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Show : tr, 4.1 C ' ' 1 Bv DON bond money if the city decided to build the center After several questions fiont the couu cilmen. Mayor I ewisG Shields suggested Mi Hunt and ntembeis of the P.uks and Recreation Commission eoniaci the conn cilmen individually and discuss the cost ol the complex the amount of money that would be added to propeitv taxes it it weie built and the facilities that would be in eluded in the center ETA GATH! Rl M L AVION It was Layton City Paiks and Recreation Department night at the Lay ton City Council meeting last 1 hursdav evening. March 18 Parks and Recreation department head. Richard Hum presented four separate items to the city council tor their approval or rejection THE E1RST item the council was asked to consider was a special bond election to secure money to build a city recreation THE DECISION to hold a bond election was tabled for two weeks until this addi tional information was given to council members The council appioved Mi Hunt s second request This was to appoint Joel Jeppeson to a thiee year teim on the Paiks and Recreation Commission center About one month ago the Parks and Recreation Depailinent distributed a survey to Layton citv residents asking their feel ings and suggestions about a recieational center The results of the survey showed 49 returned surveys favored a lecreation center while 59 respondants opposed it Of the 387 surveys returned indicated they would support a bond election to pay for the center Opposing the bond was 124 THE 1 HIRD item of business Mi Hunt brought before the council concerned the use of the Fast Layton City Hall At an earlier council meeting Councilman Golden Sill asked the Parks and Recreation Department to investigate the pos sibihty of using the East Lav ton I itv Hall for a senior citizens center NEARLY 150 people volunteered to help the Parks and Recreation Department woik towards building the recreational center Based on the survey results. Mr Hunt requested the council authorize him to prepare for a bond election COLNCILMAN FRIENDS V V IUI IUI SUNSET - one-ha- sion CITY ATTORNEY Steven April Annual By MARK Cleanup Set Kaysville city's annual DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St. Layton Utah 84041 Phone 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO John Stahle Jr , Publishei Second Class Postage Paid at Layton Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4 50 per year Out of S'ate Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15 00 (Payable in Advance) D. MICKELSEN Sant told the council Thursday ARD CI.EANLP must be TRASH Ml ST be piled back of the curb line and placed out for collection in such a manner that it can be readilv loaded Anyone placing debris out after the cleanup or failing to keep their property free of weeds, debris, etc. can be prosecuted np lf Anew law pasSUNSET sed by the legislature requiring 50. rather than 30 percent of the revenues collected from circuit courts to be funneled back to the state may put Sunset into a money bind with court services. Mavor Norm spring cleanup has been set for the weeks of April 6 and April 13 Trucks will begin on the west side of Main St on April 6 and on the east side of Mam St on April 13 at 8 a m out by the date specified for your side of town, because once the city crews have collected vour street they will not return All regular house and yard cleanup will be collected Trucks will not take orchard trimmings, tree stumps, construction material, etc Old cars and car parts will not be hauled away. These may be disposed of at the North Davis Refuse Dump by property ow ners t friends ning commission members w ill be up for replacement or reap- pointment APPOINT! ES will take office the first day of July, he said Any vacancy occurring within the commission due to unforseen circumstances shall be filled by appointment from the city council In related business, the city council announced plans to Legislative New Financing Law Has Sunset Council Worried Bailey told the council the new Y long-los- . Kent Randall wanted more time to consider the issue before au thonzing a bond election He felt the stir veys returned reflected the number of people who wanted a recreational center but those who opposed a recreational center probably didn't take the time to complete the survey Mr Randall pointed out if a recreational center were a money making venture then private enterprise would have alieady built BEEORE A DEflNIIE piogiam is set Mr Hunt will have a meeting with senior citizens to see what they want in eluded in the program Activ ities w ill prob ably be held on one day a week only and then expanded as needs grow Mr Hunt indicated many civic groups had expressed interest in using the I ast Lavton City Hall for meetings He said he believed some sort of fee schedule should be established so the building could be used up one ordinance will require members to each serve a four year term, no change from the existing ordinance Every two years, he exof the plan plained, The Sunset City Council Thursday voted to increase from five to seven people the number of members on the city planning commis- The fret chores of spring bring some together in the countryside near Clearfield. MR. HINT reported many semoi citizens of Layton had called his office voicing approval of this plan Mr Hunt recommended the council authorize him to make plans to use the build ing for senior citizens programs He said the only expense to the city would be for lights and heat in the building THE COIRT system contract expires July . he told the council "We staved with the court (circuit) because we thought it was best for the people " THE ISSl changing to a the peace court. tustice-o- f Mayor Sant explained "is in finding the right tv pe of person that can serve as a judge " With little comment from the council, the mayor pointed out that Sunset is an exception rather than the rule with its current court system E is "MOST ( ITIES our size do not have a circuit court " he sa'd Other than Clearfield and EuUutiful. the mavor said most of the county s smaller communities have courts justice-of-the-pea- NO DECISION was made bv the council on the issue Malpractice Suit Second FARMINGTON District Judge J Duffy Palmer declared a mistrial in a mala practice suit hearing against I ayton physician when a n ember of the jury reportedly confronted the plaintiff to offer sorrow over the death of the plaintiff s wife THE INCIDENT allegedly occurred a' a noon recess of the trial which charges Lavton and physician Kerth Wayment the Davis North Medical Center with neglect in the death of Demce H Savage op Sept 4 1979 Attv Palmer met with attor- neys for both the prosecution and defense in the judge s chambers during the recess and later Atty Palmer debecause of clared a mistrial the indiscretion actions of one of the jurors THE MALPRACTICE suit against Dr Wayment and the hospital was filed by Bruce G Savage, husband of the woman who died following childbirth, and alleges that the defendant (Dr Wayment) and other hos- pital staff personnel were "negligent in treatment of to her death " the victim prior Mrs Savage, it was brought out in court, had extreme difficulty in the delivery of a babv boy She suffered a ruptured uterus and lost a lot of blood before dying several days later a THE PLANNING commission has completed a preliminary play for the rezoning and will submit it to the council at the April public hearing Mayor Norm Sant said the council will probably make a decision on the rezoning proposal at that meeting mdm to best advantage IINAI I V , MR. Hunt recommended the park fee assessed to all people building new homes in L avton should be incicased from $200 to a higher rate established after study bvthecouncil Mr Hunt told council mem hers Layton was the first city in Ltah to assess a park fee to home owners his money is used to purchase land build and MR. WOOD SAID there would he an increase to property taxes in addition to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Elderly And Families In Davis County Face Housing Shortages By MARK D. MICKELSEN Judge Declared Mistrial In public hearing April 9 at at the municipal building to accept or deny plans to rezone the entire city Community members are invited to voice their opinions hold 6 30 p m IOINI ILM AN Randy Harris also questioned the money making abilities of a recreational center He said the facility at Orem that is most like the one being considered by I avton city is having a difficult time meeting their anticipated levenue figures Councilman Lynn Wood who is assigned to work with the Parks and Recreation Department. emphasized the city didn t want to make money but it would be hoped the recreation center would generate enough revenue to pay for maintenance and repair FARMINGTON Finding a place to live used to mean making a lot of phone calls reading newspaper apartment ads and occasionally saving up a few dollars here and there for a downpayment THINGS have changed For the single elderly in Davis County, whose monthly social security checks bring in sometimes less than $200. low cost housing is practically nonexistent ROSEMARY DAMS, director of the Davis County Housing Authority, said elderly and family housing shortages are especially apparent in the south end of the county due to skyrocketing land costs and outdated zoning restrictions She said there has been quite a push lately from the government and private sectors to study zoning problems and make the necessary changes Some changes will allow more density A NLMBER of elderly residents are living in houses that are paid off, she explained But when one or the other partner dies, one person is left with all the responsibilities of maintaining the home Since many of the older homes were built 30 and 40 years ago, Mrs Davis said the elderly are often faced with outlandish repair bills to update their house BY THE TIME the person gets an estimate for everything that needs to be done , the costs are in the $8,000-$l0,00range," she said In addition, escalating taxes and utility costs add to the 0 bur-de- n of the fixed-incom- e elderly SOME OF THE repair loans people have to obtain cost as much as the initial price of the house, Mrs Davis added In the past, money from the state housing rehabilitation fund was used to help out or elderly residents wanting to update or repair their homes THE MONEY is still available, according to Mrs Davis, but currently there is only enough in the fund to pay for improvements on ten houses in the entire county. W'e've come into a real crisis situation" with housing. Mrs Davis added She said most federal housing grants are at an end and said the state legislatures cutting of appro- ximately $150,000 from the state housing fund leaves the county with only $350,000 AND UNLIKE previous years, a five percent interest charge is levied on the money Davis County is in the process of submitting applications for Housing and Urban Development grants to combat the housing problems, but Mrs Davis said much of the available federal funding will be slashed under President Reagan's budget proposal IN THE meantime, the housing authority continues to get calls from local developers who want to build housing units Unfortunately, she said local landowners especially e those with single are in confamily dwellings stant opposition to more amily housing units WITH EYERYONE with an attitude like that there s no dwellplace for mutiple-familings," she said She explained further that younger children getting marhigh-pric- multiple-f- forced to move back home with their parents because of escalating housing costs AND WITH the majority of the citizenry opposed to multiple dwellings, landlords are able to charge whatever they want for their scarce living quarters, she said Alice Johnson, director of the Davis County Council on Aging, agreed with Mrs Davis about the shortage of elderly housing YOU PROBABLY have three times as many subsidized units in North Davis." she said, as in south Davis She said the housing problems don t stop when someone is placed in a complex, especially if the manager doesn t meet the standards of the elderly THE NEWER managers, she said, come in only to take care of maintenance and often have other e jobs full-tim- y ried nowadays are being "They (residents) like someone who can help them and who cares about them," she said PLANNERS ()! a n w Kaysville development aim at producing 72 units of elder1 housing have contracted wi. HUD to provide meals hcar aid and some limited social se vices to the tenants . Mrs Johnson said some i f the tenants will pay nothing others a small amount to act the services they need THE SOLTH end ol tic county "has a lot of demand for housing " she added not ing that currently, there is not enough housing to take care ol those needing services Mrs Daviscommented later that the serious need for elder ly housing "is matched bv the need for family housing SHE SAID A recent DC H A study of seven Davis Countv communities shows nearlv 2.213 families ose needs are not being met , any wav shape or form " And with Davis Countv showing 44 6 percent growth in the 1980 census. Mrs Davis said if something is not done the shortages will become even more severe in coming months |
