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Show 977 DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, DECEMBER 8, WEEKLY REFLEX J J i Hoaiirffi By ROSELYN KIRK of history A proposal to eliminate two kinds of agricultural zoning and create two additional zones, seeking to eliminate speculation on agricultural land, was presented to the Davis County commission Tuesday by Davis County agricultural production. WHILE the proposal is to create the residential subur- ban zone and eliminate and A-- 3 zones, A- zones, which limited specify agricultural use, will remain as they are. zone which allows The A-- 2 -l A-- 5 planners. and provide : improvements and roads, which are required in : residential developments. Both Mr. Cole and Joseph Moore, county planner, said the change was necessary because the planning is under constant . pressure to allow residential acre ; development on one-ha- ; com-missi- lf lots without agricultural - those lots being provided with water or sewer lines. : : Flint COMMISSIONER feared the new plan might not allow a farmer to give his :: children property. But ac-- ; cording to Mr. Moore, the regulations would require the gift of a five acre plot or else meet the requirements of the t subdivision ordinance, which : defines a subdivision as three I or more parcels of land. According to Mr. Moore, these changes would disthe bartering courage speculation of land. If we allow residential areas to ; ! develop without facilities, : well have another Val Ver-dhe said. Well have the ' double taxation problem. . to ACCORDING definition land, agricultural proposed the of no approved culinary water or sanitary sewer systems will be required and the principal use of such parce Is is defined as the raising of agricultural crops. The definition says controlling factors used in making a decision as to whether land can be used for bona fide agriculture are the availability of water for irrigation or purposes, the class of the soil, slope of the land and the past stock-waterin- g development is allowed. ACCORDING to Mr. Moore, the planning commission asked for a change in agricultural zoning two years ago. At present, if a builds a road to the area and shows that water can be provided by a well, sewage disposal by a septic tank, the county must approve the arrive that have been purchased by the Davis County Commission through a matching federal grant, the county will go into the ambulance business, commissioners agreed Tuesday. They said their action is subject to approval by County Attorney Milton J. Hess. a of $87,600. HE estimated that expenditures, including the salary of a supervisor, three EMT (Emergency Medical Technicians) and employees part-tim- e hourly wages, would result in expenditures of DAVIS County will request certificate of convenience about $91,000. If these figures prove to be accurate, this would leave the county in the red about $3,405 during the first year of and necessity from the State Board of Health, Dr. Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis Board County of Health, said that Dr. Lyman Olsen, administrator of the State Health Department, in- Fumr operation. Dr. Johns said if the calls should increase to 32 a day, he felt the county could break even. to apply for the supervisory EMT positions. Reed Embley, operator of North and Davis Ambulance Company could conceivably apply, he said, but pointed out Mr. Embley would have to qualify along with other applicants. COMMISSIONER Glen Flint said the county operated service would begin January 1, as soon as the vehicles arrive. According to Dr. Johns, the ambulance service will probably continue to be stationed at the Davis North Medical Center where the North Davis Ambulance Service has been based in the past. Commissioner Flint said that employees of North Davis Ambulance would be allowed By ROSELYN KIRK Glen COMMISSIONER Flint advised Dr. Johns that he should supervise on the side and not as administrator of the county health department. This decision was an attempt to eliminate employees of the ambulance crew from being hired under the state merit system which is required for those hired by the county health board. came Commissioners said they months would have been a more realistic completion date than the nine months estimated by Contractor Herm 14 Hughes. ASSISTANT Superintendent Gayle assured the board that the building would be adequate to handle the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students that are scheduled to be housed there during the 1977-7school year. He said the school will be up for accreditation in two years. In a personnel matter, Stephen was appointed assistant principal at Central Davis Junior High in Layton by unanimous approval of the Board. Mr. Ronnenkamp has previously been employed at Clearfield High for 12 years in the district and has taught English, as well as working with student activities at that school. Stevenson 8 as- sistant superintendent, administrators studied portable classrooms in Jordan District and found that they could be delivered four months after they are bid on. Lucile Reading, board president, pointed to severe overcrowding pressures at Burton School. The administration said that the option to get a classroom there was not impossible, but was unlikely this ambulance service should support itself. One condition of the agreement was that the year. county run the service for one year and then review the plan to see whether to stay with the The standard THE BOARD acted on the recommendation of Superintendent Wrigley, who said that administrators had interviewed 21 applicants for the position, four from outside the district. In additional purchasing matters, the size portable classroom is 28 by 32 feet and includes heating and air conditioning units. All meet the specifications of the fire marshal, Dr. White said. board authorized administrators to purchase eight building lots to be used as construction sites at Clearfield and Lay-to- n High Schools building trades departments. Two lots, located at 300 North 1200 West in Clearfield, were approved for the Clearfield building project at the total cost of $16,400. These 13 acre lots are located about 3.2 miles from the school. THE PORTABLE classrooms are constructed on the site and cost of relocating the unit is about $1,500 he said. Constructed locally in Salt Lake City, the classrooms are planned to adopt to the terrain of the school grounds and placed on the site without digging. If the decision is made to purchase portable classrooms. Dr. White said the district would probably get a better price by bidding for several portable units. In another action, the board commissioned the administration to call for bids on six trucks, which Larry Millward, assistant director of building and grounds, said needed to be replaced for safety and economic reason. He also recommended the district purchase three new trucks to meet growing demands. According to a report by Dr. White, the total estimated cost for all new vehicles is about $56,200. The money for the purchase would come out of the maintenance and operations OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT The Utah Transportation Commission is holding hearings on the proposed adoption of a 55 miles per hour speed limit. The hearings will be held as follows: Tuesday, December 13, 1977. 7:00 p.m. Dixie High School Auditorium 350 East 700 South, St. George, Utah Thursday. December 15. 1977, 7:00 p.m. State Office Building Auditorium Salt Lake City, Utah Tuesday, December 20. 1977, 7:00 p.m. Juab High School Auditorium 146 North Main, Nephi, Utah The proposed adoption would provide for a speed limit on all public highways within the State of Utah of 55 miles per hour unless otherwise designated lower. The text of this proposed rule may be obtained by contacting Ray L. Hansen, Utah Department of Transportation, 608-State Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114. persons or groups having an interest in this proposal are urged to attend. All Tn THE preparation time proposal, in which students were released about two hours early one day a week to allow teachers to plan together, was tried on an experimental basis for a portion of last year by J.A. Taylor Elementary School in Centerville and Sunset Elementary School. Based on negotiations with the school board, the planning time proposal was initiated in October at the two schools which has participated in the pilot study. In addition Cen- - Tfn 'iiffiY iffi ftii ffv nii Trfi Welling said. Meadowbrook Elementary School is now sending letters home to parents. Dr. Welling said. Although the board also had a request from Burton Elementary School in Kaysville to initiate planning time, Dr. Welling said the request had not been received in time to meet the Nov. 3 deadline for approval. A TEACHER spokesman from E.G. King School in Layton was told that the proposal of that school had been rejected since the school was just opened this year and other problems needed to be resolved first. Dr. Welling said that Hilltop Elementary School in Clearfield was rejected by the administration since they are already on an early morning schedule. Although students are released early one day a week to provide a planning time for teachers, that time is made up by adding to the early morning or late afternoon hours. cent less water from the Weber Basin Conservancy District this year than last, but overall, the savings would be closer to 15 percent because more well water was used than usual. Dr. Welling said some trans- portation problems have resulted, since on the day designated for planning, IN past years, the city would cut off the wells about October 1 and turn them on again in the spring, said Mr. Thomley. But this year, the elementary students must be picked up by buses prior to picking up high school students. This changes the normal pattern. pumps were turned on in February (earlier than usual) and not shut off until Dec. 1. He added that the city is also studying the cost and feasibility of lowering the city wells 40 feet to assure additional water for the future, grb HE SAID Layton used gallons of water the first three quarters of 1977 compared to 1,184,228,000 gallons for the same period the previous year. IN rejecting the South Weber proposal, the school board said they wanted to protect the concept of planning time and not risk losing the whole program. 947,634,000 Bring Your Family 30 per- - probably used about i Adults Receptionist $5.00 Is Needed By Mental Health Children $4.50 Infants A volunteer receptionist is needed at the Davis County Mental Health Treatment Sizes Center in Layton. $3.50 Dress them all alike in Families are Forever The Perfect Gift. NEEDED is a college student, housewife or retired person to man the telephone Friday p.m., Thursday a.m. and some evening shifts. 0 Call Dee Horton , Your Choice of Colors Volunteer 8:30-11:3- f Closer for Christmas added that the city He 6 Call for ask for Shellie 773-59- 77 further details. Extradue fromThom McAn Only $1980 Full grain leather uppers IN A further property matter, the board agreed to sell .4 of an acre surplus property, located on the east corner of Bountiful High School to Ardelle Larsen for $1,500. The approval was granted by the board after a resolution drafted by attorney Felshaw King, declaring the land as surplus property, was read to the IN REPORTING on the completion of the construction at Woods Cross High School, Dean Penrod, director of building and grounds, estimated that completion of the addition to that school should be wrapped up in six more weeks or by the end of January. The building was scheduled for completion prior to the opening of school in August. The auto shop and two classrooms are still not complete. Dr. Penrod said the district is taking a daily look at the situation. He estimated that the shop and classrooms would be completed by the time students returned from Christmas vacation, but said an additional three weeks would be needed to complete such projects as the perfection ffii one-fourt- h MR. STEVENSON recommended that six lots, which will supply the building needs of layton High School for the next six years will be purchased for $9100 each or at a total of $54,000. The lots are located about 4 mile from the school in a subdivision east of Roys Auto where sewer, water, roads and curb and gutter are available. After houses are built by the building trades classes, the house and the lots are sold to the highest bidder. budget, Dr. White said. C ifN after Superintendent Bernell ACCORDING to Dr. John S. White, DR. JOHNS presented a budget to the commission estimating that the county might come out in the red the first year of operation, but said, by the second year, the t board member, THEOilTALASANO, questioned whether the heating system had beeflj balanced. Dr. Penrod said one boiler was working, but subcontractors are waiting for a part before getting the second boiler into operation. According to Dr. Penrod, some problems in completing the building in time appeared to rest in part with subcontractors who are also at work on other building projects. He said hindsight has shown that 12 to Wrigley said presently Burton Elementary in Kaysville, South Davis Elementary in Woods Cross and Syracuse Elementary are overcrowded. He explained that the portable classroom option might meet some immediate needs for next year, at the same time allowing the administration to consider whether this growth is permanent. We dont want to be building schools he said. where they are not needed, Portable classrooms could give the district time to study growth patterns. wanted ambulance employees to be placed under the county merit system. Dr. Johns agreed to the arrangement, but although he had earlier suggested administration by either a separate agency or by the health service. rflfi of the heating system and laying sections of carpeting in some small areas. THE DECISION to ask the administration to investigate portable classrooms FARMINGTON Elementary Meadowbrook School, Elementary School in Bountiful and Syracuse Elementary School are in the process of assessing parent and staff approval before submitting their requests for released planning time to the board, Superintendent Deputy education has required that schools seeking to try the program first survey parents to determine the public feeling. The survey of 138 families at South Weber Elementary School indicated that, out of the 103 survey forms returned, 40.7 percent approved the change, 35.9 percent said they were on the fence, hile 23.3 percent said they did not approve. School Board Member Sheryl Allen said she had concerns about okaying the proposal since, in other cases where the planning time had been approved, those schools had received the from 85 to 90 percent of the parents. Deputy Superintendent Welling said that if the tial. purchasing portable classrooms, asked for bids on nine new vehicles and heard a construction report on construction at Woods Cross High School. said. IN each case, the board of badly needed last summer, but lets continue our water conservation habits to avoid the serious problems that will come if we dont continue conserving water, he said. City Public Works Director Rulon K. Thomley said that the exact amount of water saved wont be known until January, but the savings the first three quarters of the year was 'very substan- commissioners ifla time at South Weber Elementary School was turned down by the Davis County Board of Education based on a survey taken by the school which indicated that almost of the 138 families surveyed did not approve of the WE DID a real fine job of saving water when it was so specified. H implement planning time this year. out of North Ogden. That IN THE letter written to the State Board of Health, Dr. iH Requests for the initiation of released teacher planning company is operating without a license while hearings proceed prior to a decision by the state Board of Health on whether the license to operate should be renewed. North Davis Ambulance Company, a subsidiary of Loveland, Colorado Company, will discontinue service to the county, Dr. Johns said. Problems dealing with growth and expansion occupied Davis County School District Board of Education as they called for the administration to investigate change was initiated those now undecided could go either If we change the way. schedule sparks may fly, he terville Elementary School received permission to By ROSELYN KIRK residents were Layton praised by Mayor Lewis G. Shields for their efforts in saving water during the past drought summer. Johns specified that since there is now no other locally based service, and since the paramedics are dependent on the service and the ambulances are scheduled to arrive, the county is requesting the license. According to the action by the commission, Davis County Ambulance Service will operate under the supervision of Dr. Johns, who will report to the commission. A supervisor for the ambulance service will be hired at a yearly salary of $12,960. The supervisor will report to Dr. Tim COMMISSIONERS did not make reference to Ace Ambulance, a company operating be forthcoming. ftnu Meased proposal. dicated that approval would Johns, To Klyefi sub-divid- er Set Gumii Bitty program or discontinue. Dr. Johns said that fee-fservice reimbursements at $80 a call with an average of three calls anticipated each day could be projected to result in revenue By ROSELYN KIRK When the two ambulances division sure to change the definition is a result of requests for several hundred homes to be built in the West Farmington area. Mr. Moore said, The pressure wont lessen and we need to discourage speculation on land. No city services can be provided to die unincorporated area when residential mWaiBice Saosmess areas. THE proposed changes for of t: agricultural parceling would either force residents to use lands for agriculture or would require them to form a sub- - A-- Oayos agriculture and residential enlarging the acreage in- dustry uses, would require a lot size of five acres and would allow all the uses permitted in l, but also permit farm industry. MR. COLE said the proposed regulations were drawn up under the direction of County Attorney Milton J. Hess. Planners said the pres- - building. THE proposal, requires that agricultural parcels be at least five acres and that they be used only for bona fide agriculture, was approved last week by the Davis County ' Planning Commission. County Planner Albert Cole said the proposed changes would define what is meant by bona fide agriculture and would create a residential suburban zone which would provide a buffer between Glen COMMISSIONER Flint opposed the part of the definition of bona fide agriculture which would specify that no agricultural : parcel could be created which - was smaller than five acres in area. He said the county had " previously lowered the limitation from 1 to 2 acre since a one acre lot was too large 1 for most people to care for, resulting in weed patches. He was not in favor of the five acre lot, he said. : According to Mr. Cole, the intent of the change would be i to create a residential subur- ban zone where agriculture, animals and fowl for family ; food production and one and : two family dwellings would - be allowed. The maximum lot ' area with animals and fowl could be as large as 20,000 feet, he said. agricultural and farm Says board. In a further matter, the board approved five requests from Davis County high schools to travel away from the school to participate in school activities. Two requests from Davis High School, two from Viewmont High and one travel request from Bountiful High were approved MR. STEVENSON said the approval of field these requests brings trips approved so far this year to 18, as compared to 13 approved last year. f iTi ifrni Tm iitu, ii Long wearing soles and heels Bring clown the cost of dressing up with a pair of Thom McAn extra value soles and leather uppers on dress shoes. Genuine full-grai- n long-wearin- g heels. LAYTON DEPT. STORE W T UMN Ml MWTUI Uk TTOM. in AM JL |