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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Continued from A-1 Legislature monitored alternative-vehicle owners can pay a registration fee or opt into a road-usage program. “The most prevalent idea is this concept of a road-user charge,” she said. “In Oregon they piloted this program where there is a device in your car that tracks the amount of miles traveled in the year, and then you are taxed based on that usage. It is an interesting concept that is picking up a lot of steam across the country. But, our constituents are concerned about plugging a device into their car that is reported to a third party.” Elections A recommended change for the election equipment used as part of a statewide system could prove to be a financial burden for the county if funding is not secured for the upgrade. The software the state’s clerks currently use for conducting elections will no longer be supported, which requires counties to switch over to a new system. The replacement would cost between $10 and $12 million. “The question we have now is how much funding is the state willing to put out for the new equipment?” said Kent Jones, Summit County clerk. “Before it was all federal funding, but now there is no federal money. The Clerk’s Association has asked and been promised that the state will come up with funding, but we are not positive how much that will be.” Jone said he heard Gov. Gary Herbert was going to include about $4.5 million in his budget for the upgrade, adding “That’s what we are asking for and hoping for.” “I’ve anticipated that we will have to come up with funding and I think it will be affordable if we can get an almost 50/50 match,” he said. “But, we haven’t ordered any equipment yet until we know what we are going to get.” Continued from A-1 Appearance is brief the medical examiner has not provided information such as a toxicology report as well as forensics evidence. “The reality is we cannot assess this case,” Johnson said. Prosecutors claim McClanahan killed his wife, Keri Colleen McClanahan, on Nov. 2 in a hotel room on Bonanza Drive. A charging document filed against McClanahan indicated a Park City Police Department sergeant saw him at 1:30 a.m. in a landscaped area outside the hotel on his stomach crawling before he stood up to wave down the sergeant. He went to his stomach again, making convulsing movements and moving his arms like he was making a snow angel, the prosecutors said. McClanahan told the sergeant two or three men attacked himself, his wife and his baby, according to the charging document, indicating that McClanahan did not provide the name of his wife or where she was. He was bleeding with cuts in multiple places, the prosecutors said. 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 Transient Room Tax The Utah Association of Counties (UAC) is getting a lot of pressure from some counties to open up the statue for use of the Transient Room Tax funds, Young said. She said Summit County, in particular, could benefit from an expanded use of the funds. Transient Room Tax funds may be utilized for establishing and promoting recreation, tourism, film production, and conventions. However, certain counties are able to use those funds for services such as solid waste and law enforcement if they increase because of tourism. Young said the county would “obviously be interested in any flexibility.” “In our case, the Sundance Film Festival would be a great example of the added resources the Sheriff’s Office incurs because of tourism,” she said. Young said there has been a lot of pushback about trying to open up those funds from those in the tourism industry out of fear that everyone would want to take advantage of the resources. Septic systems UAC is also looking for a way to help communities that have failing septic systems connect to sewer utilities. Young said this issue is of particular interest to the county because creating sewer connections is expensive, and there are areas where septic systems are failing, such as in Hidden Cove. “One proposal questioned whether counties should do an involuntary special assessment district so property owners couldn’t protest, and if you were in that community you would just have to pay,” Young said. “The challenge is the property rights issue. In our area where this is the biggest problem, we are following that closely and hoping the Legislature will come up with another solution.” With hundreds of bills already filed during the interim session and many more anticipated after Jan. 22, elected leaders and staff will be cautiously wading through the measures to understand any potential impacts new legislation could have on the county’s operations. “That’s why we are nervous because it is going to be fast and furious,” Young said. Another person at the hotel called 911 at about the same time McClanahan was found. The person told a dispatcher a man matching the description of McClanahan was seen crawling in the halls of the second and third floors and seeking help, according to the charging document. Officers found a room with the door open with the door and floor showing blood. They discovered the wife unresponsive with blood covering her inside the room. She suffered wounds to her neck and wounds consistent with someone attempting to defend themselves, the prosecutors said. A bracelet knife was found nearby and an autopsy determined the wounds to her neck were consistent with those made by the knife that was recovered, the charging document said. The medical examiner and evidence gathered at the scene suggest she “put up a significant struggle before her death,” according to prosecutors. Police investigators reviewed the security camera tapes from the hotel looking for footage of the two or three men McClanahan said were the attackers but did not see any matching people. The last time someone entered the room with the keycard was 9:25 p.m. on Nov. 1, and there was no evidence that someone forced their way into the room, the prosecutors said. McClanahan is being held at the Salt Lake County jail on an unrelated charge. Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 10-12, 2018 Treasure talks unfold at a quickened pace Elected officials and planning panel poised to address project JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Park City officials on consecutive days this week are scheduled to discuss a reworked idea for the Treasure development proposal, continuing a fast-paced set of discussions as the sides attempt to make critical decisions about the long-disputed project. City Hall and the Sweeney family in late 2017 reached an agreement calling for the municipal government to acquire the family’s 50 percent stake in Treasure and for the other side of the Treasure partnership, a firm known as Park City II, LLC, to rework the remainder of the project. The deal with the Sweeney family is priced at $30 million, and a ballot measure would be required to raise $24 million of the overall price. The Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday is scheduled to address Treasure starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Park City Council chambers at the Marsac Building. A hearing is planned. On Thursday, meanwhile, the City Council is slated to discuss Treasure and hold a hearing at a meeting starting at 6 p.m. Members of the Planning Commission are expected to attend the City Council meeting. The meetings this week are anticipated to focus on a redesigned project that would be pursued should a ballot measure pass. The Treasure proposal as of now involves upward of 1 million square feet and is envisioned as a major resort hotel. A redesigned project would be scaled back to include a boutique hotel and 18 houses. The project would remain on a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. The Sweeney family, the traditional owner of the acreage, in the 1980s secured an overall development approval for the Treasure land and nearby parcels. The land is now under the ownership of the partnership. The Treasure side and the Planning Commission spent more than a decade in off-and-on talks about the project with only moderate progress, leading to the agreement calling for City Hall to acquire a 50 percent stake. It would be a significant development even reduced by 50 percent, and the location on a high-profile hillside close to the surrounding neighborhood remains sensitive. The City Council at a meeting earlier in January received a range of comments about Treasure from longtime critics, including that a significant excavation would be required for a reworked project and traffic would remain a concern. judge’s ruling, the county can pursue appropriate legal means to recover fees and to enforce the terms and conditions of the order. Failure to comply with the ruling would constitute a class C misdemeanor. The motocross track has become a major point of contention among neighbors who have called it a nuisance, citing the noise and activity as detrimental to their way of life. Others have supported the activity on However, as the county alleges the Luczak’s property. grading work continued around the Luczak insists he will not pay any property in excess of the permit, of the fees. He said he is not operating Community Development Director a commercial track, adding the counPat Putt issued a cease-and-desist or- ty has no rules about riding on private property. He said he can still ride on der in 2016. Luczak filed an appeal with the his property, but not on the track. “I feel like it is personal or politSummit County Council to refute ical at this point,” Putt’s claim that he said. “There are he could not operthings we could ate the track on his work out, but the property because track is not coming it violates the apdown. The counproved uses for that I feel like it is ty recognized the subdivision, and the personal or political whole time through County Council upat this point. There that I was OK with held Putt’s determimy permits, but to nation. are things we could change their minds However, the work out, but the and come up with a Council found in track is not coming different definition July of 2016 that, for the use of the since the county’s down.” property isn’t right. engineer had issued The next thing they the grading perSteve Luczak will tell people is mit, the county was Property owner they can’t ride on barred from enforctheir property.” ing the zoning vioDave Thomas, lations. In February, Summit County’s Putt issued a Notice of Violation to Luczak to restore and chief civil deputy attorney, said in an re-vegetate all motocross track areas. email to The Park Record the prior A 3rd District Court judge in Febru- court’s decision is final. He said the ary overturned the Council’s decision new lawsuit attempts to re-litigate the barring the county from enforcing the prior court decision, but added “there violations against Luczak. A hearing is no jurisdiction to do so. Unless the administrative court, was held before the county’s administrative law judge, who rendered a de- 3rd District Court or county agrees cision on Dec. 1 requiring Luczak to to rescind the enforcement violations, remediate and restore the property, in Luczak “must post the bond and begin addition to posting a $683,046 perfor- remediation,” Thomas said. “The new lawsuit is an appeal of the mance bond on or before Jan. 1, 2018, and paying $140,000 in civil penal- ALJ’s (administrative law judge) Orties. A performance bond is a form of der on the Notice of Violation. Thus it is limited to the reasonableness of the surety that is held by the county. If Luczak does not comply with the remedy imposed by the ALJ,” he said. Continued from A-1 Owner of track sues |