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Show A-3 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, September 3-6, 2005 CITY BEAT CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-9014 e x t l 11 citynews@parkrecord.com TREAT YOURSELF TO A REAL STEAK Sweeneys Wed an answer* OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND! 28 day aged Black Angus Beef 45 item Fresh Salad Bar Live Entertainment on Friday & Saturday Young Adults & Childrens menus Light Seasonal Lunch Dishes Fresh Fish & Seafood Since 1976 Prospector Square Corner of Sidewinder Drive and Gold Dust Lane 649-8O6O * www.grubsteakrestaurant.com COURTESY OF PARK CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT Empire Avenue and the Crescent Tramway, on left, are snow covered In a photo reportedly taken on Dec. 3, 2004. The photo was submitted to the Park City Planning Department as the city considers the Sweeney family's Treasure Hill development proposal. Neighbors, Including some on Empire Avenue, say that the roads cannot handle the expected traffic from Treasure Hill. An important Treasure Hill meeting is tentatively scheduled on Sept. 14. Sweeney traffic study. "We want to make sure the Planning Commission's questions about the traffic study are Resort, just west of Old Town, near- answered," Whetstone said, predictBy JAY HAMBURGER by the midstation of the Town Lift. *?&the jjsfussion regarding the trafThe family is seeking an ^c c o u , l d l a s t aus l o n S ™ ° " e h o U T Of the Record staff for 282 residential units depending on the amount of public It is likely that, by the time the approval pp Park City Planning Commission and another 19,000 square feet of testimony. The Planning Commission is not votes on the Sweeney family's commercial space on an 11.5-acre Treasure Hill application, the family parcel, much of which would be left required to vote whether to accept the traffic study but Whetstone said will have been waiting for two years. undeveloped. elements of it could appear in what Treasure Hill has drawn lots of The 1980s approval also allowed complaints from people living on the Caledonian, the Town Lift are known as 'findings,' which are streets like Lowell Avenue and Plaza, six single-family lots and parts of the staff recommendation Empire Avenue and Planning development on a parcel on the to either approve or reject a project. Commissioners have discussed the west side of Park Avenue nearby The findings would not be written until the Planning Commission is project at meetings dating from the Town Bridge. close to voting. early 2004. Pat Sweeney, who repreTreasure Hill, though, is the most Once the traffic-related discussents his family, has appeared significant of the parcels and City almost exasperated during at least Hall seemingly more so than the sions are complete, the Planning one Planning Commission meeting neighbors was aware of the develop- Commission will return to design talks, such as architecture, about the project. ment potential. Some of the holdup is blamed on In recent months, meetings Whetstone said. She predicts that the city's desire to put a key regarding Treasure Hill became the discussions about the design Sweeneystudy of the; predicted traf- more charged than those held soon could start in October and last three fic impacts through,a,peer review. after the application was filed and or four meetings. Once those are The review essentially agreed with neighbors are leery of the develop- complete, she said, other issues like the Sweeney consultant, who said ment. They are especially anxious project-related noise and delivery that the surrounding neighborhood about the amount of traffic that they routes will be before the Planning Commission. roads are adequate to handle the fear will pour onto the roads. Sweeney said, if the project is expected traffic increases. A critical meeting is tentatively With the peer review of the traf- scheduled on Sept. 14, when approved, the family will spend fic study complete, Sweeney said the Planning Commissioners are slated between 18 months and two years preparing for construction. He said family is anticipating that the to discuss traffic issues. realistic timeline for the project Planning Commission will proceed Whetstone said a public hearing aputs construction in spring of 2008. with other Treasure Hill issues. He will be held and Planning "We knew it would take a lot of outlined what he considers a reason- Commissioners will be given a able timeline resulting in a Planning chance to question the City Hall- work and take a serious amount of Commission vote sometime in the hired consultants who reviewed the time," Sweeney said. winter. "In all fairness, we're at the point where we're owed an answer," Sweeney said in an interview. Kirsten Whetstone, the City Hall Council will then make a decision planner assigned to the project, and By JAY HAMBURGER whether to uphold or reverse the Jim Barth, the chairman of the Of the Record staff Planning Commission decision. Planning Commission, agree that a The Park City Planning Pat Sweeney, who represents winter vote is possible. They pre- Commission holds the voting dicted in interviews that an early power to approve or deny the his family, said in an interview that 2006 vote seems a reasonable time- Sweeney family's Treasure Hill there is a 50-50 chance that the City Council will become involved line. application but, given Treasure "I think any infill project is much Hill is the most controversial proj- with the project, either through a more difficult. There's more issues," ect City Hall is currently process- call up or an appeal. He said, though, that he hopes Whetstone said. ing, the Park City Council may that the Planning Commission is The Sweeneys hold an overall have the final vote. the final arbiter. approval for Treasure Hill dating to In rare cases, the City Council Sweeney acknowledged that the the 1980s and are now pursuing a decides to intervene in developneighbors have the ability to permit needed to proceed. The dis- ment-related matters usually hanappeal a decision but that his famcussions with the Planning dled by the Planning Commission. Commission, unlike many others City laws allow the elected officials ily also holds that right if the that come before the commission- to choose to review decisions by Sweeneys are unhappy with the ers, are not regarding whether to the lower panel, a step frequently Planning Commission decision. Mayor Dana Williams, who allow development at the site. referred to as a 'call up.' would preside over the Sweeney Instead, they are centered on Or, in another rarely used meetings if the project is appealed detailed design issues. instrument, someone unhappy to the City Council, said it is a The Sweeneys envision Treasure with a Planning Commission deciHill as a ski-in, ski-out development sion can appeal the vote to the City "very good likelihood" that the on the slopes of Park City Mountain Council. 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