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Show inymi m 9 m ' Page A4 Thursday, August 24, 1989 The future can be frightening Park Record by TERIORR Record editor We have seen the future and I think it scared the hell out of us. While we saw three separate ski towns on the five-day fact-finding tour of Colorado I think it was the surreal community of Aspen that managed to impress, actually depress us, the most. Aspen has become a kind of urban ur-ban ghost town, an enclave for the vacationing rich that is void of any sense of community. In terms of the social cost it's easy to see the . price you pay when the Rolex store has replaced the hardware store. Now that we're home looking at our own hillside developments and threatened open space it is words of one Aspen official that echo in our ears "We saved the town, the question is, who did we save it for?" With any luck we still have the real edge over Colorado.. Col-orado.. .we still have a community of characters who are the warped weave in the fabric of Park City. Then there was the Aspen pundit who added, "the billionaires are pushing the millionaires 'down valley'." We look up at the complex being built by Jon Huntsman in Deer Valley and the glut of million dollar condohomesites in Bald Eagle and we say, but surely that could never happen to us? Well, we hope not. With any luck we still have the real edge over those Colorado towns because we still have a community com-munity of characters who are the warped weave in the fabric of Park City. And we need to do all we can ' io keep them here. Right now we need to explore creative solutions RESERVOIR from A3 The Park Service stressed the importance im-portance of building high quality facilities for long-term, low-maintenance low-maintenance use. Shallow utility lines, flat roofs, and exposed painted surfaces were all mentioned as problem pro-blem areas. Currently they have a $3 million dollar maintenance backlog and as their facilities get older their maintenance costs get higher. Their visitors are also generally aging which requires design changes to accommodate ac-commodate their needs. They advised advis-ed us to carefully consider our boundary boun-dary lines to avoid conflicts with adjacent ad-jacent landowners and suggested that boundaries be logical and ecological where possible. They suggested sug-gested collecting baseline resource information on water quality, vegetation and wildlife to measure future impacts. They felt the issue of dispersed versus aggregated recreational recrea-tional facilities may be more enjoyable en-joyable for users but they can be significantly more expensive to maintain. Most important is to build high quality facilities in the beginning beginn-ing as it saves money over the long term. They recommended a state-of-the-art utility system and design which is attractive, low maintenance and appropriate for our climate. In general, our visit was productive, produc-tive, gaving us some ideas of oppor-tunites oppor-tunites and challenges facing us at Jordanelle and provided a vision of how one reservoir is providing recreational amenities to their visitors. m Whatever you're selling, whether it's a house, a car, sports equipment or your special skills, you need the clout ot the classifieds (or fast results. Call today and place your ad. You could come out awinnerl THE PARK RECORD CLASSIFIEDS 649-9014 'i jFie. ' 9 ' V ':''.'' --' rfj? Klt-HZ' y . Ail; The rich really are different in Aspen they buy Saab's for their police force. News Analysts to employee housing and recruiting and developing a solid base of blue collar people. Becoming a schizophrenic community of skiers and commuters will erase the charm of the town both those groups once found attractive. The Colorado towns do seem to have an advantage in terms of extra ex-tra income, for example, the real estate transfer tax which ranges from one half of one percent to three percent (and even a sliding scale in some cases). While it does add to the price of real estate (say the one percent on a $100,000 home which would generate $1,000) it is money cities and counties can use for capital improvements. Imagine this we create such a tax here and then we use that money to buy up the open space we all seem to desire along the view corridor into Park City. Land trusts are springing up all over the countrywe'd coun-trywe'd be in vogue. We need to support in all ways possible our local retailers so that we keep the interesting mix of shops owned and operated by real people who live and raise their children right here in this community. com-munity. The first Manhattan-style store that tries to do business here should be boycotted. And we need a limit to the number of tee-shirt shops on Main Street. The council could pass an ordinace allowing only on-ly five say, and when those business licenses were issued there would be no more. We need to keep talking to each other, in the market, in the bars, in the pages of this paper. What we found in Aspen is people who poison their neighbor's fish and shoot holes in their fences and file lawsuits and generally com municate in only the most negative terms. We can still sit down city, county, ski area, ChamberBureau, developers, and talk to one another. Keeping the dialogue going is crucial when the topic is our shared vision of the future. Look, we like the fact celebrities now find us a trendy place to vacation. vaca-tion. We welcome wealthy folks who build big homes and contribute their time and energy to making this a genuine second home. What we want most of all is to remember that we are working together, right now, to save the town for each other and our children, and not to create some kind of retailrecreational retailrecrea-tional Disneyland where when you get a chance to look behind the facade there's nobody home... mm. SWEDE ALLEY CAFE 580 MAIN ST. PARK CITY THE GALLERIA MALL 649-8005 hocsls Special for Any lunch menu item drinks not included (coupon good until 8-30-89) 1 1 :30-3 :30 Monday-Saturday PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Marsac Municipal Building August 30, 1989 7:00 P.M." REGULAR MEETING 1. ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC INPUT 3. MINUTES OF AUGUST 16.1989 4. CONSENT AGENDA 1 . Revision to the Condominium Plat for Double Jack Condos, 1313 Woodside Avenue. 5. NEW BUSINESS 1 . Review of a Sign Plan for Park City Plaza, 1 625 Prospector Drive. 2. Conditional Use .Review of a Temporary Sales Office and Recreation Building at. ThetJakST"- , , . .., 3. Reauest for an MPD Revision for an additional unit at Courchevel Condominiums, 2700 Deer Vafley Drive East. 4. conditional Use Request for installation ot outdoor Art at tne uid Town Gallery, at rear of 444 Main Street on Swede Alley. 6. OLD BUSINESS 1 . Conditional Use Request for a Bed and Breakfast Use at 713 Norfolk. 7. WORK SESSION 1 . Discussion of a requested zone change to commercial for property along Grant Avenue owned by Alan Frandsen. 2. Update on Sweeney Subdivision Proposal. 3. Discussion of proposed amendments to the SEP to reflect various density changes which have occured over the last year. PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING SUMMIT COUNTY, UT. 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