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Published every Wednesday and Saturday.. Continued From A-1 Planning is critical "Growth in either area impacts the other," Beerman said. "We're making a commitment towards nodal growth, clustering densities whenever possible, commercial and residential." Summit County Council member Chris Robinson says he considers the ‘greater Park City area' to be Park City, the unincorporated Snyderville Basin and adjacent areas in Summit and Wasatch Counties. He says the Compact does not want to look at future planning "along jurisdictional lines." The issue of transportation was fleshed out in further detail at the meeting, and the primary focus was on making the transportation system of the area "multimodal," meaning that reliance on the individual automobile will be downplayed to the increase of modes such as walking, biking and public transit. Beerman said that a regional transportation plan is in the works that could connect the Wasatch Front with the Wasatch Back via a light-rail system. A connection between the ski resorts is another option, and he says issues of water and wilderness will be taken into consideration. "We're talking about transportation hubs - mini hubs, transit centers - and how we can better deal with our growing arteries for traffic," Beerman said. A joint task force has also been formed to look at how the greater Park City area can diversify the economy. The Compact states that the Park City area does not want to be "Anywhere, USA" and supporting the mountain resort economy and Continued From A-1 Taxes down The gist of what Jasper wants to communicate to Summit County residents is that the vast majority of the taxpayers' overall bill will not be increasing, despite the hike in the Municipal Fund tax. Continued From A-1 Devices are donated extra security measure is always a benefit to have as long as we can get our people educated on how to use it, comfortable to use it, find a place where it won't get stolen." The logistics question is one that Basin Recreation is still grappling with: where to place the AEDs so that they are readily available in an emergency, and yet secure so they do not have to worry about them being stolen or vandalized. The AEDs are tools that Basin Rec- local businesses were highlighted. At the meeting, however, Park City Mayor Dana Williams said he believes the Compact should acknowledge the true commercial mix of the area, which he says is a combination of a substantial economic influx from mountain resorts and big box commercial outlets, such as those in Kimball Junction. The differences in what types of businesses each area wishes to attract were underscored as well. Summit County Council Member Roger Armstrong emphasized the need to attract a variety of good-paying jobs from the clerical to the executive in fields such as medical research and laboratories and high-tech companies. Alison Weyher, the Economic Development Specialist for Summit County, mentioned that businesses such as those would be more suited to areas like Kimball Junction rather than Park City, and that collaboration would be needed to place businesses where they are most suitable based on the city and county's "common goals." Managing the type of growth in the area is very important, Robinson says, as issues of open space and the natural environment are fundamentally linked to economic growth. "We're making sure we're proactive and aggressive in charting our destiny and not letting the path of least resistance take charge and always be the answer," Robinson said. Although Wasatch County is not officially part of the Greater Park City Compact, Robinson says its fate is intertwined with that of Park City and Summit County. Beerman is encouraged that the county and city are having regular conversations about their shared future. "As the economy ebbs and flows, if we don't take advantage of our down times to prepare for when things really heat up, we get caught off guard," Beerman said. "I've watched people circulate petitions saying, ‘The county is raising taxes,'" Jasper said. "We're not actually - taxes are going down. You have to look at all our taxes, not just a component of them." Summit County will be holding a truth in taxation hearing on Wednesday, August 14, at 6 p.m. at the Summit County Courthouse at 60 N. Main Street in Coalville. reation hopes it rarely, if ever, will need to use. Asked whether Basin Recreation has had an recent incidents where an AED would have been helpful, Hanton said "Fortunately here we haven't had that yet. I think last summer there was an incident with a youth player - I can't remember the sport - that had some issues that, if he would have had the AED he would have been saved." "There was an instance last year at Utah State University," said Play Well - Play Safe Executive Director Todd Hageman, "where there was a player that collapsed on the court and there was an AED that saved his life." The AED donation was Play Well - Play Safe's first to Basin Recreation. The foundation is currently focused on educational programs (such as instructing students on how to use AEDs in an emergency) and scholarships for local athletes to help pay for interscholastic sports. Best of Park City Corrections •The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH) no longer has a Park City location. The address is 5848 South 300 East in Murray. •There was a three-way tie for Best Ski Instructor between Patrick Keldow and Rob Greene, both of PCMR and Mark Hoffman. Since there is a Mark Hoffman at both DV and PCMR, there is some confusion as to which one won. Congrats to both! •Dr. Renato Saltz's name was misspelled in the plastic surgery category. •In the description of Maxwell's which won first place in Park City's Best Pizza category, Steven Maxwell Pelura's name was misspelled and the correct phone number is (435)647-0304. His grandmother Rosa ran Pelura's Spaghetti House. Redo of mall starts Construction fences are posted on Main Street, major work planned By jay hamburger The Park Record Developers have started work on what will be a major redo of the Main Street Mall building that will include condominiums on the upstairs floors and storefronts below. The building will no longer operate as a traditional mall. Businesses had moved out of the mall previously. Construction fences went up in recent days, signaling that work will be occurring. City Hall officials have found that the designs meet the historic district's strict guidelines and have issued a permit to demolish the interior walls and the architectural features on the outside walls. The overall project has been approved, but officials have not issued a building permit. The project will entail 15 condominiums ranging in size from 1,350 square feet to 3,500 square feet. There were no residences in the building when it operated as the Main Street Mall. There will be retail space on the Main Street level and a lower level. Eight storefronts are planned on the Main Street level with doors opening to the sidewalk. The condominiums will be built in the two upstairs levels. One additional PCMR questions deal The Vail-Talisker Corp. agreement broached during court date By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The lead attorney for Park City Mountain Resort on Tuesday broached the idea that Talisker Corporation's deal with Vail Resorts for the Colorado firm to operate Canyons Resort might have violated a lease agreement between PCMR and Talisker Corporation. Alan Sullivan, who represents PCMR in the high-profile lawsuit against Talisker Corporation centered on the resort's lease of much of its ski terrain, mentioned the idea during a conference in Third District Court at Silver Summit in front of Judge Ryan Harris. Sullivan said there could have been a breach of a clause allowing PCMR the right of first refusal. He did not discuss the topic in detail, however. The Talisker Corporation-Vail Resorts deal, announced in May, includes the possibility of Vail Resorts operating PCMR, depending on the outcome of the lawsuit. Vail Resorts assumed the lead role in the case for the Talisker Corporation side as a part of the deal. Sullivan's mention of the possibility of a violation was one of the first major statements from the PCMR side with the prospects of drawing Vail Resorts further into the case in some fashion. Sullivan had earlier said in an interview he would be interested in learning more about the negotiations that led to the Talisker Corporation-Vail Resorts agreement, particularly the discussions centered on the future of the PCMR land. Sullivan said during the conference Direct Importer of the World's Finest Rugs STARTING @ $35/SF level will be built for a penthouse unit. That level, though, will not stretch across the full footprint of the building. A pool, gardens and terraces are planned for the rooftop. The Main Street Mall was long seen as an underperforming commercial property as stores struggled to attract people inside from the sidewalk. There have been ideas to redo the building for years, but none of them advanced until the current one. The building is owned by a firm known as AG-WIP 333 Main Street Owner, LLC, according to Summit County property records. The records show an address in care of an entity in New York City called Angelo Gordon & Co. LP. The County Courthouse values the building and the land it sits on at nearly $6.2 million. A representative did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment. Kirsten Whetstone, a City Hall planner assigned to the project, said officials will require the developers submit a report from an arborist detailing any trees that will be removed from the Park Avenue side of the building during the work. A neighborhood meeting is planned later in August to discuss what might happen to the trees and outline a proposed plan for the landscaping, Whetstone said. The date for the neighborhood meeting has not been set. The work at the building will continue a streak of heavy investment along Main Street in the period since Park City emerged from the depths of the recession. Other buildings have undergone major renovations and work is continuing or planned on a few more. A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e INSTALLED he is attempting to obtain information about the agreement. He said he wants to learn what Talisker Corporation chief Jack Bistricer told the Vail Resorts side during the negotiations. "To us, this is a $100 million case . . . It is a very, very important case," Sullivan said, referring to the price tag attached to improvements PCMR made at the resort. John Lund, one of the attorneys for the Talisker Corporation side, though, countered that statements Bistricer may have made to Vail Resorts should not be part of the case. PCMR filed the lawsuit in March of 2012 while the agreement with Vail Resorts was announced in May of this year. Lund also said PCMR is attempting to expand the scope of the case by involving the Talisker Corporation-Vail Resorts agreement. The Tuesday conference lasted approximately 40 minutes and involved a broad discussion about scheduling. The judge set a Jan. 17, 2014 deadline for fact discovery, the portion of a case when the sides obtain information from each other in anticipation of a trial. Later next winter, Harris said, there will be decision about splitting the case into separate parts, known as a bifurcation. The judge did not set a trial date. Sullivan said the sides met on July 25 to discuss the discovery phase. Three days of depositions are scheduled in September, the judge was told. The lawsuit centers on PCMR's lease of approximately 3,700 acres of Talisker Corporation land and whether the two leases were renewed properly in 2011. Harris in November dismissed key parts of the case but allowed others to continue. 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