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Show PAGE 2 DAVIS JANUARY 8, 1986 REFLEX-JOURNA- llavis Keflex-Journ- Is housing over saturated? al Published weekly by Clipper Publishing Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 64010 in the inWeekly newspapet published at Layton, Utah every Wednesday terest ot Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Main, Layton, Utah 4041 mailed in county. $7.50 per Subscription rate 25' per copy, $650 per year, year outside. Pres .Manager John Stahle, Jr. Vice President Lucile S. Stahle Advertising Manager Noel C. Stahle Continued from front page attempting to offer rental units at fair market value," she contends. Countering these concerns is 544-913- Dfairanm tax-exem- pt re-fe- rs -- THIRTY-ON- other E al wealthy professionals into single-famil- going up so high, low income people couldnt afford them, Mrs. Davis says. Noting single family houses. That was a drop of nearly from SOME 344 units were authorized in Utah County while 313 gained in Weber County, the the report indicates. y units were Eight family okayed while 14 three-fou- r apartment buildings were authorized. valued at nearly $2 million. Six larger apartment buildings were okayed, totalling 44 units, as well. one-fift- h record-breakin- g 1984. Looking at other Intermountain states, Utah dropped to fourth place, far behind Arizonas 38,522 units and Colorados 16,259 both drops from the previous year. New Mexico surpassed Utah, registering 6,877 units. All states in the region recorded construction dips. TOTAL construction in Utah totalled $719 million, January-Jundrop nearly a from the previous year. Nationalinly, construction saw a slight totalcrease-1.8 percent. Building led just over $106 billion. With decreased apartment buildactiving. residential construction on singlecenter will most likely ity family houses, in the next six month report, says Research Asst. Diane Gillam. A FAIRLY high level of activity is likely to continue in building projects, she - two-famil- OTHER ACTIVITY included construction of three amusement-recreatio- e, n one-seven- th buildings, valued at just under $200,000; one church, for $558,000 and 18 industrial buildings, valued at about $2.3 million. imMany homeowners made and 77 with garages provements. carports approved, valued at just under $500,000. TWO SERVICE stations and repair garages, valued at $74,500, were okayed while nine offices, banks and professional buildings were granted building permits, valued at $3.5 million. CONSTRUCTED was a million facilgallon culinary water storage line size water associated with ity increases. This construction and resulted replacement of water lines in rates Syracuse in fire insurance a dropping from a rating of 9 plus to modernicontinued A rating of 6. zation of both the fire department and police department, with the fire purchase of new fire trucks and fighting equipment and new police vehicles and equipment. Also purchased and developed was a six acre Family Park, adja- THE RENTAL rates were y post. He has been chairman of the and allowed services to stay abreast of growth. stresses. three-fifth- positions in conjunction with this time. with Mayor Thurgood states that the help of the many appointed who have served with him, that a Master Plan was developed along with policies that have been very With unique to the state of Utah. to the grow enabled city it has this through a planned development, near zero vacancy rate, she STATEWIDE, 6,482 dwelling s units were approved, about of those pur- units for tax chasing purposes, for example. There was a conscious decision years-thre- e years two and the Authority to Housing ago by try and spur additional apartment construction through financial incentives when the county faced a nearly $3.4 million. ment and city business. Mayor Thurgood has served in several aspects of Syracuse since that multi-famil- y and Additions strides Mayor, he has seen great in various and much growth writeoffs for small landlords that other private citizens dont get, she continues. Thats spurred many alterations came to $.17 million to houses and apartments while additions to other buildings totalled one-seven- th Coucnil November 1967, and served for six years. As of November 1973, when he was elected ' d, $322,000. MAYOR BOYD T. Thurgood was elected to the Syracuse City ernment gives incents in other facets with different kinds of s, e, De-Lo- BELIEVE a competitive marketplace is very beneficial. Gov- buildings were conat $600,000-pluvalued structed. while 94 other structures were okayed, termed as other than buildings" and valued at $555,000. Three publicly owned buildings valued at were given the dwellSOME 532 single-famil- y in the were county approved ings 1985, says the from January-Junof EcoBureau Utah of University nomic and Business Research. Valued at $39 million, those dwelling units accounted for of all such construction across the state. Although eclipsed by Salt Lake County's 1,685 units, or nearly half the state total. Davis far outdid both Weber and far more populous Utah County. 1 I construction there totalling $567,000. - adds. permit for $25,000 in construction while six stores were approved, The planning and construction of a $ .2 million secondary water system financed through user's fees and a low interest loan from the Utah Water resources board. The construction was enabled by the successful application and awarding of a $160,000 Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Government. City officials have been able to maintain one of the lowest, if not the very lowest mill levy in the state, with a 5 to 6 mill level. ALONG WITH his daily employ- VIRGINIA BENNETT After serving reSYRACUSE of sidents Syracuse for more than 2 years, Mayor Boyd T. Thurgood handed over the reigns of the city Monday, Jan. 6 to his brother, W. Thurgood. offer amenities such as swimming That's no different than pools. with any other enterprise," she A private school was awarded a SALT LAKE CITY - Although may look as though apartment buildings are cropping up everywhere. the single family home is still supreme in Davis County, a new report indicates. By for least some financing--eithe- r construction or be obtained at lower interest rates. Speaking of problems for small landlords Mrs. Davis emphasizes, "Small landlords always have to compete with big entities (who) can do business so much cheaper" and Single family homes supreme it d bond sales where at That the community might be informed about the behind-thscenes of daily life, we present the Forum, in hope of aiding a more intelligent decision. TOM BLSSELBERG Authority-sponsore- notes, aside Syracuse mayor steps THE TAX laws are changing she says, noting "there may not be financing after this year." That to Housing at the millions viable market-lo- ok of dollars spent for local contractors and suppliers in Davis County thanks to construction, meaning more jobs as well," Mrs. Davis Hands regins to brother dramatically," e By one-thir- AuthorRosemary Davis, Housing ity director, who emphasizest apartment vacancy rates aren around 30 percent, as the women contend, but cites a new report listing both north and south county at about nine percent. SportsReporter Production Manager Keith Duncan Martin Lee winding down as the year ends with uncertainty as to what Congress will do in possibly changing laws," she adds. ALTHOUGH the Housing Auin several thority has participated bond sales, construction-relate- d of announced -d less than built. And been ever have projects most apartment construction is houses are "out of reach for young families, apartments are "stepping stones. Its not fair to expect young not have children-- to people-o- ur rent low of enough that advantage to live in the county if they wish," she stresses. A LOT of people would rather live in a rural setting where small apartments are often located, Mrs. Davis says, noting new apartments must continually be built to keep pace with a 50 percent population growth every 10 years in the BOYD T. THURGOOD city shops complex and purchase of a half-acr- e piece of property for shop expansion. Also installed has been a $100,000 storm sewer system to alleviate storm water problems in the 1700 South and 2000 West area. AT THE city office the purchase and implementation of a computerized billing, budgeting and management system has been added. Davis County Council of Governments (COG) and a member of the Community Development Block Grant Loan Committee. He has served on several committees and boards in the Utah League of Cities and Towns as well as with the Wasatch Front Regional Council. An active member of the Syracuse 3rd Ward, he has served as Superintendent of the Stake MIA and is currently a high councilman in the Syracuse Utah Stake. He was a counselor in the ward bishopric during his term as mayor . HE IS division chief of Missiles and Air Craft Systems Division at Hill AFB. The people of Syracuse extend a "thanks" to Boyd for his untiring efforts and constant assistance during his time spent in the service of Syracuse as mayor. cent to the Cook Elementary School, and along with this addition has been playground equipment, tennis courts and a bowery with facilities to further accommo- date the residents of the 85 Layton building sets new standards com- munity. acre addition to the Park adjacent Founders Syracuse to the Syracuse Elementary School and the development of a four di- county. A SEVEN Mrs. Hamilton complains she has to charge lower rent for eight Salt Lake rental units because of new, big apartment competition but as Mrs. Davis counters, older units should be cheaper-mon- ey was borrowed at lower rajes." On used top of that, you wont buy a a same buy the at price youll car new one, she says. amond softball park complex has been completed. The city has purchased 3.3 acres of property to be designated for the construction of a city building combeen a plex in the future. There has - The year 1985 was LAYTON the biggest for new building in the Layton. Through history of 1985 total of 429 sing- a le dwelling building permits were issued. This is 17 more than the November, e previous record year. Thirty-onof the permits were issued in the month of November. BUILDING inspectors re- sponded to 446 inspection calls during the month of November. adds. Toms farewell Bmsselberg moves on Kays, controversy court. 'ont. from page one com-e- IN THE CASE of Paskers velopment, Kaysville Apartments, the complex would lose 40 of its 200 planned units. Blackburns apartment But the mayor said that, for dthough the timing is bad for the are these feel changes )U, lop a 200-un- it x. 120 project would be reduced from units to 90 units. Still, Mayor Purdy said he feels the council has done the right thing by making this change. While the city ordinance allows for the council to grant a extension on conditional use permits, it likely will not in this case. 1 :st. WHILE BOTH developers feel somewhat in a ey were caught ming crunch, Kaysville City Lee Cammack stated that time oth had received use conditional their on mits e a practice he said would under the new ordinance, hus far, construction on either roject has not started. e The effect that this new En-ne- er one-ye- th ar per-lit- de- s, con-nu- FOR THE developers they are left with two choices. They can either drop the project completeand ly, or scale down the proposals consideration. for resubmit them In the meantime, after months of action public outcry for protective that clear Kaysville its be to taken, has won at least this round in the battle of development. ordi-anc- would have on the two promts is significant, which is why asker said his firm feels the action be a case of iy Kaysville might would rethat orced downzoning up in ending both parties tire Reflex-Journ- Its Editor al About the only constant thing in life is so it change--o- r seems. AFTER NEARLY 10 years as a newspaperman in Davis County, Im trading in one notebook for another. After having served stints at the Ogden Standard-Examinnewscovering the county and many years at the the I'm public entering papers. including four as news editor, relations business. THE PROGRAMS Im thinking of aren't the "Magnum PI vocational type programs, but those which help people-fro- m classes to the health services that affect so many. Maybe Im a strange duckdont everyone agree at once but get more satisfaction out of explaining a new program that may help 10 or 100 or a thousand than covering a murder. er Reflex-Clipp- er 1 WHEN I was in college, public relations "flacks were consiof dered mortal enemies to we "purist journalists-dcfend- ers the right to know, the Fourth Amendment and all that good MY BEATS have reflected that, as Ive largely covered the school district, vocational center and county agencies-Dav- is County groups that affect thousands in a variety of ways. Theres the saying that wherever a person is, its the best place in the world. Fortunately, that often is our feeling. stuff. of at Having started my own little neighborhood paper the age even if it s a bit different for a 8, I was always into "news, the naive college youngster who teaches himself to type to veteran. seasoned" the to graduate WELL, BEFORE I ever came to Davis County as a newspaperman. had a feeling that it was one of those best" places-o- ne where Id like to be. I took my first job at the Standard largely because I could cover Davis County. Ive been happy to largely confine my career to the area since. It hurts me to hear people from other areas say. "Whats in north Davis County besides HAFB? or "Davis County's just the strip on the way to somewhere else. so-call- 1 STILL thrill to the smell of printer's ink and the sound of a much sounds better press rolling off the latest edition. Nothing to my ears, either, than clanging typewriters on deadline as another "scoop is readied for publication. It's mostly a matter of economics, then, and new challenges career. that have led me to pursue public relations as a sound someone make to Its a lot more than "fluffy writing in work about as feel my think can good I'm finding. good. that field as have in newspapering. I HAFB honored for two base programs Accounting and Finance Center. Amont the noteworthy achievements cited for customer service were processing more than 37,000 payments for $133.7 million with zero interest charges during fiscal 1985, a 99.9 percent accuracy rate with financial reports and more than $504,000 in commercial discounts for the year. - The Ogden Air Hill AFB has garnered Center Logistics another award from the Air Force Logistics Command. Just two weeks after being recognized as having the most successful Quality of Life program in the command, the ALLC Accounting and Finance Quality Assurance Award has come to the base. IN A CEREMONY Dec. 16, Col. Clark J. Kholos, Comptroller, accepted the 1985 award from Maj. Gen. Charles McCausland, comit recognizes mander, customer support, outstanding quality and timeliness of products and reports submitted to AFLC Headquarters and the Air force certainly wouldnt have! exciting to me to have gotten acquainted with such a variety of people, working with them on many different stories, seeing them grow and often witnessing various programs evolve. a.m.--- I By TOM BUSSELBERG 00-AL- ( , EFFECTIVE training programs were also part of the judging process to attain the award. The office was cited for its inhouse training on various computer terminals, training organizational travel monitors and conducting seminars. Facilities and Quality of Life programs were also recognized. full-tim- e 1 1 1 reflect back on my years at the Reflex and Clipper, will carry away a lot of though, can feel a lot of satisfaction and dedicated, putting in a lot is here staff The very fond memories. of long hours, many under pressure. Most of the staff consider to be like family. As with any business, it takes a lot of coordination to put out your product, and thats the miracle of newspapering, especially at a small of those operation. It will be hard to leave most of all because fine people. They are a tribute to the profession in the excellent work they do and are people feel honored to know and love. AS I 1 . 1 1 IVE GROWN close to many people spread throughout the county, over the years, and will miss their regular association, as well. A reporter is privy to many activities the general public if either doesn't have time for or knowledge of. And frankly, 7 at liy mcctings-especiadidn't have to go to some of those 1 PEOPLE SEEM just a little friendlier, here; willing to take time for the little things more here; willing to be human" in an world. As big as the county's or , still seems enough of a smallthere population-wisegotten, its it two town feeling to make unique over neighbors. in be to involved been something that affects Its heartening so many-yo- ur weekly newspapers. They've evolved a lot over with the years, and while there's room for improvemcnt--a- s come a long way. anything-they- ve big-cit- y LET THOSE who stay behind know your feelings about the you'd like to see happen within those pages; the sort of news coverage or features you'd like. Its hard to try and know what the public should know." There is so much more 1 could write. But like a long speech, why put people to sleep. papers-wh- at THANKS FOR letting me be a part of your lives. 1 certainly feel enriched for it and wish you all the best in the future! |