MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE CITY HISTORY MAY 2000 Students from Professor Dorsey's Geography class at Weber State University conducted a survey of our community on open space, wet lands, water quality, and trail development. The class preformed many hours of research and saved our community a substantial amount of money. At the May 4, 2000, City Council meeting the class gave a excellent presentation on the results and was thereafter commended by the Mayor and Council. The results of this study will be quite useful to our city in the future. At the May 18, 2000, City Council meeting several public hearings were held. The 2000-2001 Fiscal Year Budget of $531,000 was approved. Changes to the zoning ordinance were made on various chapters to update the ordinance from the original Weber County Zoning Ordinance which our city initially adopted. The main public hearing was concerning a zoning change petition filed by numerous residents on 1700 South. Weber County, in the 1960s, did a mass rezone of that area from A-l (agriculture) to M-2 (medium manufacturing). This was a mistake. Since the 1960s the quiet, narrow little lane of 1700 South has grown with a mixed residential and manufacturing uses. This has resulted in numerous problems and nuisances for local residents - some advice for the nature, never mix industry with residential areas. Residents turned out in heavy numbers to support the zoning change to back to A-1, however, potential industrial developers opposed the change. The largest area of concern was over about 20 acres owned by Phil Rufrano. Phil signed the rezone petition, but died before it reached the City Council meeting. Although Phil's heirs withdrew the signature on the petition, some residents still felt that his last desire to rezone his property back to A-1 should have been honored. The Mayor and City Council, instead of rezoning the entire area as most residents desired, rezoned to A-l