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Show Volume XXX Issue IV The Ogden Valley News Page 11 December 1, 2022 Have Santa Visit Your Home & Give Back to the Community! If your kids have been hoping to see Santa before Christmas, now is your chance to make their wish come true. Community Foundation of the Ogden Valley (CFOV) is fortunate enough to have Santa working with us this year, and he’s now making appointments before his busiest night of the year approaches! Santa will be available to make house calls in the Valley and meet with your children to personally hear what’s on their Christmas wish list anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Santa will come from the North Pole and attend a party, sit for photos, or just drop off a special gift you have purchased. Another great gift—Santa will be donating the proceeds from his visits to the nonprofit Community Foundation of Ogden Valley. The donations will go toward CFOV’s Matching Fund, which is disbursed to the incredible nonprofit organizations that make our Valley such an amazing place to live. MORATORIUM cont. from page 1 is putting pressure on secondary supplies in particular, there are now landscaping and conservation requirements in the District that will aid homeowners in designing a low-maintenance home landscape that uses a minimum of secondary water (a goal of less than 10,000 gallons secondary water per month). The requirements are applicable to new construction and are not applicable to existing homes. They are similar to the 2022 requirements of Weber Basin Conservancy District for new exchange water contracts, and those that have been applied by WCWSID to developers since 2018. The lifting of the moratorium has been made possible by the development of the 540-foot-deep East Well. This well was drilled in February 2022 on land purchased from developer Russ Watts. Unfortunately, upon test pumping, it was discovered that the well interfered with the flow of the Eden Waterworks historic culinary Burnett Spring. As a result, an agreement was developed to share operation of the East Well, to the long-term benefit of both companies, and the whole local community. “We deeply appreciate the cooperation and assistance of Eden Waterworks Board of Directors, staff, and operators, especially President Jon Werner, and look forward to working with them on the East Well operation,” stated WCWSID Board of Trustees Chairperson Miranda Menzies. This agreement was then submitted to the Division of Water Rights, Regional Engineer Gary Brimley, who quickly processed it for consideration by State Engineer Teresa Wilhelmsen P.E. Ms. Wilhelmsen approved exchange application E6310 on November Santa’s elf, Lisa Arbogast of Eden, can help arrange visits. To do so, please call her at 801540-4743. A minimum donation of $50 includes a fifteen- to twenty-minute Santa visit with a photo opportunity—you get to take the photo! For larger groups or parties and a forty- to fifty-minute visit, a $150 donation is suggested; for $200, Santa will lead the party in a few Christmas carols and sit for photo ops with each child or family. Contributions can be made to CFOV at www.cfov.net. Santa started this tradition last year and delivered magic to some very happy families. Sign up early to secure the best dates. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! At CFOV.net, you can find an outline of the different nonprofit organizations that CFOV provides matching funds for. If you love Ogden Valley and can contribute, please consider investing in our community through CFOV. It’s easy to donate online at CFOV.net or by mailing a check to: CFOV PO BOX 684 EDEN UT 84310 Thank you for supporting your community! “Live Here, Play Here, Give Here.” 10, 2022. WCWSID reps say they appreciate their prompt action. The water right has been forwarded to the Division of Drinking Water (DDW), and engineering will be completed for the well by water experts John Files P.G. (Cascade Water Resources) and Dan White P.E. (Gardner Engineering, Ogden) leading to actual connection of the well in 2023. East Well has already been approved by DDW as a culinary source. The well and agreement between the companies does not provide enough culinary water for additional new development, i.e., new recorded lots, nor is it intended for secondary water use. WCWSID policy is that all developers must “bring water to satisfy their proposed development.” This has been the case for several years, often achieved through transfer of specific “wet water” shares. Secondary water for the existing standby lots will be developed through development, design, and construction of a reuse water storage pond, in which water will be stored year around, and the water directed primarily to the back nine holes of the Wolf Creek Golf Course. The reuse water is high-quality, treated effluent from the WCWSID Willowbrook Lane sewage treatment plant, approved by Department of Environmental Quality for landscape use. The site of the large pond is on land donated by Wolf Creek Resort owner John Lewis. WCWSID has also been told that they will be receiving a $2.6 million grant of American Rescue Plan Act money, distributed by the Weber County Commission, though this is not finalized. This grant, if received, will support both culinary water development and the Reuse Water Storage Pond. Live Drive-by Nativity Planned for Sunday, December 18 Join our wonderful community in celebrating the joy of Christmas at a Live Drive-by Nativity for the entire community, Sunday, December 18, between 6:00 and 8:0 p.m. It will be set up at the Liberty Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint parking lot. Come in the comfort of your own car with your family and friends to this live drive by event. Come in the comfort of your own car with your family and friends to this live drive by event. The address is 4279 N. 3300 E., Liberty, Utah. Volunteers are still needed. For more information, or to donate or volunteer, please call Mitzi Bailey at 801-458-5001. Join the Ogden Valley Christmas Bird Count Even though it’s winter, some hardy bird species stay around to keep us company throughout the cold months. Spotted Towhees, Downy Woodpeckers, American Goldfinch, and Red-breasted Nuthatches are all present and likely to be seen during the Ogden Valley Christmas Bird Count. We also have birds such as Bald Eagles, Townsend’s Solitaires, and sometimes even special birds like Evening Grosbeaks in the Valley during the winter, so it’s a good time to get out and go birding! Come and join Wasatch Spotted Towhee by Society to count dfaulder, CC0 license. Audubon Ogden Valley’s local winter birds. You can choose to drive a prescribed route and/ or walk an assigned area in the Valley. There, you will note the number and species of birds you see and hear. Not confident in your identification skills? Participating in the Christmas Bird Count is a great way to learn. You can be assigned to an experienced team and contribute to the group effort. You can ride along all day or for a few hours. This is the 123rd Christmas Bird Count, but only the third year of counting winter birds in Ogden Valley. You can help birds by gathering this valuable population data that is then used by scientists for long-term studies. To participate in the Ogden Valley Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 24, contact Mike Hearell at 801-529-8693 or utmarshrat@ yahoo.com. Plan to bring binoculars, water, and lunch, and dress for the winter weather. 20 Years Ago: Work on Pineview Dam Extended Compiled by Shanna Francis The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that the current renovation work on Pineview Dam, which has caused the road across the dam to be closed, will now be extended into mid-December due to delays caused by weather, and the meticulous nature of the work of reinforcing the left spillway wall of the dam. Although the extension is unavoidable, agency officials stated that they recognize the inconvenience the road closure may cause area residents. According to Reclamation officials and its contractor CM Concrete, Inc., crews are working around the clock to complete the spillway work as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as possible to minimize the effects of the road closure on the surrounding communities. All work on Pineview Dam is estimated to be complete by March 20, 2003 at a cost of approximately 2.9 million dollars. The first phase of the work began July 15, 2002 as part of he agency’s Safety of Dams Program. The work consists of strengthen- ing the spillway by lining the gate structure with reinforced concrete and steel plating, which necessitated the excavation of the dam embankment adjacent to the left spillway wall, and the temporary closing of U.S. Highway 162, which crosses the crest of the dam. The Bureau of Reclamation and its contractor earlier estimated that the road would be closed until October 19, 2002. Pineview Dam is part of the Ogden River Project and was built in 1937. It is an earth-fill structure with a crest length of 600 feet, and a structural height of 137 feet. The dam has total capacity of 152,000 acre-feet and provides municipal and irrigation water to communities between the mouth of Ogden Canyon and the Great Salt Lake. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, strengthening the seismic loading on Pineview Dam will bring the over 50-year-old dam up to current seismic standards. For more information about the Bureau of Reclamation work on Pineview Dam, contact Field Engineer Jan Ringel at (801) 379-1130, or Don Merrill at (801) 379-1074; email, jringel@uc.usbr.gov or dmerrill@uc.usbr.gov. NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING WOLF CREEK WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 8, 2022, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Wolf Creek Water and Sewer Improvement District (the “District”) will hold and conduct a public hearing to receive input from the public with respect to the 2023 Operating Budget, and an increase to Water and Irrigation service charges in order to balance the 2023 Budget. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the requirement of Utah Code Ann. 11-36a501 and 503. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022 GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALTH THIS CHRISTMAS! 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time The District will hold and conduct a public hearing at 6:00 P.M. on December 8, 2022. The public hearing will be held electronically, via Zoom phone and video conferencing (zoom.com). All members of the public are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. Prior to the public hearing, written comments may be submitted to the District, at P.O. Box 658, Eden, UT 84310, or via email: aames@wcwsid.com. The Zoom Link is below: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5021736475?pwd=VW5FTDdPbUhpODdHS3hy dkpHVjE2UT09 KICK START YOUR HEALTH. Personal training and nutritional coaching in an affordable 8-week program. Meeting ID: 502 173 6475 Passcode: 8017453435 One tap mobile: +13017158592,,5021736475#,,,,*8017453435# US (Washington DC)+13092053325,,5021736475#,,,,*8017453435# US Dial by your location: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma); +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston); +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose); Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdYfxe8pX5 DATED November 8, 2022. WOLF CREEK WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. P.O. Box 658 Eden, UT 84310, Office 801-745-3435 Fax 801-745-3454 sendmeatrainer.com/northogden |