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Show Tfte Park Record Saturday, November 11, 2000 A-2 Proposal Continued from A-1 showing signs of degradation. "We are mining this water." Jams said. The ordinance, he maintained, main-tained, is a way of w atching over that mining. This extraction is leading to diminishing yields and water levels lev-els over time, he reports. Jarvis adds that since snow pack replenishment replen-ishment of those aquifers is unreliable, unre-liable, the county needed to take a more "global perspective" of the water system as a whole. The ordinance, he maintains, creates that global perspective and promotes sharing among water companies by providing that perspective. Secondly. Jarvis argued, the ordinance protects the investments invest-ments of individual property owners. own-ers. Jarvis argued that the required assessment for every Snvderville Basin water company gives property owners the confidence confi-dence that a well-designed water svstem has been put in place to service their land. A poorly-designed svstem. which would not pass assessment under this ordinance, would cause the land's value to go down and hurt the property owner. Third. Jarvis said the ordinance ordi-nance better enforces already existing state standards. Well ratings rat-ings and water quality quantity standards are already part of state-required ordinances, but Jarvis claims the state does not have the resources to meet the demands of each county in the state. Summit County included. Fourth, the ordinance requires regular re-rating of the basin's wells, several of which have been mistakenly rated in the past, leading lead-ing to many of the present supply problems. "Many wells have been overrated over-rated and are actually performing at a rate two to three times less than their original rating." he reported. He pointed to the Summit Park Well 5. which was rated in W2 as having a 160-gaI-lon-per-minute production but now has 75 gallons per minute. The Summit Water District Hiute well, he added, had an original orig-inal pump-testing of 1.31X1 gallons per minute but currently has 2(0 gallons per minute. The ordinance requires regular re-rating of wells. Jams reported, to monitor alarming trends like these. Since wells are often drilled and rated in the early summer when water levels are highest.. Jarvis said, the rating wiS not reflect the water level in the late summer and as a result is misleading mislead-ing to developers who want to add connections to the wajjer supply from the well. Thes fifth benefit Jarvis addressed was to the water companies. com-panies. Jarvis argues that, since it Kerr's County Commission victory spurs two Parkites to seek Council seat Howard Wallack and they want to finish out by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF At least two Parkites are planning plan-ning to apply for the Park City Council seat being vacated by Shauna Kerr, who on Tuesday was victorious in her bid for the Summit County Commission. Luci Sosnowski. a five-year resident who designs clothing and does alteration work, and Howard Wallack. an Aerie resident who unsuccessfully ran for the City Council in 1999. both want the seat. Kerr's City Council seat expires in January 2002 and whoever who-ever holds that seat next fall Of chinj t WX) t Servii3 Dinner A SMOKE Httfc l'Vh Hey.Didyouheir Yea - And MikeyV ff : - ! ( about the new ) Vs servin2 ic UPV fe? I 'i A sushi bar at the J J I V jABIind DogTx j I . , , f invented Sushi!) -- 1 M-i 0 V- fill XThanks Park CityX h '' 1 ( for a Great 2nd ) A '., V Anniversary Party! J v grills) draws friends, foes requires an assessment, the ordinance ordi-nance lets all companies know where they stand and what they need for the future. Because land owners Gorgoza Pines knew they couldn't meet the ordinance standards. stan-dards. Jarvis said, the company held off construction this summer, preventing what could have been a water disaster. For east side water companies, who are not required to answer to the west side ordinance. Jarvis emphasized, "this is an opportunity opportuni-ty for them to improve their systems. sys-tems. ..and to accommodate growth." Jams added that even if companies com-panies like Gorgoza Pines. High Valley and Stiver Springs were slowed down in operation, they were being hurt not by the ordinance ordi-nance but bv being overextended. Lastly. Jarvis argues that the ordinance is not unusual, and that California and Wyoming have each taken similar preventive measures. Cons: Park City Area Home Builders Association President Richard Jaffa told The Park Record that he and his associates were not against preserving underground resources per se, but that they felt the ordinance specifically came down on property owners and punished all water companies. The measure, if there is to be one. he said, should be punitive only to problem water companies. Mountain Ranch Estates developer Steve Shaw reported that the temporary ordinance was poorly timed and because of that it hurt his business. His development develop-ment of 81 lots had already had six lot-buvers back out. He claims that people are afraid to buy property when the water concurrency concur-rency letter could be revoked at the last minute. Five other buyers are holding on offers before concurrency con-currency letters come through. Jaffa added that a property owner might have to pay attorney's attor-ney's fees, architect's fees and the cost for the lot before finding out thai the county has revoked the owner's water rights at the last minute. This is leading to a growing grow-ing panic among lot buyers, claims Jaffa, who are securing attorneys and refusing to make offers before the water letter comes through. Jaffa added that it hurts the water companies who have always been responsible in their dealings. Mutual water companies, he claims, have been running their businesses responsibly for 20-25 vears and for the most part haven't had problems. The private companies, he maintains, are the ones with the problems, and should be the ones hit with assessments and punitive measures. Thoueh Jaffa said he hadn't Luci Sosnowski say City Council term would have to run for re-election on Election Day 2001. Sosnowski. who is 44 and lives on upper Main Street, claims the city government does not serve the citizenry well. She says an attitude atti-tude prevails at the Marsac Building that she wants changed. "I'm sick and tired of what's going on in City Hall," Sosnowski said this week. "Being ignored. Being second-class citizens." Wallack has a similar opinion. "1 still have an interest in the way Park City is run and our city government still isn't listening to the public." Wallack said, adding that City Councilwoman Peg Bodell is an exception. When the 1999 returns were tallied. Wallack was onlv a hand PtUVATfc CLUH MR T- HtNfcHT been able to ascertain the extent of new requirements under the assessment, he said that water companies may have to comply with expanded reserve requirements require-ments of up to 30 percent. The current water reserve requirement require-ment is 30 percent alreadv, he says, and under the proposed new rules water companies may have difficulty serving existing users and putting added water into storage stor-age at the same time. Jaffa criticized the ordinance for allow ing a single "concurrency officer" to come through the Snyderville Basin and conduct underground research that should be done by several geologists. Jaffa and Jack Johnson Company Project Director Charles Elliot agree that there is a conflict of interest, claiming that the ordinance ordi-nance writers have ties to the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District. Elliot w as displeased with what he saw as the divisive nature of the ordinance, which he says "pits water companies against each other." Elliot refers to Mountain Regional's involvement with the ordinance, arguing that other water companies should have been involved. Calling the ordinance "reactive." "reac-tive." Elliot argued that the County should take a more "proactive" approach to water issues, looking into things like using gray water (effluent) on golf courses, finding more places to store Brown's Canyon watei in higher elevations for better storage stor-age and increasing irrigation regulations regu-lations on county water users (like people who are watering their lawn). Elliot wants to see more engineers engi-neers besides Todd Jarvis involved in writing the ordinance, saying "a broader-based group needs to be included." Added Jaffa. "Let's take another 30 days." Jaffa thinks other water companies in addition to builders and developers should be able to help create the ordinance. ordi-nance. Jaffa and others are scared, however, that the Monday hearing hear-ing will be followed by a quick county approval of the ordinance, without the input he thinks is needed. PCAHBA's own proposed alternative to the ordinance is as follow s: Water companies should be required to re-rate their sources with State-approved procedures to certify they have sufficient wet water, and to be held accountabll and punished if they can't serve the water they promised. The public hearing for the water concurrency ordinance is Monday. Nov. 13 at the Summit County Courthouse. 60 North Main. Coalville at 3:(X) p.m. ful of votes behind Bodell. The race was close enough that Wallack requested a recount, which ultimately affirmed Bodell's victory. Wallack is considering a run at the mayor's office in 2001 and says Mayor Brad Olch might not want him on the City Council leading into the election season. "I think what Brad doesnt want is me there where the public sees me every week and sees me question things." Wallack said. Kerr plans to serve until the end of the year but has said she would leave as soon as Dec. 1 if the government indicates an earlier earli-er departure would ease the transition. tran-sition. Kerr said Thursday she would not take part in talks about a successor but would partake in discussions about the process. "I won't be participating. I don't think it's appropriate for me to pick the person because the I7f I UcwUe Drtvc h H rV Gty RJ rvf. rVfy rc fwU$. t fTS MtMlltKS District's boundaries Continued from A-1 the Wasatch Back. In W9S, L're's showing in Park City and the Snyderville Basin also was poor compared to the rest of his district. Democrat Greg Miner captured each precinct from Ure on the west side of the 53rd District. That year also saw a Democratic State Senate candidate, candi-date, Jerry Romero, beat incumbent Republican Beverly Evans in Park City and the basin but lose in other parts of the district. The rest of the district dis-trict carried Evans to a victory over Romero. "It's frustrating and 1 dont know what to do about it because I spent an enormous time in the Park City area." I're said after his re-election. "I don't know how else to approach it." Ure says he has tried to bring issues from Park City and the basin to the Legislature and Ivs largely been successful with those items. iioiv ne voted Candidates Eastside Westside Countywide For Summit County Commission Kerr(D) 852 4,834 5,686 Ovard(R) 2,767 2,457 5.224 Duncan 101 589 690 RAP Tax For 1.224 3,794 5,018 Against 1,451 2.057 3.508 i Election shows east, west distinction Continued from A-1 got 121 votes to Ovard's 161. The Ovard Kerr competition - where Kerr beat out Ovard with only 49.02 percent to his 45.03 percent was tighter than any of the races for the seats currently held by $heldon Richins, Eric Schifferli andJPat Cone. Richins, for one, had no one running against him in 1996. Cone beat out Republican Jim Soter in 1998 with 54.92 percent of the vote, w hile Schifferli swept the seat from Democrat Richard code says the remaining Council members." Kerr said. At its Thursday meeting, the City Council indicated that it would accept letters of intent and resumes from Parkites interested in the seat. Those are due by Friday. Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. Kerr wants the next City Councilor to be an advocate for city government employees and prefers that the person chosen has participated in government processes in the past. The appointment will probably mean that four of the five City Councilors will have a year or less of experience. Only City Councilman Roger Harlan will have significant seniority. Since Kerr won't vote on her successor, only four city Council votes remain. If they cast a 2-2 vote, Olch would break the tie. Harlan was the last City Councilor to be appointed. He ON THE LAKE-NORTHSHORE LAKE-NORTHSHORE Large home with 5 bedrooms bed-rooms plus office-2200 sf garage area for all your cars. Open floor plan opens up to resort views and lake. Reduced to $499,000 -mmmt- 32 5 ac with irrigation water Great Location - 5450,000 3 lofts in PineridgePinebrook $155,000 and up. 2 lots in Summit Park $41,900 and up 2 acs. in Snyderville Basin $84,900 Horses allowed Lot on Jeremy Ranch Golf Course $85,000 12 ac. flfoto m. ItoUtii iirtwn foil iiftuMr' "I have done everything that has been asked of me with the exception of maybe guns and I donl think there is a clear voice in Park City about guns," I're said. Richards notes the disparate vote on Tuesday night. "It's obvious that I lost because in Morgan and Rich counties because they're primarily prima-rily Republican," Richards said, adding "We worked hard. It was a tough race. We put everything we had into it. including all the money in our coffers." This type of election return might be scrapped by the 2002 Legislature elections. The body is currently debating how the state will be redistricted using the results of the 2000 census. I're has admitted for almost a vear that the 53rd District will be shuffled. He has said he will probably lose parts of the district dis-trict because of its geographic-size geographic-size and the population increases increas-es in the '90s. But L're also predicts that Park City and the Snvderville J Kohler that same year with 63.68 percent of the vote. The Arts Rec tax. which will tax one-tenth of one percent of sales taxes in the county, had the least support with Echo voters, who gave it 17 no votes to 10 yes votes. In the town of Kamas, the west side voted strongly against the arts tax. with 142 voters coming com-ing down against it and 97 voters for it. The Kamas West precinct came in third place county-wide in highest percentage of "no" votes for the tax. The Kamas East precinct. took office in 1992 after Jim Santy resigned. Wallack and Sosnowski are touting somewhat differing platforms. plat-forms. Wallack continues to stress issues that were key to his 1999 campaign, such as fiscal responsibility responsi-bility and common-sense government. govern-ment. Sosnowski says she wants the city government to be responsive respon-sive around Park City. "There doesnt seem to be as much a concern about some parts of town as other parts of town," Sosnowski said. She also has concerns about the Park City Police Department. She agrees with Bodell's interest in oversight for the Police Department. 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"I'm going to try to raise above that kind of temptation and I'm going to vote in the best interest of Summit County as a whole." Richards agrees that redistneting redis-tneting should help the western portion of the 53rd District. She said parts of the district should be lopped off and put with other areas. "When we do the redistneting, redistnet-ing, maybe it would be best to district Morgan closer to Ogden or something like that." Richards said. "Then, maybe, we would have the benefit in our county to have a Democratic leader." where Kerr picked up the most votes without winning a precinct, showed a much higher support of the tax. 87 voters approved the tax while 95 against it. A tie for the tax occurred in the Woodland precinct, with 68 votes coming out for each side. Thai Hmbi alence did rioi trans late, however, to the commission race, where Ovard took 61.59 percent of the vote. Stfver Creek, the only west side precinct to decline the tax, also showed the second highest support of Randy Ovard for Park City Snvderville residents. Sosnowski claims that she once had a problem with the police but the department essentially ignored the complaint. "I tried to register a complaint about a (police officer) and they wouldn't take the complaint," Sosnowski said. Sosnowski said Park City should scrap its Pay and Display-style Display-style parking meters. "I have always been in favor of paid parking on Main Street. I dont like the meters we have. I would like to go to old-fashioned meters." she said, adding that she wants Swede Alley to have free parking year-round. Sosnowski wants the city continue con-tinue its affordable-housing program pro-gram and for it to connect its bus system to Kimball Junction. Park City residents who have lived in the city for one year and who are registered to vote are eligible eli-gible for the City Council seat. 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