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Show Rasmussen. These concerned individuals invite you to contact them to voice your concerns. As I previously mentioned we are now entering the goal and policy formulation stage of our planning process. Some of the major issues that must be decided de-cided are: 1. Do the citizens in this area want land use controls? 2. Do we want to encourage the preservation of agriculture? 3. Should there be a plan to residential development, that is to say, should it be allowed to scatter throughout the county or should it be confined to specific areas? The county residents are invited in-vited to share with us their opinions regarding these and other issues. I wish to express my thanks to the publishers of this newspaper news-paper for the space they have granted me in making this communique. com-munique. Max Greenhalgh, Director Summit County Planning Commission Send letters to Box 578 Park City, Utah 84060 ical characteristics of the county. Having received and analyzed the information from these various var-ious sources, we're moving to the second phase of our planning process, that of formulating goals and policies which will serve as our compass as we develop the master plan. We hope to have this phase completed by mid April. The third step will be to construct land use plans. We intend to have preliminary plans ready by early May. After soliciting feedback in public meetings we will then develop a final proposal for guiding future fu-ture developments in the county. It is our goal to have this master plan ready for adoption by June 1, 1976. The final phase of our planning effort will be to develop de-velop and propose a zoning ordinance or-dinance to implement the master we get letters county planner invites involvement Dear Editor: In recent weeks a furor has arisen over the many proposed subdivisions in the Snyderville area. For the most part this controversy is a healthy one. It is my fervent desire that the concern of the citizens over the future of the area can be incorporated in-corporated in the planning decisions de-cisions that will be made in the near future. I am writing writ-ing today to outline to your readers the planning process the county is following and to suggest sug-gest ways in which citizens can participate in the formulation of the planning decisions. As many of your readers are aware, the county does not have a zoning ordinance, which means there are no restrictions regarding re-garding the types, densities, and locations of development in the unincorporated areas of the county. In light of the proposed pro-posed and projected growth in the county over the next several sev-eral years, the County Commissioners Com-missioners last fall decided that it would be in the county's best interest to develop long range plans and some degree of land use control to guide this future development in an orderly and efficient manner. The Commissioners Com-missioners appointed several citizens representing the various var-ious interests and backgrounds in the county to work with the County Planning Commission in developing a master plan and zoning ordinance. The Planning Plan-ning Commission and citizen committee combined, form the planning and zoning steering committee and are divided into three groups, one each for the Snyderville, South Summit, and North Summit areas. These three committees have been meeting for the last two months for the purpose of hearing input in-put from various county interests. inter-ests. At the Snyderville committee com-mittee hearings we've received input from municipal elected officials, representatives of various var-ious homeowners associations, fire and sewer district officials, land developers, the farming community, and several interested in-terested citizens. We have also employed a planning class from the University of Utah to gather information regarding the phys- plan. This, we hope is accomplished accom-plished by July 1, 1976. We recognize hat in order to have success in our planning endeavors, our planning decisions de-cisions and proposals must reflect re-flect the concerns and wishes of most of the county residents. For this reason we encourage the citizenry of the county to participate in the planning process. pro-cess. May I suggest the following fol-lowing ways to thus become involved: in-volved: 1. Become appraised of the issues. The local newspapers have been monitoring the steering steer-ing committee proceedings and have promulgated them in a most effective manner. All citizens are invited'to attend the steering steer-ing committee meetings that are held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Veterans Memorial Building. Build-ing. 2. Communicate your concerns con-cerns and desires regarding future fu-ture growth to the steering committee. com-mittee. This may be accomplished accom-plished through writing a letter to or visiting the Planning office in Coalville, by meeting with the steering committee and expressing ex-pressing your views, or by contacting one of the members of the steering committee and sharing your viewpoint with him. 3. Attend the public meetings that will be held at various times specially for the purpose of soliciting feedback from citizens. citi-zens. The committe members for the Snyderville Basin area are as follows: Mel Flinders; Fred Betz; Van Martin; JimSchnirel; Mike Ivers; Dr. Osgathorpe; Al Cooper; Mary Lehmer; Bill McComb; Craig |