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Show !' fcv difor Page 4A Lakeside Review Wednesday, February 27, 1985 Editorial Community Shut Door Can there be such a thing as a closed community? Can the current residents of a city or town keep others from enjoying the qualities of life that they feel they have to jealously guard? Kaysville is a different sort of community. It is a city with history and traditions. It was one of communities the first to become a city in the State of Utah even before it was a state. It is a homogenous community, with nearly 95 percent of the population claiming membership in half-doze-n the LDS Church. It is a community whose resi- dents do not covet the hurried, noisy lifestyle of the big city. It is a quiet little city of families who enjoy the arts more than sports, who dont mind driving to larger neighboring cities to shop if it means they dont have to put up with the traffic and bustle of large shopping centers too close to home. Letters to the Editor Layton Seniors Do Have Center Review Editor: This is in response to the letter by Evelyn Pagel in the Feb. 20 Lakeside Review. ! Layton does indeed have a Senior Citizen Center. It is located at 410 Wasatch Drive. It is directly west of the Layton City Hall and Police Station. There are a variety of activities scheduled weekly. They include ; luncheons, arts and crafts, card playing, workshops, bus trips, dances, water exercise classes etc. Come join us. For more information call Shirley Lynch at 3 or 546-985- 544-410- 1. Ruth Stewart Layton Clinton Schools Faculty Grateful Review Editor: The faculty and staff of Clinton Elementary School wish to express our deepest gratitude to our PTA for the kindness shown us during Teacher Appreciation Week. was rudely and repeatedly inter- rupted and shouted down before he had used even one of the minutes alloted him. At least six former city employT. ees, including the two women who resigned, were present and prepared to testify to threatening and abusive treatment they feel they received continually from Mayor Sant. They feel this included the threats or actuality of pressure to resign, of being fired or having delayed or stall lights. denied without good cause-me- ans used by the mayor to get Ive personally tried to raise some interest on the county level his own way andor shut people to install lights. So far no one is up. The mayors acquaintanceship willing to do anything. Last estimate to light the complex was with the woman he hired and around $60,000. knowledge of her need for the job It seems to me that if the comwas a major factor in the hiring missioners are willing to spend by his own admission. Others did $43,000 plus repairs on a bubble not have an equal opportunity. that is used once a year for a He used his mayoral power to see county fair. Why cant they start to it his friend was put on the an act not of his plans to light the complex. City payroll This complex is used four private life, but his public office! nights a week, four months of the Why did the mayor refuse to year. There are no restrooms or accept and interview the original drinking fountains close by. This top five? Why wasnt a desk audit d of the complex could attract more interposition est if there were lights, restrooms, done at the outset to determine and water. the exact needs of the job? It has e I feel a better use of $43,000 workproved to need a could have been spent improving er, a qualification the mayor's this park and complex. Instead of friend could not meet. . Did Mayor Sant bother to .aspurchasing a white elephant bubble. certain the needs of the eight othKevin B. Mauchley er unemployed people who Kaysville placed ahead of his friend (based on their resumes an initial interviews)? or did he think they were just for the fun of it? the The question remains-d- id friend and hire his fairly mayor five-to-sev- pay-rais- es dren. We are fortunate to have such a supportive group of PTA vo- to all of you .Clinton Elementary Faculty and Staff Thanks Better to Spend Funds on Lights Review Editor: Recently you had an article in the Lakeside Review about the of more neighbors, especially a large numbers of neighbors in a small area. However, people have to live somewhere. Traditional singlefamily homes are becoming increasingly expensive and difficult to obtain, especially for young couples and families. And, many of these young people enjoy the qualities that same small-tow- n older, more Kaysville have also been opposed homeowners enjoy. Some want to for various reasons. The ratio of live in Kaysville. Many cannot apartment units to total housing afford it. units could be considered low, Should current residents be alaccording to City Manager John lowed to influence city officials to Thacker. The city has 366 apartof population in ment units, in complexes larger limit growth housing? Certainly, density than duplexes, plus two mobile higher a right to voice have residents all home parks which provide space concerns about public decifor 75 mobile homes. There are their sions and to provide officials approximately 2,500 total resiinformation about such dential units in the city. Thus, with as traffic congestion that things apartment units comprise about would be pertinent and helpful in 14 percent of the total housing in such decisions. single-famil- well-establish- making Kaysville. And, people who enjoy the Kaysville lifestyle want to keep it that way. But, sometimes its difficult to keep a good thing secret. Others want to share it. And more people means a gradual eroding of the good things that brought them to the community in the first place. A current controversy in Kaysville centers on whether developers should be allowed to build a it apartment complex on property at 325 S. 50 W- The areas present zoning would allow the development, but objections from residents have prompted a delay. On first consideration, the city planning commission granted for the depreliminary velopment, but now have tabled a decision, saying engineering apartment complexes However, whether a closed are larger than fourplexes, includcommunity is in the best interests of everyone concerned is doubting one with 120 apartments. However, about 50 percent of the ful. Schools in Kaysville and Daland in Kaysville is zoned for vis County as a whole are some type of housing of higher overcrowded and funds are limitdensity than single family homes. ed for construction of new According to Thacker, most of schools. Part of the shortage of that 50 percent is either occupied funds is due to the limited industrial tax base in the county which by single family homes or is undeveloped. is, at least partially, a result of The vacancy rate for apartment public demand for a quiet, resiunits in Kaysville is low, he said, dential lifestyle. and there is probably room for The whole attitude of keeping more apartments in the city. both industry and concentrated Thacker said traffic generated out of the area is one populations by the proposed development can need to change. Sales that may in and the be handled the area taxes are being lost to neighborfive indicates master plan citys collector streets are planned to ing shopping centers and property taxes for single family housing is mqve traffic to the south and Main Street. Current traffic at the low compared to that generated intersection does not warrant the by apartment complexes or busistudies are needed. ness and industry. The city's comprehensive mas- installation of a traffic signal, acof Utah use ter plan has designated best Maintaining the Kaysville lifeDepartment cording to of the area as potential multiple-f- Transportation studies. style is expensive. .And a closed The basic question seems to be community is much like a person amily residential or often uninwith a closed mind It seems the more one of principle than of loin live in and colorlfit unattractive who Those would Kaysgistics. teresting, proposed project ess. ville do not welcome the prospect overall scheme of future develop Only 19 48-un- - go-ahe- - newly-create- Sunshine Gone Review Editor: There is no sunshine" in the City of Sunset. The mayor and his council cleverly circumvented the residents freedom of speech by that only one person from the group could speak. That one spokesperson mm 0 I;f uljOfe y objectively? A self-righteo- finger-shake- ; si bteiM job-hunti- From Sunset City afifiaae: tUll-O-- full-tim- During the week, we received many expressions of their positive attitudes towards us, as educators. This helped us realize that parents do care and realize the extra things we do for their chil- lunteers. bubble the county purchased for the Davis County Fair. As I recall the cost of this fine investment was listed at $43,000. Repairs needed to fix the bubble were quoted at $4,000. In the county there is a softball complex by Davis County Golf Course. This complex has been in use for seven years. I understand that in the original plans lights were supposed to be included. There have been no lights installed. There are no plans to in- ment for Kaysville. However, residents say the present roads in the area are already congested, with the presence of an elementary school and junior high. 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