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Show tP Park Qtty ' ran y- -';' -''-.... - JC2. 11 ROYAL STREET Land Company President Warren King unveiled detailed plana for'the new major ski resort proposed for the Perk CHy area. ' . . - . ;. r -V: ggg;"g'-''-M'gss:ggsBgBI!SSSSSgEgS5a Members of the Park City Council and the Summit County Commission Monday -afternoon reached a tentative agreement on the operation and financing of the Memorial Building. Under the terms of the agreement, which has to be 8 ' rpfiiMvl nnH finaliTofl tho oitv 0 will be given a five year lease on the building at minimal cost and will assume administrative responsibilities. responsibil-ities. ' Summit County will allocate allo-cate $27,000 during each of " the five years to fund the building. Of that amount, . $17,000 will go towards maintenance and operation with the remaining $10,000 earmerked for renovation. The city will contribute $7,500 annually. Five thou-and thou-and dollars will be used for renovation and $2,500 will be used to operate the Memorial Building. ' " The agreement also sets renovation priorities for disbursement of the allocated funds. Topping the list are fire safety measures such as fire doors, exit signs and panic hardware. General safety was given second priority. Included in theis category would be a fence in the rear of the building to prevent youths from climbing onto the roof. Upgrading of the electrical system comes next, followed by roof repairs. These two items are espected to be most expensive. Other work to be done includes the purchase of new furniture and fixtures, interior remodeling, exterior remodeling, resurfacing the bowling lanes, the installation installa-tion of automatic pin setters and resurfacing the basketball basket-ball court. - The guidelines for use of the building during operating hours will be mutually agreed upon by the city and county before the city assumes control but once the city takes over if will be Wednesday, December 15, 1976 si DDEra responsible for administering the finances and utilization. The agreement also calls upon Summit County to continue seeking outside Mgeeecoscosocooeeeoeooceceoeeecooeosooooso "We are not trying to merely outdo the best restaurant restau-rant in Salt Lake City," says Ali Manteghi, creator and still mastermind behind The Christopher d,own at 1492 Park Avenue in Park City. "What we are doing is creating a monument an institution something that will never or not be outdone easily." When Ali Manteghi speaks, confidence relfects off his face. It is a confident, matter of-faet manner which could easily be translated conceit. We found, however, that one would be careful not to judge so quickly this Iranian air: Ali Manteghi backs up the life htwl ;i RESTAURATEUR AN Manteghi carries In one of the cuNnary monument. money to refurbish the Memorial Building, should grant money become available, avail-able, the county would be released from (its five year ALU CREATING A M)AJWEAJ7 elaborate numbers (dollar numbers) he speaks of with . elaborate and circa a long time ago hand-carved wood, marble and crystal; with exclusive Belgian upholstery materials and exclusively designed (by himself) dining furniture; with gold inlay table settings; and with a monstrous hundred year old, amply stained galssed build- ing at 249 South 4th East in Salt Lake. And when Ali Manteghi speaks these days it's odds on he is speaking about that building a building which used to be know as the Temple B'nai Israel, which will soon be' known (and he A7 fed 7 l. obligation to provide renovation renova-tion funds. The provisions of the transfer were hammereel out continued on Pg. 9 murdered Wednesday morn means known) as the Royal Palace Restaurant of Utah, his brainchild. He has no doubt, again, paying not even the slightest attention to failure, that the Royal Palace will be his mark left on Earth if you will, his immortality. So 'involved . (every day since September overseeing 30 or so constructors) and preoccupied with this restaurant restau-rant is he that one is hard pressed to define the line where Ali Manteghi ends and nucic I. lie nuj ai a wbi-v a begins. Call the man Ali . Palace; call the establish- continued on page 3 elaborate trappings for his Volume Two Royal Street Land Company Com-pany President Warm King Thursday evening officially unveiled plans for a "very new and major ski facility in Park City." Utilizing a large mockup of the area slated -for ski, commercial and residential development, flanked by renderings and site plans, King engineer Jack Johnson and architect Ted Warr explained the ambitious project to a gathering of Park City, Summit County and Wasatch County official-s, official-s, along with the press and other concerned citizens. - . I Same Size I King said the 150 million project, which has no official name as yet, would be equal in size to the existing ski area. It may either combine with the Park City ski Corp. into one area, doubling present capacity, Or may-operate may-operate independently. ' The two resorts have a 'rim" Royal Street official said a joining of the two is "very doable." He added, however, Park City resident Bonnie Ryan, a 23-year-old expectant expec-tant mother, was found 0 ing in the back seat of her car which was parked at a Granger, Utah, shopping mall. A Valley Fair Mall employe discovered the murder at 10 a.m. and an autopsy conduct- 1 Mr 1 i jx ; l 8 n cu vv eunesuay ueiera men s that Mrs. Ryan died fn n a 0 0 small caliber bullet wound in the back of her head. She was 0 .,' approximately six .monins pregnant at the time of her death. , Park City detective Robert Berry told the Newspaper, "This was no ordinary murder. This was an assassination." assassi-nation." Berry said the trajectory and location of the bullet which was recovered in thp back seat of the car indicate that the victim was shot in the same position she was found. Police are awaiting ballistics test results to determine what type of weapon was used in the murder. When, police arrived upon the scene, the car was locked and neither the keys nor the murder weapon have been located. The autopsy conducted by the Utah State Coroners office placed the time of death at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs Ryan departed Park City at 11 a.m. Tuesday to go Christmas shopping in the Salt Lake area and was reported missing Wednesday by her husband, Doug Ryan, manager of The Club on Main Street, when she failed ' to return. . " Detective Berry said police were farily certain the shooting occurred in the Salt Lake City area and . are working on the theory that JfMrs. Ryan was slain in the Valley Fair parking lot. A clerk at the Mother-To-Be Shop in the mall reported oaniSEST CORPCRATIOH Box 2b03 SLC, UT "84X10 that it might be to the skier's , advantage to have two competing areas rather than one larger area. If the two did become one, it would be the largest interconnected ski resort in the country. The proposed area, which has a working title of Bald ', .Mountain Resort, lies to the south and east of downtown Park City and its completion would leave the Main Street area bordered on three sides by ski terrain. This prospect is particularly appealing to Main Street merchants who, in the past, have complained that not enough skiers are drawn to the downtown area. , Cooperative Venture The Bald Mt. Resort is a cooperative venture between Royal Street and the Lon Investment Company which -is owned by the Murray First Thrift Bafik of Utah and which controls the Mayflower Mayflow-er Mt. portion of the new resort. ' Royal Street has ' operational control of the project. Royal Street and Lon had originally planned to develop two separate resorts but seeing the victim at approximately approx-imately 7:30 p.m., one half hour before the calculated time of death. Police have failed to find anyone who witnessed any unsual noise or disturbance in the parking lot Tuesday evening and Mrs. Ryan's car was observed in the lot, throughout the night. Robbery has been discounted discount-ed as a motive since ' packages were left in the car and none of the victims jewelry or other personal belongings were missing. Police also said that Mrs. Ryan had not been sexually molested. Park City Police Chief Garth Wilkinson and Berry, who is in charge of the case, began an intensive investigation when the murder was first reported and that investigation is continuing. "We are working every angle and talking to every person who knew her, met her or knew of her," Berry said. "The case will never be closed until it is solved. We will find the person who did it." Local police are working directly with Salt Lake County Police Capt. N.D. Hay ward. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week, members of the two forces interrogated about 30 persons per-sons living in the Park City area. Berry said, "There will be detectives from Salt Lake County up here until this is cleared up." According to the detective, there are no prime suspects as yet and all leads are being checked. Police will shortly begin reviewing the results of the interrogations. At the request of her relatives, Mrs. Ryan's body was flown Saturday, to Glendale, Wisconsin for burial. Park City's Only Locally Owned NeWspaper Park CUy. Utah aiOflQ King said the two decided to "join forces to create a major, viable, wonderful ski area." "We decided it would be a better ski area if it were a ski area rather then two ski areas," he said. In a exclusive interview with the Newspaper in early November, King revealed preliminary' plans for Bald Mt, and at that time also praised the balance of terrain gained by merging the Royal Street and Lon properties. "The terrain is fantastic. It has all the sizzle. There's no question of its being able to satisfy the broadest base of skiers. The three diminsional model of the proposed new ski resort used during Thursday's presentation by the Royal Land Company along with , a land development plan and' color renderings are on display in the Kimball Art Center. ' . The display will be available for public viewing through Friday, December 17. Since 1970 Stating total development of the resort would take 15 years or more, King noted, "Some people have been working on this since 1970." This was a reference to plans formulated for the area when Royal Street held a major interest in the existing resort. Financial woes forced ' " thepan outp6i'Jtotn nd1 building, 1976 season. Together, Royal Street and Lon control approximately 7,000 acres of land. A total of 5,000 acres are slated for development 1,000 for four separate communities and the remainder remain-der as ski terrain. Plans call for three major base areas, three prime ski areas and the four communities. communi-ties. '' ... The base areas would be Deer Valley, Lake Flat and the Mayflower Mt. area. The prime ski areas are Bald Mt., Flagstaff and Bald Eagle Mt. Deer Valley, American Flag . Lake Flat and Bald Eagle will be the sites of the residential development with Deer Valley' and Lake Flat being the largest. Residential Jack Johnson revealed that his engineering firm required 10 months of intensive research to layout the residential, commercial and related recreational areas, with associate Steve Deckert devoting full time to the project. Johnson described the residential resi-dential plans as "very straight forward," and of "high quality with relatively low densities." One of the main objectives of the development is to preserve the evergreen, Aspen and Scrup Oak trees , which populate the area and to take advantage of southern south-ern and western exposures Johnson said. . ' The communities will be designed to limit the use of automobiles as much as possible. Friday through Sunday chance of snow along northern mountains. moun-tains. Otherwise dry. Highs In the 40's and lower 50's, lows In upper teens and 20' s. Number Thirteen "We don't want a sea of cars, especially at the higher elevations," the engineer explained. "We want a destination for every car coming in and a ski-to and ski-away capability for the living units." ' Royal Street intends to be the "master developer" which will layout the general real estate development plant, set architectural standards, stan-dards, provide the "backbone "back-bone utilities" and construct the major recreational amen-. amen-. ities. : Parcels of land would be sold to individual developers for the actual residential construction. Johnson said each parcel would probably contain 50 to 125units utilizing as many as 15 different rental management manage-ment firms. Deer Valley ; The Deer Valley community would actually consist of three smaller communities. The village area at the base of the, mountain will contain, approximately '30,000 square feet of commercial space (the same amount as exists at the Resort Plaza) and a convention conven-tion facility with a restaurant which would also act as a base lodge cafeteria. Multi-family Multi-family units would be constructed around the base village. V - The other two subcommun-ities subcommun-ities would border the front . and back nine holes of the golf course planned for the valley floor. ; Single family lots would sit adjacent-to the back nine in the north end of the valley. The course would lie in the lower elevations with houses to be built on the hillsides. The front nine would sport a club house, driving range and putting green. Single family residences are planned . for the hillsides and "little pockets" of . multi-family units would, suround and jut into the course. A surface ski lift may be placed on the golf course to bring visiting skiers to the village base area, augmenting augment-ing the ski-to, ski-away concept. A day parking center is to be placed at the mouth of the valley. Day skiers would leave their cars here and be transported to the base facilities by an intra-resort shuttle bus. People staying in town would arrive via the no-fare bus. American Flag The American Flag community southwest of the Deer Valley base and at it 7,600 foot elevation, would be reached by road with a six percent grade by taking a continued on page 5 |