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Show ' j UTW U" . S.V--- The Roy City Council Tuesday approved an ordinance to create a city redevelopment agency, agreed to take steps to hire a private firm to upgrade the citys master plan and set the first meeting of the new agency. City Attorney Roger Dutson said the ordinance follows the state statutes governing redevelopment agencies. He said it stipulates that the City Council serves as the agency board and is authorized to enter into legal contracts with developers. He said formation of a redevelopment agency is necessary before the city can help obtain financing for 'ifi ' acl1, ,, mm ji r 4C V'l r.yn ,. y :un -- developers through the use ol tax increment bonding This is the initial step to revitalization through redevelopment of both commercial and residential areas, he said. "This is the beginning of something big and important to this community. Dutson said the next steps toward redevelopment are taken by action of the redevelopment agency He said the agency first designates a acting separately, determines the survey area by resolution. The agency then must prepare a preliminary redevelopment plan for the area with goals and a means to reach those goals. At least two public hearings must be held by the agency on the preliminary plan. Then a formal redevelopment plan must be formulated using the preliminary plan to designate areas for specific projects. studies the areas with potential for redevelopment. Next, he said, the City Council, Prior to any action being finalized, Dutson said, the citys master plan redevelopment survey area and must be updated and the development plan must be with the master plan. Dutson said if a majority of Wuperty owners by area, in a ' e signs ted redevelopment area the plan, action cannot be taken ii icss the plan is approved by a vote i con-iMe- op-Is- 'he entire community !e said if of the property nr,ers in the area oppose the plan, f agency cannot reconsider it for at I st three years. ; tie hard Tubbs, representing the Hns Chamber of Commerce, told the 'tuncil the chamber members would e to sit in on meetings of the "i I two-thir- agency and monitor actions it takes Dutson said the chamber had apcommittee to pointed a work with the redevelopment agency and he was willing to have that committee work closely with the agency I met with the chamber board," he said, "and they seemed in favor of revitalization of the business areas, and the redevelopment agency can give them some assistance with their own efforts Councilman Earl Moms said he was real pleased by the chamber action and called the formation of the four-memb- n (nntinued on Page (un CMaoNiai u 40(7 (MnSOcl(M ymr pt Pfc SIS 1044 SOT, one of the greatest milestones in the citys histor Tubbs asked if the agency can be used to revitalize existing buildings as well as to encourage new development Yes, Roy has many good buildings which might be included in redevelopment areas, even though we wouldnt want to do anything to 'he We building itself, Dutson said might improve the area by upgrading surrounding businesses, streets or something else City Manager Richard Kirkwood agency toy t4 04047 Roy, Utah UnfUl ( 4447 mkir pm!4 y ( Utah 110 prk Strt . 441 Writ 40 1400 W 44ru )UI t August eal utt IwfcMrlplI 1 IS v 7 1 3 ki ty 1980 fifiKSFetaifiyS The annual Roy Days celebration gets under way Saturday with a merchants sale in the citys business d'strict, baby contest and Miss Roy pjgeant. Competition in a tennis tournament i.i conjunction with Roy Days is going on this week at facilities throughout Roy and will conclude Saturday. (See related story on todays sports pages) . Bargains on a vanety of are promised by many Roy g merchants involved in the rale. Kurt L. Anderson, chairman of the celebration, says the sale is designed to encourage residents to take advantage of shopping op portunities at home." Most stores will be conducting sales from opening time in the morning until 6 p.m. A baby contest for Roy babies only will get started at 6 p m. at Roy High will School cafeteria. begin at noon and continue until 2 pm. Babies will compete in several categories and entry fee for each category will be 50 cents, with a limit of two categories per child. Fourteen young Roy area women will compete for the title of Miss Roy during a pageant Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Roy High School auditorium. Tickets cost $3 for adults and $2 50 for students and can be purchased at the door, from pageant Doris McClelland, at the Roy Municipal Building, or from any of the contestants The contestant selling the most tickets will receive a prize. Other events planned include an interdenominational religious service mer-cnandi- day-lon- s Sunday, bicycle Wednesday at 4:30 pm at moto-cros- race 1900 W. directed by John Nicholas, and e challenge softball 7 30 p m. at Sand at game Wednesday Ridge Park. On Aug. 21 a fashion show and symposium will be held at 7 pm. in the Roy High cafeteria A back to school disco dance is planned for Aug. 22 at 8 p m. m the Roy High cafeteria. A full slate of events is planned for Aug. 23, including parade, address by Gov. Scott Matheson, park activities, historical arts and crafts display and fireworks at Sand Ridge Park. The religious service planned Sunday is a new addition to traditional Roy Days events. Representatives from each religion have joined together in planning the 5000 S. firefighter-polic- : TIMES changes in gasoline price are frequent during this competitive season. the latest puts up change for the price of regular at Dart Inn. SIGNS OF THE Ev Robison Some gas stations take loss to remain competitive By Dave Horner Staff Writer Two weeks ago it was difficult to find a gallon of regular gasoline priced much lower than $1.18. In early Juni gas station attendants said $1 10 per gallon was a But, over the past week, the price of gas to consumers went lower than some distributors charge to put it in the pumps. One service station attendant who asked not to be identified, said his station actually took a penny loss on each gallon pumped to meet the competition, and prices dipped to $1 06 at several Roy area stations. Over the past two months, the price of gasoline has been going up and down dramatically. In the past week a motorist could buy gas in the Ogden area for only a nickle more per gallon than the rates of last summer. give-awa- y. The manager, of a he Phillips 66 station in Roy said cut-rat-e doesnt blame people for going to stations. It doesnt matter to a lot of people what the brand is, if they can save 15 cents a gallon. But that's the difference between a cut rate and full full-servi- service gas station right now, said. he Those people who care about saving pennies per gallon, appreciate the difference between paying $1.06 at an independent gas station and $1.28 a gallon at a Texaco station for regular gas on the same day. Gasoline distributors were sometimes reluctant to explain the economics of pricing, but those who would talk said that business was dowrTand the supply was up, causing prices to go down to bring in more customers. Another reason for lowering prices is to sell gas supplies more quickly. Under the national gasoline allocation program, gas is allocated based on the previous month's consumption in an area. If gas consumption is down, the distributor's future allocation can go down. But, the most obvious reason is competition. Some gas refineries are able to produce for less and pass on the saving to distributors. Some distributors, in the interest of competition, may sell the gas for less to the gas station operators This creates variations in the mark-u- p on the price of gas. With many gas stations located in an area, a competitive situation often termed a gas war, can develop especially among the independents Certain gas stations try to offer the lowest prices, maybe only one cent lower than nearby competitors. Soon, one or several others bring their price down to match the cheapest, and often it starts a chain reaction with nearly all the stations reacting with lower prices. From Ogden the price drop usually flows through Riverdale to Roy and on to Clearfield and beyond. In the past week, the price of gas in this area was lower than could be found in Salt Lake City. The hot competition has many of the gas station attendants talking very cautiously, and nobody wants to be quoted. One attendant said, we cant sell enough to make up for what we lose." Operators who sell major brands say their prices are set by the company. And some independents say. We try to match the other stations in our area. We dont try to create a gas war. i.,4iuAk4 A interdenominational program designed to coincide with the theme of this years Roy Days, Reflections of according to Henry Matis, coordinator. Since Roy Mr. Matis also said, residents are generally religion- You, oriented, we wanted to design a program of patriotic and spiritual thoughts to pay tribute to our great heritage. Continued on Page 2 Ogden policemen aided in Clinton death investigation A team of Ogden police officers has been credited with providing information which led to the arrest of a youth in the murder of a Clinton child. John P. Miller Jr. was arrested by Clinton Police Chief LeRoy Webb Aug. 6 several hours after the body of Anpe Hoskisson was found in an abandoned house just blocks from the homes of the suspect and the victim. The child had died of strangulation, a state medical examiner later confirmed. Further tests are being conducted to determine whether she was sexually molested. Miller, the son of Mr. and Mrs John P. Miller, 552 W. 1250 N , will face charges of first degree murder and kidnapping. He admitted killing the child during questioning by police. Webb said other charges may be filed pending results of the medical examiners report. Clearfield Police Detective Rick Rendon said Monday that he and Webb had compiled a list of three suspects following preliminary investigation of the killing. They then received a call from Ogden Police Detectives Burl Malmborg and Rose Hillman who said they had arrested the Miller youth in October 1979 Rendon said. Malmborg said Tuesday that he and Hillman arrested Miller in an incident involving a small child. He said the case was referred to First District Juvenile Court He said another Ogden officer, Joe Chesser, a resident of Clinton, mentioned the boys name to Malmborg, who remembered the earlier incident and informed Webb of the previous arrest. Rendon said further investigation placed the Miller youth in the same neighborhood as the victim and he was immediately number one on the suspect list. The Miller youth is being held at Moweda Youth Home, pending the outcome of a detention hearing which was to be continued today in First District Juvenile Court in FarContinued on Page 2 mington |