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Show Park City's Only Locally Owned Newspaper LJi 4110 Wednesday, February 23, 1977 Volume Two Number Twenty-Two 3 ParWC liy.l iah til mi Going, Going f kfjt m a i r . i s 7, I v -A .VH VwivWSa m 1 -f ifTil ftilV- tWi$ n ''rJmmlAr vv w .-v ht't!l It1 1 .V'.i.U' l o I v- h J !:"., .! Master of ceremonies Bill Wayne Putman Lightning Williams & Jelly Roll McQee x .Li iJW Orwig It went over infinitely bigger and better than the 1976 campaign to land Vance Hartke a fourth term Senate seat from Indiana. It was well organized , well promoted, well produced and, without doubt, a victory for the grassroots. George Washington-it was held on his new, masses pleasing birthday--would have crossed even the Tigris-Euphrates Tigris-Euphrates to have avoided the landslide. It was the First Annual Park City Gong Show. At seven o'clock, a full hour before the Gong-a dilapidated cymbal (perhaps an old one from Ginger Baker's set)--was scheduled to even be thought about it was Standing las usual) Room Only inside the Silver King Lounge. .The door was bolted and locked, and a semi-thick chain hung across the entrance from the cover charge greeting room, separating half the town outside out-side from its earlier bird other half inside, sipping warmly. , Vy ' M l n. i 0 0 0 G Trays balancing cocktails wizzed around at head level or higher, as if propelled by magic or sci-fi dust, the ladies beneath them simply camouflaged by other 98.6 degree bodies. The phrase "excuse me" could be heard more often than even "wow," "far out" or "what's happening?" People were sitting three to a chair. The judges were announced announ-ced by emcee Bill Orwig-and Orwig-and yes, he brought his make-up (only to be ruined by a thrown pie) and Channel Chan-nel 4 cameras: Steve "Don't call me chief" Dering. Farky Needleman (who had trouble unbuttoning and standing at the same time), Sheila Purdham and Greg Ash's stand-in. The first act. a seedy, saggy sax player, who, inciden tally, will be appearing soon , on the real ( but what is real, j really?) T.V. Gong Show. 1 was gonged quicker than j old Ginger used to beat the j tom-tom. As the show j progressed, so did the fear and loathing of the audience and especially the judges, j For example, the first act to i eek through without hearing the clash of a cymbal received sevens and eights from the panel. The last few acts received scores in the hundreds and thousands. So, it is this reporter's opinion that to succeed in the Second Annual one must have the luck of the draw-the draw-the lastest a sure hundreds of drunken points better. However, if you wind up with the bad luck of the draw, alter your act a bit to include an electric guitar, and crank it up loud-you'll never hear the Gong. The first Annual results follow: 1. Joe Beuhler and the waltz of the licorice stick 2. Harry and the Hummers singing "My Boyfriend's Back" 3. Lightning William and Jelly Roll McGee singing the "Don't Ring that Gong" song 4. Smith Brothers and Joan doing country fiddlin' 5. The Gypsy belly dancer The Ski Gets Fee Change; Set For Summer Building The Park City Council Thursday night put out the welcome mat for The Ski company by waiving the impact im-pact fee and reducing the water connection fee for the ski manufacturer's proposed fabricating plant. The council set aside the impact fee by adopting a resolution citing the benefits the new light industry would bring to the city and lessened the water connection charge by making use of its powers as a board of adjustment in such cases. The impact fee resolution, modeled after a similar document adopted for the moderate income housing project in the Holiday Ranch area read in part: "Whereas; The Mayor and City Council have determined deter-mined that a need exists within the corporate limits of Park City, Utah for year-round, year-round, non-polluting light industry in-dustry to be located within Carter Budget Cut To Affect Local Reservoir In a move that caught Utah legislators by surprise, President Carter has deleted the $773 million Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah project from his proposed 1978 budget. The Jordanelle Reservoir, to be located six miles outside out-side of Heber City in Wasatch Wasat-ch County, is part of the Bonneville Unit which has been described as the "heart" of the Central Utah Project. The 320,000-acre-feet storage capacity of the Jordanelle Reservoir was designed to supply irrigation water for Summit County Long Delay Cited If Bond Fails Should the sewer bond election slated for late March Mar-ch be defeated, the city will not find it easy to expand on its existing system according accor-ding to City Manager Wayne Matthews. Matthews announced Tuesday that the Utah Water Pollution Committee has indicated in-dicated that it could be a minimum of two years before the city could take any action to upgrade its sewage treatment capacity. Matthews requested that a ii'ii.T l mm Calvin K. Sud-weeks, Sud-weeks, executive secretary of the Utah Water Committee, Commit-tee, dated February 18 be reprinted in its entirety The letter is as follows: Gentlemen: We have been approached on numerous occasions since the defeat of the District's first sewerage facilities bond cli'cUon concerning the State's position regarding the regional wastewater treatment concept which is currently proposed to serve the Snyderville Basin Sewer Treatment District In view of the upcoming second bond election, tentatively scheduled for March, we feel it is vitally important that everyone involved in this project, particularly the citizens of the district, be appraised of the current status of the project ana possible ramifications in the event the bond issue is again defeated. the City to add to the tax base and to provide permanent per-manent employment in the City; and "Whereas; There is presently proposed a building to house a business which will employ a significant number of persons per-sons in the City and add a commercial manufacturing facility to the City's tax base; and "Whereas; This project is viewed as a partial solution . to the unemployment problem which faces Park City, Utah, and it is believed that private enterprise should be fostered to solve such problems and "Whereas;. ..the benefits to be derived by the City from the project will be greater than the costs of additional ad-ditional services; "The Mayor and Council of Park City. ..declare. ..that the impact fee required to be paid by the developers of the light manufacturing and the Heber area and to provide municipal and industrial in-dustrial water for northern Salt Lake County and northern nor-thern Utah County. The reservoir had also been envisioned as part of the recreational amenities to be offered by the proposed Deer ValleyLake Flat resort. Both state and CUP officials of-ficials have labeled Carter's action a disaster while environmentalists en-vironmentalists have hailed the move. The Bonneville Unit was among 18 water projects and dams in 15 states which were sliced in the proposed budget revisions on the contention In 1974. the Weber Basin 303 ei study was completed through a joint effort of Stevens, Thompson & Runyan and Nielsen. Maxwell Max-well & Wangsgard consulting con-sulting engineers, concluding con-cluding that the regional wastewater treatment concept con-cept was the most cost effective effec-tive and practical approach for handling the wastewater treatment and disposal problems within the basin. Later in 1974. a separate facility planning study by Call Engineering again showed the regional concept to be the most cost effective solution to the area-wide problem. It is important to note that upgrading the existing plant in Park City-was City-was evaluated as an alternative alter-native in these studies but was not selected because it was shown not to be the most cost effective. In 1975, the Environmental Protection Agency required the District to perform a detailed environmental assessment of various selected selec-ted treatment alternatives. Of all the alternatives evaluated, the regional treatment concept was determined to be the most environmentally sound. Both the State and EPA concurred con-curred with and approved the plans which concluded that the regional wastewater treatment plant concept was the most cost effective and environmentally sound. project . .to house "The Ski' company be waived..." The push for the fee changes had been, spearheaded by realtor Craig Masters who represents the California-base. California-base. ' and M Enterprises which will construct the 10,000-square-foot plant just east of the Olpin Mortuary on Highway 248. The Ski President Bob Burns and J and M have entered into a long-term lease agreement for the facility. The Ski, currently located in Ogden, Utah, employs em-ploys 36 persons and has a reported monthly payroll of $25,000. Based on a commercial usage rate, the water connection con-nection fee for the plant would have been $2,500 but, on the recommendation of City Manager Wayne Matthews, Mat-thews, the charge was trimmed to $550 due to relatively low consumption. that they are "unjustified on economic, environmental and safety grounds." Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, in Denver for a meeting with governors of drought-stricken Western states, said, "This doesn't mean the projects are going to be axed. This is only the recommendation for the 1978 budget and the money can be reinstated if that is the desire of Congress." In Utah, Edward W. Clyde, attorney for the Central Utah Project, said, "I'd be very much surprised if Congress goes along with him (Carter), very much EPA representatives have also stated that federal regulations will not permit the expenditure of grant funds for the construction of facilites which are not in accordance ac-cordance with approved facility plans. The State supports sup-ports EPA's position in this matter and will not approve the expenditure of State allotted federal funds for such facilities. Furthermore, Further-more, by law, the State must review and approve plans for the purpose of issuing construction permits for all public wastewater treatment treat-ment facilities regardless of whether federal funds are involved. Such approval can not be given unless the facilities conform with area-wide area-wide and basin plans. In other words, the question of expanding the existing Park WEATHER Periods of snow through the weekend. High temperatures in the low 40's with lows in the Iow20's. The Ski's manufacturing process uses only one gallon of water daily and the onh other water consuming facilities vili be two restrooms The impact fee would have been $2.0K). The Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District board last week agreed to reduce the plant's sewer hookup fees, again due to relatively low usuage. The board decided to charge on the basis of fixture units comparable to residential structures. The commercial charge would have been $5,500 whereas the adjusted figure is expected to be approximately ap-proximately $750. the same as a house with two bathrooms. Masters revealed Monday that all final arrangements had been completed for the plant relocation and that construction is expected to begin in early July. "It's done," he said. surprised." All of Utah's congressionsl ( delegation expressed shock and dismay at Carter's action. ac-tion. Purpose The Bonneville Unit, the largest of six in the CUP, is designed to provide water to the Wastach Front from eastern Utah. It is to consist of 10 new reservoirs and had been slated to receive $32 million in federal money in 1978. According to Clyde, completion com-pletion of the Vat Tunnel-Currant Tunnel-Currant Creek Reservoir link of the Bonneville unit's Strawberry collection system could supply water to the Wasatch Front within 18 months. He said that $200 million in federal funds and $25 million in state funds have been expended ex-pended on the CUP to date and added, "It's conceivable that rational minds would stop it at this point." City plant as opposed to constructs con-structs of the regional plant does not entirely rest with the fact that federal grants will not be available. If the second bond issue is defeated and all other avenues for pursuing the regional concept (including the possiblity of additional bond elections (ultimately fail, thereby demonstrating that the plan is not im-plementable. im-plementable. a new study would be required to identify a new course of action and to modify the existing plan. Questions are immediately raised as to w ho would bear the financial burden for the plans and specifications which have been completed to this point in time and what funds, if any. would be available to finance the subsequent sub-sequent project. As a con- Cont. on page 10 |