Show Standard-Examin- Thursday March 17 1988 er 38 Metro By MARK PETERSON Standard jtamner stall OGDEN — To the applause of neighbors of the project the Ogden Planning Commission voted 0 to disapprove a commercial rezoning at 4600 Harrison Boulevard that would have made way for a grocery store department store and professional offices Murray-base- d Busch Corp asked to rezone a large parcel just south of the 6-- partment store — possibly Shopko — to be located along Harrison Boulevard There would be offices located near a pond on the northwest part of the site A church would be built behind the commercial development and further west of that would be homes Neighbors of the project however put up a mostly united front in opposition to the plans “I fed that we need more residential Brook Hollow apartments from singlefamily and light residential to a combination of medium-densit- y commercial and pro fessionalinsti t utional zones “We art ready and willing to bring a new shopping center to Ogden" said Bailey Butters of Busch Butters said the project could potentially bring 500 new jobs to the city and generate $60 million in sales annually Plans call for a grocery store and a de development" said Suzanne Heiner “1 would not like to have this sort of development in my backyard" said George Prothere “I would actually isolate the neighborhood” said Jack McDonald husband of Ogden City Councilwoman Bonnie McDonald The city staff made no recommendation on whether to approve or disapprove the rezoning deferring to a master SUSAN IPAKTCH1AN stall r OGDEN — The private Horizon School may still have a home with the Ogden School District next year but it won’t be in the building it has been leasing for the past seven years The Ogden School Board agreed Tuesday to sell the old Lorin Farr Elementary site at the corner of 22nd Street and Harrison Boulevard for $665000 But district officials promised to make sure Horizon can remain until its lease agreement expires June 30 And the two sides say they would like to work out an arrangement that would allow Horizon to rent space in another district building The Lorin Farr site has been listed with Coldwell Banker for more than a year Coldwell representative Norm Burton told the board Tuesday he received an offer on site earlier this month from the 465-acr- e Yeates Priest and Company Inc a Bountiful development company Burton said Yeates is offering the list price of $665000 for the land and plans to demolish the school building The closing date for the sale is set for July 31 Farmington councilman seeks District 17 seat By DAVID HACKETT Standard-Examine- Davis Bureau r FARMING-TO- N — Pledg- ing to vote against tax in- creases and fight drug abuse mington Far-- fi City Councilman Donn Redd has announced his candidacy for! state representative in District 17 Redd a 41 year-old Layton attorney said he believes his extensive background in government service and operation will enable him to represent the citizens of District 17 more effectively than the incumbent and fellow Republican Walt Bain- - f His top two goals as a legislator Redd said would be to halt tax hikes and reorganize spending priorities within the parameters of the state’s existing revenues “Some departments need more -- revenue and with no tax School year OK’d by Davis — Davis School Board members have approved a calendar for the 1988-8- 9 school year that makes Aug 29 the first day of school The last day of school under the approved calendar is June 2 FARMINGTON However Burton said the sale is contingent on getting the land rezoned for commercial use He said Yeates would pay any costs involved in getting the land rezoned Under terms of Horizon’s lease agreement Horizon has the right to match any offer the district receives for the site But Becky Senekjian president of Horizon’s board of directors told the board that the school “is in no financial position to counter the offer at this time" Senekjian said she is hopeful of working out an agreement to rent other space in the Ogden district for next year 1987 Se- ect in another public meeting The plan called for that area to either be medium-densit- housing or light y commercial OGDEN — A Plain City man originally charged with felony automobile homicide in the Aug 22 death of a motorcyclist was convicted Wednesday of a lesser charge of misdemeanor negligent homcide Second District Court Judge Ronald O Hyde set an April 8 sentencing date for Ted D Moves 34 2609 N 4425 West The jury returned its verdict after just over an eight-memb- er hour of deliberation The trial lasted 2Vi days car Moyes was driving Aug 22 crossed the center line and A struck a motorcycle driven! by Ryan Knight of 6660 W 900 ' South Moyes was southbound on 2900 West near 2700 North when he struck the northbound Knight Knight was not wearing a helpiet at the time of the accident and he did not have a driver license’ jtrx ' ' O-f- " Wr---- ' increase it must come from some less important areas” he said Redd said he thinks Utah’s best school teachers are underpaid and that salary increases would be one of his top priorities He also said he would “work to increase local control and options of school boards at the expense of the state which would free them to allocate limited resources” A native of Monticello Utah Redd graduated from San Juan County High School in 1964 He attended Brigham Young University earning a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations in 1970 and a law degree in 1976 A major in the US Army Reserve and graduate of the Command and General Staff College Redd said he worked as a drug enforcement specialist for the Army during the last part of a tour of duty in West Germany Redd worked in both the Salt Lake County Attorney’s Office and the Davis County Attorney’s Office before establishing a private practice in 1986 ' re v: ' W-ff JU- - r ’ ! - 1 x Smrn Tfeaat'f v 'I - '' Thanks to you it works A r for ALL OF US t ' -- x a y ? r: ’ 'wvI NO INITIATION FEE! tfjf I' y A jk': f--i f I y K '' Unlbed Vfey 1989 In addition to usual legal holidays Davis students will have Christmas break from Dec 23 through Jan 2 and spring break 7 from March The first contract day for teachers is Aug 22 which is followed by four career ladder days Three other career ladder days which students will have off are Nov 4 Jan 20 and March 23 Students will also be excused for the annual Utah Education Association conference which is scheduled for Oct 13 and 14 Davis Education Association President Beth Beck had requested the board approve letting school out a couple hours early the day before Christmas break and the last day of school Beck said the last day of school especially “is a day for keeping the lid on “There is not book learning because books have already been turned in It’s a darn tough day for the people in the schools and if you people think there’s learning going on you haven’t been around” she said Rather than take action on the request school board members said they would prefer to await the findings of a committee recently formed to look at ways to better utilize school time on the days before vacations of the area completed in nior Planner Greg Montgomery said if the commission felt the rezoning was consistent with the plan it could approve it but if that is the case the commission should also explain the consistency to the neighbors of the proj- Plain City man convicted ©tool will m ©v Standard-Examine- plan Offer ends March 31st ' TitS CLUB Some restrictions apply 23-2- Prices start at just ‘49s5 THE BIGGEST BOOT SALE EVER! 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