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Show Saturday, January 25, 1997 The Park Record A-15 EDITORIAL Don't blame it all on Sundance Ten years ago Building Official Ron Ivie was already warning the Park City Council that the future of the city would rest on parking. At the time he fiercely championed construction of the China Bridge parking structure which some believed was overkill for Main Street's parking needs. Today few would argue with Ivie in fact, some wish he and previous city administrations had been even bolder in their attempts to get ahead of the parking park-ing curve. These days, especially in light of the additional traffic pressure exerted by the Sundance Film Festival, council members, engineers and transportation directors are once again trying to figure out how park thousands of cars on Old Town's steep, narrow streets. Traffic in and out of town has also become a major challenge. Tt's good practice for the Olympics,' they say. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A little too avant garde Editor: I am surprised that Summit County and State of Utah officials are able to tolerate the sexual depictions shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The synopsis for one film. Going All the Way, states that it has one of the best masturbation scenes of all times. Most of these films have not yet been rated. Some of them would likely be justification for criminal charges if they were on video. Could it be that we live in an area where celebrity status exempts one from the standards that others must abide by? Perhaps Mr. Redford should move the festival fes-tival to a place that has some respect for the U.S. Constitution. Lance Myers Dangerous diversion Editor: What in the sam hill did the city council think that they would accomplish by building build-ing that Lincoln-Log landmark in the center cen-ter of Park Avenue. The only calming you have managed to create is the un-calming of my, and a number of others', nerves. What was the overall vision for this device? Was it really to divert more traffic up to Deer Valley Drive, onto Bonanza or up Swede Alley? If the traffic was so bad Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down For the How do you feel if A f"W , m&. ,? ,UJ'i"-. - Mark Hodson Rocket Scientist AssistantPark City "My car is the sh-! That's why it stinks." 1 XK XQ c But that's not really the point. With or without Sundance or the Olympics, traffic is beginning to overwhelm the ambiance of Old Town. Let's face, we built it.. .and they came. It would be more appropriate to say that the Sundance Festival is practice for everyday every-day life in Park City in the coming years. By next year, the Summit Watch project pro-ject at the base of Main Street will be in full swing attracting even more visitors visi-tors with new shops, offices, condominiums condomini-ums and a hotel. And. the Caledonia Hotel on the other side of Park Avenue is not far behind. Those, along with additional projects under construction at Deer Crest in the Deer Valley area, are sure to bring traffic equal to or surpassing sur-passing the volume experienced during Sundance. If the commercial and residential resi-dential units proposed at Flagstaff also are approved, traffic will reach Olympic proportions long before 2002. going up Park Avenue il certainly has not improved since the installation of this overgrown median it's just mote difficult getting around that monstrosity. And with the help of Mr. Snowplow. the traffic calmer turns into a beautiful "eye of the needle" driving hazard. ..heaven help the pedestrians. If the problem is speeding, then tell the people to slow down or maybe post a couple more signs. I know.. .put a fiberglass cow on patrol. I know of one that needs the work. Sincerely, J.M. Osburn Calmers unite! Editor: Thanks to Paul Sincock for highlighting the issue of speeding motorists, and for introducing a new term, "traffic calming." I, too. am a "calmer." but didn't have a catchy expression for it. My favorite streets for calming speeding cars are Holiday Ranch Loop. Deer Valley Drive and Marsac Avenue. It does take guts to do this, as aggressive drivers will attempt to hurry you along by coming so close you can see your own worried face reflected in their mirrored sunglasses! The most frustrating frus-trating area has to be S R. 224 between the. Holiday Ranch Loop and Kearns-intersections. Is'there really some secret game to see who arrives at the red light first? I often wish the police had the time or manpower man-power to ticket here it would be a real boon to the citv coffers. So. Paul, there are THUMBS UP to the clearly marked film festival shuttle buses, which were in constant motion between the Egyptian, Prospector Square and the Holiday Cinemas. THUMBS DOWN to the Park City School Board for not supporting overnight field trips for elementary elemen-tary school students, against the will of their constituents. recor about your car? Chris Romero Rocket ScientistPark City "I love my car. She's 20 years old and she is my Bessy. Starts all the time." Park City is not alone in facing this dilemma. Resort cities throughout the Rocky Mountains are facing the same crisis and not one has yet found an adequate ade-quate solution. But one thing will not make the situation easier: blaming the problem on the Sundance Film Festival or on tourists. The problem is one of our own doing big cars, local resistance to using public transportation, ongoing density approvals coupled with a reluctance reluc-tance to charge developers for the full cost of parking and traffic mitigation. The lesson to be learned is this: Ivie was right. The city must hold existing and future businesses' feet to the fire now. Traffic and parking must be addressed with bold steps (like the increased in-lieu fees approved this week) including expanding the city's free transit system and limiting or turning turn-ing down density that will further impact Old Town. others who feel as you do. that speed limits lim-its are posted for a reason (just as the "No Parking. Fire Lane" signs are posted along storefronts, but don't get me started). An additional suggestion would be to actually follow a speeder, if they look like they're headed someplace locally. Mention (in non-threatening tones) that they could slow down, or leave a note at their door, or on their windshield. We use these tactics in our neighborhood, with generally good results. Lets all take responsibility for keeping our town safe and sane. Sincerely. Jolie McTavish Public input in the schools Editor: The Park City High School Site-Based Decision Making Committee would like to thank everyone who took time and responded to the questionnaire regarding goals for the high school for 1996-97. Feedback on the current attendance policy provided valuable input. All responses have been recorded for consideration by sub-committees which will review issues and establish procedures for reaching our goals. We welcome public input at any time: the first 15 minutes of each meeting is reserved for comments from the public (meetings are generally the first or second Monday of each month, at 4 p.m. at the high school) and additional responses to the questionnaire are being accepted and maintained at the high school. The site-based group considered several sever-al goals for this school year following submission sub-mission of comments from the PCHS staff and administration and review of the parent par-ent questionnaire. We have elected to direct our energies in three areas: Continue to improve school attendance by a) monitoring attendance and b) clarifying clari-fying and enhancing the existing policy by periodic review; improve communications; and. with school board approval, explore the development of "graduation pathways:" path-ways:" that will enhance students' knowledge knowl-edge and skills in their chosen interests, recognizing that each pathway must fulfill required state core -curriculum. The attendance policy will be reviewed in depth in March, allowing us to consider the second quarter attendance statistics, and the policy for the 1997-98 school year will be published before school's end. We are very grateful for all comments on the issues and welcome additional input. Every response contributes to a better bet-ter understanding of what parents hope for and expect from the high school. A notebook is kept in the high school library which contains the minutes from the site-based committee meetings. It is available for anyone who is interested in knowing what the site-based committee has under consideration. As members of the site-based group. Asked at Park City Michelle Backer Southern California "I love it. It's a Chrysler. I've never had trouble with it and the service is great." J f:.J-7 - ... t NAotaey Talks- jto we are committed to lepresenting the Park Cits Communitv in our attempts to improve the learning environment for our students. We thank you for your support and welcome our input. Respectfully submitted. Corinne Crandall, secretary High school formal affair Editor: On Saturday. Jan. IS. the Wolf Mountain Steak House hosted the Park City High School Winter Formal. Over 200 students enjoyed a wonderful Italian buffet buf-fet dinner, followed by a great dance. This dinner and special evening would not have happened if it were not for Mr. Kenny Griswold and Mr. Steve Huntsberger closing clos-ing the restaurant to the public in favor of Park City's youth. A very special thanks to both of you for a terrific evening. Senior Class officers: Sean Tolpinrud, president Kyle Mammen, vice president Seth Williams, secretary Investing in our students Editor: On behalf of the students and staff at Park City High School I would like to thank the Cisco Corporation for their generous gen-erous grant of $10,000 worth of material and staff dev elopment funds to our school. The monev was used to speed our travel down the Internet highway and save the taxpavers of the district a large sum of technology financing. Again, thanks to this corporate sponsor and the main others who help our students. stu-dents. Hal Smith, principal Park City High School McHoops competition Editor: Park City Recreation Services held a local McDonald's NBA 2Ball Competition on Jan. 16 at Treasure Mountain Middle School. We had over 35 teams competing in three different age groups with the winners win-ners mov ing on to the area competition at Murray High School on Feb. 1. The following are the winning teams in each age group: Boy s 9-11. John Langford and Kirt White with a score of IN; Girls 9-11. 9-11. Amy Young and Crystall Christiansen with a score of 26: Boys 12-14. Mitch Arnold and Casey Crouch with a score of 43; Girls 12-14. Melanie Werner and Kellie Ski Area Ric Brunimette PilotPark City "Well, it's a lovehate relationship. I own a Mazda Miata and it won't go in the winter." Michaelis with a scoie ol i i 1 Iv-. Brandon Hill and Trov Bail. n h .. of 34. The Recreation Depai line in i. ,. some great prie donations Ii.mm Young, owner of the local Ml): Thanks to Mark, every child w-pated w-pated received a squeeze boiil, ,i coupon for a free sandwich .il 1. 1 I'd like to wish all the uinm . '.!-. of luck on Feb. 1 in Murrav aad 'I. the participants tor making tl,. Competition a great success Ken Fisher Park Citv Recreation K.di The Park Record Staff PUBLISHER Editor Staff writers Andy B--. ' Nan Criai i' ' Lisa AnU Adam Eloji. -Kirsta H b:. . Brucr Lev. MadiM'" i- '' Dave Field., Tom Ovd'-Rick Ovd'-Rick B' -., Jack f'i'r-Ten f'i'r-Ten On Kim Duda.-v Bevenv R ', LeahS.v Jennitet Si."-' Rachel'..- L, r Trar.y Hun;,-Donna Hun;,-Donna Bf-' : Mary h a'-Sharon a'-Sharon P,,:. i-Angr-I, S,- -Courtney S'.f Kat Jame., Scott Sin-Anna Sin-Anna Walk..-; Scott As:e Jason Oson" Daintue Z-'),-. Amy Lucas Yvonne Ruth Tricia Syme-Meh Syme-Meh sa Hyde Erin Padd', r Bob Craw ' 1 . Dick Eig:" Karen Yi :' Tim Pet.-;-,-,; Kevin NiC! ! 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