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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 13-16, 201Q The Park Record A-2 [The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 ; HOME DELIVERY/^ "*''-••>: N O W AVAILABLE-*^:/::••?• ...The Park Record, Pork City's No. 1 source • for local news, opinions and advertising, is now available for home delivery in f| Summit, Wasafch, Salt Lake, Davis and fV.Utah counties. Single copies are also ^.availableat 116 locations throughout Park (KCity, Heber City, Summit County and at \iMurray Printing in Salt Lake City. 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Williams, meanwhile, said he was not notified of the demolition until reading a media report. He said the Park City Historical Society, an influential group that promotes preservation, is upset with what occurred. The mayor also questioned whether City Hall put out enough information prior to the demolition. Francisco Astorga, the City Hall planner assigned to the project, sent an e-mail Wednesday to the elected officials, the Park City Planning Commission and top municipal staffers indicating the Planning Department "received a lot of phone calls" about the teardown. The building went up in the mid18808 and survived the terrible fire in 1898 that left much of Park City of that era in ruins. In recent years there had been a series of alter- ations from its historic state, including putting on different types of siding and adding material that was not part of the original building. City Hall staffers determined the building had lost much of its historic authenticity and found there was not enough historic material left to be salvaged and used in a redone building. A consultant hired by City Hall to catalog old buildings, though, issued a report in late 2008 that determined the "structure retains its essential form" when compared to early photographs of a building at the address. The report indicated there had not been additions, and alterations had been minor. It said, however, different windows on the building had been installed sometime prior to 1995. The different windows "detract from this historic character substantially," the report said. The owner of the property, Alan Agle, wants to put up a new building at the site with a commercial enterprise on the ground floor and possibly residential space elsewhere in the building. The Planning Department said this week the blueprints for the new building call for approximately 4,000 square feet. The building that was demolished measured approximately 1,300 square feet, and business like a dental office and a massage spa had operated inside over the years. It had been vacant since 2006. Agle said early in the week he was "heartbroken" that the building could not be incorporated into a new development at the site. Lights threaten starry skiesj By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff Stargazing in Park City need not just be pastime during the Sundance Film Festival each January. People who live in the Park City area, away from the big-city lights, are able to look up to the starry skies. But experts maintain the nighttime views of the stars are threatened by light pollution. On Monday, Nov. 15, one of the experts is scheduled to speak in Park City at a presentation put on by a group of organizations, including the Wasatch Back Environmental Alliance, Park City Chamber/Bureau, City Hall and Rocky Mountain Power. Pete Strasser, the technical director for the Tuscon, Ariz.-based Internationa] Dark-Sky Association, a not-for-profit, is slated to address a gathering at the Park City Library and Education Center, Room 205. The event is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. It is free. Refreshments will be served. Strasser said in an interview lights do not necessarily increase safety, claiming that the idea of "more lights mean more safe" is inaccurate. 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The 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 groups." Maintaining battle skills requires some members of the military to expand their training throughout their careers, ChamTech attorney Kristin Vazquez said. "These guys in some respects are required to take continuing education," Vazquez explained. But critics have asked ChamTech officials to release information about contracts they may have to provide training for government agencies. "The reality is, it doesn't exist yet because these guys are not in business," Planning Commissioner Tom Clyde said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "They don't have contracts with anybody because they dont have a training facility yet. They cant get the contracts until they have the training facility and we're looking at them and saying we're not sure we want to give them the permit for the training facility until we know who their contracts are with." ChamTech officials claim that most of their clients will be military and law enforcement, Clyde said. "That may be who they are hoping to attract but my sense is that once they get the business up and running, all of the sudden they have a great big overhead expense looking them in the eyes every month and they'll probably have to take who they can get," Clyde explained. "When that happens I don't know how we avoid it becoming a militia training ground." One member of the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission questioned whether ChamTech "'is a front for Blackwater," Clyde said. "This kind of permit largely hinges on whether there are overall community benefits, and I'm still not seeing many," Clyde said. One of his biggest concerns is the cost to Summit County for responding to fires and medical emergencies on the site. "I think it creates a burden on the community as a whole rather than a benefit, particularly given the fact that it's greenbelt property and pays almost nothing in property taxes," Clyde said about the agricultural ground. "The total tax bill on the property is under $500 per year so if we have to the get the sheriff and the search-and-rescue guys and a couple of fire department vehicles up there even once, that's the entire tax budget for the year for that property." The site is roughly 2,500 acres and machine guns and explosives would likely be banned if the ChamTech permit is approved. The matter is slated for a possible decision from the Planning Commission on Wednesday. But Clyde said he is undecided. "It's an absolutely huge site and it's pretty darn remote," Clyde said. "It's a big as the ski areas almost. You look at that and you've got 12 guys on ATVs doing survival training on 2,500 acres, so what. What's the big deal with that?" He insisted the Planning Commission would fairly consider the ChamTech proposal. "I admire the guys for trying to build a business in this economy and trying to make it work," Clyde said. "They've got a lot of skin in this one and it's important to me that whether it is approved or not that they feel like they got a complete and fair hearing." school bus inappropriately, they are going to be stopped and going to be ticketed 100 percent of the time." "When amber lights come on, they need to be in the process of stopping," he said. "When red lights come on, they have to be stopped." The problem isnt just in South Summit. Ray Maxwell, transportation director of North Summit School District, said he sometimes receives three reports from his drivers in a week. "If they can get the license plate number and a description of the driver and the car, then we turn it in to the sheriff's department," Maxwell said. Park City School District Transportation Director Brent Chaston said the problem comes from impatient drivers. "I know they are in a hurry," Chaston said. "It's only a few minutes and everyone is on their way and it's an uneventful day. And that's what • Continued from A-1 Project shifts are possible Hall planner who authored a report in anticipation of Wednesday's meeting, though, said the municipal government could create incentives meant to discourage development in the places that leaders want to protect. Cattan said in an interview afterward City Hall had not discussed a program with specific landowners with holdings in sending or receiving zones. Landowners with parcels in areas where development would be shifted away from would be compensated. Details about values were not discussed on Wednesday night. There tions where illumination is needed j and a proper brightness should be) selected. T\iscon has had lighting*' restrictions since the 1970s, he saicL* City Hall discourages light pollution" as well, but some Parkites have been critical of the effectiveness. l' "If they're already aware of the problems, that's a major milestone in and of itself," Strasser said. People in Park City, many moving to the city from larger places with lots of light pollution, enjoy the nighttime skies and see the darkness as one of the benefits of living in a small community. Marianne Cone, a member of the Wasatch Back Environmental Alliance's oversight board and a longtime Parkite, said the places around Park City that emit light pollution are obvious. "You just look around. You'll see them," Cone, a former member of the Park City Council, said. She mentioned the lights at the City Park basketball court as being among those that are bright at night. Cone said light pollution also impacts the wildlife that inhabits the Park City area. For more information about the Monday event, contact Cone. Her phone numbers are 649-9613 and 659-9700. we want." He added that the longest stop' among the district routes is on Prospector and it is only a threeminute wait. Edmunds said the Summit County Sheriff's Department has contacted North Summit and Park City school districts and plans to further work with administrators as it has with South Summit. Sheriff's deputies will enforce the zero-tolerance policy throughout Summit County by following buses in both marked and unmarked vehicles. Citations will begin at $140. Fines can increase with repeat offenses. Blazzard said drivers need to be most cautious during the high bustraffic times of the day South Summit School District buses run between 6:45 and 8:45 a.m. and from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Routes in North Summit School District run from 6:30 to 8 a.m. and between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Buses in Park City School District run from 6 to 9 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Blazzard said drivers need to pay close attention regardless 6f whether or not lights are flashing. "They need* to be aware that if a bus is stopped in the road there are children around," he said. did not appear to be representatives at the meeting from the areas mentioned. The Treasure mention as a place where development could be shifted away from is especially noteworthy as negotiations continue between the Sweeney family and City Hall about the prospects of an agreement to protect all or part of the hillside acreage from development. The negotiators could craft a deal for Treasure that requires a program that allows development rights to be transferred between parcels. In. the Treasure case, they could be shifted' to one of the receiving zones from the Sweeney land, which is one of the' sending zones mentioned on Wednesday. The Planning Commission agreed to hold a special meeting on Nov. 23 to further discuss a program. There will likely be an opportunity for public comment at that meeting. MAINSTREET Starting @ S45/sf installed (3 cm Material) AUTOMOTIVE www.mainstroetpizzanoodle.com All Makes, All Models Euro: Volvo VW/Audi BMW Mercedes Benz GM Ford Chrysler All Japanese Call ahead 4 winter tire install VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT 3267 SOUTH 3 0 0 WEST (I-I5 i.\IT 303) Never Have to Seal Again! -FREE Lifetime Warranty w/ Purchase*. I • I *Offcr Good Through End of Month. Stone Unlimited, Inc (we make appointments) 649-AUTO (2886) Newest equipment for: Alignments Tire Balance (Road Force) Diagnostics & More! 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