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Show Saturday, February 17, 2001 The Park Record A-5 County Seat m COUNTY E! COUNTY EDITOR: Tim Sullivan 649-90 1 4 ext. 1 1 2 TDR Plan gets public input Snyderville Basin Planning Commission looks for prized open-space parcels by Karri Dell Hays OF THE RECORD STAFF Identifying significant open spaces was the focus of Wednesday night s Snyderville Basin Planning Commission meeting. The SBPC was looking for spaces called sending areas, places from which development should be sent elsewhere,- as -part of its forthcoming Transfer of Development Rights program. While many residents and local officials were quick to point out the parcels that they felt were important to the community, many had concerns with the way the commission was approaching the plan. Dave Allen, a member of the TDR Committee, appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, showed the SBPC areas that the committee defined as important to the community. Top priority areas included the Hi-Ute Hi-Ute Ranch, visible undisturbed benches along 1-80, the Bitner Ranch, a meadow below the Winter Sports Park and a parcel across S.R. 224 from the Canyons Resort. Parcels that were considered second priorities included the Quinn's Junction area. Of tertiary importance were large open tracts behind Summit Park and north of Jeremy Ranch. Park City Planning Commissioner Michael O'Hara encouraged the SBPC's forward thinking in the TDR plan. O'Hara said that the PCPCs highest concern con-cern was the Quinn's Junction area, as it will be an important corridor cor-ridor connecting Park City with other areas. He suggested pulling density off the east-facing slopes and developing a town or village center. Areas of highest concern were right next to the Park City turn off, East of S.R. 248 and south of US 40 which he recommended as a sending area. Please see Some object.A-6 Sediment scares Spring Creek I Residents blow the whistle on well pumping murky water into East Canyon Creek Spring Creek residents are complaining com-plaining about sediment being deposited in East Canyon Creek, which runs through their neighborhood. neighbor-hood. Mary Perry, whose house lies on the creek, told The Park Record Thursday that she had witnessed water discharging from a well near East Canyon Creek. The well was drilled for the Spring Creek Water Service Company last fall by Weston Drilling. Perry said the water was discharging into the creek via a temporary pipeline and was full of fine sediment. "It looks like chocolate milk," she said. At Perry's instigation, the Utah Division of Water Quality sent two people to the site Thursday afternoon. after-noon. It wasn't the first time. Perry said she contacted the DWQ last fall after seeing similar discoloration discol-oration in the water while Weston was drilling the well. This time, said Perry, the dis charge has been going on and off for a month, due to pumping by Salt Lake-based Kleinfelder Consulting. "You used to be able to fish in there," she said, adding that a neighbor neigh-bor told her he didn't see any brown trout spawning this fall. DWQ Don Ostler said a "concerned "con-cerned citizen" provided the DWQ with jars full of "turbid" water that she claimed came from the creek. But Ostler said this evidence has no enforcement value, since the agency can't verify veri-fy its origin. Ostler said that while the DWQ requires well-drillers to contain their discharge, dumping pumped groundwater in a stream during the initial process of "cleansing" the well usually isnt a problem. "It should normally clear out after pumping it for a while," he said. Ostler said that the abundance of fine sediment (that wont likely settle) set-tle) in water pumped from the well could be due to pumping too fast. But, said Kleinfelder hydrologist Bill Loughlin, the company has been careful to ease into its original pump's capacity of 2,000 gallons per minute. He said the trouble occurred when the generator that was powering the new, 2,500-gpm pump began cutting out, consequently conse-quently stirring up sediment in the ground as the pumping started and stopped. Ostler said that, while the DWQ wont issue citations to the companies compa-nies involved in the well, it will write one or more of them a formal letter. Ostler said the agency will ask for a pumping plan for the future and will also investigate past events regarding regard-ing the well. "We've got concerns," he said. Whether or not the sediment is carrying pollutants, no one knows. "That's the problem with drawing draw-ing sediment," said Utah Rivers Council Executive Director Zach FrankeL "You dont know what's there." Frankel said Perry called him about the waterls discoloration, and he in turn called the DWQ. 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