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Show Page A4 Thursday, April 15, 1982 Th Newspaper Council debates architecture of massive Main Street project The Victorian will be temporarily closed starting Monday, April 11th. Special thanks to all the locals who have supported us in the past. The staff of the Victorian When JANS has a- ski sale, its a sale to remember with savings up to 75 on all our remaining f 81 -82 ski equipment, ( S apparel and accessories J for all ages. I Doors open at 8:00 a.m. i l Thursday, April 8 at both Jans stores in ) Park City and - i jr Deer Valley f fH (ImmZv " t-00 7 1700 PARK AVENUE. PARK CITY UT MOM 6494944 r A debate over architectural architec-tural design caused the City Council last Thursday to table a request to pass an inducement in-ducement resolution for $10 million in industrial revenue bonds for a large project on Main Street. Mike Doilney of Silver Mill of Park City told the council that the project was a mixture mix-ture of residential and commercial com-mercial buildings that would vary in height and would include in-clude property fronting on Park Avenue, both sides of Main Street and extend, in some instances, to Swede Alley. The project also calls for a parking structure for 40 cars. The new construction would fill in most of the empty lots on Main Street south of Fourth Street, and would include the restoration of the Park Record building. As proposed to the Historic District Commission, the project's design will emphasize em-phasize a recreation of the architectural styles of Main Street's historic buildings. For City Councilwoman Tina Lewis, that design proposal prevented her giving support to the project. She told Doilney that she "applauds" the parking structure, the residential units in an uptown location, and the development of that part of Main Street. "But I'm disillusioned with that type of architecture." Lewis said that she felt replicative architecture was detrimental to the truly historic buildings on the street and encouraged, instead, in-stead, a modern design that would be compatible with surrounding buildings. She said that the purpose of the city passing an inducement resolution for the bonds was to show its support of a project that benefits the community. As long as the architectural design remained imitative, she said, she could not cast a positive vote to support the project. Doilney argued that he was asking the council to support the project itself, not the design, and that without the revenue bonds, the project would not be possible. He said that even if the council passed the resolution, the Historic District Commission still had control over the final design. He said he had been working with the commission com-mission and felt that progress was being made, but admitted that members had raised some of the same questions Lewis did. Doilney said that a compromise com-promise could be struck so that his project included a mixture of modern and replicative architecture. But he argued that it was financially finan-cially "risky" to attempt to build a totally modern project of that size, since he believes both tenants and shoppers are drawn to historic structures. Said Councilwoman Helen Alvarez: "I think what Tina is saying is that we don't want to make (your project) economically feasible if the architecture is detrimental. Replicative architecture detracts from the authenticity. authen-ticity. I don't want to say that my vote allows the Disneyfication of Park City." The only other member of the City Council present last Thursday was Tom Shellen-berger, Shellen-berger, who agreed with Doilney that the council's vote was showing support of the project, not the design. He made a motion to approve ap-prove the inducement resolution, but the motion died for lack of a second. Alvarez said she wanted to "get through the impasse." The Silver Mill group suggested the City Council sit in on sessions of the Historic District Commission Com-mission to make their views known about the architectural architec-tural styling. Countered Alvarez: "You don't seem to understand. We don't want to sit in. We don't want replicative architecture." ar-chitecture." Lewis complained that work with the historic board was moving too slowly, and that all that Doilney was doing was offering a change in window treatment or other detailing. Both coun-cilwomen coun-cilwomen said they felt that Doilney was sold on replicative architecture, and that they would not support it. A motion was made to table the discussion until the council's next regularly scheduled meeting on April 22. Agreement near on sewer plant for Silver Summit An agreement between the Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District (SID) and developers of the Silver Summit project to provide sewer facilities for a proposed 1,000 residential units is in the final stages of negotiation. The Snyderville district's Police Report Car crimes Park City resident Thomas David Hall, 22, was arrested April 6 for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the police report, Hall was stopped once and warned not to drive any longer that night. Later, however, he was picked up again and taken to the Summit County Jail in Coalville. Ian Kincaid of Keetley reported that his 1973 Super Beetle was struck by a hit and run driver while it was parked on Heber Avenue near the Utah Coal and Lumber April 2. The estimated damage to the car was $350. Park City resident Steve Heavrin had his Scirroco broken into while it was parked in the underground lot at the Park City Ski Area April 6. Stolen were items of clothing and 15 cassette tapes, with a total value of $255. Richard Dixon of the musical group Cow Jazz reported the theft of a tuner worth $200 from the Cowboy Bar. The group was in town during the celebrity ski week in February and played backup for the Osmonds at the Cowboy Bar. The tuner was inadvertently left behind, and when Dixon called the bar a few days later, he was told it was backstage. When he came up , to Park City to retrieve it, it was gone. Mark Sullivan of Park City told police that his car was broken into while it was parked at the Park City Ski Area April 9. The wing window win-dow was broken out and 10 cassette tapes stolen. The value of the damage and the tapes was estimated at $169. -Geoff Gilford of Breckenridge, Colo, had a real problem on his hands April 11. He discovered that his 1979 BMW had been stripped of three tires and wheels while parked in the underground lot of the Lift-line Lift-line condominiums. The lug wrench and jack from his trunk had been used to hold up the right rear of the car, while paint cans were used to elevate the left rear and front bumpers. The value of the Michelins was placed at $600. board of directors, at its Monday meeting, focused on ironing out details of the plan to provide a new treatment plant with a capacity to service ser-vice 2,000 residential units. Until the new plant is in operation, the district has agreed to the construction of a temporary sewage holding lagoon to serve up to 600 units. The first phase of the proposed 1,000-unit development on 750 acres south of Highland Estates is due for final approval from the Summit County Planning Commission later this month. That approval hinges on the final agreement between Silver Summit developers and the sewer district. The 750-acre parcel already has been given master plan approval for 921 units by the Planning Commission. Com-mission. The first phase calls for 104 single-family homes targeted toward those on moderate incomes. Under the agreement, Snyderville SID will create a special improvement district within its own district and will construct the new treatment plant for Silver Summit. The project, expected to cost some $2 million, would be financed by special improvement district bonds and connection connec-tion fees. Silver Summit owners have agreed to assist the district in finding purchasers pur-chasers for the special improvement im-provement bonds and to advance ad-vance the district funds for engineering studies. Developers also are being required to design and construct con-struct the temporary lagoon facilities geared to serve up to 600 units until the per manent plant is in operation. The sewer district will maintain and operate the new plant from user fees collected collec-ted within the development. Silver Summit is owned by the Rocky Mountain Community Com-munity Group, a Colorado-based Colorado-based firm financed with Canadian money. Harold Scheckenberger, one of the partners in the project, has indicated work on the project would begin as soon as weather permits. Developers have said they hope to build 150 to 200 units per year. In other action Monday, the sewer district board: Discussed its inflow and infiltration (I & I) study, noting that all of the water lines in the system now are operating close to capacity because of current runoff. In some places on Park Avenue, it was noted, water flow is lifting covers off manholes. The district's study will determine which lines need replacing. Launched a preliminary discussion on raising monthly month-ly service fees, which currently cur-rently stand at $5. Board members discussed raising the fees to $10 this year, with fees possibly reaching $16 by January 1984, as recommended recommen-ded by district engineers. The district has been forced to use connection fees to fund maintenance and operations. Discussed the possibility of mandating water-conserving water-conserving plumbing fixtures, fix-tures, such as two-quart toilets, because of the overabundance of water flowing through the system. The board expressed the hope that the installation of water meters throughout the city would ease the problem. City Council Upcoming TJ NOTICE : There will be no regular meeting of City Council on April 15, 1982. HBMMay Stairs April 15 Rena Page Crissie Winn Grandmom Mears Greg Moore April 16 Arlette Rukavina April 17 John Whirley Pat Meehan Lieben April 18 Catherine Carpenter Rob Stidham Leslie Mitchell Bill Cooney April 19 KenMartz Marco Peretti Erin Bolton Frank McDonald Stevie Sayers Rebecca Widenhouse April 20 Dom Bonadona JeffSaff Megan Gumbrecht April 21 Ken Kummer Lee Jackson Mary Larsen Ginger Miller |