Show Mayors Prepare For Floods By LE ANN BLODGETT Mayors of Davis County and the meeting as a Correlation of Governments were urged to qualify their cities for federal flood Ray Zinger of the State Board of Water told them the consequences of THE AGENDA also included a report on the progress of planning the Davis Park in Fruit Heights and two proposals from the Wasatch Front Regional Approval was given for in application for federal grants and in notice of FLOOD insurance is available to agriculture and businesses only through the federal government- Cities must qualify by submitting an application to HUD and Urban Bountiful is the only city out of the 13 flood-prone cities in Davis County to qualify for flood insurance to Cities are not required to be but plans for control and emergency procedures must be ZINGER explained that failure for a city to qualify would cause flood-loss victims to be ineligible for federal loans to Albert assistant said agreements have been worked out with Fruit Heights on the planning or three little league softball diamonds and four tennis courts in the Davis County A DISPUTE had arisen concerning the location of the ball diamonds too close to the Plans were moving them back toward the An application for a grant will be made to the Bureau of Outdoor with an additional match from the county for the total park CITIES AND towns will be PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 2 Prepare For Floods CONTINUED FROM FRONT getting they got according to Ivo chairman of the Wasatch Front Regional He said the been designated as a clearing House to plan and maintain an integrated system of When the state is planning road cities will be notified before they come into the A Mills also the COG members to approve for the for planning roads and Trans Com will do the planning and the state will continue to do the The 2 million is for the five-county Commissioner Stanley Smoot said he believed it was a good move to get the planning into the hands of elected where people can ask the road isn't It will take some time to implement the new HE PRAISED Trans Com Director Wilbur saying he was known as one of i the best transportation ex- j in the The council readily approved Clinton's application for for a city Mayor Gary Bush said the ten acres secured on would eventually include two ball diamonds and could encompass a football field and virtually everything desirable to a over a period of OTHER applications approved included for a statewide network of volunteer Harry Gillespie explained that it would be a program to get volunteerism organized in the tapping this great human A summer work under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act was given approval for an application of The program will provide disadvantaged youth with summer AN ALLOCATION of is designated for Davis Youth will be given opportunities on a priority based on extent of financial They will have an opportunity to earn per hour for ten giving them work experience and enable them to return to school in the lb |