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Show OUTRAGED, OUT OF STAMPS? UP AND DOWN, SIDE TO SIDE, POGOPALOOZA IS HEADING TO REDSTONE C O L U M N S , A-14?TPJAYMEEHAN#ACUPOFJOEISASACRAMENT The PARK CITY, UTAH -. j : 'i SEND A LETTER TO THE EDITOR VIA THE INTERNET AT: PARKRECORD.COM/WRITEALEnER BUSINESS, A - 7 TIME FOR HOMEBUILDERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR HANDIWORK Park Record. c o W W W . P A R K R E C O Wed//Thurs/Fri, August 18-20, 2010 Serving Summit County since 1880 Property taxes edge upward & MINERS'PLAYBOOK HAS A N OFFENSIVE SCHEME TO SPREAD THE DEFENSE VOL. 130 • NO. 54 Bicycle crowds arriving A Mustang in miniature City Hall plans to close Main Street for the Tour of Utah Final open space bonds issued, causing increase BY JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff BY JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff There was plenty of discussion in the late spring about whether the Park City Council would raise property taxes to make up for falling municipal revenues. The City Councilors decided against the highly unpopular idea of pushing the property taxes higher. But people who own property in Park City are now learning whether their places have changed in value, as determined by the Summit County Assessor's Office. As part of that process, the owners are also being provided an estimate of their property taxes. The portion of property taxes collected by City Hall will increase slightly even though the City Council decided against a hike in the property taxes. City Hall officials explain the increase by noting that a round of voter-authorized conservation bonds was issued earlier in 2010, the final such bonds Park City voters have approved. Michael Kovacs, the assistant Park City manager, said City Hall issued $6 million worth of bonds this year. The $6 million is part of a $20 million ballot measure voters approved in 2006, the third of City Hall's three conservation bonds and the most valuable of the three. "It's one of those things that it's a delayed reaction," Kovacs said about the sale four years after the voters approved the bond. Kovacs said City Hall issued the final $6 million to fund the protection of land along the S.R. 248 entryway by placing what is known as a conservation easement on the parcel and to fund a conservation purchase in Thaynes Canyon. "We got some good prices in different places. It's been popular," Kovacs said about City Hall's conservation program. The increase in property taxes tied to the $6 million in bonds that were issued Please see Taxes, A-2 3 SECTIONS • 38 PAGES Business Classifieds A-7 C-7 Columns Editorial A-14 A-15 Events Calendar Lcgals C-6 C-9 Letters to the Editor A-15 Movies C-4 Restaurant Guide A-13 Sports Scene Weather 500 GRAYSON WEST/PARK RECORD Levi Walton, a 2-year-old, right, gives his brother, 5-year-old Connor Walton, a lift Saturday afternoon during a car show featuring Mustangs lining Main Street. The two boys, who are from Sandy, accompanied their father, Ryan, who put his 2003 Mustang Cobra on display during the event. The Waltons and a crowd of Mustang enthusiasts descended on Main Street to look under the hoods and check out the interiors of the cars, many of which were of a classic vintage. The event, known as the Intermountain Mustang & All Ford Stampede, was the 10th annual gathering of Mustang owners. Plan is locked and loaded Hearing could expose tensions about training ground for war zones BY PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff A proposal to build a training facility for military contractors is drawing fire from some residents in the Coalville area after a similar develop- groups," according to Summit County Planner Kimber Gabryszak. Utah-based ChamTech Enterprises has applied for a permit from Summit County to develop the facility northeast of the small, unincorporated town of Echo. The property is currently rangeland. Training would not include the use of aircraft or explosives, Gabryszak said. But residents in Duchesne County recently rejected a similar proposal from ChamTech. Company officials had hoped to build their training facility on 640 acres near Duchesne. The Duchesne County Planning Please see Hearing, A-2 Local first responders honored by Elks Park City detective, a 27-year veteran of the force, recognized By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff The Park City Police Department that Mary Ford arrived to in 1983, her rookie year with the local force, did not really resemble the modern-day Police Department where she still works. The police nowadays are headquartered in a purposebuilt station, they drive better vehicles and they are armed with more powerful weapons. But in Ford's 27 years with the Police Department, her superiors - three police chiefs - each allowed her to pursue her interests in law enforcement, particularly working with domestic violence victims and children who are affected, she said. On Saturday, Ford was one of the emergency services personnel honored by the Park City Lodge of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks as part of the organization's annual recognition of the First Responders of the Year at Rotary Park on the edge of Thaynes Canyon. "It's been a perfect fit for me," Ford, a detective, said about the job with the Police Department. She said the chiefs of police she has worked with - Frank Bell followed by Lloyd Evans and Wade Carpenter - have encouraged her as she worked on domestic violence cases. In introducing Ford to the crowd gathered on Saturday, Rick Ryan, the Police Department captain who oversees the detectives, noted Ford's Please see Responders, A-2 VISITOR GUIDE B-1 ....C-1 B-2 A I^MedlaNews Group NEWSPAPER ment application was denied this month in Duchesne County. Several people are expected to speak out about the project at a public hearing today in Coalville. At 7 p.m., the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission is scheduled to have its first look at the proposal. The meeting is slated to occur at the Summit County Courthouse, 60 N. Main Street. The plan calls for a 2,500-acre training facility north of Coalville. Training exercises would "focus on in-the-field military training, including vehicle and sniper training, use of communications equipment, surveillance and counter surveillance techniques for small Many people in Old Town might be under the impression the traffic havoc and crowds that accompanied the Park City Kimball Arts Festival in early August would not be repeated until at least Miners Day or maybe even the upcoming ski season. There is a chance, though, they could see a similar scene this weekend as the Tour of Utah bicycle race arrives in Park City. City Hall has agreed to close an important set of stretches of street to traffic for the bicyclists to compete in what is known as a criterium, a timed event that is part of the overall race. The streets will close at 6 a.m. on Saturday and City Hall expects them to reopen by 8 p.m. The closures include: • Main Street • Heber Avenue • Swede Alley • Park Avenue between Heber Avenue and 7th Street Traffic on Park Avenue from Heber Avenue to King Road will be restricted to one-way traffic southbound, or uphill. "Access around the race course should be pretty good, but it needs to be a closed course," said Max Paap, who handles special events for City Hall and has been heavily involved in the preparations for the Tour of Utah stage in Park City. Paap said the racers are scheduled to ride the course for 90 minutes, from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. There is a series of other races scheduled earlier in the day as well, starting at 9:30 a.m., according to the slate published on City Hall's website. City Hall is expecting large crowds on Saturday, with organPlease see Bicycle, A-2 8 9493700001 7 Prom goes retro at The Egyptian Theatre . GRAYSON WtSl/PARK RECORD Trooper Stephen Matthews; detective Christina Sally; firefighter Mike Owens; emergency medical services supervisor Marc Giauque and detective Mary Ford. - The Egyptian Theatre presents "'The Awesome 80s Prom" through Aug. 22. The audience becomes the student body at Wanagct High's 1989 prom and dec5'! s who arc the king and queen. Show limes are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets arc $18 in advance. $20 at the door and $25 tor cabaret seating. Call 649-9371 or visitwww.parkcilyshows.com. |