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A physician brings hope to nonprofit By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Please see Students, A-2 Please see Developer, A-2 JAKE SHANE/PARK RECORD By JEFF DEMPSEY Above, from left: the Park City High School Dance Company's Allison Lambert, Alexa Wilcox, Morgan Yokubison and Nicole White perform at the start of the TEDxYouthParkCity on Wednesday at the Eccles Center. Left: Robby Borders, a recent Park City High School graduate, speaks about bullying and teen suicide during the conference at the Eccles Center. The Park Record Threat kept students away Principal says absences on Tuesday will be excused By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record As word spread on social media Monday evening about a threat a student had made in October that specifically mentioned the following day, May 3, parents and students became fearful. Those worries sparked decisive action. Attendance plummeted at schools throughout the district Tuesday, particularly along the Kearns Boulevard campus. At Park City High School, for instance, 698 students were marked absent for at least one class period, meaning the school was roughly 60 percent full. That represents a dramatic decrease from normal attendance, which typically exceeds 90 percent, according to Principal Bob O'Connor. All absences, O'Connor said in an email, will be excused. Amy Whipple was one student who stayed home that day. She said she first heard about the threat Monday night from one of her classmates at the high school. She quickly told her mother, who then told their neighbor, also the parent of a PCHS student. "She wasn't sending her daughter to school, so then my mom told me I could choose if I wanted Panel remains intact Gear up for swap Planning Commission experience desired as Treasure talks near Please see Physician, A-2 By JAY HAMBURGER Business .............................. A-15 Classifieds ........................... C-10 Columns .............................. 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"But I went, and before we started testing, the teacher asked us if we had any questions about the test. No one had a question about the test -- they just had questions about the threat. I feel like that distracted us. We were all just worrying about it. Like whenever there was a sound in the hallway, everyone's heads went straight up." The decrease in attendance came after Park City School District Superintendent Ember Conley took to the district's Facebook page around 10 p.m. Monday, hoping to alleviate the unease parents and students were feeling after rumors of the threat began swirling. She wrote a post aiming to assure residents -many of whom had been flooding her office and the Park City Police Department with calls and emails -- that the police had dealt with the threat in October and that the Kearns Boulevard campus would be completely safe, under the watch of an increased police presence. But instead of calming the panic, Conley's post The Bonanza Park partnership is anticipated to renew its talks with Park City officials next week about an ambitious redevelopment of a patchwork of properties, returning to City Hall with a vision of residences and commercial spaces spread through what is now considered to be an underutilized part of the city. The return of the Bonanza Park developers is a notable step in the long-running drive to re-energize the district. The partnership - consisting of Mark J. Fischer and John Paul DeJoria - engaged City Hall five years ago, but the discussions about the project itself did not advance. Park City officials instead spent significant time engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about the growth possibilities of Bonanza Park and nearby districts. There was only moderate progress before the broader talks were broken off. The Bonanza Park partnership in 2011 submitted paperwork at City Hall for a redevelopment of the parcels under its control. The Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday is expected to begin discussing a subsequent application. Fischer said the current application involves approximately 335,000 square feet of development, down from the upward of 940,000 square feet identified in the earlier paperwork. Fischer said the application now does not involve The Yard and a Park City Mountain Resort-owned parcel that were part of the original one. A development proposal for The Yard, which is under the control of the Bonanza Park partnership, will be processed separately. The application also does not request changes to the Rocky Mountain Power substation just off Bonanza Drive. There was opposition to an earlier effort to shift the substation to another location to clear space for the Bonanza Park developers. "We're not trying to cause any controversy . . . We're hoping for a smooth approval process," Fischer said. The current application generally involves parcels along Bonanza Drive or Kearns Boulevard. They are: • the location of a Maverick gas station • the location of an Intermountain Healthcare clinic • the building where Skis on the Run delivery business is located • the former location of a car wash • the building that houses Anaya's Market • the site of the Silver King Coffee Company • the building that houses the Kimball Art Center The partnership wants to provide temporary locations for the businesses during the construction and then wants them to move into the new places. The developer plans to rebuild on the parcels with commercial spaces on the street level and offices and residences on the upper floors. There would be underground garages as well. Fischer said the buildings would generally be three or four stories tall. The project incorporates bicycle paths, pedestrian ways, pocket parks and transit connections. A new road network is planned. Fischer said highlights of the road network will be east-west and The youth movement John Hanrahan takes post again June 1 3 sections • 42 pages 50¢ Bonanza Park, pivotal project, ready to return COURTESY OF THE HOPE ALLIANCE When Dr. John Hanrahan left The Hope Alliance, the organization he helped to create, it was a health scare that drove him to step down. He was dealing with colon cancer, and felt it was important to cut down on his work and stress level. In truth, he never really left. "I served on the board as well as leading international expeditions and fundraising," he said. "I was board chair two years ago." Hanrahan later went on to work at the People's Health Clinic, but he said The Hope Alliance was always close to his heart. Over the past year, he'd been giving some thought to a full-time return, and when the position of executive director opened up, he knew his chance had come. Hanrahan will return as executive director beginning June 1. "I am stoked," he said. "I am working now at Hope Alliance on days I am not at the People's Health Clinic and while it is a bit overwhelming to get caught up with just one to two days a week, I am already really enjoying the work, the people, the variety, everything." The Hope Alliance was founded in 1999 with the goal of addressing the root causes of poverty. The nonprofit holds medical and dental clinics and offers vocational training and education opportunities all over the world. Hanrahan said he is proud of how much The Hope Alliance has grown over the years. He said not many organizations out there do what The Hope Alliance does. "We have an extraordinary commitment of time and expertise from volunteers that allow us to greatly leverage donors' financial support," he said. "We are small and individualized with our projects, very hands on working directly with local partners." Rejoining The Hope Alliance means leaving the People's Health Clinic, which coincidentally enough, Hanrahan also helped start 17 years ago. He said in that way, the move is bittersweet, but he has no plans to OUR MONTHLY REAL ESTATE GUIDE IS INCLUDED WITH THIS PAPER. Hathaway REALTO 435.640 tah.com the Berkshire @bhhsu es and guaranteed. or HomeServic | AnnieP not verified .2579 Hathaway 435.901 . Information LLC. Berkshire Opportunity Affiliates, of BHH Equal Housing franchisee Inc.® and operatedes of America, tly ownedof HomeServic independen marks service LLC. An BHH Affiliates, are registered © 2016 es symbol HomeServic Annie BUSINESS, A-15 E ESTAT COUNTIE The Park Record The Park City Council on Thursday opted to keep two members of the Planning Commission on the panel past the scheduled expiration of their terms, a move meant to keep the current roster intact on an indefinite basis as another round of discussions about the polarizing Treasure development proposal nears. Mayor Jack Thomas and the City Councilors want Adam Strachan and Laura Suesser to continue to serve on the influential panel. Thomas, a former Planning Commissioner, said it was an "excellent idea" to keep the two. City Councilor Andy Beerman indicated continuity is important. The two Planning Commissioners were not in attendance. The terms were scheduled to expire in July. It is a highly unusual move for a City Council to retain a Planning Commissioner past the expiration of a term without reappointing them to another term. It is even more extraordinary to retain someone on an indefinite basis. The City Council in office in 2013 notably kept three Planning Commissioners beyond the expiration of their terms. In that case the extended service covered a defined period meant to allow the panel to continue to work on City Hall growth documents like the General Plan. Thomas, a Planning Commissioner at that time, Please see Panel, A-8 JAKE SHANE/PARK RECORD Matt Behrens on Thursday adds a bicycle to the lot for the Young Riders bike swap. The swap is scheduled on Saturday and Sunday at The Yard. The event raises money for the organization's bicycling programs. VISITOR GUIDE Drink green in Park City for the environment Recycle Utah will host Park City Green Drinks at Molly Blooms Gastropub, 1680 W. Ute Blvd., on Tuesday, May 10, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Park City Green Drinks is an opportunity for ecoconscious folks to meet and mingle. Jason Christensen from Park City Municipal Corporation will talk about water conservation in the coming summer months. For more information, visit www.recycleutah.org/events/park-city-green-drinks-2. |