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Show . N . L D A B RIS 77 o PR O syS5 NPl ween SO S e AR D S A (I ALt ei 5 A Wi LR aTEAmE R o ST PRI } The -"gden alie..;,; N ews February S ele gtg e DAML el Y5 e s ~ Volume 1, Issue 5 - mat ' @t e e s e N e S S s P “ B i o .......... .' ' . ~Joseph G. Murray, 1030 Peach Dr., lications, however. The article by Shanna Francis entitled Utah State Land ’T_ '_ 'Ogden, Utah 84404, 801 -393-7062. e _«_t | Use Planning Policy was ‘much too long % “Jolynne Green G v L for such a publication. " | will admit she Eden Pres. Valley ElementarySchool PTA ) " M N e ~ . . I » I " s e is Friday, February 5th. Look for your - We have spent $3000 of our own money ~Many men and women have been work- ing very hard to fight for the rights’ and N feel that - S - Much needed funds will now be avarlable you must buy Candy e S Valley PTA would encourage members ™ We have publrc support wrthout polrtrcal o clout' | | remam i b The PTA executlve board has i researched the cost, rnstallatron and for our chlldren S educatron We at the - On December30 1998 we frleda f' | wntten request wrth bcth the outgorng ~ and incoming commissioners askrngfor e T T T T NT Tt TN TN T T TN NN Tt TNt - safety regulatlon requrrements assocrat-» - government leaders know that we would 3 ed with purchasing playground equrplike trustland funds to be used as a sup- - ment for our school. Weber district poll-» plement, and the allotted state education - cy on funding for school facilities does - funds not to decrease. This is such an | not include playground equrpment That is the responsibility of the community. exciting development, and if things are ~ Through our research, we have conmanaged correctly, we will all benefit. cluded we must raise a minimum of | Let your representatives know how you ” $20,000. (This stuff's expensive!). Last feel. If you would like to know more about the stand of the Utah PTA on anyf year the PTA was able to set aside $6844 toward the purchase of play- T e legrslatrve |ssue rnformatron is avarlable.'_ TN e T = Monday, February 15th. Candy is guar‘The commrssroners have frnally anteed to be here before Easter. The ._',Vadmrtted to the publrc that the land sale e school receives 50% of all candy totals was mishandled. They also say they drd,, : We gladly accept all contributions, of not sell the trarl ‘with the park but the | which we keep 100% Please do not ~lock and “No trespassrng” srgns strll issue has been at the forefront of the agenda of the Utah State PTA for )years. PO BOX 130 . EDEN UT?A-Q!O - attorneys, but do not have the $10,000 - justto keep this issue before the public. ~ past few months. The school trust Iands . to door selling. The sale will close futures of our children. Thrs past fall there was finally a shout of vrctory G on the school grounds. The krck-off date “necessary to see this through in court ' ¥ ¥ . _ . N with an incorrect descrrptron It was con- firmed by alert local residents thatour public park land had beensold! Some good thrngs have happened - child to bring home therr packets that afternoon. There is absolutely no door . for the children of the state of Utah these . N input for this sale! Just a small notice in L the newspaper descnblng a land sale o5 - for playground equrpment to be lnstalled | Legrslatrve Update T N i | or publlc I There was no public notice =d and broken up in a series type article ~ rather than prmted in its entirety. It was " obvious Ms. Francis was well mformed and passronate about the subject but 1 doubi many people took the time to labor:* | through sixth, at Valley Elementary - ly'asked us, “What if we don’t want the School are not allowed to use the play-'f land back?” We have offered a wntten - through the entire thing. Less is some“ground equrpment at the park durrng o trmes more proposal to return the $32 000 to Rulon 1 look torWard to many more mter- their lunch or recess breaks. Thus, the:‘ ’Jones with him retalnrng exclusrve hunt~ Valley Elementary PTA wrll be sellrng eshngrssues ing privileges. He has rgnored us. We ~ WORLD'S ~ have appealed for attorneys to work pro Sincerely, FINEST CHOCOLATES to rarse money A. Meeks North Ogden bono without success. We have willing - T T e T NSt guiding big game hunts. | Everyone was shocked| We have relent-'_f‘ ket lessly pursued all avenues to get thrs , Playground Equrpment Fundrarser - “land back! We have Vtgorously protest~ ~ ed with over 1200 petrtron srgnatures PRI ‘They thatth;e,,"%jz delivered to the commissioners. be awar may grad V°Uupper ruderen inofthe Most | chrld es ethrrd “ refused to accept the petitions and This article could have easily been edit- . N had some valid points but, they became lost in the over explanation of the topic. T e ball player Rulon Jones, who is a partner with Dr. Cobabe in leasing land and Also, - - ‘information is available through contact . with the Utah State Legislature drrectly e Our local legrslatrve representative is oOn a fun and informative publication. | Wwish to offer a suggestron for future pub- . R ‘Call Jolynne Green at 745-2675. L May | begrn by complrmentrng you a copy of the deed to the trail which- ”°W.f;f}.‘_,_,; ~ They have not responded. We are appealmg to Governor Leavrtt and to Presrdent R " Clinton to assrst rn rrghtmg thrs wrong because: o 1. Local government has refused to ”’respond to public outcries of wrongdo- | ing, askrng to nullrfy the qurt clarm deed of the sale. for your support ~ and folaphona numbat, and tha name of | 'i Barbara . fthe parson-if lmmm—who took the ple- | . fure. Alco, we would liks to Imou some- | R | . e - was wrong, and a false descnptlon con- Va_lley» Elementary PTA i '4 The sale was neverpresented to the | | s SOUth " Contribution 45 " Weber County Planning commlttee whrch recommends policy. 5. The sale was not presented to the State Public Land Commission, who had | requested that the county provrde mfor— | Long time resrdents of Eden Utah mation on all contemplated land sales.” have assumed protective roles to see “that Utah’s most beautiful mountain park | 6. Commissioners offered no logrcal “reason for selling the land, except that it and trail are not needlessly lost forever. - In 1972 taxpayers paid $200,000 for N l"'"f a wlnnlng photo Offim leach morrtlt (] nmpapm addlllon. At: lthe end of the following year, we would llike fo prlnt 9 Vallay calendar using the -utrmmg ptmtog. Tlna eslendsrs wtll be was never used-—thls however was e - construction of a five-mile road to a prr- e because of the county not removing the lock or signis-so the ‘many - who have vately owned ski resort, Powder Mountain. The owner and developer of enjoyed the land for years had to go around the locked gate R e | Powder Mountain, Dr. Alvin Cobabe, - Complete neglrgence was shown by i “traded 160 acres of prrstme mountain - land with a 30 foot wide 2 %2 mile irngress . commissioners because they approved and egress trail to it as payment for conthis sale wrthout - structing and mamtarmng the road. | - A. An appralsal for current land values - | ~ These acres were desrgnated a publlc I B. Consulting the map that shows the i ‘land is a deeded public park with an. park for outdoor recreation. | Dr. Cobabe owns all surroundrng ‘_ orrgrnal cost of $200,000. land, and did not remove the lock from - " the gate at the trail's head. Consequently, this land was not used to its potential. In 1997, durmg one meeting, Weber County . = vrnced all commrssroners to approve thrs:'-_v Bty Allport President Elect 4y '3, The locatlon and descrlptlon tomedra”" i - fall. Together we can do rtl Thank you < Bs sure 1o lnelude gour nama, addreac, ’, | - 'would | prove it is still public property. . = T ground equrpment That leaves .‘ 2. The sale was not advertlsed only brrefly drscussed and sold in one meet$13,200 as our goal. We would like to " " ing have the new equrpment in place thrs | i thllngaboult the pleture, Wblgthe e commissioners both - discussed briefly and voted to sell this - parkland for $200 per acre for atotal of $32 OOOI(land close by was selling as high as $50,000 per -acre). A quit claim deed was made to developer and former professronal foot- C. Realizing the sale price of $32, OOO ~ would not even pay back to the county ‘their cost of originally gradrng the trarl o rmmedrately after acquiring it. D. Actually walking the trail and viewing ' the land so as to become familiar with its unlimited recreation potential. 3 E. Viewing the deed to realize that by selling the park the trarl would also be sold. | lf thrs sale otpublrc Iand rs not over-. , N y |