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Show THE PARK Wednesday, June 19, 1974 CITY SHEEP and CARS Dear Editor PLEA TO RECONSIDER The Park City Coalition urges John Price to reevaluate his position on resignation and to reassume his post as mayor. We are very aware that Mr. Price has termed his decision as final. However, he admits that I blew my cool and we hope this admission of overreaction indicates the possibility of reconsideration. Park City is presently at a critical point in its growth experience and a vacuum in political leadership at this time could cause irreparable damage, the repercussions of which may be felt for many years to come. Mr. Price has initiated an agressive program of progressive achievement whose abandonment would the city. The absence of Mr. Price instills grave doubts as to the fruition of the constructive programs and projects he has formulated. To reverse ones position under the harsh glare of intense public attention is indeed a difficult proposition. It is a move which must be pondered deeply. Unfortunately, the decision must be made in a relatively short period of time. A new mayor will be appointed at the City Council meeting to be held on Thursday, June 20th. If Mr. Price fails to step forward by that time the chance is lost. Regardless of qualifications and knowledge, if someone other than John Price becomes mayor, it is inconceivable that such person could possess the familiarity with important pending issues that would insure the proper course of action. If his personal affairs permit, the Coalition would be greatly relieved to discover that John Price had returned to City Hall to seek attainment of the goals he has set for himself and the city. A ill-ser- ve A Letter From WARREN KING Dear Editor. The resignation of Mayor Price came as a surprise to us. and we regret he felt it necessary to take this step. We hope he will reconsider. The period during which he has served has been marked by greatly improed cooperation between the city government and Greater Park City Company. We have been able to work with most of the city officials to find solutions to mutual problems. We have not always agreed on all issues, but we have been able to discuss disagreements rationally, and often were able to reach agreement. The contract recently signed by the city and Greater Park City Company concerning development of the Theriot Spring as a water source for the city is an example of this cooperation. Mayor Price stated his first priority was improving the citys water supply, and this contract assures the city of a reliable supply for the coming winter season and in the future. We feel this period of cooperation has been beneficial for Park City, and we sense that most citizens feel the same way. We look forward to working again with Mayor Price or a new mayor and the City Council in the same spirit of cooperation in the future. Bids Opened; Protests Heard : that I have anything against things white and woolv personally; in fact, some of my best friends can be rather sheepish at times. However. I wonder if there is anything that can be done about neurotic sheepherders. It seems a little out of hand to me that traffic flow into our town is sometimes held up as much as 20 minutes for sheep browsing along the shoulder of the road or meandering down the middle of the road, while their herders ( usually complete with horses, trailer, and two or three dogs) sit placidly by and watch with great delight while people become more and more irritated. Really, how difficult is it to move sheep? Couldn't they be moved along the side of the road instead of down the middle of the road? I realize that the sheep must be moved, and that they do have right of way in an unfenced area, and that they must be moved across the street - but down the middle of the street? Last week on Sunday morning. saw a couple physically threatened by a herder. Their car, as well as ours and several others, was forced to stop while I four sheep , two herders, one trailer and one dog meandered slowly down the middle of the road. After several minutes passed and it was obvious that the four sheep were intent upon exercising their right of way, the fellow in the car politely asked if it would be possible to move the sheep (all four of them) to the side of the road, as traffic was being held up. He was answered by (me of the herders picking up a large rock and threatening to throw it at him inside the car. I mean , I have heard about the attachment some sheep herders acquire for their sheep, but I thought it was against the law in Utah, and I think it is outrageous that we as townspeople are forced to put up with this inconvenience just to placate some peoples fetishes. Name Withheld WOODSY OWL HOOTS: Shhhhhhh... GPCC theat SUNSHINE Tke EATINQ S3ABMSMMENT Noise pollutes, too. Clem Hanson, Jan Wilking Mr. John Probasco, City Engineer, opened the sealed bids submitted for the Lowell-Empir- e Special Improvement District on Thursday, June 13th. The firm of Martindale and Blackett, which is based in Springville, Utah, were the low bidders. They offered a bid of $247,505.15, which was lower than the cost of the project. The Carlson Construction Company of Sandy, Utah, submitted a bid of $252,277.50, while the Shocker Construction Company put a $276,949.70 price tag on the improvement district. The special improvement district will run from llth Street to 15th Street on Empire Avenue and from 9th Street to 12th Street on Lowell Avenue. The Empire portion of construction will include new water and sewer lines, pavement, curbing and gutter, fire hydrants, storm drains, and laterals. Laterals are lines which run from the new water and sewer lines to the edge of existing lots. They will enable future builders to connect to these lines without necessitating the tearing up of the adjacent pavement. Improvements to the Empire portion of the special improvement district will be new pavement, curbs, and gutters. New water and sewer lines are already existent. Completion of the Lowell-Empir- e City-estimat- Special Improvement District is expected to take ninety $ - It is not Warren King DINE in Page 2 COALITION ed days from the time construction is initiated. Work will commence ten days after the contract is signed, and it is hoped that'the project will be finished before the first snowfall. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded Thursday, June 20th. Following the opening of the bids, protests were heard from landowners in the Lowell-Empir- e vicinity concerning the proposed construction. There were two major areas of concern. One was a fear that some property owners who, due to the position of their existing or planned houses in relation to the proposed sewer lines, would be unable to connect to these lines but would share in the cost of construction. It was stated that anyone in such a situation could appear before the Board of Adjustments and, in all likelihood, would be relieved of the proportionate cost. The second cause of apprehension was the belief that the sewer line was to run through private property. However, . plans call for the line to be laid ten feet from the center of Lowell Avenue and, thus, it will lie entirely on city property. After the discussion of protests was held, it appeared that most reservations had been alleviated and that special improvement district plans would proceed scheduled. |