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Show Park Record Thursday, December 7, 1989 Page A GlIMMLril R V 'St V' mm tvm irw 1 miiim n nvttritfmmmmtm'n nrr niWrm M-uurtafmmtt'mtu-. 1111 , nMmtwwMtmmmmMtqiippaa46 ..... , ... .m.N Artist's conception of how the Carl Winters "cultural center" will look when if i rnm. pleted. Before work can begin, center developer Chris Jeffries needs several permits granted from the Park City Council. Public speaks on Winters school by HEIDI WEST Record staff writer Residents had their first chance to question and comment on proposed plans to renovate the city's old Carl Winters school and build a 190-plus room hotel on adjacent open space , Nov. 29 before the Park City Planning Plann-ing Commission. " The mega-project, which would encompass two city blocks, would include in-clude a landscaped plaza with ce- ment circular fountain, underground parking for 180 cars, and a terraced hotel which would be five stories, or 58 feet high, at its highest point. It is bound by Norfolk, Park Ave., 12th and 13th streets. New York developer Chris Jeffries was granted an exclusive working arrangement with the city last May which allowed him to design the project pro-ject without competition. That agreement will expire Jan. 7. Both Jeffries and city officials hope to have decided by then whether to grant the bevy of city permits need- - ed to proceed. Most of the three-hour session Wednesday evening before the commission com-mission was spent clarifying details of the project for interested residents. The more than 80 audience au-dience members who attended the hearing expressed concerns over the enforcability of deed restrictions and other contract elements, the loss of open space and the impact of the ''buildings ri their neighborhood. -; Resident Beth Fratkin 'askM how 'the""quasi-pUblic usesinterided for v the renovated school education and arts would be preserved in the future. Leslie Miller wondered how the city would guarantee two acres designated as plaza and open space would remain open if the building sold in the future. City Attorney Jim Carter assured both speakers their concerns could be addressed through a legal agreement agree-ment and restrictions on the property. proper-ty. The city owns both the school and the adjacent 4.2 acres of open space, and therefore has a great deal of control about what was built there, he noted. Audience members also questioned question-ed whether the city had adequately noticed affected residents and whether the number of parking spaces the developer proposed was enough for both the hotel and the Winters cultural center. Greg Lawson, project manager for the design team Jack Johnson Co., outlined the reasoning his staff followed in coming up with their parking scenario. Although they had looked at doubling doubl-ing the number of underground spaces to handle concert and hotel traffic, it would be much too expensive, expen-sive, said Lawson. Instead, 180 spaces would be built below grade and the developer would try to work with City Park and Park City Ski Area to use their surface spaces for additional parking. As a last resort, some of the two acres of plaza space on the site could be made into sur face parking lots, said Lawson. Joram Lichtenstein, chair of the city's Parks and Beautification Board, told Lawson he did not think the "numbers jived" on parking. Lawson had reported his company felt the cultural center would need about 170 parking spots, but City Park only planned to add about 50 new spaces on its south end. He also noted people would preferentially park in the city's spaces even during the summer, when Lawson predicted the ski area lots would be used, because they were closer to the cultural center. That would conflict con-flict with the maximum use time for the park, he said. Another speaker pointed out the city's original ad asking for proposals pro-posals for the Carl Winters school specifically prohibited development on the adjacent open space. It also said commercial development would not be allowed, although Jeffries Jef-fries is proposing 30,000 square feet of support commercial in his hotel. He suggested the city redefine its original proposal and allow all interested in-terested parties to compete with Jeffries' Jef-fries' idea for the space. Myles Rademan, city public affairs af-fairs director, responded the limits on development at the school site had not been set in stone, but rather were a "wish list" on the part of the city council. Several audience members She noted the festival had been in Park City for seven years, but as it expanded found guests were having to compete with skiers for hotel space. The new hotel, which will be used primarily to house those associated with events at the cultural center, would help alleviate the cramping, she said. She also noted festival organizers were growing grow-ing weary of setting up offices in a different place each year and would like a permanent home in Park City. "It's not an exaggeration to say if this plan doesn't happen, we will not be able to continue hosting the film festival in Park City," Holt said. Although most residents agreed a cultural center would be a nice addition addi-tion to Park City, some were not so sure of the specific project proposed. John Helton, a Woodside Ave. resident, resi-dent, said the plaza did not look like the kind of open space anyone but hotel guests would use. "It doesn't seem like it's a public space," he said, noting it was mostly cement walkways leading to a circular cement ce-ment fountain. Helton also argued the new hotel looked nothing like the Winters school, despite a few recurring towers similar to those on the old school. "We're not kidding anybody," he said. "That doesn't look at all like the old building." Finally, he urged commissioners to beware the trade-off being asked of them. Although theold school representing arts organizations would be renovated, theicjty would have to give up its last remaining piece of open space and deal with a very large hotel. He reminded them "that was the deal with the Main Street mall" where the city got the mall in exchange for "fixing up one little thing." Old town business owner, Charlie Sturgis, said he hoped the city would not add any of its money in getting the project built. He noted roads needed to be widened and infrastructure infrastruc-ture enlarged to accommodate the new building, and that would take taxpayer dollars. "One dollar of city money spent is one dollar misspent," miss-pent," he said, "because there are more immediate and pressing problems." pro-blems." Part time resident Ken Griswold, who proposed an entertainment complex in the school two years ago, said he would like to see the building made into a cultural center. But, he added, he too would like the plaza made more welcoming. "I'd like to see the open space used by a variety of people," he said. "It doesn't look inviting." Several residents urged the commission com-mission to slow down in its review on the center. They noted it was a very large project with inherent tradeoffs trade-offs the commissioners needed to be sure of when they decided whether to recommend approval. The commission apparently took that advice to heart, and will continue con-tinue both the public hearing and discussion at a special meeting held Wednesday after presstime. spoke in favor ' of renovating the school. Trevor Cushman, president of Ballet West, said a Park City cultural center would mean his company com-pany could bring regular performances perfor-mances here, offer classes for children and perhaps move its summer sum-mer headquarters from Aspen to Park City. "We are deeply interested in-terested in moving to somewhere in Utah," said Cushman. 'It's not an exaggeration exaggera-tion to say if this plan doesn't happen, we will not be able to continue hosting the film festival in Park City.' Cinda Holt U.S. Film Festival Sundance Institute Utah Symphony Director Paul Chalmers agreed he would be able to "come to Park City on a regular basis" during the winter and provide "a wide range of concert offerings" if the symphony had an appropriate stage in Park City. 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