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Show March A DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 12, 1998 Kaysville Books Mayor wants bell tower to be part of citys sesquicentennial project COOK: I'd like By RUTH MALAN to see the Standard Examiner correspondent community get KAYSVILLE - Mayor Brian Cook wants the old part of Main Street to become a destination for city residents, a place reminiscent of the past. Cook announced his plan to construct a bell tower, complete with clarion bells, when he spoke to the Kaysville Area Chamber of Commerce this week. The bell tower will be part of what is now called Millennial Historic district intact Transportation plan approved without controversial intersection By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Standard Examiner correspondent FARMINGTON - The Farmington City Council unani- mously passed a new transportation plan designed to meet the transportation needs of the city through 2020. The plan, which has been in the study and input stages for months, sparked emotional and intense citizen controversy when a proposed intersection on State Street would have removed one home in the citys histoncal district. Three other homes in the district would have been impacted. The approved plan eliminates the intersection with the provisions calling for city input when the State Street overpass is constructed, so the city can continue to preserve the character of the historical district. With elimination of the intersection, which was proposed to lower traffic counts in front of the junior high and elementary schools, the city stressed its desire to provide a safer environment for the schoolchildren. Projected traffic figures place more than 17,000 cars traveling in front of the junior high by See PLAN2 Farmington trail issue still up in the air City council wants to walk the disputed area before voting back to things done in the past," he said. Plaza and will be constructed as a city sesquicentennial project. The city will be 1 50 years old in 2000. Plans for the project on the comer of 100 North and Main inclarion bell clude a tower with a large clock, a gaze VOL 17, NO. 256 to past for plaza bo or bandstand, a sesquicentennial time capsule and special landscaping. We want to invigorate the downtown area, Cook said. Its the people who make Kaysville, Cook told members of the Chamber of Commerce. He growth and spoke of value-base- d maintaining the values the city has now, no matter how big the city gets. Its not just a town, its our town, Cook said. Since the city will be celebrating its sesquicentennial at the turn of the century, Cook wants to make a special year of it. Cook assured people the project will not be done with taxpay ers money. Although he gave no exact cost for the venture, he said it would come from donated funds, not tax dollars. But the goal for fundraising is $100,000. He suggests businesses and individuals make donations to the fund. Those donating large sums, the major and chief donors, will have their names imprinted on the wall or the structural part of the plaza. Other donors will have their names included in a time capsule to be opened in 50 years. I hope to get the city excited about it. Id like to see the community get back to things done in the past, Cook said. Cook envisions the clarion bells chiming at midnight Dec. 31, 1999, to welcome the new century and to begin the citys celebration. In other matters. Cook brought the Chamber up to date on the road projects and the business park. Kaysville has 80 miles of roads, he said, and with roads costing $100 per lineal foot, the city has $42 million in roads. miles of those roads Twenty-fiv- e have been recently redone at a cost of about $25 million. Cook showed slides of the roads finished, those being worked on and those planned for repair. Second North Street will be See BELLS4 Sometimes its OK to act up in Layton Rezone corrects earlier mistake When city council members approved a rezone on Antelope Drive, they were actually correcting their own mistake About 1 .7 acres was accidentally omitted during an earlier rezone from agricultural to single-familresidential for the Quail Crest Subdivision at 50 W. Antelope Dnve. Developer Neil Wall requested the correction be given immediate attention so building can continue, said Community Development Director Scott Carter. Carter said it was one of several similar cases coming up in the weeks ahead y Somewhere in the process Council approves rezone request school residence at Cook Elementary teaches kids about drama By LORETTA PARK correspondent - Fifth grade students at Cook School in Syracuse will SYRACUSE parents what they have learned and telling Keepsake Stones at 7 p m. Fnday at their school. The special presentation is part of the Artist in Residence program funded through the Utah Arts Council. Actor and writer Steve Chlorphine from New York spent the past two weeks doing workshops with the students and teachers. This was the first time the school was selected to be part of the e teacher. program, said Mary Shepherd, a students spent Fnday Sharon Sevys fifth-graexploring space. Chlorphine asked for three volunteers. Hands popped up quickly. We dont have too many shrinking violets, do we? Scvy said to her students sitting next to her. The drama classes were held in a portable classroom outside of the school. There were no desks in the room. Students sat on the floor against the wall and used the center of the classroom as a stage. They improvised situations, choosing characters and expressing emotions without using their voices or props. For some it was difficult. One boy got the giggles and had a hard time staying in character. But when he did, he made Chlorphine believe what he was doing. "In your mind you have to believe in what youre doing so the audience believes you, Chlorphine told the students. Chlorphine has come to Utah for two weeks each year since 1993 to teach drama to elementary and junior high students. He is also working with Syracuse Junior High students before and after school. He works with the students facial expressions and with their movements, how to use their limbs and gestures and how to understand emotions. I le also visits other states like Colorado, California and Washington. He teaches in his home state, too. When hes not teaching he is performing See COOK4 fifth-grad- By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES The city council has approved a rezoning request from agriculture to professional business for about an acre of land at 331 E. Gordon Ave. Several parcels near the proposed rezone are already professional business, including doctor and dentist offices and a land appraisal office. Developers are discussing plans to build housing for the elderly. However, that would require a conditional use permit from the planning commission. Community Development Director Scott Carter said no official plans had been submitted to the city. Vem Williams, who owns neighboring property, said his biggest concern was the developer's ability to rezone without informing the public on what will be built. However, he said he was somewhat reassured by Carter's announcement that the zone would require a landscape buffer or fencing and a buffer area of at least 20 feet. Farmington Service Council gets new chairman Farmingtons Community Service Council has a new chairman. David J. Asay was recently appointed by the city council to replace George Chipman, who helped to develop and organize the FCSC and has completed a two year term as its first chairman. We have greatly appreciated the excellent work of Service Council members and the support of the City," said Chipman. It has been exciting to watch this group come together to help families and youth. This has been a very rewarding experience for me" Standard Examiner correspondent FARMINGTON - Planning for Farmingtons trail system be- gan in 1993, and after input from numerous city councils, recommendations from planning commissions and city staff, at least eight or nine public heanngs and pleas from residents to put the issue to rest, Farmingtons trail master plan issue is still up m the air. The city council refused to vote on the plan until they had an opportunity to walk the disputed trail areas and get a better overview of the situation in those areas Two major events in the last year have shown the need for a master trail plan, said David Petersen, city planner The Legacy Highway has designed a trail on the west side of the highway and we want to make sure they put m that trail when the time comes. We have also received numerous development proposals and each one will have an impact on the future of our trails II we want to keep open space for the future, wc need a plan " See TRAIL2 PJMITS something goes wrong sometimes, Carter said. Artist in Standard-Examin- CBW ITS ALL AN ACT: New York actor Steve Chlorphine (above) teaches rs at Cook Elementary in Syracuse about different aspects of drama Chlorphine is at the school as part of the Artist in Residence program At left, the students participate in an acting exercise Chlorphine teaches them how to use their facial expressions and body movements to convey emotions Students will put on a program for their parents Fnday evening using some of the things they have learned KonT Ducr Standard In your mind you have to believe in what youre doing believes you. so the audience - Steve Chlorphine The service council was developed to unify and coordinate all family advocate groups within the Farmington area We have included representatives from each neighborhood," said Chipman The council meets quarterly May 14 is the next meeting Meetings are at 7 p m in the conference room of the Public Works and Recreations Building at 42 N 650 West The public is invited Several volunteer positions are available If interested, call Asay at 451 5312 COMING SATURDAY Plant puzzle Davis County burn plant officials aren t sure why trash service payments from certain cities don t add up Read about it in the next Lakeside Review |