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Show The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 12-14, 2014 A-5 CITY BEAT Life is a Cabaret at Goldener Hirsch Inn with CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649-9014 EXT. 111 | citynews@parkrecord.com Gugi & the music of the Alps Project on track for approval Singer Elsbeth Gugi, known by some as "Gugi," will bring a taste of the Alps to the Goldener Hirsch Inn this winter for a traditional après ski experience that includes yodeling, accordion music, Swiss folk songs and European Cabaret music in the style of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A development proposal on Old Town land that once was the site of a railroad operation appears on track for an approval. Next stop: the Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday. The City Hall panel could cast a vote on the Rio Grande development, 820 Park Ave. The meeting is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. in the Park City Council chambers at the Marsac Building. A hearing is scheduled prior to a possible vote. The site is situated just off Main Street and is close to the Town Lift. The parcel is one of the few remaining largely undeveloped pieces of land on or close to Main Street. The developer, known as 820 Park Avenue, LLC and led by Rory Murphy, wants to put up 10 residential units and three commercial spaces in a new building. The developer also wants to refurbish the historic Rio Grande building into a commercial space. The plans involve moving the Rio Grande building 60 feet to the north and 10 feet to the west. The Planning Commission could approve a permit for the project on Wednesday. City Hall staffers issued a report in anticipation of the meeting recommending the permit be approved. Staffers, meanwhile, separately continue to review the proposal against the municipal government's tight Old Town design guidelines. Murphy, a veteran developer who has incorporated historic buildings into projects before, has said the Rio Grande work would be influenced by the history at the site. There has been opposition from people with places nearby, and a few letters against the proj- Join us at the Goldener Hirsch Bierstube Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 p.m. February 6, 13, 20 and 27 BEST RESTAURANT DEER VALLEY RESORT IN PARK CITY -- GoldenerHirschInn.com JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD A marketing sign has been posted at the site where a developer intends to build the Rio Grande project on Park Avenue. The Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday could cast a vote. ect were provided to the Planning Commission in anticipation of the meeting on Wednesday. The opposition is especially worried about the size of the new building. People with interests in the Lift Lodge, located next door on Main Street, have offered opposition letters. The Lift Lodge Home Owners Association on Jan. 3 submitted a letter to the Planning Commission listing concerns like the shadows that the project will cast on their building, noise and the timeline of construction. "The proposed building is very high and close making the homes much darker. Additionally, the environment will be significantly altered as our owners will only be a few feet from a building wall, the letter says. An individual with a place in the Lift Lodge, Steven Shuster, submitted a letter with similar concerns. "It's hard to believe that the city would allow a 3-story complex to be erected right on top of the west side of our building, destroying our view and, frankly, the ambience of our location," Shuster wrote in an undated message. "It would seem that when we purchased our vacation home in Park City specifically in this location, we had a reasonable expectation that we would not end up being swallowed up by a wall of condominiums right outside our windows and losing our view of the mountains." Shuster also said in the message the work "will kill our income for as long as the construction takes." The message refers to money earned by owners who rent their units. In an interview, the developer acknowledged the input City Hall received. "I think I understand that there's an angst and a sense of loss," Murphy said, adding, "Neighbors want vacant lots to be vacant." Murphy hopes to break ground on the project in the spring. Construction is expected to take up to 16 months, he said. The first people could move into the project in the fall of 2015, at the earliest, depending on the City Hall approval process, Murphy said. Bring your sweetie for a romantic dinner! Four Course Special piano entertainment with Mike Rogers Please call for reservations (435) 647-0040 7th & Park Avenue - in the Caledonian Bldg (lower Main) $55 per person Our regular menu will also be available Congr atulations Sage Kotsenburg - Snowboard Slopestyle Gold Medalist JuSt 10 RESIdEnCES: fOR LOCALS OnLy 2Bd | 2BA | StARtIng At $179,900 Congratulations to Summit Sotheby's International Realty real estate agent Steve Kotsenburg and his family. 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