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Show ( Money Cited As Reason For Move In a surprise move, the Park City Ski Corp. has announced an-nounced that, as of March 1, Stein Eriksen will no longer serve as director of the resort's ski school. Eriksen, who was in his second year as ski school director and previously served ser-ved in a public relation capacity with the former management, said he was told Friday by FCSC President Ray Johnson that 'there's not enough money to support my presence here with the company. " "He really didn't go into details." Stein added. "The value of his name is worth a great deal," Johnson John-son said, "but we can't afford af-ford to pay what he is worth in a public relations position." Surprise Petition Clouds Sewer Bond Election An initiative petition calling for the withdrawal of Park City from the Snyder-ville Snyder-ville Basin Sewer Improvement Im-provement District could postpone and even cancel any bond Seles which might be approved in the proposed March election. Saying he had "information "infor-mation which is very important impor-tant to the sewer board," Park City resident Bob Trepanier, an unsuccessful American Pary candidate for Summit County Commissioner Com-missioner last November, Monday night said he was representing a group of concerned con-cerned citizens who will "in the very near future" file the initiative petition. The move is being sponsored by five residents: Trepanier, Donald Jay Alvey, Alvin Young, Pete Solis and Clem Hansen-as prescribed by law. Trepanier expressed confidence con-fidence that he will secure the 150 signatures need to place the issue before the voters this November. He asked that the sewer bond election, scheduled for late March, be postponed until un-til after the general election "for everyone's benefit." If both the bond election and initiative pass, it would create "some hairy legal questions," Trepanier said. Dick Christensen of the Burroughs and Smith Investment In-vestment Banking Company which is advising the district on the bond sale said, should the petition receive the 150 signatures, no bonds could be sold before the initiative's voted on. Trepanier said the purpose of the action is to block the regional concept but not to stop an upgraded city plant. He contended that the. initiative would allow Park City voters to amek the decision with no votes coming from outside the city. Sponsor Alvin Young told the board,"Fifteen years Wednesday, February 16, 1977 4 Stein Eriksen Asked if (his year's snow drought and resulting financial finan-cial losses were the major reason for the dismissal, Johnson said, "It hurried it up," but noted. I suspect it ago we had a bond issue to service the city and we're still paying for it. The city council has let developers come into the town and overload the plant and we're tired of it." Major objections listed on the petition include the $4.8 million cost, a 49 percent hike in service fees, expansion expan-sion of the city plant at less cost, the use of general obligation bonds as opposed to revenue bonds, the decisive defeat of the bond election last June and supervision super-vision of the district by appointed ap-pointed rather than elected officials. Board members responded respon-ded that 75 percent of the plant cost would be borne by the Environmental Protection Protec-tion Agency with the remaining 25 percent equal to the cost of upgrading the existing plant. They asserted the rate hike from $3.35 to $5 per month will come about with either system, that general obligation bonds will mean lower monthly rates than revenue bonds, that all the facts were not presented before the last election and that board members will eventually be elected, with some of the positions coming before the voters at the time of the bond election. Christensen added that he did not know of one general obligation bonding for municipal services which "hasn't worked out." Jim Brooks, from the EPA office in Denver, said he was "surprised at the opposition" op-position" to the regional concept. He noted that the regional plant is the "approved "ap-proved plant" and that federal funds for any other treatment plant would not be available and added, "If the bond election fails, Park City will be in real trouble." Jim Doilney of the Gump and Ayers real estate firm asked of the sponsors, "If the petition succeeds but the ultimate effect is that the 3 -? AyA h v would have happened anyway. The ski school will operate for the remainder of the season under the present staff of supervisors hired by people you pretend to protect have to pay more, would you still pursue the issue?" Alvin Young responded, "If facts and figures show it will cost less, I can change my mind tomorrow." City Treasurer Bruce Decker, supported by George Jorgensen of Call Engineering, maintained that the regional plant will be a cheaper way to go over the long run and will cost no more at the outset. Accused of practicing "minority politics" by board member James Kilby, Trepanier asked, "Are you insinuating I'm here for some Bob Trepanier surprised the Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District board Monday by calling for Park City's withdrawal with-drawal from the district. Eriksen and "Phil Jones (PCSC vice president, mountain moun-tain manager and former ski school director) will keep an eye on things," Johnson said. PCSC expects to name a new director this summer. "No one will be discounted," discoun-ted," Johnson said noting that personnel from Park City, Alpine Meadows and other areas will all be considered. con-sidered. "Nobody has the inside track." he added, i Johnson did deny speculation that Jones would resume the position he held before Eriksen took over. "He's too important on the mountain as overall director of operations." the president remarked. "It would be wasting his talents." Money Saying there are "no hard feelings on my part," a visibly shaken Stein told the Newspaper, "I understand the money situation but it has to be a bad financial position if they cannot let the head of the ski school stay. I feel I've done much to get Park City on the map." "I hope the reason is no money to pay me If there are other reasons, I would like to know what they are," the Olympic medal winner said. He added that if it were not strictly a money matter, he and PCSC probably political motive?.... I oppose any increase in sewer fees." At this point, board chairman chair-man Mel Flinders closed the meeting saying, "The hour is late and the problem is big. We won't resolve it here tonight." The meeting was originally scheduled to gain endorsements of the regional system from the Park City Chamber of Commerce and Lodging Association but very few of either group showed. In any event, Trepanier's bombshell surely would have shifted the focal point of the discussion. Volume "couldn't see eye to eye. anyway." "The satisfaction I've derived from the ski school outweighs the disappointment disappoin-tment of leaving the Park City Ski Corp." Stein philosophized He feels his one and a half years at the helm ha.- resulted in a "very special ski school" and he expressed puzzlement over the resort's failure to maintain the school's "identity." "In a normal season this would have been the best ski school in the country," Stein observed. "It's impossible to identify any one person as being responsible but the whole ball of wax is something very exceptional." excep-tional." He said he has received "unbelievable cooperation" from his instructors despite the limited salary basis necessitated by the poor conditions. "We have established a fantastic, relationship between bet-ween myself and the instructors." instruc-tors." each of whom he said is "loyal to the resort." Eriksen said one of his goals was to make every instructor in-structor an ambassador for Park City. "I feel personally, in a resort the ambassadors for the resort are the well-groomed, well-groomed, well-dressed, well-behaved, well-behaved, smiling group of Officials Hear Report On Deer Valley Land Members of the Park City Planning Commission and City Council Wednesday night were given a report on ownership of the land comprising com-prising the proposed Deer ValleyLake Flat resort and also heard a detailed accounting ac-counting of the effects devlopment will have on water runoff in the area. Property Engineer Jack Johnson told those attending the special meeting that Royal Street Land Company controls con-trols most of the land within the boundries envisioned for the resort except for parcels held by United Park City Mines, Park City Consolidated Con-solidated Mines and the Bureau of Land Management. The surrounding property, Johnson said, belongs to United Park and David Keith. Johnson, along with Royal Street President Warren King noted that negotiations are underway with United Park and that Keith, most of whose property lies in Wastach County, is "receptive" "recep-tive" to resort plans. King said the purchase of 185 acres of an 885-acre United Park tract in the neck of Deer Valley is "in the works." It would be difficult to develop the resort without a "cooperative effort" among the adjacent land owners. King said, but Johnson added ad-ded that non-Royal Street property could be "skirted" if necessary. The engineer said he is working "fairly closely" with the Bureau of Land Management and that the BLM property could possibly be given to the University of Utah and then sold to Royal Street. Island Johnson revealed there is a mining reservation lying in the middle of Summit County Coun-ty land proposed for an -ill: Tw instructors. He added, "I didn't see a lot of other people around trying to make people feel at home here." Stein said he hoped that he had left enough of an impression im-pression on the ski school that it will continue in the same manner after he departs. PH. Eriksen contends that his position has been "half public relations man and half ski school head." He said he had been receiving pressure from Johnson to spend more time on the mountain doing actual instruction. I haven't taught in 14 years. I've always been in a directing or marketing position and teaching would limit my effectiveness." Getting involved in the day-to-day teaching would jeopardize his job by taking away from supervision time and prohibiting him from acting ac-ting as a liaison with visiting skiers. Stein said. He noted that, due to the poor conditions, he has been informing visitors which runs offer the best skiing. "There's no one else doing it, as far as I know," the looks younger than his years director said. As for being on the mountain, moun-tain, Eriksen remarked that whenever it was suggested nexation to the city. Leaving the island as county land and annexing the remainder is prohibited by state statutes and United Park is not willing to give up their claim. City Planner Van Martin suggested that the 650-ft.-by-250-ft. parcel be zoned estate which permits mining. As for other resort land, King said he desires recreational commercial zoning for the proposed commercial areas. Although it was felt by Martin that commercial uses could be included under Rd residential residen-tial zoning with the planned unit development exception for convenience commercial outlets, King replied that he would prefer RC zoning to "prevent questions later by a different political body." It was also mentioned that public parking lots and hotel heights could pose a problem under RD zoning. There would be nine RC zones including approximately ap-proximately 50 acres of parking and King asked that "we be given a zone that clearly allows the uses we're proposing and then limit us to those uses." Hydrology Report A detailed mathematical report presented by Johnson employe John Demkowicz demonstrating the effect of development on water runoff left many of the officials with blank look on their faces. The introduction read: "Development of a watershed water-shed changes its response to precipitation. The most common effects are reduced infiltration and a decrease in the travel time for runoff, which results in signigican-tly signigican-tly higher peak rates of runoff. The volume of runoff is determined primarily by the amount of precipitation and by infiltration characteristics charac-teristics related to soil type, vegetal cover, impervious covers and surface retention. reten-tion. Travel time is determined deter-mined primarily by slope, flow, lengths, depth of flow Part W Park City s Only Locally Owned Newspaper Park lly. I tah HI (MM) Number mm v . , X, if " J Ray by "upstairs" that he ski with a large group of VIP's, he always complied "because I enjoy it." Eriksen admitted he got off to a rocky start as director direc-tor last year when he "tried and roughness of flow surfaces. sur-faces. Peak rates of discharge are based on the realtionship of the above parameters as well as the total drainage area of the watershed." Demkowicz said the peak runoff rate under present conditions for the resort's watershed, 70 percent of which funnels into Lake Flat, is 255 cubic second feet. After development without controls the rate would increase in-crease to 616 c.s.f., a jump of 140 percent, he said, However, by using seven acres of retention ponds on the golf course planned for Deer Valley, the figure can be cut to 300 c.s.f. King added that check dams at higher elevations would probably be constructed, construc-ted, making Demkowicz's calculations "conservative." "conser-vative." The figures used were based on precipitiation from a storm of such intensity that it occurs, on an average, once on-ce every 25 years. Steamboat Closed, Waits For Snow The Steamboat ski resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo., shut down its lifts Sunday due to poor conditions. A Steamboat official said the area will remain closed WEATHER Continued unseasonably fair and mild. Slight chance of flurries over the weekend. Twenty-Two Johnson to change too many things too fast" but added that he has accomplished what he set out to do and that the instructors in-structors this year have demonstrated a "tremen-Continued "tremen-Continued on Page 3 Sreets Given Top Budget Priority Upgrading city roads was given top priority at a finance finan-ce committee meeting held Thursday at City Hall. The committee had originally set aside $74,486 for road improvements but, if the committee's recommendations recom-mendations are followed, that figure will be more than doubled to $153,533. Most of the road work is expected to take place in conjunction with the replacement of water lines which is scheduled to commence com-mence this spring. The city should soon finalize a $600,000 water improvement im-provement loan from the Farmers Home Administration. Ad-ministration. Rather than dig up part of each street to replace water lines, patch the construction area and Continued on Page 2 for the remainder of the season if ".substantial snow is not received by February 23. The resort opened the week before Christmas.. |