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Show bbe oha ne el -— ee yy meee . =— TTT S | Vole 1, Issue 10. - CUP Sam Allen, Wasatch County's September 7, 1999 Under r Investigation, Again Courier Staff. green. by the leaky canal and if a pipeline replaced the canals it would The ee ee ‘eiCale:s jg LS Department of the Interior (DOI) has just initiated an investigation into alle- leaky Timpanogos Canal, filed a Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Complaint with the IG’s office after he was unable to get an explanation from CUP representatives bike paths. canals that were supposed to be replaced Board for the CUP, has explained in the because it would have created too large of an environmental impact. The fields north of Heber City are being kept fulfill its legal obligations, it may have to return the money it received: have a greater chance of being held ~ accountable for their misdeeds than they normally would at the end of a state or local investigation. In fact, even ween the Utah State Legislative. Auditors found that Chae © Hicken included excerpts from a deposition that forCoordinator Bob Mathis gave to Canyon Meadows’ attorney, Gordon Duval. The following excerpts primarily cover questions regarding the Timberlakes and DeerCrest Q. And developments. The Mathis eee is in two volumes, the first dated October 22, 1998 and the second dated February 22, 1999. The letter “Q” precedes questions asked by Canyons Meadows’ attorney, Mr. Gordan Duval. An “A” precedes answers given by Bob Mathis. Comments by the attorney representing Wasatch County, Mr. ies Wentz are LaRen Provost — SEPTEMBER 8 WEDNESDAY HIGH LOW 83 53 | That On of any a Problem? march 17th of this year, Wasatch ~ ticular interest to Courier readers will be 7” sort? © A. No, I ee t, but he has eae ©. Have you ever received aside of beef: or material things like that? the following excerpts in which the - commissioner describes his reactions on learning that gifts and money were offered to government officials. ~The ‘deposition describes ae to sides of beef and County sects | Subscribe to The Courier? Great question. The answer is you can’t. If you live in Wasatch County you automat- _ ically get The Courier mailed to your home or business every week. The Courier is _ brought to you each week by our advertisers. Advertising foes pay the costs of production and delivery to your home. Our plan is for it to always remain this way. So the way you can subscribe to The Courier is to spend your moncy with our advertisers. Tell them you read The Courier and appreciate them “paying” for your subscription. PS.—If you live outside of Wasatch County (sorry, someone has to) you can have The Courier mailed to your home anywhere in the United States for $35 per _year, paid in advance to The Wasatch County Courier, 525 South Main, Suite B, Heber City, UT 84032. County Commissioner LaRen Provost was deposed as part of the continuing - Canyon Meadows lawsuits. In the depo-,. | sition the Canyon Meadows attorney asks Commissioner Provost how laws related to development in Wasatch County evolved and how they were applied to different developers. Of par- Mr. ©. Have you ever received any gifts or —— WASATCH COUNTY. 525 South Main Street « Heber City, UT 84032 (435) 654-2661 » (435) 654-2531 fax Wasatch County’s Source for News - Onder es 4 Opinion & Editorial ip MUON, ee pk gs 0 Se 10 Community... BUSINESS 2... 6. 25 aS isos, flee es - Eduication. oo Set, 88 tifestyiegs 2.3. 40 28. Soo. 17 ClassiNeds : Whatever 5 cas. = ara no 31 .. . ee aes . . 88 MATHIS*continued on page 5 ? PROVOST continued COUNTY SEPTEMBER 9 | THURSDAY © HIGH LOW 83 56 -How Can Attempted Bribery, Is clothing ©. We're going to address a number of See page 19 TOL inte Ge Reese ation Term! Deposition so indicated. TimberLakes financial is completed. % A. I think so. gratuities from Mr. Cummings mismanaged CUP?’s them to keep their jobs. The same thing please describe what kind of relationship you have with Cummings. © A. Mr. Cummings is a. eeieeine ©. Is it purely professional? representatives -may not happen after this investigation topics today, a number of documents. mer County Planner and current Olympic. other CUP resources llocal elected officials allowed Beef, Basketball and Ballet First of all, P'd-like to get a little histor- . ical perspective. Do ‘you know a gentle- © man named Vee Cummings? A. I} do. ©. Who do you know him to be? A. He was the developer of a project called TimberLakes. ©. How long have you known him? A. Since before 1976. and grossly Bob Mathis Deposition judge for themselves what is true and what _ is not rather than rely upon an interpretation from the press. For this reason we have PINTO PONY DESIGNS If the IG’s office finds that CUP did ae since the canals extend all.the way from ~ Publisher’s note: Occasionally, it is more instructive for readers. of a newspaper to Our Mingo Business or the Weeks improvements to sections of the water system that would have directly benefited farmers in the area. run through the farmers’ propert properties and if the canals were converted, the farmers. may have seen a large volume. of. strangers passing through their. land. These jogging and bike paths would . have meandered across the: whole valley the past that the pipeline was never built Wena towne: There may also have been a desire to use some of the $10 million to make The canals already have easements that with a pipeline. of Daniels are being damaged - because farmers further down the valley _ were afraid that the abandoned canals might have been turned into jogging or as to why the pipeline was never built. His house and many of his neighbors’ homes have been damaged by the leaky SO aden to Unlike most investigators, the IG’s office has the authority to be the proseby the canals. cutor, judge and jury during an investigation. Usually; if the IG is substantialOne citizen who is familiar with the original debate regarding the proposed _ ly correct in its findings, few politicians choose to challenge them. This may pipeline. says that one reason the mean that CUP representatives may pipeline may never have been built is_ dents whose homes Keith Baker, a citizen and Courier contributor, who lives directly below the: the Reservoir ship on the south end of the valley. The draft environmental impact statement for the proposed pipeline states something different. It says that a _ pipeline would create 74.3 acres of wet-— lands while the canals can only sustain 53.6 .acres of wetlands. Clearly, a-pipeline would have been better for the environment as well as for those resi- pipeline that was supposed to replace the Timpanogos and Wasatch Canals. Even though Congress mandated through the Central Utah Project in 1992 Completion Act (CUPCA) that the pipeline must be built, CUP decided to use the money elsewhere. 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