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Show CASTLE VALLEY TIMES COOLING TIMES Castle Valley, Utah - Volume 5, Number 9 - POA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: September 15, 1996 POA BOAR D C A N D I D ATES: September 25th is the cut-off date by which candidates for the POA board election must notify Melody (-8252) or Richard (-4217) if they want their names listed on the annual ballot. Members may also declare their candi- First Snow on the La Sals SYNERGY PERMIT REVIEW BEGUN The Castle Valley Historical (Hysterical) Society needs your help to preserve the historical information still available about the Valley. Melody forwarded a finding to the Town Council that there have been substantial changes to the Home Occupation Permit issued to John Groo for the Synergy Company operating at his The Planning Commission has Scheduled for Oct. 26th, at 10 am, LDS Church. - CASTLE VALLEY HYSTERICAL SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP! Taylor is trying to collect and preserve information about the Valley such as photographs, writings, accounts, etc. Melody is working on a large scrap book/photo album of Valley events. Also, if anyone is interested in taking down oral history of the area, there is home on Bailey Lane. The original permit was for a “phone and mailing address for mail order business.” The Synergy product is now being handled and shipped out of Castle Valley. The review of the Synergy permit resulted from a complaint received by the Town that the business was not operating in compliance with the Zon- still a wealth of information with the locals who grew up here. If you have anything you think might help, or if you’re interested in helping her with ing Ordinance. The Zoning Ordinance this project, please give her a call at requires that the “Entrance to the home POA Board member George Ottinger has moved out of the valley and 259-8252. occupation from outside shall be the same entrance normally used by the resigned from the POA Board. George held the two year seat on the POA STATE FIRE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED permitted on State, BLM, and Forest residing family...” A recent addition to the home has possibly led to a violation of the above requirement. The issue now rests with the Town Council. Over the past several years, the Service lands. growth of Synergy and the Castle KZMU— MOAB PUBLIC RADIO: munity issues. Some of these issues dacy at the annual meeting. POA BOARD MEMBER RESIGNS board and would not have been up for election this fall. There will now be 5 seats open for the POA board elections. FEW RESPONSES TO SECOND COMMERCIAL USE SURVEY Only 55 residents had responded to the second survey by the Sept. 13th return date; 111 responses were received for the first mini-survey. These survey responses will determine the degree of commercial development in the Town. Aboutt180 surveys were mailed out to registered voters. MORE B&B’s COMING TO CV? One tenative result of the second survey is that a majority of voters responding wanted more Bed and Breakfasts in the valley. Since a majority of the responses to the first survey indicated that they didn‘t want businesses that would “attract primarily those who live outside of CV,” there may need to be some additional questions on the third survey to find out exactly what it is that the voters want. Recent rains and cooler temps have reduced fire danger. Open fires are again Valley Inn has raised a number of com— A Community Input Meeting will be held at Star Hall on Tues, Sept. 24 from 7 to 9pm. KZMU wants to know what you want to hear on your community radion station and will discuss some new ideas for improving our service. SHAFER LANE ISSUE If you are interested in the ongoing saga of the (non) closure of Shafer Lane, read POA NOTES and TOWN COUNCIL ROAD COMMIT- are: numbers of employees, bringing tourists into the community, and what kinds of impacts to neighbors and community are acceptable. The recent surveys are attempts to find out from the CV voters what amount of commercial use they want to allow in the Town. As Castle Valley grows, increasing pressures for commercial growth will continually make the community examine what it wants to be. —.lack Campbell NATIONS APPRECIATED: Thanks this month to Eugenia TEE REPORT on page 6. dair, Steve & Lea Viavant, and Joe & REFRESHING--- indy Kingsley for your donations. 1 donations are used exclusively for tinting costs. Donations and ad The feeling of autumn days...cool and breezy weather...first snow of the season on the la Sals...several days of rain...no more smoke and haze from all the forest and range fires burning across the western states... evenue make the free issues possible t the front gate. Subscriptions just ver the cost of printing and mailing. ubscriptions are encouraged, as the pics at the front gate go quickly. CASTLE VALLEY TIMES |