In case you missed it (like I did) panel addressed potential impact of planned Freeport-like project

Panel to address impacts of proposed Syracuse development
By Antone Clark
Standard-Examiner correspondent
Sat, 02/25/2012

http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/02/25/panel-address-impacts-proposed-syracuse-development

SYRACUSE -- Members of a panel will publicly air the potential benefits and costs of a proposed development in this community from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers of City Hall.

Ninigret Group LC's proposal to develop approximately 180 acres in the northeast section of the city will be the topic; panelists will include public and private officials involved with economic development.

Alexander Lawrence, vice provost for Innovation & Economic Development at Weber State University, will moderate.

The panel is expected to field questions regarding the pros and cons of the project, said City Planner Kent Anderson.

The current Ninigret concept plan proposal includes a 155-acre job center, which could include an array of industrial, light industrial and commercial uses. The concept plan proposal also includes 25 acres of multifamily development.

The project is south of the coming SR 193 road-expansion project, west of 1000 West, east of 2000 West and north of 700 South.

Ninigret outlined plans for the project in November on property owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The company estimated the project could bring as many as 1,200 jobs.

Recently, some neighbors have expressed their opposition in city council meetings. No specific site plans or details of the project have undergone public review or public hearings at this point, though city officials have tried to gear up the proposal.

Panel participants will include: Jeff Edwards, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah; Christopher Conabee, managing director for Corporate Recruitment and Incentives, with the Governor's Office of Economic Development; Andrew Gruber, executive director of the Wasatch Front Regional Council; and Randy Jeffries, a project manager for the Utah Department of Transportation who is currently heading the North Davis Corridor project.

Also on the panel are: Kent Sulser, director of Community and Economic Development for Davis County; Jason Burningham, a principal with Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham; Alan Rindlisbacher, director of corporate marketing for Layton Construction; and Tom Burdett, the community development director for the city of West Jordan, and a Davis School District representative.

Clearfield police search for car burglary suspects

Clearfield police search for car burglary suspects
By Sheena McFarland

The Salt Lake Tribune - 20 Feb 2012

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53551482-78/police-clearfield-doors-car.html.csp


Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the suspects who stole dozens of items from unlocked cars and open garage doors in Clearfield early Sunday morning.

The burglars walked around the area of 300 North and Barlow Street to 800 North and 775 West trying car doors to see which would open. They stole iPods, GPS locators, stereos and other valuables. They also opened garages where the doors were opened. About 35 vehicles were burgled, and the thefts all took place between 4 and 7 a.m., said Sgt. Kyle Jeffries of the Clearfield Police Department.

Police were able to track the thieves’ footprints in the snow, but it appears they got into a vehicle and drove off.

"We would also ask that all citizens lock their vehicles and garage doors every night so that thieves cannot have such easy access to steal from them," Jeffries said.

If anyone has any information about the burglaries, contact Clearfield Police at (801) 525-2806.

WATCH FOR Suspicious pickup truck

WATCH FOR Suspicious pickup truck seen in Autumn Ridge today near park near south end of 525 W.

Watch for beat up White Toyota Tundra, License B4248M.

Police reports have been made. If you see the truck, report it to Clearfield Police.

UDOT: Davis County SR 193 extension to begin in spring

By Mitch Shaw
Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 6:24am

(Link to original story: http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/10/12/udot-davis-county-sr-193-extension-begin-spring)

CLEARFIELD -- Davis County's next big road project is set to begin early next year.

The State Road 193 project will likely go out for bid in January, with construction following soon after, said Vic Saunders, spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation.

"Once a contractor has been selected, we expect work to begin in the spring," he said.

UDOT officials had hoped the $70 million project would go to bid this fall, but that timetable has been pushed back because utility work is just beginning.

Clearfield city approved an agreement with UDOT that authorizes 100 percent reimbursement for the number of utility facilities and infrastructure that will be affected by the project.

As part of the agreement, UDOT will reimburse the city for all costs incurred for the utility relocations.

Residential properties along the proposed route have already been purchased by UDOT for the project, and the state spent much of the spring and summer removing the homes.

As part of the project, the state plans to extend SR 193, also known as Bernard Fisher Highway, farther west of the freeway as an east-west corridor between West Point, Clearfield, Syracuse and Interstate 15.

The planned extension is a five-lane road south of 200 South, beginning at 2000 West, with a grade-separated crossing over the FrontRunner and Union Pacific rail lines.

When complete, 200 South will function as a residential access road.

At 500 West, the new road will turn southeast on a new alignment west of the Utah Transit Authority right of way at 700 South.

At 700 South, the alignment would turn east and continue along 700 South to State Street, where it will connect with the existing SR 193.

UDOT Project Manager Randy Jeffries said the extension of SR 193 will provide additional mobility within West Point, Clearfield and Syracuse that will result in fewer impacts on the community when compared with widening other east-west roads.

Currently, the main east-west routes between 2000 West and I-15 in that area of northern Davis County are 300 North and Antelope Drive.

When work is completed on the project, UDOT officials say, the road will maintain traffic capacity for at least 40 years.

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Items included on ballot that Area Reps are distributing

These topics are scheduled to be addressed and possibly voted on at tonight's meeting:

1. Playset in east common area.
2. Third party to enforce CCR's
3. Legal council to assist in collecting debts
4. Fines for CCR violations
5. Extra surplus funds- comments/suggestions.

Upcoming HOA Meeting - 18 Oct @ 7:00pm

The next HOA meeting will be held Tuesday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the east common area of the neighborhood.

At the last HOA meeting the neighborhood was divided into subsections. A representative was then appointed to advocate and provide information to the homes in their subsection. Your representatives should be coming around in the next few days to give you notice of the meeting and provide you with a ballot to vote on important HOA issues. If you would like to have a say in these issues, please return your ballot to your agency representative, or bring your ballot with you to the meeting on Oct. 18th.

You will have the opportunity to vote on issues such as-
*whether or not to put a playset in the east common area
*third party to enforce CCRS
*legal council to assist in collecting debts
*fines for CCR violations
*comments and suggestions as to how to handle surplus funds

Please look for these ballots coming to you shortly.
Thank you in advance to HOA area reps: Lacey Hoffman, Victoria Zimmerman Carpenter, Matthew Bryant, Nicholas Atwood, Jefferey Hogg, and Edo and Donna Jensen. We really appreciate you for being willing to help out!!!! Also thanks to Todd Evans for being willing to act as a web specialist/catch all help to the HOA!