Hideout Incorporation Vetoed

The Wasatch County Council dismissed the Hideout annexation at its meeting 2/6/08. SLTrib and DNews reported on the meeting.

A little further info: The meeting was held before an overflow crowd of more than 100. Hideout's attorneys and owners present their interpretation of compliance with the 2007 Incorporation law.

Hideout indicate "the law is, what the law is" and the 'people' wanted to incorporate to control their destiny. Further explanation showed that the vast majority of the population was housed in the Todd Hollow apartment complex.

Because of potential litigation, the Council went into an Executive session.

Following that session, the discussion focused mainly on the Todd Hollow's request to opt out of the incorporation as allowed under Utah law. Todd Hollow owned 13% of the land value, only 1% was required. Hideout presented a unofficial list of resident desiring to remain in and argued that Todd Hollow could not be allowed to opt out because they were an "urban" development.

There are references to "urban" in Title 10 Chapter 2 Incorporations et al. Urban is used in reference to ANNEXATIONS and expansions NOT incorporation. I fail to see the connection with its use in this instance.

After discussing the ambiguity of the law, and the pressure being exerted on the County by Rep. Greg Curtis to 'not delay' the approval of Hideout suggesting a delay in the bill to remedy the flawed legislation, a motin was made by Councilman Jay Price to reject to request to opt out. This would allow the incorporation to go forward because there would be sufficient population (700+ in Todd Hollow) The motion failed 3-4. Price, Kohler and Bangerter in favor. A ubsequent motion to ALLOW the opt out was passed 4-3 Anderton, Farrell, Crittenden and Draper in favor.