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Show Exavation work begins on China Bridge parking Park Record Thursday, May 1, 1986 Page A7 by TERI COMES Record contributing writer Excavation began last week on the $1.2 million, 275-space China Bridge parking structure in Swede Alley. The three-level building represents the first solo venture of the Park City Ci-ty Redevelopment Agency. The only other visible project by the RDA, aside from land purchases, pur-chases, has been a joint venturethe ven-turethe Main Street entry parking garage built by Harry Reed and SkipSchirf. The China Bridge structure is so-called so-called because it will be in the location loca-tion of a narrow foot bridge that was built over Chinatown a bustling community east of Swede Alley in 1886. The bridge ran from Main Street to Rossi Hill and was used by Parkites who didn't wish to "soil their skirts" by passing through the Chinese community. The original bridge burned in 1898, and its replacement was torn down in 1954. The China Bridge steps up Rossie Hill will be incorporated for use on the east side of the new building. Workers at the site this week are digging 12 feet below the current level of Swede Alley to drain and excavate ex-cavate the area. It is expected the area will be fully excavated in three weeks. According to City Engineer Eric DeHaan, the project is scheduled for completion on Oct. 9. Last week, members of the Historic District Commission suggested sug-gested the addition of various cutouts cut-outs in the facade of the building to soften its impact. Stepping down the corners of the structure was also discussed. Initially, project coordinator Ron Ivie, the city's chief building official, objected to adding another architect to the project. "I will not be saddled with an architect ar-chitect who does not understand the process," Ivie told the city council. "I've said we'll try to accommodate accom-modate design concerns, but I've only on-ly got a certain amount of money to work with on this thing and we can't put layer upon layer of more expense ex-pense on it and expect it to still work." A compromise was reached between bet-ween the commission, the council (acting as the RDA) and Ivie. An architect ar-chitect who will work with the city staff design team will help soften the overall mass of the completed building. The bid for construction work was awarded to Blaine Construction of Salt Lake City. The design team is being used in an effort to create the most economical project possible. The $1.2 million budget includes more than $300,000 from Randy Fields and will fulfill Fields' obligation to the ci ty for parking in relationship to his Main Street Marketplace Mall. The garage will be located off Swede Alley behind the Egyptian Theatre. There will be three entry levels for the building: one from the south on Swede Alley; another from the north on Swede Alley; and a third off Marsac Avenue, possibly from the parking lot at the Marsac Building. (The third entry has not yet been fully designed. ) Each floor of the parking structure struc-ture will be inaccessible by car from the others. The graded entries will allow traffic on only one floor of the garage per entry. Not placing internal inter-nal ramps in the structure was planned plan-ned into the design to save room for parking spaces. Ivie admitted his problem with the Historic District Commission was due in part to losing some of the valuable parking spaces. "My frustration with the Historic District process is I feel like I'm buying an $80,000 hole and losing 18 parking spaces," said Ivie. When the building is completed, the RDA will be able to sell the upper part of it, and the roof area could eventually house either residential or commercial development. "I'd like to see this be a successful project and I think it can be," said Ivie. "You can afford to build parking park-ing in Park City and this project should prove that." Firefighters, Army join to rid PCHS of dangerous chemicals Firefighters from the Park City Fire District and members of the Army's 62nd Explosion Ordinance Disposal unit removed two dangerous chemicals from Park City Ci-ty High School last week. One ounce of trinitrophenol commonly com-monly called picric acid about six ounces of white phosphorus and one pound of red phosphorus were removed from a storage closet where they had been sitting apparently ap-parently since the high school opened open-ed nine years ago. : "God only knows how long they have been there. They came from the old high school and, from looking at the labels, I'd guess they were at Rotary votes to allow women The Park City Rotary Club voted earlier this month to suggest that women should be involved in Rotary. It will, however, be at least 1989 until Rotary International acts on the petition. The 4ocal Rotary Club voted 17-8, with 13 members not voting, to petition peti-tion the Rotary International office in Evanston, 111., and the district office of-fice in Salt. Lake City, to allow women into Rotary. "But the chances of that happening happen-ing are not very good," said Park City Ci-ty Rotary President-Elect Tony Mitchell. Mit-chell. "Any adoption of an amendment to the Rotary constitution requires a two-thirds vote by those in attendance atten-dance at the next International meeting, which will be in 1989." Every three years, the Rotary International's In-ternational's Council on Legislature meets. It is the body that considers changes in the rules governing Rotary. The Council on Legislature represents about 450 Rotary Clubs worldwide. "The attitude towards women in a lot of those countries really means that a change in the constitution is unlikely," Mitchell said. "I think it is more likely that a change will come through the United States court system. I know of a case right now that is pending." The proposal to allow women in Rotary was been brought before the Council on Legislature in 1972, '77, '80, '83 and '86. least two decades old," said Principal Prin-cipal Jack Dozier. "We had asked the fire department depart-ment to remove the substances three years ago, but nothing ever happened. happen-ed. "We had an insurance inspection about a month ago and we were told to get rid of the chemicals. I called (Assistant Fire Chief) Sam Coleman and he was very cooperative," Dozier added. Coleman said the picric acid was in crystal form in a glass container and that if dropped or shaken in the wrong manner it could have exploded. He added that the white phosphorus could have started to burn if exposed to air and that the red phosphorus could have burned if exposed to a heat source. Sgt. 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