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Show The Park Record A-6 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 25-28, 2014 Tanger Outlets expansion approved By AARON OSOWSKI donation along Kilby Road/Landmark Drive ($39,180) • Millennium Trail realignment ($57,000) • $50,000 worth of gift card donations to the Peace House • $169,140 for Chamber Maxx corrugated arch system (used for extra runoff control and purification) In what has been a laborious process by the Summit County Council, the 23,500 square foot expansion to the Tanger Outlets was finally approved on Wednesday. The Council previously had issues with the manner in which the developers allocated community incentive funds to the Peace House. The expansion, as part of a new Specially Planned Area (SPA), was never opposed by the Council; rather, it was Tanger's plan to give $50,000 in gift cards to the Peace House as part of its mandatory ‘community incentives' funding that caused the delay. Tanger was required to pay $587,215 for affordable housing as a fee-in-lieu and had previously had the following list of community incentives: • $268,721 fee-in-lieu for workforce housing • 10-foot-wide right-of-way Because the Council was not pleased with the precedent that the granting of gift cards to a nonprofit might set, Tanger agreed to add that $50,000 to workforce housing. Due to a discrepancy between an affordable housing calculation from the 2009 code and the 2012 code, Tanger agreed to split the difference, adding $54,551 more to workforce housing. The grand total of funds dedicated to affordable housing for Peace House as a result totaled $960,490. Council member Dave Ure suggested the county write a proposal for affordable housing that the Peace House would then have to meet. Chair Chris Robinson said the Peace House, in conjunction with the County Manager, will come up with a housing proposal over the next few weeks before the funds are allocated. "I've felt like this has been a political hot potato and there's Peace House to make affordable housing proposal The Park Record Chiropractic can help improve performance, prevent injuries and aid in faster recovery Sugar House Open 7 days a week! Dr. Brad Hendricks been political pressure on us to direct the funds to Peace House from the beginning," Ure said. The original intent was for the affordable housing monies to be granted directly to Peace House, and the county would put faith in their ability to efficiently construct transitional housing. County Manager Bob Jasper suggested keeping the money in a trust and waiting to see other housing proposals. "I'd like a process where I can see some competing models," Jasper said. "By directing [the funds] to one group in one form, you're not giving [the county] a lot of opportunities to create good affordable housing. If you let people put in proposals and form partnerships, you get a better product." The Peace House, which said it did not yet have a plan of how to use the monies, will be tasked with coming up with a transitional housing proposal to be presented to the Council at the Feb. 26 meeting. "If, after [February] 26th, we don't like the Peace House's proposal, the county will use the money as they see fit for affordable housing," Robinson said. Jeff Smith, who serves on Peace House's Board of Advisors, said the non-profit had always envisioned the affordable housing monies being held in an escrow account by the county until the Peace House could "jump through certain hurdles" to receive the funds. Council member Roger Armstrong said he wants to make sure the affordable housing monies are used responsibly and in an expeditious fashion. "If the Peace House is unable to use that money on a timely basis, I'm concerned about it being tied up for a considerable period where another entity might be able to create affordable housing [more quickly]," Armstrong said. costs for the project, including labor, total $218,742. At the Council meeting, however, Hoytsville Pipe and Water said they would cover the cost of labor, so their final requested amount was not given. Council member Dave Ure said he is confident that the installation of new water meters and the charging of overage fees would serve as excellent methods of educating customers on responsible water use. The second CDBG grant application, from the Peoa Pipeline Company, totaled $170,000. Contracted through Horrocks Engineering, the project's costs are mainly for 1,400 feet of 10inch PVC water line needed to extend from the 180,000-gallon tank the company built four years ago with the same grant money. The company will also install three new fire hydrants as well. "We've found ourselves in the situation where we put new pressure and a new system on top of our old distribution system and our expense involved in making repairs due to blowouts caused us to now want to chase our water leakage as well," said Peoa Pipeline President Greg White. The County Council decided to sponsor both projects at Wednesday's meeting. Once the applications are submitted, a Mountainland committee will review them in March, submitting their results to an Executive Council in April. In May, the applicants will be notified of the awards. PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO A 23,500-square-foot expansion to the Tanger Outlets was approved by the Summit County Council on Wednesday. The Council will await the Peace House's proposal for how it will use affordable housing monies granted to it by Tanger. Grants to aid East Side water systems Summit, Wasatch Counties to get $400,000 in grants By AARON OSOWSKI The Park Record Every year, the Mountainland Association of Governments awards grants for community development projects. This year, Summit and Wasatch Counties are expected to receive around $400,000 and the two applicants for the grants are both looking to upgrade culinary water on the East Side. The Hoytsville Pipe and Water Life is a Cabaret at Goldener Hirsch Inn with Gugi & the music of the Alps Singer Elsbeth Gugi, known by some as "Gugi," will bring a taste of the Alps to the Goldener Hirsch Inn this winter for a traditional après ski experience that includes yodeling, accordion music, Swiss folk songs and European Cabaret music in the style of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. Join us at the Goldener Hirsch Bierstube Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 p.m. January 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 BEST RESTAURANT IN PARK CITY -- DEER VALLEY RESORT GoldenerHirschInn.com Company and the Peoa Pipeline Company both applied for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for 2014. Sue Follett, secretary-treasurer for Hoytsville Pipe and Water, said at Wednesday's County Council meeting that they would use the funds to replace all of their water meters. "We never read [water] meters -- we just did a monthly fee. Our focus this year is charging overage fees to make it fair," Follett said, adding that about one-third of the company's meters were not operating. Hoytsville Pipe and Water will contract with Geary Construction, Inc., for the first phase of the water-line upgrade. Based on county documents, their total expected |