Snowbird is attempting to make a land swap of 416 acres of American Fork Canyon land in order to build a gondola and other developments. If Snowbird is successful, this would dramatically change the make up AF canyon, its access and uses, loved by so many.
Snowbird’s efforts, with Mayor Gary Gygi’s help, has been going on for months behind the scenes, without public knowledge or citizen input — let alone full disclosure by Gygi to his own Cedar Hills Council.
When the Salt Lake based Mountain Accord group’s efforts to benefit Snowbird were discovered two months ago, an ad hoc FaceBook group Preserve and Protect American Fork was organized by Utah County resident Mark Allen. It has quickly grown to 6,000 concerned citizens, hoping to stop the process until Utah County citizen involvement and representation can be secured. See… https://www.facebook.com/ProtectAmericanForkCanyon
However, yesterday, June 30, 2015, at 1:18 a.m., Preserve & Protect American Fork Canyon posted on their Facebook page a GRAMA request-discovered-document showing that Mayor Gary Gygi has been involved with Snowbird owners Dick Bass and Ian Cumming at least since November 9, 2013, though Gygi has not informed the CH Council members fully regarding his recent involvement, let alone his documented involvement since November 2013. Gygi has been unwilling to discuss the full details of his involvement or efforts.
It was recently discovered that Utah County Commissioner Larry Ellertson had received a $3,500 campaign contribution connected to Snowbird. He sits on the American Fork Canyon Vision committee with Mayor Ggyi, who hasn’t disclosed any considerations yet connected to Snowbird.
The Preserve and Protect AF Canyon Facebook post encouraged readers to:
“Send [Cedar Hills Mayor Gary Gygi] some emails and get a public statement. He would not engage with us except with disdain. Friend him send him some emails or comments to think about.
“FB page
https://www.facebook.com/gary.gygi
“Grama Request – someone sent this to us.
http://americanforkcanyon.com/…/GRAMA7-Snowbird-and-Gygi.pdf ”
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A public meeting will be held TONIGHT at American Fork H.S. from 6 to 10 p.m. Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee and Utah State Auditor John Dougal will be on hand to comment and hear from concerned citizens.
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Cedar Hill residents who may want to ask Mayor Gygi to make a full report to the Council and residents of his involvement since November 2013, can contact him by email at… ggygi@cedarhills.org
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