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Show A-2 The Park Record Saturday, September 7, 1996 i Planning Department gets new members by Brian Fryer OF THE RECORD STAFF The understaffed Park City Planning Department will soon be up and running at full speed again according to Community Development Director Rick Lewis. After several weeks of interviews three new planners have accepted offers from the city and should be arriving before the end of October. "We should be completely staffed up by November first," said Lewis. "It will take some time to get DABC is still under fire Continued from A-1 But commission representatives say that is an unfair depiction of their efforts since the Supreme Court ruling. They have at least tried to gather some information on the issue, holding an August 23 public hearing, for instance. "It was the publics opportunity to speak," said Earl Dorius. the department's licensing and compliance manager. man-ager. "The commission wanted to get input on what public pub-lic policy ought to be." However, local club owner Steve McComb suspects some public input has been solicited more vigorously by the commission than other. "It's a known fact that when they propose new alcohol alco-hol policy, they first mail it to the Mormon Church for approval." said McComb, owner of Baja Cantina and Cisero's in Park City. "They basically think it's a sin for us to make a profit over the sale of alcohol." McComb said liquor laws have "gotten a little better" in recent years, but that "any advertising we do is so lim Ski areas offer discounts Continued from A-1 until the resort's scheduled opening of Dec. 7. A student pass is available to Summit County students for $98. Non Summit County District students stu-dents 12 and under can purchase a season pass for $230, and students 13-18 for $280. Utah college students stu-dents can buy a season pass for $350. Adult season passes are on sale for $455. In addition, Wolf Mountain will again offer a family pass for $1,000 that allows up to three family members to enjoy unlimited skiing and snowbqarding all season long. (All listed prices are valid on season passes purchased during the month of Sept. only.) Utah residents can ski for as little Obituary Randy Rogers is Randall William Rogers died Sept. 3, 1996 in Salt Lake City after a long battle with an auto-immune disorder. dis-order. He and his wife Kristen Rogers were Park City residents who both made invaluable contributions to the community. Randy served on the Park City Planning Commission in the mid-1980's. Kristen was elected to the Park City Council in 1986 and also served as editor of Lodestar Magazine. Park City Mayor Brad Olch who sat with Randy on the planning commission said, "One thing I will remember about Randy is that he was always kind and considerate to other commissioners and to the public. He was always well-prepared and was a wonderful planning commissioner." Olch added, "All of us at the city send our condolences to the family, especially to Kristen." Carol Murphy, a member of the Park City School Board and former neighbor said, "He was much loved in the community." Former city council member Sally Elliott added, "Randy was one of the gentlest, most thoughtful men I've ever known. I considered both Randy and Kristen as mentors who taught me new ways of protecting and preserving the environment." According to Randy's family, despite his illness he " maintained hope, faith and an unquenchable delight in the beauties and adventures of this world." Randy was born Feb. 20, 1950, in Los Angeles, the ATTENTION LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS Is your business making as much profit as it could? Are you growing and taking advantage of the local growth to increase your own business profits? Are you working hard, or are you working smart? i i Call IAN J. DOWIE BScACGi Business Consultant at 647-9202 Learn how to make more money by bringing the latest business techniques to your operation. Over 25 years in business, including 12 years as a business consultant in the US and Canada. Benchmark East Company, PO Box 770 Park City, UT 84060 lElJBfiJMBJBlcjJBJcMBfi them trained. Our ordinances are fairly complex but in about six months we intend to be up to speed. It will mean better service for the development community and the public because we will finally have a full staff. The new planners are Allison Kuhlow of Urbandale, Iowa, Brooks Robinson of Hyattsville, Maryland and Kevin Lopiccolo of Oxnard, California. Kuhlow graduated from Iowa State University and has been working work-ing in land use planning and region as $24 per day by purchasing coupon books before Nov. 15. A book of five is $140 and book of 10 is $240. All season passes and coupon books are good seven days a week throughout the season. There are no blackout days or dates. Passes and coupons can be purchased pur-chased by mail, phone (649-5400) and at the Wolf Mountain business office, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Deer Valley's local coupon books offer a savings of up to 44. Adult coupon books, valid weekdays only (Monday-Friday) are $135. An adult book of coupons valid seven days a week is $170 for five coupons and $310 for 10 coupons. Children's books valid seven days a week are remembered in Park City son of La Von Solomon and Wilfred Lawrence Rogers. He married Kristen Smart on Aug. 22, 1973. Their children chil-dren Rebekah, serving an LDS mission in Japan, Spencer serving a mission in Italy. Jed and Will were his treasures. He cherished his wife and children nurturing them with endless love and patience. Randy served on an LDS mission in France and thereafter served in many church callings. He worked as an economist for the State of Utah and for the Utah Foundation, where he helped to guide public policy. Associates have said that everywhere he worked Randy was respected for his wisdom, compassion, humor and optimism. In lieu of flowers the family has asked a special favor from those who knew Randy. Please write down and send your thoughts about him-specific memories, experiences expe-riences and impressions. These memories will be priceless price-less to his family, especially grandchildren in the coming com-ing years. They can be sent to The Rogers Family, 358 Dry Creek Lane, Alpine, Ut. 84004. Randy is survived by his wife and children, his mother, moth-er, his sister Eileen Rogers Moon and brother Stephen Kent Rogers. Funeral services will be held Sat. Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. in the Alpine Stake Center, 98 E. Canyon Crest Rd., Alpine where friends may call for viewing from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services. Interment wiD be in the Alpine City Cemetery. I i 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 I V i al planning in Des Moines. Robinson is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Utah State University. He has been working for the National Capital Park Planning Commission in Maryland specializing in landscape land-scape design and environmental planning. Lopiccolo is a graduate of St. Leo's College in St. Leo Florida and of California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks California. He has been working as a planner in Oxnard. ited... we have to have a disclosure which discourages any out-of-towner from coming in because of the private club statement at the bottom." McComb was censured by the commission last winter for advertising the "highest" club on Main Street referring refer-ring to the altitude. The commission believed he was referring to the intoxicated state of his customers. Barnard said he is asking for a preliminary injunction on behalf of the plaintiffs, which would effectively eliminate elim-inate what they consider unfair restrictions while the case is worked out in court. The attorney says he is confident con-fident the court will side with his plaintiffs, the Utah Licensed Beverage Association, a private citizen named Wayne Benson and the Catalyst newspaper, and grant the injunction. According to Barnard, the three plaintiff parties represent everyone affected by restrictive advertising adver-tising regulations. "Under the First Amendment, there's not only a Constitutional right for me to shoot my mouth off, there's a Constitutional right for you to hear me," said Barnard. $85 for a five-coupon book. Coupon books are on sale until Nov. 30. However, those already in local programs pro-grams can make their purchase anytime. any-time. Season passes are on sale with first adult at $995; additional adult $835; junior (13-17) $595; child (12 and under) $275; senior (65 and older) $375; tots $125. midweek adult passes, valid Monday through Friday, are $525. 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Pinebrook Cottages joins school impact fee debate Continued from A-1 Currently, to receive the fees, a homeowner must formally apply for reimbursement, and has to wait six months to ensure the application applica-tion is not contested. The only reimbursement that will take place without a waiting period will be for homeowners who can prove they owned the land at the time the fee was paid. Possibly inspired by Pitchfork's agreement success, TCAP, L.C. decided to offer their homeowners the, same deal. According to TCAP, L.C. Managing Partner, Jim Doilney, the development company compa-ny had to offer the split, even though it maintains it is entitled to the money in its entirety. He said the agreement was also prompted because "you get screwed when you just sit back and watch the world go by and just hope everything every-thing works out." Doilney said 27 of the 90 homeowners home-owners agreed to split the fee. However, he added, 31 homeowners homeown-ers signed a petition, indicating they had decided not to split the impact fee. Because of the petition, Doilney said, he agreed to give the dissenting dissent-ing homeowners a deadline extension exten-sion to sometime next week, giving time for those who signed the petition peti-tion to meet over the weekend and reconsider whether or not to agree to the split. But Doilney told The Park Record he hopes the homeowners will realize they are getting a fair deal by signing the agreement, as TCAP L.C. paid the impact fees in the first place and, therefore, should be entitled to the refund. Referring to the 5050 split as a "quick and painless resolution," TCAP, L.C. said, if it did not offer such a split, it would have "no choice but to file a lawsuit request ... for your bead needs. ft diggin' goin' on line being installed at a the new Silver Lake Lodge in Deer the few remaining projects slated for construction in the Silver ing the refund of these fees to TCAP, L.C." The developer further fur-ther stated it might not be able to predict the outcome of such a lawsuit, law-suit, however, TCAP, L.C. said it could not see how any "fair and reasonable court" would not rule in its favor. Doilney added TCAP, L.C. has no intention of dragging the school district into possible future disputes. In its letter to the homeowners, TCAP, L.C. said it sold the Pinebrook Cottages after the state made its decision to deem the impact fees unlawful. Because the ruling was passed down before they priced their units, the developers contend they did not include the $3,393 in the cost of the cottages and were "surprised "sur-prised that the county intends to give the fees that TCAP, L.C. paid back to the current owner of record and not to TCAP, L.C." Furthermore, TCAP, L.C. claims they paid the full impact fee, whereas, if they had anticipated some units would be purchased and used for rental properties, they would have exercised their option from the school district to pay only 25-percent of the impact fee $848.25. The developer is also raising the argument it feels the fees were collected col-lected illegally, therefore, the disbursement dis-bursement should be made directly to TCAP, L.C. According to Tom Smart, co-founder co-founder of the company that developed devel-oped Moose Hollow, said he agrees with developers when they say they did not include the impact fees in the cost of the homes. Smart said the price received for the property, because of Park City's booming real estate market, would have been the same regardless of the inclusion of the impact fee. But Ostler said, even though he agrees splitting the impact fees is lon'l iifte our editorials? Send us one of yours. NEED A SECOND MORTGAGE THE EASIEST LOAN YOU'LL EVER DO! . J Home Equity Loan $ 3-4 Hour Approval f Interest Rate Based on Credit History $ Up To 500k With Income Verification - $ Up To 1 00K For W-2 Wage Earners $ 25 K Max Loan Amount (For Self-Employed) - $ No Appraisal Fee $ No Title Insurance I " : $ Use for any purpose . ; J No Credit Report , " Call Today 7 . SPRING CREEK MORTGAGE 6 5 5-7094 We're Friendly - We Don't Wear Ties To Work! 4, SCOTT SNE PARK RECORD the most painless solution, he can not believe any developer would not include his cost for paying the impact fees in to the price of the property. As a homeowner who personally personal-ly paid the fee, however. Smart raised an additional concern over the process by which the county is returning the fees. Because the fees were intended to benefit the school district. Smart said he intends to donate a portion of his refund to the Park City Education Foundation, and hopes more homeowners do the same. He further suggested the school district could facilitate the process for donations by adding into the impact fee refund form an option for applicants to ; immediately donate a portion of their refund to the education foundation, even before the actual fee reaches their hands. But until the Pinebrook Cottages Homeowners Association meets this weekend, Doilney said he will wait to proceed with the application to the school district to receive the fees. When he does have a solid number num-ber as to how many homeowners have accepted the split, TCAP L.C. will go to the school district with the signed agreements and begin the process. And it wiil be assumed, according accord-ing to Doilney's letter to the homeowners, home-owners, that those who do not sign the agreement are rejecting the proposal. Concerning the dissenting homeowners, Doilney said, "If they ended up saying that they want to go to court, then that's what will happen." Doilney added that TCAP L.C. can not just sit by and wait for all of the homeowners to agree to the proposal. "The observation obser-vation is people who sue, get something. some-thing. People who sit by, lose." |