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Show A-18 Meeting and agendas The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 6-9, 2018 More dogs on Main By Tom Clyde TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM 2018 will bring big changes Notice is hereby given that the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission will meet in regular session Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Location: Sheldon Richins Building (Library), 1885 West Ute Boulevard, Park City, UT 84098 AGENDA Agenda items may or may not be discussed in the order listed. 4:30 p.m. Regular Session Work Session 1. Public input for items not on the agenda or pending applications. 1. Discussion regarding a Rezone and Conditional Use Permit for Bitner Station located at 670 West Bitner Road; Vincent Criscione, Applicant. – Jennifer Strader, Senior Planner 2. Public hearing and possible action regarding a proposed Conditional Use Permit for an accessory building at the Woodward/Gorgoza area; SS-8-C-1; Michael Barille, applicant.– Ray Milliner, Principal Planner 3. Discussion and possible recommendation regarding the Resort Core Development Area-RC14 & RC15, RC16, RC17, RC20 & RC 21 Final Subdivision Plats; All or portions of parcels: PP-2-K, PP-2-H, PP-74-E, PP-74E-REM, PP-74-G-1, PP-75-4, PP-75-5, PP-75-6, PP-75A-4, PP-75-K, PP-75-K-A, PP-75-E, PP-75-L; located within the Canyons Village Resort Core Area; Spencer White, applicant. – Tiffanie Northrup-Robinson, Senior Planner DRC Updates Commission Comments Director Items Adjourn A majority of Snyderville Basin Planning Commission members may meet socially after the meeting. If so, the location will be announced by the Chair or Vice-Chair. County business will not be conducted. To view staff reports available after Friday, January 5, 2018 please visit: www.summitcounty.org 4. Public hearing and possible action regarding a proposed Rezone for a property located at 2400 West Rasmussen Road; Parcel PP-53; Peter Corroon, Applicant .– Jennifer Strader, Senior Planner Individuals needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Melissa Hardy, Summit County Community Development Department, at (435) 6153157. 5. Approval of minutes: September 12, 2017 and November 14, 2017 Posted: January 5, 2018 Published: January 6, 2018 – The Park Record AGENDA Summit County Board of Health Meeting January 8, 2018 4:00 – 5:30 PM Summit County Health Department 650 Round Valley Drive Park City, Utah 84060 PUBLIC MEETING 4:00 – 5:30 1. Welcome and Approval of Minutes 5. PUBLIC HEARING (4:30 –5:30) 2. UALBOH update 3. Mental Health Update (Aaron) 1. Discussion and possible action regarding proposed changes to the Summit County Public Health Fee Schedule. 4. Directors Report 2. Public Comment Colorado ski area making the most of snow dearth JOHN STROUD The Post Independent GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. – A serious lack of snow to start the season has limited Sunlight Mountain Resort to a single ski run since the area opened Dec. 21. Still, the ski area had a decent holiday stretch and is riding out the snow drought in hopes the weather takes a turn toward the favorable, Sunlight Marketing and Sales Director Troy Hawks said Wednesday. “All in all, the mood here is upbeat considering that it’s a below-average snow year,” Hawks said. “We still saw nice out-of-state visitation over the Christmas holiday, and there were about 250-300 people here [Tuesday], more than we had expected. “And we’re hopeful we can get into a nice storm cycle soon,” he said. That much-needed storm could come as soon as Saturday night and Sunday, when the forecast calls for a reasonable chance of snow. Another storm is in the long-term forecast for the middle of next week. As snowpack moisture content measurements reach levels not seen since the winter drought of 1976-77, though, the outlook is worrisome. Powderhorn Resort, located on the Grand Mesa, announced Wednesday that it is modifying its midweek operating schedule until more snow comes. The area will be closed Monday through Wednesday until further notice, with the exception of Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 15. With its limited terrain, Sunlight hasn’t fully staffed up for the season and has lost some of the workers, mainly lift operators, who had initially signed on for the winter, Hawks said. “We did have some folks who weren’t able to stick around on a promise of full-time, seasonal employment,” he said. “Eventually, they had to find other work.” College students helped to round things out over the holidays, but those workers will soon be leaving as spring semester classes begin, he said. Idled workers have been assigned other duties as needed, he said, and the ski area works with local restaurants to provide gift cards as a way to help them out until more work hours are available. Sunlight normally has about 125 full-time, seasonal employees and a dozen salaried workers. Food and beverage operations still need a certain number of people to keep things going, and the ski school was busy over the holidays giving lessons to about 600 people per day, Hawks said. As it stands, the 33rd annual Skier Appreciation Day is on for Friday. The day features Looking for a JoB ? $20 lift tickets, with proceeds benefiting United Way-Battlement to the Bells. There will also be free Sweet Coloradough doughnuts for the first 50 people on the lift, a super hero/villain costume contest for a chance to win a season pass for next year and drawings for limited edition Sunlight 50th anniversary skis and a snowboard. To get ready for the Friday event and the potential for fresh snow over the weekend, Sunlight crews have been busy boot-packing several runs on the west side of the mountain to prepare for a possible opening, Hawks said. A minimum of an additional 8 inches of snow would be needed for that to happen, he said. The potential for a wet, heavy storm would help to build up the snow base. “We’re still analyzing that, though, and certainly remind folks to respect all trail closures on the mountain until we do open new terrain,” Hawks said. “Certainly, a foot of snow would get us there,” he said. “What we’ve seen in the past are these storms that sit for a couple of days, but that just hasn’t happened this year.” The long-term National Weather Service forecast calls for a possible change in the weather pattern next week, with the storm pattern moving southward over the central Rocky Mountains and the Four Corners region. Check our HELP WANTED section in CLASSIFIEDS ! The New Year arrived at my house accompanied by the unmistakable smell of a dead mouse in the wall. It’s been a long time since that happened, and there’s not a thing I can do about it but wait it out. This too shall pass. But from the potency of the smell, I have to wonder if it is the carcass of a mouse, or maybe I’ve located a Hereford bull that a neighbor was missing last fall. Depending on when it expired, it was either a perfectly appropriate end to 2017, or an unpleasant omen to open 2018. There can’t be a postmortem without having to do a drywall repair, so I guess the time of death will never be determined. A week from now it won’t matter, but for the time being, it’s pretty awful. Speaking of other things that have hung around well beyond their freshness date, Orrin Hatch announced he was not going to run for another 6-year term. He’s going to retire at the tender age of 84. It will be interesting to see if he retires as a lobbyist in Washington, or returns home to Pittsburgh. The polls are showing that even among Utah Republicans, he has become unpopular. Give them 42 years, and they will come to the right conclusion. So the assumption is that Mitt Romney will get the seat. He would do a good job, but he’s no spring chicken, either. Maybe he serves one term, and the seat is open again. Turnover in Congress—wow, that would be a good thing. The Democrats see a possible opening, and are likely to nominate a legitimately qualified candidate instead of a grocery checker. Hard to imagine how they lost last time around with a candidate like that. A qualified Democrat may have had a pretty good chance against Hatch. If Romney runs, you have to assume he will win by an overwhelming margin. The president got the New Year off to a great start, comparing the size of his nuclear button to that of Kim Jong Un in a series of tweets. Trump used his tiny hands to tweet out that his button is bigger, and works. So much for the theory that he would mature in office. The fate of the world has been handed over to the middle school lunch room. It seems unlikely that he can hurl ridicule and insults at other countries’ leaders indefinitely without somebody on the Will there be a municipal cattle herd, raising grass-fed beef for the school lunch program? Will “City Cowboy” be an elected position?” receiving end reacting badly. Our best hope is that the rest of the world has written him off as a harmless nut (with the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal) and will just ignore him. Now go buy stocks. The City and the owner of the Treasure project are in a frenzy trying to wrap up the details on their compromise for a reduced project. It’s an improvement, as best I can tell from the details available. It’s a solution that could have been reached at any point in the 30 year history of this project, but better late than never. If $30 million will make half of it disappear, would $60 million eliminate all of it? I’m not sure the City residents would approve a bond of that size (which would cost about $180 a year on your typical million dollar starter home), but there’s no harm in asking. I’ve never heard of a doctor recommending removing only half of the tumor to save money. We’ll have to wait until November for that one to come to a conclusion, but what’s another 11 months after this has been grinding through the process for a generation? 2018 will present some other challenges. The City, now the proud owner of Bonanza Flat, will have to figure out what to do with it. Buying it was the easy part. Managing it will be full of surprises, and there were enough financial partners that it will get complicated. Everybody will want a say. What’s permitted, what’s not, and who polices it? Is camping OK, and if so, how are campground facilities going to be paid for? The snowmobilers have already been at City Council meeting expressing their concerns and desire to continue snowmobiling there. Dirt bikes? Mountain bike trails? Burning Man Festival? The fire danger can be reduced by grazing it before the grass gets knee deep and dry. Will there be a municipal cattle herd, raising grass-fed beef for the school lunch program? Will “City Cowboy” be an elected position? 2018 will bring some big changes as the Mayflower project comes online, new housing projects at the Canyons base, and Silver Creek Village happens. Change is a fact of life around here. 2018 will bring some very big ones. I just wish the changes moved as slowly as the traffic. Tom Clyde practiced law in Park City for many years. He lives on a working ranch in Woodland and has been writing this column since 1986. sunday in the Park By Teri Orr Knowing when to follow Leadership is one of those words so overused and a concept under acted upon. There are endless books addressing it and seminars and workshops to teach it and people who profess to be experts in it. There are folks who aspire to be leaders simply because it sounds like power and they are hungry for it. Those are the dangerous ones. They damage the initial trust given them with their desire to control and manipulate those who placed trust in desired authentic leadership. Real leadership is often messy and unpopular. It is standing up to bullies and being patient with educating folks to the subject at hand. It is long nights and broad learning curves. It can be wildly unpopular in the heat of the moment. Many times it is both terribly brave and exceedingly lonely. Being in a room and watching the seamless transition of power and authority even in a small town, perhaps especially in a small town, can be humbling ... inspiring. You don’t have to like all the players or agree with them or the outcome of each individual race in a season that offered multiple changes. But what we can remember is their enormous commitment to “doing good” and like a doctor — “first due no harm.” This week in a light-filled room at the Park City Library, we the people watched a new mayor installed, along with a new council member added and a reelected council member be sworn in to serve. And to lead. It was a theme carefully chosen and expanded upon — first by the emcee for the event, former three-term Mayor Brad Olch. He said he had learned three things in his years in public service (he was also on the Park City Council). Once elected you need to — “listen carefully, vote your conscience, and remember people voted for you to lead.” In addition to my current job, I have spent my time in Park City largely sitting in meetings being a scribe in various ways — as a reporter and columnist for nearly 40 years. It can be tedious and inspiring depending upon both the real events taking place and those imagined and how hungry I might be stuck in a room too warm or too cold for my personal preference. It matters who is sitting next to me and whether or not they are there to observe or protest or simply out of boredom. (Yes, there are kinda government groupies.) Judge Shauna Kerr set the right Park City tone for the installation with her trademark humor. A veteran of government and politics, Kerr served as, first, City Attorney for Park City, then as a city council member and, finally, as a county councilor, be- What we sometimes lack is the vision and fearlessness to lead. It is rarely popular and always at great personal cost.” fore becoming a judge. She has had a lifetime of public service. And after Andy Beerman was elected — he knew he wanted her to do the swearing in. Andy’s parents had made the trip to be there — from the Midwest — a Mennonite background as I recall. He said, “They taught me to serve the community.” Outside the glasswalled room a tow-haired toddler ran quietly up and down the hallway. It might have been a younger Andy looking at his future ... or the son of someone who had proudly voted for this Andy to be Mayor. At some point someone scooped up the boy who dissolved into giggles. It was so sweet and simple I lost track of the room I was in. Which happened again for me — the very next night at the first full meeting of the new council and Mayor. In attendance were the members of the Planning Commission for a joint session on a giant project more than 30 years in the making and unmaking and remaking. Planning Chairman Adam Strachan had been speaking. In seats on the side of the room another planning commissioner sat with his two quiet but wiggly children. Adam told the council he wanted to invite John to his seat to speak and he would move over and “parent for a minute.” It was a little thing that felt like a high thing... We have become kinder in so many ways and more open to the messy stuff of wanting to serve and participate and still wanting/ needing to parent. In Andy’s talk he had stated he was excited to address the need for Social Equity in our community. It was said with such conviction you know he means to back it up. Because all our efforts to improve transportation issues and green building issues and open space and land use and water delivery and all those other important and very, very dry topics of government will mean little if we forget how to care for each other. If we don’t find the ways to lift each other up to make certain the youngest and the oldest have safe places to live. And if we don’t take tackle the messy teenage problems of substance abuse and depression and bullying — we will have no one who will want to lead when we need them. We have a remarkable town. With committed folks in so very many positions — elected, appointed, even hired to serve. What we sometimes lack is the vision and fearlessness to lead. It is rarely popular and always at great personal cost. What we have right now is a moment to recommit with Andy and the new (renewed) council members to all find fresh ways to serve and lead — right where we are. In a tiny town in the middle of the Southwestern part of the United States free falling on a planet where the future is certainly uncertain. We are not the center of the universe but we are in the center of our own universe, and with determined leadership it can be a pretty sweet spot any day especially a Sunday in the Park... Teri Orr is a former editor of The Park Record. She is the director of the Park City Institute, which provides programming for the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. |