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Show I I li A a ; : n leer License Denial Means No At Fairf ield-Rnbow ai - mg. Since the three could not agree on a LAYTON the By a vote of 4 to Layton City Council Thursday evening denied a store that was to locate on the northeast corner of Fairfield and Rainbow a Class A beer license . This decision means the store will not build at this site because beer is the major sales item for most convenience stores. 1 decision, the matter was earned over to counApril 15 when the entire cil were in attendance. 1 BEFORE A measure can pass, three council members have to vote for it. As soon as the beer license question was brought to the council for consideration on April 15, Councilman Sam Trujillo made the same motion that he made on April . He said, I move we deny a Class A Beer store on the northeast License for the comer of Rainbow and Fairfield because of the input from residents and the concern expressed by our Chief of Police. THURSDAYS council decision was the climax of several weeks of debate. Area residents opposed the store because of its closeness to the E. G. King Elementary School. About 300 elementary school children cross the intersection of Fairfield and Rainbow daily en route to school. Under the leadership of King Schools Safety Chairman for the PTA, Dorothy Payne, the council received a petition signed by 1 people stating opposition to the store because of the safety problem. 1 1 ANN HARRIS provided a second to the motion. Council discussion was very bnef. ALTHOUGH about 20 citizens were in attendance at the meeting, no one spoke until after the vote was taken. Jackie Salvitti, representative of the destores, addressed the velopers and council. She asked if the council objected to the sale of beer or the building of a store. other hand, developers of the property and representatives of Southland stores, stated Corp., the owners of ON THE 7-- As cold as SPRING SUNSET LAYTON - A special bond election for all Layton City citizens will be held on May 18 -- its been lately, it may be hard to think of this weather as but so says the calendar. In fact, were a month into it. One things sure, though, the sunsets have been picturesque as often is typical of this time of year, putting a beautiful cap on another day. spring-lik- to decide if the city will bond for $5 million in order to build a community center. e, APPROVAL to hold a bond election was given last Thursday evening by the Layton Population Nears By TOM BUSSELBERG If you ever feel like its getting crowded in Davis County, there might be some sound reasoning to back that up, with the county listed as having the second highest number of people per square mile in a recent report. SPREAD OVER the countys 199 square miles are just above 515 people for each square mile, were that population distributed evenly. Thats second only to Salt Lake County of the states 29 counties, where there are nearly 850 per square mile. Of course, there are still thousands of acres in farms or other rural uses giving the rural impression that used to typify Davis County as the states fruit basket. But population growth is marching rapidly on- ward and upward, with 154,000 residents listed in the July 1, 1981 population estimate just released. PUBLISHED by the U. of Us Bureau of Economic Research, that shows a jump of 6,100 since July 1, 1980, while the countys official census figure was listed at 146,540, or 2,000 under that. Meanwhile, the states population reached 1,520,000 as of July 1, 1980, an increase of 46,000 over the year before, or enough to fill nearly two Laytons or Wt Bountifuls. That was a 3.12 percent increase, or like adding a new i" 1 55, person for every 32 there viously. pre- City Council. The council vote was 4 to 1. David Pratt voted against the motion. Council member Ann Harris, the council member assigned to the Parks and Recreation Department, stated that a vote to hold a bond election did not mean the council members were in favor of the community center. The vote simply meant, the council felt the citizens of Layton be given the opportunity to decide if they wanted this facility built. SHE CONTINUED this line of reasoning by stating a citizens survey circulated several months ago showed overwhelming support of a community center. Based on this survey , the city had gone to the trouble and expense of hiring 000 an architect and a bonding company. This time and effort should be put to good use. Councilwoman Harris pointed out that the economic situation might have changed peoples minds. She said the center would mean an increase in property taxes. FINALLY, Councilwoman Hams promised to get all the information for and against the community center out to the newspapers and to the people so any decision that was made would be based on facts. Part of the resolution to hold a bond election included the statement that the bond would not exceed $5 million and that bonds could not be sold at interest rates in excess of 12 percent. dmg at $996,214,000, a 14.5 percent jump from the previous year. three of the four comers of the Fairfield-Rainbointersection are currently zoned commercial. The store met all the criteria set up by the city for commercial zones. Sooner or later building would take place in this area. It would be reasonable to assume a grocery store or some other business that normally holds a Class A beer license would want to build on at least one of the three commercial comers. The beer license decision was to be made on April . That e' ening only three council members were in attendance at the meet- - growth than in previous years, the report noted, adding that was expected due to the economic slowdown. The bulk of the states growth was in Utah, Salt Lake and Davis Counties, with more than half of the new growth-- 16, 500, in Salt Lake, and 8,600 in Utah county. Guys 7i Dolls Runs Tonight Thru Monday Layton High Schools production of the musical comedy Guys N Dolls will run percent of the growth took place in those three counties but substantial growth also was noted in Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Sanpete, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Washington and Weber counties. Sixty-eig- states AMONG population sidelights brought out were a continual increase in the number of births since 1965, except for drops in 1972 and last year. The number of deaths has grown, as well, attributed to a higher population percentage over age 65. Data is derived from vital statistics, school enrollment and LDS membership data and population estimates coordinated by the Utah Population Estimates committee under direction of the state census data center. formed in 1981 vs. 5,230 in 1980; construction permits were authorized at a one percent higher level, or $931.3 million vs. $922.1 million in states eco- nomy was also provided in the report, showing taxes paid at just under $1 billion last year, 1,600 dwelling units authorized last year was recorded, with 9,253 authorized in 1981 vs. 10,901, ora 15 percent drop. Air passengers, or the total number of people on and off air transport at Salt Lake City International Airport, dipped by just under five percent, at 4,036,939 in 1981 to 4,239,826 in 1980. Tourist travel to state and national parks was up, slightly, the report noted, at 12,226,798 in 1981 vs. 12,039,578 the previous year. Department store sales in the Salt Lake-Ogde- ances will be held Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 1 Phone Published Weekly by 451-295- CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. JOHN STABLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out Of State $5.50 per year Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance THE SCHOOL band competed on April 15 in the regional music festival that was held at Roy High School. They received a rating. Band director, Boyd Hunter is working hard to build a quality band program. The Laytones were de- scribed as electrifying at their performance during the Sterling Scholars finalist program that was held last week in Salt Lake City. CAMPAIGNING for officers is now going strong at Layton High. The halls are filled with colorful posters prepared by candidates. dmg Theres Mot Yet no such thing as the large economy-siz- e package for government spending. Pathfinder -- Bookmobile Contract LAYTON cent. Looking at employment, the civilian labor force grew by 1 .7 percent, from 618,820 in 1980 to 629,0 0 last year. The unemployment rate between July 1, 1980 and July 1, 1981, rose from 5.4 to 5.9 percent, nearly a ten percent jump. - About 20 mem- bers of the Layton Senior Citizens group attended the Layton City Council meeting last Thursday evening to express to council members their appreciation for the use of the old East Layton City Hall as a senior citizens meeting place. THE SENIOR citizens pre sented Mayor Lewis G. Shields with a letter signed by 67 people stating their appreciation for the use of the building and explaining that the senior citizens program was expanding. About 140 people now attend some senior citizens functions. Besides weekly meals and programs, the May 1 1s Deadline n istered $463 million last year compared to $429 million in 1980, or an eight percent increase. COOPER production statewide was up 33 percent, coal nearly six percent, crude oil to refineries increased five percent and electric power utilized went up nearly eight per- Finally Approved Seniors Thank Council metropolitan area that includes Davis County reg- 1 A LOOK at the of through Monday. Perform- were 6,151 corporations 1980. A DROP 1 ABOUT 40 minutes of discussion followed. Finally, Mayor Shields stated the council had made a decision and the time was being wasted discussing a dead issue. He went back to the council meeting agenda and opened discussion on the next item of business. dmg 1 Other economic indicators: NATURAL INCREASE accounted for a greater of Utahs population 1 - The deadline for filing tax FARMINGTON abatements on 1982 property tax assessments is May 1, 1982, according to Davis County Auditor Ludeen Gibbons. ABATEMENTS involving disabled veterans or their widows, blind, indigent and circuit breaker apdate. plicants will be accepted prior to the cut-o- ff deadline be will not the filed after Applications accepted. For more information or help in filing, residents are urged to call Fawn Jensen, deputy auditor, at or contact the Davis County Auditing Dept., Room 115, at the courthouse. 451-332- 9, senior citizens are now offering other activities including square dancing and some craft workshops. THE LAYTON senior citizens complimented Shirley Lynch for her help and Richard Hunt for his support. On April 27, the senior citizen luncheon will consist of an assortment of sandwiches, potato salad, macaroni salad and cake. It will start at p.m. By Layton City Council LAYTON -- - The Layton City Council voted to enter into a contract with the county library system for bookmobile service to run from Jan. Dec. 31, 1982. 1 , 1982 until THIS ACTION was taken last Thursday evening. Several delays have occurred that slowed down the bookmobile contract. Sevsigning of this year-lon- g eral questions about the wording of the contract had to be worked out before the council felt the contract was acceptable. The contract stipulates Layton City will receive 52.6 percent of the total public service time the bookmobile spends in the north part of Davis County. Service time is defined as the actual hours the bookmobile is open to the public. 1 Following the meal, Jane Fogleman, a lady who loves to travel will talk of her travels and show slides. She has lived in Hawaii and in Europe during her husband's military career. She is now associated with A Carefree Travel Agency in Ogden. THE GROUP quilts several days a week. If anyone is interested in the days and times, call Shirley Lynch at 544-- 4 101. dmg LAYTON CITY will pay $13,820 for this service. Half of the cost will be paid by May 15 and the remaining fee is due Nov. 15. There will be no negotiations in schedule changes without approval from the county library board. READING MATERIALS that are circulated from the bookmobile are selected by the state library board. Days the bookmobile doesnt function because of bad weather or other reasonable problems are counted as public service time, dmg |