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Show Box 2:3 slc, u r si no Fifteen Cents 7 Volume Three Jack Nicklaus, the world's foremost golfer, has become officially associated with the 1,000-aere home and condominium development owned by the Park Meadows Development Company. Nicklaus will design and supervise construction and maintenance of an 18-hole country club on the project. In addition, Nicklaus will acquire a golf villa on the project until a new home can be designed and completed. "Jack's participation will .be an active ac-tive one, starting now with the design of the golf course in the midst of our development," said Enoch Smith, prominent Utah contractor and partner part-ner in Park Meadows. Smith pointed out that in addition to Nicklaus' fantastic fan-tastic record as a player, he has designed some of the finest courses in the world. Included are such courses as Muirfield Village in Ohio. Glen Abbey, Ab-bey, home of the Canadian Open, as well as courses in Spain, Japan and Australia. Most recently, Jack has redesigned the Greenbrier course for the 1979 Ryder Cup matches. The Park Meadows course will be the first Nicklaus layout in the Western United States Nicklaus was scheduled to fly here to appear at a Wednesday night announcement an-nouncement reception at the Park City Racquet Club with other partners. riNSIDEl The Ski comes to town... Page 3 Mike Wade captures tura iicy Page H ' ''' : Ski Team success story... : I PageS - "i .5. fficial Enoch Smith and Victor Avers of Gump and Avers. "Our new Park Meadows Country Club course that Jack Nicklaus will design will be challenging but laid out for maximum enjoyment for all players," said Dick Smith. "Jack will also supervise construction and maintenance main-tenance of the course after completion." com-pletion." Nicklaus visited Park City and Park Meadows, property last August after playing a Junior League charity golf game with Arnold Palmer at the Salt Lake Country Club. Gump and Ayers was one of the sponsors. He said, "I came up here with Vic Ayers and was very impressed withlhe development My family and I enjoy skiing so much. We'll have a golf villa here while we build our house." Nicklaus, 38, has been a golfing sensation sen-sation since attending Ohio State University. He has won 65 lour titles, 81 titles around the world, and a record 16 major championships. "Jack's involvement with the golf course will be an ongoing thing," Vic Ayers said Monday. Construction and maintenance of the course will be supervised by Golden Bear, Inc., which is 100 per cent owned by Nicklaus. ML am Mr Claimjumper Hotel Plans Expansion Major expansion plans for the Claimjumper Hotel were announced by Lloyd Stevens Wednesday night at the Park City Planning Commission's work session. Stevens and architect Ted Warr unveiled a rendering which showed the Claimjumper stretching from its present site north along Main Street to the Family Jewels, an additional 90 front feet. As planned, the hotel also would expand west to Park Avenue. The enlarged facility would house more than double the present number of rooms (adding 26 to the 25 now existing) and would feature four racquetball courts, a new lounge, one or two commercial shops, a roof top tennis court, an outdoor courtyard with swimming pool and increased dining and kitchen areas. Because it would encompass the area between Main Street and Park Avenue, the project would lie in two separate zones historic commercial and historic residential. But City Planner David Preece said the expansion plans would be "in compliance compli-ance in both zones." Commissioner Greg Lawson questioned quest-ioned whether neighbors would object to an outdoor tennis court in the Park Avenue residential area. Stevens Leatherworks Wants New Building Plans for a new Main Street building were presented to the Planning Commission Wednesday night by Steve Austin, proprietor of the . Leather Works. Austin told the commission he intends to construct the building on the vacant lot at 324 Main Street, between the Silver Wheel Theater and the Red Banjo. Austin currently operates his clothing cloth-ing store at 434 Main Street, in a building which he rents. The new building, he said, would be constructed construct-ed of brick, featuring cast iron columns in the tront. Cor-missioner Rusty Davidson cited mv Uiificuity would-be Main Street Wednesday, "He demands to know what is going ' on," Ayers said of the golfer's reputation for taking personal responsibility for Golden Bear's worK. The course, and related facilities to be named the Park Meadows Country Club, are expected to cost between $2.5 million and $3 million to construct. They will be designed this summer and Ayers said he hopes to obtain city approval ap-proval in time to begin some construction construc-tion this fall, "it could be ready for the summer of '81." the developer predicted. predic-ted. "We're bringing in one oi the linest names in sports and he likes what's going on in Park City," Ayers said, noting that Nicklaus will help promote the country club on a national level. He remarked that the business arrangement "will insure his personal per-sonal ongoing interest in Park City." Nicklaus not only will design the golf course facilities but also the accompanying ac-companying residential development. "This will be a Jack Nicklaus-designed Nicklaus-designed course," Ayers said. "When he does something, he wants to be sure it's done right." Ayers said membership structure for the new country club has not been worked out as yet but added that the responded that he did not feel there would be any complaints from surrounding residents. He noted that the court may be for platform tennis, rather than conventional tennis, "depending on which is more popular." pop-ular." Warr said the tennis court would sit atop an indoor parking structure. He noted that original plans called for the parking to be on top but said the change was made to make the parking less visible. The racquetball courts will be open to the public, Stevens said. The portion of the expansion facing Main Street will be the first phase of the project, according to Stevens, and he asked the commission if he could proceed with the demolition of the Pink Haus, a wooden structure lying between the present hotel and the Family Jewels. Commissioner Burnis Watts said Stevens could proceed with the demolition "at your own risk," noting that it did net infer any type of commission approval for the project. Stevens ' ' was asked to present additional renderings and information at the commission's April 26 decisionmaking decision-making session. builders have had obtaining financing. financ-ing. Austin said he was aware of this but noted that he needed Planning Commission approval for his plans before he could approach a lender. As presented to the commission, the proposed structure would rise 32 feet from the Main Street level and would be 16.68 feet wide 1.5 feet wider than Austin's present location. The commission requested a more detailed drawing of the building, showing its height in relation to the Silver Wheel Theater, and will consider the plans for approval at its April 26 decision-making meeting. April 19, 1978 owners will try to make the tees - under un-der anything in Salt Lake City." Vic Ayers "I think tills course will provide the opportunity for a unique private club but we don't quite know how to market it yet," he remarked. According to Ayers. Nicklaus has rejected offers to build other courses but accepted the Park Meadows job because "he likes the feel here." "Jack's presence will give Park City a lot of national exposure and add credibility to what's going on up here," Ayers said. "He will do much "r the city's reputation. It's something you can't put a dollar value on." V ' 'ft U , - -I. .(? ' Ifj Artist's rendering of proposed Claimjumper expansion. Dotted lines show h're existiii" building stops. rt Masonic Hall And Elks Bldg. To Be Refurbished By Sunn Two long-time residents of Main Street-the Elks Building and Masonic Hall -are due for a face-lift this summer. Architect Max Smith told the Planning Plan-ning Commission Wednesday night that Schick Sunn Classic intends to restore the front of the Elks Building and extend and remodel Masonic Hall. The Elks Building, located at 550 Main Street, is leased by Sunn Classic and used- for its motion picture production work. Part of the lease agreement calls for Sunn to expend $10,000 for improvements to the building's exterior. "We're not able to do a great deal with that amount." Smith told the commission. The architect said the majority of the restoration work will consist of new stucco, a new entry way and the addition of new shutters to the windows. win-dows. The stucco will be painted a "light sand color," the shutters will be painted dark brown and the window trim will be barn red, according to Smith. ' , .Masonic Hall Sunn's plans for M? mic Hall, located just south o. the Elks Building, include a 30-foot extension up Main Street and a remodeling of the front. "We felt there is very little worth preserving as it stands today," Smith Remarked at Wednesday night's work Session. Inlif rn mm mi 1 111 in rff ttf IMtttll W s ft f 1 1 MM tilt I IIIMIlttllttll More Moderate Income t For Tl Frank Richards, developer of Park City's only moderate income housing project, informed the Planning Commission Com-mission Wednesday night that he plans to build an additional 40 units this summer. Richards received a conditional use permit for two 40-unit phases of the Holiday Village apartments in March of 1975 but constructed only the first 40 units. "We originally proposed 80 units," Richards told the commission, "but we then decided to wait to see how it worked and what they t the units) looked like." "We would have started the second phase last summer except for the bad winter," he added. The Holiday Village apartments. He said the remodeling will attempt to maintain the storefront motif prevalent along Main Street, although this design would not best serve Sunn's needs. "It's a difficult problem." Smith commented. "Sunn's need is not a storefront. This will be a post-production post-production facility." Although it is "against the function of the building." the architect said windows and other features will be D miwu 1 Err-" II ' -WfTTf The Elks building (left) and M isouie Hall at e slated for improvements. Number Thirty-One f 5 "1 Decreasing chance of rant or snow Friday with juir ueathcr over the weekend. Hiph m the low 40s Friday, warming to near 60 by Sunday. Lows will be the 20s. located on Monitor Drive just off Highway 248, were financed by a low interest Farmers Home Administration Ad-ministration loan under the condition that rents would be scaled according to the renters' income. The exist ing 40 one- and lwo-bedrom uni' sit mi the acres and the addi.ional 4!) units will consume the remainder of Richards' four-acre site. The developer said he already has a waiting list of 35 persons wanting to rent the new Holiday Village apartments. apar-tments. "There will be no problem filling them," he commented. Discussion on the ten fourpicxes proposed by Richards was limited and there appeared to be no opposition to the project in light oi .Pail City's year-round housing shortage added to the front of Masonic Hall to make it compatible with Main Street architecture. He said the structure will have a "redwood look" similar to Sunn's office of-fice building across Main Street. Smith also noted that use of the building will be "somewhat temporary" tem-porary" due to Sunn's rapid growth. He predicted the motion picture com- ContinuedOn Page 5 TSs, Housing m lis summer rX : .cfll :;: : :C-: li I a m |