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Ski museum chair elected School official intends to relinquish top board post The Park Record The Alf Engen Ski Museum announced Wednesday that Tom Kelly, the longstanding vice president of communications with the USSA, will take over as chairman of the board for David Vandehei, who was chairman for the last eight years and helped the museum through its last major exhibit update. Director Connie Nelson said Kelly would help the museum through a second wave of updates, which she calls “a major undertaking,” that would Continued from A-1 All Resort addressed rect choice of my own,” she said. She said it was known the firm encountered business challenges, explaining there was a deadline to sell the company. A deal was not reached by the deadline, she said. It was a “rough week,” she told the elected officials. All Resort Group in late April filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a classification that is voluntary and is meant to allow a company to reorganize with the intention of paying debts. The filing listed between $10,000,001 and $50 million in estimated assets and the same dollar range in estimated liabilities. All Resort Group was the umbrella organization for numerous transportation companies, including All Resort Express, Park City Transportation and Lewis Stages. The shutdown occurred after an investment group in Phoenix opted against an acquisition shortly before the deal was expected to be finalized, an All Resort Group minority owner said after the closure. The closure eliminated a significant player in Park City’s competitive taxi, shuttle and transportation industry. The timing approximately two months before the scheduled start of the ski season is notable as well. Many people headed to Park City during the early part of the ski season are likely beginning to arrange transportation to and from Salt Lake City International Airport. Petersen Vernon told the mayor and Continued from A-1 Clear eyes, hearts full tries we go to, health care is about broken bones and blood and guts and accidents and survival. It isn’t about vision; it’s just off the radar,” Hope Alliance board of trustees chair Dell Fuller, a retired airline employee, said. “Nobody wears glasses. And if they do, they’re not from there. They’re visiting from somewhere else.” One Ugandan patient, a nearsighted boda boda motorcycle driver, had been transporting people and equipment without glasses, sometimes resulting in road accidents involving livestock. “We didn’t really find obviously the exact pair of glasses he needed because we just had these premade prescriptions,” Lippert said. “But we found one for him and put them on him and he kind of gave a smile and a thumbs up and was like, ‘Okay! I’m not going to hit people now!” Vision care is not the only service the Hope Alliance renders; dental and medical expeditions are also conducted. The organization draws volunteers from a wide variety of vocations and locations. Fuller emphasized that vision expedi- cover “all aspects relating to the history of snow sports in the Intermountain West.” “Tom brings a wealth of knowledge and years of experience as Vice President of Communications for USSA and current Board Chair of the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum located in Ishpeming Michigan,” Nelson said. The board elected Kelly on Sept. 6. He officially started his position on Thursday, when he emceed the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, ushering in Harry Baxter, Picabo Street, the late Dick Mitchell, and the late Dean Roberts. City Council there is not a shared-shuttle service operating in Park City since the shutdown of All Resort Group. Shared shuttles represented approximately onethird of the All Resort Group business, she said, adding that she is talking with another firm to fill that niche. “There’s always been a level of competition, and this year there’s no room for competition. We need to work together,” she said. She also said there are other firms, described as black-car companies, that can absorb some of the former All Resort Group business. She said the transportation industry must cooperate. She said other companies are able to increase their capacities. “We have the resources. All of these companies are willing to step up their inventory. Every single person I’ve spoken with is not only willing to step up their inventory, but they are actively stepping up their inventory,” she said. Petersen Vernon also said she is attempting to contact All Resort Group clients who booked transportation prior to the shutdown. She said, as an example, another firm will provide transportation during the Sundance Film Festival. “I’m trying to reach out to people that I know of that have paid for their groups and are expecting rides. We need to be aware that, moving forward, people are going to arrive at the airport expecting us to be there and we will not be there,” she said. The mayor thanked Petersen Vernon for displaying integrity. The elected officials rarely speak at length about issues that are not scheduled for debate. “All of us are hurting with you. Because we know what this means to you personally. We know what this means to your employees,” Thomas told her. tions are designed to be accessible and that potential volunteers need not worry if they’re lacking in medical expertise. “We do more of the vision clinics than others for a lot of reasons… it doesn’t require a high level of background knowledge or any special skills, it’s real easy to train people to use the machines and do the legwork,” Fuller said. Fuller said the Uganda vision care trip is only one of many enterprises the Hope Alliance undertakes. In addition to going on missions in developing countries, they conduct regular clinics for refugee populations in the Salt Lake Valley, local Native American nations like the Navajo and the Goshutes, and plan on reaching out to Moab as well. The organization also maintains a permanent outpost in Haiti. The next international stop for the organization is a 10-day trip to the city of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala. Fuller said larger crowds may be in order in the heavily populated area. Beyond that, Fuller plans to partner with the Kellermann Foundation to provide ongoing eye care at the Bwindi Community Hospital and also, hopefully, returning to Uganda. The Hope Alliance can be found online at www.thehopealliance.org. The organization is still accepting applications for its upcoming Guatemala vision expedition, beginning Oct. 5 and lasting through Oct. 15. Julie Eihausen plans to completely step off panel in February By CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record After six months serving as president of the Park City Board of Education, Julie Eihausen is stepping down. She will resign as president at the end of the month and from the Board completely on Feb. 5. “It was a difficult decision for me because I have been a very active member in this district for over 15 years, but the current climate is not conducive to me being, number one, effective as a president, and also as a board member,” she said in an interview Wednesday. Eihausen said she had been considering resigning for “quite some time.” Since being elected to the Board in November of 2014, she has been a major proponent of bonding efforts that would go toward expanding Park City High School and creating a new school for fifth- and sixth-graders, among other developments. She has also been in favor of changes such as grade realignment and adjusting school start times, which have taken longer than she believes is warranted to be implemented. A $56 million bond failed in 2015, and in August, the Board voted against putting another measure on this year’s ballot. Eihausen was the only one who voted in favor of going to bond, which she said Continued from A-1 Ride deal falls apart green goals. In a statement provided afterward, Gleason said the price tag “increased from the original program’s budget because it more than doubled the coverage Continued from A-1 Tax hike considered Health Department, among others. “I think we will put at risk our ability to take a leadership role and advance issues if we have to make these cuts,” Fisher said. “There are also some insular risks that are harder to quantify like, ‘What does this do to our relationships with community partners and municipalities?’ The deductions I have suggested will put those things at risk. “I don’t make these recommendations lightly, but I do feel it is my responsibility to do so,” he said. County Councilor Roger Armstrong responded to Fisher’s statement with: “It is also our responsibility to make sure we are appropriately funding the services we provide.” “We have been dodging this for a while and if we don’t do something on a long-term basis our present course is unsustainable,” Armstrong said. “I think this is a case where we have to bite the bullet. I mean we have gotten away without it for about 30 years.” “Most jurisdictions aren’t able to withhold having an increase for generations,” 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 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm was necessary because of issues like overcrowding in the schools and the need to get students out of Treasure Mountain Junior High School. “I’m disappointed that we opted not to go to a bond,” she said. “I understand why, but it lengthens the time that Treasure Mountain is going to need to be in service. Every year, it costs us a significant amount of money to maintain that building and it’s not the best learning environment.” Board members were stunned, said Anne Peters, a member of the Board. School officials did not know of Eihausen’s plans prior to the meeting, but it is no secret that there have been divisions in the Board about certain issues, she said. “There are five of us. And there’s a community at large that we need to address and sometimes we’re not all going to see eye to eye,” Peters said. “It’s our job to negotiate and find common ground and to move forward. I would agree with her, I think it’s been frustrating.” Eihausen was named president in April of this year after her predecessor, Phil Kaplan, stepped down. She previously served as vice president. She is appreciative of the community for its support and proud of improvements the district has made, such as increasing interest in the Advanced Placement classes. Following her resignation from the Board in February, the other members will be tasked with finding a replacement. “I hope it’s somebody who can be more effective than I have been able to be recently,” she said. “When you lose your effectiveness, then it’s time for you to go. So that’s what I’m doing.” area, fleet size and local employee driver hours. This increase in coverage area was at the direction of council to make the service more widely available.” “There were a lot of misconceptions about this program, (its) goals and microtransit in general, over the past few months and it’s unfortunate that sometimes the efforts to make real change have to stop at just an idea. However, we hope to have the opportunity in the future to help transform how people move around Park City, and promote a shift towards an increased use of public transit,” the statement said. he said. “We do have important goals we are trying to reach and if we are going to pursue those goals we have to figure out a way to fund them.” County Council member Kim Carson, who attended the meeting via telephone conference, referred to the presentation as “sobering.” County Councilor Glenn Wright said the county should be building its fund balances now while the economic environment is relatively stable. “We are going to have ups and downs and we should be building our balances for when we have a couple of bad years,” Wright said. With the council’s support, the county will issue a notice of intent during the Oct. 11 public meeting to go through the process of increasing revenues. Before Nov. 1, a notice must be mailed to property owners. At the Dec. 6 County Council meeting, the county will hold its first public hearing on the 2018 budget, which may include the recommended hike, according to a staff report. After the Dec. 13 hearing, the property tax may be adopted. If approved, the Nov. 1, 2018, property tax notices would include the new rates. To view the staff report about the proposed increase, go to http://summitcounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/ Agenda/_09202017-1348?html=true. The item is listed under work session and includes the staff report and presentation that was given to County Councilors. |