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Show Wednesday, April 2, 1997 The Park Record A-5 City Beat Expanding city's borders With Flagstaff on their minds, city council now to reconsider annexation at city's north end by Adam Elggren . OF THE RECORD STAFF As if 1.550 potential new acres on Park City's southern border were not enough, the city council will now also reconsider the annexation of 80 acres at the town's north end. The applicants of the Sandstone Cove annexation, perhaps concerned con-cerned about a possible May 5 deadline, are bringing, their application appli-cation for inclusion into Park City back before the council this , Thursday at a work session. A decision may be made as early as April 17. The same annexation failed on . July 25. 1996 for lack of the neces-' neces-' sary 23 majority approval. The ' applicants, the Jack Johnson , CompanyBlack Diamond Partners, are now asking that the ' council reconsider that decision and may be willing to make changes (i.e.: concessions). Ironically, the bill scheduled to become law on May 5 that has the city and both the Sandstone Cove and Flagstaff annexation applicants appli-cants worried would ease the requirements for approval from 23 to a simple majority. That bill, however, would also force a financial finan-cial analysis of all potential annexations, annex-ations, and if cities come out ahead in the revenues versus costs-of-ser-vices ratio by more than 5 percent, they cannot annex the property. Both Flagstaff and Sandstone Cove not to mention any yet-to-be-developed land would likely be ineligible for annexation into Park City if the 5-percent restriction restric-tion is made into law. Two Sandstone Cove issues have been mentioned by the city planning staff as ripe for discussion by the council. A proposed 250.000-gallon water tank was mentioned the last time around as being large enough to perhaps encourage further development in the area, which the council has been eager to limit to. at the most, the 18 single-family units the applicants are proposing. Staff is reporting that City Engineer Eric DeHaan is recommending recom-mending the 250.(MK)-gallon tank. Construction phasing is also mentioned as an item for consideration. consider-ation. The council asked last summer sum-mer that the applicant slow the pace of construction as much as possible, and the developers came up with a plan to string it out over the course of six years. City Special Projects Coordinator Nora Seltenrich is now asking the council coun-cil if that slow-down is still a priority. prior-ity. Other aspects of the Sandstone Cove annexation, as it currently is laid out: The applicants are asking for 18 units on 80 acres, with individual individ-ual parcels ranging in size from .42 acres to 5.82 acres. The area was zoned by the county (prior to changes in the county's system) as "criticalsensitive" land with density den-sity of one unit per 40 acres. The applicants have stated their willingness to set aside about 30 acres of land near S. R. 224 as open space dedicated to the city. Park City's current Comprehensive Plan (of 1985) does not designate a land use for the Sandstone Cove area. . ADAM ELGGRENPARK RECORD Renovations are currently underway at the Main Street Post Office, where new flooring and paint have already been put in place. More painting is on the way, as well as new lighting and display equipment for the office's retail products, according to Park City Postmaster Sandee Trout. She said the interior work should be completed by the end of April. An official offi-cial at Salt Lake City postal headquarters said the renovations will come in at $180,000-$220,000 $180,000-$220,000 total. Paint and pavement work is also expected on the exterior, but, said Trout, "We're waiting to see how the weather goes." Police Blotter Item from the PCPD's .dispatch report: 900 tip? , Aside from the false alarms and traffic incidents . that demand so much attention from officers of the Park City Police Department, the PCPD dispatch ..blotter contained the following items from last week. . .March 24-30: On Sunday. March 30, a caller reported to dispatch , being picked up by a taxi service near Main Street and delivered to a Park Meadows residence. The caller gave the driver a $100 bill for a $10 fare, but the driver dri-ver sped away before giving back any change. An Old Town resident reported a stolen vehicle Sunday with an estimated value of $2,000. The vehicle? vehi-cle? A bicycle. Two incidents of "lost or stolen" wallets were received by police dispatch from the Resort Center area Sunday night within a one-hour period. One man said he suspected he was the victim of a pick-pocket. Police received a call early Saturday morning, March 29, reporting three gunshots heard in the area. That call was followed by another also reporting three shots. An ensuing investigation turned up nothing. A Park Meadows resident called police Saturday morning to report that a "balloon full of people" just landed in his backyard. According to the dispatch reports, an unattended car rolled forward on Daly Avenue Saturday afternoon, after-noon, taking out at least one man and another car before coming to a slop. On Friday. March 28. a driver of the Main Street Trolley asked police to meet at the turnaround at the Please see City, A-6 COMPUTER SERVICES: New Systems Upgrades Hardware and Software Installation Windows95 Performance Tuning Microsoft Networking Internet Setup On Site Instruction COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR HOME AND BUSINESS 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH IBM V"-' tv. h i 4 X ; "ft i. f ' . 1 ' l h ' $ ''' " -s mmm f , - i f : ... a . .;, .-. V O v n 2 o o 3 Q 3 Q . 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