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Show tl alan thc COURIER CLASSIFIEDS 0 aoa2 accepted al COPY COPY FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING NEEDS IN WASAICH COUNTY. ns = = e ree = Tie SCN Serene nee ee ee ee ‘Not A Backwater Airport Any ymore’ Developer outlines genesis of hangers, FB O Camp LDS Church Camp could cost county _ taxpayers $1 million yearly Editors note: This 1s the second in an investigative series on the Heber ed 7 ee expansion. _ DEREK JENSEN MANAGING TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF EDITOR ‘artly to justify the significant fed-: eral funding for expansion and partly to help sell the remaining f the LDS. Church is allowed to. build a youth camp near the new hangers, Heber City authorized a Timber Lakes subdivision, it will - provide a mountain getaway for thou- | rate increase for lease of the land at the Heber Valley Airport. Not by coin-_ sands of Mormon families from all -cidence, the lease agreement may «over the world. But one fact that was. | draw outside interest, namely from barely glossed over in the two public Park City, in a formerly struggling discussions about the camp to date is facility officials are hoping to make as the cost to Wasatch County taxpayers—Mormon and non-Mormon alike. According impact to the statement environmental for the LDS Family/Youth Camp, the camp couldcost county coffers upwards of a $1 million a year. How accurate that figure is depends on whom you ask. | Denis Morrill, a Salt Lake-based attorney and lead attorney for the project, dismisses the $1 million amount saying the formula used to __ arrived at that figure is for subdivi- _ Sions, which are often much costlier to the county. “It’s not made for this kind © cash cow. The key, according to former Fixed Base Operator Dave McCoy is not to differentiate whether airport from nearby Summit County. He said world has shrunk designed to make air-_ one along lives so © Nici -KIRSTEN SHAW COURIER STAFF brownout rolled. through Daniels recently, causing residents to speculate the West’s drastic power shortages had. moved into Utah. Fortunately, this isn’t the case. | “It had nothing to do with — problems in said Brent California,” | Davis, Heber Light and - Power general manager. of im Park with MCM and te biggest - cow if developed style blackouts unlikely, but high costs continue encountered — a blackout much more concerning. City - streets and homes went dark in suburban areas near north to the inward to the A Stage declared: by the Ee lifornia Independent Operator, = System— which ordered Diego, the blackout due to a 1,000 Los Angeles, Bay Area and state’s capital. 3 alert was megawatt shortage. This amount could powers one San million homes. _ Heber a and ogee Res electricity to ae Heber Valley _ floor. Managers assure residents need not worry about -California’s shortage effecting Wasatch locals. Utah Power covers county properties, Wallsburg, _ Timberlakes, Swiss Oaks, Wasatch State Park and developments surrounding 10 ire Lk torr PAE Sk OR ~ “peers s ce the Jordanelle Reservoir. “I think we’ve covered ‘our bases pretty good,” Davis said. “Last fall we signed a contract for two point five megawatts of firm two _ power and have megawatts for summer BB3 ny ates. Bese : : Stew rubles ucc igo : BROWNOUT continued on A8& (er, = S eee “Heber Light and Power's Main Plant. EILE PHOTO. POSTAL PATRON. Presorted » Standard U.S. Postage Paid | =: Heber City, UP “Permit No. 32005 _ ger SAE ~ Sg en pence Rigid t ROT aa Aneta So . ee rem RIE Oe tyne ieraN Wey bee apt ais s AIRPORT continued on AS 9 Pew er So going to be a cash _ properly.” coil and there was less voltage. A few days prior to - Daniels’ —o power — -Californians- on ) shortage, arr r ee . Wasatch. community,” he added. “This airport is won the bid to construct 22 new hangers in three varying sizes. Since then, all but eight have sold and six went to Park City pilots. McCoy says the airport is unique and may prove to be “We had a critter—maybe a ena gant Ft Sree OT PrN + fe raBee NETO IES SHAW “The people come in, they land, they buy fuel, the pilots stay in a local hotel and they spend money in the raccoon late at night—get on a pole in Charleston on a 2 capacitor bank, which blew a fuse on feeding into the transformer, so we lost a _ NEW COURIER WEBSITE COMING SOON! KIRSTEN - Daniels Fades to Black | affordable housing requirement were Wistert, ae BY the airport a “cash cow.” assets. Binggeli Rock owner, Mel McQuarrie | small, we’re neighbors.” The church is asking the county to. CAMP continued on A3_ the who Meadows, _ McCoy explained. “With information Furthermore, even if the formula were better suited to a recreation-oriented project, the cost to the county would be cut in half, explains Morrill. _ - ment under county ordinances _ because the camp will not generate a _need for affordable housing. If the McCoy, the idea of lingering animosity ‘between Park City and Heber is outdated. ol stink that’s 20 vents ago,” and how of the new hangers Increasingly, interest in the port may prove his point. | users are local, or more often than not, of project,” says Morrill. waive it’s affordable housing require- PHOTO Some MARRIOTT LIBRARY, ARCHIVES —295South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 =: __ |