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Show A-3 Saturday, May 19, 2001 The Park Record unty When only the locals are left in town... COUNTY EDITOR: Tim Sullivan 649-9014 ext. 1 12 unction bridge to fly in July ,w , i.v w qujrr,;r " : rv" " t! . : .. mi n I inOT cac Qilor BMB WW I Will Ul Creek project is on time and on budget by Tim Sullivan OF THE RECORD SJAFF The hulking conglomerate of steel arcing over Interstate 80 at Silver Creek Junction is beginning begin-ning to look , like a fly-over bridge. Now, says the Utah Department of Transportation, the fly-over bridge connecting northbound U.S. 40 with westbound west-bound 1-80 only needs some finishing fin-ishing work. The entire project should be completed by the end of July. UDOT began the $27 million project in June of 2000. So far, says project manager Michael Fazio, the contractor UDOT hired, Gilbert Western, has spent about 70 percent of that money. Fazio says the project is on budget. budg-et. Most of the work that remains to be completed involves re-paving re-paving on U.S. 40, some of which is now dirt. When the project is completed later this summer, says Fazio, U.S. 40 will be a four-lane freeway up until the junction, where it will branch off into a ramp to eastbound 1-80, a bridge leading into the Silver Creek neighborhood and the two-lane fly-over bridge. In addition, says Fazio, UDOT is considering re-paving 1-80 at Silver Creek Junction. He says that additional project isn't necessary right now, but it would Bear River Eastern Summit Planning Commission debates merits of remote development by Tim Sullivan OF THE RECORD STAFF Development is occurring in almost every corner of Summit County, including its . furthest reaches, on the Bear River Ranch on the Mirror Lake Highway near the Wyoming border. But while the Bear River Ranch's isolation removes it from the Snyderville Basin's sprawl, its developer still has a desire for more density. On Wednesday, Bear River developer David Allen discussed his project with the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission. Allen is attempting to more than double the number of cabins in the 2,330-acre development, devel-opment, requesting the ' addition of 17 units of density to his 14-unit 14-unit base density guaranteed under the Eastern County Development Code. While 10 of those units would come from a transfer of development rights from the adjacent Two Bear Ranch, Allen is asking the county for the other seven as a "bonus for good planning." ' The mechanism through which Allen and Summit County Planner Stephen Call are suggest-, suggest-, ing the units should be added is a ' Specially Planned Area (SPA). The county grants an SPA to a project only if its developer shows that the project is providing provid-ing community benefits above what the code requires. ; Allen originally sought the additional units through some government lots of record that he thought might exist on the property, prop-erty, but is now attempting to avoid that issue by seeking those units through an SPA for good H & Red Desert Cowboy Collectible She?: May 25, 26, 27 Sweet Water County Fairground:, "; I To make cuisignmerits or for a catalog or sale bi,' ' call: Tom Kower, Sales Manager 6603 Powderhouse Rd. Cheyenne Wyoming Produced in cooperation with Swaatwatar County Travel ft Tourism Board -s-. "fv -r: : fc -tl& JZ&?m STEPHEN ZUSYR4flK RECORD Brent Joe, Barney Harvey and Sheloon Begay work on Silver Creek Junction's new fly-over bridge, to be completed August 1. be easier to do it now, while one lane of the freeway is closed anyway. any-way. UDOT is also considering, says Fazio, painting in a temporary tempo-rary extra lane for the Olympics. The extra lane would run east-bound east-bound 1-80 from Kimball Junction to Silver Creek Junction, with that lane continuing continu-ing on to southbound U.S. 40. The extra lane would exist from the project's completion until after the Games are over. Jim McMinimee, UDOT's Region Two Director, says UDOT has a few projects pushing for more density planning. On ' Wednesday, Eastern Planning Commissioner Lewis Marchant put the burden of proof on Allen, asking "How would you justify the statement that, there are tangible benefits above what we would have now?" Allen pointed to several aspects of his project. First, he said, Bear River Ranch's cabins are clustered more than the code requires. The code allows for one unit per 160 acres (hence the 14 base-density units), but Allen said his lots will be only 10 acres. With 31 units, that would add up to only 310 acres of developable land, plus roads. The clustering, he said, would therefore leave room for a 2,000-acre 2,000-acre area that would be deeded as a conservation easement to prevent pre-vent future sale. Allen added that no homes would be allowed within about 1,500 feet of the Bear River itself, preserving the riparian corridor. "We see leaving that corridor open as a public benefit," Allen said. But some planning commissioners commis-sioners were hesitant to count Bear River Ranch's good planning plan-ning towards the community benefits ben-efits necessary for an SPA. Commissioner Doug Geary said he believed that the standards stan-dards for an SPA are higher than what Allen .... was proposing. "What you consider public benefits," bene-fits," said Geary, "are mechanisms mecha-nisms that we would require anyway." any-way." Commissioner Thomas Brown agreed. "The next one that comes along could use your project proj-ect as an example," said Brown, B Horse Sales Spring Auction 2 Cowboy Collects ce":ct;:2is st Syjii, C!:::, 21 Til:!; '' Cc .y Cc'i-Sl'i Jr: Show , ... -- . itiques !C "ret ' J Farm fit Ranch An;. "7 Military blacksmith ;k. tss maker Wagons, Buggys, t:aig i Cowboy Collectible Trad.js Show 'arness using ss idles, Furniture, Torses, Mules, TAnys planned for this summer in the Park City area, including a resurfacing resur-facing of S.R. 224 from the Blue Roof Market to the Park City limits. McMinimee says UDOT will also complete some surface maintenance on S.R. 224 from Bear Hollow to Kimball Junction and on S.R. 248 from the Yarrow Hotel to Park City High School. McMinimee says those projects proj-ects shouldn't inconvenience motorists, especially those traveling travel-ing to and from Park City for concerts or festivals. "We'll try to work around all the events," McMinimee says. "and then our code goes out the window." The commissioners also had concerns with other, aspects of Allen's project, including the transfer of units from Two Bear Ranch. Commission Chair Arlin Ovard said he wanted to avoid a situation in which both Bear' River and Two Bear believed , they hold the rights to the 10 transferred units and both begin developing them. Allen responded that he shouldn't be allowed to develop those 10 lots until the Two Bear owners sign them over. Other concerns emerged regarding the difficulty of providing provid-ing services to Bear River Ranch, especially schooling for the children chil-dren of year-round residents. Allen claims the project's roads will not be maintained in the winter, win-ter, but, as Commissioner Brown pointed out, 'summer home' areas often turn into year-round residences, necessitating school services for. children. The Bear River Ranch's location loca-tion would make schooling in Evanston, Wyoming a more plau-' sible alternative to the North or South Summit School Districts. Commissioner Antoine Powell said currently, Summit County pays for Uinta County to bus 18 students up from the Bear River area and educate them in Evanston schools. Planner Call, for his part, said he believed that Allen was doing the right thing in clustering and preserving the river corridor. But Call added that perhaps the commissioners com-missioners had a point in saying that kind of good planning should be required. "The county," said Call, "is justified in pressing for those things that are critical in maintaining main-taining its rural nature." . i Auction Spring WY IS .iOW Riding Saddle The Grub Steak is always open and always a good value! Join us for lunch, including our famous soup, sandwich and salad bar. Mon-Sat 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Open nightly for dinner . from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. Only 20 THE University 0FUTAH 0 GRILLE Now open for lunch & dinner in the comfort of our landmark building and our outside patio. 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