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Show Page 14 Park Record Business ReviewWinter Public supports city's efforts to get housing grant Members of the public gave the City Council support sup-port at a public hearing Dec. 19 regarding the city's grant application for affordable affor-dable income housing funds. City landscape architect Jennifer Harrington recommended to the Council Coun-cil that the city submit an application to the Community Com-munity Development Block Grant Small Cities Program Pro-gram requesting $120,000. The city would use the funds for a variety of low-to low-to moderate-housing options. op-tions. Harrington also recommended recom-mended that the city apply to the State Division of Community and Economic Development under the Critical Needs Housing Program in order to reestablish the city's defunct Housing Authority. The grant offered by the division is a multiple-year grant for $20,000 to $25,000 per year, available until the Housing Authority is self-sufficient. The city has a fund left over from its old Housing Authority, and the staff has recommended that the $66,000 in the interest-bearing interest-bearing bank account be used as matching funds for the grant. Any fee waivers granted by the Council to a project proponent could also be used as matching funds. "I heartily applaud and endorse the proposal," said Tim Kenny of the Park City Area Housing Cooperative. "It's not yet a structured program." he said of the city's plans, "but it provides pro-vides for a public entity to collect public input and to focus resources. I think it will provide the mass necessary to achieve the results we need in this area." Father Terry Fitzgerald of St. Mary's Catholic Church agreed, and urged the Council to develop housing for single persons in the community. "I hear a lot of need for singles housing especially... and I would like to put a plug in for some kind of dormitory. "Also, we have a lot of transients here," said Fitzgerald, Fit-zgerald, "such as people who get stranded when their cars break down. Our ill ilSsE 15 -JF" .0 .J:.WJLJL -.fill : parish has done a lot to put people up, but I'm not sure that is adequate." Resident Jeff Scott told the Council, "I'm very encouraged en-couraged by your grant application, ap-plication, but I'm most encouraged en-couraged because I think we all know there is a need" for affordable housing. hous-ing. "The city needs a vehicle vehi-cle by which to formulate policy and make some concrete con-crete decisions. "We are entering a very exciting time," Scott said. "Park City is growing on the map, and the possibility Committee forms recommendations to address housing issue A housing subcommittee has been meeting the past few months to address the scarcity of affordable housing hous-ing in the Park City area. The eight-member subcommittee, sub-committee, chaired by John Sands, owner of Park City Dry Cleaning, is developing a set of recommendations, recom-mendations, or steps, that will help to remedy the problem. pro-blem. These recommendations recommenda-tions will then be presented to local governments in Summit County for input. According to the ChamberBureau's Economic Development Director Gregg Goodwin, the housing shortage is due to six factors: the scarcity of land for development, Park City's resort economy which is oriented to second-homeowners second-homeowners in high income in-come brackets, limited water and sewer infrastructure in-frastructure in the unincorporated unincor-porated county; political pressures to limit growth; stringent regulations regarding building; and high development impact fees. About 315 modestly priced, pric-ed, two- to three-bedroom homes, as well as apartments, apart-ments, are currently needed need-ed for long-term rental. In the next five years, approximately approx-imately 860 new jobs are of the Olympics coming makes it even more important. impor-tant. Our efforts to solve or create affordable housing are paramount. I urge you to reactivate the Housing Authority and put those monies to work." John Sands, a member of the ChamberBureau's Housing Committee, encouraged en-couraged the Council to "continue with its process of applying for a grant and earmarking funds for affordable af-fordable housing. I appreciate ap-preciate your open ear on expected in Summit County. Coun-ty. With the growth in employment, anywhere from 50 to 70 additional units will be needed each year. Thus far, the subcommittee subcommit-tee has defined four ways to create affordable housing hous-ing in the area including private sector construction, construc-tion, joint publicprivate partnerships, public sector construction, and government govern-ment regulation. "Some specific recommendations recom-mendations the subcommittee subcom-mittee is looking at include: in-clude: incentives to area employers and developers such as tax breaks on employee housing, land-use land-use zoning, relaxed development fees and building standards, and zoning allowances for accessory ac-cessory apartments. The subcommittee is also looking look-ing at the creation of a nonprofit non-profit housing agency and a joint Park CitySummit County Housing Authority to facilitate housing construction. con-struction. The housing subcommittee subcommit-tee is part of the Park City Ci-ty Summit County Economic Development Committee. For more information in-formation contact Gregg Goodwin at the ChamberBureau, 649-6100. this," said Sands. "It's important im-portant to our community and has a lot to do with our community's success in terms of how we are going to compete in the future." Developer Dan Byer urged urg-ed the Council to offer incentives in-centives to builders of affordable af-fordable housing. "I'm trying try-ing to do an entry-level subdivision sub-division and it's extremely difficult. It would be good if there were some sort of support from the city in terms of financing." Harrington said tne city has discussed several op- Harrington said the city y lanners approve SKetcn ot 47-lot Aspen Springs Ranch In a unanimous vote Dec. single-family subdivision CC&Rs which mui 12. the Park Citv Planning inH fnr rioriipatinn nf nnnrnvpH hv thp Plai 12, the Park City Planning Commission approved the sketch plat of 47 lots in Aspen Springs Ranch, located on the hillside west of State Road 224. Developer Hank Rothwell of Equity Properties Corp. filed the sketch plat request last fall to renew a similar request that had been approved ap-proved in May of 1988, expired ex-pired in June of 1989 and extended ex-tended until June of 1990. Since no additional extensions exten-sions were allowed under city ci-ty code, Equity Properties had to file a new application. After being studied by city planners, the staff determined determin-ed the application was "virtually "vir-tually unchanged and still consistent with the original master plan. The staff believes that with some minor modifications, the plans are consistent with the original intent of the master plan and annexation agreement agree-ment which provides for development of a large End-of-year building valuations increase substantially over '89 The number of building inspections conducted in Park City in December dropped to 365 from November's 425. But they remained fairly steady compared with the 356 inspections conducted during December, 1989. The Building Department issued 34 permits in December, down from November during which 67 were issued, and also from December of 1989 when 61 were issued. Building valuation for the end of 1990 calendar year totalled totall-ed $51,041,320.88, up substantially from the calendar year 1989 total of $41,967,017.74. tions for the grant funds. They include: Assistance to potential project developers for planning and design. Assistance to a project developer to write-down financing costs. Construction of utility or infrastructure systems to a specific site. Development of a rental subsidy program for low- to moderate-income housing. Development of a grants program for low- to moderate-income home moaeraie-mcome nome buyers to write-down pur- and for dedication of substantial open space contiguous con-tiguous to the recently purchased pur-chased Osguthorpe dairy." The project area is north of Iron Canyon and fronts the highway. The sketch plat for the 57-acre parcel designated as Phase 1 includes 47 single-family single-family lots, 45 of which range in size from about 17,500 square feet to 30,500 square feet. Two lots are "ranch" size, being 1.6 and 4.9 acres. There are also two open space parcels, one being be-ing 4.8 acres and the other 15.8 acres. The Planning Commission- adopted ten condftlBtBitte developer must comply wn to build the lots: An open space agreement agree-ment that addresses ownership, owner-ship, uses and maintenance of the meadow. A trails plan apj. bv the Planning Commi prior to final plat approval. t- ytuiMv chase, closing or land cost. Harrington anticipates that not all of those options would use CDBG dollars, but would be prioritized and made available in order of priority. AH of the funds could be expended in one or two categories, she said. A portion of the grant, as well as the Critical needs Grant, would be used for the city to hire a consultant consul-tant or additional staff support sup-port to administer the Housing Authority and the programs that are im programs mai are plemented. CC&Rs which must be approved by the Planning Commission regarding limitations on house sizes, architectural guidelines, open space provisions, road maintenance and-trail maintenance provisions. Approval by the city engineer of grading, utilities and road construction plans. Review by the Snyder-ville Snyder-ville Basin Sewer Improvement Improve-ment District. A landscape plan. A posted letter of credit to cover the costs of public improvements and landscaping. land-scaping. Posted funds with the ci- ty. to cover the costs of con- .' struction of a bike path, potentially along S.R.224. Develop maps showing drainage patterns. Prevent construction traffic from passing through Iron Canyon. Rothwell told the Commission, Commis-sion, "We have no problems with the conditions. They are things that we discussed before at the sketch plat and annexation level. They are not surprises." The master plan calls for traffic circulation via a loop road which will be partially built during Phase 1. The road enters the proposed subdivision, bisecting the open space parcels and ranch lots, then splitting to form a loop. The two branches bran-ches of the loop will end in cul-de-sacs and won't be connected until later phases of the subdivision are constructed. 1 I---II t i i Hilr ' 11 zjmll - ' ' i ' ' - |