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Show Business license fees considered for bus It doesn't cost anything to take a ride on the Mt. Metro on a daily basis, but in the long run, it costs a bundle. Park City's public bus system costs over $300,000 a year to operate. Those costs are offset by a combination of a transportation tax and property taxes. But, according accord-ing to City Manager Arlene Loble, property taxpayers are funding a disproportionate disproportion-ate share of the bus budget, and the City Council now is working on a more equitable plan. Loble said the council is working to revise the current business license ordinance so that revenues can be collected from those people in town who most benefit from the bus service. She pointed out that the Resort, for instance, derives more benefit frdm the bus system than an individual Park City resident. They therefore KPCW receives weather station Channel Two meteorologist Mark Eubank explains use of rain gauge to KPCW Development Director Daryl Garnas. Looking on are KPCW weatherman Peter Van Schenck (left) and Rotary President Ted Warr. You should have been there. For anyone who has ever had the urge to call his local weatherman a dirty name, it was the ideal opportunity. Imagine. There, together in the same room, were two of the area's best-known and most-maligned forecasters: Mark Eubank, Channel Two's ebullient meteorologist, meteorolo-gist, and Peter VanSchenck, KPCW's voice of optimism during the recent nonwinter. Eubank and VanSchenck were on hand for Tuesday's meeting of the Park City Rotary to witness the donation dona-tion of a new weather station to KPCW. The station, to be installed on the roof of the Memorial Building, will be TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS Meeting to be held May 20, 8:00 p.m., Marsac School NOTE: 8:00 p.m. starting time to allow for field trip. 1. Director's Report a. Planning Commission Procedure b. Deer Valley Agreement 2. SNOWCREST IV: Discussion regarding Conditional Use Application for 19 residential units on the south west corner of Park Avenue and Empire Avenue in the RM zone. 3. STONEBR1DGE: Decision regarding revised site plan for Planned Unit Development of 50 units as part of the Deer Valley Resort Development in the CITY COUNCIL UPCOMING AGENDA Meeting to be held May 14, Memorial Building. 5- 6 p.m. Public Input Regular Meeting 6- 7 p.m. Executive Session - Personnel Matters 7- 9 p.m. Work Session - Draft Developer's Fee Ordin ance Discussion of Business License Formula Sign Control Ordinance AGENDA I ROLL CALL II MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING III APPROVAL OF VERIFIED BILLS AND PRIOR CHECKS WRITTEN IV PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS 1) Final Plat Approval Fairway Village V COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS VI RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 1 ) Appointments for Golf Course Advisory Committee Com-mittee for one-year term from May 1, 1981 to April 30, 1982 -Fred Prettner (Reappointment) --Jim Piper (Reappointment) -Susie Willia ms ( Reappointment ) should bear more of the burden of operating the system, she said. Loble said the City Council is working with the Chamber of Commerce and the Convention Con-vention and Visitors' Bureau to assess an equitable fee to all businesses in town. The Chamber has presented the council with a rough draft of a business fee that takes into consideration the type of business and the approximate approxi-mate benefit derived from the bus system. Based on that outline, businesses are either assessed as-sessed a fee determined by the number of employees, or a percentage of yearly gross receipts. Loble said the council is considering the Chamber's suggestion, but added that two revenue sources were not included: timeshare properties and land transfers. Those categories cate-gories may be added, she f , 1 O ' : ' .... , I - f X. ' " "' . used as a source of local weather information both for KPCW and for Channel Two. "We'd very much like to show Park City (weather statistics)," Eubank told the group. "We've tried in the past to do it... but it wasn't very regular." The weather station was donated by the members of the Rotary. KPCW General Manager Blair Feulner said it would be installed after consulting with VanSchenck and another meteorologist. Rotary members used the opportunity to ask Eubank for his analysis of current moisture levels. "The mountains look like June," he said. "We're going funding .said, and the council also is considering removing the fee based on employees, since those numbers fluctuate throughout the year. For those businesses who wish not to reveal their gross receipts to the city, the council has suggested that a maximum fee be assessed. Loble pointed out that the business license fee currently current-ly charged is only a regulatory regula-tory measure that insures that businesses operate legitimately. legi-timately. That fee brought the city about $50,000 last year. "But with a new, aggressive aggres-sive program, we hope to bring in a lot more," Loble said. "We would like to use this new business ordinance as a revenue generator, the same as property taxes. This would help offset the bus system costs and would be more user oriented." Loble said the bus system to be in some short supplies for the people who rely on stream flows." Eubank noted that precipitation precipi-tation levels last month were among the lowest ever recorded for April. And he said it would be difficult to make up for the below-average below-average snowfall last winter. "It's much more valuable as a spring snowpack than as a spring rain. The heavy rain, in some cases, is detremental." Eubank was asked what he uses to make long-range weather predictions. He smiled, then pulled a coin from his pocket. "The rule is, even a blind chick gets a grain of corn RD zone. 4. DAYSTAR: Discussion regarding proposed Planned Unit Development of 24 units as part of the Deer Valley Resort Development in the RD zone. 5. CACHE AT SILVER LAKE : Discussion regarding proposed Planned Unit Development of 12 units as part of the Deer Valley Resort Development in the RD zone. 6. SILVER SHADOW VILLAGE: Discussion regarding Conditional Use Application for 21 residential units on the southwest corner of Woodside Avenue and 14th Street in the RC zone. -Bill McComb (New Appointment) -John Miller (New Appointment) VII ORDINANCES 1) Establishing Regular Meeting, Place, Date and Time VIII UNFINISHED BUSINESS IX NEW BUSINESS 1 ) Adoption of a Resolution Declaring "National Historic Preservation Week" in Park City, May 10-16 2) Adoption of a Resolution authorizing the waiving of 50 of the impact fees due from each project to be built by the Deer Valley Resort Co. until such time as the waived impact fees equal the amount to be prepaid by Deer Valley Resort for the construction and equipping of two fire stations sta-tions in Deer Valley 3) A Resolution providing for a Special Bond Election Elec-tion to be held on June 16, 1981, to vote on the following fol-lowing General Obligation Bond projects. Each, to be voted on separately: Sports ArenaIce Arena and Convention Center; Library; Park Improvements; Field House is just one city service that is being reviewed. "We need to look at the revenues generated and our expenses, and see whether the money spent on services is being paid by those who benefit, like the bus system," sys-tem," Loble said. "We have to ask ourselves if the property taxpayer is paying an equitable share for services." ser-vices." Loble pointed out that in other cities, some businesses, busi-nesses, like bars, are assessed as-sessed a surcharge for extra police protection. Placing the financial burden on those who most use the service "puts people in a position to make a more rational decision deci-sion about the services they use," Loble said. The City Council is expected ex-pected to continue discussions discus-sions on the proposed revision revi-sion to the business license ordinance tonight at their work session. now and again," he said. "On Day Five (of a five-day forecast), you could flip a,, coin and do just about is good as I do." However, he said that the introduction of modern technology tech-nology such as satellites and computers have improved the accuracy of one-day forecasts from about 65 percent 20 years ago to 87 percent today. He sees the need to measure external influences, such as activity on the sun, before the level of accuracy will show future marked improvement. 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