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Show ASSS. UTAH STATE PRESS 46? EAST SALT LATE 2 CD SO. CITY, UTAH 8UU DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 North Main, A Laytoa Utah 84041 A Phone Pjbiished weekly by CL,tPti PUBLISHING CO John Stahie, Jr Publisher 546-473- 5 Entered and Second Class Postage Paid at Layton. Utah Subscnpton - 450 per year M NUMBER NINE VOLUME SEVENTY - EIGHT Voice Of Davis County " (USPS 1492-6000- ) 32 PAGES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1983 Laytoa City Council Considers Potpourri In Recent Session By DONETA GATHERUM - LAYTON The Layton City Council handled several unrelated items of business at their last council meeting that was held June 2. A PUBLIC hearing date was set to consider a rezone request for some property on the east side of Fairfield Road just north of Rainbow Drive. The property is currently zoned CPI. The requestors want to change the zone to R-This would allow the building of residential and multiple use buildings. The public hearing to consider this rezone request will be held July 7 at 7:15 p.m. A LIEN waiver for curb, guttering and sidewalk was approved for Bob Green who plans to build on the northeast comer of Emerald Drive and Cherry Lane. The lot would be 82x193 feet. There is no curb, guttering or sidewalk on the side of the street where Mr. Green plans to build. The council tabled action on joining the Utah League of Cities and Towns. This organization provides information to each city member. The organization hires lobbyists to promote legislation favorable to cities and towns. Nearly all incorporated municipalities in Utah belong to the sed fee for this year is $7,344.21. The council delayed joining the League last year for several months because they questioned the benefits of belonging then. THE COUNCIL approved the first beer license for a restaurant in the Layton Hills Mall. The Class B license which allows beer to be served with meals was given to Palacia Mexicana, a new business that will locate where the J.J. Mills Gallery used to be. The council officially cancelled $1 ,826.59 in delinquent water bill accounts. This is an annual bookkeeping procedure. Accounts not paid are referred to a credit bureau for collection if the individual or company has not declared bankruptecy. IT IS ONLY rarely that money due the account is ever colcity in a written-of- f lected. Finally, Mayor Lewis G. Shields extended certificates and awards of appreciation to several Layton residents. Robert Cottle received recognition for being the chairman of the Layton Spring clean-u-p campaign. Clark Adams, chairman of the Downtown Rehabilitation Committee, and Ann Harris, council member involved in the downtown rehabilitation, were both recognized for their efforts in securing community block grants for Layton City. League. LAYTON CITY council members ques- tioned whether or not Layton received benefits from membership great enough to justify the cost on belonging. Membership fees are based on population, assessed property value and sales tax return. Laytons asses MR. ADAMS commented upon receiving the certificate of appreciation from Mayor Shields, We caused some improvements in the grant program. The flooding in South Davis County makes our problems seem small in comparison. If thats where the money has to go, thats where it belongs. MAKES POOL REPAIRS TMmgs Are Skimpy Parade, Fireworks All Part OfJuly Riata Days - A big 4th of LAYTON July Riata Days celebration is being planned in Layton City this year. Parade entries of all types are welcome. Entertainment, individuals and groups are needed to perform in the North section of the Commons Park. THERE WILL be a parade, ball games, entertainment, fireworks, an art show and concession booths. Organizations and indi- viduals wanting to participate should start making plans now. Reservations need to be called into the parks and recreation people for concession booths. CONCESSION booths are about 20x14 feet in size. Rental fee is $30. The booths will be set up for the group renting the booth. Chairs, tables and other props must be provided by the renters. Booths are given out on a first come first serve basis. Call soon to reserve Sunday Summer Concerts Slated At Layton Park y Summer LAYTON - The Layton Orchestra is sponsoring Sunday evening concerts in the Layton Commons Park throughout the entire summer. These concerts are free to the public. They will be held in front of the Heritage Museum, weather permitting or inside the museum in bad weather. -- All-Cit- CONCERTS begin at 7 p.m. each Sunday evening. All ages of performers will be heard from preschoolers to adults. ON JUNE 19 The Band, a dance band that plays favorites from the 50s and 60s will be featured. Also on the program will be Keith and Julie Brimhall with a flute duet and Richard Heath with a percussion solo. On June 26, the program will include Del Rowes Salt City Seven Dixieland Band, Cheryl Ann Call cello solo, Charlene Call, violin solo and David Thayne and Jeanne Day, clarinet and soprano duet. FURTHER information about these concert programs can be obtained by calling David Thayne at dmg 292-769- 3. At Layton City Pool space and to insure that you can sell what you want to sell. The parks and recreation department number is An art show will be held in the Heritage Museum. 544-345- 8. THE ROTARY Club is sponsoring the second annual Riata Days Fun Run. The race will start at 8 a.m. July 4 in the Layton Commons park across from the front of the high before school. June 24 is $5. This price includes a Registration the day of the race is from a.m. The cost is $3 but included in there is no this fee. There will be lots of prizes to first division finishers plus lots of drawing prizes, dmg Register Now For Riata Days Fun Run The Layton Rotary will be having its second annual Fun Run on the 4th of July Riata Days. THE RUN is four miles, begins and ends in the Layton City Park, across from the high school, near the LDS Seminary. The run begins at 8 a.m. Preregistration forms available at local sporting good stores or any Layton Rotarian. is $5, includes a Layton City Employee Brad Merrill chalks cement slab separations to prevent swimmers stubbing their toes at the city pool. Deadline is June 29. Registration the day of the race is $3 from a.m. the day of the race, if still available, can be purchased for $3.50. By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Inadequate dressing rooms, missing tiles, broken cement, repair and replacement problems didnt stop the Layton City swimming pool officials from opening their out-dofacility to the public last Saturday. -- or IT WAS QUESTIONABLE about opening this year, says parks and recreation director, Richard Hunt. The parks commission wanted to keep it closed. We decided we could do some repair work and make the pool last through the summer. Next year, the city council will have to decide what should be done about the pool. The Layton swimming pool was built in 1956 or 1957. At the time it was an adequate facility for the population of Layton. TODAY, LAYTON has grown tremendously in size. The one small pool is far below the National Recreational standards of one pool per 10,000 people. Maintenance costs are so great that it is difficult to justify the expense. The pool plumbing is outdated. Pipes are hard to get to when replacement is necessary. The deck and building are in poor repair and too small. The concrete itself is now deteriorating. There is no adequate way to take care of peoples clothing. Once each year the pool pump motor has to be replaced or rebuilt. The city keeps a back up motor just in case of failure. Tile work is constantly being replaced. Mr. Hunt says repair of the cement work and other needs would be greater than the cost of replacing the pool. Years ago when the pool was constructed the city should have set up a repair and replacement account. If this had been done then, there would be money available today to provide a good pool facility for the people of Layton, Mr. Hunt believes. MR. HUNT is not in favor of putting money into an extensive remodeling and repair project. The pool is outdated. Underground pipes are not accessible. New pools have the pipes in an open area where you can reach them when they need replacement. The filter and chlorine system is good. Everything else will just constantly be expense to the city. City Councilman Sam Trujillo is in charge of the parks and recreation department. He says this year is the time to develop a plan for the swimming pool next year. To cement, tile, sand and refinish the bottom of the pool would cost about $10,000. The work would last for about two years. Inadequate building space, lockers and problems with the pipes and the deck would be the same. At some point in time, it will have to be replaced. Now is when we should devise some method to replace the pool within a year or two, Mr. Trujillo states. WE HAVE looked at Bountifuls facility. Perhaps a bubble on the top would be a good idea. Maybe we could work a trade-of- f program with Layton High School. They would use the city pool and we could use the high school for little league programs. Clearfield does this. Now, Layton recreation programs have to all be run in the armory. There are many swimming programs for citizens that could keep the pool busy year round. The programs would pay for themselves, says Mr. Trujillo. pool. The outdoor pool with a bubble is an approach the people would probably find more acceptable," says Mr. Hunt. Replace or repair is a political decision that only the members of the city council can make. REPAIR FUNDS could be included in the next fiscal year budget. Replacement costs would require issuing general revenue bonds or earmarking a mill from the property tax revenue for the swimming pool for a period of two to three years. It wouldnt necessarily mean a property tax increase, states Mr. Hunt. It would be up to the council to decide where the money would come from. MR. HUNT explains that swimming pools do pay the operating expenses through revenues generated. It is difficult to make the initial expense back. Inspite of the poor condition of the Layton pool and the many problems that made opening it to public use this year doubtful, one thing cant be denied. The Layton pool is constantly being used. Swimming lessons go on constantly throughout the summer months. During the open swim period from 12:30 until 7 p.m., the pool is filled to Reservations by groups from the pool from p.m. every day except Sunday started coming in soon after the first of the year. A month ago, there were just a few open dates. over-capacit- y. 7-- Continuing the councilman states, Now is a good time to go ahead with new construction. Building materials costs are down. The labor market is good. It looks like the beginning of an economic turn around. W'e dont want to raise taxes or the mill levy. We do need a better swimming pool. This is part of a basic city recreation program. MR. HUNT says replacement costs would be somewhere between $600,000 and $700,000. The new pool would be larger. Perhaps, a bubble design like the Bountiful pool has would be the best way to go. An indoor pool would be very expensive. After the defeat of the proposed recreational complex that was experienced last year, I doubt the people would support an indoor IT WOULD be impractical to build swimming pools in Layton to bring the community up to the national standard of one pool per 10,000. Hopefully, we can wcrk out a program to provide the citizens with one good swimming pool, Mr. Hunt concluded. Councilman Sam Trujillo stated the council members and the parks and recreation people are interested in citizen input. He invites Layton residents to reply to this story through letters to the editor or through calls to council members or the parks and recreation office. |