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Show Volume XIII Issue V THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 13 December 15, 2005 Standard-Examiner. Aleta Cobabe, Alvin’s granddaughter, offered to provide written answers to questions, but did not so. All questions were referred to the family’s Salt Lake lawyer, Mark Arnold, who did not return repeated telephone calls. Mark Paulsen, a member of the Cobabe family, would only refer the StandardExaminer to Mark Arnold, but would not explain what place he had in the development plans. Arnold is listed in the plans as the agent and owner of the property, and the applicant’s name is Western America Holding, in pe Lake Ci e plans presented to the Cache Clams Planning Commission in a recent Draxler of the commission. The commission will study the proposal as more details are finalized and make a recommendation to the Cache County Council as to whether the plans are a good idea. But the project has not yet proceeded very fe far. “Basically they were just giving us the concepts of what they were thinking about, to get the ball rolling. It wasn’t even close to where we could make any recommendation,” Draxler said. A lot of questions need to be answered, including water and sewer services, he said. Because Powder Mountain sits on the border between Weber and Cache coun- ties, the commission will need to coordinate with Weber Coun reliminary project estimates say the finished resort will require as much as 1,300 acre feet of diverted water to meet potable and irrigation needs. Powder Mountain intends to lease water rights from Weber Basin Water Conservancy. Nearby property owners to Powder Mountain all signed affidavits in midOctober giving Arnold the right to make planning decisions for them, so there will be no protests from nearby neighbors. An application for 1,400 acre feet of water a year has been filed with Weber Basin, said Tage Flint, general manager of the conservancy district. The application has yet to be acted upon, but Flint does not think there will be a problem. “I think for Cache County and Cache Valley it will be a good thing, it will provide us with the tax base,” said Josh Runhaar, planning and zoning administrator for Cache County. The proposal could go to a public meeting in January, when the public will be invited to make its feelings known, he said. “We won’t make any decision without public input,” he said. County Council approves the first phase of the project, development will begin in the spring. this point, commission Chairman Lee Nelson said the commission has no general feeling about the project. This is not the first time a proposal ee Custom Neville log home offering over 6200 sq.ft of living space with 4 BD, 4.5 BA, 3 car oversized gar. Extreme views of Snowbasin and the valley floor. $1,950,000 Call Deborah 745-1538 has been presented to expand Powder Mountain. In 2001, Park City developer Brent Ferrin designed and proposed essentially the same development, spending nearly $5 million for a purchase option from the Cobabe family, for design plans, and to obtain a zoning change to allow residential recreation. “T had a deal with Dr. Cobabe which allowed me to buy the mountain over time, then he got together with his family, and they wanted all the cash up front,” Ferrin said. While he was searching for a lender who would front the money, his option lapsed. “Then another buyer came along and offered them more money than I had on the table, they immediately jumped and took that offer in one day,” Ferrin id. =I cont. from page 1 wn SKI RESORTS e plans being used for the latest version of this development are the same plans that were originally commissioned from the Jack Johnson Co. by Ferrin, who obtained the zoning change that benefits the current developer. As far as development on the Weber County side of Powder Mountain’s property, nothing seems to be in the plans. “They (Powder Mountain) have not made an application for any large scale development in Weber County,” said Kevin Hamilton, Weber County planner. Note: This article first appeared in the Standard-Examiner on December 4, 2005, d is being reprinted in The OGDEN VaLLey NEWS by permission. Et Live where you play! 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