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Show Park Record Thursday, September 26, 1991 Page A3 5i o iLmmmis 0X0 o r0l o , B 'I 1 1. .i ii " i . ' 'iii t . i i I i li ' . i i . i in A Rocin rcciHcnt loft hie hnrno fnr on hnur onrl imnn hie return HicrniproH uinrLcrc A Basin resident left his home for an hour, and upon his return discovered workers laying a sewer line had unearthed the xeriscaped garden his wife had planted in their yard. Local residents experience development's side effects by ROBIN PORTER Record staff writer With the pace of development on the increase in Snydcrville Basin, some residents who live at its pressure points are bound to feel side effects. One Silver Springs resident left his home for just an hour last week, he says, and when he got back discovered a 12-foot . trench in his backyard. The local . sewer district's easement into the yard allowed developers to , connect a new subdivision of more ; than a hundred homes at that point, , apparently without giving notice. Workers on the Snyder's Mill development near Highway 224 . used a back hoe to dig a path for the . sewer line which connects it with the adjacent Quail Run and Silver Springs neighborhood. Local residents Adrian and Lorna Burgess, whose backyard was . unearthed Sept. 19, say they knew ' of the sewer district easement on their property, but were never warned workers would be digging it up last week. Adrian Burgess did notice workers walking onto his property during the morning. When he returned to the house after going out for an hour the wildflowers, bulbs, cottonwoods and other xeriscaping which his wife Lorna and her mother planted had been uprooted. "The backyard is sort of the safe haven for most North American families," Burgess said, "it (development's impact) gets to the fabric of what life is about and how safe it really is." He said the xeriscaping and natural habitat would eventually make itself right, but asked rhetorically, "Why should I have to wait two years?" Notification to residents about easements in Summit County is however, left up to the individual developer. And in this case it was accidentally overlooked. Snyder's Mill developer Jim Lewis, of Pitchfork Development Inc., told The Record Monday "it was a mistake." "It was poor manners on our part and we apologized and will replace everything," he said. Lewis says he visited with the Burgess Saturday to discuss the incident and to apologize. The workers who were installing the development's sewer line hookup failed to knock on the Burgess' door first, which could have averted the situation, he said. Upon completion, the new subdivision will become part of the Snyderville Basin Sewer District. District Manager Rex Ausburn says coordination efforts including going into easements lie with the person funding the project, specifically the developer. "We try to encourage developers to do that because it is their project and their obligation," Ausburn said. The sewer district is currently rewriting its guidelines, giving developers more responsibility for coordination, while maintaining district responsibility to inspect sewer lines. Ausburn says the change is coming about because developers claim sewer district coordination costs are too high. "So the new process says the developer has to choose a project manager to coordinate," he said. Summit County Planner Leslie Burns told The Record there is no county requirement to notify local residents of impending easement access. She says notification is generally left up to the utility company doing the work. However, in this case, Ausburn explained, the work was done by a private contractor hired by the developer. And because it was not a public project being done by the Sewer District, it was not responsible for neighborhood notification. In the meantime, Adrian Burgess says he and his wife have been compensated for the damaged flora and Lorna Burgess has already begun replanting the yard. On Monday, he said, the backyard had been leveled except for a new manhole cover which lies just beyond their back deck. When asked what they plan to do with the utility fixture, Burgess facetiously replied, "We're going to put a big porcelain Buddha on top." 111 111 I I I 1,1 r A I i ( ii i ; ! i'l I I r". 1 I I I I ill 11 I l Is : ! I m t i i v :i 'vL L L L L L ! IWJW rift $ . :v nit U' 7i r ,ns f--M f r r - f jit -f i 1 Mir ' i.i r w ii 1 m. Snyderville Basin resident Adrian Burgess looks over the trench and sewer hookup in his back yard that went in Sept. 19, to interconnect the 127-lot Snyder s Mill development with the local sewer district. Fall Colors Use Kodak Film, Ektar 25 or 125 to capture all the brilliance of our mountain colors. Receive a $1.00 off film processing if you use Ektar film this fall. 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