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Show tr.:r ry. F.'1. mUA ptyjrjr m 'l"'zii't, - i c:?,? ur euci w uygHwty BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE OGDEN, UTAH PERMIT NO. 278 Vol. 3 No. 29 v j mjrvnniRpjivi niiiiiiiiiPHvii!w fine Bern Lomoni BBCDO North Ogden, Utah 15$ Thursday, August 17, 1978 WJP tki&b MhTiiferii'irt J rfiwffaifiitifeft Plann By Frances Taylor For the past year the League of Women Voters have made a population study of Weber County School District covering a period of the past ten years and its relationship to school funding and planning. They also made a similar study of the Ogden City School District. This information was made public during a meeting Aug. 9 in Ogden. Mrs. Jean Wolfert, president of the League of Women Voters, made a point that all facts, figures, and information on the schools came from the State School Board of Education and that the League was acting as a sponsoring agent only. Mrs. Dianna Allison of the League presented the demographic study on Weber County which showed an increase of 10 percent during the period. Mr. Celia Archibald, who presented the study on the Ogden City School District, said that the most surprising thing about the statistical study was that total enrollment of both districts declined 11 percent during the 10 ar years. The release of this study, coming at the years end drew an unusually large number of people to the meeting; those who were weighing alternatives to the Weber County school bond proposal and those in the Ogden City School District who were concerned about the diminishing number of students in Ogden City schools. Both groups were looking for ways and means of avoiding large commitments to spending money yet preparing for changes that come about from population shifts. As Celia Archibald, League member stated, It is necessary to have a plan for funding stutii increase and for decrease. Roydon 0. Julander, associate Professor of Political Science at Weber State, was moderator. He said he felt that consoldiation of programs was possible under present statute such as special education and areawide programs ; that there might be an exchange within districts. He also said that Weber County was already indebted and that a bond issue of $24.5 million would simply make it more. According to the Weber County School District schedule of bond redemptions, bonds outstanding for 1978-7as of June 30, are $17,250,000 which is expected to be paid off July 1, 1993. The old indebtedness will be cleared first. At no time, according to Mr. Schimmelpfennig, treasurer for the Weber County School District, can a vote be made for more than 13 3 percent of the assessed evaluation limit. This is the check, he said. The interest rate for sale of bonds is five percent annually compared to a 10 to 14 percent inflation increase in building costs, states the W'eber County School Board Administration. The new bond issue at this time has been presented to the public because the school district foresees that inflation in building cost would put them further and further behind, according to the recent Weber School District notice of the bond election. The Ogden School District will be out of debt by 1982 said Superintendent W'illiam L. Garner later when contacted. Bryan Peterson, former state representative, asked if there was any difference between Weber County District mill levy and that of Ogden City District' North Ogden faces problems lit tvpq CAiiULSll.VrV Beacon Writer To be or not to be - should North Ogden City rip out several blocks of curb and gutter in order to put it in right? Council members are sharply divided as to the need for the improvement, or even whether it would be an improvement or not. Meanwhile, property owners along the street in question, 3300 N., miffed. Dick and Kay Lee returned from a vacation to find the strip between the curb and the sidewalk in front of their home, which they had fixed up with white rocks and shrubs, had been bulldozed by city crews. The Lees indicated, in an interview at their home, they realized it was city property, but they thought the city was finished with it and were surprised, to put it mildly. After a lively discussion in City Council meeting, the Mayor, Eldon McColley, suggested they go for an inspection, after the meeting. on-sig- ht But even after seeing the problems first-hanthe councilmen where just as divided as ever over the need to rip out expensive cement work. Councilman Alan Christiansen said, I would rather see the city put in a new tenms court at Oak Lawn. Dennis Shupe, the citys ad- ministrator, explained the need for the work, saying the curb and gutter r, jn 'prj contractors befoie the citys standards were changed to the present regulations. He said the change was indicated He said for four or five reasons. there has been a change in the width standards, from 50 feet to 66 feet. The gutter width standards have been changed from 24 inches to 30 inches and parts have been put in each way. r efhas a The road roller-coaste- fect. He said the sections dont all line up. They are close, but they dont really jibe. The street is being worked on because of the LakeView Heights Subdivision going in on the other side of the street. "I cant see the city requiring subdividers to meet standards that we w'ont meet, said Shupe. Dr. Christiansen asked why the street width couldnt be made up by taking the necessary 18 inches off the other side where there has been no building as yet, and adjusting the grade from one side to the other to correct that problem. He said he didnt think it looked bad and it looked I cant see spending functional. thousands of dollars to save the contractor. Referring to the contractors having to adjust the grade, Councilman Eldon Orton said, ,I dont think it would be very hard, hes got lots of dirt. Mr. Julander said that the mill levy of Ogden City was 11.69 and that of Weber County per capita was 15.78. Monty Ogden, president of the Ogden Education Association said that the 622 teachers in the District had been asked the question, What single development could most help you do a better job? The most frequent answer to that question was consolidation of the two districts, Mr. Ogden said. He saw Ogdens main tradeoff as the use of buildings. Mr. Ogden stated that as the schools population declined, the must teach subjects unteachers familiar to them or lose out. John Agee, a teacher at Ben Lomond, said that he felt it was "very important for a teacher to teach within his field." It is bad for the children and teachers lose confidence, Agee said. Ray Evans said that the citizens look at Granite school, the biggest in Davis County, and the cost of Weber District and Ogden City County District. Why build new high schools. Combine, save money, not spend it and get the best we can get for the money we spend, whether we belong to Ogden or Weber District. The representatives from Weber County District would have no part of any suggestion of consolidation whether it was consolidation of districts or just of services between the two districts. Mrs. Taylor, speaking for the Weber County We dont want to citizens, said, absorb their problems (Ogden City School District). It will break up neighborhoods. To get a balance is wrong. Bussing children was an issue with the Weber County represenatives. They expressed a concerr that bussing would extend the length of travel time into Ogden School District. Diana Allison observed that Weber County bussed everyday. Jean Keel of Roy commented that bussing took from one to two hours out of the day. Carol Amn Fuller of Ogden Valley would 'a''! that '!om become ungiued if consolidation took place, but others would welcome going to Ben Lomond rather than Weber High. Harold Dean pointed out that buses pass each other on Harrison He said consolidation Boulevard. Wolfert said that Superintendent William L. Garner was represented by Mrs. Ronald Rencher. A county resident said that the Weber Board of Education was holding a special meeting to ratify teacher contract negotiations. Mrs. Wolfert said that the board had been invited to the League before the board bid set its special meeting. Mr. Peterson made the motion that another meeting be set to continue the discussion. nearly a two to one margin, Weber County voters Tuesday voted to back the School Board to bond for $24 4 million tomeet future population and building needs. In the biggest bond election in the districts history, approximately 4,620 four out of the 19 33,294 Only voting districts turned down the bond measure, apparently since they are not directly involved in the projected building schedule. Two South Ogden polling places and all of Washington Terrace turned down the school district A 4 has opened in North Ogden. Its called Book Shelf North and is located across from the North Ogden Plaza. The hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The store is owned by Bob McCoppin and carries LDS books, children's books, genealogy supplies and also has a used paperback exchange. . ' ' PROUD WINNERS of the Weber View District's Cub Scout Anything Goes Contest display their trophies that they have just been awarded. Pictured are (I. to r.) back, Pack Cubmaster Dean Bassett, District Activities Chairman Roger Vigil, District Cub Chairman Harry Jeske; front row, Michael Vigil, Scott Black and David Vigil. Anything Goes Contest Scouts win On your mark - throw the balloon from Cub Scout to Cub Scout four times without breaking it This is a timed event. Line up for the sack race. See how fast you can go across the lawn on skis. Get ready for the Tired Relay. Cub Scouts from the area met last week for the Weber View Districts Anything Goes Contest. The contest was divised in the Lake Bonneville Council this year. It will be featured in the national Scouting next Magazine and will go nation-wid- e BYKRISEWERT Beacon Writer Because of the unfortunate loss of two major federal grants applied for by the Plain City City Council some months ago, the city budget has un- - dergone some hatchet work. The Housing and Urban Development Grant' (H.U.D.) which was applied for to assist the city pi developing and constructing the long awaited and hoped for children's recreational facility, to be located at the posse grounds site has, due to the loss of this grant, been axed. Consequently, it may be awhile yet before Plain City can boast of a real playground for its younger citizens. The Farmers Home Administration Planning grant was the other potential funds lost to Plain City this year. The money available to Plain City from this grant would have By percent of the countys registered voters cast ballots. fed summer. Each summer, the council sponsors a physical fittness type of event. It is designed to provide each boy with a fulfilling social experience, the opportunity to work as a team. To gain recognition for team effort. Second place winners were: Tom Lynch, Daren Jones and Justin Willie. Third place trophys went to Scott Bueler, James Barnes and Bryan Mendenhall. The first place team will vie for the Bonneville Council Championship next Saturday. Plain City budget undergoes revisions, hatchet vorl bond or 13 if r Voters pass ' A NEW BOOKSTORE would help more than harm. Helen Young stated that her son attended 28 different schools while "I cannot see that growing up. bossing is the issue. We have to be aware of changes in the area. W nether city or county, we must plan for population loss or growth. We had better take steps now. Mr. Peterson stated that "if you dont do anything yourself, dont exjiect the legislators to do it for you. Instead of burdening yourself with more taxes, try controlling them y urself. While racial bias did not come out i ..enly except in denial form from the County School District group, Mr. Peterson said that of the 1,299 students at Ben Lomond High, 112 w' re of Hispanola origin and 28 were black. At Ogden High, out of a total of 1.J46 students there were 142 lllspanola students and 63 black so he c odd see that race was no issue. Sandra Hansen, running for the Ogden School Board said that mixing of race was not bad. It helped children to live in a world as it is. Futhermore. she said, school boards and school problems are everyones problem whether they have a child in school or not. During the meeting there was ci .ticism that members of the Weber Board of Education and the Ogden Board of Education were not p. esent. Leauge President, Jean been used to update and revise (w'here necessary) Plain Citys Master Plan. With the seemingly continuous growth (inspite of the still existent sewer problems) Plain City is experiencing; an over all Master Plan, professionally drawn up, would pin point potential problems in the city before they become realities. Therefore eliminating any asthetic eye sores in the community and replacing them with a beautiful well organized city layout - one of which we could be proud. In the original budget of $6,500 were (cont.onpg.2) measure, but only by a slim margin. Approximately 20 Weber School District administration, personnel and interested citizens waited at the District office on Washington Boulevard to hear the results as the polling places began to call in their tallies after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Nearly all of the 19 districts had phoned in their results by 9 a.m., with the exception of one in Washington Terrace; Farr West, Warren and Plain City; and North Ogden. Dale Schimmelpfennig, clerk for the school board, at this time, predicted victory, with the 1,969 for the bond issue and 1,272 against. The final unofficial tally Wednesday morning, before the School Board was scheduled to canvass the returns Wednesday night, was 2,946 for the bond issue and 1,674 against. In the last bond election that Weber County voters participated in May of 1975, the totals for the bonding of $12 million was 2,472 for and 716 against. The two South Ogden polling places including Districts 8,9,11,13 and 14 and also 10,12,15,15,18, turned down the bond election by 76 to 78 and 60 to 86 respectively. Washington Terrace Districts 1,2, 3, 5 and 7 cast 11 negative votes over the 64 ones cast in favor of Districts the building program. 4,6,8,9,10,11,12 and 13 in the Terrace also cast 103 negative votes to 94 in favor of the measure. The Weber County School Board has promised voters that if the measure passed, that the present mill levy would not be increased. The bonds raised will have been projected to cover the next eight to 10 years building needs within the district. Needs identified by the administration, with the help of a citizen group included two new elementary schools in the northeast and northwest sections of the county; planning and construction of a new high school in the western central portion of the district; enlargement of the cafeteria and art spaces at Roy High School; additional classroom space, media center, shop additions and physical education facilities at Weber High School; and extensive remodeling and improvement 'School. of Roy Junior High Plaqu given Jo Jensen The Pleasant View City Council met in their regular Tuesday night meeting to discuss several topics. Joseph Jensen gave the council the audit of the Weber County Mosquito Abatement District and he also gave a budget report. He said that he had served on the Mosquito Abatement Board for 24 years. He was the secretary for 21 years. He was also given a plaque on his 90th birthday by the Board and the Pleasant View City Council expressed their appreciation for Jensen and the service he has rendered for Pleasant View City. Councilman Thane R. Hales made the motion that the city sell 2.41 shares of alder Creek Water at $150 per share to the Pleasant View Culinary Water Association since the city would never have any use for these shares under the current procedure for control of the water. A letter from the Water Board was discussed concerning the Water procedure concured and adopted in by Paul Huefner was for the preliminary plans to be sent by the Planning Commission would not planning commission had recommended approval. The final plans without the signature of the Water Board Engineer. A public hearing was held on the rezoning of the Barker Family Recreation property from M-- l back to A-Paul Huefner stated that the planning commission had recommended approval. the final plans without the signature of the Water Board Engineer. A publje hearing was held on the rezoning of the Barker Family Recreation property from M-- l back to A-Paul Huefner stated that the planning commission had recommended approval. Councilman Stan Larsen and the council discussed the modification of Section concerning clear view of intersections. The ordinance was adopted. The Pleasant View City Council discussed the proposed Cherry Hills Subdivision. Paul Huefner indicated that the Planning Commission had given tenative approval to the preliminary plans, but that the plans for the acquistion of certain land and the plans for the installing 24 inch pipe up 900 W frp, 3650 N., be available. Mrs. Ellery Voge approached the Council regarding the changing of the location of the utility easement on their lot on Westwood Drive. Councilman Hales instructed her in the procedures to follow to get the necessary documentation to change the easement to the back property line. The Sensative Area map was discussed from the report given to the council by Dr. Ridd of the University of Utah. Paul Huefner explained each overlay map to the council which indicated the water run off hazardous area. Mayor Barker said that the major building of homes was in line with the highest potential flood area. The Pleasant View City Council noted that the agreement with North Ogden on the North View Fire Station. |
