Show Clark Heads Citizen Master Plan Group One of the first steps has been taken to get the south Davis master zoning plan under way I II I I I THE CHAIRMAN of the cit citi- citi I I zen participation program has been named lie He is Ezra J JClark Jj j Clark S S. S Main Iain Bountiful Mr Ir Clark is active in local I civic and business a affairs f irs I I AS CHAIRMAN Mr Clark will work with Davis County I officials planning consultants and citizens program coordinator coordinator to help select a vice chairman chairman chair chair- man and committee chairmen for the seven committees He wIll work with these chairmen chairmen chair chair- men to select committee members members mem- mem bers preside at general council meetings follow up on progress of the individual committees and act as liaison between committees com com- and news media CITIZEN participation will willbe willbe be necessary if the master plan is to provide a plan that will be beof beof of value and will be followed in future years The master plan will provide a a guide for planning groups int the south Davis area to assist in determining street needs commercial areas schools etc ONE OF THE important phases is getting citizens involved involved in- in to find out what kind of a community they want This requires requires re- re quires pUblic meetings and studies of the many facets making mak- mak ing up a community It is this area that Mr Clark will direct BECAUSE PLANNING is for forthe forthe the people all the people of a ai af i f community the value of citizen participation in planning programs programs pro pro- I grams has become an accepted fact said Katherine 1 L. L Lueck I Bureau of Economic and Business Busl- Busl ness Research University of I I Utah who will help with the I plan I Only the residents of a community community com com- can actually identify its I real problems and needs and andi i therefore provide the keys to solutions for its problems and plans to meet its needs she said AN INFORMATION campaign will be conducted throughout the area to acquaint residents and businesses with the planning program This will be done through newspaper articles and talks before civic groups in the area The seven committees inI include in- in I clude residential commercial industrial parks recreation eat Ion and schools public facilities transportation and agriculture MEMBERS OF these seven committees will meet over the I next four months study their individual l subject mane make theIr reports and disband The committee chair chairmen men headed by the general and vice chaIrmen will continue to act I as an advisory group to the t i master plan program A GENERAL a orientation l' l I e n t a ti a n meeting of the council will vill be beheld beheld held Jan 24 When completed the program will provide a master plan for each individual community in inthe inthe I the south Davis area along with an overall plan Each community community com com- will approve the plan which will then be the master zoning plan FUNDS FOR the study will come 70 from federal funds with local communities and the county supplyIng the remainder j When approved the master I plan does not prohibit any furI fur fur- I ther Cher changes I But it does add weight to requiring that changes be in the best interest of the entire community |