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Show OSINIIEST CORPORATION Box 2603 SLC, UT 84110 Fifteen Cents M artinez, Lehmer, We Alvarez Survive Prim Four Candidates Go On To Nov. General Election Based on unofficial returns from Tuesday's primary election, Richard Martinez, Mary Lehmer, Bob Wells and Matt Alvarez will be the candidates can-didates for the two City Council seats up for grabs on November 8. Martinez, an incumbent who has served on the council for 11 years, led all vote-getters with a 230 total. The Park City Ventures supervisor carried three of the five voting districts distric-ts and tied for the lead in one other. Former councilwoman and former city attorney Mary Lehmer finished second in the primary, garnering 204 votes. Lehmer gained most of her support in the same districts in which Martinez scored heavily. Third place went to Bob Wells with 158 votes. Wells, a member of the. Planning Commission and general manager of Moana, showed strongly in the north end of town. Engineer Matt Alvarez, owner of the Timberhaus ski shop, nailed down the final spot on the ballot, with 140 votes. The two unsuccessful candidates, Park City Ventures employes Wayne Putman and Bob Trepanier, tallied 108 votes and 101 votes, respectively. An estimated 470 residents voted in Tuesday's election and City Treasurer Bruce Decker characterized charac-terized this as an "excellent turnout for a primary." There are approximately ap-proximately 1,200 registered voters in Park City. By Distric ts A breakdown of voting by districts shows that Martinez carried three districts, tied for first in another and finished second in the remaining one. Redevelopment "For the first time we're proposing something rather than reacting to a developer," City Treasurer Bruce Decker told the City Council Thursday night as he and City Planner Dave Preece presented a redevelopment plan. Designed "to serve as a guideline," the plan lists improvement projects in three areas which would cost an estimated total of $2,583,000. However, Decker noted that the plan lists alternatives and said he and Preece are not advocating that all the projects be undertaken. "This plan can and should be changed by the redevelopment agency in light of conflicts with other city projects or priorities, and items can be deleted to be Ski florgoza? You'll be able to this winter. Page: The Park High Miners suffered another league setback Wednesday. Page 6 Utah ski resorts are optimistic about this winter but they're hedging their bets. Page 6 A fashion show featuring hand-woven clothes looms for the KAC. Page 12 INSIDE I In the city's largest district, District One (10th Street to the junction of Highways 224 and 248, including almost all the city's condominiums), the incumbent won 75 votes; Lehmer had 64; Wells was third at 52; Trepanier next with 39 while Alvarez received 37 votes and Putman 24. District Two (6th Street to 10th Street) also went for Martinez, who added 38 to his total. Lehmer gained 11 votes in District Two while Wells received only 10 votes. Martinez carried District Three (2nd Street to 6th Street and the south side of Deer Valley Road) with 57 votes. Lehmer was next with 53 followed by Alvarez at 38, Putman with 30, Wells with 29 and Trepanier, who added 23 votes. Martinez, Lehmer and Putman tied in District Five (from 2nd Street south) with 27 votes each. Next came Trepanier at 19 followed by Alvarez with 15 votes and Wells with 12. Wells scored heavily in Distict Nine (Thaynes Canyon, Holiday Ranch, Park Meadows and Prospector Village), gaining 55 votes compared to Martinez's 33, Alvarez's 30 and Lehmer's 27. Trepanier received 19 District Nine votes while Putman added ad-ded 15 to his total. The names of the four finalists will be placed on the general election ballot along with mayoral candidate Jack Green, who is running unopposed. unop-posed. in addition to the two candidates elected to the council, a third council member will have to be appointed to fill the vacancy created when Green assumes his post as mayor. accomplished with general funds or impact im-pact fees, or added should redevelopment redevelop-ment funds be available and the project meet redevelopment criteria," the proposal read. The three areas addressed by the plan include Main Street, a Silver Creek greenbelt and park acquisition and development. The redevelopment document notes: "The area under consideration for redevelopment was originally limited to the Main Street area, and although Main Street remains the focus of redevelopment, redevelop-ment, the approach to the downtown historic area, parking and traffic considerations con-siderations as well as master plan recommendations for a greenbelt have convinced us that the scope should be extended ex-tended north along Silver Creek and the new state highway route. In addition, the misuses of the existing park due to unacceptable unac-ceptable density is a problem which can be addressed by the redevelopment plan, since the existing park and proposed park are both within area boundaries, and a future park although outside the area boundary would qualify for the expenditure of agency funds because it would alleviate a problem within the redevelopment area." Decker said a study done by the Burroughs and Smith investment company com-pany showed the redevelopment agency could borrow $750,000 for projects if the district's boundaries extended from 2nd Street north to Highway 248, as proposed. The loan would be repaid over 10 years using tax increment funding - a method by which any increase in property taxes within the district go to the redevelopment redevelop-ment agency rather than the normal taxing entities. Noting that matching funds from the Economic Development Agency might be obtained. Decker said money available to the redevelopment agency could total $1.5 million. Wednesday NumberFour " " Richard Martinez Bob Wells Wo t Av Plan Proposed Preece added the agency also would be eligible for other federal funds and that businesses within the district could apply for low interest loans to upgrade facilities. Mayor Leon Criarte questioned the need for the redevelopment plan. "We are the only town in the state of Utah with an impact fee," he said. "It's just a matter of budgeting the funds. There's a problem with taking away from the other entities." Council Told To Continue Use Of Memorial Bldg. The Park City Council Thursday night heard a strong plea to maintain the Memorial Building as a recreational facility. Accompanying this plea was an equally strong denouncement of the Summit County Commission lor its financial abandonment of the structure Previously, some members ol the council were advocating the conversion of the building into municipal office space but a recommendation submitted? by City Manager Wayne Matthews and City Treasurer Bruce Decker called for a use very similar to the existing one. Armed with a petition, well-known senior citizen activist Nan McPolin was prepared to fight any attempt to remove the recreational facilities from the Memorial Building. "If we ever lose this building and the recreation part of it we'll never have another,'' McPolin told the council. She said the structure is a memorial to ary Maryl.ehn.er Matt Alvarez (Under tax increment funding, a tax base is established. As the property values rise and improvements are made within the district, the increase in property taxes goes to the redevelopment redevelop-ment agency rather than the taxing entities, en-tities, i.e., the city, county, school district, sewer district and fire district. ) Preece responded that these entities would realize long-term benefits after "ontinued On Page I) 'll s, i . Aria S' l'Smi- ia ill I S" ' s i,af- IS I I war veterans, a meeting place and a much used place of recreation which "has not outlived its usefulness." Referring to claims that the city's schools could provide the recreational facilities now afforded by the Memorial Building. Mcl'ohn argued that the large number of school programs planned would make this unlikely. She noted that after the school programs, community education classes have the next priority with community recreation coming third. McPolin expressed surprise that the city elected to assume the operation and maintenance costs of the building which were formerly paid by Summit County. "One commissioner is pushing for this and everyone is bowing to his will." she said in obvious reference to Summit County Commissioner Dale Leavitt from Kamas. Continued On Page 10 yum ii ii itats Hstrrm3FiiiBi WEATHER Sunny pleasant days with crisp autumn nights. Highs will be in the 60's with lows in the20'sand 30's. B I BF,- TUB Mt. Air Cafe Heavily Damaged By Blaze , tl&'M lK An estimated $225,000 in damage was done to the Mt. Air Cafe Saturday morning when a truck (left) struck a gas meter, setting the restaurant on fire. A '72 Dodge truck driven by 34-year-old Richard John James of California jumped jum-ped a divider in front of the Mt. Air Cafe parking lot on Highway 224 at 12:20 a.m. Saturday and struck a gas meter at the west end of the building, setting the cafe ablaze. Several police officers who were holding an in-car "staff meeting" at the neighboring carwash witnessed the accident. ac-cident. "From where we were conducting our meeting with open windows, which is merely good patrol procedure," explained ex-plained officer Mike Crowley, "we heard the squeal of rubber. From the angle at which we were parked, we could see the fire hit instantly. It was unreal-like a huge blow torch shooting up or a tremendous tremen-dous inferno." "Our first concern," the officer continued, con-tinued, "was for the victim." Crowley arrived at the burning truck "in some five seconds" and he described the door as "red hot." He lunged into the burning vehicle to rescue James who was lying on the floor under the dash. He did not appear to be conscious, according to Crowley. "Flames were going over the top of the two of us and I kicked back to avoid the heat." At this point. Crowley was assisted by officer Joe Offret who grabbed the two. James regained consciousness immediately im-mediately upon hitting the fresh air. "It was pure luck that we were in the area." Crowley exclaimed. "If we had to be called, he'd be a dead son-of-a-gun." County officers Fred Eley and Larry Henley arrived on the scene 30-60 seconds secon-ds after the crash and with the assistance of city officer Carey Yates cleared out three customers (a waitress' sister, husband and brother-in-law) and five employes who were carrying goods from the burning restaurant. Firemen were on the scene in approximately ap-proximately three to five minutes. Volunteer Jim Park was the first to arrive with the trucks arriving two to three minutes later. Park noted that the gas meter had been struck four to five inches above the asphalt, making it impossible to close the shut-off valve. Using a 4-wheel drive and chain to pull the burning truck from the meter, he assisted in extinguishing the vehicle fire. The fire spread quickly inside working its way into the kitchen and the back roof. "Firemen began shooting water from the front as well as the back," explained 3Ht" ; ' ' If3i Park, "but the major difficulty was created by flames being sucked into the false ceiling. Holes were chopped into the roof from the back." After approximately ten minutes a wooden plug was forced down into the open gas valve. "By then the blaze was going pretty well," commented Park. The fire took about one hour to contain and an hour and a half to put out totally. "Things went very smoothly for once," commented Park City Fire Chief Tom Sullivan, "considering we had four feet of raw gas shooting into the cafe." Thegstimated damage caused by the blaze has been set at between $225,000-$235,000, $225,000-$235,000, according to Mt. Air Cafe owner George Polychronis. Clean-up began early Monday morning with rebuilding slated for next week. Crews are gutting the entire interior of the cafe. The roof will be removed and the building torn to the ground on the badly damaged west side. Nothing is salvageable except portions of the dishwashing station, the stainless-steel stainless-steel section of the prep cooking area and two large walk-in refrigerators. "All cooking equipment, booths, china, tables, etc. were destroyed and will be disposed of." Polychronis said on Monday. Mon-day. "The rebuilding process is worse than starting all over and if he'd just hit in any-other any-other spot, this never would have happened hap-pened ! " he commented . "As long as I've lived here. I've never seen the Park City Fire Department do such a really, really good job," Polychronis continued. "I think they're the best volunteer department in the state. They really seemed to know what they were doing and I have nothing but praise." Polychronis claimed to be "fairly well insured," although he does not have loss of income insurance. "Of course this will affect me personally," per-sonally," he noted. James, reportedly a Sunn Classics stunt-man who arrived in town about six weeks ago, sustained minor injuries and the loss of a front tooth. All people in the cafe at the time of the blaze were unharmed. unhar-med. According to Park City Police Chief Garth Wilkinson, James has been cited and officials are awaiting the results of a blood test. A formal complaint, however, has not as yet been signed. Mt. Air Cafe is scheduled to reopen within 60 days with an interior design identical to the original. 1131 . ICDE |