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Show Mita g at 125 Park City resident Leif Nelson placed fourth in the World Championship Champion-ship Speed Skiing competition last weekend at Silverton, Colo., with a top speed of 200.669 kilometers, or 124.690 miles per hour. The top five skiers in the event all 'broke the previous world speed skiing Vol. VII, No. 32 Mine monster Park Avenue Agreement expected by Bettina Moench The City Council has reached an agreement in principle with the Salt Lake Engineering firm of Bush and Gudgell for reimbursement for the failure of Park Avenue. The city expects to receive written confirmation of Bush and Gudgell's position by today's council meeting so that official action can be taken. The company has agreed to author a press release indicating that its inadequate engineering specifications caused the failure of the road, and that it was not the fault of either the city or the Bahk Construction company. On Monday, the technical, 11-page report by Montana road expert Ed Nurse was made available to the public. Nurse was called to Park City in late February to analyze the road failure and to recommend the most effective reconstruction method. The pages of scientific formulas in the report offer little enlightenment to the casual reader. It does say, however, that the failure "related to the pavement having insufficient thickness thick-ness for the traffic imposed." The report suggests that a pavement thickness of 23.5 inches is required for Park Avenue, and tests showed the pavement to be at a maximum of 9.75 inches. He showed through a complex formula that the daily load-bearing estimates of the present road would be exceeded by the passage of one fully-loaded ready mix concrete truck, which is equivalent to 5,000 cars. In another formula, Nurse showed that by dividing the supposed design life of 20 years for Park Avenue by the daily traffic loads, the life expectancy of the U-224 belt route by Morgan Queal The state highway belt route into Deer Valley will become a reality this summer after more than four years of talking, planning and designing. Mike Roshek, project design engineer for the Utah Department of Transportation, said bids will be advertised ad-vertised May 8 to 15 and opened two weeks later, with construction slated to begin June 15. The $4 million project will take several months to complete, with the new highway expected to be in service by next winter. Running north and south along the foothills east of Park Avenue, the new belt route is expected to solve the horrendous traffic problems created this past winter with the opening of Deer Valley resort. The state's plans for the highway mph! record held by Steve McKinne of Tahoe, Calif. McKinney placed third, breaking his own world record of 200.222 kph set in Portillo, Chili in 1978. Nelson said the excellent condition of the 1,500 vertical-drop course, which has a 60-degree grade at the top, con (BW; f " ' 1 I I What demons lurk in the heart of the Silver King Mine? See story by Michael Spaulding on Page A9. road was 13.3 days. "The point being that Park Avenue wa designed as a residential street while the traffic it's carrying could be classified as highway, or more specifically, as 'urban secondary'," wrote Nurse. Nurse offered several alternatives to fix Park Avenue, including totally rebuilding the pavement, partially rebuilding and applying an overlay. On Tuesday, Nurse told The Newspaper News-paper that "the overlay looks like the better solution." "With the overlay, you wouldn't have to disturb the existing road," he continued. "It will probably require an additional five to six inches of asphalt, and you'll probably be able to maintain some traffic on Park Avenue." "Obviously a mistake was made," Nurse agreed. "As often as not, it's a judgment situation. In this case, the judgment was that the traffic was not as heavy as it is. "None of us are error-free in engineering," he continued. "There will be mistakes made in the future as there have been in the past. The real question is resolving it and bringing it back to where it was before. I was up there, and I know there were a lot of potholes and a lot of misery driving on Park Avenue. It is frustrating, but the pain and suffering is not really here nor there. The goal and objective is to reach a 20-year life span on the road, and the correction should be equitable. And I understand that when all is said and done, the city will not come out any worse than if the road had been done right in the first place. What would the road have cost in the call for widening the existing U224-248 intersection at the bottom of Park Avenue and the section of Park Avenue running south to Snow Country Drive. At that point, the new route will turn east, extending along the existing Snow Country Drive to the end, then will curve along the foothills, running about 4,000 feet and connecting with the Deer Valley Road at Marsac Avenue. The design includes a bicycle and joggers' underpass, a channel change for Poison Creek along the entire length of the new highway and a "berm" (dike) along the channel that will double as a jogging and bicycle path. Roshek said specifications call for a two-lane highway with an additional 14-foot median for left-turning vehicles tributed to the fast times on the last day of the competition. "For several years, that 200 kph was a speed nobody could break," Nelson said. First place in the event went to Franz Weber of Austria, clocked at 203.160 kph, or 126.238 mph. Second Thursday, April 29, 1982 today first place had it been done right? Both Ed Nurse and Community Development Develop-ment Director Mike Vance said it would have cost an additional $100,000 to $125,000 in extra materials. Add that to the original paving costs of $285,000, and a properly engineered Park Avenue should have cost the taxpayers nearly $400,000. What's it going to cost to apply the overlay? Ed Nurse estimates $194,000. Added to that is the cost of the Nurse report at $14,500, and $40,000 to $50,000 in patching materials and time. Bush and Gudgell has agreed to reimburse the city for the Nurse report, and the Utah Department of Transportation is kicking in $28,000 for the one-inch overlay they were to have put on Park Avenue this spring. Last week, Bush and Gudgell made an offer of settlement to the city, which was rejected by the council. The council then counterproposed that the engineering engi-neering company pay $150,000, and that the repayment of that money be secured by real property and accrue at a floating interest rate. That would leave the city paying into the repaving project somewhere between $60,000 and $70,000. "The only reason the city is willing to pay anything toward this project is that if the road had been built properly the first time, it would have cost us at least an additional $100,000," said City Attorney Tom Clyde. City Engineer Mike Vance said that, weather permitting, the repaving of Park Avenue will begin in mid-June and should be completed before the Fourth of July. construction set and a 10-foot paved shoulder. In peak traffic periods, Roshek said, the highway high-way can function as a four-lane road. The state engineer said construction this summer may cause some inconvenience, incon-venience, but he believes traffic disruption will not be a major problem. Sixteen-hour work days are being recommended, and work can proceed on one side of the road at a time, with traffic diverted along the other side. Plans also call for curbs, gutters and sidewalks on both sides of the road along that section, Roshek said. The state is "trying to specify" that the new highway should be in service by the next ski season, Roshek said. Landscaping, and perhaps a final surface sur-face coat, could then be completed next spring. was Terry Watts of British Columbia, 201.681 kph or 125.319 mph; third was McKinney, 201.230 kph or 125.319 mph, and fifth was Bob Miller of Canada, 200.557 kph or 124.620 mph. Nelson skied, if you can call it that, on 240 cm Fischer skis, Tyrolia bindings bind-ings and a Daleboot made in Salt Lake City. He said competitors wear slick rubber suits that allow the body to slide in case of a fall. There were only .TlDCBn0 Eight candidates file for commission seats November is still a long way away, but election talk is back in the headlines again. Monday was the filing deadline for partisan candidates for a number of federal, state and local offices. In state compaigns affecting Summit County voters, November's election won't provide much variety: both State Senator Glade Sowards, a Republican from Vernal, and State Representative Glen Brown, a Republican Repub-lican from Hoytsville, are running unopposed. However, eight candidates, four from each party, have announced their intention to run for the two seats on the Summit County Commission which will be contested this year. The list includes one incumbent, Carl T. Ovard of Henefer, who has filed for the four year seat. The other incumbent, Bill Wallin of Snyderville, did not file for re-election. Ovard, a Republican, was appointed Jn January of 1979 to complete the unexpired term left by the resignation of Alva Dearden. He was elected to a two-year term in November of 1980. Running against Ovard for the Republican nomination is Dan Ball, 29, of Coalville. Ball is the owner of Dan's towing and repair in Coalville, and also works as a bail bondsman for Beehive Bail Bonds. A native of Coalville, this is his first campaign for elective office. Competing for the Democratic nomination for the four-year term are Clifton Blonquist, Jr., of Coalville and County hospital State calls for renovations to start by September 1 by Rick Brough The Utah State Department of Health will take action to close the Summit County Hospital if the county does not follow a state plan to remedy the physical deficiencies in its surgical area. In a letter released Tuesday, State Health Director Dr. James Mason handed down a schedule to the Summit County Commission that calls for remodeling work to begin in early fall. But hospital administrator Greg Kusiak said repairing defects in the 40-year-old facility is more complicated compli-cated and time-consuming than the state realizes. Kusiak, speaking for the hospital manager, Advanced Health Systems, told county commissioners the September goal is "almost impossible", but said he would try to cooperate with it. "It's not a matter of our intent. It's a It was estimated that the opening of Deer Valley last December sent some 7,000 vehicles per day up and down Park Avenue in peak periods-Christmas periods-Christmas and President's week-creating week-creating serious traffic jams between the Deer Valley Resort, and complicated by cars coming out of old town and the Park City Ski Area. With the new belt route next winter, Deer Valley traffic will use the by-pass, and traffic in and out of Old Town will continue on Park Avenue. Early summer construction on the state highway could be complicated by the planned repaving of Park Avenue by the city, but that job involves only an overlay of asphalt on the existing road and is expected to be completed by July 4. three crashes in the Silverton event and no serious injuries, Nelson said, adding that "it's safer than you might think." A native of Wisconsin, Nelson moved to Utah four years ago, began skiing with some pro-downhillers and found that, because of a knee injury, a longer ski gave him more stability. He went to his first speed skiing trails three years ago and ended up faster than most. How does one stop at those speeds? Park City, Utah Robert G. Willoughby of Hoytsville. Blonquist, 37, is an employee in the Park City office of Utah Power and Light. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the North Summit School Board in 1976. Willoughby, 30, recently moved from Coalville to Hoytsville. In 1981, he ran a write-in campaign for the Coalville City Council. Willoughby is co-owner of Willoughby Oil Field Service. Competing for a two-year term on the County Commission are two residents of Summit Park and two of Park City. Matt Alvarez is the owner of the Timberhaus Ski and Sport shops in Park City and Snowbird. He is the current chairman of the Summit County Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Park City Council in 1977. Albert C. Cooper, 48, is the immediate past chairman of the Summit County Republican Party. A resident of Summit Park, he served for six years on the Summit County Planning Commission. Cooper is a consultant in advertising and public relations. Raymond C. Johnson, 35, is the treasurer of the Park City Ski Corporation. A Republican, he is a Park City resident. This is his first campaign for elective office. Ronald A. Perry, 37, works as an appraiser for Summit County and is also a real-estate broker. He is a Democrat and lives in Summit Park. matter of the physical effort involved," he said. Kusiak told commissioners he would be happy to recommend an architect to help with the construction. The remodeling plan appears to be the last major sticking point between the state and the county after two months, when both worked to solve deficiencies cited by the state team that inspected the hospital last February. The state recommended closure in early March, but changed their position after county commissioners commis-sioners protested and the hospital showed it was taking action to solve the defects. The state said there was not a proper separation between surgery and nearby near-by facilities such as the emergency room, delivery, and X-ray. The report also cited an inadequate scrub area and lack of proper air filtration and to begin in June Part of the construction contract calls for irrigation and landscaping with some 6,000 plants and trees going in, probably next spring, along the new highway. City Engineer Mike Vance said a few minor details need to be worked out, including establishing a "haul road" to carry fill from a site near the dump. One unique aspect of the project, Roshek added, is the work Park City did in acquiring rights of way from private property owners along the new route. If the state had had to do that work, Roshek said, it may have taken half the federal funds allocated for actual ac-tual construction and the project could have been delayed another five years. City Councilman Bob Wells, who provided the impetus behind the right Nelson said the speed course has a long runout, and many speed skiers will throw in a couple of turns "after they slow down to 80 miles an hour." But Nelson said he prefers to stay on the runout and turn slightly uphill. A weekend ski patrolman at Park City Ski Area, Nelson will be working for Daleboot this summer and hopes to join the world speed skiing circuit next winter. Two Sections, 24 Pages This is also his first attempt at public office. Another race of interest to local residents pits Park City resident Fred Eley against Ferol C. Hebden of Kamas for sheriff of Summit County. Incumbent Sheriff Ron Robinson decided not to seek re-election. Eley, 46, has been a deputy for more than 10 years, and a sergeant on the force for the past two-and-a-half years. He is a Republican and a native of Summit County. His opponent, 36, is a Democrat who works as a secretary for Alpha Beta in Park City. She has been active in the training programs for the Kamas Police Department and is married to a Salt Lake County deputy sheriff. Among those running unopposed are incumbent County Assessor Leo O. Frazier of Oakley, a Democrat, and incumbent County Clerk Reed Pace, a Republican. Summit County Attorney Robert Adkins, a Democrat, is also running for re-election without opposition. opposi-tion. Alan Spriggs, the son of the present county recorder, Wanda Spriggs, is also running for that office without opposition. The race for county treasurer has attracted three candidates: Catherine C. Dallin of Coalville, a Democrat; Gwen Larsen of Wanship, also a Democrat; and Robert H. Williams, of Hoytsville, a Republican. Candidates for constable, school board, fire district commissioner and justice of the peace have until June 30 to file. pressure in surgery. Its letter said basic plans should be submitted by May 15, but Kusiak said it would be very difficult to meet that date. He refused to suggest a more reasonable deadline, but said "two weeks is certainly not it." Early Wednesday, state spokesman Lee Shaw said the May date would be moved up to June 1. "It's still tight," said Kusiak in response to that announcement, "but it responds more to the real problems." The health department said working drawings should be submitted by July 9 and construction should begin by September 1. If the hospital does not meet this schedule, said the letter, the state would take action under Utah Code Section 26-21-11, which allows for Hospital to A3 of-way acquisition project, said the process began some 15 months ago, and there are only three acquisitions left to resolve. One involves the Copper Bottom Inn property on Snow Country Drive, for which condemnation proceedings will be initiated bv the citv. Two others are Huntsman-Christiansen land on their Depot project and some lots owned by Upland Industries. All other rights of way, Wells said, were either donated or acquired inland trades, with the state paying for the removal of one house that would have stood in the middle of the highway. Most of the rights of way were acquired through land trade transactions transac-tions with the Royal Street Land Co., tie ,-l(. -(" .:..' -Hon |