TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY July 29, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 18 $1.00 Summer Nights start Aug. 3 Six events to fill a summer’s week in Tooele County TIM GILLIE & Bulls, the Junior LIvestock EDITOR Show, a team roping event, Earlier in the year, faced 4-H exhibits and a softball with a deadline to secure com- tournament. mitments from vendors and The demolition derby will performers for the County Fair be on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. at the and people still in masks and Deseret Peak Complex. Gates large group gatherings consid- open at 5 p.m. and the show ered a health risk, the County starts at 7 p.m. Council decided to cancel the Bronc & Bulls features bar- 2021 County Fair. rels and breakaway on Friday, With the support of the Aug. 6 at the Deseret Peak County, several groups have Complex. Gates open at 5 p.m. come together to plan a collec- with the show starting at 7 tion of events, some new and p.m. Bronc & Bulls is put on by some old, for the week when 7C Buckers and Tooele County. the fair traditionally occurs. Youth have been raising Collectively, the events have farm animals all year long been marketed as “2021 Tooele in anticipation of the annual County Summer Nights.” Junior LIvestock and Show. The events will take place The show will go on, start- from Aug. 3-7 at the Deseret ing with a breeding sheep Peak Complex. show and market animal Included in Summer Nights weigh-ins on Aug. 4. PHOTOS COURTESY CAPTAIN JASON BROWN, NORTH TOOELE FIRE DEPARTMENT are the Punishment at the A North Tooele Fire Department firefighter (left) surveys the scene as he works to build a containment line around a fire in Montana. The sun Peak Demolition Derby, Bronc SEE SUMMER PAGE A8 ® over the tent village where firefighters were staying near Colstrip, Montana (top right). The Colstrip fire reached approximatley 5,000 acres before it was contained (right bottom). North Tooele County firefighters battle large blazes in Montana TIM GILLIE Thre firefighters have been deployed Maverick Center in West Valley City for CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO EDITOR from Costrip and are headed to another a briefing on July 22 before departing Competitors collide in the 2020 Punishment at the Peak Demolition Derby North Tooele County Fire fire outside of Miles City, northeast of to Montana. mini-car event. Department firefighters among the Colstrip. They are expected to be deployed for Utah team of firefighters sent to battle Three North Tooele County Fired another 7-10 days, according to Randy wildfire blazes in Montana landed ini- Department firefighters; Captain Jason Willden, North Tooele Fire Department tially in Colstrip, a town in southeast Brown, Captain Chris Unsworth, and chief. Montana. firefighter TJ Ramos are part of a There were 25 large wildfires burn- The fire near Colstrip grew to Emergency Management Assistance ing in the Montana and northern approximately 5,000 acres before the Compact team sent to fight wildfires in Idaho area as of July 27, according to ground and air crews attacking the Montana,. The EMAC is a mutual aid Montana Public Radio. fire were able to get containment lines agreement between states. [email protected] Courts mask up around the fire. The Utah firefighters met at the Order mandates masks in courts for counties with moderate or high transmission TIM GILLIE CDC updated their guidance EDITOR for fully vaccinated individu- It didn’t take long for Utah als to include instructions for Courts to respond to the lat- the fully vaccinated to read: est update on mask wearing “to maximize protection from recommendations from the the Delta variant and prevent Centers for Disease Control. possibly spreading it to others, Utah Supreme Court Chief wear a mask indoors in public Justice Matthew B. Durrant if you are in an area of substan- issued an order that requires tial or high transmission.” patrons and court personnel That means if you’re going to wear a mask if the court is to court in Tooele County — located in a county that has bring your mask. been designated as a mod- The order is in response to erate or high transmission the CDC’s new recommenda- index county by the Utah tions and the sharp increase in Department of Health, begin- FANS CAMPED OUT, READY FOR COUNTRY FAN FEST ning July 30, 2021. That’s the day after the SEE MASK PAGE A8 ® CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO The parking lot and campgrounds on the south side of state Route 112 on Thursday morning. Festival attendees started arriving on Wednesday. Tooele County to start impact fee and facility plan study will be recorded. posted a request for proposals ties plan, and an analysis and ment department received Study data may update impact fee costs A capital facilities plan not for a consultant to conduct a update of the county’s impact three responses to the RFP. TIM GILLIE professional and technical line only forecasts projects, time- study for an updated capital fee analyses for public safety, They have recommended the EDITOR item to the capital facilities lines and costs, but the plan facilities plan. transportation and parks Salt Lake City-based firm of The Tooele County Council fund to cover the cost of a new also drives the determination According to the RFP, the recreation and trails and the Lewis, Young Robertson & is transferring $50,000 of capital facilities plan. of the cost of impact fees for County asked for a bid for the creation of other impact fee Burningham to complete the budgeted funds from the The result is no net increase the county, according to state creation of a capital facilities facilities plans and impact fee study. general fund’s Community in county expenses, just a code. plan, an analysis and update of analyses. Development Department change in where the expense The county has already the county’s impact fee facili- The community develop- SEE STUDY PAGE A8 ® WEATHER FORECAST INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B6 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY High school OBITUARIES A6 football starts SPORTS A7 soon See A7 86 85 83 81 80 84 91 66 64 64 62 62 62 64 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY July 29, 2021 Developer proposes extended stay hotel for Stansbury Hotel plan is alternate to previously proposed townhomes TIM GILLIE the property. wanted the property to stay EDITOR The planning commission commercial, but an extended With his rezone request on forwarded a favorable recom- stay hotel was not appropriate hold with the County Council, a mendation on the rezone appli- in this location. local developer is now bringing cation to the County Council. Concerns raised included a request to build an extended After a discussion of the parking concerns, the need for stay hotel on property near townhome proposal, the retail shops in the area, the the Millpond Spa in Stansbury County Council voted to table transient nature of extended Park. vote on the rezone saying the hotel clientele that some said The Tooele County Planning applicant had requested the have attracted drug dealers and Commission heard a request delay to give him time to con- users, prostiution and other from Derald Anderson for a sider the extended stay hotel undesirable activity. conditional use permit to allow option. Some Stansbury residents an extended stay hotel on 1.09 In his rezone application, expressed concerns about plac- acres of land in Millpond Plaza Anderson said if the rezone was ing a business that may draw in Stansbury Park during the not approved he would pursue an undesirable element in an planning commission’s July 20 an extended stay hotel for the area near residences, parks, meeting. property which, as a condition- and ball fields used by the com- After hearing from Stansbury al use in the commercial shop- munity’s youth. residents that opposed the ping zone, would not require a Anderson said that he was extended stay hotel, the plan- zone change. trying to capture a niche mar- ning commission voted to table Anderson told the planning ket with the extended stay TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO their decision on the permit commission during their July hotel. Millpond Plaza in Stansbury Park, March 2021. Tooele County has received an application for a conditional use until their next meeting — giv- 20 meeting that the County “It’s not the location for a permit for a long-term hotel on this property. ing time for a traffic study to be Council suggested he should ‘let’s stop here’ kind of hotel completed. explore the extended stay hotel as you are driving by,” he said. next meeting. They wanted to Conditional uses must be al use cannot be substantially Anderson previously submit- as a possible more favorable use “But we’re trying to fill a need see a traffic study before they approved if reasonable condi- mitigated by the proposal or ted an application to have the of the land than townhomes. in the county for people that vote. tions are proposed, or can be the imposition of reasonable same property rezoned from During the planning com- come to the county to do busi- According to the state’s Land imposed, to mitigate the poten- conditions to achieve compli- commercial shopping to mul- mission’s July 20 meeting, sev- ness.” Use Guide for Citizens a “con- tial negatives involved.” ance with applicable standards, tiple residential with 15 units eral Stansbury residents, both The planning commission ditional use may be allowed, State code states: “If the rea- the land use authority may permitted per acre.