We have been dancing around the issues for years. Summit County residents fund our trails through property taxes. Most trails are managed through Basin Rec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight, I sat through a painful Snyderville Basin Planning Commission discussion about whether Basin Rec should be able to add parking stalls near Pheasant Lane near Creekside on the north-side of I-80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basin Rec argued that the users of the parking spaces used our trails and therefore, we needed additional parking because there weren\u2019t enough. People against the effort argued that the people who wanted parking don’t live here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somehow, our esteemed Planning Commissioners voted for adding parking stalls, even though they acknowledged 80% of the people using them were from Salt Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Basin Rec doesn’t realize, but they will on the next bond vote, is that if I can’t park at a trailhead I paid for, then they will not get money the next time. My trail dollars do not fund Salt Lake citizens. They fund Summit County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s time for enforcement at our trailheads. The people who live in Summit County already support them through tax dollars. If you don’t live here, you should support their maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s no different from a campsite. You camp, you enjoy, you pay. It’s not much money , but you support the area you are impacting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We need to grow up and make adult decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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