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Show Page A6 Thursday, September 3, 1981 The Newspaper PRESTIGE HOMES REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PRICE GROUP Park Meadows Plaza Box 701, Park City, Utah 84060 649-8575 I Mil IFI WW 1 " I "I I I days a week I I tawmnvri' wi-am lil I a c 1 1 . o . I M l OLD BUSINESS 4 1 z Main otreet f k 1 649-8211 A i. fr m To be ProsDe&iif ITALIAN RESTAURANT NOW OPEN 6-11 Bank President, Attorney, Dentist, Builder, Interior Decorator, Insurance Executive, Real Estate Broker, Medical Doctor All have bought a SUNCREEK CONDO Prices from $ 106,1 completed this ski season. 801- 649-9134 P.O. Box 2848, Park City, UT. 84060 111 X Historic Commission is open As of this week, the Historic District Commission Commis-sion becomes formally operational, oper-ational, according to chairman chair-man Tony Jay. So another layer of bureaucracy, bureau-cracy, has been added to the city structure. Big deal! Actually, it could be a big deal, if you're planning to construct or renovate in the Historic District. Jay and his committee are now, in many ways, the Planning Commission Commis-sion for the historic area. If you're doing anything that means a visual change in the zone, these are the folks you've got to see. Their broad intent, said Jay, is to preserve, and to encourage renovation or building that is compatible. The Planning Commission will still consider issues of density, parking requirements, require-ments, etc., in the historic area, but City Planner Bill Ligety said these questions, usually involving conditional uses, or planned unit developments, devel-opments, don't arise too often in the district. The two commissions will work together to-gether on zoning questions. A spanking new ordinance, 81-3, creates a commission made up of five people with the following qualifications: one must be a member of Planning Commission; one Watch out, Van Schenck; move over, Eubank Watch out, Peter Van-Schenck. Van-Schenck. The clouds of competition com-petition are brewing on the northwest horizon. VanSchenck, KPCW's notorious weather forecaster, soon may discover that some young upstarts from Parley's Park Elementary School are giving him a run for his cumulonimbus. According to Parley's Park Principal Rob Freeman, the school has received $1,300 in donations to buy a science weather station. Freeman told The Newspaper he could see the day when students would be calling in regular reports to KPCW, and that they might Tentative Agenda for Planning Commission Meetings Meeting, Sept. 9, 7:30p.m., Marsac School Approval of minutes of August 26, 1981 meeting. Park City Village: Decision on agreement detailing detail-ing conditions of approval. Willard Building: Decision on design changes to previous approval at about 580 Main St. in the HCB zone. Landscape Standards : Decision on final draft. Snow Creek: Consideration of conditions of annexationk. HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED... I MOTIONS j W k9l W ffci B.COLEMAN R.DAVIDSON B. WATTS D. BERRETT IB. MAMMEN W. BISHOP M.VANCE PeTed0fAugUStl2minUteS Yes Yes Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes Approval of Little Belle manager unit subject to rent YeS YeS No No Absent YeS YeS I control. I Approval of PC Village grading, I subject to iegai review, and ap- Yes Yps Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes I proval of plaza plans, with con- lca 1 es cs ditions. H Six month extension of con- ditionai use for Washington Yes Yes Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes School condos. rnS!!' Yes Yes Yes No Absent Yes Yes legal review. Silver Bird: 6 units in first . phase of 30-iinit Deer valley Yes Yes Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes PUD. mmmmm,mimm mt aaaM mmmmm Approval of Summit Group duplex, 2165 Monarch, with Yes Yes Yes No Absent Yes Yes same review as above. ; , , Silver Lake Knoll : 3 units as first fir-st phase of a 10O-unit Deer yes Yes Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes Valley PUD. , Approval of plans for LDS church at Monitor Drive and Abstain Yes Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes Lucky John in Park Meadows. r , , ' ' ' ' ' A ' B must be a licensed or professional architect; one must be an interested resident resi-dent of the Historic District; one must come at large from the city; and one must come recommended by a specified local or state historical society. The current members mem-bers are Bill Mammen, David Singer, Nina McNeel, Suzette Ahrendt and Tony Jay. Their challenge is to preserve pre-serve historical styles, encourage en-courage compatible change, and maintain the area to serve both tourists and residents. If the building inspector or city planner finds a construction con-struction proposal is questionable, ques-tionable, it will be brought before the Historic Commission Commis-sion for review, where it will be considered against architectural archi-tectural design guidelines. (The commission is currently current-ly soliciting proposals from consulting firms for such guidelines.) If there's any question about how to build it up, tear it down, or change it around, the commission is responsible for the answers. The commission can sug-,5 sug-,5 gest design standards to City i Council for adoption, suggest property purchases for preservation, pres-ervation, advise on government govern-ment grants or incentives for even try their hand at weather forecasting. "This is at) opportunity for us to provide a little bit extra ex-tra for the students in the way of science," Freeman said. "If this works out, we'd like to make it a regular little lit-tle science club." He said the station would be installed on the roof of the school with readouts in one of the classrooms. - Freeman recalled that the idea for a weather station first came up during a conversation con-versation with Park City businessman Michael Doilney. The next thing he knew, Doilney was presenting presen-ting him with $1,300 in checks from a number of local businesses and in property ol,;.,, Bub6cai zone changes, and advise property owners on construction con-struction projects. The commission still faces a big job setting up guidelines guide-lines they can use to review, approve, or deny applications. ap-plications. One document Jay is working on will specify the amount of information infor-mation required for applications. ap-plications. The requirements will be exacting, he promised. prom-ised. "The applicant will have to look at his proposal as the commission would look at it," he said. An application will likely have to detail, not just the proposed building, but the buildings around it, through photographs, surveyor's drawings, elevations, and facade renderings. At their Aug. 31 meeting, the commission set up a policy document giving them further powers to ask for information. The planning director can request specific details if the application is incomplete in his opinion. Also, any applicant asking for a demolition must provide pro-vide post-demolition plans to the Historic Commission. But while the commission specifies how much information infor-mation they need, they must also indicate what kind of dividuals. "I'd like the donors to know we appreciate them," Freeman said. Among those who provided money for the project were Pete Alvarez, Michael Barnes, Debra Fields, Silver Mill of Park City, G. & A. Development, Sol-Bright, Michael S. Krell Construction Construc-tion Company, Cottonwood Title, Wells-Huseth Investment Invest-ment Company, Rocky Mountain Christmas Gifts, RSVP Real Estate, Stephen Nipkow and Michael Doilney. Freeman said he hopes to arrange a trip to one of the Salt Lake City television stations for members of the club. NEW BUSINESS I. Mt. Air Mall: Decision on building sign plan within with-in the frontage protection zone at 1700 Park Ave. in the GC zone. II. Yard Area Definition : Decision on ordinance modification. for business information is needed. Jay said the commission's next meeting will concern a checklist of design guidelines guide-lines that will serve the city for an interim period. In the meantime, the commission is reviewing proposals in compliance with the citv's Depositions set in lawsuit filed by teacher Does the name Carolyn Southerlin ring a bell? If you were in Park City in the spring of 1980, you may remember that Southerlin was one of three untenured Park City teachers fired by Middle School Principal Otis Falls. Two of the teachers, including Southerlin, were given no reason for their dismissal. Fall's decision was upheld by the Park City Board of Education. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since that time. Southerlin is in her second year as a teacher in the Wasatch School District. Four of the five members of the Board of Education chose not to run for re-election and are now out of office. The Carl Winters Middle School has a new principal. But one aspect of that dispute continues to simmer. In June of 1980, Southerlin filed a lawsuit in United States District Court charging charg-ing that Falls and the Park City School District had "deprived her of her liberty without due process of law" by injuring her "good name, reputation, honor and integrity." integ-rity." In the suit she asked for reinstatement and for compensation totalling $122,000 plus court costs and attorneys fees. In the suit, Southerlin argued that the real reason for her dismissal was her activities as president of the Park City Education Association As-sociation and certain statements state-ments she made to the press which were critical of conditions con-ditions at the middle school. Land Management Code and a "Standards for Rehabilitation" Rehabil-itation" document set up by the Interior Department. The Historic District Commission Com-mission may have a lot of house-cleaning to do, but they're open for business! The firing was thus interpreted inter-preted as a violation of her First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. In December, depositions were taken from Falls, School Superintendent Richard Goodworth and members of the outgoing Board of Education. However, How-ever, board members refused re-fused to answer questions about discussions relating to the firing which had taken place in executive session. Southerlin's attorney, Michael McCoy, then asked Judge Aldon Anderson for an opinion. Anderson ruled that the board members were obliged to answer questions relating to the freedom of speech issue. The second round of depositions de-positions is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. today in the School District offices. McCoy believes that the second round will be much like the first. "My guess is that it's going to be a half-hour session," he said. "I expect them not to answer." However, Charles W. Dahlquist II, one of the attorneys representing the Park City School District, told the Newspaper that the board members would answer an-swer McCoy's questions "if they're appropriate." But he predicted that, if the questioning ques-tioning strays into other areas other than the freedom of speech issue, "there's a good chance the board will not answer." Dahlquist argued that Anderson's ruling does not compel the board to divulge all the discussions held in executive session. "The Board of Education has to have the right to express opinions about educators ed-ucators without fear of discovery or retaliation," he said. According to Dahlquist, a number of court rulings across the country have supported a school board's right to dismiss untenured teachers without disclosing its reasons. "This is not unusual, by any means. Case after case has gone to the federal courts and the (U.S.) Supreme Sup-reme Court." A tentative trial date in the case has been set for Nov. 19. McCoy said Tuesday that today's depositions will be closed to the public. |