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Show Lawrence urges new bay velopmcnt of the lake as an answer to increasing revenue in the county. Lawrence estimated that the revenue from just the irrigation water from the lake would increase "by many times the revenue we currently generate in the county from property taxes.' Explaining that all of Antelope Island is in Davis County, Lawrence proposed that the county could combine with other entities to simultaneously develop the water resource along with the proposed West Valley Highway which is being be-ing suggested as a north-south highway route to alleviate overcrowding over-crowding on 1-15 between Salt Lake and Ogden. He suggested that the route of the West Valley Highway could border Antelope Island instead of the east side of the Great Salt Lake which would require the purchase of many private lands and would also be hampered by the fact that much of it would pass through property designated as wet lands by the federal fed-eral government. "The state already owns the island, and the materials to build the highway are already there. If that route could be created, I believe every tourist would want to visit the island and drop a $20 bill there," said Lawrence. "I firmly believe whoever catches cat-ches this vision can change the county. Davis County is the crown jewel of the state if we can just capitalize capi-talize on this kind of development," Lawrence said. He offered to volunteer his time in the future to "assist in making it happen." Commission Chairman Gayle Stevenson agreed to continue to study the proposal along with the two new commissioners. By JUDY JENSEN Asst. Managing Editor FARMINGTON Outgoing Davis County Commissioner William (Dub) Lawrence, taking advantage of his "last chance to make any kind of formal request," urged development of a fresh water bay on the Great Salt Lake. plans for Lake Wasatch, a proposal pro-posal to freshen a large portion of Great Salt Lake, had not received adequate support, Lawrence said during his last commission meeting Jan. 2. The Great Salt Lake Council, a nine-member board formed to study the proposal, had recommended in its place a study of a smaller project, pro-ject, the development of Farm-in Farm-in gt on Lake. There are 630 square miles of area in Davis County, "and 393 of those are under water, " Lawrence said, suggesting that it is imperative to develop the water resources in the county. The Farmington Lake proposal would develop, freshen and enlarge the Farmington Bay area. It would be created by dikes in Syracuse on the north and in Garfield on the south. The resulting body of water would be twice the size of Bear Lake. Promoters have lauded the de- |