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Show Volume XXIV Issue IX The Ogden Valley news Page 3 March 1, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE OF AVAILABLE JOB POSITION WORKING FOR HUNTSVILLE TOWN Huntsville Town is looking for an individual or a business to maintain the Huntsville Cemetery. Duties include: mowing, edging, sprinkler repair, equipment maintenance, and use of a backhoe. This will be a 20-hour a week, seasonal job, with flexible hours. If you are interested, please mail your resume to: Huntsville Town, Attn: Bill Wangsgard, PO Box 267, Huntsville, UT 84317 or email to: clerk@ huntsvilletown.com. Resumes are due by March 4, 2017. Local Forest Receives Proposal to Study Health of Mountain Goats and Bighorn Sheep The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest is seeking public comment on a proposal received from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to capture, take biological samples for disease testing, and collar mountain goats and bighorn sheep in three wilderness areas. The purpose of the project is to obtain information about the sympatric mountain goat and bighorn sheep populations in the Wasatch Mountains. The mountain goat population has significantly declined since 1999 and the bighorn sheep population has remained stagnant since 2000. The information collected would be used to determine potential causes for the declines and if these declines are associated in any way. The proposed project would be implemented by landing helicopters in the Twin Peaks, Lone Peak, and Mount Timpanogos wilderness areas to capture, collect biological samples, and collar both species. All ground access would occur from Forest Service roads. All personnel and equipment staging areas would occur outside of wilderness areas. Wilderness access will occur via helicopter for capturing, taking biological samples, and collaring only. The project would be implemented in September and November 2017 to minimize conflicts with hunting seasons and recreational activities in the areas. Project implementation time would be approximately two to four days. A 30-day scoping period will begin with the publication of a legal notice. Comments will be used by the Forest Service in the analysis of the proposal. Additional information about the project, and how to comment, can be found at <www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49384> Information may also be obtained by calling the Unita-Wasatch-Cache National Forest office at 801-999-2103. Violators Cited for Breaking Shed Antler Closure If you’re tempted to break away, so he could pick them up later. As the Utah’s shed antler gathering closure, you might want to think again. Enforcing the closure has been a top priority for Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers. Since the statewide closure started, officers have spent more than 500 hours watching areas where big game animals congregate in the winter. They’ve also responded to several tips received on the Utah Turn-in-a-Poacher (UTiP) hotline. DWR Director Greg Sheehan closed Utah to shed antler gathering—on both public and private land— on Feb. 3. The closure is designed to reduce stress on deer, elk, and moose and help more of the animals make it through the winter. So far, 16 people have been cited for violating the closure. DWR Captain Mitch Lane says several of the individuals were cited for unlawful take of protected wildlife—in this case, antlers and horns. Unlawful take of protected wildlife is a class B Misdemeanor. The violators now face fines as high as $1,000. “Our officers cited these individuals after watching them look for and then pick up antlers,” Lane says. “Or, we caught them with antlers in their possession.” In two separate cases, an officer watched an individual pick antlers up and then stash them violator walked off the mountain, the officer was there to greet him. “At first,” Lane says, “the individual denied they were shed hunting, even though the officer watched him do it. It was easy to find the evidence, though: after the officer interviewed the person, and let him go, he followed the person’s foot prints in the snow, right to the spots where the antlers were stashed.” The officer then contacted the individual and let the person know that he’d found the antlers the individual had tried to hide. At that point, Lane says each person admitted they had gathered antlers illegally. “In each case,” he says, “the person said they knew the shed antler gathering season was closed, but they couldn’t resist the temptation to gather antlers.” The officers seized the illegally collected antlers. In return, each violator received a costly citation. UTiP hotline - In addition to observing people gathering antlers, Lane says officers have made several cases after receiving tips on the UTiP hotline. The hotline number is 1-800662-DEER (3337). “We’d like to thank those who have helped us enforce the closure,” he says. “We encourage people to continue reporting violations they observe or they’re aware of.” Lane says enforcing the shed antler closure will remain a top priority for DWR officers until the closure ends on April 1. Ogden Valley Planning Commission Planning Meeting Agenda February 28, 2017 5:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance & Roll Call: 1. Minutes: Approval of the November 1, 2016, December 6, 2016, January 3, 2017, and February 7, 2017 Meeting Minutes 2. Consent Agenda: 2.1. UV0080116 Consideration and action on a request for final approval of Old Town Eden Condominiums in the Commercial Valley (CV-2) lone, located at 5510 E 2200 N In Eden. (Ben Toone, Applicant) 3. Petitions, Applications & Public Hearings 3.1 Administrative Items a. Old Business: 1. CUP 2016-16 Consideration and action for an amendment to the site plan associated with the conditional use permit for an Agri-Tourism operation identified as the Dancing Moose Farms Art & Ecology Center in the Forest IF-51 Zone, located at 134S5 East Hwy 39 in Huntsville. (Dailey Family United Partnership, Applicant; Daniel Dailey, Agent) a. New Business: 1. CUP 2017-01Consideration and action on a conditional use permit application for a public utility substation (water storage tank) for Wolf Creek Water and Sewer Improvement District in the Open Space (O-1) Zone, located at the Intersection of Retreat Drive and Mountain Ridge Drive in Eden. (Wolf Creek Water and Sewer Improvement District, Applicant; Mike Durtschi, Project Engineer, Gardner Engineering, Agent) 3.2 Legislative Items a. Old Business: 1. DISCUSSION: ZTA 2016-06: To discuss and take public comment on a proposal to amend the following sections of Weber County Code: Definitions (§101-1-7), Ogden Valley Lighting (§10S-16), and Ogden Valley Signs (§110-2) to provide dearer standards for outdoor light and outdoor lighting devices in the Ogden Valley in order to support dark sky-viewing, astrotourism, the Dark Sky accreditation of North Fork Park, and the Ogden Valley General Plan. 4. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda: 5. Remarks from Planning Commissioners: 6. Planning Director Report: 7. Remarks from Legal Counsel: 8. Adjourn Public Meeting to Convene to a Work Session WS1. DISCUSSION: Ogden Valley Hydrogeology Report Update PLANNING cont. from page 1 conditional use permit for an agri-tourism operation, designated as the Dancing Moose Farms Art & Ecology center at 13485 E. Highway 39 in Huntsville, as an accessory use to the existing agricultural uses located at the site. Again, planning staff is recommending approval of the conditional use application. Wolf Creek Water and Sewer Improvement District is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to construct a 500,000 gallon water storage tank located at approximately 3955 N. Retreat Dr. in Eden, which applications state will provide the storage capacity needed to meet the added demands of proposed development within Wolf Creek’s water system boundaries. According to the application, the proposed tank will be located approximately 40 feet from an existing tank. The application states that the property boundary of the existing tank will be adjusted to include the new tank upon approval of the CUP. The proposed tank’s diameter is 75 feet and the tank depth is 16 feet. The tank will be buried with 6 inches of top soil covering it. The Planning staff is recommending approval of this application. Also on the agenda, the Ogden Valley Planning Commission will discuss and take public comment on a proposal to amend portions of the planning code for Ogden Valley to provide “clearer” standards for outdoor light and outdoor lighting devices that are supportive of the Valley’s dark sky ordinance, and Ogden Valley as a dark sky-viewing area supporting astrotourism, and the Dark Sky accreditation of North Fork Park. Specifically, the commission will consider proposed newly defined definitions in the zoning code as related to lighting, Ogden Valley’s [outdoor] lighting codes, and Ogden Valley’s sign ordinances, specifically as they relate to lighting, i.e. should back lit signs be allowed in commercial units? Snowbasin Resort Partners With Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports Foundation Snowbasin Resort is excited to partner with their local adaptive sports program for a demo day benefitting the Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports Foundation. For just $20 a patron can demo skis and snowboards from over 15 of the top brands in the industry—all day Saturday, March 11. Patrons will purchase their $20 pass at the event from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. In addition, there will be raffle tickets for sale around the demo tents for a chance to win great prizes. All the proceeds will benefit the Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports Program. Test the latest and greatest gear while supporting a great cause in Ogden Valley. 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