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Show Park City's Only Locally Owned Newspaper ParkCity jgfc Kimbcill Center Sf o PIyfs Air fteody For Opening IMIiight The. Kimball Center Stage Company, a newly formed comjm unity theatre group, will present three one-act plays in the Kimball Art Center at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Thur-sday, Friday, and Saturday nights. All seats are $2 in advance ad-vance and $2.50 at the door. "The Diary of Adam and Eve" featuring Gary Cole,. Julie Burns and Steve Chin, concerns the 'original' love affair. This musical comedy raiDlnitasilni iy to &M Pact A decision as to who should be responsible for maintaining a park and buffer strip in Prospector Park appears ap-pears to be the last major. . hurdle to be cleared by developers of the proposed subdivision before gaining approval. 'Hie Park City Planning ' 'ommission has made approval ap-proval of the subdivision contingent con-tingent on inclusion of the strip and park but neither the city nore the developers are anxious to claim responsibility respon-sibility for the upkeep. Project developers had onginally intended to have a homeowners association with assessment powers maintain the five-acre park and buffer strip along Highly High-ly 248 but possible availibility of Federal Housing Administration financing for home construction construc-tion changed that.- Gordon Sloan of Western Woodlands told the Planning Commission at its Wednesday Wed-nesday night non-deeision-making work session that the I'UA will not approve loans lor any housing project which ,I,IS a homeowners association with assessment lowers and, therefore, the homeowners could not be KIMBALL CENTER STAGE - will be directed by Art Center Cen-ter staffer Louise Kutz and will include the musical accompaniment ac-companiment of Allison Heyrend. Ms. Kutz will also direct the second comedy "I'm "Herberf'which concerns an elderly couple, each married so many times that they can't remember then-current then-current spouses name. Chuck Folkerth and Mardi made responsible for the open areas. Commissioner Anne Clark replied that if no provisions for maintenance are made, "they won't be maintained." Jack Johnson, consulting engineer for the 166-lot subdivision, sub-division, planned for the north nor-th end of town, suggested that the developers provide the upkeep for the first year and then deed the land to the city. He said the buffer strip would be landscaped with a "Fairly natural design" which would require minimum labor. City Councilman Steve Dering, who heads the city's parks committee, said he "would have serious reservations reser-vations about spending city money on amenities which would enhance the value of a private project." A suggestion by Sloan that the bufferstrip be divided and sold to individual lot owners was rejected on the grounds that there is no guarantee the . land would be maintained as a buffer. When contacted later by City Planner Van Martin, Carl Dinius, subdivision analyst for FHA, predicted the city would be vulnerable to a lawsuit if it requires that the COMPANY Photo Pat McDowell Smith star in this delightful spoof from the play "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running" by Robert Andersen. The third one-act play is an experimental drama entitled en-titled "Fingernails Blue as Flowers" and will include Mike Heyrend, Curtis Graf. Susan Jarman, Bob Graf, and Tonya Coughlin. Art Center Director Alan Crooks will direct this drama which buffer srtip be included and that the developers or the home owners maintain it. Dinius did say. however, it would probably be acceptable for the city to take possession of the land after developers had maintained it for a period of years. He suggested the city and developers create a perpetual maintenance fund for the common areas. Offstreet Parking Must Be Cleared The Park City Police Department Depar-tment will begin ticketing; residents who do not clear their designated offstreet parking places and park on the street, City Recorder Bruce Decker announced Monday. Persons who do not shovel the snow from their offstreet parking places are subject to citation for a misdemeanor. The maximum fine for a misdemeanor is $2i)t). was authored by Ronald Ribman. "Since the cast and technical crew are made up of local people, we hope that the Park City community will turn out to see their friends," said Crooks. He noted that the plays, will be presented in the Main Gallery at the Art Center with seats available on a first-come basis. An assessment would be tacked on to the purchase price of each lot and earmarked ear-marked for a buffer strip and park maintenance fund. After a number of years, the interest in-terest generated by the fund could prove sufficient to provide for perpetual upkeep and the developers would then hand the property over Continued on Page 5 Decker said people parking on the street rather than in uncleared offstreet spaces are causing traffic congestion problems. Also causing problems, Decker added, are cars which are parked too far into the street due to snow accumulation ac-cumulation nearthe curbs. To remedy the situation, the recorder suggested. "Get your glows on and muck the snow." Off Deer Valley Resort sks Warren King. president of Royal Street hind Company, and engineer Jack Johnson met with the Park City Planning Plan-ning Commission Wednesday night to discuss the measures needed to insure that consideration of the proposed Deer Valley liike Flat ski resort moves along in orderlv fashion." Johnson told the Commission Com-mission that the developers of (he ambitious win-ter,summer win-ter,summer recreation facility want a five year approval of their master plan with annual updates as provided for in the zoning ordinance. He said a project of such a magnitude needs protection from a change in philosophy which may occur as a result of changes in City Council and Planning Commission membership. Councilman Jan Wilking observed that a few years from now a new Council and "totally new zoning" could control development. "I don't think anybody can give total protection," Wilking said. King replied, "If we get master plan approval and we perform accordingly at least we can have ourday in court ." New Home For Park High Miners Almost Finished C MM mm -- ::'.",- -.... fmm ;.-.-.-,:. ,: v , v , Ilnl ... , , ' T-j - -jlL-rjl Out off the northern shoulder of Highway 248, in the summer of 1975, Culp Construction Company broke ground to lay the foundation for a brand, red brick new Park City High School. Soon-for Soon-for only the last-minute and touch-up and over-again work remains unfinished, and only a handful of problems, like a gym bleacher matter, stand still unsolved-the building's guts will have been installed; and it will have a summer to settle and rest before inside it roam probably what any structure fears most: students. studen-ts. The 77-78 school year will find the new high school's halls alive. Opening day an estimated 200 ninth through twelfth graders will tromp over carpet and vinyl asbestos tile in search of FjiglishorCherasitryorShop. And, that first day, it won't be such an easy chore finding 5-Yea He said, "If you don't receive initial long-tenn protection we can't ' even begin the project." The proposed resoil is expected ex-pected to take 15 years to reach full completion at an estimated $50 million excluding ex-cluding real estate development. develop-ment. Johnson said his staff is able to provide specific information in-formation on the location and numbers of facilities right now but that they will be coming back each year for density approvals. King noted that he is "willing and encourages" that the elaborate models, displays and plans depicting the new resort be adopted as an exhibit for future reference. referen-ce. Resort and city officials agreed that it would be best to consider the complex proposal at special meetings rather than at the regular public Commission meetings. The first topic to be discussed at tonight's special meeting will be an nexation to the city of all land in Summit County but not within the city limits which is slated for development by the THE NEW, RED BRICK P.C. H.S. AWAITS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS first-period clases. the square footage of the place is phenomenal, and well into the five-digit numbers. And, we must admit, certain wings have an uncanny resemblance resemblan-ce to certain others. Last week the Newspaper, at its request, was given a tour through this remarkably modem and huge (for our little lit-tle town), forward-looking and seemingly formidable facility. We came up a back North wing hallway (and right here we'll admit that, due to the vastness of the place and literal maze of passageways, throughout the tour we were, at best, dwarfed and lost) to a very large room, empty except for ladders and discarded constructing material. This was the multi-purpose center. Above it are purple painted vents. To the back of the room is the stage; around it, in the back half and hanging from the ceiling and walls are ski resort .Johnson said backeis n the project are very desirous oi being annexed to the city. He noted thai the pmjeci will provide its own water ami is also prepared to develop its own sewer svslem it need be. All of the land to be Decker To Ask For Fee Extension City Recorder Bruce Deckei- said Monday he will ask the City Council to extend ex-tend the deadline for the payment of business license fees . The fees are normally due by January 31, but Itecker said in light of the late starting star-ting ski season, recently compounded by cancellations can-cellations of the large mid adjustable slant-wooden panels, presumably ac-coustic. ac-coustic. The opposite end of the room is windowed, with the kitchen sitting off to one side, the main entrance to the other. So this area will serve as a combination cafeteria&udit- w IT Chance of snow on Friday. Otherwise fair to partly cloudy through the weekend. Highs in the 30's with lows between 0 and 10. praral developed residentially and commercially will be owned by the ski group along with some of the ski terrain. The remainder of the ski area will be leased from various parties. par-ties. There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle," King said, "all of which are wry close to being consolidated." west collegiate ski group and airline week, he will request that the date be set back to February 28. The recorder reported that he has collected only 10 per cent of the fees to date . but he added he expects the total to reach 30 or 40 per cent by the end of the month. The Council next meets on Thursday. .January 20 orium. or, as they say, a multipurpose multi-purpose center. Moving toward the main entrance we cut back into the other half, or South wing of the school. The first area, to our immediate right, is the Continued on Page 5 |