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Show Page A6 Thursday, April 1, 1982 The Newspaper 0 mm r ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT: Midsummer watering moratoriums? New water rates? Expense of keeping a lawn? Call 336-2523 f LAST WEEKEND! 7 4 t r P5 I join us fop a Renaissance! Battle of the sexes as The Intermountain Actors Ensemble presents.... 1 lCl I III IVJ of the shRew' 1 Vv apRili,2,3! i S:oo pm i pROspectOR theatRe I tickets: $4.00 adults $3.50 students & iseniOR citizens InfORriution: 649-620 Chairlift system proposed to replace Mt. Metro In response to complaints by local businessmen that the Mt. Metro bus system is an abysmal failure, the City Council this week plans to suggest an alternative mass transportation plan. The complaints were raised after the council disclosed that business license fees would substantially substan-tially increase to fund the system, which officials feel more directly benefits the business community than the general taxpayer. And while most businessmen business-men agreed that an effective means for moving residents and visitors around town is necessary, they argued that Mt. Metro is poorly routed, reliably unreliable, poorly equipped and badly managed. man-aged. At today's City Council meeting, Bob Wells, who heads the transportation committee, will reveal plans for an ultra-modern mass transit system that he feels will put an end to the complaints. On Tuesday, Wells told The Newspaper that the new system will take advantage of a recently-adopted ordinance or-dinance which allows for the construction of a chairlift in the historic district of the city. Working with the developers devel-opers of the so-called Depot Project, the city hopes to create a "Chairlift Corral" from which lifts will radiate like spokes on a wheel. From the corral, said Wells, main chairlift lines could be built up Main Street and north on Park Avenue out to the city limits. Those lifts likely would be triple chairs, he said, to maximize traffic flow. Spur lines made up of either double or single chairs would then to east and PIANO BAR THURS. - SAT. FROM 5:00 P.M. ON Featuring Roxanne Shapiro-Mear Pitchers $2.25, Glass $.50 BARBECUED RIB SPECIAL Come eat and sing along! Full rack $8.95, half rack $6.95 Dinner includes potato salad, barbecued beans. SPAGHETTI NIGHT Every Tuesday night All you can eat $3.50, after 6 p.m. POTATO JOHN'S At the Resort Center 649-5990 west of the main chairs, servicing Deer Valley and Rossi Hill, the upper Norfolk and Woodside on the south end of town. On the north end, spur lines would move passengers to the park City Ski Area, as well as east into Park Meadows, Holiday Ranch and Prospector Square. "The chairlift system could completely replace the Mt. Metro buses," said Wells. "The idea answers several needs. It will cut down on the costly maintenance, mainten-ance, fueling and replacement replace-ment of the buses; give us a great deal of control over routing and schedules; and significantly decrease the car traffic in town." Wells said residents should find the system excellent for commuting to work or school, and visitors will find it convenient for travel from their lodging to the slopes or business establishments. UPEA drops suit City Manager Arlene Loble confirmed Wednesday that the Utah Public Employees Em-ployees Association (UPEA) has dropped its lawsuit against her. The UPEA intended to ask the Third District Court to enjoin Loble from engaging in anti-union activities in a jury trial that had been set for April 8. UPEA officials and their attorneys represent the 24 public works employees who were fired for walking off their jobs without permission permis-sion last July 21. UPEA charged Loble with violating the employees' rights to establish collective bargaining bargain-ing units by organizing the city in such a way as to concentrate union votes in certain departments. Loble said that UPEA's Dr. Clark Puffer told her that discussions with local members indicated a hesitancy hesi-tancy to go ahead with the trial. Loble said Puffer noted that UPEA members currently cur-rently working for the city voted unanimously against the trial, and 30 percent of those members who no longer work for the city agreed. Loble further stated that Puffer had no new information informa-tion on whether the UPEA would appeal a ruling by Judge Bryant Croft in the Supreme Court. Last fall, Judge Croft ruled that the City Council had the authority author-ity to overrule the decision by the Park City appeals board to reinstate the fired workers. At the time, Puffer and other UPEA officials said they would fight that decision de-cision to the highest courts, claiming the law Judge Croft interpreted was constitutional. constitution-al. On Wednesday, Loble said she hopes the UPEA does take the issue to the Supreme Court, since city attorneys feel the law in question needs to be clarified so ultimate authority rests with the city's governing body, and not an appeals board. SUMMIT PARK LISTINGS MLS For your spring tour, call Ron Perry 649-8535 or 649-1131. Multiple Listing Srrvict , REALTOR Since the chairs would run continuously and need only one operator to load passengers, passen-gers, the whole system will be "both effective and efficient," ef-ficient," said Wells. How will the system be funded? City manager Arlene Ar-lene Loble said a combination combina-tion of property tax money, business license fees and a user fee will offset the cost. Business owners will be happy to know that when they pay their license fee, a small plaque engraved with the name of their shop will be affixed to the back of one of the chairs. "We want the business people to know we support them, and we want to give them a free plug," said Loble. Residents will be issued a season pass for the chair-lifts, chair-lifts, much like those used at the ski areas. In fact, the season pass will be transfer- rable at the resorts, although a small $1,000 upgrade fee will be required to ski Deer Valley. Visitors who used the system could purchase tickets tick-ets at the "Chairlift Corral," which would be good for an entire day for use on all major and spur lines. City Councilwoman Tina Lewis told The Newspaper that she supported the new chairlift proposal, noting that "it's one of the most wonderful, delightful and beautiful projects to come to Park City." She cautioned, however, that efforts must be made to maintain an historic feel with the chair-lifts, chair-lifts, while avoiding using "ticky-tacky do-dads on the lifts that attempt to give a pseudo-Victorian look." The five-member board is expected to discuss the chairlift proposal at its April 1 City Council meeting. Use Tina power, council told The City Council heard a proposal Thursday which suggested the city could save several thousand dollars by foregoing expensive construction con-struction costs and consultant consul-tant work. Instead, the idea went, it should harness the prodigious amounts of energy ener-gy thrown off by Council-woman Council-woman Tina Lucid. City Councilman Tom Shellenpeanuts said that Lucid has a long-established reputation for being able to work days on end for projects of civic or recreational rec-reational value. "Energy studies have shown that the nervous system of the average aver-age conscious Parkite generates gener-ates enough power for a small Tonka truck," he said. By comparison, Lucid generates gener-ates a level of energy, while rolling around in her sleep, equivalent to the amount of electricity needed for a city the size of Ogden. Shellenpeanuts presented a labor analysis matrix which proved that, under Even the present policies, repaving on Park Avenue would cost several hundred thousand dollars and take three weeks to complete. "On the other hand, we believe that if the city pumps up Ms. Lucid on whites and bennies, gives her a pick and rolling machine and points her in the right direction, the job could be done in about a day and a half," he said. Councilwoman Lucid rejected re-jected the idea. "Sure, I like to keep busy, but Tom's out of line," said Lucid, who talked to The Newspaper while she installed supports for a new exit portal out of the Spiro Tunnel. She could not talk further, since she was busy repairing the Main Street sidewalks, planning banners for next summer's Arts Festival, and sewing the costumes for the Park City Perfunctory production of "Little Foxes". My afternoon tomorrow is free, though," she said. smallest ads are read! 4tv i a ItVf The return of Sunday Brunch Easter Sunday, April 11th 10:00 a.m. til 2:00 p.m. m m .a i X' Park City's largest steak house. Serving the best of steaks, prime rib and seafood. 35 item salad bar. J """" raf 1 Grail rV. M. Monday Bar-b-que Rib Night, all you can eat $8.50 While they last! si " .n. III m v.. v-V ' Si Daily Breakfast 7 -10a.m. Sunday Buffet Brunchette 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Dinner: Sunday 5 10 p.m.; Mon. -Thurs. 5:30 -10 p.m.; Fri. - Sat. 5:30 -11 p.m. mm y. S I I K A Prospector Square 649 8060 -j V .-: mm 1 -r ,5.7-.v-. mm: mm Prospector Square Theater JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Music bv ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Words by TIM RICE April 10 & April 11 Saturday & Easter Sunday 8 p.m. $5.50 Tickets available at Prospector Square Hotel Complimentary beverage set-up at the Grubsteak Restaurant with theater ticket. A Unicorn Theatre presentation Originally prtxJuced on Broadway by ROBKRT STIGWOOI) ami MCA Inc. by special arrangement with David Land 17 ml n .-jf Lunch: Mon. Sat. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. mm mm " i t i i i t'" |