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Powder Mountain debate rages on By
John Newbold Following a meeting of the Cache County Council Tuesday night, a vast majority of Paradise and Avon residents are opposed to a proposed resort and recreation zone at Powder Mountain. The proposed rezone is the question that Cache County Council members must vote on and make a decision. Developers say the proposed development at Powder Mountain would mean more than $11 million in tax revenues with the largest part going to the school district. Paradise and Avon residents lamented that a road through their communities would ruin the rural atmosphere. Two members of the Paradise city council visited Powder Mountain earlier this week and councilwoman Margaret Obray said her concern was having the city's main road become an access road to the resort. Council Chairman Larry Anhder called Obray's contention "a little self serving," and said a state road goes through Nibley where he lives and through other local communities. Paradise resident Carole Warburton cautioned that the expansion would undermine ranchers with property in the area. Property taxes would go up, and low and middle class income residents wouldn't be able to live and build there in the future, Warburton said. She pointed out that the only numbers they had seen were from the developer, and added that she didn't think the numbers "will hold any water." Chris Mortensen of Avon wants an independent consultant to verify the numbers arrived at by the developer. The Cache County Council deferred a vote on the proposal and said they wanted to discuss the issue further in future meetings.
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