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Show I . to n IT Mi V C 06-9J UTAH PKESS ASSOCIATION 467 EAST 3oO SOUTH SALT LAKE C1W. DT 84111 H 7ThR)m 50 cents Vol.115 No. 8 3 sections 48 pages ' Park City, Utah Serving Summit County since 1880 March 25, 1993 Briefs - Council meeting canceled The special work session and regular meeting of the City Council March 25 have been canceled. The next meeting of the group will be April 1 at 445 Marsac Ave., Park City. HDC wants input The Historic District Commission and Planning Commission will be working to revise the Historic District Guidelines over the next several months. Toward that end, the HDC has rescheduled its public input meeting for March 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Marsac building, 44S Marsac Ave. The HDC had scheduled a meeting two weeks ago to gather public on the general direction of development in the historic district and on design guidelines. It was canceled due to inclement weather. The design guidelines have a significant impact on the appearance of new development in Old Town, and this is the first revision in ten years. The city has haired a consultant to help assess compatibility of recent development, articulate the desired goals to revise the current guidelines as necessary. ; ' Land Trust holds meeting The Summit Land Trust invites the community to its annual meeting April 1. The meeting will be held in the Media Room at Treasure Mountain Middle School. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., participants will receive a review of Trust activities and its involvement in open space preservation over the last year. The annual meeting will also provide a forum for community members to discuss open space issues with the Trust's board of directors.For more information, contact Wendy Fisher, executive director, at 649-0220. Centennial Committee to form Never mind that Utah's 100th birthday is not for another three years. Planning for the big bash is starting now. Summit County is accepting applications from residents interested in serving on the Summit County Centennial Celebration Committee. The committee will organize activities that reflect back on Utah's past, celebrate its present and look toward its future. The celebrations will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Utah statehood on Jan. 4, 1896 and the 150th anniversary of Utah's settlement by the Mormon pioneers on July 24, 1847. For more information, contact Anita Lewis at 645-9161 645-9161 ext. 220. In Anxs U Classifieds C9 U Crossword C8 , Education A1 2 H Sports CI Television C7 Index. UColumnsAU U Editorial A1 6 U Marketplace C5 USummitA15 U When & Where B2 Mountain Meadows negotiations by CHRIS EISENBERG Record staff writer The Summit County Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to continue negotiations with the developer of a proposed 600-acre, 604-unit housing project in the Snydcrville Basin. Working under the threat of a $52 million lawsuit from developers of the proposed Mountain Meadows project, commissioners instructed their planning staff to return to the negotiating table. In particular, commissioners want developers to decrease the proposed density of the Trailside portion 1 vtnv' by David Bertinelli , i A quartet of sun lovers followed the rites of Spring skiing by (BtCllHl SOITIG rciyS,0 catching some rays and some zzzs on the beach at Deer Valley. Council session becomes shouting match by AMBER McKEE Record staff writer . "The City Council was opposed to the streamers on the ABC Reservations sign that the Historic District Commission had approved and had decided to call it up at their meeting. Rather than having to go before the City Council with several council members strongly opposed to the streamers, the applicant withdrew the request for streamers on the sign." This paragraph, taken from page PCHS wins by ANDREA MATHER Record staff writer Academic Decathlon Coach John Krenkel has sported a mustache since 1977. He shaved it Saturday after losing a bet with his team. It was a bet he lost by a hair. The Academic Decathlon team was named the overall winner in the state contest held in Si George this past weekend and will advance to the national contest in Phoenix on April 22. The nine team members earned the honor as well as 26 individual medals at the state competition this past weekend in St. George. "I'm pretty elated about this win, " said Krenkel. "We have shown that we are academically one of the finest schools in the state and that we belong in the league of ... the elite (academic) schools nationwide." PCHS beat last year's overall winner Alta High School by 950 points, said PCHS Principal Michael Andrews. The team also placed second in the Super Quiz category that tested knowledge on of the proposal, phase-in construction of the project over a period of years, and mitigate the impacts the project would have on the Park City School District and other county services. , Tuesday night's meeting was held to determine whether planning commissioners felt they could settle their differences with the developers out of court Summit County legal consultant Dick Carlisle, acting as a mediator between the county and the project's developers, asked commissioners to tell him what aspects of the proposal they disliked so he could seek a compromise. "We're here to see if there is a prospect of two of the minutes of the March 8 Historic District Commission meeting, triggered an outburst between City Council members March 18. During the "Council questions and comments," a regular part of the work session of the weekly meetings, Council Member Leslie Miller addressed the group, lead by Mayor Pro Tern Sally Elliott, about her concerns with the recorded minutes. Miller alleged during the meeting that the matter had, in fact, never Academic multi-cultural leaders. The team features six seasoned members who participated last year. The students placed second overall last year and took the best small school trophy. Eric Fulmer, senior, said last year's experience helped him "We have shown that we are academically one of the finest schools in the state and that we belong in the league of... the elite (academic) schools nationwide, " John Krenkel said. pinpoint what he needed to study and how much effort was involved. The amount of work involved and the pressures are "mind boggling," he said estimating that the academic decathlon work equals one full year of school. Cori Smith, PCHS senior, earned the top scholar award for the team. working something out," Carlisle told commissioners. "What you need to do is say, 'Yeah, we may settle if...'" The conflict between the two groups centers on whether Mountain Meadows should qualify for a development permit under the old Snydcrville Basin development code adopted in 1985 or under the new development code adopted in January. Developers claim the old code, which would allow for higher density and more rapid development, should apply because the project had been under discussion for several years prior to the adoption of the new code. Summit County officials have maintained m r been discussed during a public meeting of the council, but had been consummated "in the halls of City Hall," thereby subverting the public process. She also alleged that Council Member Ruth Gezelius and Mayor Brad Olch (who was out of town during the March 18 meeting) were the members who didn't like the proposed streamers on the sign, and had instructed a planning staff member to tell the applicant "the council doesn't like this and will call it up." Decathlon The high school group was also named the best middle-size school team. In 1991 the school was named the nation's top team in the small school category and was the overall winner in the statewide contest. Krenkel has not yet decided what the team has to do at the upcoming national contest for him to pick up the razor again. Should they win it all, though, he envisions shaving the top of his head and leaving a fringe of hair around the edges. For more on the student winners, see page A 13. Gezelius responded the matter had been discussed by the council, saying, "Just because you can't be bothered to come to the meetings....You were not present." (Miller said during a March 23 interview that Gezelius' comment was "without merit My attendance record is very good. I was on vacation with my husband from Feb. 25 through March 5." The meeting in question was held on March 8.) City Manager Toby Ross and City Council Member Sally Elliott Police seek information Park City Police Department is seeking information about a hit and run accident that occurred March 19 at 5:30 p.m. near the Buggy Bath at the intersections of State Roads 224 and 248. The accident involved two vehicles; a late-model "pretty beat up" white pickup truck hit a black Ford truck, and ran. The driver of the black Ford was taken to the University of Utah Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. If you have any information, contact the department at 645-5050. Man killed A 43-year-old Charleston, Utah, man died Monday, March 22, from injuries sustained in a construction accident Ross Lloyd, co-owner of Mountain Valley Construction, was investigating some unusual noises coming from a track hoe, when he became pinned between the boom and the motor housing cover. According to witnesses on the scene, Lloyd was standing on the deck of the machine while it was in operation digging a foundation at a South Shore Subdivision construction site. The operator of the track hoe at the time of the accident was an employee of the continue that Mountain Meadows should fall under new development code because its application was not complete at the time the temporary zoning ordinance was put in place. ' Mountain Meadows is being proposed by Allan Metos and Jim Lewis of Pitchfork j Development, Inc. In November, four months after the county adopted a strict temporary building ordinance in anticipation of approval of the new development code, Mountain Meadows : developers announced their intention to sue ! the county. In their notice of claim, ; developers alleged their project had been : continued on A2 ; Education bill focus I of session by ANDREA MATHER Record staff writer ' 1 Not pleased with the tax I increases required by the recently ' passed education equity bill, Governor Mike Leavitt has come ' up with his own plan to fund school construction. At a special ; session to be held on March 31, the governor plans to present his bill to the legislature. On March 23, Leavitt vetoed Senate Bill 199 that called for Park City and other school districts to contribute to the state's re-distribution program, which would fund construction in poorer districts. Under the plan, Park City would have given $500,000 to the state. The governor's new bill would replace the current law, which was . nicknamed the "Robin Hood" bill. While Utah school districts would continue to contribute five million dollars to the state's program by levying a .0001 tax rate, the -amount would not be increased each year as scheduled under other plans, said the governor's Deputy of Education Jay Taggart. Park City would contribute approximately $125,000 under the new plan. continued on A2 over sign admitted during the work session that it had not been discussed in a previous meeting. Elliott, however, went on to say that she personally would not approve a sign with streamers on it. Miller continued to press fqr what she termed "open, mature, professional discussion," of the issue she had raised, which prompted Council Member Bob Richer to tell Miller, "To me this whole thing is nonsense. You dwell on minutia....Not everyone is as continued on A2 in accident construction company. He sustained a skull compression and fractured vertebrae in his neck. When the Park City Ambulance and the Fire Department arrived on the scene, he had no pulse and no respiration. The crew moved him into the ambulance and tried to resuscitate him for 35 to 40 minutes; he was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 2 p.m. The investigating officer, SgtJJ Carey Yates of the Summit County Sheriffs Office said March 24, "At this point it looks like an accidental situation. We have no reason to believe there was any foul play." POORljCOEY - v |