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Show A-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 11-14, 2017 The Park Record The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $48 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $72 per year To subscribe please call 435-6499014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Tools section of the toolbar at the top of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801-204-6100. 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No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. Entered as secondclass matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $48 within Summit County, $72 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435-649-9014 Fax: 435-649-4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday. Continued from A-1 Spellers create buzz D.C., were nearly derailed late in Tuesday’s bee. With five spellers left, the word “umlaut” -- defined as “the change of a vowel that is caused by partial assimilation to a succeeding sound or that occurs as a reflex of the former presence of a succeeding sound which has been lost or altered,” according to MerriamWebster -- almost tripped her up. She was visibly surprised when she got it right. She said afterward that “umlaut” also gave her trouble while she was studying for the competition. “I couldn’t remember if the start was two U’s or one because the spelling is weird,” she said. In the second- and third-grade competition, Clark Cundick, a third-grader from Parley’s Park Elementary School, Continued from A-1 Next stop is Kamas and Todd Hollow Apartments. Destry Pollard, operations team leader for Park City Transit, said the service will is scheduled to start in June. He said two commuter buses will run in the mornings and evenings. “We haven’t worked out the details yet, but it will come along State Road 248 and we will either bring it around to the Kimball Transit Center or into Park City, depending on where people want to go,” Pollard said. Pollard said they are considering using drivers that live in South Summit. He Continued from A-1 ‘Girl Rising’ will screen “I remember sitting on the floor in his home, hearing this story firsthand, thinking how blessed I am to be able to receive an education,” Stephens said. “I think that really struck home for me.” The realization from the trip she took as a high-school student stayed with Stephens when she headed to college in New York City. But it was her volunteer work at an event hosted by first lady Michelle Obama that truly opened her eyes to the need for more opportunities for girls not in school. The event, Broadway Shines a Light on Girls’ Education, welcomed four young women, who spoke about overcoming poverty, child marriage and the lack of access to education. Halima Robert’s story spoke to Stephens. From Malawi, Robert was a child bride forced to drop out of school. Fortunately, she was able to escape her marriage and return to school. Stephens hopes there will soon be more stories like Robert’s. outlasted second-place finisher Isaac Heath of J.R. Smith Elementary School. The pair went back and forth for several minutes before Cundick eventually won on the word ‘gruff.’ Gabe Griffith, from Trailside Elementary School, finished third. Cundick was excited to win, especially since he didn’t spend that much time getting ready for the bee. “I actually just started the week before,” he said. Andy Bernhard, the longtime publisher of The Park Record, said it’s an honor for the newspaper to be involved in the spelling bee. In total, more than 200 spellers in Summit and Wasatch counties participated in the spelling bee’s qualifiers in their schools, and Bernhard said he enjoys seeing the students rise to the challenge the bee presents each year. “The Park Record Spelling Bee has become a milestone community event for so many students where everybody from second to eighth grade can play,” he said. “Seeing our finalists go after it on stage is really exciting. What a sense of accomplishment they must feel. It’s a testament to their hard work and perseverance, all of our students earned our respect and admiration.” said they could drive the buses into Park City in the morning and park them overnight somewhere in the valley. “As it grows and if it takes off and we see some good ridership, down the line we will purchase buses specifically for that route and make it more than a commuter,” Pollard said. “It is also a small step toward a Wasatch service. I think we would get some ridership out of that, if we can get through the traffic jams. That’s the other nut we have to crack.” The service will be limited over the summer, Pollard said. But, he added, “It is a step in the right direction.” “We thought we would do it as a pilot and see what the buzz is,” Pollard said. “We will try it for the whole summer. The plan was part of our five-year transit plan and it wasn’t supposed to come on until 2018, but because of this road construction we are starting to speed it up. “It may not go away at all,” he said. “People want to see something soon and we are just going to start chomping away at this.” Stephens thinks girls in developing countries, who often stay home while their brothers go to school, also deserve an education. She doesn’t think the country one is born in should determine a person’s path to education. The college student feels her panelists will convey the need for girls’ education. The list of speakers includes Nancy Lyon, a former United Nations representative for the Mormon Church, and Rinda Hayes, founder of the nonprofit Kenya Keys. Justin Powell, one of the panelists and executive director of Youthlinc, wants to talk about the many issues that can be solved if more girls are educated. “When I started getting to the core of the humanitarian issues they (developing countries) are up against, it seemed to me that a lot of it boiled down to girls’ access to education or the value people place on girls,” he said. Stephens added that giving girls access to education will help break cycles of poverty in many cultures. Educated women are more likely to marry and have children later, educate their own children and fight for their rights, Stephens said. “Girl Rising” will screen at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 13, at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. Three panelists — Justin Powell, Nancy Lyon and Rinda Hayes — will lead a conversation once the film ends. Park City non-profits get by with a little help from YOU Volunteer opportunities are in every issue of The Park Record and a complete list can be found online at Parkrecord.com/volunteers Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e Land deal extended More time secured to acquire Bonanza Flats By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Park City leaders on Thursday exercised an option that provides more time to raise the funds needed to finalize the acquisition of Bonanza Flats, a high-altitude tract of land in Wasatch County, in a conservation deal. The Park City Council, as expected, voted unanimously in favor of the $1.5 million option. The payment to Redus, LLC, the landowner, is the second such option. The additional $1.5 million extends the closing date from March 15 until June 15. The three more months are needed as fundraising continues to close what was a $13 million gap between the $25 million Park City voters authorized in a 2016 ballot measure and the $38 million purchase price. There remains confidence the gap will be closed by the June 15 deadline for closing. A broad fundraising campaign is underway, and there has been a series of successes in recent weeks. Summit County, notably, pledged $5,750,000 toward the acquisition. Wendy Fisher, the executive director of Utah Open Lands, appeared at the City Council meeting to provide an update. She told Mayor Jack Thomas and the City Council the efforts are “doing well” and are on the threshold of closing the gap. In an interview, Fisher said $1,845,000 has been raised from not-for-profit organizations, foundations and more than 1,500 individual donors from the Wasatch Front and the Wasatch Back. Fisher said Salt Lake County next week will consider providing financial Continued from A-1 Treasure wants vote likely extended the talks over the past 11 months as the new members learned the details of the proposal. A Planning Commission vote is expected to trigger an appeal regardless of the decision. If the panel approves the project, the opposition will almost certainly file an appeal. Should the Planning Commission cast a ‘Nay’ vote, the partnership would mount a challenge. An appeal of a vote such as the one that will be made on Treasure would normally be put to the Park City Council. A past City Council, though, removed itself as the appeal body to engage in what were ultimately unsuccessful negotiations with the Treasure partnership for a conservation deal. It would have been a conflict of interest if the City Council negotiated for a conservation deal as well as serving as the appeal body. A Treasure appeal would be put to a three-member panel appointed by the City Council. The Planning Commission on Wednesday, meanwhile, continued to forge ahead on its review of Treasure, talking about issues like parking and transportation. The panel also heard from project critics. The testimony has been weighted heavily toward the opposition over the years. The Treasure side described measures it will take as part of the design to reduce the amount of traffic headed to and from the site. The Town Lift will be replaced with a high-speed, four-person lift coupled with a people mover called a cabriolet that will carry passengers from Main Street. The developers will also improve stairs at 6th Street and 8th Street to make it easier for pedestrians to travel between the Treasure support. Salt Lake City is anticipated to assist through the Department of Public Utilities while a water district in Sandy is also considering a contribution, she said. Fisher said she is optimistic the full amount will be raised by the June 15 deadline. “Having the city extend the option is a huge demonstration to the collective effort,” she said. Tim Henney, a member of the City Council, said during the meeting Park City officials wanted to ensure there was strong interest before the second option was approved. He said that interest has been shown. Andy Beerman, another member of the City Council, noted the fundraising has been a collaboration between the Wasatch Back and the Wasatch Front. The City Council received applause after the vote approving the second option. The approximately 1,350-acre Bonanza Flats parcel is located in Wasatch County downhill from Guardsman Pass. Conservationists have long coveted the land, but the acreage has also been seen as a potential site for development, perhaps a golf-and-ski project. It is a popular recreation spot that also is important as a watershed and as wildlife habitat. Lenders took control of Bonanza Flats as part of a broad foreclosure case against the Talisker corporate family. The seller, Redus, LLC, is tied to the lenders. Park City afterward put the $25 million bond on the ballot with the hopes of negotiating a conservation deal. The meeting on Thursday was held shortly after a Park City-led delegation met with elected officials in Wasatch County to discuss the planned acquisition. Park City will hold more detailed meetings with the Wasatch County side if the purchase is completed. A range of issues need to be discussed as a document outlining the protections on the land is crafted. site and Main Street. The Treasure team said hiking and bicycling trails as well as easier skiing terrain accessing the site are part of the plan. “If people are willing, they can use their feet,” Sweeney told the Planning Commission about the routes between Treasure and Main Street. He said the cabriolet would operate from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. daily with later hours possible on weekends. Sweeney said the cabriolet perhaps could run all night during the Sundance Film Festival. Strachan questioned the number of trips by vehicles the cabriolet would eliminate. Sweeney said a Treasure traffic consultant would provide the information at a later meeting. Steve Joyce, another Planning Commissioner, mentioned that commercial spaces and meeting space at Treasure need to be addressed in the discussions about traffic and parking. The City Hall planner assigned to Treasure, Francisco Astorga, told the panel there is concern in the Planning Department about how the parking at Treasure is managed. He said more details are needed about whether drivers not staying at Treasure will be attracted to the parking there, a scenario that is worrisome to officials. The Planning Commission received a little more than 30 minutes of testimony from six speakers who covered issues like parking, pedestrian safety and the cabriolet proposal. Kyra Parkhurst, an Empire Avenue resident and critic of Treasure, worried about parking on Lowell Avenue and Empire Avenue and questioned how Treasure parking restrictions will be monitored. She said the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and skiers is important. “It’s not just cars and trucks going up there,” Parkhurst said. John Stafsholt, who lives on Woodside Avenue and is another opponent, told the Planning Commission the cabriolet will be “detrimental to the neighborhood.” He said it would be a benefit for the developers. “What about noise . . . What about light pollution,” he said. 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