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Clearfield City Citizen Telephone Survey – Code Enforcement and City Planning |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
3rd in a series on the November 2007 survey results
In the November phone survey citizens were asked their opinion about specific city planning issues, such as housing, traffic congestion, walking and biking trails, open space, retail choices and variety. Of these specific  topics affordable housing was most important to our citizens (refer to Graph #3).
When asked what they liked most about living in Clearfield, several respondents commented on home prices: “the house size for the money was the best value” “the price of homes” “well, the big thing is the price”.
“Land prices in Clearfield have been a little less than the surrounding cities, at least for now,” explained Mayor Don Wood. “Clearfield home buyers have typically been able to buy a brand new home, with great square footage, for $20,000- $40,000 less than they could for the same floor plan in, say, Syracuse or Layton.”
Clearfield has also been able to offer the First-Time Homebuyers Down Payment program through Davis County. Through this program, the city can provide mortgage loan down payment assistance to first-time home buyers. The city will match a potential homeowner’s funds on a 3-to-1 basis, with a minimum of $500 required from the buyer and a maximum of $5,000 to be granted by the city program. This down payment assistance program allows the city to use federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to assist first-time homebuyers.*
“We are hoping that this program will help renovate older homes and sections of the city,” explained Clearfield’s Mayor Don Wood. “We hope to curb an increasing trend toward rental homes within city boundaries.”
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Clearfield Police Department Gets Four New Patrol Cars |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
Don’t you just hate that sinking feeling when a police car pulls up right behind you at a stop light? You quickly review in your mind if you’d remembered to use your turn signal, or if you had done anything wrong  in the last minute before stopping at the light. When you can’t think of anything you heave a sigh of relief.
Four new Clearfield Police Department patrol cars are now equipped with a digital camera capable of a technology called “pre-event recording”. This camera is able to verify if you had done everything correctly in the prior 60 seconds.
“If the officer driving behind you wasn’t sure if you just ran a red light, for instance, they could rewind the previous 60 seconds that was just recorded and double-check what they saw, or thought they saw,” explained Clearfield Police Lieutenant Adam Malan.
This same digital camera automatically records when the officer turns on the patrol car’s flashing lights, and can remotely activate the camera audio from a transmitter worn on the officer’s belt. The digital footage is recorded onto a 4 GB flash drive and can hold up to eight hours of memory.
“The officers that are driving the new patrol cars really like them,” said Lt. Malan. “They like the convenience of the technology. The system works very well.”
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