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Show NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 18, 1981 DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, WEEKLY REFLEX By would be isolated" from any cabie service at ail. is He added that Wa-atc- h working on a sy stem of prog- MARK D. MICKELSEN CLEARFIELD - Despite objections from ah Ogden GEORGE LEE, a district supervisor for Wasatch, said, "You can give out 15 franch- ises if you want to,", Star West Communications of Ogden and Wasatch Cable. Bountiful, fighting for the interests of their companies. had mixed views about the possibility of a dual franchise agreement.. Speaking on ;behalf of Wasatch Cable, Kim Magness said his company wants to integrate cable into the entire city of Clearfield. He said he Again opposes the granting byit 'warned of conflicts with the utility companie's and increased costs to cable consumers! He said in cities where two franchises-werapproved, "it created such havoc that thgy didn't wanf to bother with it anymore." REPRESENTATIVES of Agree To Table Cable Franchise Issues for Davis County residents. Council has agreed to table, for the second time this month, a decision bn vs bether or not to approv e a second cable franchise in the city. Clfd. Councilmen cial position. At the same time. City Manthe ager Gayle Starks-turnetables on the Bountiful cable men. ramming specifically designed cable firm, the Clearfield City PUBLIC RELATIONS are "terrible." Mr. Lee told the council, and said any additional costs the cable sy stem incurs are usually passed on to the consumers, who eventually pay more for the program- of-- second franchise to Star Wesi because of the financial and programming. problems that will occur. ming. He said opening the door to second company, without prior know ledge of their financial situation, may someday result in Clearfield having to answerfor'a "dead horse." a IF A SECOND franchise is gfantej, Mr. Magness told the council. "We feel certain seg- ments of this community . refreeze. Mr. Lee said the commains of the early cable and enpany were purchased dowed w ith the Wasatch Cable MR. LEE warned the council to look at Star West 's finan- AS FAR AS 1 know, we have no business, license for you people." he told Mr. Lee. "There is nothing but an intent fora franchise." the city manager continued, asking company officials why they had not approached the city earlier for a license. MR. LEE explained, calmly, that a franchise for a fable company was granted by the city in 1966. However, during the early months of operation, the company failed to produce any results and folded. name. Still, Mr. Starks said no one from the company had approached the city to purchase. a business license or to make a contractual agreement. MR. 1.EE SAID the business license and contractual agree-- ' ment are included in the franchise. He also pointed out to 'the council that until subscribers begin buying into the system. a business license is not required. Star West Communications spokesman Darryl Schuttlotlel approached the council, opposing their decision to table the issue. ' Federal Communications HE SAID Star West's idea is to offer "quality cable prog- Commission placed a freeze on the nation's top 1(H) television Durmarkets from ing that period, the stringing of cable wires and the tion of new facilities was prohibited. SEVERAL YEARS after the ramming" to Clearfield residents. "W'e want the residents of Clearfield to experience cable television." he told couneil. Denving Wasatch's financial claims. Mr. 'Schuttlotlel said he considers both com in addition. Lee said the 1966-197- panies "capable ing a city-wid- e of supportcable system. IN HIS second meeting with the council this month. Mr. Schuttloffel urged- the city fathers to approve the second franchise. Councilman H. Kay Chandler. however, said he would not be willing to act proposal based on the available information. He asked for a meeting between representatives of Wasatch and Star West Cable and urged the rest of the council to study the legal implications of a dual franchise. -- on-th- MR. I.EE, of Wasatch, complained that Star West has been building in the city without a franchise. Star West currently services the Pepper Ridge. Condominiums with a special cable service! Mr. Lee also said in cities where two franchises have been granted, lawsuits are pending against both the cable companiesand the city. He described Sandy city, just south of Salt Lake City, as one i Randall J. Heaps Named 81 Riata Days Chairman e e ill be given out on a basis. The number w ho can sell along the parade route will be limited. Concessions and booths will sell for$20.' An additional $10 will be charged to erect and take down the booths. ALL organizations are inv ited to participate in the parade. Reservations for the parade should be made early so the entries can be- organized. There is no charge to enter the parade. This year the art show w ill be held in the Heritage Museum. Entry fee will be $1 per entry. route Riata Days chairman for 19X1 will be Randall J. Heaps, Layton city administrator. Mr. Heaps and the general committee he selected held their first meeting March 12. MEMBERS of the committee working with Mr. Heaps include Sharon Slatore. treasurer; Lynn W'ood. city councilman and breakfast; Qoneta Gatherum, secret- ary and advertising; Kent Day. art show'; Jean Marie Hall, entertainment; Morton Sparks, traffic and crowd control; Jim Layton, parade; John H. Adams, fire-- ' works; Ann Harris, beauty pageant; Richard Hung anil Judy Bell, booths and concessions; Sam Dato; coordination: Mark Thompson, recreation; James Woodward, cleanup. Riata Days will follow the same format as it did last year. Organizations wishing to 'sell concession items or set up games for the celebration should begin planning what they want to sell now. Reservations will be e basis. made on a There is space for 2X booths. MORE information will be given as the committee makes plans and as the time for the celebration gets closer.' Girls over the age of IX are invited to enter the pageant. Sponsors are also being sought for the contest entries. ANYONE LIVING in Layton w ho would like to serve on the Riata Day committee first-serv- e first-com- should contact Randall Heaps before the next committee meeting, which will be April 9 at 5 p.m. dmg PERMISSION to sell along the parade By TOM BUSSELBERG - BOUNTIFUL The Legislature has appropriated $1.5 million for Davis Area Vocational Center construction, enough to give it a good start. VOCATIONAL School Director Jack Shell said Monday morning the funding will allow for walls to be put up with another $3 million needed for interior work. But the $1.5 million appropriation was only one of two vocational projects funded the other was a like sum to Bridgerland in Logan. The addition, w ith construction bidding set for early September and construction hope fully in October, would mean anticipated completion by July Original plans had called for a January 9S3 opening but 19X3. legislative changes altered that. Mr. Shell said. . THE 73,000 addition will be constructed to the south of the current facilities and will include phase one of what is hoped will be an eventual three phase expansion. Facilities will be provided for automotive shop, small engine repair, masonry, plumbing, electrical wiring, painting, and business occupations. In addition, administrative offices will be housed in the carpentry-cabinet-makin- extreme south portion until other facilities are completed, he said. The present administrative offices business occupations area will be remodeled for machine shop and welding use. ALTO BODY WILL stay in its current building that will round out the building's north portion. The addition will house "most but not all" programs. he said, noting about 10 percent will still be housed in schools and elsewhere. "Davis County is now' the third largest county in the sfate and we have no state educational institution (of higher learning). The Legislature'Telt Clearfield Man Asks Council To Remove Playground Equipment By MARK D. MICKELSEN CLEARFIELD -- A man has asked the city council to remove some playground equipment at the Kiwa-ni- s Park. 100 East 300 North, Gear-fiel- play ing near his home are a continual nuisance to him and his family . JOHN EGBERT'S home, at 22 Vine Circle, is only IX feet from the first piece of playground equipment at the park, and he says with all the noise and the lack of privacy "I feel like I'm living in a fishbowl." In 19X0. he said the problems became so bad he and his wife put their home up for sale. . IT'S AN experience to be sitting in your family room and have a group of teenagers using their vulgar language." he told the council. After being granted variance by the city to construct a family room and patio addition onto his home. Mr. Egbert told the council the problems began. HE SAID THE fence surrounding the park is level with the concrete on his patio and said he has counted up to" 52 people staring at him at onetime. The answer, believes Mr. Egbert, is for the city to remove the equipment from its close proximity to his backyard. or put it somewhere else in the park. KEARL, the Gear-fielParks and Recreation supervisor. said. "John really has a problem with his privacy." But he said in order to develop the park as planned the ROSS CITY MANAGER Gayle Starks said Clearfield usualbasis ly participates on a on such projects, and asked if Mr. Egberr would be in- TY The fighting to maintain independent van service for the handicapped. but wants to forget about installing "unreliable and expensive" wheelchair lifts on. their buses, according to a UTA spokesman. ROD CLIFFORD, community relations, said UTA officials are trying to get the federal government to waive a requirement that says all transit problem." 19X5. Nel-do- n parks." The council agreed to study the matter further,- but announced no formal decision. The Kaysville Comfnunity Theatre Guild and the Kay sville Civic Association are joining forces to produce a spectacular xariety.shovx for the Kaysv ille 4th of July celebration. BUILT around a central theme of academy award winning songs, it will be filled with comedy, dance and song. There will be a large chorus and many opportunities for individuals and small groups. Anyone wishing to participate may come to tryouts in the cafeteria at Davis High School March 9 from 9 p.m. Bring a son you know to tryout with. A pianist will be available. 6-- involvement is highly encouraged, but no children under 14 will be needed. A children s will play will be presented by the Theatre Guild that be open to children under 14. np FAMILY MARK D. MICKELSEN it'll alleviate the noise Variety Show Being Planned For July 4th 17-1- Service authority systems throughout the country must have wheelchair lifts on their buses by WE LIKE TO be good neighbors." Councilman Hamblin told him. "but we also like to utilize our from Salt Lake City. Corinne and Morgan County. THE CENTER serves both Davis and Morgan counties and is located in Kaysville. Fighting To Maintain 50-5- 0 terested in helping pay for the wall. After being told he could get his privacy back, Mr. Egbert nodded, but said "I don't think Legislative support was praised by Mr. Shell who said all but one Davis County legis: lator gave support along with UTA SALT LAKE Cl AND THAT idea, said Mr. Kearl, may not set too well with the Kiwanis organization a other influential members Utah Transit Authority is rate his patio from the rest of the park. KEARL DID say. however, that one of the park's picnic shelters might be moved to open up Mr. Egbert's line of view with the park. If the equipment cannot be removed. Mr. Egbert suggested a second alternative aimed at the construction of a retaining wall that would sepa VOCATIONAL education the need is there. there They better start meeting it. Eighty percept of the jobs are there," he noted. Project architect is Glen R. Swenson is Bv d complaining that children of Salt Lake City. Van equipment would have to be removed altogether. the men responsible for putting in the equipment in .the first place. In talking with some Kiwanis leaders. Mr. Kearl said "they prefer to stay neutral at this point." time and moved the project from near the bottom of building priorities to among the top four, Mr. Shell said. it .was first-serv- first-com- w The la'v states that until 19X5, systems like the UTA must provide serv ice for the handicapped. door-to-doo- .SINCE THE mandate was adopted in 19X0, the UTA has joined forces with The Van Inc., to provide handicapped transportation pending the installation of the wheelchair, lifts. The Van Inc., a group established by representatives of the handicapped Salt Lake community, picks up perspective UTA passengers, then charges the transit company a proportional amount for the service. MR. CLIFFORD said handicapped people pay 50 cents per ride and the remaining ba: lance is picked up bv the UTA. UTA officials were in Washington. D.C. recently seeking a w aiver to the law . he of the waiver is based on whether or not there is sufficient service to the handicapped in the com-- " munities. non-prof- added.-Acceptanc- e APPLICATIONS forawaiv-e- r must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation and okayed by the Secretary of Transportation. But as yet. Mr. Clifford said none of the applications re ceived have been approved for a waiver. ETA OFFICIALS argue that the costs to maintain and install the wheelchair lifts w ill far outweight the number of peothe ple taking advantage-o. f ser-vic- In Nt. Louis. Mr. Clifford said. where the transit system is almost 100 percent accessi- ble, authorities figure it costs $75 per handicapped person each time the lift is used. COST ESTIMATES are based on the amount of time the bus is delayed w hile the lift is ih use. plus the cpst of installing and maintaining the lift during peak periods. Currently, the UTA believes they can utilize the services of The Van. Inc. at a much cheaper rate. . THE ONLY real problem is that the van company does not have access to all their own vehicles yet. and on occasion must rent from outside sources. Therefore, the UTA is JULY CLINTON SCHOOL START Bids are to be opetied July 21 for the Clinton .Elementary School addition. Plans call for completion of an portion by May, 1982, demolition of the old section that summer and completion of the remaining six m m Bv TOM BUSSELBERG even-.tuall- y AND informa- He pointed out that the handicapped people still have To find a w ay to get to the bus stops when the lifts are available. w hereas now the vans residents from their door, all the way to their destination and back. tion were presented to the l Board Tuesday night by Dean Penrod., buildings and ground:, supervisor, who. spoke with the Davis News Journal in a telephone interview outlining the plans prior to the meeting. The $2.2 million project will include construction of 22 new classrooms and a media center along with demolition of the older, portion. Six rooms built within the past 15 years will be gelled into the new building.' Dr. Penrod explained, plained. . IN ADDITION, when a lift goes out he said the w hole bus is out of service. PLANNING FOR the addition began more than ': years ago. with acquisition of three pay ing for not only the services renedered by the van sy stem, but in part for the renting of the other vehicles. MR. CLIFFORD agreed., however, that the operational costs are still less than if the UTA is required to install the lifts. The UTA has submitted the waiver proposal in hopes that the new administration in Washington will be more understanding. Mr. Clifford added. Davis-Schoo- additional acres. That brings the site to nine acres ow n'ed by the school district plus adjacent three acre city parcel. Bids arelo be opened July 22 and construction should begin six-roo- ago. The first phase, including the 8 new rooms, is set for completion by May 24.. 1982. Demolition of the older building will be completed during the summer recess. FOUR additional new classrooms. an pffice and kitchen storage set for the northeast Corner, is set for an October 19X2 finish, he continued. Outlining activity necessary before bids can be let or construction started. Dr. Penrod said Schematic drawings were started Oct. 1 and design development followed in mid- December. Working drawings were begun Feb. 15 that should be completed by May 31 fol- lowed by a month's state regulatory agency review. classroom space will, also be provided. THE BUILDING will utilize heating and design and is being prepared by Carpenter and Stringham Architects of Salt Lake City. A special' primary grades (kindergarten-secongrade) playground will be located west of the building. A "big toy" will also be featured. by July 27, In spite of CLINTON what some Clinton residents are saying, progress is .continuing towards construction of an addition that will Clinton mean a Elementary School. DRAWINGS room an office addition by October. That will bring the school to 28 rooms, inand multicorporating the purpose area completed about 15 years f THE 53,000 square foot building will have a mountain red brick exterior to match the e existing room, he said. A large centrally lomulti-purpos- cated and media center will be featured the new building.- ' , An interior court designed for aug- e ment the room for physical education and other activ ities, he said: noting further that adequate resource in - year-arqun- d use-wi- multi-purpos- energy-efficie- d ' SOFTBALL FIELDS and a will .adjoin the school while a new bus turnoff is "already in place" and soccer' field ' "soon to be asphalted" that should relieve parking congestion. Dr. Penrod explained. The Clinton School is the only one serving that city of more than 6.CKK) residents with many students altending Sunset, schools as well. THE building has been crjticized for classrooms too small to handle loads, in some cases, poor venTWO-STOR- tilation sometimes causing rather hot temperatures in months and a need to use the boiler room and other basement areas for regu-Ja- r and resource classrooms. Enrollment currently is about 520. . warm-weath- |