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Show Lakeside Review, Wednesday, January 2A 15, 1986 x :' ' s w ' v;-a- f jf 'WSJ J: - ' V o ' 1 - vi X ' 41 7 ; w V'vNt- 'Xx '(Swwr, - Xv 1 .r U:. 4- County rallys for support flood policy development far enough awayj t to allow for ROBERT REGAN KAYSVILLE - Like a hen gathering her chicks, the county is trying to gather its cities to show Vtp X ; - s 'Mf i , V-- X X t j&x CAUSE OF FIRE that gutted Pizza Hut, 335 E. Gentile in Layton, early Monday morning is still under investigation by the Layton Fire Department. The fire caused more than $400,000 property damage. The fire department received the call at 4:46 a.m. With the aid of two fire trucks and 25 firefighters, the fire was under control within 15 support for its proposed flood control ordinance. The purpose of the ordinance is to require permits for anyone building or developing along the (stream) channels, said Sid Smith, director of flood control for Davis County. He is making the rounds to all cities in the county and made a slide presentation to the Kaysville City Council recently. They will need a permit if development is within 100 feet of the center line of a channel. It doesnt mean they cant develop but they will need a permit, $ Smith said. Staff photo by Rodney Wright If passed in its present form, the ordinance will give the county minutes, but firefighters said it had been burning for hours before it was noticed. The fire originated in the control of the main stream channels as well as maintenance reback storage room. Above, a fireman searches through rubble for the restaurants safe, while Pizza Hut manager sponsibility for those channels. By a unanimous vote, city offiCraig Page, left, and Cort Galbraith, Layton fire marshall, showed their support for the cials survey the ruins. There were no injuries. countys proposal after seeing and hearing a litany of problems from prior mismanagement It seems rather ominous to accept responsibility of these channels, Smith continued. And yet compiled a breakdown of which Fremont, Clinton, Sunset, Mayor Gerald Purdy agreed that elementaries will feed the North South Weber, and the remainder the county seems the logical Davis area junior high schools. of Doxey Elementary will attend choice for taking control of the Hill Field (area C), Lincoln, Sunset Jr. High. channels. Adams, and Vae View ElementaOne of the countys concerns is West and Cook, Syracuse, ry students will attend North unchecked development near the Point Elementary students will Layton Jr. High. the stream channels and flood attend Syracuse Jr. High. Layton, Crestview, E.G. King, plain areas. As recent as last sumThe 1986-8- 7 ninth grade stu- mer, Whitesides, and East Layton Eledevelopment has been withdents affected by a boundary in 20 feet of a stream, and in one mentary students will attend Central Davis Jr. High. change will have the option of case, was being built on the gravHolt, Wastach, South Clearcompleting their junior high el washed down in the 1983 and field, Hill Field (except area C), school where they have been at1984 floods. and a few students from Doxey tending, except those students Often with development comes scheduled to attend Syracuse Jr. bad channel Elementary will attend North Damanagement, he vis Jr. High. High, said Davis School officials. said. Smith showed slides where the bubbling stream was reduced to a stagnant puddle because of lack of drainage gradient. He also cited the problems of a narrow channel and houses too County for eight years. in the flood plain. The new built Her hobbies include spending ordinance will keep the county las well as time with her children, cooking and camping. Brown is a resident of Kays-vill- Boundaries of three schools changed FARMINGTON Three area junior high schools will be affected by boundary changes made recently. The boundary adjustments for the 1986-8- 7 school year were announced at the Davis County Board of Education meeting last week. All high school boundaries, along with eight of the junior high school boundaries will remain the same, said school board officials. There will be only three junior high schools affected by the boundary change," said Gayle Stevenson, associate superintendent of the Davis School District. The schools are North Davis Jr. High, North Layton Jr. High and Central Davis Jr. High. The boundary changes that have been made for the next school year are due to the new Syracuse Jr. High that is now un- der construction. The school will be completed by Aug. 8 of this year, at a cost of $5.2 million. To prevent confusion, the Davis County School District has Employee of year announced The Davis FARMINGTON commissioners have anCounty nounced the Outstanding Davis County Employee for 1985. Allyson Brown, deputy clerk, received the second annual award for her outstanding service to the deputies and judges of Davis County, said Glen Saunders, Davis County commissioner. The recipients of these awards can be nominated by a department head, or by another employee," Saunders said. The nominations are then reviewed by the chairman of the commission, the president of the employees, and the personnel director, he explained. We then visit and interview the employees, Saunders said. Brown was awarded a certificate of appreciation and a cash amount of $50, Saunders added. Anna Cluff and Betty Tyner were also recognized as nominees, Saunders said. We dont have an employee of the month because it would disrupt and take away from the significance of this award, Saunders added. And what does the 1985 Employee of the Year do for Davis County? My job is making sure things are coordinated with the District Court and the clerks office, Brown said. A team effort is necessary in this office to make my job sucBrown said. cessful, I enjoy working with the per- sonnel and I enjoy working for the county," she said. Brown has served with Davis CLEARFIELD Others nominees for the award were Anna Cluff of the treasurers office and Betty Tyner of employ- BRYON SAXTON FARMINGTON Davis Countys abandoned mines will undergo treatment to make them safer. Davis County is very fortunate to have very few abandoned mines, said Dotti Brockbank, public relations officer for the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining. There are mine shafts located Farm tax From 1A he said. For example, in 1982, net farm income in Utah was $55 million property taxes, and farmer property taxes were $15.2 million, Wallentine said. But in 1983, net farm income fell to $36.8 million, while farm property taxes increased to $23.3 million. This sharp increase in property taxes has contributed to the worst farm economic crisis in Utah since the 1930s. How anyone can seriously consider adding more property taxes to farm machinery is difficult to see, Wallentine said. At the hearing, the State Tax Commission made a proposal to change the schedule of property tax that is paid on farm machinery, he said. The commission wants farmers to pay tax on 80 percent of the value of their machinery for property taxes in the first year, compared to the 95 percent they are now paying on, Wallentine said. However, the proposal also in u in the surrounding areas of both Kaysville and Farmington, Brockbank said. These mines run horizontally. Its amazing that Davis County has so few mines," Brockbank said. However, as few as they are, the people of Davis County should still be made aware of the dangers involved, she said. Even though these mines are not terribly deadly, people in cludes keeping the value at a level which never falls below 58 percent, regardless of how old the machinery is, he said. The State Tax Commission is basing the change on the blue book value of the machinery, he said. But the blue book value is considered to be way to high, according to both farm machinery dealers and the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. The value in the blue book is quite a bit higher than what you could normally get for your machinery, said Neal Briggs, a Syracuse farmer. The blue book (value) is two or three times higher then what you could actually sell your machinery for," Briggs added. Your machinery is only worth what you can auction it off for, he said. Agriculture is a capital intensive industry, Wallentine said. And most farm machinery has only a seasonal use. So we have asked the State Tax Commission to hold off on their decision for the new schedule, Wallentine said. The State Tax Commission is taking the matter under the Davis County area should be aware that they are there, Brockbank said. The state is conducting the program to make the mines safer, the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program. Under this program, the mine shafts will be filled in with backfill. There are also 13 mine openings on Antelope Island, she said. A Sunset wom- an suffered no injuries after a train hit the back of her car last week. Michelle Zimmer, 22, 1843 N. 200 W., Sunset, was returning to work when the accident occured at a Clearfield railroad crossing located at 200 S. Main, said Sgt. Dan Jones of the Clearfield City Police Department. The left back end of her car received a glancing blow from a ton. There are 564 Davis County employees, said Davis County County's abandoned mine shafts to be filled Review staff minimum swing on a; steam shovel. With that clear-- ; ance, one of the large machines 18-fo- ot will be able to clean out the chan- - ' nel should it become clogged dur--: ff. ing a flood or during a spring-runo- Smith called a steam shovel the perfect machine for what we . need to do. Another problem involves the , material deposited by erosion af-ter a natural area has been That material is carried downstream until the force of the -water is insufficient to carry it further. It then drops out, causing an effect like the Nile Delta. That may be agreeable in Egypt, but in Davis County the debris usually plugs a culvert. This kind of plug was the cause of the in Center- lake" just east of ville in the 1983 flood. Problems-likthis can be solved . with quite a little : work and often quite a lot of money, said Smith. The pro-- " posed ordinance would try toM solve the problems of future floods through smart manage- ment of today. We lean heavily on the expert- - O ences of 83, but those are proba-bl- y insignificant in terms of l flooding in years past due to " thunderstorms. Smith showed slides of the Salt Lake International Center where the landscaping was designed to J be not only aesthetically pleasing but to be used for storm drainage and retention. The countys desire is to keep " channels open with an open devel-ope- We will be filling the holes on Antelope Island as soon as the weather breaks, Brockbank said. These mines are quite accessible. The high priority mines to be aware of are the ones located in the ski areas, Brockbank said. Skiers need to be aware of these mines and be on the lookout for indentations in the snow. There have been three mine fatalities in Utah within the last six months, she said. a Do you have NEWS TIP? ' after-the-fa- ct ac-ce- ss for maintenance. We lean heavy to access for our equip-menespecially in the flat channel areas, Smith continued. This is preferred over the costly solu- tion of piping a stream. The ordinance will also affect the way cities do business on their own. It will require the city to obtain a permit for the connection point of a storm drain to a stream channel. t, C ; her clear of the railroad tracks, Jones said. Zimmer drove around the rail- road barricades, he said. "The train was traveling at an estimated speed of 50 miles an hour on impact, Jones said. : No other injuries were reported in the accident. THEREVE BEEN SOME CHANGES... t 1 NEW OFFICE HOURS 8:00 a.m.- - 6:00 p. 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