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Show A-2 The Park Record Saturday, January 25, 1997 Flagstaff developer appeals to county Continued from A-1 mendations for the area per the amended general plan will place the acreage into a onc-in-20 and one-in-40-acre density allowances a far cry from the Flagstaff developers' proposed density of fie units per acre. "I find it doubtful that we will accommodate (Flagstaff's) plan." Greenhalgh told The Park Record, adding that "we will want to re-address that issue before the master plan is finalized." Greenhalgh further commented that, although the county might designate zoning for the area as low density. Flagstaff has the right to petition the county to amend the master plan, should its bid for annexation to Park City fall throimh. Sundance has impact on Main Continued from A-1 especially skiers and second-home second-home owners. "We don't usually see too many locals." Reports from local galleries were mixed. One gallery manager manag-er who did not want to be identified identi-fied said that this year's Sundance period was not as good as preious years had been. Robert Yalline. owner of Old Town Gallery at 444 Main Street, called people in town for Sundance "a terrific group. We're very busy, and the exposure is scry good." Yalline said he and his staff are spending a lot of time talking, and that, like many galleries, sales are not always immediate. "Most of our visitors are more thinkers than quick buyers." he said. "We're hoping that many of them w ill come back or call back" with an order. He added that his wintertime business stems primarily from tourists and second-home owners, own-ers, and that locals seemed to Sachs finds second home at Sundance Film Festival Continued from A-1 "I also wanted to draw a parallel par-allel between a white teenager who is an outsider because of his sexuality and the Vietnamese character who is an outsider for many different reasons. Not only is he Vietnamese, he is half-black, half-black, so he is constantly being marginalized." Sachs takes this theme of isolation iso-lation one step further when he-couples he-couples it with an element of revenge. The film takes a dramatic turn at the end. hopefully provoking thoughtful contemplation of the film's various issues. "I always knew the film was melodramatic, and the ending is a very 'movie' ending. In the end you know the Vietnamese character has put a little bomb in the white guy's world. I wanted to draw dramatic, dramat-ic, exaggerated attention to this character s position in the world his powerlessness. His acting out is very extreme, but hopefully it causes people to A J Kristi's i r i lit a cafe Serving outrageous coffee and espresso drinks, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, grilled & no-wait sandwiches, k j soups & salads a" I ... r -,- - - - -.- "l I Buy One Drink and Receive a Second Drink i i of Equal or Lesser Value for Free j j When You Present This Coupon j Expires February 15, 199 7 j L uttt mm turn am wtM Hut inil wmt wti Ht ( mm mm wm mm oh ah Whether or not Rothwell and Flagstaff's owners will be happy with the Park City Planning Commission's recommendation regarding densities for the area remains to be seen. According to Park City Council Member Roger Harlan. Rothwell spoke to him earlier this week regarding the impending recommendation. Harlan said Rothwell seemed to sense the recommendation might not be in line with Flagstaff 's density den-sity request, and that Rothwell "wanted me to know that his only option was not the city." Harlan told The Park Record that "now that it is getting closer to crunch time. (Rothwell) is saying say-ing keep in mind. I have alternatives." alterna-tives." and (the city is) aware of that. The planning commission is wrapping up their final recom shop there during the off-season. Jill Johnson, owner of The Tommy Knocker, said her 537 Main Street business was about as good as it was last year, but couldn't attribute it specifically to Sundance shoppers. "We were getting foot-a-day snowfall during last year's festival, festi-val, while this year's weather has been pretty good." she said. "When it snows heavily, they don't ski. they shop. I believe our business has been as good as it has been because of our loyal locals, not so much because of the visitors." It seems that the floral business busi-ness flourishes so to speak during Sundance. "Our business has been up. we've been pretty busy." said Sue Boyle, manager at Galleria Floral. 580 Main Street. "We're getting a lot of "Thanks for the tickets' and 'Good luck' orders related directly to Sundance." Boyle added that their locals' business hadn't been itnpacted by Sundance since most locals typi react to all of these issues. "In the film, the narrative is almost handed over from one character to another, and by the end it is not really about Lincoln at all. Because the film is not only about what you do to other people, but what those others do in response." While the film does highlight a homosexual relationship. Sachs says it is really more of a study of universal emotions. "A lot of people with various backgrounds back-grounds gay or straight can relate to the position (of Lincoln). They don't really know what to do with their sexuality and how to keep it from their family, or bring it into their family. fami-ly. As a teen, you are often acting out in a way that is oblivious to the effect your actions are having on the world around you. You tend to act almost unconsciously, and I think that can be very dangerous." dan-gerous." Sachs notes the film "Splendor in the Grass" as a model film for adolescent angst, and says he 1 'A Join us for breakfast, lunch, or dinner Open 7 days a week 7am-9pm 804 Main St. -across from the Town Lift-658-1252 mendations, and I think Hank has a good idea of what they are going to be." While Harlan believes the planning commission is "a few weeks away" from its final recommendation, recom-mendation, the Park City Council will need to approve the final plan and request for annexation. And. Harlan said, because the development would be one of the largest within the Park City Municipal limits, the city needs to be sure it is appropriate for the area. "We're talking about development develop-ment in a part of Park City that has really long-term implications." implica-tions." Harlan said, adding that. "Hank has his perspective as a representative of the landowners, and the city has its vested interest in a development of that size." mixed Street cally order their floral arrangements arrange-ments by phone. More than half of the retailers praised Sundance organizers for getting the word out about parking, park-ing, shuttle buses and traffic issues, but several said congestion conges-tion was still a thorn in their local customers' hides. "The organizers have done a wonderful job. The shuttle bus system is working great."' said Haedt. "Parking will always be a problem Sundance or not but the Sundance people have worked hard to get the word out to make things go smoothly." "The message has gotten out to park and use the bus to get to Main Street." said Valline. Johnson reported that she had spoken with a number of locals who weren't happy with the traffic traf-fic congestion and tight parking during the festival. And Boyle said that their primary pri-mary problem with parking was finding a place to park their delivery vehicle after returning from a round of deliveries. hopes to one day make his own "Splendor." "Like 'Splendor.' I took the dramatic elements and played them out in a very over the top way. I like that. I like the Baroque emotional experience." His experience at Sundance has also been quite emotional, although he says he has received a lot of encouragement from his appearance here. "(Sundance) gives you a certain profile which helps the film, but being here, your emotions are on the line all the time because you feel you know you are being judged." Talk about being judged Sachs was preparing to take on his biggest critic that afternoon his dad. "He hasn't seen the film yet. but he has been very supportive, sup-portive, talking about it and telling everyone to go see it. He's getting a real kick out of it." Sachs says he will be taking "The Delta" to film festivals in Rotterdam and Berlin next, and then will move back to Memphis to work on his next feature film script. ff(H&& cenfty Jjftuw (tmnffim&ttMm liberty urn 1 1 r1 m I . If ir; k ft fi SCOTT SNBPARK RECORD Ryan Hart, Alex Stein, Ryan Watts and Amanda Deaderick recite the Pledge of Allegiance before getting down to work. The students anchor McPolin Elementary's version of Good Morning America including announcements about the day's lunch menu. Growth the top Continued from A-1 cials. said Klingenstein, but commissioners com-missioners in Summit County where property values rose faster in 1995 than in any other county in the nation and Wasatch County who have been reluctant to slow the pace of immigration. "Nobody out there has the political politi-cal chutzpa to say no to develop-, ment. It's like we're all on a drug and we can t say, 'No. Klingenstein is serving on the two-member liaison committees com-mittees to both Summit and Wasatch Counties. "I don't think we're addressing growth issues in any manner," Klingenstein said at Thursday's meeting. We need to figure out, specifically, what is it we're going to do to control rate." One such measure could be a "fail-safe" mechanism, under which the city would monitor mon-itor the number of building permits per-mits issued, and if a certain number num-ber were exceeded for more than, say, one quarter or one year, the city would begin to set limits. Few other city officials seem to share Klingenstein's proclivity for enacting official growth control. con-trol. Measures such as the fail-safe mechanism could hurt small builders, said both City Manager Toby Ross and council member Shauna Kerr at Thursday's session. ses-sion. Kerr also- argued that re- We're saving you a space in Letters to the Editor email: recordxrnission.com and justice for all ll ' .. (i. il tr' fSfcl & WS: f control is still at of city's agenda actively limiting building permits may be too little, too late. "By the time we institute this mechanism, the train's already past the station," said Kerr. Neither she nor the other council members expressed much concern about market downturns, down-turns, either. "I am." said Klingenstein, "because we have $1 million a year in,jnterest payments pay-ments alone on just opan space." Nobody out there has the political chutzpa to say no to development. It's like we're all on a drug and we can't say, 'No. "' City Councilman, Chuck Klingenstein He said the market will always go through ups and downs during its cycles, but "the question is. at the end of that cycle, how bad does it end? My concern is all of a sudden sud-den reaching a precipice," Klingenstein said, rather than a gradual slowdown that the market mar-ket might be able to muddle through. "From 1981 to "84 we had a town that went from boom to. not quite bust, but a lot of people were hurting," Klingenstein said. "Property values went down the drain, and some people were M:m join us for a Superbowl Party Watch the game and if? W IS The Hop'n lalapeno Gloom at Nacho Mamas 1821 Sidewinder Drive Formerly the home W' - 4 "... 1 s M f S J K jW f A --JlrfTf n 111 1 forced out of business. "I don't expect a rate of growth system to save us from that. I just don't want to over-encourage over-encourage a dependence on the construction industry." Klingenstein did say city planners plan-ners are doing an admirable job in managing growth given the tools they have, "I think we're doing a good job," he said. "This town is a very intentional community. com-munity. When a project goes through our process, it's not a slam dunk it goes through very carefully." But the councilman said the Land Management Code (LMC) should not be the tool that it sometimes is for obstructing the pace of growth. He said it's only fair that ordinary citizens should be able to understand and navigate the code. "My goal is to get out of the process control and get into clean growth control or management." manage-ment." The council finished its discussion dis-cussion of Phase I amendments to the General Plan during Thursday night's work session. Their suggestions and directions will now be incorporated into the document by Community Development Director Rick Lewis and Special Projects Coordinator Nora Seltenrich before the council ratifies the amendments within the next couple cou-ple of months. mm mm mi enjoy our Burrito and Enchilada Buffet for $8.00, 3 pm to 8 pm. in Prospector, 645-8226 of Park City Home Video L |