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Show PHOTO REPRINTS TAKE A PEEK AT HOT-TUBBING POLITICIANS AND SARAH PALIN IN SALT LAKE CITY PARK CITY, UTAH 4TH OF JULY, KPCW, SUPERCRUISE LOG O N TO: PARKRECORD.COM OF5K, 10KOR 15K COLUMNS, A - 1 4 .op you REMEMBER THE BASTILLE BOYS OF I 970? The N E W ALBUMS: ECHO TRIATHLON, RUN THE ROUND VALLEY TRAILS -- YOUR CHOICE * B U S I N E S S . A - 7 INDEPENDENCE DAY SALES DIDN'T <3Q OFF.UKEA FIRECRACKER Park Record. W W W . P A R / D RC u p n C O M Wed/Thurs/Fri, July 14-16, 2010 Serving Summit County since 1880 VOL. 130 • NO. 44 Citations issued in collapse; Beware the little devils Veteran is in real dogfight Safety measures were not followed when trench wall failed Pet brings him emotional support, fee leveled anyway BY JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff BY PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff GRAYSON WEST/'PARK RECORD Snyderville Basin resident Tom Burton says his homeowners association is discriminating against him because he owns an emotional support animal. A veteran from the war in the Persian Gulf is disputing a fine levied by the Fox Point at Redstone Association. Snyderville Basin resident Tom Burton lives in a condo at Kimball Junction with his emotional support dog. Burton said his military tour in the Middle East left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, adding that his Labradoodle is "an assisted living device, like a wheelchair." "According to my doctor, I have a disability that I'm living with and this is something I'm probably going to be dealing with for the rest of my life," Burton said. "My doctor from the Department of Veterans Affairs has prescribed the animal to me ... I'm a combat veteran who has a problem and I need help so I can enjoy life like everyone else." But the homeowners association where he lives has insisted he pay a fee to keep his emotional support animal at his home, which is against the law, Burton said. "An emotional support animal is not a pet and it is illegal to require an individual with a service animal to pay extra. It would be like somebody paying extra for a wheelchair," he said. The veteran said he plans to file a complaint Thursday with the state Antidiscrimination and Labor Division accusing the Fox Point at Redstone Association Please see Veteran, A-2 E?T . 'Business A-7 C-9 ^Columns ^Editorial invents Calendar illegals ^Letters to the Editor GRAYSON WEST/PARK RECORD The Lady Diablos Softball team from Chandler, Ariz., consisting of girls who are 10 years old or younger, await the beginning of the opening ceremony parade of the Triple Crown World Series softball tournament on Monday afternoon on Main Street. The Triple Crown tournament brings some of the biggest crowds of the summer. The tournament runs through July 31. An estimated 300 teams wilf compete in Park City during the tournament. Panel cut out of Treasure Planning chairman says he would have preferred having representation BY JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff The Park City Planning Commission, the panel that has spent years engaged in talks with Sweeneys about the family's Treasure development proposal, has been asked not to participate in the current discussions about the project's future, the chairman of the Planning Commission said in an interview. Charlie Wintzer said City Hall officials asked the Planning Commission to skip two crucial open houses about Treasure, one last week and one that was scheduled Tuesday evening. Wintzer declined to discuss the request in depth. However, he said, he would have preferred the panel have a role. A-14 A-15 C-6 C-11 A-15 The Sweeneys and City Hall are amid a high-stakes round of discussions that could result in an agreement that would greatly reduce the scope of Treasure or eliminate the prospects of development on the prized acreage altogether. The talks involve the Sweeneys and a negotiating team from City Hall made of Mayor Dana Williams, Park City Councilwoman Liza Simpson and staffers. The Planning Commission does not have a representative. "'I would have rather seen someone with the Planning Commission involved in this,1' Wintzer said, also indicating that he would have liked a role for a staffer from the Planning Department. The talks could have a dramatic effect on the project s blueprints, which would eventually be brought to the Planning Commission should a conservation deal for the entire acreage not be negotiated. The elected officials could strike a financial deal with the Sweeneys that allows some development but keeps other pieces of land inside Treasure as open space. If that is the case, the Sweeneys would be expected to revise the Treasure application, leaving the Planning Commission to review the redone development request. Had members of the panel been involved in the talks leading to that sort of agreement, their impartiality while hearing a revised application might be questioned. City Hall staffers are scheduled to address the Planning Commission on Wednesday at a meeting scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. at the Marsac Building. A hearing is not planned. The current Treasure application calls for a hotel to anchor the development, which would stretch through a series of buildings on the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort close to Old Town. The talks between the Sweeneys and the Planning Commission have essentially been on hold since the spring, when a procedural change was made to City Halls development rules that freed the elected officials to engage the Sweeneys in talks about a conservation deal. Since then, the two sides have been in closed-door negotiations. The Park City Building Department on Monday issued citations to a firm that investigators say was involved in the collapse of a trench wall along Kearns Boulevard, the first formal punishment since the June 29 accident that trapped a worker for nearly two hours. Kurt Simister, a Building Department inspector who investigated the accident, said the department issued a twocount citation to Bowen Construction. Each count carried a $50 fine, meaning that the combined fine from City Hall totals $100. Simister said the firm has up to 30 days to pay the fine. The two counts are: • Not adhering to the approved safety plan, which followed industry standards. Simister said the crews did not put up what is known as a trench box or a shoring box. The contraptions act as artificial walls while a worker is inside a trench, keeping the earthen walls from collapsing. • Not erecting a fence around the site to keep people out of the construction zone. "It was just oversight on the contractor's side that led to it," Simister said. Investigators quickly indicated after the collapse the worker was inside the trench without a trench box, and the probe almost immediately focused on the lack of the protective apparatus. Simister said the collapse might not have occurred if a trench box was in use. In the days after the accident, a Bowen Construction executive said the crew did not take all the safety precautions they should have. Jim Bowen, the firm's vice president, said the workers understood they should not have Please see Panel, A-2 Please see Finn, A-2 Parleys Canyon decorated with orange barrels Road crews hope to finish Interstate 80 work this weekend By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff y 3 SECTIONS • 40 PAGES v Classifieds 50$ Congestion in Parleys Canyon hopefully did not deter too many from leaving the Wasatch Front last weekend to beat the heat in Park City. Road crews will shift into high gear again this Saturday, but transportation officials are promising fewer delays as they finish bridge maintenance in Parleys. Drivers should watch for construction and brace for slowdowns along eastbound Interstate 80 near Lambs Canyon and Mountain Dell. "We'll be going in and we'll be finishing eastbound," said Tony Lau, a Utah Department of Transportation resident engineer. "We considered several different options on how to phase this work and our final decision was that we would have this take place over two weekends, last weekend and this coming up weekend." Motorists should expect slowdowns on eastbound 1-80 Saturday evening when traffic is reduced to two lanes, he said. "We shouldn't see very significant delays, but there may be some early in the evening," Lau said. Crews expect to complete the work by about 2 p.m. on Sunday. But the road construction is already creating headaches for businesses in the Park City area. "We got some calls," UDOT spokesman Adan Carrillo said. "Some people GRAYSON WEST/PARK RECORD Roadwork is occurring in numerous places around Summit County, including Main Street in Park City. Please see Roadwork, A-2 '•V ^Movies C-4 s <! Restaurant Guide s Sports : Scene i .......C-7 B-l C-1 B-2 \ A i3MedlaNews Group NEWSPAPER 9493700001 7 Community open house and Paralympic experience Join the National Ability Center on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for its Open House and Paralympic Experience. The free Lv'ent will feature pony rides, rock wall climbing and opportunities for guest to test their skills in Paralympic sports. Meet Pnralympic sled hockey gold medalist and Park Cily resident Greg Shaw. For more information, visit www.discovcrnac.org. 4 -4.Y i |