Show Community Planners Set Goals Vote Note Problems in Early Sessions Seven committees are con their search for a worK able plan which will lead to directed growth of Uintah County and its cities The Community Development Council committees resident ial hi comm commercial industrial agriculture recreation utilities and schools highways and streets and conservation and renewal have been setting common goals in the first meet ings of the pl planning nning council be fore going into more more specific considerations reported I I Dale Despain He is h head ad of the Provo planning firm contracted to edit and prepare the various committee committe recommendations in to a written workable plan THE WORK WORK to now has been arri arriving at common c goals between the they will be working wor lg together o t er Mr Despain said They must de cide on a pattern of meat ment then begin fitting in their recommendations The preservation of tural lands seems to be a corn com mon thought between the com corn the planner explained The best lands are iri in the Ashley Valley The concern is are we going to cut uP the ilie best farm lands in the process of in expanding for housing and in- in industry THE COMMITTEES feel there is some way t to avoid it Mr Despain noted An unusual problem uncovered ered by the committees is that of possibly polluting ground groundwater groundwater water in Ashley Valley which seems to run on top of imper shale covered by a thin lay layer r of cobblerock THE iTHE WATER doesn't flow down d n through gh the shale but spreads on top tap of it Pollution from septic tanks could spread through that water Evidences of this have al ready been spotted by health authorities here Mr Despain reported such uch as bad odor odors in certain gully bottoms and bac counts in ground water Septic tanks are taboo in most urban areas Vernal City be being ing the leader In Uintah County Outside the city how how- however ever there are aree no sewer lines and and the committees must plan what pattern of development the valley should follow to to avoid crushing costs casts for es Cs and still achieve full devel the planner point p int ed out SEWAGE lines are far more expensive than most other ser see vices costing roughly per per mile mUe One fast growing a area ea in Ashley Valley Is Maeser which h had d homes in 1952 and grew to homes jn in 1967 That That community which is pre pre pre- present sent ha has s no sewage facilities Is strung out out along 12 miles mUes of streets The pattern of urban grow th must be directed so sewers utilities and nd police and fire protection can be provided the people at an affordable cost Mr Despain explained i The committees that hat promiscuous s development will bring excessive costs even he said HOME BUILDERS can avoid getting themselves entrapped in problems by consulting with county building and zoning in Frank Wright Mr Des pain emphasized They can save a lot of money by avoid ing future problems and by first knowing present problems which could be attached to a apiece apiece piece of ground being consid eyed ered for purchase |