About Eden's Powder Mountain

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Winter days can be spent sking some of the greatest powder on earth, snow-mobiling, ice fishing, sledding, or just being lazy while viewing some of the most beautiful scenery in America.

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Following a three hour, standing room only public hearing I attended last night (June 1st), Powder Mountain owner/developer representatives (Western America Holdings management company, Pronaia Capital Partners) Joseph Pierce and Steve Nielsen and 40 primarily Ogden Valley residents voiced their respective opinions, the Weber County commission unanimously approved a ten-point BINDING Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU gives the green light for the development agreement (DA) process to move forward for Powder Mountain.

Bottom line: 1477 units are allowed before a traffic safety/impact study of any type is conducted. As defined in the MOU, a single family home represents one unit, while a 100 unit hotel would count as 33 units. The developer stated over 80% of the total acreage in Powder Mountain would be open space, and that Eden Heights would be removed from the MOU. The MOU provides for a total of 1477 (phase 1) and 1323 (phase 2) units for a total of 2800 units over 4475 acres.

Following is a high level summary of a proposed Memorandum of Understanding between Weber County and Powder Mountain ownership (Western America Holding, LLC). This MOA will be open to public comment on June 1st, 2010.

Phase 1: 1477 units. This assumes the following: each single family home is counted as "1" while each hotel room is counted as "1/3. In other words, a 30 room hotel would be counted as 10 units. Commercial development is NOT included in the density number. Recreational and commercial uses will be developed as needed to support the resort. Phase 1 will move forward as long as the development complies "substantially" with the approved plan. TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL START OF PHASE 2...

Phase 2: 1323 units. Upon the completion of Phase 1, County will issue scoping letter and WAH will pay for a traffic safety/impact study by an entity acceptable to both parties. The traffic study will review Powder Mountain RD and recommend improvements to Powder Mountain Road including guard rails, signage, flashing lights in dangerous areas and runaway ramps. Weber County and WAH will forward the study to the UDOT and "actively seek" UDOT's implementation of the Study's recommendations. The traffic study will also "determine whether a secondary access is necessary for emergency purposes and/or general use" and provide cost estimates for both improvements to Powder Mountain Road and secondary access road. Upon completion of the traffic study, the available Road Improvement Funds will be used to begin implementation of recommendations from the Traffic Study. The source of fees used to improve the existing road and secondary access road will be from a proposed transfer fee attached to the sale of property in the Powder Mountain development. However ... Utah Senate Bill 161 may prohibit the assessment and use of these proposed transfer fees...

NOTES:

Comparisons between 2010 MOA and 2007 Ogden Valley Planning Commission Recommendations for Powder Mountain Development:

1) Seasonal emergency access route to be provided and improved to accommodate passenger cars PRIOR TO any commercial or residential building permits being issued by the Weber County Building Official. A PERMANENT access road shall be improved PRIOR to site plan approval beyond the 895th unit and/or room.

2) Powder Mountain Resort density shall not exceed 1218 Dwelling Units and 385 hotel rooms. This would equate to 1218 + 1/3 x 385 = 1218 + 129 = 1347 units vs 2800 units in 2010 MOA (less than 1/2 the density proposed by MOA).

STAY TUNED!!!

‘Powderville Six' to take on ski resort over vote

By MARSHALL THOMPSON
Standard-Examiner staff mthompson@standard.net

EDEN - As the Powder Mountain developers' petition to form a chunk of the Ogden Valley into a town moves forward, future residents are taking matters into their own hands.
A group of 40 voting-age residents met Friday to elect their own ad hoc council. Darla Van Zeben, Deja Mitchell, Jim Halay, Ryan Bushell, Layne Sheridan and Norman Belnap are the six people who will unofficially represent "Powderville," which is a nickname for the residential neighborhoods that were drawn into Powder Mountain Town without a vote.
"We agreed to work together on tactics and plans and report back to our residents," Halay said. "We elected a group to speak for us."
Under a controversial law, which the Utah Legislature amended last week, Powder Mountain owners can incorporate a town and then effectively choose the members of the first town council. According to the old law, which still applies to Powder Mountain, the Weber County Commission will appoint the mayor and town council from a list of qualified applicants submitted by the developers.
Lisa Davis, a spokeswoman for Powder Mountain, said the developers have yet to finalize their list of potential council members. She said that even though the law does not require it, the owners have talked with most of the residents to gather potential names for the positions. But Halay said he wants to vote on his representatives, and any law that does not allow him to do that is fundamentally unconstitutional. "We cannot allow a corporation to come in and take away our rights," he said. The Powderville Six will first attempt to work out a compromise with the Powder Mountain owners that would allow residents to vote, Halay said. "I love Powder Mountain. It's the only place I ski," he said. "So, we're looking for a way to come to terms." Davis said she could not comment on the possibility of any compromise that would secure voting rights for the residents until she has more details. She added that the owners were not concerned about the possible disenfranchisement or about the possibility the law might be unconstitutional. "They've been really proactive under the law that exists, and I don't think they've even thought about that," she said. If the Powderville Six cannot reach a compromise with Powder Mountain owners, Halay said, they may have to seek legal aid. The Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has received two complaints about the law, said Marina Lowe, a staff attorney for the ACLU. It has not come up with a position yet, but will be looking into it, she said. In the meantime, the Powderville Six are making plans and hoping that future Powder Mountain residents will have a vote in their new town.