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Show C-1 B-1 MUSEUM DISPLAYS THE WAY WE WORKED BUSINESS, A-15 REMEMBER VETERANS DAY A PARKITE HOPES TO SOAR INTO OLYMPICS COLUMNS, A-18 Our thanks to those who have served. Park Record. TOURISM LEADERS SAY SEASON LOOKS SWELL TOM CLYDE WATCHES THE ROCK EXCHANGE The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 11-14, 2017 Serving Summit County since 1880 ABC’s of art will be discussed | Signs of the season Vol. 137 | No. 80 50¢ Beerman wins mayor’s office in second bid The city councilor mounts a comeback against former mayor JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Community project readies for next step SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The time has come for the Park City Summit County Arts Council to reveal the findings of a summer-long data-collection process that signaled the dawn of Project ABC. Project ABC, which stands for Arts, Beauty and Culture, is a collaborative, community-driven cultural planning effort that advocates for the future of arts and culture in Summit County, said Hadley Dynak, executive director of the Park City Summit County Arts Council. “We have spent the past five months collecting data from nonprofit leaders, creative entrepreneurs, artists, business owners, government representatives, the general public, basically anyone who would talk to us, about their needs, ideas, dreams and visions for the future,” Dynak said during a Park Record interview.“A broad coalition of individuals from a variety of sectors ... have come together to lead the effort and the Park City Summit County Arts Council is managing it. The goal is to build an arts and culture road map for Park City, Snyderville Basin, and North and South Summit -- the entire community -- for the future.” The findings will be revealed during the Project ABC Summit that is scheduled for 1-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Blair Education Center at the Park City Hospital, 900 Round Valley Drive. Registration is free and open to the public. People can register at www. eventbrite.com/e/project-abc-summit-assemble-build-celebrate-tickets-38657478559. The group will review what they heard from more than 900 survey respondents and divide into smaller groups to discuss the findings, Dynak said. “We did more than 20 interviews and dozens of community conversations to move the project from the listening-and-documenting stage to the action stage,” she said. “It will be an afternoon work session, and it will really be the first time the people we talked with will come together in one place to look toward the future.” Project ABC will work to connect arts and culture with trails, open space, affordable housing, sustainability and transportation, among other issues that are often discussed in development planning meetings, Dynak said. Please see Art, A-2 3 sections • 40 pages Business ............................... A-15 Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-18 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-19 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-19 Restaurant Guide.................. A-12 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The National Ability Center’s Whitney Thompson, left, Lauren Willie and Luke Holsclaw keep warm and keep smiling with cheers, jumping and sign-waving along Park Avenue near Iron Horse Drive as they help raise awareness for Live PC Give PC, Park City’s annual fundraising event for nonprofit organizations, Friday morning. The 24-hour-long event aimed to raise more than $1,999,999.99 in donations. Known figures secure seats Tim Henney wins second term while Steve Joyce earns a spot on Park City Council JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Tim Henney, an incumbent Park City Councilor, was the top finisher in a contest with two seats on the ballot on Tuesday, propelling him to a second term as voters signaled their support of the agenda at the Marsac Building. Henney garnered 1,592 votes, or 39.91 percent, in the preliminary count on Election Day. The second-place candidate, Park City Planning Commissioner Steve Joyce, won the other seat. He totaled 1,493 votes, or 37.43 percent. Henney will take the oath of office for a second time in early January while Joyce will be sworn into office then as well. The other two candidates trailed the winners by wide margins. Josh Hobson, an environmental activist and chef, was selected on 551 ballots, or 13.81 percent. Perennial City Council candidate Mark Blue took 353 votes, or 8.85 percent. The numbers are expected to be finalized at a canvass scheduled on Nov. 16. The order of the top two finishers could change as a result of the additional ballots counted in the canvass, but there are not enough votes left to be tallied to push Hobson into the No. 2 position. Nearly half of Park City’s registered voters -49.72 percent -- cast ballots, according to the Summit County Clerk’s Office. There was not a primary election in the City Council contest, meaning Tuesday was the first read of voter support for the candidates. The results were not a political stunner. Henney had the benefit of incumbency at a time there appears to be significant public support for the work of City Hall. Joyce, meanwhile, holds a seat on the influential Planning Commission, and there is a long history of panel members winning elected office in Park City. “I was very pleased and honored. It’s a tremendous honor to represent a community,” Henney said in an interview. Henney said he will continue to work on City Hall’s critical priorities of housing, transportation and enerPlease see Councilors, A-2 Andy Beerman, a Park City Councilor who has navigated the line between business and environmentalism, won the mayor’s office on Tuesday in his second bid for the Marsac Building’s top political post. Beerman, 48 and an Old Town resident who has lived in Park City since 1995, defeated former threeterm Mayor Dana Williams. Beerman garnered 1,318 votes, TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD or 54.5 percent, while Park City Councilor Andy BeerWilliams was named man won the mayor’s office on 1,100 votes, or 45.5 on Tuesday. He is scheduled percent. It was a turn- to be sworn into office as the about from a three-per- mayor in early January. Beerson August primary man says he does not envision that Williams won by fundamental shifts at City Hall more than 10 percent- during his administration. age points. Beerman was the second-place finisher in the primary. Voter turnout was 49.7 percent. Beerman is scheduled to take office in early January and will succeed the retiring Jack Thomas. He will resign from the City Council position midterm to ascend to the mayor’s office. “It’s exciting more than anything. I felt relief and gratitude,” Beerman said. He said he does not foresee fundamental shifts at City Hall once he takes office, saying the municipal government’s work plan has support. Beerman said, though, he would like to hold discussions about ideas to broaden City Hall’s efforts to engage the public. He also said he would like City Hall’s building, planning and engineering functions to operate in a manner that is more customer friendly and more efficient. Beerman said he wants City Hall to work more closely with Park City’s Latino population, the community’s largest minority group by a wide margin. Beerman said he hopes to talk to his three predecessors in the mayor’s office — Thomas, Williams and Brad Olch — about the position. Beerman’s rise started as a Main Street businessman, and he once led the merchants group that represents the shopping, dining and entertainment strip. He and his wife Please see Beerman, A-2 Figure in key growth Because of the brave controversy passes Hank Rothwell helmed onetime mining firm during Flagstaff talks JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Hank Rothwell, the former leader of United Park City Mines and a central figure in Park City’s greatest development controversy, died on Nov. 3. He died after a horse-riding accident, according to an obituary. He was 70. Rothwell was the president of United Park City Mines for 12 years during a time when the company, the modern-day successor of Park City’s historic silver-mining industry, aggressively pursued development on the vast acreage it secured over the decades as a mining firm. He held a high-profile role as Unit- ed Park City Mines in the 1990s held talks with City Hall leaders about what remains the most polarizing development dispute in Park City’s history. The Flagstaff discussions were seen in many ways as a dividing line between the broadly supported growth in the early skiing era and the battles about development that have occurred in the nearly 20 years since Flagstaff was approved. Flagstaff was a hotly contested annexation of land in Empire Canyon into the Park City limits. The development that was approved as part of the annexation is now known as Empire Pass. Rothwell appeared at the Marsac Building on behalf of United Park City Mines during the era, arguing the developer’s side of the debate against impassioned opponents who saw the project as far too ambitious on land that was long treasured by recreation lovers even though it was privately held. Please see Rothwell, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Ecker Hill Middle School choir students perform in their Veterans Day concert Thursday evening. The performance included American classics such as the “Star Spangled Banner,” “Yankee Doodle” and “God Bless America.” VISITOR GUIDE November Green Drinks Join Recycle Utah for the next Park City Green Drinks event from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Twisted Fern, 1300 Snow Creek Drive. Green Drinks is an opportunity to meet and mingle with eco-conscious people and hear from local leaders about sustainability. |