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Show Page A6 Thursday, February 26, 1981 The Newspaper EXPERIENCE UNIQUE DINING Join u in our patio grti'nhmi'.t' (or brcaklasl or lunch featuring our famous breakfast specials including the "miners dawn" and I'ark City's best selection of soups, sandwiches & omelettes, as well as our excellent salad bar. Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 7 a.m. to -1 p.m. Kreakfast served anytime. Open for dinner Tuesday thru Sunday 6 to 10 p.m. New Menu by Jake Larimore Featuring New York Steak, Fillet au Poivre, Fresh Salmon, Chicken Kiev, Teriyakis Dinner reservations appreciated -7fei-... s K I t&& "HP TT ilA ESTABLISHMENT 317 Main St., Park '.ity, Utah 649-8284 Visa Master Charge Architect shows field house plans to City Council Keeping in mind that recreation is one of the mainstays of life in Park City. the. City Council last week continued discussions on a proposal lor a joint project with the school district to build a community athletic facility. As proposed, the field house facility would be built in conjunction with the new $(i million middle school, and would be open for use by both students and members of the community. Plans for the new middle school were unveiled Feb. 5, and according accord-ing to City Councilwoman Tina Lewis. Mountain West School Architects made preliminary drawings for the add-on field house at no extra charge. Lewis, who also is a member mem-ber of the Community-School Task Force, told the council last week that the city needs to consider the proposal and reach a decision in the near .-future, .-future, since the Board of Education would like to break ground lor the new-school new-school in the spring. Currently, Cur-rently, the school board is negotiating for a 4()-acre piece of ground east of the high school on Highway 248 for the site of the Middle School. Architect Keith Stepan appeared at last weeks council meeting to describe both the school and the field house plans. The school, he said, would be built in two phases, with an eventual capacity of 1,000 students. (The current middle school holds :J")0 students, i Included in the $3.9 million first phase would be classrooms and a gymnasium. The community field house, he said, could be added onto the school's Marsac could become City Hall, but what would City Hall become? KPCW Memorial Bldg. Park City 649-9004 With an eye toward buying the old Marsac School, the City Council recently asked Redevelopment Authority architect Richard Chone to study turning the building into in-to a new City Hall. The verdict? ver-dict? With relatively low renovation costs, the school could accommodate all city departments . . . with room to spare. Chong appeared at last week's council meeting and reported that the Marsac School could be upgraded for between $200,000 and $480,ooo, and could house all of Park City's departments in a little over one third of the building. To help pay for the building and its upkeep. Chong suggested that the remaining two thirds could be leased either to other public agencies or to the private sector. Until the city decided whether to purchase the school for a little over $1 million, it has entered into a six-month lease agreement with the Park City school district. Two weeks ago, the city planning department moved from the Memorial Building into the school, and it shortly will be joined by the Park City Preschool and the Summit County Devel opment Disabilities Inc. While it's good news that the school is structurally sound and will accommodate all of the city offices, the council now is left with deciding what to do with the Memorial Building and 'the-current 'the-current City Hall. ) Plans already have been' drawn up to extend City Hall to the east, which would double its present size. City Manager Arlene Loble noted that a remodeled City Hall' would accommodate the city'8 staff for quite some time, but given Park City's growth rate, eventually more space would be needed. Even if constructed to its limits. City Hall would contain about the ' same square footage as little more than one floor at Mar-, sac. Chong suggested that City Hall could be leased to other public agencies or to private business, or that the library' could expand from its current quarters. But he commented that the Miner's Hospital offers few alternate uses, and probably would be best used as the relocated library. As for the Memorial Building, Chong said the suggestion in the Redevelop- ihniji h m bi , vti') Will y mm flowed to vacation in Park City next year? ,11 ! ,.C! Your answer may be yes, but the next obvious question is "How much will it cost you?" You, like many others, may find you simply cannot afford the expense. You may be forced out by spiraling inflation and the added frustration frustra-tion of no vacancies. Park City lodging costs have increased 100 in less than five years! And, as skiing gains popularity (it has been one of the fastest growing sports in America for several years) more and more skiers worldwide are discovering the greatest snow on earth, in Park City. You already missed out in Aspen, isn't it about time you owned a piece of Park City? We realize your vacation time is valuable, that's why we are willing to pay you just for previewing the exciting new concept of shared resort ownership and taking a brief inspection tour of our designer models. For details, call 649-4500 Let Resort-ex buy your dinner or a cowboy hat This ad worth up to $20 Absolutely FREE. No obligation to purchase. Call for eligibility 0 requirements. A ment Plan is to use it as a full-fledged community center. ' What if the city decides not to buy Marsac? The property proper-ty currently is zoned Historical Residential, and could accommodate up to 20 duplexes. "It's a landmark. I'd hate to see it torn down," said Councilwoman Helen Alvarez, 'if the city didn't buy it and the school district got a good offer from a private developer, we couldn't save it." Chong agreed, but noted that the city could buy the school, and then accept proposals from developers, and in that way maintain control over the building's use. One "intriguing" idea, he said, would be to convert the school into convention facilities, adding a hotel on the adjacent playground area. Another possibility, would be to use the school as a worker dormitory, serving possibly 126 workers. "We could call it the Marsac Mar-sac Flophouse," quipped Councilwoman Tina Lewis. In a more serious vein, Lewis said she would prefer to expand City Hall, using Marsac for "more exciting things" than city offices. Councilman Bob Wells, on the other hand, commented, "If I had to decide today, I'd put the city offices at Marsac Mar-sac But first we have,, to,, ac-ciu.r.jt.;;,., , ;, ,, . Disc usston . pa. . ,the . ,use . pf, City Hall, the Memorial Building and the Marsac School is expected to continue con-tinue at this afternoon's City (Vllwil mAlina i gymnasium in the , first phase. As planned, the city's portion por-tion of the facility would be M.ooo square feet, plus a 6,600 square-foot overhead track. The large gymnasium would be equipped with dividers so that several activities ac-tivities could go on simultan-seously. simultan-seously. Planned are four tennis courts, as many as six racquetball courts, locker rooms, a weight room and gymnastics room. There would be ample room for basketball, rugby, soccer, volleyball, softball and rollerskating. Stepan said. The architect pointed out that the student forum and cafeteria area of the new-school new-school would be adjacent to the gymnasium, and could be opened at night to accommodate ac-commodate field house users without allowing access into the classrooms. Separate en- trances would be provided into the school and field house, first so that school activities ac-tivities aren't interrupted during the day and second so that a user fee can be collected collec-ted from community patrons. The estimated cost of the city's ; portion of the field house is $1.39 million. In addition, ad-dition, it was estimated that the yearly operating cost for the facility would be $36,800. But according to Recreation Department Director Bruce Henderson, the income derived from the use of the facility should offset the operating costs. It was noted that income could be generated through membership member-ship fees, general admission fees, court fees, roller-skating, roller-skating, class and group programs, and rental to groups or for tournaments. Councilwoman Lewis noted that an advisory board would have to be established to outline the rules and regulations lor use of the communityschool recreation recre-ation center. "I visualize an understanding that if the city builds half of the project, that the city has use of half of the time it's open." she said. Henderson urged the council to consider the proposal, adding that neither the city nor the school district would be able to finance such a project independently. in-dependently. He reiterated the need for the Recreation Department to move from the inadequate facilities at the Memorial Building so that better programs can be offered to the community. Community-School Task Force member Jo Scott noted that the addition of a swimming p' might be considered as part of the second phase of the middle school. At the same time, outdoor playing fields could be designed, making it "an ideal recreation facility." Lewis commented that the task force had researched other field house facilities, "and every one looked into was a money-maker," she said. She added, however, that swimming pools generally lose money, although the idea still is being considered. In response to how the field house would be financed. finan-ced. Lewis said "it's a perfect per-fect candidate for a bond situation," adding that the renovation of the Miner's Hospital and the upgrading of City Park, might also be included. A bond election would be held to test the popularity of those projects with the citizens of Park City. (See separate story on bonding i. How a bond issue works The City Council currently cur-rently is considering joining join-ing forces with the Park City Board of Education to construct a community athletic facility as part of the new middle school. The plan would call for the school district to provide pro-vide the land adjacent to the school gymnasium, and the city to construct a field house. The facility then would be available for use by the whole community. com-munity. The project has been enthusiastically supported support-ed by both entities in meetings held over the past several weeks. The issue is not whether the athletic facility is needed, need-ed, but rather, how the city would finance it. The estimated cost of the project is $1.5 million an amount not readily Available ' in the city's "! 'general 'tufift. ActfOfdnlg' to City Manager Arlene Loble, the field house could be financed through a bond issue, which would require the consent of the voters at a special election. elec-tion. For those voters who are not familiar with bonding, Loble of fered an explanation this week. "A city bonds when it needs to borrow money to do a capital project that its income won't handle," she began. "Park City is strong, but not to the point where $1.5 million for a field house is pocket change. To finance such a project, the city goes to the voters to see if they want to borrow the money to fund it." If the voters agree, the city then approaches a bonding institution, which issues bonds in various increments to be sold to investors. An agreement is made between the city and the lending institution institu-tion to retire thetoonds' fithiti'a specified priori' of time, much like paying off a mortgage on a house. To pay back that debt, the city generally will increase property taxes. To encourage the investment in-vestment in public rather than private enterprise, the bonds are offered on a tax-exempt basis, while the city benefits by borrowing the money at an interest rate below what generally is available avail-able through conventional conven-tional loans. Loble commented that a small bond issue can be difficult to sell and manage, and the $1.5 million needed for the field house "may be too small to be real marketable." market-able." To increase the issue and the marketability, market-ability, Loble said the renovation of the Miner's Hospital and the upgrading upgrad-ing of City Park may, be included. She added that a bond election may be held at anytime ! during thfel'yearDUt I'th'atnsufitii ficient notice must be given to the public before it occurs. CITY CdDTOCIIL UPCOMING AflSEMDA Meeting to be held Thursday, February 26 in the Memorial Building 1-4 p.m. Executive Session Purchase and Sale of City Property 4- 4:30 p.m. Public Input 4:110-5 p.m. "Meet the Press" 5- 6 p.m. Regular Meeting AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. MINUTES OF PRECEDING MEETING 3. APPROVAL OF VERIFIED BILLS AND PRIOR CHECKS WRITTEN 4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS a. Liquor Consent Letter Leibo's 5. COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL COUN-CIL .MEMBERS , 6. RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 7. ORDINANCES 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 9. NEW BUSINESS a. Approval of 4th Amendment and Restatement of the Deer Valley Resort Agreement b. Authorization to Submit Application to the German Marshall Fund for Financing A Study Trip to Learn Innovative European Techniques Concerning Hillside Land Use c. Acceptance of Thaynes Canyon IV Subdivision d. Approval of Contract for Preparation of Architectural Architec-tural Plans for the Renovation of Miner's Hospital as a Library, with Wally Cooper A.I.A. f - mf If f p ' l1 HOW THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED... Thursday, February 19, 1981 i luaiui.u i mmw i ""Vi'l'T'i"'" "Llllr IIMIITI1"1" Alvarez Lewis Martinez Shellenberger Wells Approve Deer Valley Resort request to put tunnel under yes VeS yes VeS yes Deer Valley Road. . i Approve Silvermine West vp p Condominium plat. JCS JKh JC JVt . Appoint Doyle Perganda to ye yes yes yeS ' Board of Appeals. J J J J J ... Appoint Tom Mathews, Wilma Wilde, Louise Snow yes yeS yeS yes yeS to Library Board. Approve Marsac lease be- ' tween city, board of education: edu-cation: city, Park City Pre- yes v yes yes yes yes school: city. Summit County ' ' J).D1. ; '. ; ; Approve Library Board ves 1 vps vps voo Rules of Procedure. ' . yes yeS yes ; yes r 1 1 1 1 1 |