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Show Viewpoints, A-1 5 WEDTHURSFRI, APRIL 14-16, 2004 THE PARK RECORD EDITORIAL Spread a little Christmas spirit in Park City this spring If anything, Parkites tend be overly generous. During the Christmas season local food banks overflow with goods and clothing collection boxes bulge at the seams. By now, though, nearly all of those donations have been distributed. Unfortunately, the need is still there. This month's lull in employment can be a particularly difficult time for families and individuals who live from paycheck to paycheck and for the next couple of months local food banks and other charitable organizations' organiza-tions' resources will be taxed to their limits. So, pretend it is December and make it a point to gather up some donations as part of your spring cleaning. Nonperishable foods can be delivered deliv-ered to the Christian Center, 1100 Iron Horse Drive which runs a busy free food pantry. According to director direc-tor Tim Dahlin, the center's pantry has a freezer and refrigerator so it can also handle some perishable items. Of course grocery store gift certificates are welcome as well. The organization Big Brothers and Big Sisters manages a clothing and linens drop-off bin east of McPolin Elementary School. The clothes are distributed to needy families fam-ilies and the excess yields cash for the group. The Peace House always welcomes wel-comes household items and clothing to help women get a foothold on their own, their new office is located in the Belle Aire Building on Sidewinder Drive. Also, almost all of the local churches have established spots to drop off gently used clothing and toys. Giving should not be a seasonal tradition, it should be a year round habit. It is especially important in a town that experiences huge fluctuations fluctua-tions in the job market. It may not be Christmas in Park City but it is definitely defi-nitely a good time to share the fruits of a successful winter. U YUPPIES WOULDN'T LET THEM BUILD fjSzS&Ol' J?J M n ANYWHERE IN PARK CITY SO THEY v-J ZSX M I 1 DECIDED TO HONOR THEIR PIONEER LLrl - ZrW VI 1 JOHN KILBOURNPtHK RECORD LETTERS TO THE EDITOR George's Folly Editor: There is a tragic irony in George Bush's elective push into Iraq. The more our soldiers, sol-diers, allies and innocents become the enticingly obvious targets and victims of desperate Baathists, militant Sunni, Shiites, Islamists or impatient nationalists, the more he parades his preemption as justifiably jus-tifiably defensive. And lost behind this blurred and bloody line are these crucial questions: Now how much of this "evil" out of the woodwork is from the eggs we laid? the hives we've stirred, or the heat our friction has enraged? The answers are conveniently unknown (like the spin about WMD's or memos ignored). All that matters mat-ters is our single-path follow and jump on the lid of the boiling pot to support George's fight right? Because you see the evil is rising. Gee, I wonder why? And what are the odds of this? That Iraq will gel from its wounded hot mix into a civilized stability without huge American transfusions of money, might and blood far into the future. And how will this help round up al Qaeda? or convince a generation genera-tion of wannabe angry Islamists to untie the bombs from their future belts? It makes for a great movie, but there's nothing worse in real life than misjudging the enemy, snubbing the world posse, then riding in and shooting from the hip. And not much worse than standing there in the bloody, splintered corral with the bad guys hightailed to their desert for reload. Let's give George Bush his own elective push, out of office, and bring a new marshaling mar-shaling to town. Paul Klisinith Park City "Tiff" or county malfeasance? Editor: I was disappointed in the reporting of the LDS Church presentation covered in the April 10 - 13 edition. The article, "Trailside tiff erupts over church plan," focused too much on the conflicts, and failed to sufficiently cover the issues. There definitely were some high-profile eruptions, but they were sideshows that were not core to the discussion. The article identified one major con cern: traffic congestion. This is a serious concern that few in the room felt was correctly cor-rectly addressed by the independent traffic flow study commissioned by the church. The article alluded to, but did not sufficiently suffi-ciently report, the concern about design aspects of the church. Several were frustrated frus-trated with the fact that the design was the Silver Creek design with no adjustments for the specific nature of the Trailside community. Maybe more significantly, others were offended by the 60-foot steeple and its impact on the views. It would be the most prominent architectural architectur-al feature in the entire set of neighborhoods. neighbor-hoods. Finally, and what I feel is most important, impor-tant, is the failure to cover the behavior of the Summit County Planning Commission. Several people in the audience pointed to over half a dozen recently constructed churches of various faiths, that were all built either at the edge of, or entirely outside out-side of communities: The LDS churches on Kilby Rd. and at Jeremy Ranch,, ' Creekside Christian Fellowship on Bitner Rd., Park City Community Church near Sun Peak, St. Mary's Catholic Church and Shepherd of The Mountain Lutheran on S.R. 224, St. Luke's at the edge of Silver Springs, Mountain Life Evangelical Free Church at the edge of Silver Creek, and the Vineyard on Kearns. David Evans responded that the LDS church tried many locations that were not in the heart of communities, but that the Planning Commission would not allow them. One location, if I heard correctly, was even owned by the church. Based on a letter sent to the LDS church by the planning plan-ning commission, and by comments and actions of the commission, it is clear that their desire is to locate this church within a community. This is bad for everyone. The communities are forced into a fight and the LDS church is forced into deadlock when they clearly need another house of worship. Why does the Planning Commission refuse to allow the LDS church to utilize any one of the many non-neighborhood non-neighborhood sites proposed by the church? This position by the commission, on the face of it, appears to be motivated by greed. Locating a church in a neighborhood neighbor-hood minimizes the tax loss incurred by locating a non-tax paying entity in a nonresidential non-residential zone. I certainly hope this is not what the county is up to, but their past performance per-formance doesn't allow me to give them the benefit of the doubt. I hope all residents in the greater Trailside area can come to the meeting Tuesday night. I understand this is currently cur-rently the last opportunity for public input. If anyone has railroaded this proposal, it's not the LDS church, but the county who must explain. Sean Landis Someone dead volume knob? on Editor: Arturo Sandoval has virtuosic talent and his band was obviously gifted. What a shame that this great concert was impossible impossi-ble to enjoy because the sound volume was turned up TOO LOUD. Painfully loud in fact, my ears are still ringing as I write this. Left early, complained to staff in the hall. Apparently we were the only ones to complain. - - Sincerely, Edward R. Ashwood Trailside tiff Editor: I would like to thank President Evans and his staff for their presentation to Trailside residents last Thursday, however, howev-er, I disagree with the comments he made to The Park Record. The Trailside community com-munity does not reject the proposed construction con-struction site out of "meanness," nor do we reject it out of "ignorance" or "bigotry" "big-otry" as a lone supporter of the project claimed. As I see it we reject the construction construc-tion site for two main reasons. First, the building does not conform to the zoning regulations of this residential community. The proposed building is 16,500 square feet and has a 65-foot steeple. In addition to this, the church parking lot is designed to accommodate approximately 200 cars. With three services each Sunday, this would bring a substantial volume of traffic in to an area with limited access as the majority of worshippers will commute in from other areas. When asked about the option to construct con-struct the building on the East side of U.S. 40, President Evans responded, "That is not how we prefer to worship." This is contradictory as President Evans informed us that at one time he did contemplate construction where the UDOT sheds now stand. Simply put, as a community, we prefer our zoning regulations to remain as they are, we prefer not to overburden the already limited travel routes in and out of the community. Sincerely, Michelle Stratton A dangerous trail Editor: There's an interesting but dangerous trail you can follow through the Trailside Park neighborhood and surrounding community. com-munity. It starts at the proposed LDS church on Silver Summit Road. This week the LDS church made a presentation to our community proposing a new 16,000-square-foot church on 6.8 acres next to Trailside Park, and across from Trailside school. At the standing-room-only meeting meet-ing clearly 99 percent of the approximately approximate-ly 100 attendees were opposed to the location. loca-tion. Traffic congestion is the most obvious obvi-ous problem. The existing two-lane road is already over burdened with school, residential resi-dential and recreation traffic to the park. In addition, the surrounding community overwhelmingly opposes this site for many other reasons expressed at the meeting. Follow along this trail, and you'll discover dis-cover much more. As you research the proposed church you'll find that the 6.8 acre site is currently current-ly part of a 318 acre parcel along Silver Summit Road and a proposed development develop-ment called Stone Ridge. 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Scott Daniels, (801) 583-0801 Rep. David Ure, (435) 783-4650 Sen. Beverly Evans, (801) 454-3494 Rep. David Gladwell, (801) 927-1110 The Park Record welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. We ask that the letters adhere to the following guldelines:They must include the address and telephone number of author. No letter will be published under an assumed name. They must not contain libelous material. Writers are limited to one letter even 28 days. Letters must not be longer than 350 words (guest editorials, 550 words) and should if possible, be typed. We reserve the right to edit letters if they are too long or if they contain statements we consider unnecessarily offensive or obscene. In addition, thank you letters may be limited in length with regard to businesses and event sponsors. Send your letter to: Editorparkrecord.com project that most of my neighbors moved away from in congested areas like California. Here's where the trail gets a bit slippery. slip-pery. The developers of Stone Ridge arc proposing two brand new zoning districts to the Snyderville Basin General Flan and Development Code - Hillside Housing and Cluster Housing Zones. The Hillside Housing Zone has a minimum lot size of .15 acre, which is six homes per acre. Do we really want to create a new zoning district dis-trict with densities this high, and then apply it to a 318-acre parcel like Stone Ridge? And now the trail leads right into your backyard. If approved, the two new zoning dis-. dis-. tricts could apply to other developments within the Snyderville Basin. , And if you live in my community, get ready to have a high-density development alongside a very large church, all bordering Silver Summit road. r Before we all 'go down 'this Treacherous trail please voice your opinion at two upcoming Planning Commission hearings: Tuesday, April 13th at 7pm, and Tuesday. April 27th 7pm in the Library at Kimball Junction. 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