Public
Institutions
Growth
and development in Silver County are guided by a set of interconnected public
institutions. Below you will find a description of each, along with
the respective positions they take in respect to the issues facing the
region. Though many claim to be impartial and represent the views of
the people in the County, you may discover that they have particular
frames that crop out particular voices and viewpoints in the conflict.
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Planning Departments: Planning
departments are designed to establish and uphold guidelines for growth and
development in the region. They are responsible for looking at the "big
picture" of development and structuring codes and regulations that correspond
to the region's comprehensive plan. They are the people who create
zoning laws and insure that builders and land holders are using
their property in ways that are consistent with the way the community as
a whole wants to grow.
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Vermillion:
Subscribes to a "smart growth" or new urbanist paradigm.They believe
that growth is best contained through open space purchases and believe
that the best way to grow is to plan it carefully and concentrate
growth within exiting urban areas.
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Silver
Cliff : Adheres to a more "laissez faire" growth approach that
uses a long range target plan for growth, but does not create
such strict zoning codes that businesses locate elsewhere. They try
to accomodte both landholders and developers who will bring industry
into the city.
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Silver
County : Coordinates growth plans for all
the County's cities and towns and ensures that each puts forth planning
designs that are mutually compatible.
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Local Government: The elected local government is in charge
of representing the citizens of Silver County and making sure
their interests are heard and incorporated in to regional decisionmaking.
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Mayor Jake Millhouse
was former president of MH Mining, now he is mayor of Silver Cliff.
He is a part-time developer and resides at Trout Lake during
the summer.
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Silver
Cliff City Council Martha
Moore, president, political rival to Mayor Millhouse
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Vermillion
City Council
Abigail Fisher- president
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Silver
County Commissioner Dan Silverton,
former mayor of Silver Cliff is current county commissioner
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Vermillion University: The University itself has a large
stake in how the region grows because it will effect their ability to
attract students and find them employment after they graduate.
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Center
for the Study of the Silver Range Region at Vermillion University
The Center for the Study of the Silver
Range Region is a research organization that focuses on developing
and publishing the most current knoweldge and "best practices" in
the field of regional ad urban development and try to relay this information
to citizens and policy makers so they make the well-informed decisions
based on the latest knowledge.
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Planning
Department: Vermillion University : Vermillion University's Planning Department is the "brains"
behind the region's policy decisions. Abby Horn is Professor
of Regional Planning and is one of the lead advocates of "smart growth"
for the region.
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Public Interest Organizations: The regions' public policy organizations
are state affiliated departments that are in charge of overseeing particular
festures of the growth issue.
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Forest Service: The Forest Servie
is in charge of making all rules and regulations as they pertain to
the use of Forest Service lands. They are also responsible to maintaining
and preserving a non-hostile habitat for the natural ecosystems existing
there while preserving an optimal amount of public use of these lands.
The Lead Forest Ranger is Mike Mills.
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Joint
State/Federal Environmental Remediation Authority:
This agency is responsible for monitoring the environmental conditions
(including air, water, and land) and making sure the region is in
acordance with State and Federal requirements. Frank N. Cleare is
the local EPA representative.
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