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Show or:r.v:sT Box 2o03 SLC, UT Fifteen Cents Volume Two Redevelopment Does Not Hinge On Lift and Trolley Proposals Approximately 130 people gathered at the Treasure Mountain Inn Monday night to view plans for the proposed redevelopment of lower Main Street and the proposed residential development of upper Norfolk Avenue. Since the project was first unveiled, controversy has swirled around plans for a ski lift originating in the old Coalition Mine Building and talk of a trolley line up Main Street. Developer Wally Wright stressed to the audience that the lift is not essential to the Main Street commercial project and the Main Street Trolley is not even being presented as part of his plans. Any decision to put a trolley in the downtown down-town area would have to be made by the city, he said. "We're not trying to sell either the lift or the trolley," Wright remarked at the public hearing. Subdivision Engineer Jack Johnson said the total plan is a two-fold project-a subdivision on Norfolk Avenue and commercial development below Main Street. The subdivision would consist of 48 lots along Norfolk and a 50-room lodge situated on 126 total acres. The lots would be for single family and duplex construction, construc-tion, a revision of previous plans which called for triplexes and fourplexes, also. Police Hole The Park City Police Department reached the lowest point in its storied history Tuesday when it was forced to admit that the police station has been stolen. A department spokesman placed the time of the theft between Thursday morning and Monday night. He said there are no suspects as yet and added, "The culprit was obviously a professional profession-al thief or a professional mover." The station was discovered to be missing Monday when an officer arrived to file a report on the mine train hijacking (see related story) only to find a vacant lot. The officer immediately contacted all other members of the police force to ascertain if any had taken the station home with them. Receiving all negative responses, the officer began searching the town, paying particular attention to vacant lots and other places where a police station might be readily hidden. When no trace of the building was found. City Hall and the city library, which are located on either side of the now-empty police station lot, were dusted for Crooks Kuril);. 11 rl Center Chairman William K Kimbaii ..n-iounced the rt Mgnation of Director Dr Alan F. Crooks following a Tuesday . March 22nd meeting of the Art Center's rAtrutive Committee. Mr. Kimball also announced that current Assistant Director David Fernandez will assume responsibilities as Acting Director Direc-tor until a permanent director is named. Dr. Crooks' resignation is effective immediately, im-mediately, and noted that his leaving S AREA SNOW SKIING (Park City 70" Excellent B Park West 72" I Snowbird 79" Alta 91" 5 1-1 1 . en" " Drmnion ojj : - a j SKI FACTS corporation 84110 Proposed in conjuction with the subdivision sub-division is a chairlift with a loading station at the Coalition Building and a midstation on the mountain. The mid-station mid-station has been moved farther up the hillside, eliminating ski decks across Norfolk which were orginally part of the plans and moving the traverse to the midstation farther away from a existing residential. Current plans would necessitate realignment of Norfolk Avenue and subsequent sub-sequent rezoning of a triangular piece of property within the subdivision. Johnson said a variance to the setback set-back requirements for off-street parking would also be requested to prevent large cuts into the hillside. The developers would install the new road and improvements this summer if approvals were gained, the engineer revealed. Commercial Plans for the 13-acre site just below Main Street call for 35-50 restored railroad cars to be used as lodging with two units per car. a 100-room hotel, use of the Union Pacific Depot as a railroad museum, restaurant and check-in facility for the railroad cars, restoration of the Coalition Building to contain a Station Story Revealed - . v a v jr HMinH.CA'.dMiiMHMr j .....itbi 4 . .-- The PCPD fingerprints and the surrounding ground was checked for footprints with no results. At a loss to explain the strange disappearance, one officer was heard to Resigns Post Dr. Alan F. Crooks was a "personal decision" predicated upon commitments to a literary project. He will serve as a consultant to the Art Center. In announcing the administrative change, Mr. Kimball stressed that the purpose and direction of the Kimball Art Center will remain the same. "In fact, we're gearing up our spring and summer programs and special events to better reflect the cultural and educational needs of Park City and surrounding Wasatch f,ront communities. I look for- Park City Wednesday, mining museum, a restaurant and 4.000 square feet of commercial space, a diner car. a bar car. 20,000 to 30,000 square feet of two-story, turn-of-the-century commercial com-mercial buildings with apartments on the second level and a 350-car parking lot. Johnson said the site would be heavily landscaped with "A lake or two." The entire area would be serviced by an electric trolley running north to south. Although stating the trolley could "be of great benefit to the town in the future," Johnson emphasized, "All we're proposing is to take the trolley through this development. That's all." Phasing The redevelopment would be staged in three phases, the engineer said. The first phase would see the restoration of the depot, installation of the restored railroad cars, the trolley system, initial landscaping and maybe the restoration of the Coalition Building. Phase two calls for any work not done on the Coalition Building and construction construc-tion of the 100-room hotel. The commercial buildings with the apartments would come into being in phase three "as there is demand." Addressing Main Street merchants. Johnson said it was not the intent of the developers to build all the commercial is in a hole. comment, "If this is an April Fool's joke, the joker is in big trouble. Kidnapping a police station is a serious offense and we're going to hold our breath until it turns up." programs and performances that will take place here in the upcoming months." mon-ths." "I'm pleased that David Fernandez has agreed to take over while the Art Center's Board of Trustees reviews permanent per-manent director applicants. I am confident con-fident that Mr. Fernandez can lead the Center's activities," said Kimball. Kimball also noted that in February and March the Art Center had hosted such diverse programs as the McLain Family Band, A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) from Seattle, and the Barry Lynn Dance Company, as well as Salt Lake City artist Lee Deffebach and Idaho watercolorist Louis Peck. "Spring quarter classes begin this week in the Art Center," he said, "and we're planning a summer program of weeklong arts and crafts workshops, residencies, concerts and performances." performan-ces." He added that the spring calendar of events would include an exhibit by the Utah Designer Craftsmen opening April 9; a Folklore Conference on April 29-30; and a one-man show by Idaho artist Max Peter plus the Utah Heritage Week Exhibit both opening May 9. In addition, Kimball announced plans for an intensive membership and fund raising drive. "As a non-profit, tax exempt public entity, support for and Copped, Tl I v A j "Tufr lPrk Hy. tufc aioan March 30, 1977 space at once, "We will not put in the commercial units if there is no demand for them," he stated. Johnson said the redevelopment project "would be a tremendous boon to Park City and especially the Main Street area." Other Projects Following Johnson's presentation. Wally Wright showed slides depicting other restoration projects he has undertaken, under-taken, including many on Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. Projects in Chattanooga, Tenn. and St. Louis, Mo. were also described. Restored train cars used in Chattanooga Chat-tanooga have the third highest occupancy occupan-cy rate for the entire Hilton Hotel system. Wright said Again noting that the commercial redevelopment is not dependent on the Norfolk subdivision, the ski lift or the Main Street Trolley, Wright said. "We conceive of this as a literal extension of Main Street" with only pedestrian traffic traf-fic below Heber Ave. "I know some people would like to leave Park City the way it is and there are others who have a vision for the future." Wright said. He said he hoped Continued on Page 3 Mine Train Hijack Park City's Mine Train Ride was hijacked Monday by six Hadenuffi Buddhists Bud-dhists who attempted to reroute the rail cars to Algeria. On board the tourist attraction when the terrorists struck at 10:45 a.m. was the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir, an Avon Laky, and two visitors from San Diego, California, all of whom are being held hostage. No injuries have been reported. Details are still sketchy but the Hadenuffis reportedly took control of the train by threatening the tour leader with snowballs which they said were made of frozed nitroglycerin. Realizing they could not make it to Algeria when they ran out of track 50 feet from the mine tunnel entrance, the Buddhists directed the train back into the mine and are now barricaded in the mining museum located deep in the mountain. In a letter delivered to city officials Tuesday morning, the Hadenuffis claimed they are "exacting revenge for one of our brothers who was disgraced and humilated on Washington's Birthday when he was unmercifully gonged during the Gong Show. " The letter went on to state, "Our fellow Hadenuffi had assembled, and attempted to perform, some of the most exquisite bird calls ever presented in Utah. But instead of the acclaim and awards he should have received, he was pelted with various vegetables, was maliciously attacked with pies of unknown content and was ultimately gonged off the stage. He didn't expect show business to be easy, but really folks." The Gong Show was held last month in the Silver King Club. Patterned after the television show of the same name, it allowed local talent and quasi-talent to perform before a panel of highly qualified judges and a very critical audience. A gong was struck by the judges to hasten the departure of the less appealing acts. One informed souse who was present at the Gong Show witnessed the bird call act and recalled, "It wasn't half bad. It was all bad." The Hadenuffis are asking that the gonging hand of each judge be severed and delivered to the mining museum by hand cart, that those who threw food at the bird caller be made to work for a iued on Page 6 membership in the Kimball Art Center must reflect the broad base constituency that the Art Center serves. We will make every effort to include Park City residents residen-ts in our membership and volunteer programs and encourage their interest and support in the Art Center. w Lj IBtSBBlBlSBSElliarinitiHPs WEITHEE Dark clouds are expected to dump their silver linings along the Wasatch Front on Friday. Heavy accumulations of silver iodide mixed with some snow are expected in the mountains and bench regions. Highs are expected ex-pected among the teens with parents disapproving disap-proving as usual. Subway Instead Of Trolley ? '; v. if ... Artist's rendering of Park City Councilmen Jan Wilking ana Steve Dering, on April 1, will unveil plans for a city-wide subway system which they say will offer the "perfect compromise solution to the current trolley car controversy." "This is the obvious answer for those wanting a comprehensive transportation system and those desiring to retain the mining town atmosphere of Park City," Wilking said. "We definitely think we're on the right track with this underground movement," Dering added. A proposal to run a trolley car up and down Main Street and possibly connect other parts of the city by rail has met with opposition from residents who feel it is not compatible with the city's history and from merchants who do not want Main Street automobile traffic disrupted. Wilking and Dering assert their plan will satisfy trolley car proponents and opponents alike. Labeled the Downtown Underground Metro Bus (DUMB), the subway cars would be pulled along tracks by horses as were the mining cars in Park City's early history. The DUMB planners say their proposal will not only provide an invisible city-wide transportation system but will also help conserve rapidly diminishing energy resources by replacing replac-ing gasoline or electricity with hay. "DUMB will have all the uniqueness of the trolley without altering the appearance appear-ance of Main Street," Wilking observed. The councilmen said the subway could be constructed concurrent with water line improvements scheduled to begin this spring. "Since we're going to be digging anyway, we might as well dig a little deeper and a little wider and get DUMB done with," Dering said. A four-horse system which would connect Main Street, Deer Valley, Prospector Square and the Resort has an estimated price tag of three million dollars. DUMB backers say the necessary funds can be obtained by a variety of methods. They cited the recently passed city option transportation sales tax, which would supply $40,000 and federal grants as possible money sources. However, Wilking Wilk-ing and Dering said the majority of the subway funds could be raised by an innovative measure as yet untried by the city. They proposed a DUMB Sweepstakes. Sweepstak-es. "It's really very simple," Wilking said, "For one dollar, each person is entitled to guess the number of dog catchers Park City will hire in the upcoming fiscal year. The person guessing the correct number wins half the pot with the other half going to DUMB. The sweepstakes will be held annually and we expect to attract many I Number Twenty-Seven DBt 3131-1 IBE war the proposed subway train entrants from all over the country, especially Las Vegas. The councilmen said they feel their transportation system makes the proposed pro-posed downtown chairlift and trolley car scheme obsolete. "Who wants to fool around with those things when they can horse around with DUMB?" they asked. Election Date Set The bond election for the Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District wi'I be held on May 17 The date was set by the sewer district's board of trustees at a meeting held last Thursday night. The election of lour of the live board" members will be concurrent with the bond election Two board members from"" Park City and two members representing represen-ting the unincorporated areas of the district will be selected at that time The filth member will be appointed by the city. :: Voting on the bond issue and the board members will take place in the Memorial Building from 7 a.m. to K p in 3EJE iec fell r A classified ad puts a local in the lap of luxury. Page 3 " Are watermelons a solution to Utah's drought problems? Turn to... Page 2 INT -, ft H iJCJ-I If INSIDE l tie Uorgoza Ski Area will B be hosting the tops in pro ski racing this weekend. Page 7 Want to be in the movies? You may have your chance " this spring. Page 4 |