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Show C-1 B-1 EVENT MOLDED OUT OF CLAY AND CABERNET BUSINESS, A-15 FOLLOW OUR TWITTER For all the latest breaking news updates, find us @parkrecord THE WORLD CUP LANDS AT DEER VALLEY COLUMNS, A-18 Park Record. METERS MAKE MAIN STREET WORKERS MAD AND GLAD LEADERS HELP MAKE PARK CITY SWEET, TERI ORR WRITES 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, January 6-9, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Treatment comes with a fine point | New year, new sport Vol. 137 | No. 96 50¢ Bond success is questioned There is continuing concern that a ballot measure to fund deal for Treasure could fail JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record the applicant, South Point Utah LLC, asked the Planning Commission to amend the Promontory Development’s Specially Planned Area to more than quadruple the previously allowable residential density. In 2015, Promontory applied for an amendment to carve off the 800 acres, known as South Point, to operate under its own agreement. In March, South Point Utah LLC became the owner of the development. The development would be located between the Roger’s Ranch and Black Rock Ridge development on Brown’s Canyon Road. After more than two hours, Planning commissioners unanimously agreed to forward a negative Park City leaders on Thursday received testimony raising questions about whether voters later in 2018 would support a ballot measure to fund a deal to acquire a 50 percent stake in Treasure, illustrating continuing concern about the prospects of a bond that may be put to Parkites in November. The idea that voters may reject what would be a $24 million ballot measure to fund most of the $30 million price tag has loomed over the discussions that have unfolded in recent weeks. A deal would hinge on the vote. Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council on Thursday continued their discussions about Treasure, but some of the testimony from the audience seemed especially important as the public weighs the possibility of a ballot measure. There have been sporadic mentions of a Park City School District bond rejected by voters as people cautioned City Hall officials that a ballot measure to fund a Treasure deal may not succeed. That topic was again broached on Thursday. Steven Swanson, a Treasure critic, was one of the speakers on Thursday that noted the School District bond. He said the failed bond in the School District showed that an open and public process is needed. Swanson also said the School District learned that a “concentrated minority of voters” impacted the results. “In 2015, the district found out by a resounding defeat of their bond. So, if we don’t want to repeat that, I suppose my biggest suggestion would be to open the process up as much as possible. I understand maybe that’s beginning. That’s a good thing,” Swanson said. He added that Park City is a different entity than the School District, which stretches well outside the Park City limits to incorporate the Snyderville Basin as well. The mayor told Swanson officials want the Treasure process to remain as transparent as possible. City Hall reached a $30 million deal to acquire the Sweeney family’s 50 percent stake in Treasure. The Sweeney family was the traditional owner of the hillside land overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. The land is now under the ownership of a partnership involving the Sweeney family and a firm called Park City II, LLC. The Sweeney family in the 1980s secured development rights on the Treasure land and nearby parcels. The Treasure side has spent more than a decade in on-and-off talks with the Park City Planning Commission about a project involving upward of 1 million square feet. There have been broad concerns about topics like the traffic Treasure would attract to nearby roads, the overall size of the project and the construction impacts. The discussions about City Hall acquiring the Sweeney family’s stake are seen as an effort to reduce the square footage and significantly redesign the project. Rich Wyman, another Treasure critic, also raised a question about the prospects of the passage of a bal- Please see Panel, A-2 Please see Bond, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Zui Fang, a licensed acupuncturist, is scheduled to start treating patients in Park City at the end of January. Park City Hospital hires acupuncturist, a rarity in Utah JAMES HOYT The Park Record For Zui Fang, a licensed acupuncturist, helping people is all in the family. His father made sure of that. “He often brought me, when I was young, to his clinic to see how he treated the patients,” Fang said. Fang is one of the state’s first licensed acupuncturists to be employed by a hospital, and he recently began working out of the Park City Hospital’s LiVe Well Unit. Kelly Woodward, the unit’s medical director, said bridging the divide between traditional Western medicine and Eastern medicine is a goal that Intermountain Healthcare wants to achieve. “We like to offer things that are beneficial that may be different from medications,” Woodward said. “Frankly, medications have side effects and so if we have alternatives that work as well or better, we would like to be able to make those available. And acupuncture is a great alternative.” Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese treatment for various conditions, is performed when a licensed acupuncturist places sterile, hair-width needles into a patient’s body. Procedures are usually performed in conjunction with other medical treatments. “We treat patients and pick the specific points based around the theory of meridians and collaterals,” Fang said. Fang, a native of Zhuhai, a city in southern China, is no stranger to American life. He’s lived in the U.S. for 15 years and has passed through Ohio and California on his way to Utah. He’s a former faculty member at the American Institute of Alternative Medicine. Fang said that compared to everywhere else, though, living in Park City is a significant change, from the natural beauty of the area to the slower pace of life. “Traffic is not heavy; not crowded,” Fang said. Employing an acupuncturist is a novel step for a hospital to take. Woodward said there are only a few in America that do so, and Intermountain Healthcare employs only one other in Utah. Fang said education and doing Please see Hospital, A-2 3 sections • 42 pages Business ............................... A-15 Classifieds ............................ C-10 Columns ............................... A-18 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-19 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-13 Letters to the Editor ............. A-19 Restaurant Guide.................. A-13 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Aero Neese, 2, learns to ski with his uncle, Jake Prickett, at the base of Park City Mountain Resort on a late-December morning. Neese kept a smile on his face throughout the lesson. East Side panel wants large development to be rejected The 800-acre project put to County Council amid worries about traffic, rural location ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The large commercial and housing development proposed for Promontory Development’s southernmost 800 acres along Brown’s Canyon Road failed to receive the support of the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission on Thursday. Under the South Point Master Plan proposal, Mayor takes office striking optimistic tone Andy Beerman offers upbeat message of progress, diversity JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Andy Beerman on Wednesday evening became the mayor of Park City, taking the oath of office in front of a crowd of supporters ranging from former elected officials to rank-and-file Parkites and, in a de facto inauguration speech, outlining an upbeat vision for a city where everyone can succeed. Beerman won the mayor’s office on Election Day in November in his second campaign for Park City’s top political office, relying largely on the city’s establishment to put him into office after an unsuccessful bid in 2013. He had been a member of the Park City Council. Members of Beerman’s family joined Parkites who crowded into a room at the TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Andy Beerman takes the oath of office as the mayor at the Park City Library on Wednesday, telling a crowd afterward the community can accomplish almost anything. Park City Library for his swearing-in ceremony. Judge Shauna Kerr, once a member of the City Council, administered the oaths of office for Beerman VISITOR GUIDE Park City’s work culture ranges from miners to nomads and two members of the City Council, Tim Henney and Steve Joyce. Henney was sworn into office for a second term while Joyce is a freshman City Councilor. Beerman’s remarks largely resembled his stump speeches during the election season. He noted a series of successes in 2017 and cautioned that much work needs to be done on issues like the future of Bonanza Flat, a planned arts and culture district, housing, transportation, energy and the Treasure development proposal. He described himself as an optimist and said he is excited to set a tone as the mayor. “I believe in this community, and I think we have a tremendous number of tools in this community. And we can accomplish about anything we want here,” Beerman said. He said the City Council, which will have two new members once a successor is named to hold the seat Beerman Please see Mayor, A-12 Richard Ellis, a ghostwriter, will give a presentation titled “ From Miners to Nomads: Work Culture in Park City through the Lens of a Ghostwriter” on Jan. 8, at the Park City Museum. Ellis will dig into the culture of web commuters. For information, visit www.parkcityhistory.org. |