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Show 'VUJlilif fXFj .vj o. nifi ' uo rr.if.xi Sga.'.irKo iT&Zj Ul Steeps nH4 Qltttm v7f3! Wednesday, April 20, 1983 Vol. 3 No. 34 Clearfield Committee Reports On Resource Recovery Plant Raviaw Staff CLEARFIELD peatedly pointed to a recent National Geographic article which featured waste disposal altern-tiveRichard Harvey, Davis County environmental health director, said that he had served on an alternatives committee to study the problem. We looked at all reasonable technologies, from making alcohol of it to composing it, said date for obtaining a conditional use permit from Clearfield City. By BARRY KAWA Opponents The Davis Solid Waste Management Project Board has asked plant in Clearfield are making to make a go or no go decithemselves heard. Tempers sion on the proposed plant by flared last week at a council June 1. A conditional use permit meeting as opponents of the from Clearfield City is necesplant voiced their opposition to sary before the plant can be having a county garbage plant built on the Clearfield site. in Clearfield. Robert Speirs, chairman of a Mayor Neldon Hamblin re- citizens committee appointed peatedly pointed out to the large by the council to study the procrowd in attendance that the recovery plant, presented council was only hearing a re- posed e a report of the comport from the resource recovery mittees research to the council. committee, not debating the The included a brief backstudy issue. material of the project, This is not a debate night, ground and the position of both sides in g but a night, said the issue. Hamblin. Were not making a Speirs noted the $56 million decision tonight. No contracts dollar project could be jeoparhave been signed, no ground dized by fluctuating bond rates We has occurred. breaking and the growing opposition of want to identify the pros and three Davis County cities. cons of the issue. The resource recovery plant Speirs said Layton, Bountiful and Centerville, which have 73 would be located on the properof the refuse in Davis ty of the Utah Department of percent may be reluctant to County, Transportation on 700 South. It commit their garbage to a plant would handle approximately 80 Clearfield. in percent of the total refuse in the county and the balance would Opponents of the plant re go to existing landfills. Steam generated by the plant would be sold to Hill Air Force Base and residue would comprise approximately 10 percent of the original bulk. The original timetable for the plant lists April 26 as the goal s. of a proposed resource recovery looked at all types of waste disposals and concluded that massburning is the most feasible five-pag- FORMS First Phase of Park Finished CLEARFIELD After 10 years of debate and problems in financing the project, construction of Clearfields Bicentennial Park has finally begun. The Clearfield City Recreation Department crew successfully completed Phase I of the project last Friday, which included all grading of the park. The crew prepared the topsoil for grading, did all contour work, prepared bases for the picnic shelters and marked an area for a future parking lot. Recreation Director C. Ross Kearl said Phase II will include contracting for and laying in a sprinkling system. Then, the park can be seeded with grass coming in by We hope to have the park ready for use on a limited basis by this fall, said Kearl. Were on schedule and should have the picnic areas and mid-Jul- y. technology available at this time. Harvey also said while the plant can be built at the planned bonding rate of 8V2 percent, if fact-findin- for cement are positioned by Mike Fitzgerald (left) and Danny Fitzgerald. veterans nfionument ready by next summer. The park will feature a small amphitheatre for plays, picnic areas, fountain, and a monument dedicated to veterans. A cultural arts center will have to be delayed until funds for the project can be found. Bicentennial Park is located at 600 S. 800 E. in Clearfield, just west of the Davis County North Branch library. The site of the park was once the old Layton Pond which was drained in the late 1950s. The LDS Church purchased the land to build a stake center and later sold part of the land to Clearfield City. Clearfield City then donated half the land to build a library, and retained the other half to build a city park. Our committee Harvey. decides to charge percent interest, then the plant would not be economically feasible. Councilman Rulon Cummings said he was tired of the insinuations being made against the council by the opposition group, and challenged them to present one of the alternatives he kept hearing about. Smith-Barne- 10 or y 11 Roy Users Warned To Avoid Public Input Wafer Cross-Connectio- ns by By SHELLEY KANCITIS By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Raviaw Corratpondant In a reFARMINGTON sponse to city residents concerns over the proposed Farmington City Complex, the city council held a special public hearing April 12 in the auditorium of the school board building. Mayor Merrill R. Petty gave an overview of the project beginning on January 6, 1982 when a capital improvements committee was appointed to look into the feasibility of a city complex project. On May 5, the committee was. expanded to look at justification, siting, and financing of the new community complex, said Petty. Nine residents, most of whom come from the center area of town, were appointed to the committee. In September, the council heard the recommendations of the committee. They suggested the city build a new park in the northern end of town, build a new municipalcommunity center and provide better lodging for the public safety departments. There were two public hearings in October before the bond election. In November, the voters approved the issuance of $550,000 in general obligation bonds to finance the proposal. Weve tried to move carefully and sensitively, said Petty. I havent worked with a city council which was more con- cerned about you and who are honest, upright and forward-lookin- age; not limit it,- - said Grant Unger man, councilman. The Lions Club will continue to lease the building, but there is the possibility that the metal building on the back which is used for the fire dept, of the building will be moved, said Petty. Were trying to look at some long range planning. I think we could get some real volunteer-isgoing if you spearheaded a - m committee to plant and landscape the area, said Petty. Ken Hardy, who will have to move because the house he is renting has been sold to the city and will be torn down for the new complex, wanted to know why the city didnt buy property in another direction or across the street. Darrell Lake, 53 E. 100 N., ROY' Roy Citys secondary water will be turned on approximately April 19 and David Facer, Roys building inspector, is worried. Each year, we have at least one dangerous incident because a homeowner has the secondary water supply to the culinary water supply cross-connecte- cross-connectin- water g sup- plies. Review Correspondent d Verl Bueler wanted to know about the park that would have said using garden hoses, to be torn down or relocated if Facer. the city builds. It sounds harmless, but when Dr. John White of the School the secondary water is turned District has started his willingit on, comes in at a higher preness to work with us to use the ssure than the culinary water. If who with wife, Barbara, area just north of the school have to drive the any outside water valve is inad; district offices. He has given spearheaded new proposal the complex vertently left open, the seconcity A1 Mayo, of the Lions Club, tentative approval to clearing little dary water forces its way into The said reconsidered, old Lions the area of weeds and landscapwas interested in the park is a landmark, a crown household pipes. As a result, Club Building on the comer of ing it and planting it with grass. jewel, a calling card, a welcome contaminated water pours into the proposed site. There had manager. Reed Oviatt, 335 N.. 100 E., mat. I feel that there are other the drinking water. been rumors that the building look at the In extreme cases, people have was to be torn down and the gun questioned whether Or not the alternatives. Please Lake. said and bell removed. died from drinking culinary wacity should spend money to fix other alternatives, One thing we have been The council will now see if ter contaminated by untreated up an area that the school dissensitive to is the needs of the trict might want to use in a year sufficient new information has secondary water. One city sufLions Club and the City as a or two. He wanted to see some- been brought forward to war- fered $7 million worth of damwhole. We want to broaden us rant a change. age to its water mains caused thing in writing. g. Last spring, Roy experienced a potentially dangerous situa- tion because a homeowner hooked his culinary hoses to his sprinkler and asked his neighbor to water the lawn while he was on vacation. During his vacation, the Roy Water Conservancy District turned on the secondary water. Outside valves had been left open and for several days, untreated water rushed into the city water system. Numerous people who lived near the leaking water suffered intestinal problems. Facer said cross connecting the two water supplies is a misdemeanor. The city prosecutes violators who can be ordered to serve six months in jail and pay a fine. Our main concern is the safety of our citizens, said Facer. Secondary water can by contaminated by things like dead animal carcasses and pesticides. It is something everyone should be aware of. Future ftkay Be Beftfer ward more building starts, as part-tim- e employees working people buy land and hire con- for the mall itself in maintestruction companies to build nance, clerical, and security BOUNTIFUL Unemployment in Davis County is up, but their homes. In 1979 there were jobs, Jensen said. has not reached the level re- 2,700 jobs in the construction Financial institutions, such as corded in the rest of the state or industry in Davis County as real estate, banks, and insurin the rest of the country. ance companies maintain about compared to 1,748 in 1982. Fewer jobs were available al- the same work force with just a Ken Jensen, labor economist for Utah Job Service, said Job so in transportation, communifew more jobs. There were 837 more doctors, Service derives its figures from cation, and utilities, with most the number of unemployed who of the decreases felt in the teachers, barbers or lawyers working in Davis County in 1982, register with the Job Service transportation industry. office and from an estimate of Manufacturing, production of giving service category the bigthose who do not register. goods, offered about 500 fewer gest increase of jobs in the counh As a recession set in after jobs in 1982 than in 1979. ty. According to Kent A brighter spot in the employof Utah Job Service peo1979, there were layoffs and fewer jobs available in Davis ment scene was the trade indus- ple need certain services such try. There were more jobs for as legal, health, and social, County, and by 1982 unemployment reached 7 percent, or 3,400 clerks, salespeople, and others whether there is a recession or people per 49,400 work force who made their living in not, and in areas such as social, compared with 4.3 percent un- wholesale and retail occupa- they may need the service tions last year than in 1979. The more. employment in 1979. new Layton Hills Mall, which And another service that has Hardest hit was the construction industry as interest rates opened in 1980, is probably most grown despite the recession, is went up and new building came responsible for the increase the computer services. When almost to a standstill. One real with approximately 714 employ- the population increases, as it estate source said there is a ees hired by the 70 different has in Davis County, the need trend beginning this year to stores, and around 12 full or for services increased, he ex- By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Raviaw Corratpondant Rim-masc- - r are having things repaired more often now rather than replacing them. Federal, state, and local government jobs were more plentiful with the biggest increase in hiring done by the federal government. Even though there are now Also, people more people working in Davis County, unemployment figures went up because the population increased faster than the number of jobs available. But, Je sen stated, this year it looks like n- unemployment figures will be dropping. Job Service of Clearfield is working to keep people employed by helping to train those who those who may be displaced are skilled at a job which is no longer needed. Some of the jobs will never return even after the economy picks up, said Jack Bailey, manager of the Layton office. 1 Don't Squeeze ' the Tree liidox In Northern Utah, a Business strange dating and courtship scene takes place. If you like someone, plaster toilet their house with 4A paper. V plained. - . . ID, 2D 2D, 3D 1B,2B SchoolChurch . 6A,8A . . . . . Classified . . . . Hyme Living Sports. 1C-3- C For those workers, there is a criteria, training is program developing out of the provided and Job Service pays old CETA program called 50 percent while the employer JTPA, Job Training Partner- pays the other half. The hope is that the employer will hire the ship Act. This is the transition year, worker and pay his full salary he explained, and he said that after he is trained. there is $12,500 available to the Job Club is another program Job Service to make OJT-othrough Job Service. It is offor the fered to the motivated unemjob training-contract- s displaced worker. We really ployed. Those involved can go do not know how many dis- to a seminar every two weeks to placed workers there are, he learn the best ways of finding a said, We ask questions and job. We have some new pamcode unemployed workers and phlets written by our trainer, put the information into the Clyde Chatlain, which Im very computer. The qualified are pleased with, Bailey said. then placed in jobs where they Three or four out of ten who can get training. the seminars are finding attend Work Incentive ProgWIN the knowledge they jobs using is a program operating ram Job in receive Club, he said. through social services for The Clearfield Davis In on office of Job welfare. those County we do direct placement Service handles all of Davis of those on welfare into situa-- . County and even though it is the fourth largest in Utah, it has tions where they can get skills, been the second in placements said Bailey. 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