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Show CXIilf EST CC3PCRATI0M Box 2608 SLC, UT 84110 lj " Volume Three Wednesday, October 26, 1977 Number Six Til ighway Construe ree Years In T Construction of the new state highway proposed for the hillside east of Park Avenue probably will not begin for three years, a representative of the Utah Department of Transportation said Thursday night. To expedite progress on the highway, the City Council, the same evening, removed the historic designation from 14 acres of land lying in the road's expected path. Outgrowing Highways "Park City is outgrowing Highways 224 and 248," transportation official Phil Fredrickson told the council and audience audien-ce assembled at the Treasure Mountain Inn. Noting the anticipated influx of the people to the new Deer Valley resort, the Depot project and the Holiday RanchPark Ran-chPark Meadows residential area, he added, "Traffic will increase in the same proportion as the number of people and the number of visits. Our main concern is to get the traffic off Park Avenue." Current plans show the new highway breaking from Park Avenue at 16th Street, running east past the First Security Bank and Snow Country condominiums con-dominiums and then turning south and running along the hillside to Heber Avenue. Fredrickson noted that major improvements im-provements also are in the planning stages for Highway 224 from Kimball Jet. into the city. It may be expanded to four lanes, he said, but if not, sharp curves cur-ves will be removed and some grades will be flattened. Phil Fredrickson Advisory Group The transportation official said his department is working on a highway proposal which should be ready for publication in about 90 days. He remarked that the proposal was formulated for-mulated using input from a citizens advisory ad-visory group which provided "advice on the desires, issues and needs of Park City." The new highway is being designed to handle traffic flows to (in order of priority): the Deer Valley resort; Main Street; and Marsac Avenue. "We will stay down off the hillside as far as possible," Fredrickson said. "We don't want to scar the hillside but retaining walls will be needed in some places." Timetable An environmental impact statement on the highway is expected to be completed by March and a public hearing will be held soon after, Fredrickson said. Comments Com-ments made at the hearing will be included in-cluded in a final impact statement which, along with the highway proposal, will be sent to federal highway officials. Fredrickson predicted construction would not begin for another three years. Trees In response to a question from resident Susan Frigge, who later petitioned the council to create an "Extraordinary Tree Ordinance" isee related story), the state ofticial told the audience that a landscape lan-dscape architect has been assigned to the highway project to "save as many trees as possible." He added thai some trees may be relocated. Fredrickson said Silver Creek, also know;) as Poison (.'reek, will have to be diverted in some areas but that "all of the stream will be saved if possible." "We hale the idea of piping, of putting it in a culvert ," he commented. "We like to save everything we can." Noting that diversion of the stream probably will take place within the Depot project to create "an aesthetic park-like atmosphere," the official said he would like to see the city improve the steam after af-ter it leaves the project, perhaps adding a bike path. Resident Gary A vise asked if the cost of land acquisition is the major factor in determing the alignment of a new highway. high-way. Continued On Page 9 Candidate On s Speak A Variety Of Issues "Milton May Come To Depot INSIDE City Council asked to pass Tree Ordinance but refuses to go out on a limb. Page 3 For results of the deer hunt and the deer hunters hun-ters hunt turn to... Page 7 A Polarity Therapy Workshop will be held in the Memorial Building. Page 9 Three of the four candidates running for two City Council seats spoke before nearly a hundred persons Monday night, attempting to gain support for the Nov. 8 election. Missing at the "Candidates Night," sponsored by the Women's Athenaeum, was incumbent Richard Martinez. Martinez In a letter read by moderator and Athenaeum president Eleanor Bennett, Martinez said he was unable to attend "due to other commitments I made several weeks ago." He followed with a campaign statement which also was read by Miss Bennett. The incumbent, who has served on the council for the past 11 years, has lived in Park City "all my life" and for the past 20 years has worked for Park City Ventures. Ven-tures. In his letter, Martinez listed "some of .he things I would like to see done in the next four years," and explained what he felt to be his major accomplishments as a councilman. "I would like to see the Memorial Building stay as a recreational facility for the people of Park City," he wrote. "I don't believe it should be made into office space for the city." He suggested that a new city hall could be constructed on city land across from the Treasure Mountain Inn if additional office space is needed and that the existing city hall could be given to the "Historical Society or a number of other organizations." Martinez advocated the construction of a sidewalk stretching from Main Street, down Park Avenue, to the new high school. He also cited the need for sidewalks "on all our streets." Regarding the proposed Main Street redevelopment agency, the councilman wrote, "...there looks like there would be enough money generated here to do all the things that have been talked about to make Park City a beautiful place to live or spend a vacation summer or winter. " Martinez pointed to his work to increase in-crease the city's water supply as "the main thing I have accomplished while I have been on the council." He supervised the digging of the new Judge Tunnel water drift which he said has increased water flow by "four or five hundred gallons of water per minute ' ' Martinez also mentioned the addition of the Theriot Spring reservoir, the Pacific Bridge well and the upgrading of the city's water distribution lines. A new Continued On Page 8 The train car lodging units and hotel planned for the Depot project may bear tlie name "Hilton," developer John Prince revealed last Friday. Prince, fellow developer Wally Wright and realtors Bill Coleman and Harry Reed met with Eric Hilton at the Claim-jumper Claim-jumper restaurant in Park City on October Oc-tober 10. "He (Hilton) has built other Hiltons With Wally," Prince said, "and he was very receptive." The Depot developer said the matter was "quite seriously discussed" and added ad-ded that "there's a good chance" the hoteltrain car lodging package could come under Hilton management. Train Cars Prince expressed concern over recent criticism aimed at the old train cars brought in as part .of the Depot project. The cars have been sitting on the railroad tracks parallel to Park Avenue since the first week in September. Prince explained that he did not know when the cars would arrive when he ordered or-dered them. He also noted that the purchase pur-chase of the Depot property was not finalized until three weeks ago and that, as of Friday, he and Wright did not own the train cars. However, the sale of the cars was expected to be completed soon. "We don't own them yet but we will at any moment," he said Friday. "We had to wait until the property was tied up," Prince added, "and that takes tune." "We're not fast buck artists." he continued. con-tinued. "I agree they (the carsi don't look red hot but I wasn't surprised when 1 saw them. When all is said and done, the Depot will be a neat looking place " Prince did "plead guilty to not starting sooner" on the renovation of the cars, lie and Wright could have "pushed faster and harder" to conclude the negotiations which would have permitted the work to begin, he said. "We're not perfect," Prince commented, commen-ted, "but the important thing is what it's going to look like in four or five years." He said the time frame for the remodeling work depends on the weather. However, he expressed doubt that the cars would be ready to rent much before the end of the ski season. "We just have to start and keep hacking away," Prince remarked. Prince and Wright intend to "fix up one car the way we want it" to establish renovation costs and then seek bids to complete work on the remaining cars. WEITHEK A chance of showers in the extreme north Saturday or Sunday. Otherwise dry and mild. High temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Lows in the 30s and mid-40s. Go. Commission roposes Summit Pk. Sewer System The Summit County Board of Commissioners Com-missioners has created a special improvement im-provement district for the purpose of installing in-stalling a sewage collection system in Summit Park. The commissioners are proposing that the district acquire funds through bonding to finance the system, which would serve all lots in the subdivision. sub-division. According to Max Greenhalgh, Sum-mil Sum-mil County Planner, the action ' was precipitated by the inability of soil in Summit Park to absorb any additional sewage and the availability of an outfall line which will run to the Snyderville Basin Regional Sewage Treatment Plant. The Kaiserman and Associates engineering firm has told the county it will cost approximately $1.5 million to install in-stall a collection system and hook it up to the outfall line. The project would be financed through the sale of bonds which would be repaid by a special tax levied against lot owners. There are 800 lots in Summit Park and it is expected that each owner would have to pay $1,850 for the collection system. Greenhalgh said lot owners have been notified of the proposal by mail and are being asked to send their responses to the commission. As of Friday, 12 have written writ-ten in support of the collection system and nine have opposed it, the planner said. Greenhalgh predicted the board of commissioners will not proceed with the plan unless a majority endorses it or "unless it is very close." He said a straw poll taken at a preliminary meeting held in August indicated in-dicated that Summit Park property owners favored the proposal by a 4-to-l margin. Greenhalgh noted that most of the opposition came from "an . engineering clique" which contends the system will cost much more than the $1.5 figure. The poll also showed that although a majority of the 108 homeowners now living in Summit Park supported the measure, a greater percentage was opposed op-posed than among non-residents. A public hearing on the proposed sewage collection system will be held on November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl Winters Middle School in Park City. chool Ghouls r-"" S5 IK, I r r'A Tfil 1 I fry i 1 Bat (Jennifer Lewis), Top Hat (Kris Ruzicka), Ballerina ( Andrea Ruzicka), Cowboy (Billy McComb), Sombrero (Scott McComb), Daniel Boone (Colin McComb), Clown (Gavin McComb), Skull (Babbie McComb) Story On Page 9 |