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Show CM.'iISSST Box 2o03 SLC, UT I Fifteen Cents Volume Two ; City officials are currently in- vestigating the possibility of construe-: construe-: ting a municipal golf course in the I Holiday Ranch area. The course would be laid out over 14 i acres which has been zoned to allow only golf course or open space and which is ; owned by the Park Meadows Deveiop- ment Company. L Under plans formulated by City Plan ' ner Van Martin, City Manager Wayne Matthews, City Treasurer Bruce Decker ; and City Councilman Steve Dering, land for the course would be deeded to the city ;at no cost and the construction funds would come by way of a Bureau of Out-door Out-door Recreation grant. . When asked why Park Meadows would ; want to give the land to the city, Dering explained that development of a golf course would cause the value of surrounding surroun-ding residential property owned by the company to appreciate greatly . "If we build the course, they have highly valuable golf course lots without incurring the large costs involved in such , a project," he said. "And a golf course is the only thing they can do with the land." MWiMBiBwWWWliHfMI HIHi IH ma i a in hi M if 1HMII liiimli ii-nniiU MiT iJr J - ' - if! 6 1 11; Tree Day bet i For May 28 y.: a . ffflW t - , twsf pj"., j - Tom "Treeman" Ligare and Friend Park City's Second Annual Tree Day - will be held May 28, Tom "Treeman" Ligare announced last week. The inaugural Tree Day, May 8 of last year, resulted in the planting of more than 500 trees in Park City and Ligare hopes to exceed that total this spring. The program offers participants " discount prices on their trees due to the - large volume purchased. Paul Quist of Highland Nursery will be providing the - trees again this year. Although prices have not been set, the selection of trees will include green ash, white birch, flowering plum, silver maple, poplar, mountain ash, Norway . maple and possiblity others. These , varieties have been chosen for thei; adaptability to local climatic conditions. CORPORATION 84110 V ft t " I rX. W. W sKT M Dvrme, and Matthews have met with Park M, :iikv.vs principals Dick Smith and Vk: a, and the.' councilman said the proHsai was favorably received. I.Vring nc-H that Park Meadows would v. apt main some type of control uvea ;hv i ij -,(! ,:,ii:,n and maintenance of the golf ;;: -e, at least in the initial years, ia Insure the quality. , "Their drsirt- for tba type of control is undiTstar.;!;!!.!.'.-' Dering said. "If the cours- rums out poorly, it would be more of a iii'isity riictn an asset to their rw-itiwft!.!! eiiipin-ni plans " V .,. s .; ,' the ia.a.'nu of Outdoor JU-cs .; Ks. beMi i ; '-. e to the proposal, v ay Plants:-- I n said, "Very much vj He-ad nfitvi . . justifying two 18-hn'd ir,,f : ';-.;rs'';. ir: a lown the size of Pari, C;! rauKI i;"!':-.it:! a stumbling block Both Martin and !.ring contend the potMbiiit vi the existing golf course becora.ne private e!b and the demand ge!icia!"'ii hy g' iivrs along the Wasatch 1 roat ;.r- i fo constructing thecoar-a The Norway maple and flowering plum were lat year's hottest sellers. Ligare said ail trees will be delivered in cans 1! properly cared for. they can be stored in t'R cans far up to two months before planting. Treeman added. The Tree Day founder said Hank Verrone oi Alpine Landscaping will author several newspaper articles explaining ex-plaining planting and maintenance procedures. Instructions also will be handed out with the trees on May 28. In addition to Verrone. Ligare is being assisted bv Jim Doilney, Mike Kevitch and Steve Dering. The deadline for ordering trees will be May 21 and Ligare will begin accepting monev as soon as the prices are deter mined. uu JJV f Jit J!r .-fJ "K " ' i ". , r Park City Wednesday, Martin said the popularity of the Wasatch State Park course in Midway demonstrates the need for courses outside out-side the metropolitan area. Dering said he felt the presence of two -courses would help establish Park City as a summer resort. "Even if the Resort course remains public, another course makes sense," Dering commented. "When golfers see that a resort has two courses, they're more likely to come. An additional course cour-se will more than double the demand. And if another course is built in Deer Valley, so much the better. Park City will be on the map as a place to go for a golf vacation. We need that summer business." City Treasurer Decker predicted, "By the time we can get another golf course The Summit County Commission held a special meeting Thursday night to consider con-sider the proposed county zoning ordinance, or-dinance, but an endorsement of the ordinance, or-dinance, which was hoped for by zoning proponents, failed to materialize. Expectations of full commission support sup-port were dashed when Commissioner Dale Leavitt of Kamas objected to the mobile home provisions of the ordinance. Leavitt said mobile homes should be treated in the same manner as any other dwelling as long as they are situated on one half acre of land owned by the mobile home resident. Sewer Bond Information Sheet Printed An information sheet compiled by the Snvderville Basin Sewer Improvement District board of trustees has been printed prin-ted and is ready for distribution. Entitled "Facts You Should Know-About Know-About the Snvderville Basin Sewer Improvement Im-provement District Bond Election," the pamphlet supports passage of the upcoming up-coming bond election by posing and answering an-swering eight questions pertinent to the proposed regional sewage treatment plant. Twenty-five hundred fact sheets were printed and each post office box holder in the district, a total of 2,020, will receive one through the mail. The remainder will be distributed through various other means, including a mailing by the Park City Chamber of Commerce to its members. mem-bers. The Chamber has endorsed passage of the bond issue. Included in the sewer board's information infor-mation sheet are the following questions and answers endorsing the regional treatment plant: WHY IS A REGIONAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEEDED?" Park City 's existing system flow reports repor-ts indicate that due to growth and the amount of non-sewage water which enters en-ters the system through old lines, broken lines and the necessity of leaving water taps running, the existing plant is in violation of Federal and State water quality standards. Other areas in the Snyderville Basin have serious health hazards due to the lack of a sewer system. Federal, state and local officials have allowed the "over capacity" situation to exist while the sewer district was formed and plans for a new system were evaluated and completed. Now Federal and State agencies have demanded deman-ded the situation be improved, and studies show that the most cost-effective May 4, 1977 ourse ficials built and in reasonable shape, the demand will make it a revenue generator." He cites growth along the Wasatch Front and increase in Park City's summer tourist trade as factors favoring the course. "With no taxes on the land and no indebtedness, in-debtedness, revenues will exceed operating expenses in a very short time," Decker said"that's why cities can do a golf course economically." When submitting its application for the BOR funds, the city may also include a request for money to build a municipal swimming pool. Martin and Dering are scheduled to meet with BOR representative Ross Elliot this week to discuss funding for the projects. Hits ome Ordinance As proposed by the ordinance, mobile homes could be located .only in mobile home parks or on tracts of land five acres or larger. County Planner Max Greenhalgh said the intent of the zoning was to prevent mobile homes from becoming scattered over the county. Commission chairman Alva Dearden of Henefer expressed strong opposition to Leavitt's proposed changes and both he and Commissioner Bill Wallln of Snyder-ville Snyder-ville voiced support for mobile home provisions formulated by the County Planning Commission. solution is a regional sewage treatment plant." WHAT WILL THE REGIONAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSIST OF?" "Deteriorated sewer lines within Park City will be replaced, and a new main line will follow Highway 224 to Kimball's junction and then to Gorgoza where a new treatment plant will be built. The new treatment plant will provide the level of treatment necessary to meet State and Federal water auality stan-C'ontinued stan-C'ontinued on Page 8 Route 40 Accident Kills Two Two people were killed Tuesday morning in a head-on automobile automo-bile crash on Route 40, 11 miles north of Heber. Highway Patrolman Tom Horrocks reported that a car driven by Carl Robert Gilbert, 22, of Salt Lake City crossed the center line at approximately 7:20 a.m. and smashed into a vehicle driven by Arlene Walker Thompson, 53, of Dusc-hene Dusc-hene who was traveling east in the opposite lane. Both Mr. Gilbert and Mrs. Thompson were killed in the accident. Twelve -year-old Mary Alice Thompson who was riding with her mother, was listed in very critical condition at Utah Valley Hospital. Mr. Gilbert's 21-year-old brother, Donald, Don-ald, was also injured in the accident and is listed in fair condition at Heber Hospital. r i sm, mii ,ipif w Showers are predicted for Friday and Sunday with partly cloudy skies on Saturday. Highs will be in the 60's with lows ranging from the mid-30's to the mid-40's. Committee to Take Reigns of Res. Center In a move designed to avoid a schism threatening its existence, the Park City Lodging Association Monday night voted to relinquish control of its reservations center to a four-person committee. The committee, which may be expanded if. One members, will be comprised of rejruenta fives from the Park City Ski Corporation, the Lodging Association, a condominium association and a hotel- Mobile The Planning Commission will meet on May 18 to ponder their next move in the wake of Leavitt's objections. A compromise com-promise mobile home position may be reached or the Planning Commission could push for the existing provisions on the strength of what appears to be a 2-1 County Commission vote supporting the measure. Other Objections Leavitt also objected to another portion por-tion of the proposed zoning ordinance. The commissioner contested the 40-acre 40-acre minimum zoning which would be imposed on much of the unincorporated areas of the county if the new ordinance is adopted. Leavitt said he would prefer to limit development by requiring a quarter mile Continued on Page 3 Holiday Inn Gets Use Approval The Park City Planning Commission wasted little time Wednesday night in granting a conditional use permit for the Holiday Inn to be constructed on Highway 248 at the north end of town. The 169-room hotel was approved with no discussion as part of a blanket motion covering five other approvals made by Commissioner Bob Wells. Plans for the $3 million project were passed by the commission two and a half years ago but the developers were unable to find financing and the approvals expired. The hotel is now being financed through industrial facilities bonding which will require a City Council resolution. The special bonding was recently opened to resort facilities by the Utah State Legislature. It allows developers to secure construction funds by using the city's bonding authority but the city incurs no liability and does not diminish its bonding capacity. The City Council, at its March 17 meeting, endorsed industrial facilities bonding for the Holiday Inn but was unable to adopt the necessary resolution because the new law does not take effect until May 10. Bumps Also approved in the blanket motion was Bumps Restaurant. The fast food outlet will be located at the intersection of Iron Horse Road and Park Avenue, north of the Mount Air Mall. Number Thirty-Two 3BI rlSE 3GH-r-" IB 'lodge group. The action apparently was taken to ; placate the Moana Corporation which : controls approximately 40 percent of the i city's rental units. Bob Wells, who heads :; Moana's Park City operation, reportedly '' threatened to bolt the Lodging Assoc. if -control of the reservation center was not ;l altered and membership in the Lodging " Assoc. was not removed as a require-.-ment for inclusion in Central Reservations. Reserva-tions. "The condo people didn't feel the reservation center was filling their needs," Lodging Assoc. president Dale Nelson said. Previous to Monday night's agreement, . each association member had an equal voice in the operation of the reservation " center. The larger hotels and property management firms had the same voice as the small renters while paying the lion's share of the costs. Under the new agreement, the larger lodging facilities will continue to pay more, based on a per pillow rate and a percentage of bookings, but they will now have more control over the center's operations. As the new committee takes form it appears that Nick Badami, head of PCSC, Bob Wells of Moana and Lodging Assoc. president Dale Nelson will be three of the members. The remaining post will be filled by a representative from one of ihe large hotels or lodges, with Leonard Jarosz of the C'est Bon a likely prospect. With more control moving to the "biggies" and Lodging Assoc. membership member-ship removed as a reservation center requirement, the center seems to have taken an initial step on its way to becoming a visitor-convention bureau, with eventual participation by businesses other than lodges. Jim Carr of the Prospector Hotel expressed apprehension over the Lodging Lod-ging Association's loss of full control and now having "only one fourth of the vote." Nelson countered saying that to insist on continued control would cost the association associ-ation half of its membership and mean, the demise of the reservation center. "If we don't change to try to satisfy the people we're trying to represent,' we won't have anything," Nelson said. "We could have a Lodging Association without anybody in it." INSIDE Park City's newly formed for-med Sanitation Department Depar-tment has begun collecting refuse. Page 3 Park City Ski Corp.'s new ski school director, Rene Farwig, arrived in town on Monday. 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