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Show 6 A r Q if ffluCDSQQLlCD w Gmncn (snannUD 3 Vol. 4 No. Bountifu josces? 41 Wednesday, October 17, 1984 Site Hear Hill Set For Plant APRIL ADAMS Review Staff After four years of struggle and controversy, a resource recovery plant will likely be built east of Hill Air Force Base on 23 acres of unincorporated Davis County land. Construction may begin before .the end of December or early much-talked-abo- ut , next year. Some opposition can be expected from a local developer and some residents in a housing area near the proposed site. A few meetings have already been held among local residents on possible ways to fight the project. The most recent opposition meeting was held in EastRidge Estates in Layton Monday night. Most of the opposition centers around concerns that the resource recovery facility will lower property values in nearby neighborhoods. County officials have repeatedly said this will not be the case. .However, if all goes as scheduled, construction on plant could start anytime after Dec. 13, county officials say. An option to by the land, owned by the Glen J. Love family, has been obtained by the county. This means the county has six months to purchase the land, if an official decision is made to build the plant there. During that time, the land cant by sold to anyone else, but the county must pay the land owners $10 if they dont purchase the property. The land is located north of Hill Field Road and just east of the air force base, right off base property. It is near Layton City boundaries, but is not in city lim- Photo by Rodney Wright- - VISUAL DESSERTS like in and serenity on a recent warm Sunday afternoon, a perfect time and place to socialize. . ;; Bountiful. The Robert Clay, Jack Good and Grant Good families (above) enjoy a moment of beauty Officials To Discuss Islands Future Antelope IslanchMay Get New Access Road From design drawings dated October 9, the facility is planned to be built on 10 acres and will be 60 feet high, with one smokestack on one side. The plant will be constructed will the ability to expand in fuot ture years. With the proposed location, an additional 200 yards of pipe will need to be added to the planned 5400 foot pipe line. The tipping fee for the garbage is estimated at $13 a ton. some types of animal and plant life, such as antelope or elk. Individual park management plans will be written or are being reviewed for all state parks in Utah and should be completed in about two years. The plan for Antelope Island may call for a loop road that would establish access from two different points, rather than just ner. one' road. Items to be addressed in an The road leading to the island expansion plan at Ante- would be resurfaced and a new lope Island would be access, road created that would loop beach development, and restoring around to Travis said. APRIL ADAMS waters. Review State Parks and Recreation department officials will be attempting to work out a general management plan for the natural state park. The plan is scheduled for completion by 1986. A public meeting to discuss future park plans will be held in . Syracuse in coming months, said Ken Travis, a department plan- - Staff Several SALT LAKE CITY big changes could be in store for Antelope Island in the next few years. The creation of new access roads, habitat revitalizing and how much development to allow will be addressed soon by state park officials The biggest problem facing the state park and one that a state management plan would address, is access. The causeway road to the island for months has been under the Great Salt Lakes rising its. An appraiser will determine the price of the land. 120-fo- golden and red leaves in the foothills attract picnickers to Mueller Park five-ye- ar This would also call for improving the road that runs along the island. Or the north access road through Syracuse to the island could be resurfaced and repaired, but Travis said he thought at some point in time, both projects will be done. The cost is the prohibitive factor right now, since such a large project would cost several hundred thousand dollars. However, no action could be taken if roads were to be added or repaired until the lake level drops down and state officials can be assured it wont rise again and destroy roads. For this reason, another aspect of the plan may be to revitalize the island with different types of forage. Wildlife such as antelope and elk may also be brought to the island. ; Recreation in state parks has become a key issue, because of the importance of tourism in Utah. Money is the major probi lem, since state park funds hav been at 1975 levels for the past four years. Officials Hope Debris Basin to Be Finished Soon The line will transfer steam the facility produces and pipe it to Hill Air Force Base, who will buy the steam energy. The pipe will run under the overrun on the main runway on base, so construction will not disrupt aircraft CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff Bountiful BOUNTIFUL City is still looking flood control problems which could cost millions of dollars. That is what city officials told Davis County Commissioners last week when they asked for traffic. Continued On Page 2A county funds to solve culvert and creek erosion problems. ' However, one long awaited project is now underway. Stone Creek will finally get a debris basin, and city officials cant see the project being completed soon enough. A massive slippage in the canyon has Bountiful officials scared to death, Tom Hardy, city manager, said at last weeks county commission meeting. We are very, very uncomfortable with it if we cant get it in place by next spring. The debris basin will be built in Ward Canyon south of the Boun tiful High B with 145,000 cubic yards of dirt from a hill to the north of Stone Creek. Heavy machinery is already clearing the way for construction to begin. The $1.2 million Debris basin project was awarded to Herm Hughes and Sons. Since condemnation proceed ings were successful, the project, will be on county owned land.' Bountiful will become an agent to, Davis County. In 1984 the Utah State Legislature appropriated $425,000 for the debris basin and the remaining $775,000 is coming from the county bond issue. Mill Davis Library Driving While Drinking Called Seasonal Levy May Be Cut This year, two or three patrol APRIL ADAMS Review units will survey up in the Staff hunting areas, he said. Utah is noted for having some of the most stringent DUI laws in the nation. In 1983, the emphasis became centered around enforcement of the state FARMINGTON Drinking seasons come in spurts. Its seasonal. Were due for a rise in the number of people caught driving under the influence (of alcohol), said Capt. K.D. Simpson of the ,Davis County Sheriffs department. The number of DUI arrests will likely increase with the hunting season, level out in November, and increase in December with holiday festivities, laws. The number of DUI arrests was lower in 1982 than in later years, because the publics eye wasnt directed there as it is now, Simpson said. for handling drunken driving arrests, he said. In 1984, the sheriffs depart- ment will receive a federal grant officers, to fund two for DUI enforcement. Grant full-tim- e With national advertising - - too. r. We are getting more police officers in the field now strictly science now. - Patrolmen are sent to special schools to learn new techniques on detection and reporting of the cases, which has helped detect more DUIs," the captain ' said. The other reason he cited was monies currently supply enough e money to fund one person for that job, he said. He also noted that on the average, more DUI arrests are made on weekends. Roadblocks are another reason for increases in drunken driving arrests during certain months. full-tim- APRIL ADAMS Review Staff A tentative FARMINGTON $1.1 million 1985 budget for the Davis County library system stands a good chance of being approved as is. The 1985 budget is about $148,000 more than the estimated expenditures for 1984, with $50,000 of this coming from unspent monies from the previous i year. campaigns against drinking and driving,' we are getting hit with it from every angle, he said. There are two major reasons for the larger number of DUI arrests in 1983 and part of 1984, Simpson said. With the emphasis on en-- . forcement,- - lookout for possible DUI cases is emphasized to patrolmen, he said. DUI enforcement is almost a he said. The highs and lows in the number of these arrests can be attributed to the increase in the use of alcohol for the various seasons, Simpson said. With the approach of hunting season, we always have trouble with intoxicated hunters, he said. Many of the arrests during this season are made from roadblocks set up in Davis County canyons. An average of 20 to 30 DUI arrests are usually made during this time. The roadblocks are set up in with the states Wildlife Resources Division, since firearms violations are often discovered man-powe- 1982 Library officials also projected next yqars county library mill levy may be reduced from its current 2.05 mills to 1.94 mills. The total proposed budget is $1,131,194 for 1985. There is not enough money in the projected county library fund to begin construction on a new regional library facility. Layton City has proposed the next county library be built within their city limits and county library officials have indicated a number of times they favor the idea, but an agreement was nevA reached. About half of next years proposed budget is dedicated to salaries and benefits for county library employees. The amount of money projected to be spent on books, $100,496, is about $10,000 lower than the estimated amount spent in 1984. Money for handicapped facility improvements required of all county buildings has also been set aside. Some improvements, such as special parking spaces, have already been constructed. Also included in the suggested budget is $28,273 for the county bookmobile in the southern portion of Davis County. The city of Layton paid about" $20,000 for bookmobiles services to its city, said Jeanne Layton, director of the county library system. About $40,000 was also generated this year from library cards from Layton. She reviewed the tentative proposal on Monday with county library board members, who approved it. The proposed budget falls within the limitations imposed by the state legislature a few years ago. The 106 limitation law prevents taxing entities from collecting, more than 6 percent of what they collected the previous year. v |