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Show kitchen-doo- Kaysvill ROBERT REGAN Review staff - KAYSVILLE With their presence and their applause, the citizens of Kaysville agreed with their city councils decision to close the kitchen door. The group attending the city council meeting last week clapped their approval to Mayor Gerald Purdys rebuff, The people in Houston dont have a feel 40-pl- us for our town and they picked up this property Oust) for an investment. His comment was directed to Art Pasker, of Holland and Pas-kArchitects and Planners, who complained he and his Texas investors are being hurt financially by a city ordinance change to restrict housing density in Kays-vill- e er The close the kitchen door philosophy describes a situation where people move into an area and then want to close the opportunity for those who want to follow. It is often used to preserve n feel of a commuthe small-tow- nity. The recently revised city ordinance reduces the housing density from 20 houses per acre to 15.5, according to Councilman Brit Howard. Volume 5 Number 52 o roiects r issue is whether or not the city council should grant some vehicle for the grandfathering of our conditional use permits as requested by Neil Blackburn, Centerville mayor who is trying to develop the 120 unit Brookside At Apartments. quirements of the old regulations. In this case requested the projects be allowed to continue in spite of the expiration of their conditional use permits. Blackburn was joined in his plea by Pasker who represents the it Kaysville building of the Apartments. Many will want grandfathering but I feel these changes (in the ordinance) are for the best," said it-i- s 200-un- Grandfathering is the bending of new regulations to allow a project started under the old regulations to finished under the re- - Serving Roy and northern Davis County New center planned for said. Students must attend school 180 days per year, which means if one school holiday is added, then another scheduled holiday must be taken off the calendar. We could stretch the other end of the calendar for more days, Welling said. However, its easier to keep kids in school in the heat of the fall then it is to keep them in school in the heat of the spring. No extra days to the tions, Staff photo by Rodney Wright . GIVING SANTA a final whisper is Bethany Jones, daughter of Robert and JoDean Jones of Farmington. - ' Ha Review staff The Davis School FARMINGTON District student travel policy has once again made itself an item of controversy for parents, students, and board members. We have determined, again, some feelings from the public, said Gayle Ste- venson, assistant superintendent of the Davis School District. A travel policy survey was conducted by regional and local PTA members with the following high schools participating; Davis, Woods Cross, Viewmont, Bountiful, and Clearfield High. Also included in the survey were five junior high schools, Millcreek, Centerville, Mueller Park, Central, and Kaysville Junior High. Of 286 people who participated in the Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1985 '86-'8- 'Flexibility' favored for student travel BRYON SAXTON page 3 A The Davis School FARMINGTON District is planning ahead by preparing the 1986-8- 7 school year calendar. The Board of Education should identify the beginning day of school for the 7 year, so parents can plan around it," said Lawrence E. Welling, superini tendent for the Davis School District. Another reason for early planning of the school calendar is to decide where career ladder days will be placed throughout the year and make the necessary adjustments to add them. Welling metal pieces. Requests for rezoning in the past had Respondents cite See KAYSVILLE, School calendar planned by Davis County board LAYTON Layton will get another convenience store after the City Council finally approved a rezone of property on Antelope Drive and Hill Field Road to .allow for the construction of a small commercial center. The property has been a source of irritation for the city for some time. A medical plaza development fell through after construction had begun on the corner, leaving foundations with protruding , they began their developments under the old ordinance and have sought renewal under the new ordinance. However, City Engineer Lee Cammack countered their claim stating that both the old and the News briefs Layton area drawn heated complaints from parents in the area who didnt want a convenience store to attract their children to the intersection. There are no sidewalks along the stretch of road where the center will be built, making it dangerous for children to walk to and from school without the increase in traffic such a store would bring, according to the parents. None of the parents came to object to the new proposal and the council voted to approve the request. Several felt the removal of the old foundations and spikes would eliminate a safety hazard to children and the addition of sidewalks would also benefit the local residents. can see for you the tim7 ing is really bad. Both developers claim they are caught in a timing crunch after I Purdy. 'once-in-a-lifetim- r . opportunity as reason to hit the road e' survey, 63 felt the policy should be left flexible enough to allow for special, opportunities, regardless of mileage, dollar cost, or time once-in-a-lifeti- away from school. And 251 parents agreed, while 15 disagreed with travel policy exceptions. I feel there is a strong feeling for the trip, Stevenson said. Stevenson then mentioned that he would like to add an item to the financial arrangements of the travel policy which would read, Beyond fundraising activities, students individual contributions are limited to $400. He then explained by adding the dollar limit to the policy, the parents of the students would be protected from being financially bound. I support the dollar limitation they , can commit trom a parent, said Henry Heath, board of education member. We should also require the financing to be in advance. Its healthy to have a financial limitation, Heath added. Dollars are the issue," said Dr. Raymond Briscoe, board of education member. But we should eliminate the mileage limitation, he said. When participants were asked how familiar they are with the school boards travel policy concerning student group travel during school days, 54 of 286 said very familiar. The; survey shows that the parents are not aware of the travel policy, Briscoe said. There must be a way to make the parents more aware of the problems that face us with this policy, he added. Whatever happens, once we set the policy, the administration should administer it, said Heath. And the ultimate check should be the secret ballot by the parents, he added. An issue that remains unsettled is whether or not the travel policy should be administered by the administration, said Sheryl L. Allen, president of the Davis School Board. Other areas still unresolved include the mileage limitation, the dollar limitation, and when the parents should have their say, Allen said. The Davis School District travel policy came under scrutiny by the board members after 32 travel requests were granted at the first of the school year. The travel policy will be reviewed at the next board meeting in January, Allen said. Sunset to save in city insurance comparison Council votes to join group liability package CHERILYN KAWA Review correspondent Sunset will save more SUNSET than $10,000 by joining 40 other cities in a Local Government Trust to obtain general city and vehicle liability insurance. City officials voted to spend $18,826 for the total liability package for the fiscal year in comparison to pre6 miums of more than $30,000 offered by commercial carriers, according to City Treasurer Elden Jackman. The trust bases premiums on doubling 1984 rates, Peter Anderson, representative of the pool, told the council. Then in two years, policies would be and adjusted, he said. Anderson explained that the trust is not an insurance company but a program. He said it is a nonprofit Organization with a board consisting of local appointed and elected 85-8- ed officials. Staff photo by Rodney Wright MOVING MANGER scene at St. Peter's Episcopal Church to represent journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem is Crystal Waite of St. Peter's School. The insurance market for public entities has dctcroriated even more, said Anderson. It is the trusts policy to minimize losses through an ongoing SafetyLoss Control Program. The trust considers of highest importance the safety of its member entities, their employees, the protection of their property from damage and the safety of the public they serve," Anderson told the council. A safety engineer is employed by the trust to visit member entities on a regular basis as well as on special requests, said Anderson. One of the most important aspects of the program is each entity having a risk manager who coordinates group-wid- e safetyloss controls efforts, according to Anderson. Areas such as safety training and an established set of rules and safe practices for all public entity employees to prevent needless accidents are also emphasized in the program. A preventiative measure used by the trust is to conduct investigations of losses or accidents to determine the basic cause and to try to remedy it. ' The policy also written with a claims which occur after the effective date and are claimed while the policy is in force are covered." Future claims will only be covered if a discovery period" is purchased for an additional premium. Mayor Norm Sant said the city is not able to get additional insurance coverage as officials had hoped, but he feels rates being offered for next year based on 1984 are great." We won't get offered better rates, he said. will need to be added calendar for emergency situaWelling said. Those days that are missed for emergencies are approved through the Utah State Board of Education. We could cut some days off the L6-d- ay Christmas vacation and add some extra days to the month of May to make room for career ladder days," suggested Henry Heath, school board member. There is a need for more consideration to be given to the calendar," Wdf-m-g said. -- 2, The calendar that is being used for tJfe 1986-8- 7 school year, is the same calendar used in the 1980-8- 1 year, in which classes began Aug. 25, W'elhng added.; T; The board of education w ill makeii decision on the calendar at its nel meeting in January. Developers miss hearing; ' request for rezone tabled: Granada representatives LAYTON who were late for a public hearing on their request for a rezone found themselves out in the cold last week. The request for rezone concerned property located near Hillgate Terrade Mobile Home Park near Hill Air Force : Base in Layton. Developers wanted to change the zoning to allow for construction of enclosed storage rental units in an area that now used for open storage. That area: is adjacent to the bases clear zone and the rezone would have been a compatu ble use for property near the air corri: dor. , City Council members wanted ;to know about access into the area since the streets leading to the storage area are those used by mobile home owners in the development. Since the developers were not in attendance at the scheduled time the council denied the request and will again consider the issue if it is presented-tthem after the first of the year. o Bridges oh most Utah's : highways in good shape:; LAYTON - The Department of Transportation has released information regarding the condition of Utah's bridges. The interstate Highway and State road system bridges in Utah are in better shape than bridges in any other state; with the exception of Arizona, according to a report published by Better Roads magazine. , ; Some of the local Layton City bridges that came under the study included; State Route 232, Gentile and Church Street where the bridges intersect over Interstate 15, and the south end of main, street. Which takes you from Layton to; Kaysville, said Lynn Zollinger, . struction engineer. pre-co- n- Dost quote 'Ho ho ho, and a merry Christmas!' ; Santa Claus, heard high over Davis County and Roy on Christmas Eve night. |