Court Ruling Leaves Erda Incorporation Vote Intact One Down, at Least Three More to Go
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Teams to compete in a 6-hour endurance race See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY July 27, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 17 $1.00 Court ruling leaves Erda incorporation vote intact One down, at least three more to go TIM GILLIE order on July 7. EDITOR Six Mile Ranch Company, A 3rd District Court judge Skywalk Development LC, and has rejected a request to invali- C&J Warr Family Properties date the 2020 Erda incorpora- LC asserted in their complaint tion election. that they never agreed that Other lawsuits that chal- their properties were to be lenge the annexation or pro- included in the feasibility posed annexation of property study for Erda or within the included in Erda’s boundaries proposed incorporation area CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO into Grantsville are working for Erda. The Country Fan Fest Main Stage takes shape on Monday afternoon at the Deseret Peak Complex. their way through the court. Two of the plaintiff’s — Six 3rd District Court Judge Mile Ranch Company and C&J Dianna M. Gibson issued a Warr Family Properties LC ruling and order dismissing — claimed that their owners a request by three corporate signed the incorporation peti- Country Fan Fest has returned landowners to have the Erda tion on behalf of their personal incorporation election decer- property, not for their corpo- tified and the results invali- rate entities. Festival people start dated. CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTOS The judge issued the written SEE ERDA PAGE A8 ® County workers arriving on Wednesday (left) up high preparing for Country Fan TIM GILLIE Fest. A ticket EDITOR booth (below) They’re back and they’re ready to be bigger. rolled into place Country Fan Fest, billed as on Monday Utah’s largest outdoor music afternoon for festival, returns to Tooele County Council the Country County for four days starting Fan Fest at the Deseret Peak Wednesday. Complex . “We expect a (cumulative) approves future total of 35,000 people over the four day period of the festival,” said Bracken Hudson, CFF vice-president. “That’s 20% Erda City rezone over what we had two years ago.” Like many other large gath- erings, Country Fan Fest took TIM GILLIE Despite concerns raised by a COVID-19 induced hiatus in EDITOR Erda residents about water 2020, but they are returning After a discussion about usage and smaller lots, the bigger and stronger, according Erda City and timeliness, Tooele County Planning to Hudson. the Tooele County Council Commission recommended “People are anxious to get approved a rezone in the approval of the rezone request, out and enjoy some good future Erda City. which conforms with the music,” he said. The County Council county’s current general plan Country Fan Fest added an approved a rezone from RR-5 according to county planning additional day this year, open- to RR-1 for 47.41 acres south staff. ing up their campgrounds on of Bates Canyon Road on the The County Council previ- Wednesday. west side Droubay Road with ously considered this request “Hopefully by opening a day a 3-2 vote during their July 20 and returned to the planning early we will stretch out the meeting. commission for reconsidera- arrival over a period of time,” Tom Parker made the rezone tion after a traffic study was Hudson said. “That way we request. He wants to develop a completed. won’t have such a long line of subdivision on the property. The planning commission traffic waiting to get in.” In his application for the reviewed the traffic study and CFF has worked with rezone Parker said that the again sent the request to the the Utah Department of Stansbury Improvement County Council with a positive Transportation, which will District has agreed to provide recommendation. stop all work projects on state water and sewer for the sub- During the discussion dur- Routes 112 and 138 during division. Parker will build the infrastructure. SEE REZONE PAGE A8 ® SEE FAN FEST PAGE A8 ® Tooele County Council approves truck route ordinance Bates Canyon Road dropped from truck route list from Bates Canyon Road as Vegas Street; Ellerbeck Road, A revised draft of the ordi- the state intends to dedicate to the county has a project to put from Lime Plant to Grantsville nance added the following the county; Sheep Lane from TIM GILLIE ordinance, the County Council a signalized intersection at City Line; Gold Hill Road, from roads the list of designated SR-138 to Grantsville; Silver EDITOR approved an amendment SR-36 and Stansbury Parkway Ibapah Road to Pony Express truck routes: Bates Canyon Avenue from southside Gravel Tooele County now has removing Bates Canyon Road to allow trucks to enter SR-36 Road; Grayback Hills Drive; Road, from state Route 36 to Pit to Mormon Trail Road; the approved truck routes. east of state Route 36 from the from the east side of the Ibapah Road, from Gold Hills the railhead; Bauer Road; Erda portion of SR-138 that will be The County Council list of approved truck routes. intersection,” said Council Road to Nevada state line; Road from Fassio Egg Farm to dedicated to the county, effec- unanimously approved a new Previously the county Chairman Tom Tripp. Mormon Trail, from South Sheep Lane; Faust Road from tive upon dedication; Clive chapter of the county’s road directed truck traffic, includ- Initially the roads that were Mountain Road to Grantsville Dunbar Road to SR-36; Mercur Road and the Clive Complex ordinance creating approved ing gravel trucks, onto Bates designated as truck routes City line; Puddle Valley Road; Canyon Road; Pole Canyon Road. truck routes during their July Canyon Road. in the first draft of the ordi- Rowley Road; South Mountain Road, including, upon dedica- Bates Canyon Road will now 20 meeting. “We have received public nance were: Aragonite Road; Road and Stansbury Island tion by the state, the portion Before voting to approve the input to alter the truck route Burmester Road, from I-80 to Road. of current state Route 138 that SEE ROUTES PAGE A8 ® WEATHER FORECAST INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B3 CLASSIFIEDS B4 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Joshua Creek OBITUARIES A6S plays on Vine OPEN FORUM A4 See A3 SPORTS B1 92 89 88 87 84 82 83 69 67 66 65 64 62 61 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY July 27, 2021 County finds BMX operators for Deseret Peak track Operators will rebuild track, ridership, and events TIM GILLIE BMX tracks to the ridership,” night will be for practice and EDITOR the Radfords wrote in their races. The other night will The Tooele County Council proposal. be used for the BMX racing approved an agreement with The couple said they want to league. They anticipate mov- a BMX operator to bring new rebuild the physical track and ing to three nights a week as life to Deseret Peak Complex’s increase community engage- the community starts to access track. ment to grow interest in BMX the track k more, according to The Tooele County Council racing. their proposal. approved an agreement with The agreement calls for the Along with the BMX racing Danie and Kevin Radford, of track operators to collect race league, the Radfords also plan South Jordan, for the opera- and practice fees and pay the to start a traditional weekly tion of the BMX track at Desert county an annual fee of $1,000 racing program, weekly rid- Peak during their July 20 and $1 per rider per use. ing and racing lessons led bya meeting. The operator is responsible USA BMX licensed coach and a The County posted a request for paying for electrical use at USA BOM educational liaison for proposals for BMX track the track, track maintenance— to bring USA BMX Foundation operators. The only response including irrigation, cleaning STEM courses to school district they received was from the up loose garbage, emptying classrooms. Radfords. grange cans and dumpsters, The Radfords have identi- The Radfords have been providing labor, equipment, fied an initial budget of $7,500 racing BMX since 2018. They and materials to operate the to get the track up and run- FILE PHOTO currently run one of the larg- track at no cost to the county, ning. The costs include track BMX racers ride on the Deseret Peak Complex BMX track. est BMX teams in Utah, Eclipse bringing the track up to cur- remediation, irrigation repairs, Racing, according to their rent USA BMX standards and gate repairs and replacements, approved non-profit organiza- Volunteers will provide properly managed finances, proposal. liability insurance. and other miscellaneous tion to receive donations to labor and equipment to help a BMX track has the ability “Our goal is to bring back The Radfords agreed to repairs. Included in their offset costs associated with the with the track rebuild, accord- to support itself,” wrote the Deseret Peak BMX and return open the track a minimum budget are funds to create rebuild and maintenance of ing to the Radfords. Radfords. the trifecta of Northern Utah of two nights per week. One an Internal Revenue Service the track. “Once up and running, with [email protected] Full-time or part-time mayor for Grantsville Tooele County School to be worked out — like sala- and only to use the job as a Voters may not know until after primary ries and division of responsi- stepping stone to something District partners with bilities —before they are ready bigger and better, he said. TIM GILLIE member Jewel Allen said the to vote on it. Grantsville isn’t big enough EDITOR topic will be discussed at the “The decision can’t be to need the expense of a leading SIS provider Grantsville voters are look- City Council’s work session rushed,” Allen said.