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Show 0SINI5EST . . 1 .. . ;. 'J ' .x' . 3322 So. 3rd. East a,, : ' ''' . a . JLAA,AM- Salt Lake City, t. 84U5Aj&ZSKllnrJQ ITtJ nc) Volume One Wednesday, March 24, 1976 jf- v US Postage Paid Park City, Utah 84060 Number Twenty-Seven ' ' ' v ; . ; ' ' '' ' ; ''" ' ' x V - -' ' ' ' ' - Z-1U V2;U UiV&U U U12JU UU UVSA U ZU Fiirk BQv filviOT' SOS p WEATHER Dry and mild with ptrlods of cloudiness. Slight chanco of showers Saturday. Highs in 45-55, lows generally In 20's. ski mmw Park City Snowbird Alta Brighton Park West Sundance BASE 91" 100" 113" 107" 103" 52" SKIING Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent EMERGENCY NUMBERS Police. ... . , ... . .... ........ 649-9561 Marshall 649-9361 fflre , 649-9211 Ambulance w.v . . . '. .649-9211 Questions concerning water, sswar, garbage, streets, etc., please call: CKy Hall .... ... 649-9321 City Recorder ............... 649-9321 City Manager and Building Inspector . . 649-8474 CKy Justice of Peace 649-9321 (Above are open Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m.) After normal office hours Mayor Leon Uriarte 354 Main Street . . . ....... .849-9396 Councilwoman Eleanor Bennett 91 1 Empire Ave. 649-8028 Councilman Steve Dering 16 Homestake Condos 649-9786 Councilman Jack Green 421 Park Aw. ... . ... . 649-9695 Councilman Richard Martinez 187 Daly Ave 649-9636 Councilman Jan Wilking 328 Marsac Ave 649-9866 ssmm COVER This portrait of Sitting Bull, along with other Indian paintings done by Utah painter Morrell D. Weaver, are presently exhibited for sale at the Main Street Photographer. Park City's "biggest eyesore" will be transformed into one of its biggest assets if a proposal presented to the city council Thursday night becomes a reality. Park City resident Alan Crooks unveiled plans for converting the Eley Garage, located at the north end of Main Street on Heber Avenue, i into the Kimball Fine Arts Center. Non-Profit The center, which would function as a public non-profit organization, is named after industrialist William Kimball of the Utah International Corporation. ' Kimball, a native of Ogden, Utah, who serves on the board of . directors for the Alpine Meadows Corporation, operators of Park City's ski resort, is the prime mover behind the public endeavor. Crooks termed Kimball's backing of the arts center as a "repotting" of the money the wealthy businessman has earned in Utah. Benefits "This will benefit the city more than you will ever believe," Crooks told the council. "Culture is damn good business. ' It doesn't make money but it attracts money," he added. . "We intend to make Park City the center for arts on a regional and statewide basis." : ' : : ; . Costs Preliminary work on the building which sports cavity-prone cavity-prone windows, peeling paint and a depression era at mosphere, has already begun and an eventual $175,000 is slated for reconstruction. "One man is ready to donate to the community at large what virtually amounts to a quarter of a million dollar art center," Crooks observed. . Funding three sources 61 income would be established to perpetuate the center once it is operational. One third of expenses would be covered by earned income. This would consist of revenues . accruing from minimal admission fees for film series and major art shows "from 1 all over the world," minimal charges for use of workshop facilities by artists and some retail sales income, Another third of operating expenses is projected to come from federal and state grants while the final third would be comprised of personal and corporate endowments. To facilitate creation of the center, Crooks asked the council for a waiver of the fees assessed on commercial enterprises based on the center's public non-profit status and its obvious worth to the city. Crooks also requested a waiver of the parking requirements which could be accomplished by incorporating incorpor-ating the center into the Main Street special improvement im-provement district. It was the unanimous opinion of the council that the city would support the project in every manner possible. The council did note, however, that .it lacks the jurisdiction to waive all fees connected with the center but that it would waive all those it legally could. "You have the full support of the council," said Mayor Leon Uriarte. Uriarte predicted the arts center would stimulate building activity on Main Street and would be responsible for an increase in business traffic. Crooks told the council that Kimball had discussed the possibility of locating the facility in Prospector Square but decided that he wished to have the center built in the old part of town. Councilman Jan Wilking, who was appointed as liaison between the center and the council, said, "This (the center) will help solve a lot of our problems." Physical management of. the arts center will be conducted con-ducted by a board of trustees comprised of Park City and other Utah residents along with persons in the legal profession. "Mr. Kimball will have no personal control over the facility," Crooks said. Purpose A statement of purpose presented to the council describes the center as follows: "Conceived as a dual-purpose dual-purpose facility, the Kimball Fine Arts Center is designed to function both as a 'working' or creative center for the production of art and cont.onpage3 mm CITY GOVERNMENT SKI NEWS SCHOOL NEWS LOCAL SPORTS EDITORIAL COMMENT REALESTATE CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC NOTICES TELEVISION LISTINGS HOW ABOUT IT? IT'S STILL OUT THERE BODIES AND BOARDS SKI TIPS ,STAR GAPER PUZZLE SMALL PERSON'S CORNER PARK CITY FLICKS ROLAND'S ROUNDUP TELEM ARK TALES |