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Show Cmniwest Corp. 11 3222 So. 2ri E:a3t Salt La"'.Q City, UT 4115 Twenty-Five Cents Pa "f up1 -M w Volume Four I s-v v.. . ; it I 3 ril,. i-- rfe4 - ill ; " , 1 ' ' ' ' : "s r- -v ' VK . 'v, ' f V s XV " " ' srr- '" ' - , '. . - ... , This 17-ton water storage tank to two homes. No one was injured. Tank Attack Wrecks Two Homes, No Injuries In an accident as dangerous ana unlikely as being hit by .Skylab, two Park City women had a close call early Wednesday morninj? when a 40-foot-long water tank bein'g trucked to the new Thaynes Canyor.1 restaurant restaur-ant near the Prospector Lif t slipped from its carrier flatbed and crashed into a house at 70 Daly Ave. Bill Eppley, driver of me nauling truck, says the 17-ton water tar,k was torn from its bed when his truck jack-knifed around an Anchor road switchback. The tank rolled east clown the steep hill to Daly Ave., crushing one house and smashing into the D'aly home, then occupied by Laur en Weitzman and Jane Singer. Singer is leasing the home from Fred Miller . "We were getting ready to go camping when we heard a sound like a' sonic boom that wouldn't stop. The house shook like there was an earthquake and we ran outside," reported Weitzman. Singer added that they heard the sound of crashing glass as they exited the house, returning later she It broke loose from a truck discovered several "valuable items" had been destroyed. Ironically, the house uphill from the Miller home that was totally de American Flag Approved Controversy over the American Flag subdivision in Deer Valley continued last Thursday as more than 60 residents crowded into the City Council meeting room to hear debate over the development. The subdivision was the subject of heated discussions at the August 16 council meeting when residents complained com-plained that final approval of the plans should not be given until the city was satisfied a proper storm drainage system was engineered. Opponents to the criticism, including engineer for the project Jack Johnson, countered that all city requirements lor final approval had been met. Johnson further contended tint toe project developers were jt required to show 9 Page 11 There's a new face at City Hall to help cope with the growing complexity com-plexity of town finances. Thursday, September 13, 1979 and caused extensive damage molished had. until just recently, been occupied by the newly wed couple of Jim and Anne McMullen. The McMulJens moyed to a Heber home earlier this week. compliance with state pollution control con-trol standards until actual construction construc-tion of drainage systems began. Mayor Jack Green told Johnson at the meeting that the project did, in fact, comply with all the city standards, but asked that final approval be tabled until the following council meeting so that citizen concerns over the project could be addressed. At last week's meeting, Johnson commented, "We are asking the City Council for approval of this project. We have obtained all the signatures we need from the Planning Commission Commis-sion chairman and the city attorney. This project is but one segment of the whole Deer Valley project, which was approved a year ago. There was a jw t Three More Announ ce For Council Election a Three more Park City residents announced their candidacy this week for the three City Council seats up for election this November. Incumbent Dick Shoff said last Thursday he will be seeking reelection, re-election, while Prospector Park resident Diane Harding and U.S. Ski Team executive director Bill Traeger will be looking for their first election to local government. Incumbent Eieanor Bennett previously threw her bonnet into the ring, looking toward her second term in office. The third seat up for election this year is held by Diane Harding Steve Dering, who has indicated he does not intend to run. Diane Harding Diane mother Harding is a 32-year-old of three who was born in it "?C 5 1 Subdivision And Access Raise Controversy Despite questions as to the legality of its annexation, the Quarry Hills subdivision, now known as Ridgeview, received final approval at the City Council meeting last Thursday. Later in the meeting, firey discussion was sparked over the vacation of city streets. Ridgeview City Attorney Mike McCoy told the council and audience last Thursday night that there was a question as to whether the names that appeared on the Quarry Hills annexation petition were the same as those listed on the last tax assessment roles, a requirement require-ment for legal annexation of the 32-acre parcel of ground. He noted that a letter from the Summit County Assessor indicated there may be a discrepancy between the petition and the tax roles, resulting in the possibility of an illegal annexation. question raised at the last meeting over water quality standards, Utah Uniform Building Code requirements, the Army Corps of Engineer approval and streams in Deer Valley. The 208 Act refers to the quantity and quality of water running off the site. It says the quality cannot be worsened by development and the quantity cannot be greater than is naturally present. The city engineer has gone over this with us and we are aware of the requirements. "As to the building code, that refers to cuts and fills in the development," Johnson continued. "And we feel we've complied or will comply with all the regulations. We do have a stream Continued On Page 10 Page 13 We asked some Marsac students to write down the Pledge of Allegiance and they proved there's many a slip between the lip and the pen. Park City's only Ashtabula, Ohio. She attended college at Kent State University and has lived in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco Fran-cisco and a host of smaller communities com-munities in between. She has been married for nearly 14 years and moved with her family from Louisville, Louis-ville, Kentucky to Park City a year ago in October. "The first time I saw Park City I fell in love with it," Mrs. Harding reminisced. "It's not just the buildings build-ings or the beautiful environment, it's the spirit of the town that's so appealing. "Since living here I have involved myself in civic matters," she continued. con-tinued. "I helped organize a homeowner's home-owner's association in my neighborhood neighbor-hood that would bring to the attention of the City Council the problems we were having in our area. Since attending the council meetings I have realized that the obligation of the residents is not to just complain about their problems, but to do something about them. I would like to do something by being on the council. I feel I can add a perspective perhaps not there on the council now because I have lived in communities across the country both large and small. I'd like to help Park City avoid some of the pitfalls I have seen other cities face. "I see planning and the utilization of all Park City's resources as primary problems," Mrs. Harding commented. com-mented. "I am for planned progress. I'm not against development it adds stability and Park City needs that so it's not just another ski resort. I don't want to see our beautiful streams Murmurs were heard throughout the audience over the dilemma, and Bob Pinder, chairman of the recently formed Concerned Citizens Council, commented, "If the annexation is illegal, the City Council can't be party to giving final approval to the subdivision plans." Resident Ken Sitzburger countered, "Some common sense has to be used here. We are talking about a technicality. There is nothing to lose by approving the subdivision contingent contin-gent on the annexation being valid. This is iust harrassment thesii City Planner May Be Hired Soon The appointment of Park City's new planning director may re made within the next two weel.s, following final interviews with thr ee remaining candidates. The planning director post was vacated when David Preece resigned in July after two and a half years at City Hall. Classified advertising for the position was carried in major newspapers in the west, with 16 applications received. City Manager Wayne Matthews said the majority of the applications came from out of state. The city manager said Tuesday the list of 16 was boiled down to three candidates with two of the men interviewed Monday. The third candidate can-didate is scheduled to be interviewed a week from Friday. Before a final determination is made, Matthews said Planning Commission chairman Burnis Watts also will meet with the locally owned news ;paper Number Fi fty-Two forgotten or to hear t'ne cit ' referred to in a joke 20 yean , down the road because Park City h; is only one park. We need to look ahea d and pi. an for the future of our childr en by pi -eserving open space. "In a lot of area.s I feel the city has been reacting insVe ad of acti ng. They have not dealt th some s ituations effectively, and in y questions is why? The city has a t re mendous ai nount of talent in its peopli j who live 1 iere. We should start piping our r sources and encourage: inp ut from the citizens. Without inpu'i fn )m the com munity, " Bill Traeger the City Coun cil has m basis for decision-makir ig except for indivic lual opinion. Comm unity input is the bi sis of city goverm ment. Continued 0 n Page 3 Stre et peop le are jus t trying to shut down th whcje town," he exlaimed pointing k a f jroup of Ci jncerned Citizens. Cjity Council man Steve Dering com-n com-n rented that t :he policy of the cou ncil 1 .las been to ieal with agenda it ems expeditiously , rather than to conl.inue to table them for future meeting s. He noted that h j .favored approvin g the project, sa yiitig the counci.'i has repeatedly expressed a des: ire to control gro vth within the n .atural geographic boundaries of th( ; city. Councilwom an Eleanor Bennel ;t com-Continued com-Continued On Page 3 men. Two of the candidates a re from 5 Salt lake C ity, while the third is from c iut of staU;. Asked what the primary fur iction of t he planning director is, W. (at thews j okingly said, "To clean up this mess!" Fie pointed out that the C "ontinued On Pae 10 More Water The City Council last Thursday voted i favor of purchasing surplus titreated water from Salt Lake City t enhance Park City's current water ippiy- Salt Lake City owns 60 percent of all ie water flowing through the Spiro unnel from the Big Cottonwood reek in Salt Lake County. After aving the Spiro, the water flows into C. ontinued On Page 10 weather Dry v veather with a warming trend is predicted through the weekemi. High temperatures will be near i?0 with lows around 40. |