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Show Saturday, September 7, 1996 The Park Record A-7 i i Briefs BLM wants input on grazing The Bureau of Land Management's citizen Resource Advisory Council is hosting a series of meetings intended to gather public input on its draft ; grazing standards document. The public meeting for inter-i inter-i ested Summit County residents i is being held Thursday, Sept. 12 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the j USU Extension Service ' Auditorium, 2001 South State Street in Salt Lake City. Free tours of 'the garden being given The Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is offering free tours each Saturday in September from 11 a.m. to noon and on Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. . The tours are free with admission. admis-sion. They are led by Red Butte staff or docents through the 24 acres of display gardens, plant and animal life. More information is available from 581-5322. Questions about Salt Lake Answered A newly developed pamphlet about the Great Salt Lake is available avail-able from the Utah Geological Survey Bookstore, 1594 W. North Temple in Salt Lake City. The pamphlet, which was compiled com-piled by the UGS, answers such questions as how much salt the lake contains, why it has a pungent odor and what the lake's original dimensions were. The pamphlet costs $2.95. For the curious, the answers are, respectively: 4.5 to 4.9 billion tons, the decay of plant and animal remains around the lake's shallow shore and 325 miles long by 135 miles wide by 1,000 feet deep. r WANTED: WORKING RANCH OR FARM WITHIN 20 MILES OF PARK CITY Soaring Wings is in the process of developing a rural Middle School Program for 30 children ages 9-14 years old, scheduled to start 897. Soaring Wings Montessori School has been operating in Park City since 1987 and is a nonsectarian, private school for children ages Birth - 10 years. As a full affiliate of the American Montessori Society, Soaring Wings offers a comprehensive curriculum based upon national standards in Mathematics, Language, Science, Social Studies, The Arts, Foreign Language (Spanish) and Physical Education. In addition to a rigorous academic program, the middle school students will actively participate in all aspects of operating the ranch or farm. If you have or know of a working ranch or farm within 20 miles of Park City, which is available for sale or lease, please contact: Bruce King, Director 801649-3626 This Sign Sells Properties premier realty .1 L ran i ' i ll -- - A LOCATION Great starter or investment property. This 1 bedroom, 1 bath, lower level unit has been updated with newer carpet and linoleum. Affordably priced at $99,500. For Details Call Julie McKay Coldwell Banker Premier Realty 1-800-825-8889 or 649-4400 or Phone the 24-hour Factline at 649-5363 and Enter Ad Code 54724 Push to save farm land in Summit Co. by Cornelia deBruin OF THE RECORD STAFF Utah Open Lands has shifted into high gear in a fast-moving attempt to obtain federal grant money to use for saving farm land in Summit County. Executive Director Wendy Fisher said the approval of the grant making the money - potentially poten-tially $38-million - available comes "at the apex of a lot of things." Fisher said land trust organizations around the country have been working together for a long time to have the Farmland Protection Program provisions included in the latest farm bill passed by Congress. Fisher found out the effort was successful on the eve of leaving for a speaking engagement at the Rural Lands Conference that just concluded (Sept. 6) in Cedar City. Fisher was asked to talk about land conservation, an address she felt contained a trace of irony. "It doesn't do any good to save the topsoil if it's going to be black topped," she said. Fisher explained that no matter how well-intentioned government regulations, many of which were created after the Dust Bowl Era of the 1930s - are, "government regulations regu-lations can never save open space." She said that ultimately it will be individual land owners who understand under-stand the concept of preservation who will be responsible for making sure that open lands, such as the farmland in Summit County, are preserved. Fisher said many land owners may be turning to new choices because their old choices are not viable any more. "For the first time in the United States, land owners can't pass their land to the next generation as a family farm because they can't afford to do it," she said. Fisher explained it is hefty estate taxes that have priced the option out of the realm of reality. Fisher said that about 60 percent of what is now open land in the U.S. is owned by PREMIER. INC, 649-4400 Julie McKay - I 1 1 J : 11 to i TNW , , ' , ' , Flood Plain idL Q remVeCl COURTESY OF UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION This illustration of how the banks of the Provo River would be expanded between the 'toe' of Jordanelle Dam and the Deer Creek Reservoir partially illustrates how the river would be widened. farmers and ranchers. The combination of all the facts results in an intriguing equation: "There will be some land bought for preservation and some land donated to us, but it's up to the farmers and ranchers," Fisher said. She explained the equation gets more interesting when the average age - 60-plus - of open land landowners is factored in. "In about 10 years, the 60 percent of land owned by farmers and ranchers ranch-ers will change hands and estate taxes will kick in," she said. "The rural landscape will be affected." It is just that effect that prompts the speed at which Fisher is working work-ing to meet the September 30 deadline dead-line required for applications seeking seek-ing a share of the $38 million. "If we lose land to developers, we don't exactly have the choice of CHILS0N & ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE COMPANY. YOUR ONLY "REAL" INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IN PARK CITY, UTAH AND CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO INTERNET http:www.Come2Utah.comchilson E-mail chilsonComeUtah.com 4 Patsy Chilson crb.crs.gri Broker cips candidate This is the Available at the following retail locations: Albertsons Mail Boxes Etc. Pay Less Drug Stores "Off-peak time: 8pm to 6am weekdays and all weekends and holidays. Activation kit includes loaner phone, battery charger and service activation. After one year, the phone is yours to keep. Airtime is billed by rounding up to the next lull minute. Calls are timed from Send to End. Annual agreement and major credit card required. going back later and changing our minds," Fisher said. At the same time, if a farmer or rancher owns land that is worth $50,000 per acre for development, but is making $1,000 profit per acre, it is easy to see how tempted the land owner might be to sell the land. Fisher is working on three projects pro-jects involving farm land in Summit County. The projects, which each comprise adjacent pieces of farm land, range in size from 200 acres to 3,000 acres. "We're seeing if it's feasible fea-sible to preserve them as agricultural agricul-tural properties," she said. Fisher explained that, although $38 million mil-lion is a lot of money, not all of it is for Utah and not all of it is available this year. She said the list of conditions condi-tions that will be considered in Please see Saving Farms, A-8 TOLL FREE 800-409-9066 last cellular ad to oa" o B ft O The Affordable Portable Cellular Phone Architects give form to forum by Cornelia deBruin OF THE RECORD STAFF After two meetings held to get ideas on what Snyderville Basin residents want in their new park, the landscape architects hired to design the park have six pages of suggestions. Somehow Todd and Terrall Claflin will transfer the six hours' worth of freeform conversation into a working blueprint. The blueprint blue-print will be submitted to the third public meeting, now scheduled for Sept. 24. "In a lot of ways, our success is partly due to how close we stay to decisions made early on," said Todd Claflin. He noted the public process is not a matter of "just going through the motions." "There is a lot of knowledge among area residents that we don't have," Claflin said. He explained he and his partners will listen to what everybody says, then put form to their ideas, with a sense of respect to the land. "We want to go with the flow and listen to what nature is telling us," he said. Claflin explained every piece of land has features that make it unique and that are not found anywhere else. In the case of Trailside Park, the features include a steep hill, an amphitheater shape and "an ocean of sagebrush." "You can't look at this area and visualize it as an oak forest," Claflin laughed. At the Sept. 3 meeting, Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District spokeswoman Bonnie Park said the 14 people who attended came to "a definite yes" on how two playing fields, a playground, pavilions and parking should be laid out. The committee, comprising representatives of various vari-ous neighborhoods near the park site and members of the Park City Recreation department, kept their attention on what is being called the "active recreation" area of the 63-acre park. They agreed on two playing fields leveled to a three-percent grade. Committee representatives St VIKTOR STEJSKAL CONTRACTOR 955-9437 TILE SETTING REMODELING DECORATING FREE ESTIMATES you'll ever have to read. of Mi! were inclined to have the fields be multiple-use rather than permanently perma-nently set up for a particular game. Committee member Dave Showalter, who is actively involved with local baseball and Softball leagues, suggested the outfield size of the fields be decreased. "If you keep them full-size, adults will take over the fields for Softball games." he said. Showalter explained having hav-ing the outfield be 210 feet deep rather than 300 to 350 feet deep would be an adequate size. Recreation board member Rick Perry cautioned the public committee commit-tee members about keeping the park plans overly unstructured. "One thing the public has to understand under-stand is at this moment, this town is totally deficient in recreation areas," Perry said. "We're at this juncture, and we've got to solve it." Perry said once the recreation solution solu-tion is decided on. "then we look at passive recreation." Park neighbor Becky Nelson noted that the park area is being heavily used by ATV riders. Nelson and other committee members mem-bers want signs to be posted on the park property telling people what is in progress for the area. The recently acquired area has historically histori-cally been a popular place for ATV riders, as well as equestrians. The lay of the land, combined with existing roadways, suggested the entrance be located at the north end of the parcel, which abuts Silver Summit Parkway. Committee members suggested a long row of parking along the north side, with two other rows for parking located to the east of the two playing fields. Committee members also agreed on the need for covered pavilion areas and on the approximate approxi-mate size and location of a playground. play-ground. However, what will comprise com-prise the playground and park, will be discussed more in subsequent meetings. One suggestion from several committee members was that no Please see Architects, A-8 HE3 |