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Show A-8 Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 18-20, 2019 The Park Record Meetings and agendas Red CaRd RobeRts TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM By Amy Roberts A real-life space opera AMENDED AGENDA SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL Wednesday, September 18, 2019 NOTICE is hereby given that the Summit County Council will meet in session Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at the Summit County Courthouse, 60 North Main Street, Coalville, UT 84017 (All times listed are general in nature, and are subject to change by the Council Chair) 12:35 PM Work Session 1) Interview applicants for vacancies on the Summit County Recreation Arts and Parks Advisory Committee – Recreation (RAP Tax Recreation Committee) (60 min) 1:35 PM Closed Session – Personnel (10 min); Litigation (20 min); Property Acquisition (40 min) 2:45 PM - Move to Council Chambers 2:55 PM Work Session 1) Pledge of Allegiance 2) 3:00 PM - Discussion regarding possible plastic bag ban; Janna Young, Tim Loveday, and Lisa Yoder (30 min) 3) 3:30 PM - Presentation of the Social Equity Data Report by Park City Community Foundation; Diego Zagarra (30 min) 4:00 PM Convene as the Board of Equalization 1) Discussion and possible approval of 2019 stipulations; Stephanie Larsen (15 min) Dismiss as the Board of Equalization 4:15 PM Convene as the Governing Board of the Eastern Summit County Water Conservancy Special Service District 1) Discussion and possible approval of Resolution 2019-23, a Resolution Approving the Annexation of Real Property into the Boundaries of the Eastern Summit County Water Conservancy Special Service District; Helen Strachan (10 min) Dismiss as the Governing Board of the Eastern Summit County Water Conservancy Special Service District 4:25 PM Convene as the Governing Board of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District 1) Consideration and possible approval of the Grazing Lease by and between the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Gillmor Ranching, LLC; Brian Hanton, Melissa O’Brien, Luke and Sophie Gillmor (15 min) 2) 4:40 PM – Notice of intent to approve a Property Tax Rate Increase in excess of the 2019 certified tax rate; Brian Hanton and Megan Suhadolc (5 min) 3) 4:45 PM - Consideration and possible approval of the Discovery Recreation and Conservation Easement by and between Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District, as Grantor, and Summit County, as Grantee; Dave Thomas, Brian Hanton, Jessica Kirby, Phares Gines (15 min) Dismiss as the Governing Board of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District 5:00 PM Consideration of Approval 1) Authorize the County Manager to execute the Discovery Recreation and Conservation Easement by and between Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District, as Grantor, and Summit County, as Grantee 2) 5:10 PM - Consideration and possible amendment of Summit County Employee Chart of Positions - Sheriff’s Office Communication Division, Search and Rescue Division, and Library; Sheriff Martinez, Lieutenant Nick Wilkinson, Dan Compton and Brian Bellamy 3) 5:30 PM - Appoint members to serve on the Summit County Recreation Arts and Parks Advisory Committee – Recreation (RAP Tax Recreation Committee) 4) 5:33 PM - County Council Minutes dated August 28, 2019, and September 11, 2019 5) 5:35 PM - Council Comments 6) 5:50 PM - Manager Comments 6:00 PM Public Input Public hearing and possible action regarding a Special Exception Request for the reduction of setback requirements for a septic tank from a wet land; Ray Milliner Public hearing and possible action regarding a Special Exception to amend the list of allowed uses of the existing Jaybird (formally Mecham Jeep) building located at 2700 W Rasmussen Rd; Parcel PP-47; Stan Kozlowski and Robert Barrus, applicants; Sean Lewis, County Planner Individuals with questions, comments, or needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Annette Singleton at (435) 336-3025 Posted: September 12, 2019; Amended September 16, 2019 HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press Jay Jenkins says he hesitated when a buddy suggested they vape CBD. “It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he ended up in a coma. That’s because the vapor he inhaled wasn’t CBD, a natural compound that marketers say can treat a range of ailments without getting users high. Instead, the vape was spiked with a powerful, man-made street drug. Some operators are cashing in on the CBD craze by substituting cheap and illegal synthetic marijuana for real CBD in vapes and edibles such as gummy bears, an Associated Press investigation has found. Spiked vapes have sent dozens of people like Jenkins to emergency rooms over the last two years. Yet people behind the products have operated with impunity, in part because the business has boomed so fast that regulators haven’t caught up while drug enforcement agents have higher priorities. AP commissioned laboratory testing of the vape Jenkins used plus 29 other vape products sold as CBD around the country, with a focus on brands that authorities or users flagged as suspect. Ten of the 30 contained synthetic marijuana, which is commonly known as K2 or spice. One brand, a pod compatible with Juul electronic cigarettes called Green Machine, contained a different kind of synthetic marijuana depending on the flavor and even location of purchase. “It’s Russian roulette,” said James Neal-Kababick, director of Flora Research Laboratories, which tested the products. The results of AP’s testing echo what authorities have found, a nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies shows. At least 128 samples out of more than 350 tested by government labs in nine states, nearly all in the South, had synthetic marijuana in products marketed as CBD, according to information the states provided AP. Gummy bears and other edibles accounted for 36 hits, while nearly all others were vape products. Mississippi authorities also found fentanyl, the opioid involved in about 30,000 overdose deaths last year. Because testing by both authorities and AP focused on suspect products, the results are not representative of the overall market. Vaping in general has come under increased scrutiny recently because hundreds of users have developed mysterious lung illnesses, and several have died. The AP’s investigation focused on yet another set of cases, in which psychoactive chemicals are added to products presented as CBD. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is one of many chemicals found in cannabis, a plant known more commonly as marijuana. Most CBD is made from hemp, a cannabis variety cultivated for fiber or other uses. Unlike its more famous cousin THC, cannabidiol doesn’t get users high. Sales of CBD have been driven in part by unproven claims that it can reduce pain, calm anxiety, increase focus and even prevent disease. Jay Jenkins says he tried CBD because he was bored. He had just finished his freshman year at The Citadel, a South Carolina military college, when he decided to try CBD in May 2018. He said a friend bought a blueberry flavored vape called Yolo! — the acronym for “you only live once” — from a convenience store in Lexington, South Carolina. After Jenkins became unresponsive his friend drove them to the hospital, where Jenkins suffered acute respiratory failure, his medical records show. “I thought that I actually was already dead,” Jenkins said. By the next day he had recovered, and as he left hospital staff gave the Yolo cartridge back Jenkins, who provided it to AP. that somewhere at the Pentagon, people probably had to have a meeting about this. Alien conspiracy theorists have long considered Area 51 the holy grail of supernatural secrets. It started back in the 1980s when physicist Bob Lazar claimed in an interview he was hired to reverse engineer an alien spacecraft near Area 51. He detailed his accounts to investigative reporter George Knapp, who discovered enough corroborating evidence for Lazar to be taken seriously. A few years later Knapp wrote the book “Hunt for the Skinwalker” (the movie by the same name is painfully subpar), which features unexplained phenomena and terrifying events at a ranch near Vernal. It’s still funny to think that somewhere at the Pentagon, people probably had to have a meeting about this.” Despite living just a few hours from this ranch I actually first heard about it in Nepal. I visited a Himalayan teahouse that had one of those ‘leave a book, take a book’ swap stations for resting climbers and “Hunt for the Skinwalker” happened to be on the shelf. I’d never really given much thought to aliens and wasn’t especially inter- ested in the topic, but it was the only book I could find in English that wasn’t the Holy Bible, so I picked it up. I began reading and quickly found myself a curious believer. Not the ‘Storm Area 51’ type of fanatic, rather I submitted to a humbling realization that Earthlings can’t be the only intelligent life forms. Enthralled by the book, I returned to the States and signed up for an astronomy course at a planetarium where I attempted to digest far more than my mind could comprehend. When distance is measured in light years, and trillions and billions are tossed about as fathomable numbers, I tend to get overwhelmed. I do remember the gist of the lesson though — there are roughly 25 billion places where life could conceivably exist in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is one galaxy among trillions. There’s no way we’re alone. If the government knows this, it’s certainly kept under lock and Tweet. At least for now. Presidential candidate Andrew Yang said if he’s elected, he would aim to declassify Area 51 materials. A rather odd campaign promise, but one that has likely earned him about 3.5 million votes. We’ll either have to wait until Yang takes office, or until Friday to find out what really happens in the Nevada desert. Amy Roberts is a freelance writer, longtime Park City resident and the proud owner of two rescued Dalmatians, Stanley and Willis. Follow her on Twitter @amycroberts. CoRe saMples CBD craze shows dark side Spiked vapes lead to illnesses across the country By the end of this week, life here on earth will either continue as expected, utterly unchanged, or there will be thousands of people walking around with pet aliens. You might recall back in June a student from Bakersfield, California, Matty Roberts (no relation), created what he says was a flippant Facebook event and invited a few friends. He called it: “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us.” The plan, as the name suggests, was to assemble a group large enough to charge the top-secret Air Force base in the Nevada desert rumored to house clandestine government research on all things otherworldly. “Let’s see them aliens,” the event description declares. Roberts said he created the event one night while bored and insists the whole thing was meant as a joke, but it remains to be seen if the 3.5 million people who have replied “going” or “interested” take it that way. For their part, local lawmakers don’t see the humor. County officials confirmed emergency preparations are in place and the local sheriff said he’s bringing in 150 additional officers and 300 paramedics from across Nevada and even federal agencies just in case. It might not sound like much, but considering there are normally less than 25 deputies patrolling the entire county, that’s a pretty significant boost. To me, the whole things sounds like an extraterrestrial version of the Fyre Festival. Regardless of the hype, I don’t think anything will really happen, but it’s still funny to think Lab testing found a type of synthetic marijuana that has been blamed for at least 11 deaths in Europe. Yolo products containing the same drug were implicated in rash of illnesses in Utah several months before Jenkins was poisoned. Authorities never caught anyone. The people behind spiked vapes leave few clues about who makes them or what’s inside. Packaging doesn’t identify the companies and their brands have little online presence. Newcomers can simply design a label and outsource production to a wholesaler that deals in bulk. The opaque system of manufacturing and distribution hampers criminal investigations and leaves victims of spiked products with little recourse. And there’s a financial incentive to cut corners. One website advertises synthetic marijuana for as little as $25 per pound — the same amount of CBD costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars. “People have started to see the market grow and there are some fly-by-night companies trying to make a quick buck,” said Marielle Weintraub, president of the U.S. Hemp Authority, an industry group that certifies CBD cosmetics and dietary supplements. While synthetic marijuana is a concern, Weintraub said the industry has many reputable companies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved one CBD-based medicine for treating seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, but says it cannot be added to food, drinks or dietary supplements. FDA is considering new regulations. Because CBD is the active ingredient in an FDA-approved drug, FDA is responsible for regulating its sale in the U.S. But if CBD products are found to contain narcotics, the agency considers the investigation a job for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. But DEA has to prioritize drugs causing more severe problems, said spokeswoman Mary Brandenberger, such as fentanyl and methamphetamines. By Jay Meehan El grito It was love at first sight, first taste, first aroma, first hearing, first touch. I became immediately smitten at sensory, molecular, and intellectual levels. Out of the blue came a crush on the entire Mexican culture. I’m going to stop here to tie on the headband I picked up many years ago while checking out the sunset from a hilltop near the border town of Tecate. Then, I’ll put Linda Ronstadt’s Canciones De Mi Padre on a loop and add just a smidgen more Kahlúa to my café Mexicana. Typing at this level requires a fair amount of nurturing. Have I mentioned that Monday was Mexican Independence Day? Back during the early morning of Sept. 16, 1810, in what was then the village of Delores, New Spain, Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and issued the call to arms for independence from Spanish rule. I don’t go as far as throwing open my windows and re-enacting “the cry,” (el grito), on the eve of the anniversary in the manner each President of Mexico performs annually. Now, if I actually possessed the same bell as Hidalgo, as they do, I might. The revolution took 11 years with Hidalgo, having been captured and beheaded, not being around for the endgame. My confusion concerning the particulars of Mexican Independence Day back then had been driven by ignorance similar in profile to that of other “whites” north of the border. It’s not that I mistook it for Cinco de Mayo and the Battle of Pueblo against the French, it’s just that basically, I was clueless. That would all change, however. Ol’ Miguel still has his head in my memory. We were mostly, if not totally, unaware concerning these historical events as our raggedy bunch ascended the marble staircase inside the Palacio de Gobierno in Guadalajara back in early ’67. It would be the mural at the top, however, that would take us aback. It was from there the angry visage of our Mexican freedom-fighter parish priest hero glared down from above. The work, by José Clemente Orozco, appeared almost IMAXsized. “The People and its Leaders” featured a grimacing Hidalgo issuing the “el grito de Delores.” He held both torch and attitude. Gave us the shivers, it did. The finest art is confrontational, they say and the murals of Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros seemed to always stop us dead in our tracks.” The finest art is confrontational, they say and the murals of Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros seemed to always stop us dead in our tracks. Of course, it could be said the peyote bin in the produce section of the Gran Mercado San Juan de Dios did the same. Each year, similar recollections, spurred on possibly by nectar fashioned from the blue agave plant, arrive on cue. Fleeting glimpses from long-term memory dealing with adventurous romanticisms along the west coast of Mexico also usually make an entrance. I must admit that, although I have felt much love wherever I hung my hat during this life, I never felt more at home in a new cultural environment than on my first trip down that coastline. From Mazatlan to San Blas and Matanchén to Puerto Vallarta and Mismaloya to Barre de Navidad and Manzanillo, the hits just kept on coming. Another break in the narrative appears called for to add yet another stiffening additive to the mug in question. It’s a rule of thumb that around Mexican Independence Day the bottom of the vessel should never see the light. Our mission that trip had to do with helping one of our tribe resolve his recently received draft notice and, although we pretty much knew how it would go, we pretended to ponder. I went along to provide the recently honorably discharged point of view. With the additional assistance of a friend who provided both her driving skills and an old-school Plymouth, we set off for San Blas. What we hadn’t counted on was getting ran-off the first night by federales who had received the go ahead from Nixon’s bunch to reduce the influx of counterculture types invading their landscape. I suppose much of the joy I get in putting this narrative into the record, pun intended as it were, comes as a reaction to the white supremacist leanings of Agent Orange and the Republicans bouncing along at the end of his puppet strings. It’s sort of an el grito, a cry to throw the bums out. Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and has been an observer, participant, and chronicler of the Park City and Wasatch County social and political scenes for more than 40 years. |