Applicant is asking to withdraw the application and have fee refunded.

Latest of Several Parking Lot Attempts. This application is a park + ride proposal for Summit Powder Mountain on Wolf Barn open land. Previous attempts have prompted wide-spread community objection, including a 2014 survey of Eden Hill residents (neighborhood abuts Wolf Barn property) with 90% opposition.

Commercial Parking Lot.  How, precisely, is a park + ride lot for Summit Powder Mountain at the Wolf Barn property non-commercial, as the application asserts?  The parking lot primarily serves a privately owned ski resort miles away.  How is this, even remotely, open space for Wolf Creek Master HOA owners?

2002 Wolf Creek Master Agreement Prevails. The Wolf Barn property is governed by the foundational 2002 Wolf Creek Master Plan and Zoning Agreement (1883524) - obligations run with the land and are not discharged in bankruptcy.  The land is zoned recreational open space for PRUD residents of Wolf Creek Master HOA.

Weber County Recorder’s Office Documentation. The 2002 Wolf Creek Master Plan was approved as Contract# C2002-139 and recorded with the Weber County Recorder’s Office as Entry# 1883524. Conceptual maps created subsequently were recorded as entry #2784398.

Wide-Spread Reliance. The agreement was relied upon by folks (my husband and I included) who have bought at Wolf Creek since 2002.  Density was agreed to because of the counterbalance of open space (I serve on the Advisory Board of The Center for the Living City, founded in cooperation with renowned urbanist Jane Jacobs before her death). I do not believe in development sprawl, and that belief is precisely why we chose Trappers Ridge 11 years ago.

Open Space as Parking.  Wolf Barn open space cannot now be filled with parked cars with the primary benefit going to a privately owned ski resort.  Where is the benefit to Wolf Creek Master HOA members?  The community?

What Makes Open Space Successful? Lack of domination by vehicles is key. Open space is often challenged by privatizing efforts and recurring initiatives to “utilize” open land and test the views of current local officials.

Parking Lots As the Worst Kind of Infrastructure. Parking lots are considered the worst kind of infrastructure - in fact, many communities are moving to transform parking lots into parks - not the other way around. [Fast Company:  These Cities Are Replacing the Worst Kind of Infrastructure With the Best].  We must recognize that Ogden Valley is being rapidly developed, losing its rural characteristics, and may be adopting some of the worst practices of a badly managed community with parking lots consuming previously open land.

Reduction of Property Values and Financial Damage. Our property values, and those of the many buyers since Oct 2002 in the Wolf Creek Master HOA (as well as those of nearby neighborhoods) will be diminished if this project is allowed, and financial damage will occur.

Objection. We object strongly to further consideration of this application and respectfully ask Summit Mountain Holdings that it be withdrawn.

Thank you.  To Mark Schroetel of Summit -  thank you very much for taking the time to discuss these issues over the past several days.