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Show Perpetual Storage, Inc. 3322 South 3rd East Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Vol. VI, No. 25 Armed robbers hit Copperbottom I Two masked robbers fled from the Cobberbottom Inn early Monday morning mor-ning after forcing a female employee at gunpoint to hand over bank bags of cash before tying her in a chair and gagging her. Park City Police Chief Mike Crowley said night auditor Jodi Hollis was asleep oaa couch in the reception area of the hotel when the two men entered at about 2:10 a.m. Hollis, 19, told the police she awoke when one of the men held a revolver to her head and, with a hand over her mouth, warned her she would not be hurt as long as she remained quiet and still. The men, disguised in a ski mask and a stocking, instructed her to open a cash register behind the front desk. When she said she didn't know how to operate it, they insisted she find cash elsewhere. Still at gunpoint, she lead them into an office and a filing cabinet that held the money. While one man tied her into a chair and gagged her, the other ransacked the drawer. Before the pair left with the deposit bags of cash, checks and credit card receipts, they cautioned the woman to be quiet, since they still would be in the building. After they were gone, Hollis, who was tied into a chair with casters, rolled across the office to a door that led to manager Clarence Hooper's apartment. apart-ment. She told police she kicked at the door, and through the gag, called Hooper's name. The 26-year-old manager pulled her inside, untied her. Plans revealed for second radio station Park City already has two newspapers, two magazines, two theatre groups, two ski resorts ... so why not two radio stations? Although KPCW has been on the air for barely nine months, plans already are being made to give Park City a second radio station. According to Fred Bond, president of Mountain West Broadcasting, Inc., an application will be filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington next week asking for permission to build a commercial AM radio station in Summit County. Bond told The Newspaper Monday that the company has completed most of the background required by the FCC, including a frequency search, other engineering data, and a "community ascertainment" survey. The survey is demanded by the FCC to determine the needs of the people within the potential listening area. Bond said that eight employees of Mountain West spent three days in the area last week interviewing about 200 people for the survey. "It was very time-consuming, but it was very interesting," in-teresting," he said. "We really got quite an assortment of opinions." Borid noted that the musical tastes of people in the rural areas of Summit County are predominantly country-oriented, country-oriented, but that responses from Park City itself were more diverse. He said no decision has been made as to the ' IT ' 4 ' . i ( -. r ' - ' . . . , . ., .fs-r A group of paraskiers at Parkwest last weekend demonstrated way of getting air. See story on page Al 1 . IlllJiJIi JJ. JL Park City, Utah 250 Thursday, March 5, 1981 and called Summit Councy Dispatch. Within two minutes, said Crowley, Officer Of-ficer John Newland responded. Hollis told Newland that both men were about 5'6" tall with stocky builds. She said that through gaps in the masks, she was able to see that both had dark complexions. Crowley later said that he has reason to believe that both men are Mexican-Americans. Based on that information and other leads subsequently turned up, Crowley said they are investigating suspects from Salt Lake City who may have been involved in armed robberies while wearing face masks. "These men were definitely professionals," Crowley said. "It appears ap-pears as if they had staked out the Copperbottom Cop-perbottom before they entered." Crowley declined comment on exactly exact-ly how much money was taken, but he noted it was a "substantial" amount. He added it was unusual for the Copperbottom, Cop-perbottom, or any other business, to have that amount on the premises. The management of the inn, he said, was in the process of changing to a new accounting ac-counting system, and intended to enter the cash into it. "This is the first armed robbery we've had in Park City in 12 years," Crowley said, obviously angered by the incident. "We are getting help from the Salt Lake police agencies, and our investigators in-vestigators will be working on it at full speed. We have a number of leads that we obviously can't reveal, and they have given us some strong suspects." type of programming. "I think before we go on the air we'll try to do a real comprehensive phone survey." He was asked why the company decided to apply for an AM frequency. "We thought we'd stand a better chance," he said. "An FM (commercial (commer-cial ) frequency was turned down there five or six years ago." Bond estimated that it would take six months to a year for the FCC to approve the construction permit, and another three or four months after that before the station would be ready to go on the air. "I would say the spring or summer of next year would be a realistic figure if we get the construction permit," he said. But he added this word of caution. "There's only a 5050 chance the whole thing will go through, anyway." Bond said the company has a lease, with an option to buy, on 12 acres of land to house the studios and antennae. He indicated there would be two towers, each about 200 feet high, and a network of underground copper cables radiating out from the towers. "It's like looking at the spokes on a bicycle wheel with the tower in the middle." He would not specify where the site is located, but said it was outside the Snyderville Basin, and argued that the Radio to 3 yfe'feW W'WW .-'1: V; , ' Narrow vote gives P.C. Village go-ahead Last week's meeting of the Planning Commission turned into a cliff-hanger as the panel voted 4-3 to approve a master plan for Park City Village. Commissioner Greg Lawson, presiding over the meeting in place of absent Chairman Burnis Watts, suddenly found himslef thrown into the role of tiebreaker tie-breaker as the other members split 3-3 on the Village. Commissioners Bill Coleman, Rusty Davidson, and Mike Vance voted for the plan, while Bill Mammen, Walt Bishop and Kurt Nelson cast dissenting votes. Debate over the Village centered around two subjects. The first was the density of the project, which calls for approximately 750 residential units. Mammen, the most vocal opponent of the present master plan, aimed his attack at-tack on Village 4 of the development, which calls for 200 units on about 3.4 acres of ground. "We have never approved ap-proved that kind of density," Mammen said. "And I'm taking the planning staff to task if they think 200 units can be put on that ground." Nolan Rosa!!, a consultant representing represen-ting the project, replied that 750 units was a maximum figure. It would not be guaranteed by any commission approval ap-proval now. "The Commission can meet later to decide if the density might have to be reduced." Opponents also said the project did not have an adequate master plan on paper, but only scattered documents. "We can't approve three different letters let-ters and 15 different drawings," said Walt Bishop. "The outline of the project has to be summarized on paper." Coleman suggested the master plan could officially consist of (a) the current drawings of the project, (b) an outline prepared in a Feb. 18 letter by Howard Anderson, the project's architect, ar-chitect, and (c) details in a Feb. 24 memo from the project consultants, Gage Davis. Given that information, Coleman moved the project be given a conditional use permit. His motion also that there's more than one stipulated that the various documents would be condensed into an agreement between the city and the developer. Lawson broke the deadlock in favor of the project, but warned that the density den-sity could be reduced. "I'm not comfortable comfor-table with the confusion that exists here," he said. "And I'm not convinced 750 units will fit the way it's supposed to."!jh!t he said all tlie plan details had been provided. "I'm prepared to accept it if it is understood that 500 units would be a possibility." Jack Davis, developer of the Village project, said he could not borrow the big money he needs for the project, "and then end up with 300 units." Nick Badami, speaking in favor of the Village, suggested an "element of reasonableness" would play a part in reducing the density. "From 750 to 300 isn't reasonable," he said. "But 750 to 680 is." Resortex Sales pitch irritates By David Hampshire resort (ri-zorf) n. 1. A place frequented by people for relaxation or recreation: a winter resort. The aggressive sales tactics used by a new local timeshare company have prompted concern that Park City's resort image is being tarnished. Since Resortex Properties opened its doors nine weeks ago, it has managed to ruffle the feathers of the Park City Resort, Park City Transportation, Trans-portation, and a number of visitors irritated by what they consider high-pressure high-pressure sales tactics. City Councilman Bob Wells said two weeks ago that he had heard complaints com-plaints from out-of-state visitors who had been "jumped on" or "hassled" by individuals in-dividuals trying to get them to listen to the Resortex sales pitch. Two California Califor-nia couples told him they planned to do Park City welcomes NCAA championships The race is on. Or rather, the races are on. In spite of rumours to the contrary, the NCAA Division I men's skiing championships will be held in Park City beginning March 11. At least, that's the latest word from the Sports Information Infor-mation Department at the University of Utah. A local newspaper speculated last week that the championships might be moved because of a lack of snow in the Park City area. However, a spokesman for the host school said Wednesday that enough snow had fallen in recent days to smother such talk. About 120 skiers from 25 schools are expected to compete in one or more of the four events. The team championship champion-ship is expected to go to one of three top contenders: the University of Colorado, the University of Vermont or the University of Utah. Among the local favorites will be Utah's Scott Hoffman, a product of Ogden. Hoffman is in Aspen this week Sections, 28 l'agcs Mammen said he felt the present master plan did not cover all the important impor-tant details. For instance, he told The Newspaper, the plan provides for two garbage bins per 50 units. "The information infor-mation I've gathered so far leads me to believe that is totally inadequate," he said. "I wonder how many other items there have problems. The progress they've made has been good. But they need to tie it all together." Both Planning Director Bill Ligety and Rosall said a later review process was detailed in the master plan. The planning staff would review each phase of the project, said Ligety, to see that it complied with master plan guidelines. The Planning Commission would have one week after the review to comment on the phase. If any problems emerged, the commission could meet on the matter, mat-ter, Ligety said. "That's so loosely defined, we have their shopping at home from that point on. The Park City Chamber of Commerce received a written complaint from another California couple charging that they had been pressured into signing a timeshare contract after spending more than three hours in the Resortex office. Resortex also aroused the ire of the Park City Resort by offering vouchers redeemable for ski passes without first clearing it. And the company's use of free shuttle service has promped Park City Transportation owner Dave Novell to charge that it is operating a common carrier without a license. One object of complaint is Resortex's practice of stationing employees in stores to confront unsuspecting customers with the invitation to attend the sales presentation. "I think some of the visitors are getting get-ting to feel like they're being accosted competing in the World Cup races. The alpine events will be held on the Ladies Giant Slalom run at the Park City Resort. The giant slalom is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and the slalom is scheduled to start at the same time Friday. First place will go to the individual with the best two-run total time. Fifty-seven contestants are expected ex-pected in each event. Resort Marketing Director Robbie Lynn Beck said NCAA rules prohibit spectators on the course itself. However, she said areas would be set up at the dogleg and at the finish line. There will be no admission charge. Friday's slalom will be videotaped by the E.S.P.N. cable sports network to be rebroadcast at a later date. The cross-country events will be held Thursday and Saturday in Deer Valley. A 15-kilometer individual cross-country race is set to begin a I 11 a.m. Thursday, and a cross-country relay race is scheduled to begin at the same time Saturday. no power," Mammen retorted. "We have no firm document to say what we intended. I can go to the minutes of a meeting, but the developer can say, 'No, what you approved is in this loiter.' II we do approve, the first step is to compile the information." Badami said Mammen was bringing up problems that couldn't be tackled until later stages. "Your concern's won't be answered until more detailed drawings are presented," he said. City Manager Arlene Loble agreed. "Bill, if it's your sense thai Village Four can't work, then you simply have to disapprove it," she said, "Because at this stage they can't prove otherwise to you." As if the project were not complex enough, two other issues emerged to further muddle the problem. Ligety P.C. Village to 3 visitors in shops and on the 'Resort) pla.a," observed ob-served Debby Travis, director of the Park City Convention and Visitors Bureau. "I think there are belter and more ethical ways to make sales pilches, pil-ches, and I lliink it will hurt Hark City in the long run." Resortex was started by three ex Sweetwater employees including Greg Link, vice president in charge of marketing in the new coinpauv. Link told The Newspaper that neither he nor any of his employees had received any complaints. "I have not received one telephone call that brings forth what you're talking about," he said However, Link did acknowledge receiving a complaint through the Chamber of Commerce. The complaint stemmed from the actions ol an over zealous employee who has since been terminated, he said. Link seemed surprised when told ol Novelle's complaint that Resortex was acting as a common carrier. "Sweetwater "Sweet-water has been doing the exact same thing for two years." he said. "The exact same thing, not even a little bit different." He claimed that the shuttle vans were being used for good public relations, but not to lure potential customers to sales presentations. "The tourists are tickled pink with it," he said. Link freely admitted to having Resortex Resor-tex employees stationed periodically m two Main Street businesses, but argued that the program was very popular with the merchants. He said the people who listen to the Resortex presentations are given $20 gift certificates redeemable at the stores ol the participating merchants. mer-chants. "If you were one of the merchants and I were offending people in your store, you wouldn't have me in your store." he pointed out Link said that he has as mui.ii to lose as anybody by driving tourists awav liom Park City. "I want to do good for this community, com-munity, not bad. I would be absolutely cra.y to take any other position " City Manager Arlene Loble has been asked to research the legality of allowing Resortex to solicit customers outside ol the confines ol its own offices. |
