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Show I he Vspa,Hr 1 hursday, May 15, 1980 Page 3 ILetttteiPS t tiki lEdlfittoiP Who is Conning Whom Editor: I'm trying to figure out who's conning who, the developers conning the city council, or the council conning us, the P.C. citizens, or both. I'm disappointed dis-appointed that the council ever considered either proposal. Air space indeed. Many of us call it living space, breathing space, seeing space, green space, or just not a space filled with a building 60 feet high viewed from a very narrow Grant Avenue (Swede Alley). Another monolithic planned building 300 feet maximum size, maximum height, maximum density and again almost minimum parking. The council cites gained parking, what a lot of bunk. Any place else in town, 70 units would require 140 spaces not counting the restaurant and bar. The articles in last weeks papers say 130 to 160 places with one third for the project. Take a close look and see who's the loser, of course upper Main Street. Not only parking, but property as well. It will definitely be a net result of negative parking. Second we need more commercial outlets on Main Street, the more commercial space, the more variety, the more buyers. (Competition indeed.) Just a smooth presentation by developers. Another question 1 ask is why the sudden shift in attitudes by the city. Just a few short months ago, a person wanted to buy the New Deal Market and restore it to 16 units, and took his proposal to the city and got the answer NO. They said, residential was not compatible to commercial space zoning on Main Street. They not only turn down a restoration project, but on noncommercial non-commercial grniimls, saying residential residen-tial parking h different patterns of use, and longer term needs. Now what do we get two maximum size residential residen-tial proposals. That they are even considered is a disappointment. After 16 years of almost everybody complaining complain-ing about Treasure Mountain Inn and now another residential project that is over one third larger is being considered without commercial space even offered to help revitalize Main Street. The council could consider a scaled down proposal with commercial on Main Street, or best yet. let developers build on the land they own which would give the city future options for expanded parking on city owned land, and maybe keep our small green island for a while. The parking which is existing now could be better managed by regular plowing and the 72-hour ordinance enforced. Hopefully Main Street businesses will respond at meetings pro and con. Sincerely. Dale Nelson 'Station Creation Fundraiser Thanks Editor: The following is a letter to Chamber of Commerce President Bill Coleman Director Amanda Peterson and Membership Mem-bership Director Daryl Garnas. On behalf of the Wireless Board of Trustees I would like to express our appreciation ap-preciation to you, the staff and Board of Directors of the Park City Chamber of Commerce for raising funds for the radio station during the recent Chamber Cham-ber auction. As you know, the money came at a critical time for the 'Station Creation.' When KCPW signs on the air, June 20th or 27th, it will largely be due to the support sup-port of the Chamber and especially the efforts of Daryl Garnas. Sincerely, Community Wireless of Park City, Inc. Blair E. Feulner, President Board of Trustees Tennis Team Serves Up Thanks Editor: The Park City Racquet Club has once again made it. possible for Park City High School to field a tennis team. The high school has no tennis facilities of its own for the team's practice. If the school did have tennis courts, our normal season of snow cover would render outdoor courts useless for most of our spring tennis season. For a modest amount of court maintenance by the tennis team members, the club makes its indoor facilities available to the team for practice and matches. The club also co-hosted the Region 11 Tennis Tournament Tourna-ment and the girls' 1-A state tournament tourna-ment this year. Edna Schettler and the racquet club staff have shown great generosity, kindness and patience to us this year. They truly deserve a giant thank you from the tennis team of Park City High. Sincerely. Collyn Adamson. Bruce Vetter, Seaton Prince. Scott Pirraglio, Shawn Hazel-rigg. Hazel-rigg. Kenny Lawson, B.J. Tatomer, Shawn Glieden. Darrick Olsen, Gil Holmes, Darrin Cummins, Paul Dyer and David Chaplin. Cards of Thanks The family of Alice O'Neill wish to thank all our good friends and relatives for the many cards, flowers and expressions of sympathy at the time of the death of our beloved "Aunt Al." Mr. & Mrs. Leo Coffey & Son: Mrs. Violet Terry: Mrs. Edith Terry & Family: Mr. Wm. P. Sullivan & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Terry & Terri Ann: Mr. & Mrs. Richard Olsen & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Tom Terry; Mr. & Mrs. Dean Brown & Family: and Mr. & Mrs. James K. Hvde& Familv. i i .1 i'-'l'.MH H-' f'ii '-is' 5 & (CiDimttiimnine(iil ffircoiM . School Board from 1 statement, "This is signed, not in question of Dr. Falls' potential, but in belief that the Middle School conflicts may not be resolved, and certainly not by firing excellent teachers." Fran Johnson submitted to the board some 60 names that supported the school board's decision to keep Falls at the Middle School. The board then affirmed by voice vote their resolve to uphold their previous decision and keep Falls as Middle School principal. In other school board business: David Chaplin, again representing the PCEA, presented the board a list of pay and benefit hikes the district teachers would like to see in their next year's contracts. The PCEA is asking the board for a 12.1 percent cost-of-living increase and an increase in premium allotments to cover the rising premium costs of health and life insurance. Chaplin noted that the PCEA requests were less than, or equal to, those already granted in five or six Utah districts that have approved budgets for next year. He also suggested approval of the PCEA requests might bolster what he called the current low morale of teachers in Park City district. Superintendent Goodworth had asked that the PCEA present its contract requests early so that a district budget could be prepared. The board gave tentative approval to retaining the architectural firm of Mountain West School Design Corporation Corpora-tion as the designers of the proposed Middle School wing addition. Mountain West representative F. Keith Stephan had told the board that night his firm could have the designs complete and the project ready for contract bidding within four months. Goodworth explained to the board a series of taxing problems for the district that stem from the assumption of South Summit School District property last year. Goodworth said a just-completed reappraisal of the South Summit district places a higher percentage of value of the assumed property in relation to the rest of South Summit than had previously been attached to the property at the time of the transfer. In 1979 when the transfer had been effected, the transferred property was assessed at 23.32 percent of the total value of the South Summit district. As part of the transfer agreement. Park City district has had to pay that same percentage. 23.32 percent, of South Summit's bonded indebtedness. However, How-ever, South Summit now says the reappraisal has put the transferred territory at over 29 percent of South Summit's original appraised worth, and that Park City should pay the higher percentage figure of its bonded indebtedness. Goodworth said that would cost Park City some $32,000. To further complicate the matter, Goodworth noted that school districts are held to 106 percent of the previous year's revenue. Because of the added administration costs in assuming the new property, the district would be at a severe disadvantage if held to that revenue increase limitation over last year before the new property was added to Park City tax rolls. The superintendent suggested there are two possible approaches to the dilemma: First that South Summit come down from their $32,000 figure, and Goodworth said South Summit Superintendent Val Edrington has suggested an alternate of $25,000; second, that Park City, with the support of South Summit, appeal to the state tax commission to change the 106 percent formula in Park City's case because of the special circumstances. The board will pursue the matter. UPEA Recommendations Presented At tonight's City Council meeting, Park City city workers will officially notify the city that they now are members of the Utah Public Employees Association, and that the UPEA will represent them in all contract con-tract negotiations. But the UPEA's work began last week. The just-organized Park City chapter of the UPEA on Friday drew up a list of employee em-ployee salary and benefit recommendations to the city administration, which they submitted this week. Included in the recommendations recom-mendations for the 1980-81 budget were the following : "Line employees receive a cost-of-living adjustment July 1,1980 of 15 percent. "2. A classification and compensation plan be drafted draf-ted by the city and UPEA and ready for consideration by the Council on January 1, 1981. "3.1n connection with the classification and compensation compen-sation plan, the employees need an employee handbook which includes policy and procedures. Example: Leave (sick, annual, and jury), promotions, grievance grievan-ce procedures, separations and disciplinary procedures. "4.The police employees' clothing allowance is uiauequutt: and needs lo be raised to $50 per month per employee. "5.The Police Department is exempt from the overtime provision proposed, so we are requesting each officer receive 8 hours pay at the rate of time and one half each month to cover overtime over-time and court appearan-ces. appearan-ces. City Manager Wayne Matthews Mat-thews told The Newspaper Tuesday that the administration ad-ministration was prepared to offer the city workers a 12 percent cost-of-living adjustment ad-justment on July 1, when the city budget is due, but that request for a 15 percent ad- be juitment must negotiated. Matthews indicated that the fourth and fifth UPEA recommendations needed to be negotiated, as the city was not prepared to offer those at this time. The city manager added that the new city budget includes benefits over last year's. Specifically, the city is offering of-fering time-and-a-half pay to city workers that work overtime over-time and that workers of seven years of service get a three week annual vacation. After 15 years with the city, an employee is guaranteed four weeks of vacation under the city's new proposed budget. CITY COUNCIL UPCOMING AGENDA Meeting to be held Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m. Prospector Square Conference Center SUMMARY OF VERIFIED BILLS Summary of verified bills and additional checks written in the amount of $135,969.64 for the period ending May 9, 1981). NEW BUSINESS 1. L'tah Public Employees Association Don ( lawson 2. Second Amendment to Building Limitation UNFINISHED BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS CITY ATTORNEY S REPORT MAY (DAILIENIIDAAI& t FT j" X 0 ' x; I m X i 1 IS) t X fir' w-, v 2f " ' Thursday Park City Kacquet Club MemberGuest Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney City Council meeting. 7 p.m.. Prospector Square Conference Center Stingers vs. San Jose, 7:3(1 p.m., pro volleyball. Salt Palaee.Salt Lake City The Barber of Seville, the I tah Opera Company. S p.m.. Capitol Theatre. Salt LakeCitv IKS Friday Park City Kacquet Club MemberGuest Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournev City Park Park City Racquet Club MemberGuest Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney "The Barber of Sev ille," the Utah Opera Company, 8 p.m.. Capitol Theatre. Salt Lake City Monday Men's Softball Meeting. 7::!(lp.m., Memorial Bld. "The Barber of Sev ille," the l'tah Opera Company. H p.m., Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake Citv D) Tuesday Summit Co. Commission meeting. 10 a.m., Coalville Courthouse Coalv ille Courthouse Dedication, 2 p.m. Well Child Clinic, free. !)-IOa.m., Memorial Bldg. Wednesday Parent Effectiveness course begins, 7-9 p.m. Memorial Bldg. Public Hearing for the Park City Village project 7:30 p.m.. Prospector Square Conference Center "The Barber of Sev ille," Utah Opera Co., 8 p.m., Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City I -Stingers vs. San Jose. I "T-1 IQf 1 I j Vll SKST I H'j I JlciD The Barber ol Sev ille. the I o a j I SUndaV 1 Utah Opera Company. odlUrUdj I 'Park City Racquet Club I 'People Eaters, girls under B Memberluest Mixed 1 ft THE NEWSPAPER know what's going on in Park City let us entertain you have the convenience of delivery gift subscriptions from you to family & friends subscribe now! $6 in-county, $12 out-county Name J Address. CityStateZip r Mail to P.O. Box 738, Park City, Utah 84060 |