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Show Saturday, January 12, 2002 The Park Record A"3 . ' ' r 1 C itv Beat Between Films... 0 Slide in building confirmed I I I nnnnnnnnnnnn Department accurately predicted a slump in 2001 ; construction totals $77 million by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF The Park City Building Department confirmed what it had predicted a week ago: construction slid in 2001. - The department released its year-end year-end report, which showed that the value of construction in 2001 was lower than 2000 and well off the pace of 1999. According to the report, the city handled just more than $77 million in construction last year. That figure was down from $85.3 million in 2000 and $118.9 million in 1999, which was an all-time record. Throughout the, report, the department outlines the downturn. The number of building permits issued was the smallest in three years. That number sat at 774, down three from 2000 and 30 from 1999. Other statistics reinforced the valua Norway renews its interest in library Consulate takes over project that had been abandoned after Sept. 11 attacks y Jay Hamburger F THE RECORD STAFF . A Norwegian delegation will anchor Winter Olympic activity at the Park City Library and Education Center. ! After it appeared that the Norwegians were ready to bail from tjhe library last fall, Frank Bell, the cityls director of Olympic planning, said a new Norwegian group became interested in the building. , According to Bell, the Norwegian Royal Consulate has assumed a short-term Olympic lease from the Norwegian Trade Council, the group with which City Hall originally orig-inally entered into an agreement. "It means Norway House is back," Bell, who met with Norwegian officials this week, said. The Norwegian project, which was one of the earliest Olympic deals that the city finalized, will create cre-ate a hospitality spot on the second and third floors of the building. The 'Norway House,' as it has been dubbed, will host Norwegian athletes, ath-letes, members of the country's Olympic family and VIPs. The trade council backed away from its deal with City Hall in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. r.ly clients choose SIEve riooDtaln uortoaoo because of tnelr integrity and focus on service. Silver Mountain Mortgage CITY EDITOR: auction Hits the ojyi 0 A 0 0 Gil. Q Q. tion figure. The city brought in $930,848 in plan-check and permitting permit-ting fees. That was down from just less than $1.35 million in 1999. The city collected $766,730.73 in impact fees, far below 2000 and 1999, when just less than $1.3 million in impact fees were brought in. The total amount of fees was down to $2,356,822.98 from $3,577,922.78 in 1999. In a recent interview, Ron Ivie, who is the city's chief building official, offi-cial, said he expected that the 2001 figures would be below those of the last few years. He said developers did not complete com-plete many large projects last year. Big developments drive up the year-end year-end numbers. Also, he said, there were fewer single-family built in 2001, which also hurt the figures. "I dont think there are any surprises. sur-prises. We forecast that originally,' Ivie said just before the report was The group encountered funding problems, Bell said last year. The consulate resurrected the plan, though. Bell said the city is happy that the Norwegians will occupy the building. "We wanted to do what we could to salvage that project," he said. "I didnt want that building to be dark." . The rental deal will bring the city $200,000 for a month-long rental, which encompasses the month of February. It is one of several short-term short-term Olympic deals that the city OK'd. The terms of the lease were not re-negotiated for the consulate. Others include deals for the recreation building at City Park and part of the Racquet Club. The city wants to use the rental fees to offset some Olympic costs. Bell said the consulate's plans open the Norway House to the public pub-lic more than those that the trade council devised. Exhibits and events in the Santy Auditorium will be for the public, he said. The facility will feature an exhibit exhib-it area, a press room, a cafe", a broadcast broad-cast center and space for receptions. Members of the Norwegian royal family are expected. Bell was unsure if the king of Norway would visit. Jay Hamburger 649-90 1 4 extll I citynewsparkrecord.com 0 0 0 GRAPHIC BY SCOTT SCHLENKER issued. Single-family homes saw the biggest dip in 2001. The report counts 54 single-family homes in 2001, "which was down from 83 in 2000 and 82 in 1999. The value of the homes saw a similar drop, falling to $22 million from $33.9 million in 2000. Ivie blamed some of the 2001 slump on the lack of single-family homes. Two duplexes totaling four units were built in 2001. They were valued at $617,799. Seventy-seven multi-family multi-family dwellings contained in seven projects went up in 2001. The 77 units were valued at $17.3 million. The number of multi-family dwellings was down from 108 in 2000 and 407 in 1999, when 12 permits per-mits valued at just less than $38 million mil-lion were issued. Four commercial buildings, valued val-ued at $6.1 million, were part of the 2001 numbers. The dollar amount was larger than 2000 but smaller than the $17.8 million worth of commercial com-mercial building in 1999. The city has been excited about the Norwegian deal since it was inked. Norway typically brings a strong Olympic team to the Winter Games and the city hopes the Norway House can complement the city's own celebration. Part of Park City's Olympic celebration cele-bration will stretch from Park City Mountain Resort, where Olympic skiing and snowboarding events are scheduled, southward to Main Street. The library is located along the path that the city wants spectators specta-tors to take to Main Street. Another Olympic activity is planned on the library's grounds. Internet job bank Monster.com and the city have a deal that has ' Monster.com building a snow maze on the field north of the library. Once the Sundance Film Festival ends, crews will start building the snow maze. It will be about 10,000 square feet. Crews plan on hauling snow to the site if necessary but snowmaking is available. Monster.com is helping sponsor the city's Main Street celebration. Bell said the space outside the library was part of the company's Olympic deal with the city. The snow maze will be free. "We have a lot of stuff going on in the Main Street area. We want to create a progression up to Main Street," he said. William Winstead REAL EST o o G o Drop Join us for lunch, featuring our famous soup, sandwich and salad bar! 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