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Summit County Council Meets Today

The Summit County Council has a busy agenda Wednesday with a variety of topics.

The Council meets at the Coalville Courthouse. At about 3:30, they’re getting a report from the Park City Community Foundation on Social Equity Data.

County Manager Tom Fisher said they’ve supported items like programs for mental wellness, and the People’s Health Center.

We asked him, though, if they would follow Park City’s lead and formally adopt Social Equity as one of their major priorities. Fisher said he doesn’t know the answer to that.

“The county is a larger entity,” Fisher explained. “It has a lot more considerations, a lot more diverse population and diversity of communities that has to be considered by the County Council. The county has its own Strategic Plan, which is very congruent with Park City and our other communities. I think that’s the direction they’re going. But I think the awareness by the County Council of this program, and what Park City is trying to push helps us in our daily work.”

On another item, the Council will possibly approve an annexation for the Eastern Summit County Water Conservancy District. The District was set up several years ago to handle waste-water needs for future large developments.

Fisher said the annexation here is for the Indian Hollow project in South Summit which has been in the planning stages since 2008. When the county approved it, Indian Hollow’s Development Agreement mandated it would eventually be annexed into the East County District.

“They actually won’t hook up to sewer right away,” Fisher continued. “They will have their own collected-treatment system for this development. But it has the ability to hook up to sewer in the future if it’s available in that area.”

Fisher says little has been developed in the Indian Hollow area. 

“So, I think we anticipate that will develop in the future,” Fisher said. “And they have some thresholds that they need to hit in order to put that collected system in. And that’s a requirement before more development happens.”

And another item is following up on the county’s purchase of the 460-acre Florence Gillmor parcel off the Highway 40 frontage road.

As part of the purchase, the Snyderville Recreation District will acquire a portion of the land as open space, in addition to the nearby Triangle parcel. Also, the District will continue a lease for cattle grazing on the land. That’s in front of the Council at about 4:30 p.m.

“So there’s been cattle grazing on these lands by the Gillmor family under leases with the larger Gillmor family,” Fisher explained. “There’s several land holdings in that area by different parts of the family. Florence J. Gillmor Trust and Foundation had a lease with one of the parts of the family to graze on the 460 acres that they owned. We’re just kind of transferring that lease and consolidating the leases between the Triangle Parcel and the formerly Florence J. Gillmor property, to be able to continue grazing and manage some of that land.”

Fisher added that the lease will run until the end of 2020. That will give some flexibility to the Recreation District, as they plan new trails development on the land.

Known for getting all the facts right, as well as his distinctive sign-off, Rick covered Summit County meetings and issues for 35 years on KPCW. He now heads the Friday Film Review team.
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