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Show Davis County Clipper News is"! Legislators find few wetlands BY MEUNDA WILLIAMS Clipper Ski ff Writer What County about a Parkway that the Dnv is impressed Stuart Adams tour of the Legacy route last week was land the road would Rep. follow bears very' little resemblance to wetlands. "With the exception of one or two acres that had cattails and other wetlands features, the rest was sandy ground with grasses. In general these were low quality wetlands," the Layton legislator said. In contrast, lands which will be developed into a proposed 2.000 acre Nature Preserve as part of the parkway's plan, will be an asset to the community, he maintains. "1 was amaed at how much work has already been done on the Nature Preserve." Adams said. "UDOT (the Utah Department of Transportation) has hauled oil a lot of garbage and taken down fences. It will be a pristine spot within 15 miles of Salt Lake City. That's an unbelievable asset." the parkway advocate said. Adams, who serves on the state's Transportation Task Force, was inv ited to join mem- bers of the Transportation Interim Committee on the tour last Wednesday. He said it was the first time he had actually walked the route, and he was amaed at a number of things he observed. Among those, is that the route has been pushed east far enough that should the Legacy Pathway not be built, the land will be developed into homes and businesses and would be already developed if not for the proposed road. Adams believes. "It's a travesty that environmentalists tire saying WSU Davis: Already Continued from p. A1 We're adding an additional 216 parking stalls to take some of the pressure off." Davis said, noting that's one of the few complaints students hae. It was envisioned originally that the parking lot would be adequate for several years, at least. "It was a real challenge during the evenings," he said. In addition to more parking spaces, next fall will also see inauguration of a shuttle bus service between the Ogden and ton campuses. "It will run every hour during the daytime." Da is said. "There has been a big demand. Lay the road shouldn't be developed to preserve wetlands, but they'll wind up getting just the thing they don't want sprawl and growth," Adams said. I le also finds it problematic that Salt Lake City endorses the Mountain View Corridor through Utah and Salt Lake That counties. corridor becomes the Ix'gacv Parkway in Davis County. He said it's hypocritical on Salt Lake City's part because Salt Lake City has dumped nine lanes of traffic into Davis County and now wants more north-soutcorridors in the western portion of the Salt Lake's Mayor county. Rocky Anderson has been one of the road's major opponents In January 2001. the state received approval to build the parkway, but that permission was challenged in district court by environmentalists. Ogden campus). This will cut their time in half; they'll be able to do it in about 25 minutes." The heavy' response so fast wasn't anticipated. "We knew we'd have to do it (move some classes out) before the next building, but we didn't think that would happen quite so soon," Davis said. I think they (university have been administration) gratified by the response from the community, and from the students. They have really Hocked to this place." What about another build- - mg? "We are starting to think about another building, but are a way down the road. We need another academic building. We are starting to think about what departments we would put in." Davis said. In the meantime. WSU Davis won't be sitting still. Davis said. For example, several academic programs will be moving classes to the Layton - The and District Davis Board of Education School recently-announce- a crease prices. the in in- five-ce- school food Brices will go into effect for 2004-0school year. Lunches for elementary students will increase from $1.40 to $1.45. Lunch prices lor junior and high school students will go up to $1.85 and adult lunches to $2.55. the tion. Continued from p. A1 Starting this fall, telecommunications degree classes will be offered, along with elementary education degree courses. A nursing program will probably start in the fall of 2005. 5 d Layton-base- A comprehensive strategic planning process was completsessions ed. with four half-darelating to issues on campus and programs that officials wanted to see grow at the Davis campus. As far as the food service, another complaint, sandwiches and snack foods are already in place. More may happen after a bookstore reorganiation at the main campus is completed. y campus. The computer science program is in place up to associate degree status, with efforts con- tinuing to place the entire degree program there. Davis said, with that possible maybe by fall of 2005. School lunches to increase in FARMINGTON us like any other bursting at the seams especially for students who live in the residence halls (on the Treat Wal-Mar- t: Alter the court upheld I 'DOT's right to build, construction began, but then was halted by a temporary injuncThe case sits in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver as it waits for a second Environmental Statement to he completed. That document should be ready in July and UDOT officials contend that if the court lets construction move forward, it could be completed in 200S. Adams said that a tour stop along the Denver & Rio Railroad tracks (irande showed him that the Legacy Parkway would be difficult to buffer if the route were changed to the railroad's alignment. Additionally, some 150 families would be forced from their homes and hundreds of others impacted by the route change. h set of review rules, compared to when Target and Home Depot arrived. " The zoning ordinances are new." Thacker explained, "and there are new criteria added to the conditional use permit." le said that, for instance, had the application been made before December 2003. only the grocery aspect of filestore's goods would have been subject to the conditional use permit. However, because the application came in under the new zoning ordinances, merchandise is also being reviewed under the conditional use per1 Wal-Ma- mit. In addition, under the old ordinances, the economic impact study being undertaken would not have been feasible. "The added Parrish Lane (iateway design standards add another level of review." Thacker said of the difference between the application and previous Target-lik- e Wal-Ma- rt projects. "Also, we believe it is in the best interest for the Planning Commission to make all three decisions (conditional use permit, conceptual site plan and conceptual subdivision) at one time." Acting on all three decisions at once temporarily denies Wal-Mathe conceptual site plan, something that is not subject to the sort of detailed review currently being undertaken. I low ev er. Thacker said, the elements of the three permits city's rt tax won't fly without promotion jects. that will make benefits of the tax more evident. "If voters) don't see what they'ie getis this thing going ting. nowhere," lanucci said. While arts groups I have-bande- have lor how the 45 percent ol the monev they will receive would be distributed, the recreation side is not as well organized. Dave Mayor Farmington Conners said. " e need to get out and coordinate a plan." Banucci is a major promoter of a trails system, which he hopes would eventually run the length of the county. For now. he is focusing his efforts on getting cities in north Davis Countv to come on board, and would like them to give 50 percent of the recreation money they receive from the tax to the project for five years. together come up with the tax. the mavors heard trom representatives of the Utah Botanical Center, who asked C(K members for a portion of the tax. David Anderson, director of the center, asked the mayors for a fixed percentage of revenues fiom the tax. pointing to Red Butte Cardens in Salt Dike City which receives a portion of its funding from Salt I ake County's Zoos, Arts and In Continued from p. A1 Saturday 3 www.designwerksutah.com and a solid plan axes A More f lettersdippertoday.com ofP t i Lxfnres S V I I I I I I I I I I 14 decide by September whether to place a RAB tax on the November ballot. letter to the editor. it to us at: you need to do is 50 I 'Limited to ready made stock on skowroom floor. 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"I'll acknowledge that it's taking more time to process this and make decisions." Thacker said, "but we believe we have justification." "We have been expending more effort." he said. "Hut we've never had a project with such a magnitude of intensity and impact. We can't afford to be wrong." Lisa City Attorney Romney, who has vigilantly watched that the city treat the Wal-Maapplication in a "uniform, equitable" way, said that the additional reviews and consulting for the project are appropriate. "This is not 'any other " she said, referapplication." "I ring to Bergers words. believe the city is obliged to and responsibly respond believe appropriately. And they are doing their best." with agreed Romney deserv es Berger that Wal-Mato be treated like any other applicant. "Yes." she said. 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