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Show LJLP L-jJ rjra IfT-J I I I If cr i 1 1 TTthcB IPJJS. 5c 300 south en lfJ;J .y own 'Serving Summit County since 1881 Volume 114, No. 5 3 Sections, 44 pages 'Thursday, March 5, 1992 .T lKE ctTi. II HI ii-t-ai iif. ms UU Briefs usu presents study of Soutn Summit Last fall graduate students from Utah State University joined forces with Harvard University to study the future of Summit County, the fastest growing county in Utah. After considerable research, the students from the school of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at USU and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard presented six different scenarios in public meetings as to how the county could look in the year 2020. These public meetings, held in Park City and Coalville, were of considerable interest to the general public and ' attracted large crowds of citizens. USU has continued its studies and will make a final presentation at the South Summit High School Auditorium in Kamas on Monday, March 9, at 7 p.m. The students will be presenting an educational document that describes the planning process for the citizens of Summit County and how to best take advantage of the work produced by the schools. "The Commission considers this to be an important meeting and we urge all citizens interested in the future of our county to attend," said County Commissioner Gene Moser. Marion Waterworks receives funding The Utah Board of Water Resources has awarded $53,000 to the Marion Waterworks Company to help improve the culinary distribution system in south Summit County. That funding was part of $728,000 given by the board to various irrigation and culinary water improvement projects in the state. Park City incomes rate 3rd in state Residents who live within Park City's zip code have the third highest average household income in the state, according to recent statistics compiled by the Utah Tax Commission. That average income here is $38,127, compared to the SandyAlta area on the Wasatch Front which ranks first with $42,671, and the East Bench of Salt Lake City which ranks second with $40,484. The statistics were recently published in the Salt Lake Tribune, and they cited Utah Tax Commission information that matched postal codes with tax returns. Following Park City in average household income was Cottonwood Heights in Salt Lake, the Capitol HillAvenues area, the AlpineAmerican Fork area of Utah County, and Millcreek Canyon. Smith's by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Residents will have the opportunity March 11 to comment on the large commercial development, that includes a Smith's Food & Drug Store being lUiU fUU Jff W Qrira Alsr3 R ...dui avviau Projects serve community needs by TERI ORR Record editor ! (Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series looking at the number of public amenities currently proposed in the Snyderville Basin. Last week The Record outlined seven different projects from a convention center to a county trail system. We listed costs, possible funding sources and proposed uses. This week we look at the explanations of need by the proponents for those projects.) 'V X ; (. L k Kim McClelland receives the Affiliates' Award at last Saturday's Board of Realtors banquet, see pages 8 and 9 faces March 11 proposed near the intersection of State Roads 224 and 248. The Park City Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 152,000-square-foot commercial complex and residential area designed by Marian Properties, which has the i - aafc ' -.frc., s . ..X y.'j shown here (,eft to riht) Cody Case showing off their Convention Center Russ Veenema, executive director of the Park City ChamberBureau, says the idea for a convention center isn't new... "It's been talked about for at least 10 years." But no private business had been willing to take it on, "it doesn't pay. So a public entity will have to build it " On Tuesday, Veenema presented the idea to the Summit County Commissioners at their regular weekly meeting in Coalville. He by Tefi On f 1 W5F t IV) I option to purchase the so-called Snow Creek paircel from the Resolution Trust Corporation. The 51 -acre Snov Creek parcel is zoned residential medium density but is entitled to a regional commercial overlay zone if the Planning Commission approves a W Jt " X- - oi .JUi'tr ..."V m f I Wkv. .... f .." .. in ; ' 1 p 1 , , p r-; ' - 4 5 I . ' f r ) -r " " . , " ' . : f ! ' , V . t x?L- "si 1 ' , ' ( I f m i.. i..,.., ' , , , fourth-graders Emily Kobler, Krissy Casilla, Court Klekas and backwards ensembles. said that after looking at plans for the Town Lift project, there was "20-30,000 square feet of space that couldn't be used for commercial com-mercial space or lodging. So they (partners Harry Reed, Skip Schirf and Dick Marriott) said they would donate the space for a convention facility." Commissioner Moser then asked who ultimately would own the County Commission mulls tax opportunity In 1991, the Utah State Legislature enacted House Bill 438 which authorized counties who wished to impose a one percent restaurant tax to do so. The impetus for the bill came about to try and create new money to fund the renovation and maintenance of the Salt Palace once the newer Delta Center was built. Currently Summit County Commissioners are exploring whether or not to impose such a tax here. Rough estimates indicate it could bring an additional $250,000 or more to the county coffers. The legislation says those monies can be used "in whole or in part, for tourism promotion and the development, operation and maintenance of tourist, recreation, cultural and convention facilities ..." List fall members of the Park City Chamber Burea;i and the city approached the county to form a task force to explore what those tax dollars could be used for if they were collected. On Tuesday, Russ Veenema, executive director of the Park City ChamberBureau and head of the Task Force, presented the group's findings to the commissioners. Veenema suggested that "in order to have enough revenue to do projects of significant size it was agreed the best to public development compatible with the site. "The Planning Commission is being asked to act on a request to change the regional commercial overlay zone" which allows a maximum of 65,000 square feet of space, said City Planning Director by Andrea Malher space and operate the space. Veenema replied that bids would most likely be put out for a restaurant to operate the food service but "it would make the most sense for the Town Lift project to operate it, maintain it, clean it and technically own it. " Veenema told the Record the lack of available convention space Continued on A3 proceed was to bond." Based on projections of the revenue which could be collected, Veenema said a figure of $1.5 million could be used for a bond. The three projects suggested are all within Park City and included putting $1 million towards a convention center in the Town Lift project, $200,000 toward the Carl Winters School theater, and $200,000 toward the renovation of the Osguthorpe bam. Commissioner Gene Moser said Tuesday, "we haven't discussed this a great deal. I 'd like to have at least two public hearings so everybody who may pay the tax has a chance to comment on it." Added Commissioner Sheldon Richins..."It's not a slam dunk." The tax could only be imposed at quarterly times, according to County Auditor Blake Frazier, and the next quarter would begin July 1. Moser then told the audience "I don't think there's one of the three of us that's committed right now. This is a lot more complex than we saw it at first." Commissioner Richins added the group may put together another Task Force to continue to look at options for the tax. Two public meeting were then scheduled for March 24 and 31 at 4:30 p.m. in Coalville to take public comment on the proposed tax. t . in i i iff ....',::'?- '' flK . W mi,"" Ttr-'-VS 1 lift I . 5 I J - - A hearing Nora Seltenrich. Mariah Properties, on behalf of Smith's, wants to build a store that has more than 83,000 square feet of space. "Also before the Planning Commission is the review of the Continued on A2 Alarms keep police busy by AMBER McKEE Record staff writer Are burglar alarms receiving undue attention from our public servants? According to the Park City Police Department's 1991 Year End Report, the police responded to 854 burglar alarms. That's 1 1 percent of the total calls for service in 1991. Total crimes reported only constituted 16 percent of the calls for service. Police Chief Frank Bell said the City Council adopted its Burglary and Robbery Alarm Ordinance 82-19(1) 82-19(1) in July of 1984 to specifically target the problem and regulate the use of alarms in Park City. "It's not nearly as big a problem as it used to be," Bell said. "The City Council passed an ordinance seven or eight years ago to regulate their use. We are probably spending one fifth of the time we used to responding to calls." The ordinance now requires all alarms be registered with the City and owners of said alarms must post a $100 bond to help pay for the time spenF by police responding to false alarms. "Every time we respond to a false alarm," Bell said, "we deduct $25 from the bond." He added most alarm companies have local responders which get on the scene and determine whether the alarm is an actual emergency or not. Habitual alarm offenders, he said, can be taken to court. In fact, the ordinance makes it a criminal offense. "Any person, including alarm user, who knowingly and deliberately activates an alarm system when no emergency situation exists at the premises, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not more than $299, imprisonment for six months or both," section 6d of the ordinance reads. "The only alarms we really have trouble with now are those which aren't controlled by a private alarm company." Bell denies alarm owners take up an unfair amount of response time. "Everybody has the opportunity to install an alarm," he said. "Alarm companies only charge about $40 to $50 dollars, about the same as cable TV. A surprising number of residences in Park City have alarms. I would say 20 to 30 percent." He added they are even a help in some cases, especially when alarm companies respond to their own alarms, leaving the police free to respond to "genuine" emergencies. According to Fire Marshall Sam Coleman, burglar alarms which are connected to fire alarms can cause the fire department a lot of extra work. Coleman said the fire department has responded to "fires" where the two systems were interconnected. "The fire code says the systems have to be separate," he said. "We respond to quite a few single family homes with alarms. To tell if the systems were intertwined, I would have to go in and make an inspection of each system." The fire department doesn't approve alarm systems in single family homes, Coleman said. However, they do inspect in the case of business, thereby negating the problem in those instances. "I have suspicions," he said, "that there are a few connected systems around. I can't say for sure; I simply don't know. I would Continued on A2 |