimulate stimu-late growth and enable the county to participate in expected ex-pected boom energy projects in southern Utah. Bountiful Redevelopment Agency Director V.A. Kit Bettilyon told the county's economic development de-velopment board last week during their regular monthly meeting. "It's the goose that laid a golden egg it's designed to produce income." he said, noting that tax returns from such projects normally generate gener-ate as much as $ 1 0 for every $ I invested. ILLUSTRATING what can happen to generate taxes in a short time. Mr. Bettilyon said the redevelopment agency's Published Weekly by Clipper Publishing Company 96 South Main Bountiful, Utah Weekly newspaper published at Bountiful, Utah in the interest of Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Entered as second class matter at Bountiful, Utah, under the Act of March 8, 1879 Smind cla pontage pa'd 4t liountiful. 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