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Show tE Page 10 Continued from page 1 Commission integrity of the best agricultural ground. The area of Martinsville between old U.S. Highway 91 and the interstate would be a good place to develop for smaller building lots than the large acreage now required of each home builder in the county, said Young. There are many such places, he said. Communities are also interested in having those residential growth areas near existing utilities, sewer, and with the necessary infrastructure in place, he said. Some areas, such as Martinsville, are near some of the utilities such as electricity. Some had full service nearby for developers to take advantage of, he said. However, in order to protect the agricultural integrity of the rural county, said Young, the property needed to be considered on a piece by piece basis. Juab County Commissioners approved a conditional use permit for property owned by Blaine Oberg. t tEtmes-efa- s eluded in the general plan itself. These are to meet the requirements of Utah statutory law, Gordon Young, commission A public hearing, unattended by anyone except for the commis- chair, said the commissioners sion, county attorney, county would also be on hand at the clerk and the press, yielded no hearing. The hearing is being public comment either for or held by the planning and zoning against the conditional use per- commission to take comment, he said. mit. The land is at the top of the Juab County Planning and fields just west of Nephi, said Zoning Commission will then make changes necessary to the Ike Lunt, commissioner. Earlier, Oberg had informed draft and will turn the plan over commissioners he was seeking a to the county commission for conditional use permit for prop- hearings to be held by the comerty in the county near Nephi. mission. The property, west of the city, is Funding assistance for the located in the vicinity of 500 general plan development was South and 500 West. provided by the Governors Office of Planning and Budget, said commercial Oberg has built on sheds the adjacent Young. The County Land Ue storage property and is seeking to con- Development and Management Act of 1992 requires all counties struct more units. to in Utah to adopt a general plan see Commissioners, failing any objections to the use, allowed to enact zoning and subdivision the conditional use permit for ordinances which implement the more storage units to be con- land use requirements and destructed on the adjacent land. velopment standards within the A public hearing will be held county. The new general plan is an on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the county commission cham- update of all existing land use bers to receive public comment regulations in the county, includon the draft Juab County Gen- ing maps previously adopted. If eral Plan. any provision is declared invalid Copies of the plan are on file or unconstitutional by a court the in the Juab County ClerkAudi-tor- s ruling will not affect the remainoffice so those interested in ing provisions of the general reviewing the plan before the plan. Purposes for the plan are in- public hearing may do so. plan for present and future needs, plan for growth and development, define the culture of the county, assess and address land development and manage- ment issues, consider existing and potential economic develop- ment opportunities. The plan will evaluate existing and future infrastructure requirements, identify and preserve environmental and natural resources, establish alternative actions and strategies which will influence contemporary deci- sions as well as those made in the future, and provide a guide for the planning process itself which is vital to the well being of coun- ty residents. The plan will be used to improve the physical environment of Juab County as a setting for human activities, to promote the public interest, to facilitate the democratic determination and implementation of public policies, to effect political and tech- nical coordination in develop- e ment, to focus upon considerations in determining e actions, and to bring long-rang- short-rang- professional and technical knowledge to bear on the making of political decisions concerning the physical development of the county. The general plan also includes a several paragraph mission statement part of which reads: We believe the culture of Juab County is characterized by property owners and residents who value a rural lifestyle free from many of the problems associated with heavily populated urban areas. We desire to protect and preserve this lifestyle; Join us for Lunch or Dinner and save! We understand the values that residents of Juab County attribute to agriculture and related industries. Therefore, we favor limiting residential and commercial development of existing lands devoted to agricultural production. We also strongly favor the protection of water rights used for agricultural purposes. Last commission meeting, held March 18, commissioners agreed to advertise to add a member to the county road crew but at Mondays meeting, commissioners decided to make no decision on the hiring. Come and enjoy the best buffet in town at Thads Restaurant and save a $1 .00 off your bill Monday through Thursday. Just mention this ad and SAVE $$$. Located in the Flying J Travel Plaza, 1597 South Main, .. .... Exp. 623-240- 8. Wednesday, April 3, 1996 Nephi, Utah We 43096 Svs!& K School board prospective substitutes might be in order. These are the people who are in the classroom with Teachers Assistants should our children, she said. not be used as substitute teachWright said the district had, in the be would even ifthe ers, past, held training sessions practice more convenient for administra- for substitute teachers. Howevtors. Those TAs were needed in er, while some who received the the classrooms to do the work training were excellent and benthey were hired for, said Small- efited from it, there were those who did not. ey. Susan Cowan, who is over speSomething needs to be done, cial education programs in the said Smalley. My proposal feeldistrict, agreed. Many of the TAs ing is that we raise the substiin the district were hired with tute pay to $48 per day for certimoney which bound them to the fied teachers and to $38 per day jobs they were hired to do. Espe- for uncertified substitute teachcially important, she said, were ers. those TAs hired to work with the However, board president, Leon Pexton, suggested the disabled students. One of the problems, said board identify the problem for Superintendent Kirk Wright, is the administrators and staff at that we have really deleted our each school. One problem, he said, was the pool of substitute teachers by amount of time a principal TAs district. short 58 in the hiring However, said Smalley, she or the secretary of the school had still thought paying substitutes to get a substitute. At 8 a.m. on more would attract more and a given morning, the principals better qualified substitute teach- pool of substitutes may be exers to work. No one in their right tremely small. mind with any intelligence will Wright suggested the negotiatbe willing to work for what we ing team, which is made up of pay when they could work at representatives from the board, another job in the community for the staff, and administrators, the same number of hours and consider the problem as they disfor quite a bit more money. cuss wage negotiations for the In our district we are willing coming year. to pay classified employees betSmalley said she would agree ter than we pay a substitute to that proposal as long as it was teacher, said Smalley. She asked presented to the staff in a propif the substitutes could be added er way. Is this one of those items to the classified employee wage where the board negotiators say scale. to the staff, Are you willing to In some cases, it was true, sub- give up 1 percent of your increase stitutes hired were poorly adapt- in salary so we can have the moned to teaching children. Some ey for substitutes? Board representatives of the brought home craft projects to the classroom where they were negotiating team said that would supposed to be teaching in the not happen. We will discuss the place of the regular classroom problem and seek suggestions teacher. from the teaching staff on ways In addition to money, said to handle the problem, said Smalley, a training program for Wright. when it comes to substitutes, said Leon Pexton, board president. MLJESMG need some further infor- Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center is bringing classes to Nephi in Certified Nurses Aide and Home Health Aide. NEPHI CITY GAS DEPARTMENT Hi 1 mation, said Ike Lunt, commissioner. So we are not making a decision at this time. (IT'S THE LAW TO CALL) It? Continued from page Classes will begin April 9 and be held 2 days a week through June 6. 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