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Show The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 31-September 2, 2016 COUNTY SEAT A-3 YOU WORKED HARD ALL YEAR ... COUNTY EDITOR: ANGELIQUE McNAUGHTON 649-9014 EXT. 112 | Countynews@parkrecord.com Fire grows in Echo Canyon REWARD YOURSELF OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND! (435)649-8060 Prospector Square 2093 Sidewinder Drive www.grubsteakrestaurant.com grubsteak@xmission.com Reservations gladly accepted COURTESY OF NORTH SUMMIT FIRE DISTRICT As of Tuesday, the Echo Canyon fire had affected 300 acres and was only five percent contained. The human-caused blaze was first reported at around 2 :30 p.m. on Sunday. It is located about one mile east of Echo Canyon Road. Human-caused blaze spreads to 300 acres ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Fire crews were dispatched over the weekend to battle a human-caused wildfire near Echo Canyon, according to Tyler Rowser, a public information officer with the North Summit Fire District. As of Tuesday, the fire had grown to 300 acres. At around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, a group of people at a shooting range in the area reported seeing flames about one mile east of the Echo Canyon Road, Rowser said. Officials estimated as of Tuesday morning that the blaze had affected 300 acres and was only five percent contained. He said aircraft were used to “help put a line down on the fire.” “We had continuously shifting winds it seemed like all afternoon until the sun went down. It was a bit erratic,” Rowser said of conditions on Sunday. Firefighters with the North Summit Fire District, Division of Forestry and Fire and State Lands were working on Monday to contain the fast-moving brushfire within an established perimeter. No structures were threatened or evacuations ordered at that time. Two helicopters, a large heli- tanker and ground crews were dispatched on Tuesday morning when the blaze jumped the fire line. Rowser said the estimated costs associated with suppression are about $65,000. Officials have determined the blaze was human-caused, but are not releasing any details. “Our whole thing this year is ‘One less spark means one less wildfire’ and, in this case, that is very true because we wouldn’t be here if that was followed,” Rowser said. ‘One less spark, One less wildfire’ is a campaign to educate the public about how to prevent wildfires in forests and desert areas. For more alerts about the Echo Canyon Fire, go to http://summitcounty.org/AlertCenter.aspx Get all the latest Park Record updates. CORE housing project close Affordable housing component is the only lingering issue ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The Discovery CORE project, a mixed affordable housing development slated for the open space west of Gorgoza Park, is edging closer to final approval. Summit County staff have been presented with more than 20 iterations of the Discovery CORE project since 2014. The project was approved for up to 105 units in 2011. Last week, staff determined that the applicant now has an iteration that meets the county’s accepted design standards. A work session was held before the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission on Aug. 23 regarding final plat approval. After the discussion, one of the lingering issues that remained for commissioners was the affordable housing component. “The main discussion point was why they were segregating all the units,” said Amir Caus, Summit County planner. The layout of the project creates development bubbles throughout the site, located behind the Weilenmann School of Discovery and near the entrance to Toll Canyon. One of the current proposals shows 46 townhome units (30 affordable and 16 market rate) on the western portion of the project and 49 single-family units to the east. Another option for integrating shows 29 units that would be spread throughout the development. Scott Loomis, executive director of Mountainlands Community Housing Trust, said he has been under the impression that the project required 60 percent market rate units to 40 percent or 23 affordable housing units. Now the project requires 30 affordable units, he said. “We thought that by getting 46 units, 23 of which would be affordable, and the balance of them being affordable and/or attainable would be integration of its own. And there would be several level of incomes,” Loo- mis said. “What we are going to do at the next hearing is to show them what integration of roughly 50 percent in the townhouses will look like versus if we had all 30 units spread out.” Michael Milner, one of the property owners and the applicant, said “our goal isn’t segregation,” but to get as many affordable units as possible. “We can do more for our buck with townhomes than we can with single-family lots,” Milner said. “But I also see the commission’s point about wanting a certain element of blend and not a segregated point. That’s what we still need to work out: the type, the amount and the location of the affordable housing. “We have been in the process for a long time, actually many years, and we have worked through all of our issues with the engineering department and we have worked out all of our issues with staff,” he said. “But in the end, I think we are building a project that will be a model for affordable housing in the community.” Begin your own tradition. You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely take care of it for the next generation. Please see Housing, A-4 Your new best friend is waiting for you Patek Philippe Diamond Ribbon Ref. 4968R See page B-7 for just a few of the cats and dogs available for adoption |