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Show The Ogden May 15, 2007 Valley news Your Community Newspaper PRSRT PRSRT STD STD POSTAGE POSTAGE PAID PAID PERMIT PERMIT NO. NO. 11 11 EDEN EDEN UT UT POSTAL POSTAL PATRON PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN OGDEN CANYONCANYON- 84401 84401 HCR HCR 843AO 843AO Neighborhood Watch Discussion Being Held for Community Ryon Hadley of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office will host a community Neighborhood Watch discussion on Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Huntsville Town Hall. The public is invited to attend. With the approaching summer season comes an increase in local crime; thus, it’s more important than ever to attend and take part in a Neighborhood Watch program. During the discussion, community members will learn how to ensure their neighborhoods remain safe and crime free. Dyer’s Woad Plants Can Be Turned in for Cash Weber County children have the chance to help Utah’s native plants and earn a few dollars at the same time by bagging dyer’s woad for the University of Utah Extension agency and the Weber Soil Conservation District. Youth between the ages of 6 and 16 are eligible to participate in the program. Official orange woad bags can be picked up at the Weber County Fairground Pavilion between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 or on May 24. Spring arrival in Eden. Photo taken by Larry Zini of Huntsville. Weber County Commissioners Give Preliminary Approval for Controversial Development By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Earlier this month, Weber County Commissioners gave preliminary approval to The Rivers Cluster Subdivision slated for development at approximately 7800 E. along Highway 39 near Huntsville. The developer is proposing to develop 46 lots on a 54 acre parcel on the west side of the highway. The parcel also abuts the South Fork River to the south. Approximately 10.82 acres of open space will be included in the cluster subdivision, which will accommodate wetland areas. The developers are hoping to utilize another nearby proposed development’s sewer treatment facility to handle wastewater from the subdivision. The sewage would have to be pumped to the facility located about a mile away. Eden Water Ogden Valley News A spate of vandalism at the local Laundromat located inside the Eden Car Wash continues to plague the manager of the facility. Julie Phalen reported that the latest incident occurred late Friday night or early Saturday morning, May 4 or May 5. Each incident has progressively worsened. Weber County Commissioner Tours Ogden Valley Newest Weber County Commissioner Jan Zogmaister toured Ogden Valley with members of the GEM (Growth With Excellence) Committee in April. Zogmaister has been designated as the lead commissioner overseeing issues related to Ogden Valley, and has been reviewing, with fellow commissioners Ken Ogden Valley GEM Committee members host Weber County Commissioner Jan Zogmaister on tour of Ogden Valley. Eden Residents Appointed to Serve on Planning Commission By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News and encouraged her to do so. “They felt that there needed to be representation of the large landowners in the Valley,” stated Lythgoe. “I grew up here in the Valley on a large ranch in Eden. I have a genuine love of the area, and want to do what I can to see it take a positive Jamie Lythgoe shape as it grows.” Jamie also says that she has the perspective of a real estate broker specializing in resort properties and PLANNING cont. on page 17 Weber County Commissioners Ken Bischoff, Craig Dearden, and Jan Zogmaister have appointed Eden residents Jamie Lythgoe and Bill Siegal as the newest members of the Ogden Valley Township Planning Commission. As of May 9, Siegel and Lythgoe replaced former Eden commisDEVELOPMENT cont. on page 20 sion members Sharon Holmstrom and Verl Creager. Commissioners are appointed for four year terms. Lythgoe says that she decided to apply In the latest occurrence, vandals pulled for the position on the Planning Commission the fire extinguisher off the wall and emp- after several long time residents called her tied its contents throughout the room, covering the floor, bookcases, and machinery with a thick layer of fire retardant. The vandals also broke into the supply room and stole about $150 to $200 in new tools recently purchased to maintain the facilVANDALISM cont. on page 17 After four years in the planning and filters are so small they will not allow an investment of $6,000,000 Wolf Creek bacteria to pass into the discharged wasteSewer Improvement District (WCSID) water. One of the features of the treatment board members broke ground at the site of system is reducing the pollutants to prothe new wastewater treatment facility on tect both the ground water and Pineview April 11. WCSID board members wielded Reservoir. The majority of the water will Bischoff and Craig Dearden, the draft sensi- golden shovels at the event, touted by board be stored for irrigation use. This will help tive lands, Transfer of Development Rights member Lowell Peterson as a new era for keep most of this valuable water resource in the Valley. (TDR), and recreational resort ordinances water treatment and use in Ogden Valley. The MBR offers significant advantages The new facility is using the newest developed by BIO WEST in conjunction with a stakeholders committee composed of wastewater technology, a membrane bio- over conventional wastewater treatment Ogden Valley residents representing varied reactor (MBR) ultra filtration system. The facilities: it needs only a small footprint MBR technology uses bacteria to break and can be housed inside a building, interests and organizations. During the tour, Ogden Valley develop- down the pollutants in the wastewater and SEWER FACILITY cont. on page 17 ment issues that have been, or soon will then filter out the solids. The holes in the be, before the commission were discussed along with the newly proposed draft ordinances. A luncheon was served by Wolf Creek at their newly constructed Pineview Lodge. Also participating in the tour were GEM committee chair Steve Clarke, and committee members Shanna Francis, Ron Gleason, Kirk Langford, Jim Ormsbee, and Kim Wheatley. At the end of the tour, Zogmaister stated that the tour had been very enlightening. The Ogden Valley Stakeholders Committee evolved from the GEM (Growth with Excellence Mandate) Committee formed in July of 2005 to address future development issues. One of the primary goals of the GEM committee is to provide assistance to the county commissioners and their staff in an effort to help the Valley develop as an attractive, useful, and desirable place to live and recreate. F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e Wolf Creek Sewer Improvement Distinct Board members at the April 11 groundbreaking. G E M c o m m i t t e e , p l e a s e v i s i t Left to right are Steve Balek, Rob Thomas, Steve Roberts, Larry McBride, Ray Bowden, and Lowell Peterson. <http://og d en v alley g em. o rg/> Eden Laundromat Suffers from Spate of Vandalism By Shanna Francis DYER’S WOAD cont. on page 17 Wolf Creek Sewer Improvement District Board Members Break Ground for New Sewer Facility |