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Show WX: Hires 2 Last Tuesday evening the Woods Cross City Council approved a motion to hire two full time police officers. This move was made after the recommendations from the Public Safety Committee and the Citizens Committee reported on public safety and facilities for the master plan. " THE NEW officers will be hired from the ranks of the firesent part-time police of-icers. of-icers. The city is hoping that the police officers, presently working part-time, that are not hired will remain with the police force on a reserve basis. The two additional full-time police officers will enable the city to provide for 24 hour coverage and give some flexibility to the scheduling of shifts for the officers. IT IS also hoped that one of the new officers will be assigned as-signed part time to Woods Cross High School, however, this detail has not been completely worked out. The council also approved the purchase of a 1975 Plymouth police vehicle from the Highway Patrol and added ad-ded a third motorcycle to the force. IN A MOVE for rezoning, the council approved the re-zoning re-zoning of the property at 1500 S. and 100 W. from A-l to R-2. Verle Haacke has an option to buy that property for future development as a residential subdivision. After approval from the County Planning Commission, Commis-sion, Mr. Haacke will begin building 36 homes at a selling price of $48,000 to $53,000 each. The subdivision is tentatively ten-tatively to be called Spring Meadows and the homes will be FHA approved and 1000 to 1200 square feet on the main floor. The tentative completion comple-tion date is in the fall, probably proba-bly October. DURING THE public hearing hear-ing on this matter, Louis Corbridge asked the council to define the difference between R-l and R-2. Mr. Corbridge's concern was that multiple family dwellings might go up in that area. Mayor Lawrence Urry assured as-sured Mr. Corbridge that there would be a restrictive covenant on the permit allowing only single family residences for that subdivision. sub-division. Mr. Haacke verfied his intentions in-tentions to build homes in that area. The difference between R-l and R-2 is the size of the lot: R-l sets the minimum size of the lot at 10,000 square feet and provides for only single family dwellings; R-2 sets the minimum size of the lot at 8,000 square feet and allows for duplexes as well as single family dwellings. THERE IS also a R-1A ordinance or-dinance that specifies all that the R-l ordinance does except lowers the minimum square footage to 8,000 square feet. In another zoning matter, Ted Nielson came before the council and asked for a conditional con-ditional use permit to build three more storage units south of those already built behind the Woods Cross Market. The property is zoned C-l and the ordinance does not allow for storage sheds. Mr. Nielson was informed that a public hearing would need to be set and publicized before the council could act on his request. - THE COUNCIL set the public hearing for July 11, at 8:00 p.m. If the council approved the change in the ordinance, Mr. Nielson could i start building thirty days after the ordinance was posted. post-ed. Mr. Nielson was informed that the council would also want a letter of intent stating that Mr. Nielson would pay his share of the curb and gutter gut-ter when the city decides to install it. Prior to the public hearing on the approval of the city budget, Mayor Urry expressed the council condolences con-dolences at the death of City Recorder, Alan Low's father. The funeral was held in Lay-ton Lay-ton on Tuesday and the burial followed in Cache County. DURING THE budget hearing hear-ing Mayor Urry presented the following revenue figures for fiscal 1978: $195,000 (47 percent) per-cent) sales tax, $81,000 (19.8 percent) state and federal funds, $73,000 (17.8 percent) property tax, $22,000 (5.4 percent) per-cent) fines, $19,000 (4.6 percent) per-cent) licenses and permits, $10,000 (2.4 percent) interest and rents, $9,000 (2.2 percent) storm drain fees. This represents a total of $409,000 in revenue for fiscal 1978. A total of $390,000 has been budgeted for fiscal 1979, which begins July 1, 1978. After reviewing the final budget and with no opposition from the public the city council approved the budget for fiscal 1979. IN OTHER action, the city council moved to accept a bid from Whittaker Construction for construction of 300 feet of storm drain on 2600 South upon approval of the city engineer. en-gineer. Nary a council meeting is held that the matter of storm drains is not discussed. This matter would seem of little concern to most people. However, it is a matter that involved all of us since one fourth of our mill levy, 2 mills, pays for the additions and improvements of our storm drain system. THIS FIGURE is relatively low because the city imposes an impact fee on a developer as part of the building permit and designates this fee for storm drain development. Some people feel that the impact im-pact fee unjustly raises the cost of a new home. The city council feels that the impact fee helps defray the additional addi-tional cost of providing services ser-vices for a new development. If the impact fee were not ' assessed, the city would have : to raise the mill levy to help pay for the improvements made on a new subdivision or on commercial or industrial construction. THE MILL levy is presently 8 mills, which compared to other cities in Davis County is relatively low. The cost of each new home to be sold at $50,000 would be about $250 or .5 percent. The city council is asking the city engineer to draw up a five to ten year plan determining the future storm drain needs for the city. The council felt that a long range plan is necessary before they can allocate money from the general fund or make new assessments to finance expansion of the 1 storm drain system. Also discussion Tuesday evening was about the city's cost for a pedestrian overpass over Highway 89. The county has assessed our contribution at $8550 in 1980, which is 25 percent of the cost to be paid by city governments involved. |