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And yet, our overall average electricity rates" "here in Utah are the same as they were in 1985 (the average Utahn pays only 70 cents a day to power their lives)". At the same time. Rocky Mountain Power has and will continue to invest billions in new infrastructure to ensure sufficient electricity is available to satisfy today's demands and to power the future. Applies to ftfio; roles oily Artwge tite fa- ewee-pe-son housed is $2 Ot per doy t m , MM THjl If 1985 - IOC Mil TMjk IF 2009 - $1.00 MOST EVERYTHING COSTS MORE THAN IT DID IN 1985. EXCEPT YOUR ELECTRICITY. A i Council hammers out issues with Canberra Estates plan Nicole Thelin Construction of a major residential res-idential subdivision, titled Canberra Can-berra Estates, was brought before the Lindon City Council at its January meeting. Although it is pending further fur-ther invest igat ion, several issues is-sues of concern to the council and also the Planning Commission Com-mission included the presence of the Salt Like Aqueduct throughout the properly, utility util-ity placement and feasibility, the Hillside Overlay and adjacent adja-cent geologic hazards. The applicants. Dale Del-lamas Del-lamas and Oscar Rosales. intend to develop nine lots in a property that run parallel paral-lel to the 1200 East master planned roadway. As there are so many setbacks and constraints, this property is Over the last 24 years. Utah has been one of the fastest-growing fastest-growing states 'm the nation. Serving this growth comes at a cost - and that cost continues to climb. While the price of electricity will increase, we want you to know we are committed to delivering electricity as safely and efficiently as possible, aiong with providing you the answers that will help you save energy and money - right now in 2009. To learn more, visit rockymountatinpower.net. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Let's turn the answers on. considered one of the most dif ficult properties to develop in Lindon. The Salt Lake Aqueduct is 42 miles kmg, nearly 6 feet in diameter, and runs the entire length of the property. The aqueduct carries water from Deer Creek Reservoir into Salt Lake Valley and provides culinary water to more than 750.000 residents. On this particular property, the aqueduct aque-duct is protected by a 150 foot easement regulated by the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, which prohibits the building of any structures. The Water District defines structures in such a way to include fire hydrants, street lights, and even steel storm drain inlet boxes. Several years ago. Lindon City obtained an agreement allowing the city to construct i the 12'K) East roadway over top of the easement, but that agreement did not address residential access, storm drainage, or street lights. To execute the development of this property will require multiple mul-tiple exceptions to the utility standards currently required by Lindon City. Such exceptions excep-tions must be made by the city council. "Our city engineer, Mark Christiansen, did a very good job of outlining all the utility util-ity exceptions, and there's a pretty broad list." said Adam Cowie. Lindon City Planning Director at the Jan. 20 meeting. meet-ing. "I know our public works director also lias some concerns con-cerns about utility placement and maintenance." Utility concerns stem from the close proximity of all the utilities. Also, the culinary water line is proposed outside of the street, and there is immense concern that breakage break-age could lead to erosion and flooding of downhill homes. Much of the site is located on areas with a 20 percent or greater slope. Consequently, some areas have limited building build-ing opportunities. The Hillside Ov erlay ordinance prohibits cuts and fills of more than 10 feet. The applicant's proposal would require variance approval. ap-proval. Originally, at the October 22nd Planning Commission meeting, the applicant had intended to develop 12 lots. This number was reduced to nine upon consideration of landslide risks. Previously proposed lots 6 and 7 were located lo-cated directly below an active landslide complex identified by the 2006 Geologic Hazard study. In an official statement, it was said that, 'The planning commission felt that although there is potential for unusual maintenance requirements, the functionality of utilities appears ap-pears to be met. They generally gener-ally felt that given the amount of improvements (that if not built by a developer would eventually be buih at public expense helped to justify the exceptions requested for the utilities. It was discussed that the utility and design exceptions excep-tions appear to be caused by the existence of the aqueduct easement not by the developers' devel-opers' intent to evade ordinance ordi-nance requirements." Because of the extremely complex issues addressed, the council opted to schedule a field trip to visit the site, "This is an extremely complicated com-plicated application," said city recorder Debbie Cullimore, "I'm sure it will take several reviews before the City Council Coun-cil actually takes final action." iWfMt,i!W7H;pi Meal Behind thic ar lies an engineering masterpiece Open Ear Technology is the tnost rrvolutioiiiry development in beating care since the introduction of Come in for a FREE -w. iirm xHi-S:)5tMii 1 , ' "I hearing evaluation and giwt them try with oar NO OBLIGATION ROAD TEST 1 |