The Snyderville Recreation District has a new director, at least for the interim. And the District also has some new authority in overseeing trailheads in the Snyderville Basin.
The resignation of District Director Brian Hanton was announced in late July.
On Wednesday, the County Council voted to name Melissa O’Brien, a planning and legal affairs manager with the District, as the interim Director.
County Council Member Kim Carson said the District will carry on a nation-wide search to name a permanent replacement.
Meanwhile, the Council also approved an ordinance amending its code enforcement program so that its service districts, such as Snyderville Recreation, can act as code enforcement officers. They will be able to issue tickets or citations which are adjudicated by an Administrative Law Judge.
This comes a few weeks after the Council discussed new regulations to control traffic and parking congestion at their trailheads, especially at Robs Trail and in Summit Park.
Carson said the reactions have been mixed to the new regulations.
“A lot of people in the neighborhood, especially those with young children, want the ability to go and park closer to the trailhead, and not have to walk a mile to the trailhead with their kids. But right now our biggest concern is emergency access, in the case of, particularly, wildfire,” she said. “We’re looking at that closely, and we’ll study it over the course of the winter.
“This enforcement program and the change to our statute actually allow any of our special service districts to create an enforcement program, and once that’s developed, again, would come in front of the Council for approval. But all of them have issues that, this may be able to help them.”
