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Show Twenty-Five Cents Park City Volume Five Sweetwater Put On H old By Commission Design' drawings for the 95-unit Phase VI of Sweetwater Lift Lodge were revealed at last week's Planning Commission meeting but most commissioners agreed the impact of the initial phases must be seen before further approval is'given. Sweetwater Lift Lodge, formerly the C'est Bon, is located on Empire Avenue. The first two phases of the timesharing condominium units included the renovation of the existing buildings. Phases III through V, yet to be constructed, extend both south and Meet The Candidates Because it feels this coming election is an important one both for the city as a whole and for Park City's business community, the Park City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a special Meet the Candidates Evening for all Chamber members, their employees, guests and the public on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. This event will give the candidates an opportunity to see how the business community feels about the commerce-related commerce-related issues in Park City and the business community a chance to evaluate where the candidates stand on issues that affect the town. To open the evening, each candidate will be asked to present a short statement of their platform. The question-and-answer segment of the rally will then begin with representative questions from the business community to be directed to each of the candidates. The moderator will then accept written questions from the. audience which may be directed to any or all of the candidates. Advance quesions are encouraged and will be accepted, in writing, at the Chamber of Commerce office 50!) Main St. until Tuesday at 4 p.m. Don't guess about the candidates' v iewpoints on a question. Ask them ! Be sure and join the Chamber at the Holiday Inn on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. And, don't forget, that date is your last chance to register to vote for the election on November 6. For details on how and where to register, contact the chamber office. Beer Valley I 1 "J " 1 1 1 1 1 1 -I, i jwrciiiffiii-riiw n . I v. 't- - " This was the (9 jr.. north of the'existing building. Phase VI is proposed west of Empire Avenue, adjacent to the ski resort. As planned, the property now used by the resort as parking, truck loading and garbage area at the southern end of the complex would be purchased by Sweetwater. The 95 units would be stepped up the hillside adjacent to the gondola line, and dogleg southwest toward the Pay Day ski run. , Architect Fred Babcock told the commission plans include an aerial scene Tuesday on the Deer Valley PagcS Agatha Christie's classic who-done it, "Mousetrap" is being presented at the Kimball Art Center. Catch It!! Thursday, covered walkway joining Phase V and VI over Empire Avenue. "We like the proximity to the existing resort development and to Sweetwater," Babcock said of the proposed units. "We proposed the walkway to the traffic engineer (Wayne VanWagonen and he likes it. too. It takes the pedestrian traffic oil the street. Phase VI is located ideally because the trips generated are primarily to the resort." Comissioner Rusty Davidson raised a concern that purchasing the parking area from the resort would create problems when ski crouds come to town. Babcock assured thai Sweetwater would supply the same number of spaces. 172. as are being purchased. "Just because there are a certain number ol spaces there now. that doesn't mean that's the best use ol the property." t'ommissioner Koy Reynolds commented "It you displace HI.immi square leet of property, that's what we want back. We have to count that whole area as potentially needed space, and we want to see more from Sweetwater than its present capacity " Conversation then turned to lire protection for the new units. "Candidly," Babcock said, "the essence of the problem we're having with the fire district is figuring how to get fire trucks around the whole project." Babcock noted thai lire aires, mi the south and north sides presented no problems, but getting trucks to the western end of the project remained unsolved. He commented thai sprinklers in the building may pirn mIc a compromise solution, adding that resort officials have agreed to a right ol way across their property to accommodate fire trucks. Commissioner Bill Coleman commented. "Well, that's obviously not looking at winter. There's no road across the front of the resort, how would fire trucks get through? The Continued On Page 3 Road road. October 25, 1979 Put Those Summer h-W "J$w I ' l . 1 hv mi r Ml, " x The first snowstorm of the surprise. The resort reported House. City In 'Good The city has received the audit of its financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979 and. according to financial director Ric Jentzsch. "The city is in good financial shape." The yearly audit was completed by the accounting firm of Crouch, Pinnock and Davis and a list of comments and recommendations by certified public accountant Ronald Robbins was included with the 23-page' report. Draws Ongoing road construction at the entrance to Deer Valley, compounded by last Friday's snowstorm, spurred Rossi Hill and Deer Valley residents to register complaints with Mayor Jack Green and the City Council. The letter, bearing 33 signatures, asked the city officials: "Are you aware of the condition of the Deer Valley road?" The complaint said the access to Deer Valley was in "terrible" shape after eight weeks of construction and that the sudden snowstorm had made conditions "intolerable." "It is so full of holes, mud. rocks, water and barricades that passage is impossible,!' the letter stated. It also noted that an alternative access, a railroad right-of-way off Ontario Ave., had been blocked. The angered residents asked why a state statute insuring public use of the railroad grade had not been invoked. "Not only have you failed to uphold the implied dedication of the railroad grade, but you have allowed a dangerous situation to develop on the only other access." The letter said that on one day both the main and alternate accesses to Deer Valley were closed to traffic. The railway allegedly was closed for a day by Craig Masters to prevent it Page 11 The Park High Miners did it again last Thursday, Thurs-day, beating South Summit 12-0. The victory snapped two long-standing losing streaks. (Park .V-rr. j mmi, imi..lJi. L.fk La- i ""jgk. MfyJl -mm Jt: k'd it ' rWA UlULi'iW rv season hit Park City Friday night, catching many residents by 1 1 2 feet of the white stuff in Jupiter Bowl and a foot at the Summit The city's total expenditures rose from the previous year's level of $1 million to $1.6 while total revenues increased from $1.3 million to $1.8 million. Mayor Jack Green pointed out that while expenditures as a whole jumped by 60 percent, the cost of administering administer-ing city government increased $9,000 from $230,000 to $239,000, representing only a four percent rise. Areas where big jumps in expendi Complaints from becoming a public road by prescriptive easement. Masters reportedly re-portedly said he has no intention of closing the road, but only wanted to protect his property rights. The main Deer Valley road is being widened by the Royal Street Land Company to service their new resort. The letter contends Gibbons and Reed, contractors for the project, set the completion date for November 14, which the signers claim is not soon enough. "Given the early storm, the present condition of the road, this completion date is totally unrealistic. We are concerned that there isn't time to finish the road before winter conditions condi-tions make work impossible. We feel the city and the developer showed a lack of concern for the welfare and safety of the residents by starting a project of this magnitude so late in the year," the letter read. "We are asking that the city demand that the road be prepared for winter now! " Mayor Jack Green said Tuesday the issues raised in the complaint have received attention. "We have addressed all of the concerns," Green said. "There will b no further construction activity within the residential area of Deer Valley other than completion of the drainage City's only locally owned newspaper Number Six Toys Away Sh tures did occur include roads and public improvements, parks and recreation and public safety. Roads and public improvements spending went from $459,002 to $736,831; parks and recreation jumped almost 200 percent from $72,432 in '78 to $214,864 in '79; and public safety, which includes the police department, rose from $190,773 to $228,999. On the revenue side, the city's two Continued On Page 16 "t! system which should be finished in a week." Green said he has been in contact with Royal Street Land Company President Merle Huseth and Huseth has agreed to cooperate with the city. "Mr. Huseth said he would be very happy to cooperate and work with us in any way he can to make the road passable and satisfy the concerns of residents," the mayor said. Green noted that Royal Street is now deciding whether to put down a temporary layer of asphalt or to use a cinder road base for the winter. Expressing concern that a relatively thin layer of asphalt might not be sufficiently durable to last the winter, Green indicated a preference for the road base. "The slag from Geneva Steel that the city used the latter part of last winter while our roads were under construction construc-tion worked very well," the mayor commented. Regarding the blocking of the railroad grade and the call to invoke state law, Green said ownership of the property involved was not clear. "There is a land ownership question in that area that has to be clarified," the mayor revealed. "Several legal questions came to light during our investigation of the matter." Cooler temperatures Friday with a warming trend over the weekend. Dry weather expected except for possible showers Sunday1 evening. Highs will be in the 50s with lows in the upper 20s. ape so |