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Show The Ogden Valley news Volume XX Issue XVI Page 9 December 1, 2012 From the Past Powder Mountain Plans Approved Note: This article ran in the Standard-Examiner Thursday, November 25, 1982 By Don Vetter, Standard-Examiner Staff Activity at Powder Mountain won’t stop when the snow melts next spring as the ski resort will be invaded by building, sewer and road contractors. The Weber County Commission Tuesday gave final approval on the site plans, sewer and road development for 160 units at the Powder Ridge timeshare development. Construction on the first phase will begin next spring with 60 units ready to be occupied by the end of summer. County Planner Craig Barker said the Powder Ridge plan, along with other recreational developments, will put more than 400 condominium and timeshare units in the Ogden Valley within four years. In Morgan County, a “city” of 2,000 condominiums, 665 duplexes and 400 single-family homes is planned on the southern rim of the valley at Snow Basin. The Powder Ridge development is approximately one mile east of the main lodge at Powder Mountain near the Hidden Lake ski lift. The first phase of the project will cost $2.4 million, developer Tom Tomlinson said. The commissioners approved a $1.2 million sewer plan that will pipe effluent along the Wolf Creek Road right-of-way to a planned sewer lagoon at Bolt Canyon. The road from the main parking lot to Powder Ridge will cost about $245,000, Tomlinson said. The county commission’s action also put a lien on the Powder Mountain property to guarantee that the sewer work will be completed, Barker said. The lien, which ensures that property won’t be sold until the work is complete, will be replaced next year with a cash bond, he said. Commissioner Frank Maughan’s motion to approve the plans almost didn’t receive a second from Commissioner Robert Hunter. The commission delayed for nearly 10 minutes while Hunter left the meeting with County Attorney Max Lamph to discuss the proposal. Hunter said his questions were not of “great concern” and admitted after the meeting that leaving the chambers probably wasn’t necessary. He said he had concerns over the road plan which deeds the private road over to the county after five years. Until then, the developer has to maintain the road. “It’s a real concern when we develop on the outer limits of the county,” Hunter said. “Then we turn something over from private to the public sector which then has to maintain the roads and other facilities, which adds to our budget.” Hunter said he asked Lamph if there were tighter restrictions the county could put on these developments in the future. Hunter said the main reason he seconded Maughan’s motion is that the Powder Ridge road will help complete an upper valley summer road loop system. The scenic route would eventually tie into the Beaver Creek development on the South Fork Canyon. “It will give the county’s sightseers a chance to take in the valley’s beauty,” Hunter said. The Powder Ridge development includes an 18,000-square-foot commercial mall that ski area owner Alvin Cobabe hopes will make Powder Mountain a destination resort. Cobabe said the mall and timeshare should bolster skier use—another two lifts to handle up to 6,000 skiers and hour is planned. Business has been “slow” since the resort opened last week, he said. In June, the County Commission rezoned the Powder Ridge area from F-40, a minimum 40-acre lot size, to CR-1 commercial recreation and FR-3, allowing less acreage per dwelling unit. Building permit on the units and approval form the state and county health departments on the sewer system are the only government approvals needed for the development. Condo Developers File Bankruptcy Note: This article ran in the Standard-Examiner Saturday, March 2, 1985 By Dan Cunningham Standard-Examiner staff The developers of Powder Ridge Condominiums above Ogden Valley filed for court protection from creditors this week, listing assets of $2,732,000 and total debts of $4,058,000. Ogden Valley Development Co., Eden, filed under Chapter 11 provisions that allow the company to continue operating while it seeks a solution to its economic woes. “I’ve been expecting it,” said Dr. Alvin Cobabe, and Ogden physician who sold the 14-acre condominium site to the development company in the summer of 1982. He reported Ogden Valley Development is behind in its payments to him. Four condominiums are completed on the development site south and west of Hidden Lake Lift at Powder Mountain Ski Resorts. The resort is not part of the bankruptcy proceedings. Merlin Tomlinson, an officer of the company who signed the bankruptcy documents, could not be reached for comments. Another condominium development in nearby Eden, the Wolf Lodge Condominiums, will be sold at a sheriff’s foreclosure sale Friday. At that auction, First Security Bank is expected to bid the amount of money it is owed and repossess the projects. Several developers have encountered difficulties in Ogden Valley and the hills surrounding it. For example, the forerunner of Wolf Lodge, Patio Springs, was involved in bankruptcy proceedings and the financially- Seasons Greetings from Iverson and Larsen Dental We invite our patients to stop in and guess how many sugar-free gumballs are on the Sugarplum tree thru Dec.21. Christmas “Guessing Game” for a chance to win an iPad Mini. beleaguered Snowbasin Ski Resort across the valley was purchased last autumn by R. Earl Holding for $1.9 million. Holding also owns Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. Days after the sale the two companies that formerly operated Snowbasin offered to pay off about $2 million in debts for 17 cents on the dollar. Cobabe, who has extensive holdings in the Powder Mountain area, remains optimistic about the area’s future despite recurring economic problems developers seem to encounter in the scenic valley east of Ogden. “One of these days it will take off and come into its own. I do not know what is the matter,” Cobabe said. In its action, Ogden Valley Development filed a four-page document in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Salt Lake City Court that seeks court protection from creditors. The development company listed unspecified secured debts or $3,778,000, and unsecured debts of $280,800. The largest unsecured creditor is Pinkerton and Laws Co., Atlanta, Ga., which is owed $170,000. Other unsecured creditors include J. Ron Stacey Construction Co., Ogden, $34,000; Molen Associations, Salt Lake City, $23,500; Pioneer Door Sales, Ogden, $23,500; Design Happenings, Ogden, $15,000; Blackers Furniture, Willard, $5,800; Kay Riley & Sons, Bountiful, $4,200 and Ken Win[n]a[n] d Electric Service, Ogden, $2,850, according to court records. Inspirational Thought Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace. -- Philippians 4:6 From The Past . . . This photo shows rail tracks being set in Ogden Canyon. In 1910 the Ogden RPID Transit successfully waged a miniature “canyon war” with Simon Bamberger’s Salt Lake and Ogden Interurban, as both raced to be the first to build a line up scenic Ogden Canyon. 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