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Show 1 Page 2 5 Wednesday, September 27, 1978 3;THE)5 HowabouMf? Letters Editor i (r V SUBSCRIPTION RATE: S6.CX) a year in advance in State 51 0 a year outside Utah PUBLISHERS: Janv.t.Wilking - Stephen rC Dering Editor Steve Dering Business Manager Jan Wilking Office Manager and Advertising Sally Bolton Graphics Mark G. Blase Marianne Cone Bobbye Jean Hammond Reporters Tina Moench Conrad Elliott Typesetting Phyllis Rubenstein Contributing Photographers Nick Nass .... Pat McDowell, 'Wasatch' IVarren, Craig Reece Subscriptions Sonya Ratcliff Entered as second-class matter Moy 25 1977 at the post office in Pom Citv. Utah 84060 under the Act of Match 3 1 89 7 Published every Wednesday at Park City Utah Second crass postage paid at Park City Utah Pictures news arid advertising may be submitted prior to Wednesday publication at our office, 419 Mam Street Park City Utah 84040 by moil. Box 738 Of by colling 649-9592 Publication material must be received by Monday afternoon for Wednesday publication Public J3ota COMMUNITY EDUCATION The Park City School District Community School Program has scheduled a series of four lectures and demonstrations that will aid people throughout their lives. Four topics have been chosen and a specialist in each field to give people information that will enrich their lives. First session Sept. 13 Financial Management . and Success was very informative, helpful and well attended. Wed., Sept 20 Savings Investments Invest-ments and Insurance. These subjects will be discussed by Dr. Gary D. Hansen, Chairman of the Department of Family Economics and Home Management, BYU, Provo Utah. The third of the series will be Sept. 27 covering Taxes, Benefits and Services. The fourth is on tWed. Oct. 4 Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts. AH classes begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center at P.C. High School. If you missed the first one come join us for the next sessions at $1.50 per session. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. Classes in gourmet cooking with Carolyn Goodworth, instructor, will begin Sept. 28, 7 p.m. Classes in cake decorating, advanced ad-vanced sewing and others will begin soon. For more information please contact Nan McPolin, 649-9417 or the School Superintendent, 649-9671. PARKING REQUEST Attention upper Woodside and Daly Ave. residents: For your protection and to speed con-stuction, con-stuction, please park AS FAR AS POSSIBLE from constuction machinery, and avoid leaving cars parked for prolonged periods South of where crews are working. This will enable us to work much faster and have your street asphalted sooner. Thanks for your cooperation. Snyderville Basin Sewer Dist. CAR NEEDED Citizens interested in donating a car or truck to aid in the education of students in Auto Mechanics at the High School, please contact Moose Smith at 649-8361. Tax deductible. ST. LUKE'S REOPENING St. Luke's Episcopal Church is reopening in Park City. The next service will be held in the Memorial Bldg. Lounge on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. For more information call Mrs. Kimball at 649-7607 after 5:30 p.m. P.C. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Park City Fire Protection District will be changed from the Memorial Building to the fire station. The meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesday Wed-nesday of every month at 7 p.m. CHILD-CARE CO-OP Anyone interested in forming a co-operative to exchange child care on a point system please meet at the Memorial Building at 3 p.m. on Monday Mon-day October 2. OFF-SEASON HOURS Chamber Office hours for off-season which includes in-cludes Sept. until the Ski Season will be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At the beginning of Ski Season hours will change with opening Monday through Friday daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 1 Alana Soares Eileen Murnin -VI Cher-ami Tuttle if W . f U tah Foundation Local Property Taxes Decreasing Total Property tax decreased in Park City this year, . Total property , taxes charged for city, county, school, and other purposes in Park City this year decreased by 5.00 mills, according ac-cording to an anlysis prepared by Utah Foundation, Foun-dation, the private tax research organization. Park City's overall property tax levy in 1978 is 91.00 mills ($91.00 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 96.00 mills last year. Following is a tabulation showing the trend in Park City's total tax rate for selected years since 1950: Year Total Mill Rate 1950 62.05 1960 89.00 1970 110.45 1975 94.50 1977 96.00 1978 91.00 Approximately 52 percent of the total property taxes charged in Park City this year will go for school purposes. pur-poses. The Foundation report indicates that 33 percent per-cent of the property tax collected in Park City will go for municipal purposes, 11 percent for county purposes, and 4 percent for special district purposes. A comparison com-parison of the 1977 and 1978 levies in Park City by purpose pur-pose is as follows : Purpose 1978 Municipal 30.00 Schools 47.50 County 9.50 Special District 4.00 TOTAL 91.00 40, HAS w 3 QTU PARX3 MOE hSOJt km mm cor-euesc cor-euesc thau ro wo. What do you consider the most important impor-tant point made by Gov. Matheson in his speech to Park City High School students? Alana Soares His most important point was for students to get the most out of school that they can. Wess Jolley The most governor's speech to us that he took the time to quite an honor. Eileen Murnin That education and students of this. Stacy Smith That when we're older we'll be in the same position as today's decision makers are in. Cher-ami Tuttle That he would have liked to come to the football game (i.e. Park City vs. South Summit), but couldn't. Kim Turk His comment that as long as we work together we can get things done. The Foundation study points out that Salt Lake County was reappraised this year under the continuing revaluation program. This1, program is designed to equalize ' property assessments among individual in-dividual properties and among the several counties. It has been completed in 26 of Utah's 29 counties. Scheduled to be completed in 1979 are Carbon, Sevier, and Sanpete Counties. Although mill levies were reduced by all taxing jurisdictions in Salt Lake County this year, the higher valuations resulting from the reappraisal program will more than offset the levy reductions for most taxpayers. tax-payers. As a result, many property owners in Salt Lake County will experience a substantial tax increase this year despite the mill levy reduction. The Foundation analysis of the 28 counties that were not reappraised this year shows that tax rates were raised in only 5 counties, were reduced in 16 counties, and remained unchanged in 7 counties. Foundation researchers note that the fact that county elections are being held throughout Utah in 1978 may be a major reason for the generally lower tax rates imposed by counties this year. On the other hand, of the 36 school districts located in the 28 counties that were not reappraised this year, local school levies were raised in 15 districts, were reduced in &xse, ft WW N VT -it i. 1 k. W important point of the high school students is talk to us at all.. .it was Utah offers a good should take advantage 4 districts, and rt'nn ;; - r . changed in IT diMr: -total of 213 ritit nut. are located in the ta " thai were not alhtvteit u - proper! y 1 reappi .1,. program in 197K ut 1 !!, municipalities. 41 iiu-reaM-d their levy, 16 reduced their levy, and 156 made no change. An examination of total tax rates imposed in the 61 largest Utah cities that were not reappraised this year reveals that the overall rate increased in 40 cities, declined in 18 cities, and remained unchanged in 3 cities. The average overall THESE PROUD Parents: Holly and William Rom Star: Nicole Barbara Rom Born: August 20, 1978 Weight: 4 lbs., Vk oz. Place: Holy Cross Hospital LET US KNOW WHEN PEftCPCF BA0V. miHtitt if m II- m r it $ Wess Jolley Stacy Smith Kim Turk ' -til! . 1- -helou the ,1 . recorded tor reduction in the rate over the years, however, I'Cll llj.v overall lax past eight was in most instances more than offset by increases in assessed valuations during this period. As noted, property was reappraised in 26 of Utah's 29 counties between 1972 and 1978. PARENTS ARE A STAR IS BORN! i 111 I Public or Private Course? Editor, My name is William Harris, and I am a recent property owner in the .m, Thaynes Canyon area, having purchased a home there in March of this year. During the past several months I have attended several meetings concerning the disposition of the golf course as to whether it should be public or private. The latest development was an article in the paper regarding the possibility of Park City buying the golf course, by issuance of bonds for at least $2.8 million, in which case the interest cost would be at least $168,000.00 a year. If you add this to a minimum of $100,000.00 a year for the operation and maintenance of the course, this results in $268,000.00 a year that would have to be obtained from income at the golf course or taxes. Even if this amount were received, it would not set aside or provide any additional funds for the retirement of the bonds. The other plan I have heard proposed is that a tax assessment should be made against the property owners in the Thaynes Canyon area and around the perimeter of the golf course. It seems to me this would have to be a fairly high tax assessment, and it would mean that those people living close to the golf course would be providing recreational area for anyone and everyone that wished to play on the course. It is also true that if the income does not carry the cost of it, the lax would have to be in-ci in-ci cased or a general tax imposed im-posed in order to carry the operation The one problem Why not get the news AH you h.iw to do to receive the news and happenings in the Park City and Mirrounding area is to fill out the coupon below and mail it today.. .and while you're at it, why not send a subscription to a friend. Please enclose proper payment and happy reading! $6.00 per year Out of State $10.00 per year Name. Address. City and State. q 1 649-9592 V? P.O. Box 738-Park City, Utah 84060 1 I J TO cm IN VOJf? Oh AR5 c00 mm me ro mm to MY ueevs. i we all have with the city government providing facilities is that the only income in-come the city government has is from taxes paid by the people. And certainly any increase in cost or any problems that arise -would have to be paid by additional taxes. There is one further point. If the course is purchased either by bond or tax assessment, the people living adjacent to the course have no financial interest or say in the operation of the course. If any difficulties develop and the course has to be sold or part of it disposed of, the income from that would go to the city or the owning body. On the other hand, if the course were purchased as a private club and operated as a private or semi-private organization, we would all have an interest in it and a voice in its operation. If it eventually became impossible im-possible to continue the operation and all or part of it had to be sold, we would receive a return on our investment, in-vestment, which would not be the case in the other situation. Certainly during the first few years of operation as a private club, arrangements could be made to issue guest privileges to condominium users and other guests. As the membership grows, continuation con-tinuation of this policy would be at the discretion of the the club membership. I believe these points should be carefully considered before any action is taken. by mail? j.SUt HOMKV IS , B Co V p.m. to 6 p.m. to ee amwec. . . |