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Show A-2 UUHN mailer gets County-wide mailing at supporters ana attorney list disparities by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF In an April 12th Park Record Guest Editorial, Donaid Jensen. M.D.. medical director of the University of Utah Health Network, wrote that area residents would be receiving a letter from UUHN. explaining their side of the dispute over the future of the Park City Family Health and Emergency Center on Bonanza Drive. That letter has been arriving in residents mailboxes this week, and has drawn the ire of a group supporting nine physicians who lose their positions at the clinic on June 30. The letter also drew a verbal ver-bal response from the doctors attorney. Stee Mersereau. Business Development Division director for the University of Utah Health Network, said Friday the mailing w as supposed to go to every household house-hold in Summit County this week, "but I'm not sure we found every one. That was our goal." Mersereau said he did not know the number of letters sent out in the mailing. "We have received a number of calls requesting additional information." infor-mation." Mersereau said, "plus positive feedback for putting out our side of the story." "Ye"re keeping track of the numbers of calls each way." he said, adding that he did not have those numbers available. A news release was received Dems rolling Two North Summit candidates drop out; Marty, Titensor, Kerr and Perry still in race by Tim Westby OF THE RECORD STAFF Summit County Democrats are readying to narrow the crowded field of candidates vying for the party's nomination down to two. On Tuesday night, the Summit County Democratic Party will hold its county convention. At stake is the party's nomination for the single county commission seat that longJingjjjuairnissioner Sheldon Riekim kVa-atmg"aTthe end of the vear. But the tttkfhas aTr"Sady shrunk by two. Sheldon Smith and Cliff Blonquist. both from Coalville, are pulling out of the race. That means none of the four remaining Democratic candidates are from North Summit, which could hurt the party's eventual top choice in November. The county commission has worked under a "gentleman's agreement" for years stipulating that one commissioner should come from each part of the county. coun-ty. Since retiring Richins lives in Henefer his replacement would have to come from North Summit in order to comply with the agreement. agree-ment. Most candidates from both parties, however, say the agreement agree-ment is no longer needed. As for the convention, it's possible pos-sible only one candidate could come out of the convention if tw o-thirds o-thirds of the 79 delegates choose People's Health The People's Health Center of Summit and Wxsatch Counties invites the public to attend the grand opening of its Mobile Health Van. On Saturday, April IS, 2000, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Eccles Center, the public may take a tour of die van, enjoy light refreshments and learn about possible volunteer opportunities. The Mobile Health Van will open for its first day of serving the uninsured and underserved populations of Summit and Wasatch counties on Monday, April 17. Free delivery' to Park City, SLC & within 50 mile radius 1 630 South State Street Salt Lake City 466-6815 or 1 -800-208-6800 draws fire; doctors' Mil i from the Rallv Round the Docs Committee - formed last month as a support group. "Donlbe fooled. UUHN and the University of Utah are mounting mount-ing an aggressive public disinformation disinfor-mation campaign that insults the intelligence of Park City and Summit County residents." reads the release from the support group. "A 2-page piece of ll'NH "spin' material has been mailed to every household in Summit County. It was also emailed to even emplovee of the University of Utah and UUHN." The Rally Round the Docs group's release continues for two pages, refuting several claims made in the UUHN mailing. Martha Amundsen, attorney for the physicians' group in their lawsuit against the University of I'tah and UUHN. said she was "disappointed" at UUHN's tactics and listed several points in the mailing with which she disagreed. "The letter said that UUHN is not firing the physicians at the Park City Family Health Center. Their contracts were written to automatically renew until terminated termi-nated by either party." Amundsen said. "UUHN terminated the contracts." con-tracts." Amundsen also took issue with the UUHN letters assertion that each of the physicians had made a personal choice not to continue working under the UUHN system. "That is not true. The physicians physi-cians received a letter from (University of Utah President) into county one person. But almost no one believes that will happen. Instead, they expect two candidates to get the nod and duke it out in a June primary. "Anyone could come out of this." Carma Burns, chairperson of the Summit Countv Democratic Party told The Park Record. "I do see a primary. I don't see any candidate can-didate getting 66 percent." By all accounts, the campaigning campaign-ing byidai3idates to line upolele-gates upolele-gates has beenTiotsnd heavy. Michael Many freely adrHts to working the delegates hard. "That's the secret of how these things work at the grassroots levels." lev-els." said the Woodland resident. He is also confident about his chances. He doesn't want to come across sounding "full of bravado." But he told The Park Record. "I have enough (delegates) (dele-gates) that no one will two-thirds . me." Snyderville Basin resident Ron Perry hedges when asked about his chances. "I think I have a 50-50 chance,"' he said. Perry said he has contacted most of the delegates either by phone or through fliers to ask for their support. But a veteran of past commission commis-sion races. Perry said every time he tried to calculate his chances he was w rong. When asked about his chances. Park Citv resident Allen Save now on our Montrachet & Sheraton tables. Quality Billiards Inc. "INTERMOUNTAIN WEST'S ONLY BILUARD MFG. WE ARE UTAH 'S LARGEST & BEST POOL TABLE STORE LARGEST DISPLAY OF TABLES IN THE STATE The Park reaction Bernie Machen saying that their working for the University was not an option," she listed. "The letter was received before contract inter-views inter-views were conducted." Amundsen also took exception with the UUHN letter's claim that the physicians' productivity is responsible for the clinic's financial losses. "I was disappointed to see that - it's very unfortunate. When you look at the facts, gross revenues have increased, but collection rates fell." she said. "The fact is that the physicians are working as hard as ever." The Rally Round the Docs group was more direct in its news release: "The University paid $750,000 for the Park City Clinic in 1W. They took a profitable, well-run well-run medical practice and managed to lose money each year thereafter. They have averaged $1.0 million in losses the last 3 years. Why? Collections went from 86 in 1995 to 54 last year (4b cents of every dollar billed was not collected). They changed billing systems four tunes in four years." Amundsen said that the next event facing the physicians' group is a Request for Declaratory Judgement motion awaiting Third District Court scheduling. She did not have a date for the motion hearing. Mersereau said that UUHN was busy working putting in plans for the transition to the organization's organiza-tion's new group of physicians. "We are in the recruiting and hiring process now. and we will be introducing the new physicians to the community in the coming weeks," he said. convention Titensor is blunt. "I think they're prettv slim," he told The Park Record. Both Marty and Perry told him they each had enough delegates to come out of the convention, he said. Still Titensor is not calling it quits yet. He believes there are still enough uncommitted delegates dele-gates to make the race wide open. The Democratic candidates are: Michael Marty is a Woodland resident and former chair of the Summit C ounty t Democratic Party!' ' VB t J a;:tensj- is "a Park (City fesjaent anosupervisor at the Ski and Snowboard School at the Park City Mountdin Resort. Shauna Kerr is a Park City Council member and former city attorney. Ron Perry is a Basin resident and former county commissioner. He is currently chair of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District. In addition to choosing county commission candidates, the Democrats will also hold a tribute trib-ute to Richins. They will also hear speeches from a slate of state candidates, including Becky Richards who is challenging state Rep. David Ure, R- Kamas for House District 53. The convention will be held at 7 p.m. on April 18 at the North Summit High School, 53 South 100 East in Coalville. The Republicans hold their county convention on April 29. bam mm s- Record Promontory takes its knocks Continued from A-1 Group, the Phoenix developer proposing pro-posing the mostly second-home project, closed on the 6,500-acre swath of land between Interstate 80 and Brown's Canyon highway. At the heart of the rejection is the 21-page Resolution of Intent set out by the county commission in November. The resolution establishes guidelines for how development should occur within the project. In handing dow n their recommendation, the commission took the project to task for not meeting many aspects of the ordinance. ordi-nance. "The ordinance is an ordinance. It's not a negotiation. If the ordinance ordi-nance is followed to the letter then I think it will be a good project," Voth told The Park Record after the meeting. Ke added that he was mystified by what he saw as the developer's reluctance to follow the ordinance. He said Pivotal should first show that the project base 885 units can fit comfortably on the land, then the county can determine deter-mine if additional density bonus units would be allowed. Voth and co-commissioner Debi Scoggan are members of Citizens Allied for Responsible Growth (CARG), a group that has been outspoken critic of the project. Commissioner Max Greenhalgh, who is running for the county commission, agreed Ground to be broken on Continued from A-1 ing the city transit-center efforts. The city has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, April 20 at 2 p.m. Accompanying the transit center cen-ter will be the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Marsac Avenue and Deer Valley Drive, which will ease traffic flow at the intersection. The city wants to finish the bulk of the project by this winter. For information about traffic near the construction zone, Bakaly recommends tuning to 1700 AM, a station the city has programmed to give updates. The transit center will anchor the city Old Town bus service by moving the Main Street stop from the iniersextion of Main Street and tietfet Avehae.k iart of -the McPolin won't see uniform policy Continued from A-1 However Fiddyment added that she would have liked to have seen a greater voter response. "The thing I regret is that we had just barely over a 50 percent return." She said the vote would have been a questionable question-able indicator of all-encompassing support on the'behalf of McPohn parents even if the percentage in favor of uniforms had been higher. Tte uniform proposal had elicit Procrastinators face tax filing deadline Continued from A-1 Math: Did you double-check your math when calculating your federal taxes? Your Utah taxes? Did you correctly add-up the withholding with-holding amounts if you have more than one W-2 form? Exemptions: Does your exemption exemp-tion amount match the total number num-ber of exemptions? If you are filing "married-joint," did you remember to claim your spouse as an exemption? exemp-tion? Coordination: Has anyone already filed a return listing you as a spouse? (Yes, it does happen.) More information: You and a few million other Americans are probably in the same boat this Wecanywerjthing for your borne pme room. AD tables include I compiett accessory package, delivery & instillation Lifetime Guarantee Rniacbj Available Visit L'a On Our Website HTTPqusl!tybii!iardslnc.com with Voth, saying Pivotal was putting put-ting "the cart before the horse." In December, the county commission com-mission approved the project for 885 base units, including a density bonus of 790 for a total of up to 1,675 units. The county also approved up to five golf courses, an equestrian center and two hotels. Greenhalgh suggested that since Pivotal was planning to build employee housing, a fire house and elementary school outside of the gated community that the county should consider requiring Pivotal to conform to the village center concept in Basin's general plan. "This is just so massive, so expansive, it's like three or four Highland Estates lined up," said Greenhalgh. The commission worried that Pivotal's proposal to open one of the project's golf course to the public after 2:00 p.m. was not enough. They also said the course's potentially high green's fees would exclude most county residents. The commission also criticized Pivotal for repeatedly not conforming con-forming to the trail's master plan that calls for public trail access across the project. The commissioners then proceeded pro-ceeded to mark up a poster sized computer enhanced photograph of the project with the changes they wanted to see. in spite of the long list of con overall project, the city also bought a Main Street lot. which will serve as a corridor between the transit center and Main Street. Bakaly team has tried to devise a plan that will ensure Main Street businesses nor the surrounding sur-rounding neighborhoods are not hurt by the construction. There have been some concerns, for instance, that motorists will use Park Avenue more frequently because of the transit center construction. con-struction. John Plunkett of the Upper Park Avenue Property Association says he hopes the city plan works. "It more wait and see," Plunkett said, adding. "The whole town is pretty prepared for the fact downtown will be under construction construc-tion this summer." toric v. Mam aireer business ed a vocal debate among McPolin parents. But despite the emotions involved, Fiddyment said the process had been constructive. "It got people talking," she noted. Fiddyment said a number of important impor-tant issues pertaining to the education educa-tion of children had been brought up in the discussions - such as situations of social segregation in the schools -that had value in and of themselves. As for future action on the issue. Superintendent Nancy Deford said weekend, and the chances are good that you may need some more information. infor-mation. There are still a few places left to look, even on a weekend: If you're reading this on Saturday morning, there may still be time to get help in person. Until noon today, the Utah Tax Commission and Internal Revenue Service will staff both the Tax Commission office at 210 North 1950 West and the downtown Salt Lake City IRS building. 50 S. 200 East, from 8:30 am. to 1230 p.m. On the Web: You can read online and print copies of instructions, forms and other tax-related items. U you have questions about other states' taxes, both sites link to many I 11 b ifiti ifirmi mm' w. u mm m m m m mm Mis ilia sm l m m. m k a i m m m mM m m m maa ma m mm mm mm mm m mm I mmw MM I f fM Iff f I II 1 V M I M M M MM U ' MM I MmlAMM If fll If II X. gm Mm I mmli 1 I 1 f If If I 1 M t 1 I J M 1 mmfn III II I " ' tw ' m v m WaWM f If Wtmr ,M mmrr I I i i i Saturday, April 15,2000 cerns, the planning commissioners said a positive recommendation was still possible if Pivotal responded to their concerns, But at least one commissioner questioned if Pivotal was sincere in taking into account their concerns con-cerns since the county commission handed over most planning responsibilities to the east side. "I donl see that we are anywhere any-where near what we're asking for." said Commissioner Bruce Taylor. "I donl feel like our input is being given serious consideration." considera-tion." Afterwards Rich Sonntag, project manager for Promontory, said literally hundreds of lots had been moved in response to the commission's concerns since December. Both Sonntag and Tom Ellison, the project attorney, said it was too soon to comment on all the changes the commission requested. request-ed. More time was needed to try to understand and incorporate the changes, they said. "Obvisouly. our concept of the project is a little different than theirs," said Sonntag. Right after the commission's vote. CARG member Dana Williams turned to a reporter and said, "There is a god." Voth said the Basin planning commission will likely present its recommendation and the changes it is requesting to the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission on April 19. transit center Alliance, predicts the construction will not greatly hurt Main Street. "I think there will be limited impacts. Limited impacts to very few tenants." Hooker said. "Some people will not even know the construction is going on." Hooker, though, is urging that the city ensure visitors understand how to handle the project. "Public relations and marketing market-ing are going to make a big difference." differ-ence." he said. Park City selected Herm Hughes & Sons, Inc. frt the project. proj-ect. The firm received a $5,736,000 contract. Three other companies also received transit-center related relat-ed contracts totaling about $385.1X10. The federal government has agreed to pav 80 percent of the the district policy, which leaves uniforms up to the individual school communities, does not place any time constraints on future actions. Fiddyment said the McPohn PTO has not decided on a future course of action or whether an additional effort and vote might be a possibility. However she ruled out any further efforts this year. "It over for this school year." said Fiddvmcnt. other state tax sites, too: Federal income tax: www.irs.ustreas.gov State income tax: www.tax.ex.state.ut.us And. by the way, the filing deadline wasnt moved to Monday from its traditional April 15 date just to give procrastinators a break. By law. when April 15 is a Saturday or. Sunday, the filing deadline falls on the following Monday. The Kimball Junction Post Office branch will remain open until midnight Monday, ready to sell stamps and accept your last-minute filings. Good luck! mm I . . , i. Poor ft |