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Show Saturday, January 20, 2001 The Park Record A-3 CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-90 1 4 ext. 1 1 1 City Beat Unhappiness greeting split Planning Commissioner says DMB was straightforward and didn't play any games r by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF There are some murmurs within the city of unhappiness with the project once applications are filed say tney were anticipating anticipat-ing the partnership to be Council OK'd the overall parame ters of the development within an annexation agreement with UPCM in 1999. UPCM expects to bring the Planning Commission applications sometime this year. DMB has experience building upscale developments, particularly golf resorts, in the Southwest. It is Larson said. "I get the feeling there wouldn't be games." Planning Commissioner Bruce Erickson, though, says he is unsure tne cny oi unnappiness with tne wkat the nlit will mean for the Dro- B tcsuiu, m u hreakun of the FWtaff Mnnniain wha.1 SPW w" mean tor me pr based in Arizona. Resort partnership Particularly, 'fhTfK l a bk develop- Pat Putt' Park Cit's Planmn someof those who will deal with the er .i S!fB I L VmmbZ- and zomn administrator- a s,affer nrniect nnre annlitionc are fileH ?F DM.B 1 8UeS? 1 amD'Va, who W3S WOrkinB Closely with lent on them with i-tagstan, DMR sairi the citv wanted tn ! , work with DMB. From what I've heard, I think they . "My opinion of dmb was This week. United j tfl mnrfl (.fM;1htf,.flrW inrt high. They are skuled at what ;s and wuuiu uc uiui c ou aiynuui vwm u iv wwvi n tney ao. 1 ney are one ot tne Park Citv Mines Arizona developer wjtn than many of the other groups we J" We wfeff t.e"co,uraeed DMB, the two companies , , .-. . because we felt that it was a that had planned to part- WOrked With in the past. I get We teel- design firm with a proven Z. cii. . ..... rernrH " Piitt saiH "With their deal 'W t"6re W0UlCln f De fieS announced that their deal had fallen through. UPCM- now is readying to proceed with the project proj-ect without DMB. anu "It's really disappointing. disappoint-ing. The development timeframe sounded right, the group sounded like the right development partners," part-ners," said Park City Planning Commissioner Chris Larson. He said DMB brought a strong reputation to the project. record . . . ," Putt said. "With DMB, we knew these were - Chris Larson serious vvXt with serious backing that could get the job Planing Commissioner done - mhmmhhhbbbm Putt also said the city and DMB had developed a good relationship. "For me, personally, it is a disappointment," disap-pointment," Putt said. "Over the course of a year to 18 months, you establish a rapport. It disappointing disappoint-ing those efforts to build that confidence confi-dence and trust won't be carried Erickson said, adding, "I was looking look-ing forward to seeing some progress on Flagstaff. Whether it was DMB or not didn't matter." The Planning Commission will be the primary legislative body to oversee the Flagstaff development. "From what I've heard. I think the individua, rts of og development they would be more straightforward zZ;OKt!tft a ,he design of the of tne ProPertv-towUwiththanmanyoftheother ProPertv-towUwiththanmanyoftheother ESf& . Please see related story on page groups we worked with in the past, ' a-i. EPA tightens arsenic standards several options, including ceilings of three parts per billion, 10 parts per billion and 20 parts per billion. "Ten's real achievable," Lind The agency argues that the said. "I anticipated 10." reduced arsenic in water will bet- Now, the city must find a treat- ter protect people from the effects ment system to handle the arsenic, of arsenic. Long-term exposure, Lind said the city is currently test- the agency says, may cause several ing systems but has another five to types of cancers and other health seven to test. He said it might cost problems. between $200,000 and $400,000 to Assistant Public Works fix the Spiro Tunnel source for the Director John Lind reports that new standard, treated water from the Spiro "We have planned for this. We Tunnel now contains between 15 knew it was going to occur. We're and 17 parts of arsenic per billion, evaluating," Lind said. "It will be Other water sources, including the the best system available and the Judge Tunnel, do not contain ele- most cost effective and will carry vated arsenic levels, Lind said. us into the future." The city has known tighter stan- Besides arsenic, the city has dards were coming for months but dealt with lead and antimony in its the EPA was deciding between water system. 1 Park City will have to treat water coming from Spiro Tunnel to comply with the feds by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF The Environmental Protection Agency this week approved new drinking-water standards that tighten the restrictions on arsenic in water coming from faucets. The new regulations will force Park City to further treat water from its Spiro Tunnel source, which serves Thaynes Canyon and Park Meadows. Compliance with the new standard, though, is not required until 2006. The EPA set the new standard at 10 parts per billion. Previously, ' the standard was 50 parts per billion. bil-lion. That figure was set in 1975. RC. hosting at least nine film festivals Through Thursday, there were at least nine festivals permitted by City Hall to run concurrent to the Sundance Film Festival. According to applications filed with the city and advertisements in the city, the following festivals are in town: Sundance, with screenings throughout Park City. Lap Dance, which is being held at Club Creation. Slamdance, with activity at the Treasure Mountain Inn and the former site of the Park City Silver Mine Adventure. Slamdunk, which is also at Club Creation. Tromadance, which is at Main Street Pizza & Noodle. Freshfest, which is being held at the Main Street Mall. X Dance in the Memorial Building on Main Street. Digidance Lost Film Festival Collective, which is in the Iron Horse area. Schmooze Dance, which is in Prospector. "It's more festivals, more people," peo-ple," Park City's special-events coordinator, Melissa Caffey said Thursday. "So far, most are playing play-ing nice. Most of them have been good about getting the word out about posters and flyers and stickers." stick-ers." The city complained last year about the amount of material that was placed on Main Street buildings. build-ings. She also hopes the rest of film-festival film-festival week is smooth. "We hope they all play by the same rules so it's a great festival for everybody and the town doesn't does-n't get destroyed but all participants partici-pants feel welcome," Caffey said. City Court The following people had court appearances scheduled in front of Judge Robert Hilder in Park City's 3rd District Court on Tuesday, Jan. 16: The court issued a $1,000 warrant war-rant for the arrest of Joel Barajas Orosco, 19, of Park City after he failed to appear for an arraignment. arraign-ment. Orosco faces a class B misdemeanor mis-demeanor insurance violation and a class C misdemeanor charge of never obtaining a license. The charges stem from an incident inci-dent on Jan. 9, 2001 at the intersection inter-section of Kearns Boulevard and Sidewinder Drive. Edward Franklin Patterson, 33, of Park City pleaded no test to a class B misdemeanor charge of allowing a dog to attack a person or another animal. He was fined $500, of which $450 was suspended, was placed on probation for six months and may have to pay restitution. The charge followed an incident on Dec. 31, 2000 on the 100 block of Main Street. Renee Quarmley, 47, of Park Hook up with a friend and come to... l the Grub Steak!! Join us for lunch, including our 111 Famous soup, sandwich and salad bar. Mqn-bat 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Open nightly for dinner from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. Live entertainment Friday & Saturday nights. Easy and free parking. park-ing. Located at Prospector Square on the free city bus route. For reservations please call 649-8060 Great steak, seafood, and traditional comfort food served in the cozy atmosphere of an historic landmark building. 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