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Show Page A2 Thursday, June 7, 1990 Teachers discuss performance pay Continued from A1 penditures. The $75,000 equates to a 3 percent salary increase. But district negotiators told teacher representatives that the pilot program pro-gram would be without guarantees of future funding beyond the initial three year period. Teachers also made a proposal, altering their last request of an overall 15 percent package increase. Arakaki asked that teachers receive a 2 percent raise on the teacher salary schedule teachers had previously asked for a 6 percent across-the-board salary increase. She told the Record Wednesday that teacher negotiators "knew they were going in high" but after seeing the district's budget decided there was not enough money for a 6 percent per-cent increase. Arakaki told district negotiators that after studying the budget, she found additional revenue totaling $179,973 that could go toward teacher salary increases. That figure was derived from two if f photos by Sena Taylor Aspen Mayor Bill Stirling (left) and KPCW station manager Blair Feulner take questions from the audience. , . 600 attend town meeting May 31 Continued from A 1 KPCW circulated surveys with a number of questions, and they were P fewereE'as;tollowst'Would you - favor limiting the rate of growth by restricting the number of building permits issued by the citycounty each year?" To that question, 56 percent per-cent said yes and 44 percent said no. Regarding if residents would favor spending tax dollars to build employee housing, 42 said yes and 58 said no. On a question which read, "Would you favor the citycounty spending local tax dollars to acquire public open spaceparks?" an overwhelming over-whelming 93 percent said yes and 7 percent said no. The final question asked, "In your opinion, how many more people could move into the Park Ci-tySnyderville Ci-tySnyderville Basin area before it would begin to adversely affect your quality of life?" To that question, 6 percent wanted no more new residents, 21 percent wanted 1,000 more residents, 33 percent wanted 5,000 more residents, 16 percent wanted 10,000 more residents, six percent wanted 20,000 more residents, and five percent said the number of new residents should be unlimited. When Feulner began the debate, he said the "phenomenal" turnout to the town meeting was proof that worries about "the Aspenization of Park City" was "not a phantom issue because you're all here." He also said 200 people were turned away from the event due to limited seating. The first question Feulner posed asked panel participants if they thought it was desirable for Park City Ci-ty "to tell the rest of the world that they can't move here." TT Park City Council Member Bob and Summit County Executive the KPCW forum. ?r I v v i v A. , J AcssV .' I- Park Record sources: a 4 percent increase in the weighted pupil unit (totaling $118,932) and secondly, an increase in the assessed valuation of Park City Ci-ty property (totaling $61,041). But district negotiators said that those figures were based on inaccurate inac-curate information provided by the state. Loble said that in past years the school district has been "left short" because it had based its budget on state-provided figures. She said it is true, that there has been a 4 percent increase in the state-established weighted pupil unit, but that money will be "fully absorbed" by several expenditures that include: classified employee and principal compensation; teacher lane and step increases; projected increases in student enrollment; and inservice training budget increases. Both teams agreed to continue negotiations through the end of June. The next date scheduled is June 20 from noon to 4 p.m. at Park City High School. Regarding the performance pay i. 1 ' To that, Lewis answered an "emphatic "em-phatic no," and cited a May 3 editorial in the Park Record that -emphasized tolerance and said Park'' City's heritage stressed openness and diversity. "We should work to preserve our heritage, as opposed to adopting a country club mentality," said Lewis. He said to control growth, with tactics such as limiting the number of building permits, would only "contribute to out-of-control real estate prices... We need to be on guard against setting off a chain of events that sets us against our neighbors and prices us out .of our own communities." Stirling disagreed with Lewis, saying say-ing "I would answer that question to tell the world they can't move here with an emphatic yes. Someone So-meone is always going to be first, and diversity has to be maintained by the people, themselves. A growth management plan can make that happen," argued Stirling. Regarding population rates, Lewis predicted higher growth in the 1990s than in the '80s, saying, "We better get ready for the fact that a lot of people are going to come here." t With Lewis' prediction, Feulner queried the panel on the cost of housing, hous-ing, especially with regard to Park City's increasing lack of affordable, employee housing. Stirling said the demand for high-cost, high-cost, million-dollar homes will be limited, because "there is a carrying carry-ing capacity for every community" for that kind of housing. But Lewis cited recent real estate figures showing that starter homes in Prospector Pro-spector cost $140,000. "There aren't a lot of 'good old days' prices anymore," said Lewis. . "1 V4 r ,.ygwrMitg . Richer (from left), former Park City attorney Tom Clyde Assistant Cris Schulz were among a panel of speakers at plan, teacher negotiator Jim Fleming Flem-ing told district representatives that , that type of a plan can cause "serious morale problems" because some teachers would receive no additional ad-ditional pay and some teachers would receive more than others. But Loble says that the plan would not be unfair since both the teachers and district would determine the standards. She emphasized that program pro-gram funding is not being taken from leeway funds that the Board of Education has promised would be set aside for new teacher salaries and to open the new elementary school in the fall of 1991. Arakaki continued to assert that teacher compensation, rather than a performance pay system would be more equitable. She says Park City teachers were fourth from the bottom bot-tom in wage increases for the state' last year. She added that they have received no substantial salary increase in-crease in the last few years, and were ranked 41st in the state for teacher salary increases from last year to this year. .... : .X... i ' i A ! - , ! ... From there, Feulner asked the panel when they thought the Park City area would reach j,ts,-:ihYih!Stiiiiifl'-'6M!i end up with 20,000 units in the Snyder-ville Snyder-ville Basin,", which computes to a possible 60,000 residents living there at some point. Coleman responded to Feulner's observation by calling it "ludicrous," and noted that "there are physical limitations to that hap-pemng...It's hap-pemng...It's a quality issue here, not a quantity one," he said. Stirling followed the threshhold question by saying, "People accept every development that comes along, and then the side affects come along," such as air quality, traffic problems, security problems, old buildings needing to be demolished and locals being forced out of downtown areas. "Those problems hit much quicker than you realize," warned Stirling, "so you need to be concerned concern-ed about those issues." In retrospect, he said "I don't think we were assertive enough in Aspen" to control the impacts caused by new developments. Following up on Stirling's statement, state-ment, Feulner said, "We get the impression im-pression from the national media that Aspen has turned into a town of fat cats and trust-funders. Did hyper-inflation and development destroy the soul of the town?" he asked its mayor. Stirling answered, "It definitely -has had an influence on us." Noting what little development area is left in Aspen, Stirling praised the town's growth management plan, saying it has created "balance and harmony" because developers have had to be "more careful." . T Tlieay We Were v r ; ' " ' 1 i ' -1. i " V Play Ball! In 1904 the city council purchased a lot to be used as a baseball grounds. Interest in the sport grew so fast soon there were teams decked out in fancy uniforms. Those from Park City played others from Evanston and Eureka while the famous Brass Band, wearing new green uniforms wifh gold trim, played at all the games. This photo was found in an attic in Oakley. This team (pictured with their lace-collared mascot) was sponsored by the Ontario Mining Company. If you recognize a face or two, please call us at 649-0375. Photo courtesy Park City Museum. ', T " t, f V - ( 1 '" Z. li tii -.- - - Local realtor Jim Lewis said estate. Home costs Continued from A1 growth, because that will help fill the pockets of every realtor in town." On the positive side of being be-ing a realtor and holding public office, he said the elected body would "have expertise in having people who are familiar with development." To conclude the evening, Fuelner asked Lewis, Coleman and Stirling what message they would send to city hall or the county courthouse if they Could, each give advice on how to govern the area. FAR amendment receives praise Continued from A1 A number of people attended the public hearing to support the measure, including Leslie Miller, president of the Park City Community Communi-ty Coalition. "The Coalition is pleased to support" sup-port" the amendment, said Miller, noting that it would reduce the construction con-struction of "massive" buildings and provide more single-family dwellings. "The long-term benefits STAFF nnn K W Ifa ; "HE v ; i 4 ' T v . T - some growth management policies will raise the costs of real alarm residents Said Lewis, "Don't launch any growth quotas, because that would be their single biggest mistake. I would advise them to govern with a long-term plan." Coleman prefaced his answer by saying, "The assumption of the forum tonight has been that there's something broken and we've got to fix it. I disagree with that...We are at a 6 percent growth rate, which is a very favorable amount." He said he would advise city or county of-ficials of-ficials to "minimize the devisiveness that these kinds of are worth the short-term compromise," com-promise," said Miller. But she urged the council "to begin updating the city ci-ty master plan...We would hope to see this type of standard applied" to other areas of the city, she said. Park City Board of Realtors President Presi-dent Bonnie Peretti told the council, "We feel the floor area ratio program pro-gram is very beneficial to landowners lan-downers and the future development of town. We highly support it." ' Park City resident David Hamp Andy lemhard TcriOrr Sent Taylor, Kathy McCarthy, ton Ceori, Robin forter David Schuhx Tom Clyde Krittert Rogeri Sumb Davit SuunDavh. torlCUrk-frldaon ferneta Halneworth Tom Lent Jo-Arm HoneyweH Staff writer Ptntofrtphy and darkroom Contributing writer Offkt Clrcubtkm CkMifM talti director CrapMci Production Distribution CtrtoonMi rUthy McCarthy KchhLeeny J.F.M ''7 ,J i- i forums can bring.'' s Stirling had the last words at the town meeting, saying "there's no ski town that doesn't have affordable housing or growth management problems. You have to anticipate these problems because they're going to be all over you like a wet blanket. Any person has got to evaluate and aniticipate and be ahead of the the curve, and it takes management to do it," said Stirling. "It's a fundamental and moral act, and it's a protective act. It's not just an act of style.", . shire, a crusader for historic preservation, preser-vation, also commended the amendment. amend-ment. "I think it's a great attempt to try and reduce the scale of buildings in old town, in keeping with the nature of old town." Council member Jim Santy spoke the same sentiments during the earlier work session, saying, the amendment "is going to save so many of those little shacks from being be-ing covered up" by newer, larger buildings. The Park Record (USPS . 0037-8370) is published weekly by the Diversified Suburban Newspapers, 1670 Bonaza Dr., Park City UT. second-class postage in Park City, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Park Record, Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. -Entered as second-class matter. May 23, 1977, at the post office in Park City, UT 84060. under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $12In-side $12In-side Summit County, 23outside Summit County, UT. Published every Thursday. |