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Show Page 10 Thursday, November 1,J979 City Council's Activity Report Prepared by the Park City Couik il In response to a number of questions, in the spirit of the current election process, and admittedly overdue, this report is intended to better inform you, the residents of I 'ark City, on the activities of your City government, (iciicral Revenues. of the City have substantially exceeded operating op-erating expenses for the past three years. Substantially all of the "excess funds" have been generated from three sources -increases in general gene-ral sales taxes, increases in building and impact fees, and securing of grant funds. The Council has been conservative con-servative and careful to insure that regular operating expenses of the City are amply covered by "regular" revenues, that is, that a bad year would not necessitate a substantial property tax increase in-crease in the following year. We feel that this practice has been wise and should be continued. Improvement programs have been financed fi-nanced by building fees, grants and excess revenues as opposed to being subsidized sub-sidized by regular revenues. In addition to this accomplishment, accom-plishment, the City Council has reduced the mill levy for property taxes by 22 percent (from 37 to 29 mills since 1070). Criticism has been leveled at city government because of improvements and services not being accomplished ac-complished as fast as people would desire. In direct answer to this, it should be pointed out that the city has had a tremendous amount of "catch-up" to do, requiring certain improvements to be accomplished before others could be started. Service Facilities Our existing shop and maintenance facilities were not adequate to properly handle the equipment and maintenance needs of the city. To provide proper service in snow removal, trash removal, street maintenance, main-tenance, etc. requires housing hous-ing and maintaining of the equipment necessary to do the job. We have purchased a tract of ground and a new city shop and yard are under construction to be completed in the near future. Total cost of these new facilities is approximately $375,000 of which $75,000 was expended from last year's budget and $300,000 from the current year. Streets Essentially all of our streets in the older part of town were in desperate need of resurfacing. resur-facing. Most of the water lines serving the original town had to be replaced and new sewer lines were needed. need-ed. Water and sewer lines had to be replaced prior to resurfacing. This work took two seasons but is now substantially completed at a ens! of approximately $4ih). 000 of which $2(1(1.0110 came from last year's budget and $200,000 from the current year. At the present time, the city is planning a storm drain system to cover most of the older pat of low n In addition to the physical improvements, approximately approxi-mately $110,000 of service equipment was purchased last year. Completion of installation of new water lines, sewer lines and a portion of sidewalk improvements improve-ments was accomplished this summer on Park Ave. to the inconvenience and frustration of most residents, resi-dents, but was accomplished in one season. The sidewalk portion of the improvements was partially financed by grant funds which were not available until mid-summer. Sanitation In the sanitation area, approximately $69,000 was expended last year on trash collection and landfill equipment. equip-ment. The city took over trash collection operations approximately two years ago after a history of unsatisfactory unsatis-factory service from private contractors. Water The municipal water supply, sup-ply, storage and distribution system have been improved over the past eighteen months from a flow availability avail-ability of 1200 GPM to 1900 GPM, with storage capacity increased by 1,000,000 gallons. gal-lons. Additional storage (reservoir) capacity of 1,600,000 gallons is planned over the next two years. The well recently completed on Holiday Ranch Entry Road is a bonanza, tested at a flow of 1500 GPM thereby increasing increas-ing flow to 3400 GPM. Additionally, Park City is contracting with the City of Salt Lake for the availability of 60 percent of the flow of the Spjro Tunnel water. At the present time this water source will be available on a leased basis, but plans are made for its outright purchase pur-chase by exchange of other water rights owned by Park City. In the year ended June 30, 1979, $1,650,000 was expended ex-pended on these improvements, improve-ments, at no direct tax cost to Park City residents, with $629,000 funded by developer contribution, $673,000 by Federal Grant funds, and the balance by Farmer Home Administration funds. At the present time the Park City Water System is ranked among the best in the state by Bush and Gudgell Engineers. En-gineers. Also near completion comple-tion is a computerized telemetering tele-metering system for the monitoring and operation of oiu ivm'i i in, j. i ;n.- .Vislclll will solve this summer's problems of certain areas being temporarily out of water by automatically directing dir-ecting water to where it is nveded. Redevelopment and rehabilitation rehabili-tation The Main Street Redevelopment Redevelop-ment Project was commenced com-menced in 1978 and contracts let for planning earlier this year. Plans are complete for pedestrian way systems between Main Street and Swede Alley and for directional direc-tional signage, as well as for land acquisition on Main Street and adjacent to Swede Alley. Approximately $50,000 has been expended in this area to date. Tax increment funding for the RDA for 1979 is expected to approximate $60,000. 1980 plans include new sidewalks on Main Street, additional Swede Alley parking and completion comple-tion of accessway projects. We were successful in obtaining ob-taining a community development de-velopment block grant within with-in the past year of an additional $550,000 of Federal Feder-al funds. These funds were just received and will be used for restoration, renovation renova-tion and other improvements in the older part of town. Parks and Recreation Park and recreation activities activi-ties over the past year include the acquisition of an additional 5 acres of land for future park development, a joint venture project with the Park City School District for the development of the athletic fields adjacent to the high school, and discussions regarding the acquisition of other parcels of land including includ-ing the property presently occupied by the Monroe plant and the property adjoining ad-joining Swede Alley and Marsac Avenue. In addition to these major items, park and recreation equipment costing approximately $10,000 were purchased last year and plans are in process for development of our ' overall master-planned park system for Park City. The Park City tent, at a cost of $30,000, was used by numerous nu-merous civic and church groups and filled one void in our entertainment system. The city has entered into an option agreement for the purchase of the Park City golf course for $1,000,000. Concurrent with this, an application has been made to the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Re-creation for matching funds for the purchase. Processing of this application leaves us very confident of receiving grant funds of $450,000 in 1980 and 1981 to be used for partial payment of the golf course purchase. Transportation Park City also entered into N ew System Will Watch Reservoirs Continued From Page 1 The system also has a tele-alert system for those times, at night for example, when city offices are not present. Should some problem arise with the water system the computer will ring home telephones for help Five different phone numbers can be dialed successfully; if there is no answer an-swer at the first phone number the computer will ring the second and so on. I'riarte, members of the city water crew and possibly City Manager Wayne Mathews are likely candidates for the computer phone list. Says City Manager Wayne Mathews about the new system: "In the last two years th' city has come a long way in improving the city's water system. Now the city is at a point where there should be no more worries about water." The new monitoring system is just part ol ongoing improvements designed to meet the water needs ol Park City's burgeoning population. Originally, in the e;irly mining camp days. Park City was supplied by three adjoining wuou anu ciinii reservoirs in Dais Canyon Today's network consists con-sists ol three hall million gallon reservoirs the Thaynes. ,',',,. Isk!i and Masoim Ilui ninu.li "I I Kvi Valley an-! "' iimi ;..i Ellipiiet ;hioii resi'l v .1,, In addition lo the reservoirs, the city receives water from the Thenot Springs, the Pacific Well in Prospector Prospec-tor Square and the ;:-.'wly constructed well near the city .-ewer Ireaimcnt plant at the Hw. 224 entraw to Park Meadow . Early in Sept. the city council voted to purchase surplus water from Salt Lake City which flows through Big Cottonwood Creek and the Spiro Tunnel Tun-nel to the natural tributaries of East Canyon Creek in Summit County. It is hoped that the city eventually will be able to trade for the right to that water. The city has had its share of water problems in the past. Not too long ago the older part of town frequently would run out of water; when that was remedied the newer sections would run low. In 197.'$, the Judge Tunnel caved in, shutting the town's water off for two weeks. A low interest loan from the I'tah Department of Water Resources financed the re-boring of the tunnel to prevent future problems. In addition, pressure reducing valves have been .strung along the city water lines. Previously, the water from the Wood-side Wood-side reservoir would drop so many feet to the lower parts of town that homeowners would receive a very potent 200 lbs. pressure, a potentially damaging effect on home water heaters. Mathews says the city is still working on increasing the water supply. sup-ply. Within two years Park City should own outright the water it now leases from Salt Lake City and have some 1,600.000 more reservoir gallons. About a million gallons of this added supply will come from a new reservoir located on the hills above the city cemetery. The remaining 61X1.(100 gallons will come from either one or two future reservoirs. the transportation business last year, tuned to the response of the business community to unsatisfactory operations of private companies com-panies in the past and to the response of a referendum imposing a one quarter of one percent sales tax dedicated dedi-cated to transportation. Our system operates free of charge to residents and for pay to visitors. During the year ended June 30, 1979, our system carried in excess of 165,000 paid riders. In addition, addi-tion, we issued 1350 free season passes to residents. Last year we purchased seven used buses and two new buses for use in the system. The seven used buses cost approximately $45,000. We encountered problems in maintenance because of inadequate shop space and facilities and inadequate parts inventory but overall the system was significantly better (in our first year) than the previous private systems. At $6,500 each the used vehicles were a wise first year move. Five of them are available for future operation. The two new buses, at a cost of $35,000, have been dependable and have been used on the summer routes also. For the 1979-80 season, an additional two new 40 passenger buses are on rder at a cost of $40,000. In addition to the regular bus system, the city operates for its Senior C'ti-zens C'ti-zens a free-of-charge taxi service, utilizing two special vehicles acquired with Federal grant funds. Public Safety In public safety, two additional addi-tional police vehicles were purchased last year approximately approxi-mately $12,000). In September, Septem-ber, the city agreed to purchase for the Park City Fire District, a new hook and ladder truck at a cost of $215,000. This will be paid over 7 years. This vehicle was the next priority of the Fire District in its Master Plan, will provide valuable protection for larger buildings build-ings and should eventually cause an insurance rate reduction. I!)X0 A substantial amount of capital improvement work originally budgeted for last year was not accomplished before June 30, the accounting account-ing year end of the city, this together with revenues from sales taxes and building fees being substantially larger than projected, resulted in a fund balance carryover of approximately $850,000 to the year beginning July 1, 1979. Capital improvements budgeted for this year include: Street and Sidewalk Completion Com-pletion $225,000; Cemetery (Fencing & Landscaping) $12,000; Recreation (completion (comple-tion of High School fields, addition of restrooms and recreation building $47,000; Acquisition of Park Land $168,000; Police Department Depart-ment $17,000; Transportation Transporta-tion vehicles $96,000; Contribution Con-tribution to Fire District (truck)-$25,000; City Shop Construction $300,000; Planning and Zoning (Master (Mas-ter Plan, Traffic and Ordinance Ordi-nance Review)-$70,000; Provision for Main Street Redevelopment, Agency Land Acquisition and Improvements Im-provements $180,000; Contingency Con-tingency Provision for Golf Course Acquisition $250,000; Miscellaneous $23,000; Total $1,413,000. Certain of these improvements improve-ments will not be finally committed until such time as it can be determined that projected revenues will exceed ex-ceed operating expenses by an amount sufficient to maintain a fund balance of at least $250,000. Conclusion The City Council is proud of its achievements over the past several years. Park City is a town of 4,500 people with service requirements for 15,000. It reached that point in a short period of time Two years ago, the residents of Park City expressed ex-pressed concern over the future of the Main Street area and the development of areas adjacent to it. The city was asked to do everything possible to encourage growth in the old town area. The Depot Project and the Deer Valley project were welcomed wel-comed because of their potential stimulating effect. Towards these ends came the Redevelopment Agency, the Park City Housing Authority Au-thority and a rehabilitation program, all now in motion. Admittedly a lot of our actions have been accomplished accom-plished through reaction. However, all in all, we feel that we have almost "caught up" and that attention can be directed to more visual accomplishments. Personnel of the city have increased about 60 percent over the past two years to where the city now employs 68 people. We are further pursuing personnel needs to provide better communication communica-tion and service. We thank the employees of the city for their hard work and apologize apolo-gize to the residents of the city for their inconveniences. This is what we think is right with Park City. Mayor and City Council October 29, 1979 NOW AT WEATHERBEATERS . if iff. v&- mm ,jr Push your heating bill down with a Baffle Stove! The Baffle Stove combines com-bines the newest thermal efficiency concepts con-cepts and construction with centuries-old centuries-old knowledge of wood and coal heating. 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