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Show V V r Sehirf gets conditional option for proposed brewerypub plan by HEIDI WEST Record staff writer Wasatch Brewery owner Greg Sehirf was granted a $100,000 option op-tion on city property Thursday, but the option is conditional. Sehirf was the only one who responded to a city notice the property pro-perty was available, and asked 4,500 square feet of it be reserved for him by way of the six-month op-tion. op-tion. He told city council members in their capacity as the redevelopment agency board-that board-that he wanted to build a "brewpub" on part of the parking lot located at the very top of Main Street. Although the board supported the idea and granted him the option, op-tion, it made it clear details of any resale of the city property should the project fail would have to be worked out. The brewpub would be a combination com-bination of a brewery located below street level, and a pub and restaurant on Main Street. Sehirf said he is also considering putting in dance space, and dividing the pub into several smaller rooms so customers can experience a British pub and "light, more upscale place" for example. "The food will be simple and af Cone named museum director by TERI GOMES Record editor The Park City Museum has a new director with an old and familiar name. Longtime resident Marianne Cone was named last week to fill the vacancy left this spring by Mike Brubaker. For the past three and half years Cone has served as board member for the museum and has wanted to become more involved in the direction of group. "Now," she says, "this is a good opportunity to get paid for what I want to do anyway." Collecting bits and pieces of local lore and history is nothing new to Cone. Her own great grandfather helped settle the Oakley area. Her grandfather ran for governor of Utah and ran the popular Brooklawn Creamery. And her father worked min- ing engineer in a number bt Park' City mines before he became a University professor. Recently Cone spent two months mon-ths in Europe and used part of that time to visit city museums. She said Park City's museum stacks up nicely but she did get a few ideas on ways to make improvements. im-provements. "I think first off we have Pat Smith to thank for setting up a museum that is so well done. The area I want to focus on right away is interpretation. That will mean more writings on the walls explaining exhibits in greater detail. "And I want to open up the museum more to children perhaps create some worksheets to do and some things to look for when they're in the museum. f" "'!'.' I .'f'-'""t"'FT''V' J!K im,': ."""""Tl! ,V - 4 . !, ',. " ' : . v " t"' - ,-.r .."" - . . . f v - - ""?, S a A. . , . Highland heaving mania fordable," said Sehirf. Diners will be able to eat inside or out on a deck planned to be large enough to surround the building. The brewery owner reminded board members that Wasatch beer is now sold statewide, and that it recently won the honor of being named one of the top 10 beers in the Rocky Mountain region. He also noted he had had to get Utah law changed to allow beer to be brewed and sold on the same premises. In exchange for selling him the property, Sehirf said he would put a map and invitation to come to Park City on all his six-packs. "We think we can bring people to Park City," he said. He also described his financing scheme to sell limited partnerships or equity financing so he would not have to take out a bank loan. Having Hav-ing the brewery and the pub would "give me two distinct profit centers," he said, noting when the pub was inactive, the brewery would still be up and running. Board member Brad Olch pointed out the city was selling Sehirf the land "at a substantial discount" compared to the price it charged for other Main Street property pro-perty ($45 per square foot). "There should be some formula written in to re-coup losses" if the project 1 j"" ! l a.'. J- t ; j i ' I V 1 -' v -' ' A-., x Marianne Cone , "And then there's the oral histories I want to get to. We have so many people here with wonderful wonder-ful stories to tell. I want to capture cap-ture them while we can. " In the next few weeks Cone has her work cut out for her. The popular Pop Jenks photo exhibit seen last fall at the Kimball Art center will be cataloged in a soft cover format available for a modest fee in July. In August the photo exhibit will travel to Utah State University in Logan. By Labor Day the museum plans to open a new exhibit A History of Media in Park City. P One of the most intriguing events at Saturday's Highland Gaines was the caber toss where contestants con-testants fling a 100-pound pole in the air and hope it flips into a position pointed directly away from them. fails and the property is resold, he said. But Sehirf immediately responded respond-ed he had "no intention of speculating on RDA property" and did not plan to re-sell the land for profit. Olch said he only wanted to add a clause in case the property turned over quickly. "It would expire in a certain number of years," he said. But Sehirf again took the offensive. offen-sive. He noted the property had been on the market for "eight or nine years" without anyone making mak-ing an offer on it. He also pointed out that although the city advertised advertis-ed it was for sale recently, he was the only one making an offer. "If it's worth so much, why hasn't it sold before now?" he asked. . Olch said the RDA had not made it a priority to sell land until now, when it had decided to "aggressively "ag-gressively market" the property. In response to Sehirf s next question, ques-tion, "What do you think the land is worth, Brad?" Olch responded, "I don't have any number in mind. I just know what others have purchased pur-chased land for recently." Board member Ann MacQuoid broke up the debate by moving to grant Sehirf the option and work out the details of a resale clause later. The motion was unanimously unanimous-ly approved. J And if all that weren't enough the offices for the museum are also in process of being relocated. By July first Cone will be housed above the museum on Main Street. The telephone number from the former offices at the Marsac building, 649-0375 will remain re-main the same. With the attendance figures nearly doubling from 34,000 visitors in '86 to more than 65,000 visitors in '87, Cone knows the museum is serving the visitors and the community. She says she looks forward to the challenge of serving them a little bit better. 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