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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, October 25-27, 2017 The Park Record A-20 Meetings and agendas Core Samples By Jay Meehan to publish your public notices and agendas, please email classifieds@parkrecord.com Acquired tastes SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL Wednesday, October 25, 2017 NOTICE is hereby given that the Summit County Council will meet in session Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 West Ute Blvd, Park City, UT 84098 (All times listed are general in nature, and are subject to change by the Council Chair) 11:55 AM Closed Session – Property acquisition (30 min) 12:35 PM - Move into auditorium (10 min) 12:45 PM - Pledge of Allegiance 12:50 PM Convene as the Board of Equalization Discussion and possible approval of 2017 stipulations; Kathryn Rockhill and Steve Martin (10 min) 1:00 PM Convene as the Governing Board of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District Discussion and possible approval of a Trail Easement by and among VR CPC Holdings, Inc., TCFC LeaseCo, LLC, and Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District Dismiss as the Governing Board of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District 1:10 PM Work Session Department head budget presentations: 1:10 PM - Administration including History and Council; Matt Leavitt (20 min) 1:30 PM - Sustainability; Lisa Yoder (20 min) 1:50 PM - Health; Rich Bullough (55 min) 2:45 PM - Recorder/Surveyor; MaryAnn Trussell (15 min) 3:00 PM - Personnel; Brian Bellamy (15 min) Please see Letters, A-19 Beerman has the right character Editor: I’m voting for Andy Beerman for Mayor and here’s why. I believe in term limits. Being a career politician is something we need to get away from at the federal, state and local level. While there are very few offices that have actual term limits, as voters we can address this by not always voting for the incumbent. Over the last decade I’ve worked with the city on many issues, from walkability to education. The last four years the city has been much more pleasant and responsive to work with than ever before. Currently, there is a good vibe with the mayor, council and staff; they have been addressing traffic, the environment and our at risk population as never before. They have a long term vision and a plan to get there. Most importantly, Andy has the character and temperament needed to lead a growing town with complex issues. He’s unflappable and doesn’t take things personally. He listens and he’s a problem solver. He also doesn’t want Park City to be an isolated hamlet, he understands we need to get along with the state and build alliances with other cities. I’ve worked with Andy on many projects over the years and I hope to continue working with him as he leads our town in the coming years. Tania Knauer Park City Williams deserves respect Editor: Growing up in Park City, I was always so proud to have Dana Williams as my mayor. When it comes to city politics, Dana was the most open, approachable, friendly, and caring person I’ve ever known. He understood that being mayor means working for the people, not the other way around. I would always see him going out of his way to connect with other Parkites in the community and get the on-theground information that is so valuable to a mayor’s leadership skills. Dana was also paramount in leading Park City through the winter Olympic Games. He made our experience of the Olympics a priority while showing the utmost hospitality in welcoming the world. Seeing the Olympics in my home town was one of the most pivotal moments in my life to this point, it fueled my love and determination for competing on an international level which lead me to the top of the Olympic podium in the Sochi games. Probably the one thing that hits most closely to home is Dana’s inspiring work in protecting open space in Park City. When we were young, we thought every parcel of undeveloped space in town was already protected, and thanks to Dana we’ve seen thousands of acres go into protected status during his tenure. My love for Park City is deep and I couldn’t be more proud to call this place my home. Dana deserves so much respect 3:15 PM - Animal Control; Clay Coleman (15 min) 3:30 PM - Discussion of Canyons SPA Amendment; Pat Putt, Tiffanie Northrup-Robinson, Larry White (90 min) 5:00 PM – Discussion regarding Canyons Assessment Area; Dave Thomas (30 min) 5:30 PM Consideration of Approval Discussion and possible approval of Ordinance No. 869D, An Amendment to the Assessment Ordinance for the Silver Creek Sewer Voluntary Assessment Area (the “Assessment Area”) to Add Certain Property to the Assessment Area; and Related Matters; Dave Thomas Advice and consent of County Manager’s recommendation to appoint member to the Eastern Summit County Sewer Advisory Committee (ESAC) Council Comments Manager Comments Council Minutes dated October 11, 2017 6:00 PM Public Input One or more members of the County Council may attend by electronic means, including telephonically or by Skype. Such members may fully participate in the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the Sheldon Richins Building auditorium, 1885 W. Ute Blvd., Park City, Utah Individuals with questions, comments, or needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Annette Singleton at (435) 336-3025, (435) 615-3025 or (435) 783-4351 ext. 3025 Posted: October 20, 2017 and recognition for everything he’s done for Park City, from leading us through the Olympics to keeping open space protection a top priority. Thank you Dana. Joss Christensen Park City Joyce’s fiscal background is key Editor: I have had the pleasure of knowing Steve Joyce on both a personal and professional level for several years. I serve with him on the Citizen’s Open Space Advisory Committee (COSAC). He comes to every meeting extremely well prepared, confident and always adds clarity and perspective to discussions. Steve has been involved in all things Park City since his arrival 14 years ago. Because of his deep community experiences he will arrive fully up to speed on all the issues facing our community and will be ready to take a leadership role on City Council from day one. Park City is growing and branching out in many directions and spending money at a rapidly increasing rate. The taxes and fees created in the past 5 years make living here less affordable for everyone. All of the following seem necessary and important - affordable housing, the Arts and Cultural District, a potential micro transit program, 30% increase in water rates, transit sales tax, Brew Pub Plaza, parking infrastructure, a senior community center, Bonanza Flat bond obligations, a potential school board capital bond, and on and on. Our 2018 operational budget is around $67M and if we add in capital budgets we are over $100M. Steve is a numbers guy, at IBM and his own company he managed large budgets. We need someone with his financial background to bring a thoughtful approach to Park City’s fiscal spending and focus on the community impacts of our financial decisions. Please join me in voting for Steve Joyce. Bill Cunningham Park City Beerman is right choice for the time Editor: I have watched Andy Beerman work for the good of the community for many years and I believe he uniquely combines caring with political effectiveness. Andy’s dedication to the citizens of our town is second to none. While the mayor sets the tone of our city, it’s not just about tone. Substance matters and Andy is a person of substance. He approaches problem solving with an entrepreneurial mind-set and is open to new ideas regardless of where they originate. He is a good listener. He communicates well with others. He is generous of spirit. Andy is hard working and energetic and has the experience and expertise to help us face the reality of the changing 21st century. In every organization, including our own Park City government, co-workers and colleagues know who gets the job done, who they can turn to when there is a problem, who cares the most and who is the true leader. I’m struck by the fact that the entire city council — Liza Simpson, Alex Butwinski, Cindy Matsumoto and Dick Peek — who served with both mayoral candidates enthusiastically support Andy Beerman for mayor. That says a lot. I’m also impressed that our past two mayors, Brad Olch and Jack Thomas, have pledged their support to Andy. That says even more! I have lived in Park City for 37 years. I truly care about our community. Who we elect as our mayor really, really matters. I believe in Andy. I believe he will be an excellent mayor and I believe he is the right choice for our time. Please vote for Andy Beerman for mayor! Bob Richer Park City Thanks to EATS PC Editor: I just have to reach out to publicly thank EATS (Eat Awesome Things at School). EATS and Chef Alex from Park City sponsored the last tailgate of the season. Chef Alex served up what our students called, “the best coleslaw EVER” with pulled pork and chicken. Our chefs from Park City along with the Student Council made everyone feel welcome. When parents and students from Ridgeline said, “We’re from the other school,” they were welcomed and served. This is what Park City is all about. It’s about eating awesome things with friends, family, and the community. Thank you EATS. Julie Hooker and PCHS Student Council Park City High School Williams serves the community Editor: I have known Dana Williams for over 20 years. We worked shoulder to shoulder with other great local people co-founding CARG (Citizens Allied For Responsible Growth). For many years we fought big developers in the city and the county, not as elected officials but as citizen activists. Dana went on to serve as mayor and was a wonderful representative for the people of the city. We did not always agree but he served with heart and humility. He wants to serve again because he believes City Hall has become less about the people in our community and more about the people who run City Hall. Dana Williams has spoken out about Vail’s failed trademark ordeal, he has spoken out for the Latino community and affordable housing, he has spoken out about the environment, and I believe he speaks from a place of service to this community. That is why I am voting for Dana Williams. Rich Wyman Park City Please see Letters, A-21 My son Smokey and I were on a Bob Dylan vacation last week down in Salt Lake. If memory serves, going back to the Delta Center show with Paul Simon during the late Spring of ’99, we, as a team, hadn’t let any of his Utah shows slip by. Like his old man, Smoke got strung out early. Even quicker, actually. At the time an Army buddy of mine returned to Fort Benning from “leave” with the first two Dylan LPs, I had pretty much sold my musical soul to jazz and my first couple of go-rounds with these particular slabs of vinyl didn’t exactly change my course. I believe I used “Egad!” in a sentence for the first time in quite a spell. In the beginning, I found Dylan to be even more of an “acquired taste” than Thelonious Monk or “Grits,” a southern culinary delight that arrived with everything from bacon and eggs to Scotch and soda. By the way, thanks Kingston Trio for that particular ill-conceived and shortlived notion. In fact, as I look back on the time in question, Dylan might well have also assumed all the “acquired taste” trappings of raw oysters, Salvador Dali, quantum mechanics, bleu cheese, and the “peatyness” of Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. But, of course, with time, I would succumb first to the lyrics then to the acoustic guitar flavors of the day. I must admit, however, that the fact that these were times of the civil rights movement and voting rights struggles and with the Georgia-Alabama line pretty much in the middle of it all, a more perfect context to what Dylan had on his mind would be hard to fathom. Each succeeding effort on his part would further cement our newly-found relationship and by the time “Bringing It all Back Home” entered the fray with those subtly gorgeous Bruce Langhorne riffs and the greatest B-side in recorded music history, I had jumped on the bandwagon. By the time of my Army discharge, through audio osmosis alone, I also found myself packing substantial interest in the likes of Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. My musical soul appeared to be on the block again. The poor dude grew up with those nasally-challenged vocals charging, not unlike the Light Brigade, up the stairs to infiltrate his bedroom comfort zone at all hours of the day and night.” Once back home in L.A., I also fell under the cultural purview of my brother Dick, then on the cusp of morphing into “OD McGee,” a quantum leap if there ever was one. Once he had plugged me into the neighboring Compton folk scene, the train left the station. It’s now some 50+ years later and my life has yet to return to normal. Smokey becoming a “Dylan head” however, came as somewhat of a shock. The poor dude grew up with those nasally-challenged vocals charging, not unlike the Light Brigade, up the stairs to infiltrate his bedroom comfort zone at all hours of the day and night. No doubt, if child welfare agencies had gotten nose of it, they would have descended upon our humble digs in SWAT fashion. It could be mentioned that his first non-Utah exposure to His Bobness occurred more than a decade previous as part of the Dylan tour with Tom Petty which we caught next door to the ’86 World’s Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia. Suffice to say, Smoke was bored. Of course, he felt the same about Victoria and Banff, et cetera – and most everything else his parents were into. That is to say, he was a perfectly normal kid. And, if the truth be told, a total gas to be around. Later on, he would include me in his posse at AC/DC and Metallica concerts which proved to be some of my best live music experiences ever. But back to our recent vacation shows at the exquisitely adorned and acoustically perfect Eccles Theater down in the Valley, the Valley so Low. By having the rapturously ecstatic Mavis Staples kicking things off with her inyour-face joy and love vibe, the evening was left without many options as to which way it would go. Put your hands together. Say hallelujah! Although Bob scrambled his set list the second night, he and that unbelievably tight instrumental ensemble that surfs his wake remain to die for. They are roots rock n’ roll incarnate, including during the Sinatraesque portions of the show. Can’t say enough about Tony, Stu, George, Donnie, and, of course, Charlie. Love them boys! Smokey, who has never been an acquired taste to anyone, continues to stick to the collective ribcage of whomever he encounters. A DNA test would no doubt prove that being “cool” skipped a generation on his paternal side. Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and has been an observer, participant, and chronicler of the Park City and Wasatch County social and political scenes for more than 40 years. Red Card Roberts By Amy Roberts Millions of “Me Toos” I’m prone to confusing hashtags with hash browns, so it’s not often I take notice of the number sign and consider it a powerful movement. But that changed last week with the massiveness of the #MeToo campaign. The hashtag went viral on social media, with over 12 million postings to Facebook alone. The avalanche of responses came on the heels of Harvey Weinstein’s dramatic fall from Hollywood’s elite, after he was accused, on numerous occasions, of all sorts of vile behavior. Women from nearly every spot on the globe posted #MeToo, proving this type of conduct is not limited to the casting couch. Some women added their personal stories of sexual assault, harassment or gender bias and some added an encouraging note about survival. Others just let #MeToo speak for itself. For many women, the declaration was empowering and long overdue. And for almost of all us, it wasn’t the least bit surprising. In fact, after reading many of the posts, I was tempted to start my own social media campaign — #WhoHasnt? Every woman alive has a story. We haven’t all been sexually assaulted or groped. Or forced to watch a man enjoy a houseplant far too much. We don’t all suffer nightmares of abuse. But we have all had someone diminish us because of our gender. Oftentimes inadvertently. The times we’ve walked into a board room for a meeting and were asked to get everyone coffee. The times we’ve been told we were being “too abrasive” when, in fact, those were leadership skills we were showing. The times when our husbands or male coworkers were given credit for our accomplishments, or the time a politician promised he had “binders full” of us. Throughout my career, I’ve heard so many stories from other women, I have a hard time believing anyone who wears a bra hasn’t, in some way, been devalued for it. And until it gets Harvey bad, we tend to shrug it off. It’s the price we pay for being female. Throughout my career, I’ve heard so many stories from other women, I have a hard time believing anyone who wears a bra hasn’t, in some way, been devalued for it.” I can recall covering the Columbine shootings. I was a green reporter back then, fresh out of college, with little life experience. But my cousins happened to attend the school, and my news director knew a scoop was a guarantee. Within minutes of the first bullets fired, I was in a satellite truck with a seasoned photographer, heading towards Littleton, Colorado. After several hours of driving and then working the scene, we checked into our hotel exhausted. It was in the lobby he told me the hotel was full and we’d have to share a room. I knew this didn’t feel right, but I was 22, not even old enough to rent a car and drive to another hotel. It was after 1 a.m. and I didn’t feel comfortable calling my boss, or tattling on this photographer who had covered wars and won Emmys. I was there to prove myself. I eventually called my aunt and stayed with family, making up some lame excuse about getting a better story if I shared a roof with my cousins who had been at the school that day. In the morning, we had a conference call with our news director. I mentioned I was staying with family and he wanted to know why. I told him I wasn’t comfortable sharing a room with my male coworker. His response went something like this: “Ha! He told you the hotel was full? That’s a pretty suave move. Can’t blame a guy for trying.” I’ve often wondered what would have happened if my aunt hadn’t picked up the phone that night. If she hadn’t been up late consoling my cousins or willing to drive over and get me. There was one bed in that hotel room. To be clear, I don’t believe every male is capable of this type of behavior. Or every boss is culpable when it happens. I have had male teachers, bosses, coworkers and friends who function just fine without belittling the women around them. Hopefully, this #MeToo madness will create more of them. Amy Roberts is a freelance writer, longtime Park City resident, and the proud owner of two rescued Dalmatians, Stanley and Willis. The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the writer. Follow her on Twitter @amycroberts. |