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Show The OGpEN VALLEY NEW February 15, 2007 PRSRT STD POSTAGE eA Z RMIT NO. 11 EDEN L 7 POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-843 10 HUNTSVILLE-84317 HCR 843A0, Community Encouraged to Join CERT ~ a en or oe taken i in December of last year shows the frost resulting from for off Pineview ” frost. Photos courtesy of Ernest Goff of Huntsville, Ogden Valley Septic System Information and Incentive Program— Additional seminars being offered In an effort to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen loading in Pineview Reservoir from septic systems, several state and local agencies are jointly sponsoring a program that combines homeowner training with a financial incentive to assist in the cost of cleaning out and maintaining septic systems wners with septic systems in Huntsville, Eden, and Liberty are invited to participate in one of two septic system edu- cation seminars that will be taught by Judy Sims of the Utah Water Research Laboratory. Brian Cowan, Waste Water Specialist from the Weber-Morgan Health Department, will be available to answer questions. Those who participate will be asked to complete pre- and post-knowledge surveys, and will qualify for a $100 rebate on septic system clean-outs. Clean-outs performed between January 1, SEPTIC PROGRAMS cont. on page 8 Zions Bank Names Eden Office “Branch of the Year” For Third Consecutive Year Zions Bank’s Eden’s office located inside Valley Market on Wolf Creek Dr. has been warded “Branch of the Year” in the bank’s Northern Utah Region. The surprise announcement was made January 31 before a crowd of more than 400 employees at the bank’s annual managers’ conference in Salt Lake Cit For the third year in a row, the Eden branch surpassed 20 other traditional and instore Northern Utah Region branches for its excellence in customer service, deposit growth, loans, and sales. Each member of the staff received a $100 bonus and a special celebration dinner. “The success is owed one hundred percent to the great employees of this branch. It was a combination of everyone working hard and participating together,” said branch manager Deana Allen. The branch’s employees are Krysti Branz, Melanie Eyres, customer service manager Lorna Hoffinan, Lindi Pratt, and Teresa Shaum. Allen added that the clients of the Eden Valley Market branch have been a factor in the branch’s success. “We have to compete against larger branches in the region and we won again because of our customers,” she said. “No other branch has clients like we have in Eden Valley.” Founded in 1873, Zions has been serving the communities of Utah for more than 130 years. Additional information on Zions Bank is available at <www.zionsbank.com> Zions Bank “Branch of the Year” employees from left to right are Melanie Eyres, Teresa Shaum, Lindi j Pratt, Krysti Branz,customer service manager Lorna Hoffman, and branch manager Deana Allen. Reservoir. Some prefer to call it Local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program organizers will be holding a training session geared to train local residents about how to prepare to respond to emergency situations in their community. The training course will be held on three consecutive Saturdays: February 24, March 3, and March 10. The final class will include a mock disaster where students will respond using the skills they have acquired during their Saturday morning classes. Volunteers are needed to participate in the training. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community. The CERT course is taught in the local community by a trained team of first responders and community members who have completed a CERT train-the-trainer course conducted by their state training office, and is designed to help program participants protect themselves, family members, and neighbors in an emergency situation where individual citizens may be initially on their own before overwhelme; d medical personnel can respond. b25 fee is assessed for Pa agi in the class, which covers the cost of equi ment and training manual. For more information, or to register, please call Wayne Hillstead at 745-7561, Darla Weston at 745-2365, or Dave Snyder from the Weber County Fire Department. Another Inconvenient Truth— The case for TDRs The Importance of Dwelling Unit When thinking about big picture planning for the future of Ogden Valley, the key is to focus on the number of homes and dwellings that will ultimately be allowed. One dwelling (referred to as one “unit”) generates a predictable impact on us; we can reliably estimate its impact on traffic, water consumption, schools, waste water pollution, churches, roads, police, fire stations, commercial services, and taxes. It is more difficult to estimate a unit’s impact on the lifestyle qualities we are trying to preserve as outlined in our Ogden Valley General Plan: “rural atmosphere,” “rural lifestyle,” “open spaces, ” “wildlife,” and “dark skies.” But it is certainly safe to say that each unit depletes some of it and, at some point, it can all be gone. . . one unit at a time. In short, the number of units is the key driver of most of the growth effects we will experience—from the tax base to air pollution. To be sure, some units will generate a larger impact than others. An expensive second home at Snowbasin will generate more taxes and less Valley traffic than a family residence in Eden. But, overall, the impact is still predictable and the number of units is, again, the primary driver. Developers also think in terms of units: cost per unit, profit per unit, units in a project, ratio of residential units to commercial units, units constructed per year, and units sold per year. They all add up to the same thing: more units mean more profit . . . up to a point The trick for developers is to build and sell as many of their units as possible before a threshold is reached where the number of units rises significantly enough that their value becomes degraded; for example, the inevitable, development-caused loss wildlife, dark skies, and open spaces along with an increase in traffic, pollution, and structures becomes significant enough that it begins to reduce our Valley’s attractiveness TRUTH cont. on page 15 Black Ice, Speed Lead to Several Accidents on Valley Roads of them into the Ogden River. Westbound traffic was bac for miles as large semi trailers enught in — Warmer daytime temperatures combined equipment and new barriers to replace those with continued nighttime freezing temperathat were knocked over the lip of the road tures have contributed to several accidents into the icy water below. Neff stated that during the first week in February. The UDOT will retrieve the lost barriers after the Weber County Sherriff’s office stayed busy spring runoff season is over. responding to accidents on the North Ogden OT is asking motorists to slow down, Divide where black ice may have been a facand to drive attentively. tor in a jeep roll over near the summit on February 5. A young woman driving acar also hit ice early Wednesday morning on February 7, lost control of her vehicle, and landed upside down in the field behind the Eden General Store. No one was seriously injured in either incident. UDOT public relations officer Andy Neff stated that speed and inattentive drivers have caused a higher than usual number of accidents in Ogden Canyon this winter. During the last week of January, a garbage truck rolled in the narrows, loosening several cement barriers. Later, in a separate inci- A tow truck rights a vehicle which lost control and flipped over near the Eden General Store in the early morning of dent, a large truck side swiped the same barriers, knocking 12 February 7. No one was injured. By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News |