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Show THE Wednesday, Kovember 27, 1974 MRK CITY Page 3 eoALmoN Main Street to Be One Way; Water Rates Upheld The Park City Council voted to make Main Street one way effective December 1st, and Mary Lehmers battle to reduce household water rates ended in defeat at the New Traffic Flow Effective Dec. INVEST IN DD0t OUT 1 Councils November 2lst meeting. The eight oclock session did not adjourn until almost 11 :30 PM, and one of the main points of businessthe revised business license fee Itesil Estate schedulewas not even brought to the floor. Main Street Commencing on the first of December, the traffic flow on Main Street will be one way going south from Heber Avenue to Second Street. Park Avenue and Swede Alley traffic will be made one way going north. Fourth Street and Fifth Street on die east side of Main will also be one way, feeding into the new offstreet parking area. Once the new plan is initiated, all parking on Main Street will be angle paining on die east side. City Manager Wayne a Mathews, leading proponent of the change, We feel this is a said, workable solution for this winter" to facilitate snow removal and to reduce traffic tie-uon the thoroughfare. Asked to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the plan, Mr. Mathews I don't see any replied, disadvantages. Accountants and Council (Sting the Elmer Fox and Company, Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Robert Lee, a Fax em- person-per-living-u- ployee, A I Councilman Jan Wilking countered this argument by saying Mrs. Lehmer had used faulty logic. He noted that she was comparing average household occupancy with peak rental occupancy and suggested she compare averages with averages. Mr.' Wilking said nightly rental water rates are assessed on the number of pillows in a unit, including rollaway beds. He noted that rental units are seldom filled Water Rates Councilman Mary Lehmer resumed her fight to reduce the water rates of year-roun- d residents. to capacity and, thus, the average per person water charge for these units is substantially higher than the per person household charge. A vote was called for and Mrs. Lehmers motion to reduce household rates to $4 visual aids and offering statistics, Mrs. Lehmer again charged that Park City homeowners are carrying a tionate share of the city water system financial burden. v?. "-- rates. the procedure to be employed for snow removal in the Main Street Special Improvement District. It was decided that the logistical details would be left in the hands of Mr. Mathews. informed those present that an examination of the financial statements for the General Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Public Utility Fund for the year ending June 30, 1974, had been completed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. resulting $1.56 was compared to the $1.25 per pillow charged to nightly rental owners to prove residents pay more than their share. She moved to lower the permanent resident rate to $4 per month. She used similar mathematics to demonstrate an inequity in the citys sewer A related problem which came before the Council is Sporting 3.2 average which has been adopted by Master Plan architect Gene Carr, Councilman Lehmer divided this figure into the $5 monthly water use charge. The Snow Removal . business at the Council parcels, as opposed to the meeting was a report on the original 45. audit of the citys financial statements conducted by f . The effluence of accounting and the steady stream of figures generated confusion or drowsiness in the majority of the audience, including some Council members. But the tally of all the debits and credits indicated Park CSty was financially solvent, and that seemed to satisfy most of those present. lingo 'X- - - Subdivision Requested Mary Lahmar per month was defeated by lower household rates, Mrs. decision which Lehmer made a motion to the same befell it at a previous Council raise transient water rates to Councilmen their previous $1.50 per pillow meeting. Wilking, Richard Martinez, level while reducing the and Leon Uriarte opposed the charge on rollaway pillows to 3-- 2 measure, while Councilman Clem Hansen supported Mrs. Lehmer. A Different Approach Failing in her attempt to CCAG CONSOLIDATION STATUS F $.75. The motion was defeated by the identical 2 vote. 3-- Audit The first major order of Amendment A request by the Prospector Square Development which sailed Company through the Planning Commission in eight minutes was denied by the City Council, at least temporarily. Mr. Ed Vetter asked for an amendment to his original Prospector Square plat which would allow him to reduce the size of his lots. .The proposal was to divide the nine-acr- e project into 85 SCINHIT FfSRK SKYLINE GARGE Mountain Village Coffee Shop Mr. Vetter volunteered that the reason for the 47 large lots at the outset was to avoid filing with the Interstate denial based on the completeness of the forms. If any application contains points which are questionable, it will be considered by the Council. Ollier Business In other business, the Council voted to accept the power bills for the two new water pumping stations located on .Land Registration office, a branch of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD requires the registration of any developments over 50 lots. Mr. Vetters efforts to avoid the expensive registration were to no avail, however, as the State of Utah has regulations which necessitate the filing anyway. Avenue, and on the GPCC golf course. They tabled a decision on acceptance of the roads and sewers in Thaynes Canyon pending a legal investigation of the matter by City Attorney Carl Nemelka. Faced with the registration reguirement, Mr. Vetter now a desires to market his Prospector Square in smaller pieces. The Council voted to table the matter, pending the investigation of the minimum lot commercial size stipulated by the emerging Master Plan. Tree and Some Time Are Saved In an effort to reduce the use of paper and to lighten the n Council's work load, Lehmer suggested and the Council decided that all future business license applications will be reviewed by City Recorder Bruce Decker and City Manager Wayne Mathews. The two will then A Coui-cilma- recommend approval or 13th Street Condominiums Raw Land and Empire Mr. Mathews reported Residential Commercial that new dogcatcher will assume his duties on December 1st. Mrs. Lehmer responded, Ill give him free room and board if he stays. I ain't a bad cook either. HAL TAYLOR ASSOCIATES 804 P.O. Box PARK CITY. UTAH Lawsuits after the fire siren Long had wailed its 10 PM notice to the accompaniment of the citys canine crooners, Mr. Nemelka asked the Council for advisement on lawsuits which have been filed on the citys behalf. The attorney was urged to pursue all cases which have been initiated. These include a suit against Mr. Elwood Nielsen for illegal road construction and the declaratory judgment on the residency status of Councilman Lehmer. . 84060 e PHONE (801)649-818- 1 (801)649-811- 1 Predator Poison Wanted ' Pressure is increasing on President Ford to rescind the Executive Order banning predator poisons on the public lands. Issued in 1972, Executive Order 11643 was a landmark in Presidential conservation action. Woolgrowers insist they are suffering heavy losses to predators. But the predator poison campaign waged before the ban was not only ineffective, but killed hundreds of thousands of animals, including many on the endangered species list. The Predators' in the indecline of sheep-growi- non-targ- et dustry include synthetics, superior foreign wool, shortsighted range management, ineffective marketing, and labor difficulties. Tax dollars already subsidize woolgrowers in several ways, including the use of the public lands at less than the true value of toe forage. If the in- Amanda Paterson, Norma Ivors and Rick Prince he Park City Concerned izen Action Group met esday, November 19th, for report fay local attorney & Prince on the status of tool consolidation, dr. Prince explained that State Board of Education i voted to accept the con-tareport of Dr. Boren, ofessor of Education at iber State College. The ren Report(as it is dubbed) s accepted for referral to State Legislature and 11s for mandatory school isolidation for the three tool districts in Summit unty. Opposed to the report, Mr. ince cited the many prac-a- l distan-busin- g problems of long of Park City young ople to Kamas and alville, should the of the Boren be port passed in the Utah ite Legislature this winter. ! also noted that Park City d Kamas would have to spend their plans for the nstruction of a new school. consolidation Dreover, uld require the three itricts having to accept the ! nt recom-endatio- ns debt burdens of the others. Having attended hearings on the Boren Report before the State Board of Education, Mr. Prince said the report was very poorly done, inand tellectually dishonest was not adequately examined by the State Board of Education. Finding a similarity between the Boren Report and other studies done by consultants in New York City and California, Mr. Prince said it was ridiculous to apply these studies to our area. To compare unlike social, cultural, and demographic standards is absurd," said Mr. Prince. He suggested that by using standards listed in the Boren Report, citizens could come up with the best argument against school consolidation in our area. Upon hearing Mr. Princes review, members of the CCAG decided to acquire additional copies of the Boren Report which they will study in order to prepare for a December 3rd meeting with Dr. Boren and Mr. Bob Wright, Chairman of the REASONABLY PRICED RINGS State Board of Education. The meeting will be held at Marsac Elementary. dustry succeeds in over- predator Write turning toe Executive Order, these subsidies will be inflated to include the costs of resuming a program of predator control which is not only ecologically unsound, but inhumane as well. Letters and telegrams are urgently needed urging the use of only selective means of predator control and urging no resumption in use of poisons. President Gerald R. Ford, The White House, Wash., D.C. 20500; Russell EL Train, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460; and C.B. Morton, Roger Secretary of the Interior, Interior Building, Washington, D.C. 20240. PLANTS POTS & THINGS gold, silver, and semi-precio- t ous new location on Main us stones across from Utah Bower & Light Planting Design Service Available |