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Show $r,niAi VAHHiaiT -- division c.ir-j- LI o A H Y I! OF U sal la.:l ciix ; ur.ir3TTtr oumarai -- iiex Davis tdJ SPECIAL- Euit-j-- Layton Council to discuss Bum Plant again By DONETA GATHERUM - LAYTON On Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. the Layton City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss the possibilities of joining the Solid Waste Management District and participate actively in the operation of the burn plant, or to pursue other options. City Manager Bruce Barton says main reasons for the public hearing: 1 . To give the coun- there are two the opportunity to their position since the last public meeting that was held in February; 2. To bring the public up to date on the options that are open to Layton regarding disposal of solid waste. Traditionally, Layton has been opposed to the bum plant. Originally, the opposition started because of the site choice. The pond site which was first considered was in Layton Citys boundaries near a residential section of the city. Opposition also centered around the cost of the plant, bond cil ing, management, financing, sale of steam and plant technology. Now the questions that need answering are the law suit, the role of NARD and the management of the landfill. Clearfield has also remained out of the special Solid Waste Management District and has maintained opposition to the burn plant. Bountiful, the third city in Davis County that has not joined the special service district, has other reasons for not belonging. According to Solid Waste Management According to Richard Harvey, Director of the Davis County Environmental Health and Labortory for the Health Department, many ways of dealing with garbage were looked at. Salt Lake decided they had adequate landfill for many years. Weber County tied in with the Tellidine waste disposal group. Tooele and Morgan had no real involvement. In Davis County, a committee of elected city and county officials in- Board President Robert Palmquist, Bountiful operates their own. pickup service rather than contracting to private haulers like most cities except Clearfield. Bountiful recently made a major investment in the latest pick-u- p someday build their own waste recovery plant and use the steam byproduct for their city owned electric company. The idea of a solid waste recovery plant started in 1979, when the Wasatch Front received' an EPA grant to study solid waste disposal. equipment. Bountiful also is interested in having the District build a waste transfer station at the south end of the county to cut the expense of hauling their waste to Layton. Another possibility is that Bountiful might cluding mayors and councilmem-ber- s formed an interlocal agreement to look at alternatives to solid waste disposal. The conclusion of this committee was to look at a resource recovery project. Subsequently, a special Solid Waste Management District was oiganized consisting of II Davis County cities and the county itself. The Environmental Health Department had a statutory responsibility to this District, which is the same as the Departments responsibility to the NARD and BARD groups, to see that the health standards were met. The Solid Waste Management District bonded for a solid waste disposal (burn) plant, secured land in unincorporated Davis County and maintained a $3 million dollar reserve for the landfill. According to Chairman Palmquist, this reserve must be committed to lise by the end of 1986. Today, the Solid Waste Disposal Plant is 40 percent complete. Plans are to start testing in January 1987 and to begin operation by July 1987. As the plant nears Mr. Palmquist, along with -- ' vwauif,! pep my Third time no charm completion, the question of landfill ownership and use becomes critical. Layton City Manager Bruce Barton and Clearfield City Manager Don W. Baird, agree that if the two cities remain outside of the Special Service District, ownership of the landfill must be determined. All agree that the landfill needs to be brought up to EPA standards, which includes incorporation of a system that covers garbage every day. At the beginning of 1986, the Solid Waste Management District again invited Layton and Clearfield to join the district. Mr. Baird said Clearfield City received a letter from Mr. Palmquist stating the city had until January 31, 1986 to join the District or stay out forever. The Clearfield Council replied that they were not interested in joining the Special Service District, but they would like to talk about contracting for garbage disposal. Laytons answer was that they would leave all options open, including contracting for garbage. Clearfield hired Dr. Lynn P. Wallace, a Professor of Civil Engineering from BYU, who received a doctorate in solid waste management, to conduct a feasibility study of the NARD landfill. This was completed in April. Mr. Baird said Dr. Wallace suggested five options: I . One party in the controversy (Clearfield and Layton) buy out the others and operate the landfill as if it were a business; 2. Operate the landfill in- dependently. Impose restrictive fees. Restructure the Board by population; 3. The District and other communities would sell to Collition the Clearfield-Laytoand buy theirown landfill; 4. Clearfield and Layton would join the special service district and operate the plant and the landfill; 5. Partin tion the landfill. Dr. Wallace said of this last option. the landfill cannot truly be divided without finding a way to Continued on page 2 dly DOUBLE 3ll Coupons SOtofcM . Kays. Planners recommend denial of apartment permit By TOM HARALDSEN - KAYSVILLE For at least the third time in the past two years, a Texas developer has gone before the city Planning Commission with a proposal for an apartment project near Hess Farms. And for the third time, the planners have recommended denial. The latest episode in what has become a continuing sage occurred Thursday night, when representatives, with the Hampton group from Houston sought a conditional use permit for 10 acres of land it owns in the Oakridge Highlands area of the city. City engineer Lee Cammack said the developers hoped to build 155 apartments on the land, which sits on Lot 42 of the property. But as in the past, the commission recommended denial of the project as it would violate city statutes regarding planned unit developments (PUD). The real hangup with lot 42 is that it is the portion of Oakridge Highlands set aside for a PUD. The city requires that 30 percent of a development be set aside for commons areas, free space between developments. To accomplish that, 6.3 acres of the 10 acres under consideration would need free of construction,' he explained. This third proposal from Hampton represents a scaled down version of its building plans. Originally, the developers had hoped to build over 200 apartments on the site, but that plan was later denied by the city. This latest approach fits well within city density guidelines, but runs amuck with regards to the PUD on the site. three single family homes on property at approximately 700 South Sunset Lane in West Kaysville, and the commission certified both the city Master Plan and Zoning Map, with mostly minor revisions. Those items will now go to the reg- ular city council for consideration. One major recommendation on the zoning map did occur when a large parcel of land west of Interstate 15, which has been zoned l (agriculture) in the past, will now be considered for a change to general commercial. Mr. Cammack said such a change would be a major one, but a move that owners of the property would love to see The issue will now go to the city either agree with the planning commission recommendation and deny the permit, or grant it. Until that time, the developers will have to weigh other options, realizing that the 3.7 acres remaining on the site may not be large enough for a development of their liking. In other commission business, final approval was granted David L. Smith for the development of TOM HARALDSEN four years in the midno dle of the 70s, high school in the state did debate better than Davis High. Three straight state championships, and a second place finish in 1977, made the Darts the perennial favorite, wherever they debated. Memories of those years were shared by some of those debaters during a reunion Saturday evening in the Kaysville Municipal Center. Betty Brand, the teams advisor during that four year span, helped organize the reunion to reun coincide with the Class of 1976s KAYSVILLE--Fo- r ten-ye- ar JOYCE WINTERS DICK BOWMAN, FOURTH from left, owner of Bowman's Market, presents Council-woma- n Carol Page a check for $900, proceeds from the breakfast. Shown from left are Rich Christensen, Geoff Jensen, Mrs. Page, Mr. Bowman, Mayor Gerald Purdy and Vance Garfield. occur. council, which will ultimately We last updated our Comprehensive (Master) Plan in 1982, but weve accomplished much of what we intended to do since that time, plus weve annexed a lot of land in West Kaysville. So this new version brings us back up to date with the needs of the city, he explained. Public hearings on both items will be held in the next few weeks. Champion Davis debaters reunite to share memories By REFlX-JOURNA- A-- home their first championship trophy, along with several individual titles. The next year, not even a serious car accident that injured five of the team members chould slow Davis High down. The team traveled as far as Arizona in its pursuit of victories, and later that year, with a squad made up primarily of juniors, the Darts took their second state title. History repeated itself in 1976. Davis had developed quite a reputation for its debaters, which, as most will tell you, can work against a team more than help at times. But the returning seniors again piled up the points, and Davis had Rec. breakfast raises $900 City Recreation Department. Dick By JOYCE WINTERS KAYSVILLE - It was a first annual July 24th chuckwagon breakfast held in Bowmans Mar- ket parking lot, but according to owner Dick Bowman, it wont be the last. Especially if they can get the great support of the public and the suppliers who donated much of the food again next year. But it was the generosity of Dick Bowman paying 25 employees to cover the event from 5 a.m. to noon on July 24, that made it all happen. Chairman of the large undertaking was Geoff Jensen of Bowmans, who wonders if you can have pancake elbow. At least he wont be ready to turn another pancake for at least a year. Each person was charged $1 as a donation, to be given to Kaysville Bowman gave Councilwoman Carol Page, who is over parks and recreation, a check for $900. Thats a lot of pancakes! The menu included as many pan- cakes as you wanted along with butter, syrup, juice or milk, fresh fruit, ham or sausage and scrambled ?ggs. It was all as tasty as a leading restaurant, but for much less! Ron Adams, over youth recreation little league activities from Kaysville City, was the coordinator with Bowmans to line up supplies, such as grills borrowed from the Kaysville Rotary and J.C's clubs. He spent many hours on a holiday to ensure the success of the breakfast. Vance Garfield, Kaysville Citys parks and recreation superinten dent, was overwhelmed by the event, from Bowmans offering to hold the breakfast to the donations from suppliers to the publics response. He feels the money w ill be put to good use for the youth of our city. Bowmans offered a special thanks to the following suppliers: Whole Sun Orange Juice. Cream O' Weber Dairy, Krusteaz Pancake mix, Log Cabin syrup, Sausage, Dixie Plates and Cups, Ogden Egg, Roger's Egg, Betty Crocker Pancake Mix, Nalleys Syrup, Heinz Ketchup and J.C. Bangerter produce for all the padded extras, along with Dick Bowman and Rich Christensen. Geoff Jensen and Margie Davis, and a w hole staff w ho put in extra hours on a holiday to give 900 residents a special event that will benefit hundreds of children in the future. ...not even a serious car accident that injured five members could slow Davis High down. ion held earlier in the weekend. And several of the top debaters in the state it during that time returned. For each of them, was a special night of remembrances. It began for Davis High in 1974. At the Rethe Darts clobgion meet in old Bingham High, bered their opponents, winning by more than 60 points over their closest competition. Afterwards, as a team, we went down the halls of the school singing Dear Old Davis recalled in words High School, Mrs. Brand for the reunion. created she wrote for a book for state, but the qualified debaters Davis All 36 team was pared in half prior to the final comthe Darts took petition. Working as a team, i its third straight state title. The streak ended in 1977, when Davis just missed a fourth title w hile finishing second. But the tradition, the comraderie had been built, and remained strong. The team, along with several teachers at Davis High, went in on a plane ticket that year so Mrs. Brand could join them in Arizona after seeing her son Mark off at Salt Lake International, when he left on an LDS mission. Mark was killed almost two years later by a drunk driver, jus, three weeks before he was to return home from his mission. CONTINUED FROM FRONT PACE JOYCE WINTERS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS turned out for the breakfast, which featured great food for cit and super help donated by Bowmans employees. The breakfast raised recreation efforts. renoan f |