The Salt Lake County Commission voted 2 to 1 to overrule the Planning Commission and approve the Boyer Co.'s plans for an access road along the wall of Big Cottonwood Canyon to a proposed subdivision next to the Holladay Gun Club on Nov. 17, 1993. Commissioners Brent Overson and Randy Horiuchi voted to grant the exception to the county's Hillside Protection Ordinance and for the Boyer proposal.
The Deseret News' coverage of the hearing stated, "Commissioner Randy Horiuchi voted yes with the understanding that the proposed development would not pose a threat to the survival of the popular gun club," and "as for the gun club's worries, Horiuchi said he would insist that no complaints from the proposed subdivision's residents would chase you off."In March of '94, the Boyers proposed a new access road for their subdivision along Canyon Cove Drive and onto the gun club road. Horiuchi supports this proposal and a variation that would come straight up the gun club's private road. The route through Canyon Cove would require the County Commission to waive three county ordinances associated with road safety and the cul-de-sac limitations. The new route would also require the County Commission to approve condemnation of considerable private property owned by the Walker family with part leased by the Holladay Gun Club. This will cost the taxpayers big bucks to compensate the Walkers for millions of yards of gravel lost from the only gravel pit on the east side.
Horiuchi recently visited with the Canyon Cove Homeowners Association. A homeowner asked, "What about the gun club?" Horiuchi replied, "The gun club is history." He apparently assumed the Canyon Cove people were opposed to the gun club. The Holladay Gun Club works with its neighbors and has the support of adjacent communities. Horiuchi's changing position with the gun club indicates his integrity is questionable. Horiuchi's relationship with the Boyer Co. should be examined by the grand jury.
West Pehrson
Salt Lake City