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Show Representing the University of Utah's Bureau of Community Development, Brent Gardner, Peter Van Alstyne. project director, and Mark Walsh Garfield County's master plan for development has been completed and is ready for inspection. The project is funded in part by assistance from the Five County Association of Governments, made available to the Utah Association of Counties and principal funding provided by Mineral Lease funds, made available to the Bureau of Community development, University of Utah. Garfield County Commissioners had been under pressure from the state and federal governments for some time to complete such a plan for Garfield County as is now required for all counties receiving certain agency funds. Representing the U of U's Bureau of Community Development, Mark Walsh, Brent Gardner, and Peter VanAlstyne, project director, met with commissioners to present the plan which contains 89 information packed pages which include 35 definitive tables of statistics with an additional 15 separate pages of explanatory maps. The major sections of the plan contain a complete physical description, statistics on population and employment characteristics, economic characteristics, mineral and energy met with Garfield County commissioners on Monday to review findings of the recently completed Garfield County Master Plan for Development. Master Plan Is Completed For Garfield resource development and land ownership and use. In line with its stated goals outlined in the master plan which focus on resource, development, economic opportunity, skill development, promotion of balanced growth and anticipation of and preparation for increased demand for community services "resulting from growth the Garfield County Commisson has set forth some explicit policies regarding growth and development within the county: establishment of a county planning commission with organized community planning groups for input; requirement of front-end funding by major developers; support completion of new town of Ticaboo and the Plateau Resources uranium mine and mill; support the highest economically allowable development of the Kaiparowits coal reserves within the county. Also support the Phelps-Dodge 400 megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Alvey Wash area, south of Escalante; support the installation of railroad spurs to connect Garfield County with raillines to the north, west, and south; maintain all class B and D roads satisfactorily in order to preserve their class designations; maintain at least soeiaBasAaseseasecQeQBiQQQeaai present levels of timber lease activity and livestock AUMS and manage all public lands under multiple use designation; adopt and enforce sub-divisoin and zoning ordinances as a means of implementing the master plan and administering related ordinances. Commissioners have provided for a series of open public hearings, one to be held in each part of the county, for the purpose of introducing the plan to county residents and receiving input prior to the county's possible move to adopt the plan. Hearings were set for May 14 in Panguitch, May 15 in the Bryce Valley area, and May 16 in the Escalante area. |