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Show ) Rark City's Only Ixwally Owned OMMIIEST CORPORATION 3322 SO. 3rd EAST STREET ; SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 8115 er - . Wednesday, Novembers, 1976 Volume Two Number Seven NewsDac i i PrK'Hy. Tub 8IQ6Q 7 ; CAInlTEIni j- King Unveils City , Preliminary plans for another major Park City ski resort were made public Friday by Warren J. King, president of the Royal Street Land Company. In an interview with the Newspaper, King revealed the new area will have a skier capacity potential equal to that of the existing resort and that the fall of - 1979 would be the earliest it could begin operation. King cautioned, however, that it is "very, very possible" that opening day may not take place until the fall of 1980. "To be meaningful, the scope of the resort has to be significant when we open," the Royal Street official said. Citing the close proximity of the Park City Ski Corp., King added, "It will have to be a place where you would like to go "skiing." He expects at least eight lifts to be operating when the first pass is sold with skiers having access to all areas. King said preliminary construction con-struction could begin in 1973 and predicted full development of the ski terrain will take up to ten years with the accompanying real estate development taking 15 years. No Name .' Although planners are cur , rentiy . using .. "Bald Moun'ain" to designate the new resort, King said, "We're still wrestling for a name. We wouldn't mind suggestions." , 'The Royal Street official said the intent is to identify with Park City and, therefore, there-fore, it is likely that the city name will be included in the eventual title. .,v'"-' Siie . . When fully developed, the r!Sort will include the Bald Ski-Recreation Mt., Bald Eagle, Flagstaff and Deer Valley areas and will be able to accomodate approximately 12,000 skiers. -But King said a maximum of only 9,000 skiers will be allowed on the mountain so as to "guarantee a pleasant experience." "We don't want any . lift line longer than 15minutes on December 27," he explained. King estimated that the existing resort, with the addition of the new Ski Team and Jupiter Bowl lifts, can ; handle 9,000 skiers "comfortably." "comfor-tably." . Sno Engineering, mountain planners for the Bald Mountain resort, have tenatively planned "at least one gondola" which will run . from Deer Valley to the bottom of Bald Mountain at the south end of , Lake Flat. Additional mountain transportation trans-portation now envisioned includes an enclosed chahiift and an estimated 15 open chair lifts which will service an estimated 60 runs. The ski terrain reaches a maximum elevation of 9,400 feet and the area has a vertical of 3,000 feet. King noted that the area has the potential for an official FIS certified men's downhill course. Real estate development occuring in conjunction with the skiing will consist of , three base villages character ized by extensive recreational recreation-al facilities. The base villages will be located in Deer Valley, Lake Flat and the Mayflower Mt. area. Finances ' i The Bald Mt. project is a cooperative venture between the Royal Street Land Company, a subsidiary of the ' Royal Street Corporation in New Orleans, and the Lon Plans Investment Company, which is owned by the Murray First Thrift Bank in Utah. Royal Street' has operational control con-trol of the project. King said of Bald Mt., "It is intended that it be highly : financed by equity funding. We will be strong enough to ride the tide no matter what happens." Royal Street had a major interest in the existing resort until financial difficulties forced them out prior to the 1976 season. ' Referring to the past problems experienced by Royal Street, King remark-ed,"We remark-ed,"We are not going to make the mistake we made last time. We were trying to ' do everything at once." . Before last year's organizational organiza-tional shakeup which saw Alpine 'Meadows become operators of the mountain. Greater Park City Co., was ; directly involved in almost every facet of the resort, including the ski mountain, real estate development, engineering, design, lodging and food service. . ' King said this situation created growth which was "too rapid" and "not good for the town." "It's better to bring special-. ists in for special needs," he remarked. x Calling the financial woes ' which caused Royal Street's departure from Greater Park City Company a "painful, ' expensive trip," King noted, "We don't want to be all things to all people." . King explained that "at .maximum," the Royal Street Lon group will operate the . resort and be the "master real estate developers" which ',' would lay out the general real estate development plans. CTEP PRESIDENT One of the most meteoric rises in American political history climaxed early Wednesday Wed-nesday morning as Jimmy Carter was elected President ofthe United States. Carter streaked ahead of incumbent Gerald Ford as early returns from the East and South were tallied and he Wallin, Dearden Win Commission Election Race Republican Bill Walin of Snyaerville easily repulsed three challengers and was elected to a two-year Summit County Commission term. Alva Dearden, also a Republican, of Henefer, will remain on the commission after af-ter downing Democratic op-' ponent Dennis Wright for a four-year term. 'v; l For New Park Development put in the "backbone" utilities and then attract other developers to complete the various real estate projects. - Balance ' Obviously enthusiastic over Bald Mt.'s potential for .becoming a "high' quality" ski resort, King declared, "The terrain is fantastic it has all the sizzle. There's no question of it's being able to satisfy the broadest base of The Bald Mt. area was described . as having intermediate to "super expert" ex-pert" slopes, while Bald Eagle contains "excellent"' beginner and intermediate terrain. Flagstaff was designated desig-nated as being primarily a beginner area. "The balance seems to be very good according to preliminary reports from Sno Engineering," King said. , He explained that two separate resorts were originally origin-ally planned for the area, one each by Royal Street and Lon Investment, but the two have been combined to provide the balance needed to create one "high quality resort" as opposed to two "good resorts." According to former Park City mayor John Price, who now serves as project manager man-ager for Lon, "This is probably one of the better planned resorts that has ever been undertaken." He noted that advances in ski area planning are helping to reduce the number of unknowns which resort planners must contend with. Price said this winter and next will be spent- "proving the plans." He explained that four weather stations and 35 , snow measuring stayed there. Although three electoral votes short of the necessary 270 majority at 1 a.m., the Democratic standard stan-dard bearer seemed assured of victory and United Pre as International had declared him the winner. President Ford had secured 109 electoral votes, winning 15 states and 48 of Wallin tallied 1545 votes while Democratic nominee Bob Burns, Jr., registered 1088 with write-in candidate Bruce Decker totaling 507 votes and American Party entry Bob Trepan ier finishing with 481. Dearden defeated Wright by a 2046-1467 margin. ' ' Alva Dtaidtn 1. devices have been placed in various spots to aid in determining the feasibility of lift and ski run locations. The data will be submitted to a qualified meterologist for analysis. The project manager called the weather stations and snow measuring "extremely delicate devices" and asked that persons who come' across them to stay at least 10 feet away. In addition to the extensive snow and weather studies, those involved with the project will be "skiing what's ' skiable" this winter. "We'll be learning everything every-thing we can about the ROYAL STREET Land Co. Friday took tho wrapt off Rttort. I 7 1 I the. popular votes compared to Carter's 22 states and 51. The ex-peanut farmer was the national winner but Utah voters backed Ford by a wide margin, giving him 61 of the popular vote. For Summit County, Ford beat Carter by almost 2-1, 2,310tol278. Torry, Princo Win Soats Violet Terry and Anne Prince have been elected to the Park City School Board. Terry retained her Precinct Precin-ct 4 seat by downing Mary Wintzer 68-50. ' Prince and challenger, Pat Van Wagener, survived a Precinct 5 primary runoff to face each other in the general election with Prince claiming the board position, 159-119. Water Bond Gets Approval Park City voters gave strong approval to a 1600,000 water system improvement bond. The bond, which will secure -funds from the Farmers Far-mers Home Administration, received 564 "yes" votes against 255 "no" votes. Passage of the water bond issue had been supported by the Park City Council and was termed critical by City Manager Wayne Matthews. The $600,000 will be used to improve water distribution lines in the older section of - town and to install water meters': " " : mountain," King said. One Big One? When asked if long-range plans call for the joining of the new resort with the existing one to form what would be the largest inter connected ski area in the country, King replied, "That is unresolved. It is not even critical to resolve it at this time." Noting that the two areas will be separated only by a ridge and that '.'there's no physical reason why they can't be combined," King observed that "there are advantages and disadvantages" disadvan-tages" to the concept. cont. on pagt 3 President Warrah King tht propotod Bald Mt. 1 1 V 1 Summit Election Two Year County Commissioner Wallin (Rep.) ....................... 1545 Burns (Dem.) . ...... . . .... . . . ... . . 1088 Decker (Write-in) ..... .... . . 1 ........ 507 Trepenier (Ind.) v. . . . . . . ; . .... 481 Four Year County Commissioner Dearden .'. . . . . . . . . . . 20 Wright . . . . . ........ ...... 1467 Roemich . . . t . 117 Water Bond Issue For .....564 Against. .... ....... ................. .255 Park City School Board Precinct 5 Prince. ....... . . .. .... . . 159 VanWagnor. . .. . . . . 119 Park City School Board Precinct 4 Terry .... ........ ...;.....68 Wintzer ....50 State Representative District 10 Larsen (Dem.) ............ ... . : 1245 Stephens (Rep.) '. 2207 Stanger ( Amer.) 72 President Ford (Rep.) . . . . ; . .. . . . . 4 . . . . . . . 2310 Carter (Dem.) 1278 Anderson (Amer.) . ...... 4 . . . . . . . ..... 78 McCarthy (Ind.) . . . . . ... .... ... ; 59 McBride (Lib.) . . . . . ....... 22 Maddox (CO ..... i ..... . . . . . : . .3 Governor Matheson (Dem.) . . . ... . ; ; 1932 RpmneyRep4 . : : :v;: . . ; ; ; . 1629 Brown (Amer.) .V. t . ; ...... 57 VS. Senator . Moss ( Dem.) i . . . . ...... i . 1638 Hatch (Rep.) i . . ....... ......... .1 . i 2013 Congressman' McKay Dem.) . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 2193 Fuguson (Rep.) ..... . ... . . . . ... ..... 1326 Gerlarch (Amer.) ......... j' 61 Secretary of StateLt. Gov. ' Duncan (Dem.) . . . .... . . 1535 Monson (Rep.) ..... 2031 Attorney General Athay (Dem.) . . .. ...... . . .... ... ... . 1440 Hansen (Rep.) . f 2164 Hearings Set For County Zoning Proposal A, public hearing on the proposed Development Code for Summit County will be ' held at the Memorial Building Build-ing in Park City on Novem-1 ber 16, county planner Max Greenhalgh announced Friday. Fri-day. Hearings will be held the following day in Kamas and on the 18th in Coalville. During the . Friday ' press conference in the County Courthouse in Coalville, Greenhalgh and Summit County Planning Commis- sion Chairman Al Cooper of Summit Park highlighted the history and content of the development code. . Two concerns expressed by Park' City-Snyderville residents resi-dents are treated in the code. In its present form, the code prohibits billboards on Highway High-way 224 from Kimball's Junction to the Park City limits and on Highway 248 from Route 40 to the city limits. It further calls for the . phasing ,out of existing billboards within a three-year period. The ordinance would also make mobile home parks a County Rosults conditional use which would require county planning commission approval. Mobile home parks could be permitted permit-ted in all residential and light industry zones but Cooper said Public hearings would be held whenever a mobile home park' or subdivision's proposed. Two other provisions are specifically aimed at the Park City-Snyderville area. A natural buffer zone of sixty-feet would be created on either side of the two major highways leading into Park City. Major develop-, ments could not infringe on this zone. The code also, encourages the clustering of developments develop-ments in certain areas . to provide for the preservation of open space. In such planned unit developments, dwelling densities coulu be increased as much as fifty percent. . 1 : History ' Commission chariman Cooper said work on tho development code began about a year ago"1 when, cont. on pag2 |