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Show n OB-91 imMD: W h 50 cento V I7 r v- 3 sections . VIAJ. 58 pages srioSisitAHn.boo5 k ISl't Li ' "T 84,01 IA. nnB Kark City, Utah O Serving Summit County since 1880 B February 10, 1994 Ten TMMS students expelled after PC police search lockers 0 IK i 1 H -7 ( - . A VI f f i 3 W f ill in 3 r:-, .( r 4 : - ' ) f " j ( -"A , ' "... I I I photo by Dick Griffin vJlODal Jessie Whitmore, an instructor at Park City Ski Area, helps hinrlincr? c'1'nese exchange student Wang Yeng Ji gear up for her first U I flU I fig , time on skis. The fresh snow added to the excitement. by DICK GRIFFIN Record staff writer Six Treasure Mountain Middle School students were expelled Monday, Feb. 7 following an investigation on behalf of the school district and Park City Police that uncovered drugs and a weapon in school lockers. Four others were suspended temporarily. According to Superintendent Dr. Don Fielder the investigation took place after a student became violently ill at school. It was discovered that the student was ill because of drugs she had taken. The Park City Police were involved and began their investigating one to two weeks ago. The investigation turned up new findings and lead to the locker search Monday. As a result of that search six students have been suspended for the remainder of the school year. Two additional students were suspended for removing clothes from a locker that was not theirs. For unknown reasons they then took those clothes into a bathroom. In a separate incident two students were suspended for 10 days after a parent called the school and reported that the students had a gun on the bus. The gun was recovered and it was of a derringer type that was unloaded and had the trigger removed. All of the students who were involved have self confessed. Tuesday a large group of 8th graders congregated in the hall of the Treasure Mountain Middle School and demanded to see Principal Mona Briggs. They questioned the administrations' right to suspend the students involved in the locker search. They refused to return to their classes and disobeyed teachers, staff and a police officer in the process. In response a letter was mailed on Tuesday afternoon alerting parents to the situation and asking for their support. The letter also advised parents that any similar behavior in the future would result in disciplinary action. An investigation is underway to determine who the instigators of the demonstration were. "Apparently the problem is larger than we thought," Fielder said. But I am delighted the School Board had the foresight to pass the Zero Tolerance Policy in November." Council hears public's views about accessory apartments by DIANA HINGSTON Record staff writer A lively debate about accessory apartments took place during the public input portion of the City Council meeting Feb. 3. "The intent... .is to. ...encourage affordable housing....while protecting the existing quality of life found in single-family zones through out the community," declared the City Council meeting agenda. It went on to say that each unit must be no bigger than 800 square feet and no smaller than 400 square feet and must have no more than two bedrooms. One parking space per bedroom must be provided. Neither on-street nor tandem parking will be allowed, although the tandem parking prohibition was revoked by the end of the meeting. No more than one accessory apartment may be located on a lot and permits will not be granted for accessory apartments if more than three homes are within 300 feet of the applicant's boundary. The structure's owner must occupy one unit and the adjoining accessory apartment may not be sold separately. Accessory apartments are not intended for nightly rentals. Opinions expressed by the 23 members of the public in attendance were heated and divided, at times along lines that seemed elitist Joram Lichtenstein of the Holiday Ranch Homeowners Association was outraged that the city did not seem to respect the covenants, conditions and requirements of the various homeowners organizations. He voiced a fervent plea that the city would refer permit applicants to the homeowners associations before granting permits. Linda Haines of the Prospector Homeowners Association expressed disapproval of the city's plan to inspect accessory apartments only during the first year. She wanted to know how and whether the city would enforce their own provisions. Greg Archer, a Ridgeview homeowner, was against accessory apartments. He wanted to know why residents should have to bear the burden of paying for their construction when all the benefits would go to commercial enterprises such as the ski resort His solution would be to set aside some land near U.S. Highway 40 or SJl. 224 to sell to the area's major commercial interests and give them a tax break for providing affordable housing for their own employees. He lambasted city authorities for allowing Park City to become overdeveloped and overused, claiming the various festivals and events are no longer fun to attend because they are so overcrowded. Carol Murphy, a Prospector home owner, stated she wanted her choice to live in a single-family area to continue. She agreed with Lichtenstein that the city does not uphold homeowner associations' C C &Rs and should address the issue of whether neighborhoods can actually regulate how they live. Margot Simpson was concerned over the provisions for continued on A2 Summit County receives an expert opinion on the jail facilities by DAVE MACFARLANE Record staff writer The Summit County Commission Monday met with a consultant from the National Institute of Corrections in an effort to correct another side effect of rapid area growth, a burgeoning county jail facility. Saying that the Summit County Jail is just about at its limits now, Paul Kantsampes, a representative of the Boulder, Colo, based institute, pointed out specific problems and offered suggestions for the county jail over coming years. "What you're going to get from me is quick and dirty, the responsibility is yours to go from there," Kantsampes said. "The size of the jail is driving a lot of the criminal justice policies." Kantsampes said that, unfortunately, when overcrowding becomes a problem in jail facilities, that has some bearing on which criminals are held and which are let go. But, he added, Summit County has done a good job of picking and choosing exactly who should go and who should stay. "The design, frankly, I think is lousy' consultant Paul Kantsampes said. "But your operations are excellent; 90 percent of the battle is operations' "The 15 inmates you have in there right now are pretty heavy duty folks," Kantsampes said, saying that they definitely should be there. According to Kantsampes, the major problems that Summit County must address as a result of overcrowding are the facts that criminals cannot currently be classified because there is no room to separate violent and nonviolent non-violent offenders, and that women have to be moved to another county because there is no facility for them. "The design, frankly, I think is lousy," Kantsampes said. "But your operations are excellent, 90 percent of the battle is operations." In addition, Kantsampes also said that the suicide of inmates should become a consideration in the designing of a new jail facility. Currently, he said the Summit County Jail is not equipped to try to prevent suicides from happening. "Within the jails is just an epidemic of suicide," he said. "It's almost impossible to defend against it in the facility that you have." In the planning of a new jail facility, the county must look at several related issues that include, public sentiment, county facilities and funding of the new building. County Commissioner Sheldon Richins said the county needs to be looking at a special election to approve funding for the facility, and that sentiment was echoed by Summit County Sheriff Fred Eley who said that a new jail has to be addressed as a separate issue and continued on A2 Park City's Pat Montgomery earns top rank among Utah librarians by NAN CHALAT-NOAKER Record staff writer Park City Librarian Pat Montgomery has a lot to celebrate. 1994 marks her tenth year in Park City, her first full year presiding over a brand new library and, this week, she will officially be named Utah's Librarian of the Year. During the Utah Library Association's annual banquet in Ogden on Thursday, Feb 10, Montgomery will be recognized by her peers for her leadership role in creating the new library facility at the Park City Education Center. According to the Utah Library Association citation, "Pat's hard work and dedication have given Park City a beautiful, functional library which will grow with the community through the coming decades." . Awards committee chairman Brad Maurer said the committee was particularly impressed with Montgomery's ability to integrate the concerns of hundreds of citizens throughout the planning process. Montgomery was unanimously nominated for the award by the Park City Library Board which worked with her throughout the two-year planning and building process. According to the trustees' nomination letter, the library's move from the old Miners Hospital to the Carl Winters Building was a particularly emotional issue for local residents. However, under Montgomery's direction "any doubts or negative feelings about moving the library to a new location were transformed into a new vision for the library's future and a renewed feeling of community pride." The letter goes on to say "Those of us who worked closely with Pat through this mammoth undertaking are still in awe of her leadership, enthusiasm and professionalism." While demurring from all the praise, Montgomery admits the move was a big job. By 1991, she remembers, it was obvious the Miner's Hospital was overcrowded. over-crowded. The bookshelves were overstuffed, study carrels were at a premium, the children's collection, and the children were bulging out of their allotted space in the basement. There was talk of building an addition but the cost would have been astronomical. Then Park City Council member Bob Richer suggested that the library board look at the abandoned Carl Winters School Building. According to Montgomery her first reaction was"Ick." But after several meetings with architect Wally Cooper, who had previously earned the community's trust and respect when he renovated the Miner's Hospital, Montgomery said she continued on A2 r (I'LL r,',.!Mi!) J X-'-h ft" r s arm t . I 4iW r&vt 'HIil1 vl arte A 'in ,1 ' ' 7 - photo by Nan Chalat-Noaker Utah's pick for Librarian of the Year is none other than Park City's Pat Montgomery shown here in the spacious surroundings of the new library she helped to design. Index: O Classifieds D6 Columns A1 2 U Crossword C1T U Editorial AU Education A8 Marketplace D1 U Sports cr Agendas A4 Way We Were B1 5 When & Where B2 |