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Summit County prepares to discuss planning picks By Monika Guendner SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $72 per year Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 17-19, 2017 courtesy of Kim Carson The Summit County Council has received emails and postcards like this one from constituents expressing their opinion on transferring federal lands into state control. Most have sided with leaving them under federal control. Continued from A-1 Land views weighed more wilderness areas on the north slope of the Uintas, maintaining protected human-powered recreational areas, as well as updating grazing and watershed protection practices. The marked-up bill that came out of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee last fall, however, made significant changes to passages containing Summit County’s proposal, which ultimately led to the county’s withdrawing its support of the entire PLI. Carson recently met with staff from U.S. Representative Rob Bishop’s office, as well as advocates for the grassroots “Keep Public Lands in Public Hands” campaign. The campaign includes opposition to the governor’s and Utah Legislature’s efforts to transfer land management into state hands. The proposed resolution would condemn the State Legislature and the governor for spending state tax dollars to attempt to transfer federal lands to the state. Salt Lake City and Castle Valley are among the cities that have passed such a resolution. The County Council has received postcards and email messages supporting this kind of resolution. Although the letters are largely massproduced, Robinson said he has recognized many signatures as constituents. Those messages will be Continued from A-1 Seminar scheduled a member of the Park City Planning Commission, has said he would campaign for the City Council. There are no declared candidates for mayor. Jack Thomas, the incumbent first-term mayor, has not signaled whether he will seek re-election. The event on Wednesday is expected to cover topics like candidate eligibility, campaign strategies and the life of an elected official. Speakers scheduled to address the seminar include two members of the City Council – Nann Worel and Becca Gerber – as well as Park City Attorney Mark Harrington and election officials at Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e taken into consideration during the discussion, Carson said. While the council will use Wednesday’s meeting to explore what their position on public land management will be, it is too early to see how committed Bishop is to introducing a new bill, Carson said. “The version of the bill we discussed [with Bishop’s staff member] was the marked up version from the Natural Resources Committee last year,” Carson said. “We reviewed what the major concerns with the bill were: grazing and motorized recreational vehicle use… and [keeping] the protection of biodiversity in the north slope of the Uintas and watershed protection areas.” Because the county’s original proposal came from an extensive process with local stakeholders, future input from the county will likely look the same. “From our point of view, the things we espoused for Summit County [with the last bill], we would still support,” Robinson said. Wednesday’s discussion will be an issue of balance and perspective: benefits specifically for Summit County versus concerns over future management of state-wide public lands; keeping avenues open for further discussions versus voicing the values of Summit County, and interjecting local influence into other counties versus supporting continued federal land management. The council will discuss what actions best reflect the full values of the county. “We don’t want to be an ornament on a Christmas tree we don’t like,” Robinson said. City Hall and the County Courthouse. Katie Eldridge, a public-relations figure, is also on the speaker list as is Rory Murphy, a former member of the Planning Commission who has unsuccessfully campaigned for the City Council. Worel, a first-term City Councilor, remembered in an interview attending a seminar like the one scheduled on Wednesday before she decided to seek office. Worel said comments by Sally Elliott, who held elected positions in Park City and Summit County, were influential at the earlier seminar. The event served as “Campaign in Park City 101 for me,” Worel said, describing the information as the “nuts and bolts of doing a local campaign.” “This session was really, really helpful in making my decision,” she said, adding, “It gave me a better idea of what it would actually entail.” The seminar is scheduled on Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Miners Hospital. The Summit County Council is scheduled to interview five candidates for the two open seats on the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission Wednesday night. The two incumbents, Canice Harte and Mike Franklin, are vying to keep their seats, while newcomers Joel Fine, Josh Hobson and Carol Cohen seek new appointments. The candidates are: Canice Harte has served on the commission since 2014 and is currently its vice chair. He owns and operates Park City Running Company, in Pinebrook, and has lived in Summit County for the last 11 years. Mike Franklin lives in Jeremy Ranch and is the owner of Lucky Rods, a custom fly rod manufacturer. He has lived in Summit County for 24 years and has served on the planning commission since 2011. If appointed, this would be his third and last term. Joel Fine is a Kimball Junction resident and real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Utah. Continued from A-1 Brace for bag ban Holm also explains that paper bags, which are allowed under the ban, cost more for the grocery store to purchase than the plastic ones that will be prohibited. A paper bag may cost the store 6.5 cents while a plastic one costs less than 1 cent, he said. The increased cost to the store will probably be passed on to customers, perhaps with a new fee for people opting for paper bags, he said. Holm also said fewer than 8 percent of customers bring reusable bags to the store. A fee or other sort of price increase in response to the ban would put The Market at Park City at a competitive disadvantage against grocers in the Snyderville Basin, Holm said. They are located at Kimball Junction, an unincorporated area of Summit County that is not covered in the City Hall ban. “It could upset people enough to drive out there and shop. I don’t know, but it might,” he said, adding that Park City could forego sales taxes if that occurs. “They may stop out at the Continued from A-1 Pedal past traffic “Some people bike or just walk out of their neighborhood. You don’t have to ride [a bike]. As long as you’re not in your car, we’re okay with it.” Another aspect the city is focusing on during Bike to School and Work Day is ensuring students at McPolin Elementary School all reach their destination safely. Like the adults biking to work, kids in the area are encouraged ride their bikes to school on Friday. Most already know the safest routes to take by now, including those by Sidewinder Drive and the Aspen Villa apartments, but a little extra help doesn’t hurt, Collins said. The Park City Police Department will He has lived in Summit County for 12 years. Josh Hobson lives in Park City and works as freelance chef in the Park City area. He has lived in Summit County for six years. Carol Cohen lives in the Trailside neighborhood and works at the nonprofit Rural Community Assistance Corporation. She has lived in Summit County for 26 years. According to Planning Commissioner Chuck Klingenstein, the new and/or reappointed commissioners will have plenty on their plates, including, updating and rewriting the development code to better align with the Snyderville Basin General Plan, proposals to redevelop The Colby School on S.R. 224, amendments to the Canyons Specially Planned Area Development Agreement, and Powdr Corporation’s Woodward Park City, a proposed 52,000-square-foot action-sports center at Gorgoza Park. The Snyderville Basin Planning District serves the western side of Summit County, in the unincorporated areas surrounding Park City. Other council members are Bea Peck, Thomas Cooke, Colin DeFord, Chuck Klingenstein and Malena Stevens. junction and shop.” The City Council enacted the ban in a unanimous vote after a hearing that drew support from rank-and-file Parkites worried about the environmental impact of plastic bags but questions from the grocery industry. Park City discussed measures targeting plastic bags for nearly a decade before enacting the ban last week. The ban covers stores in Park City that sell groceries and have at least 12,000 square feet. Three stores will be impacted – The Market at Park City, Fresh Market and Rite Aid. Holm’s store is the only one of the three under local ownership. The ban does not involve reusable bags and bags that are used for food products purchased in bulk as well as bags that are used for meat, fish and flower wraps. Paper bags are also not covered. Repeat violators could be fined up to $500. The prohibition is a part of City Hall’s wide-ranging environmental efforts meant to create a more sustainable community. There is also concern that the plastic bags create lots of litter in Park City. City Hall officials have acknowledged state leaders could eventually take action prohibiting a ban like the one Park City enacted, something that could override the City Council decision. People in the audience at the recent City Council meeting were overwhelmingly in support of the passage of the ban. have two to three officers at specific locations near the school, but Collins doesn’t anticipate any sort of impact on the local traffic. “There’s never been any complaints with impact in traffic or the logistics with that,” Collins said. “People are more likely to stop and cheer the kids on than they are to run them over.” The city also has strategically placed signs and electronic messaging throughout town to ensure everyone understands the road is to be shared. The city council has also fronted $2,000, in conjunction with White Pine Touring, to purchase 85 helmets for students. At least one council member, Nann Worel, will be handing them out at the PC MARC on Friday. “It’s really exciting that they’re taking the step forward and they’re actually going to be at the PC MARC,” Collins said. 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