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Show WASATCH MOUNTAIN TIMES OUNTAI EDITORIAL WASATCH Midway Officials Allow Boomtown Development Volume be similar to those or even Calif. those in Orange The latest approved is the proposal Meadow Along project. County, to 350-unit be Spring with other recent large approvals, Spring Meadow will guarantee that the picturesque town will be overshadowed by Southern California-style stuUCCO townhouses and dream homes. All of these approvals have been over the loud protestation of townsfolk, who want to preserve the essence of their little town, which is one of the most beautiful in Utah. Midway’s But time and again, officials have sided with out-of-town developers, rights like who brandish Moses with property the Ten Commandments. Their philosophy is that a property owner has the right to maximize profits with little attention given to the impact on the community. Midway officials apparently agree. But the question arises: When is the betterment of all the residents as important as the ability of one individual to profit? When is the community valued as highly as a developer’s right to turn a buck? Because recently approved projects like Spring Meadow, Troll Hagen and The Hamlet are annexations, Midway city officials could have extracted from developers almost anything, including reduced densities, impact fees and other miti- gating concessions. What they did instead, was ask for very little and allow themselves to be bullied into trading away much of what makes Midway special. It is well recognized that taxes from new residential developments don’t even come close to paying for significant future note, it is that the Midway City Council has declared a six-month moratorium on accepting new building applications, while it reviews its infrastructure needs. But the town’s last moratorium on building, which ended in April 1994, did little to establish housing densities and other restrictions appropriate for this rural setting. The time has come for members of the Midway Planning Commission and City Council to admit they don’t have ence If You’ve Got Dimples, He May Be In Love Page 7 Why is it that weekend duffers absolutely love the game of golf? It is a mystery that only Randy “the Hamster’ Hanskat could sort out. It just so happens that he’s one of those addicted to dimply balls and mashies. Wilderness Crossword Puzzle Page 9 If you think you know what's going on in the great wilderness debate, or you just killing The small of Midway the wheel don't of plan- ning and development. These problems have been faced successfully elsewhere. Midway should look for outside help from planning experts who don’t have ties to the develop- time, try our DoE. CP Ae sR interests instead of those of out-of- town developers. @ eS el Published by Print Works, When Sally Smith was teaching high school English in Salt Lake City in the mid-1980s, she noticed that the curriculum included not a single woman author. That is when she got the notion to open A Woman's Place Bookstore. Recently, Smith was honored with the First Amendment Award from the ACLU CREDITS puzzle. TM SPECIES OF THE MONTH Cottonwood trees mapped a route across the dry western landscape for pioneers and the pony express. Wherever there are cottonwoods, there is water Page 4 community. Last, but hardly least, it may be time for the people of Midway to elect leaders who will protect their crossword Forging An Alliance: Wilderness & The Rural West Page 8 Somewhere there must be common ground for rural Utahns, who don’t favor Wilderness designations and urban Utahns, who do. Can the two sides coexist? Writer Stephen Trimble examines the challenge in an essay. communities people to re-invent some How Do I Protect My Personal Space? Ask Abby, er uh, Dr. Ben Page 15 ever found a nice place in a park where you could relax and have a — only to find that of all the empty acreage, some nerd has chosen next to you? For a remedy on this all-too-common phenomenon, betDr. Ben. the expertise nor the experiin planning to deal with the winking ment like Have you little space to sit right ter consult onslaught of tricky developers who have had a lot of practice hood- have feel wn will with “4 undoubtedly being erected in Sandy, Orem, the Snyderville Basin in Summit County, constituents tax burdens to pay for roads and schools and other infrastructures that will be required for the coming population explosion. If there is a somewhat positive Cougar Hunt Raises Serious Questions Page 10 Is it wildlife management, sport, or just a cowardly shame? Utah is giving out many more mountain lion hunting permits that ever before. This year 791 permits were issued — that could be equivalent to 25-to-40 percent of the cougar population. But no one knows how many big cats there are. Is it good management, or is it the political will of Utah’s ranchers and hunters at the expense of the species? m= Commission and City Council have set out on a course to approve large developments that will, in the coming months, double and triple and quadruple the town’s population. Community growth of 2 or 3 percent is thought to be robust. Even though Midway’s population of 1,600 is small in terms of real numbers, recent project approvals represent nothing short of boomtown development. The small, historic farming town will soon sprout subdivisions that themselves in terms of required municipal services, like water, sewer and law enforcement: As_ such, Midway officials have saddled their = Planning July 1995 Christopher Smart The picturesque town of Midway, nestleda igainst the Wasatch Mountains in the verdant Heber Valley, is about to change drastically. Midway’s 1, No. 7 Page 5 Ken Rait, the issues director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, takes off the kid gloves in this opinion piece about the way Utah’s governor and Congressional delegation brought off a proposed Utah Wilderness Bill, which includes things like dams and pipelines. Page 1 Uh Mt Park City will play host to a dozen events during the 2002 Winter Games. But how are all those people going to fit into that little town? Page 17 Park City, Utah Christopher Smart Editor If fish could talk, they’d say don’t buy that graphite fly rod. They just work too well. Our resident fly fishing expert Darrell Mensel gives a rundown on various graphite rods. Leslie Miller Layout and Design Michael Lunter, Joanna Charnes Advertising Sales Contribut Katha irine Biele, Rick Brough, Randy Hanskat, John Helton, Steve Lewis, Darrell Mensel, Teri Orr, Pamela Mills Poulson, Virginia Rainey, Ken Rait, Stephen Trimble, Mark O. Walsh, Abi Wright. The Wasatch Mountain Times is published monthly, Twenty thousand copies are distributed throughout our mountain region, including the Wasatch Front, our canyons and the Park City area. The opinions expressed in this publication are not see ose of the publisher. vertising rates and schedules in The Wasatch Mountain Times, or you would like to have The Times delivered and placed in your business establishment, please call Leslie at 801-64 8046, h ee Page 6 PVC te)ay Snowbird has big plans that include a three-story structure on the top of Hidden Peak. The question is, will the Forest Service let them build it? Page 18 BODY LANGUAGE This time I mean it, summer is really here. And that means it’s time to do some swimming. Abi Wright gives the low down on how to train and which muscle groups are involved. AND This is really important material: great marinades for summer barbecues. Virginia Rainey details three recipes that are guaranteed to knock your socks off — and impress your guests, too. Page 12 & 1 RAPPIN’ RAPPAPORT They’re back. The Scandahoovian duo, Knute and Olaf, show up and, as usual, bring the Olympics, tourism and runaway development into stark focus. Sort of. Page Cover photo: Morris Hornocker Hornocker Wildlife Institute Moscow, Idaho |
