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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 Treasure put to voters which addresses the steps that would occur should voters reject the ballot measure and the partnership returns to the Planning Commission to continue the discussions about the development proposal. “This is what the bulk of the public wants,” Mayor Andy Beerman said just before the City Council cast the vote, to applause. City Hall must forward a $6 million payment to the partnership as a result of the action on Thursday. The sum would be put toward the acquisition if the ballot measure passes in November funding the rest of the deal. The $6 million would be used to reduce Treasure by 10 percent if voters reject the ballot measure. The elected officials in the spring and early summer will hold detailed discussions about the financing of the deal. The ballot measure is expected to be priced at between $50 million and $55 million. The City Council during the upcoming budget talks will consider alternatives for the remainder, including shifting funds from capital projects like a planned plaza in the Brew Pub lot on Main Street. City Hall estimates a successful $50 million ballot measure would result in a $200 increase in taxes annually on a primary residence valued at $768,000. A vacation home or commercial property with the same value would be charged an additional $364 annually, according to City Hall. A successful $55 million ballot measure would cost the owner Continued from A-1 Captain takes oath the Police Department as the agency where he wants to advance his career. “It is just a progression of career,” Leatham said. “This is my hometown, my city.” He can recall the days when the police station was located in a Main Street building that also housed the municipal offices. The building is now the Park City Museum. He has said he chose to return to the agency in Park City based on what he has described as a “special relationship” he has had with the Police Department and the community. Leatham lives in the East Millcreek area of Salt Lake County and plans to move to Park City within a few years. The captain post he holds has wide-ranging responsibilities in directing the day-to-day work of the Police Department. He oversees the patrol officers and scheduling, and Leatham has a key role in setting the daily priorities for the department. Leatham will also oversee the Police Department’s plans for special events and the department’s victim advocate. The special events role puts him in a position that is important to City Hall’s overall planning for the community’s busy calendar of festivals and tournaments, while the victim advocate oversight is not as Continued from A-1 Group eyes mission ordinated efforts of The Hope Alliance and the Kellermann Foundation,” 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 of a primary residence with the same value $220 annually while the annual increase would be $399 on a vacation home or commercial property valued at $768,000. The bond is anticipated to be repaid over a 15-year span. The elected officials received testimony in support of the decision to put the acquisition to voters. The mayor, in a departure from typical City Council chambers decorum, allowed applause. He normally prohibits applause in an effort to ensure others in the room who may not agree with the majority are not intimidated. “So much gratitude and appreciation by all parties involved,” said Brian Van Hecke, a leader in the opposition to the Treasure development proposal. Van Hecke said an acquisition would uphold Park City values like preserving open space and creating a sustainable community. He compared Treasure to Bonanza Flat, the high-altitude land in Wasatch County that City Hall led the efforts to protect for conservation purposes. Van Hecke said a Treasure acquisition would be beneficial decades into the future. He acknowledged, though, the Treasure price tag is a “big ask” of the community. The Treasure ballot measure is almost certain to enliven the election season in Park City. There are no Park City elected offices on the ballot in November, meaning that voters in the city may concentrate on Treasure alongside the county, state and federal contests. It seems likely the backers of the acquisition will rally in an organized fashion in support of the ballot measure’s passage. They appear to be crafting arguments centered on what they see as community-wide benefits should the land be acquired, including the preservation of one of Park City’s most visible hillsides. But there have been hints of opposition recently as well as critics concentrate on the tax increase. public a role but is critical to some of the department’s most sensitive cases. “The department’s very successful right now,” Leatham said, describing that he does not intend to shift priorities. Officers will continue to be assigned to sectors in Park City and community partnerships will remain important, he said. Leatham said traffic patrols will continue to be a “high priority.” Officers on traffic patrols will also spend time focusing on issues like distracted driving and crosswalk violations, he said. “We’re going to take on problems brought to us by the community,” Leatham said. Police Chief Wade Carpenter talked about Leatham’s background with federal and local agencies as he outlined the new captain’s qualifications. The Leatham family’s background in the area is also notable, he said, explaining that Leatham “certainly understands the culture of Park City.” The chief said Leatham is tasked with ensuring the patrol officers are successful while at the same time readying the department for special events. “He recognizes there has to be balance in everything we do,” the chief said. The Police Department on Thursday also celebrated the promotions of: • Vaifoa Lealaitafea from a sergeant’s position to a lieutenant’s post. • Cameron Thor from a detective’s position to a sergeant. • Zachary Nakaishi from an officer’s position to a sergeant. Dell Fuller, chair of The Hope Alliance’s board of directors. Last year’s expedition served 1,090 people, and Bostrom said that a turnout of between 17 to 20 volunteers would help to top that number and help even more residents. Volunteers interested in joining The Hope Alliance on the late-summer vision care expedition to Uganda should contact Alex Bostrom at alex@thehopealliance.org or at 435-333-3334. Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 17-20, 2018 The action is delayed in Woodward dispute County Council needs more time to consider Basin sports camp ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record After listening to nearly three hours’ worth of testimony from the appellants who are urging the Summit County Council to reject the Woodward Park City action camp project, Council members ultimately decided to delay their decision. The County Council met for a second time on Wednesday to review three appeals that have been filed in response to the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission’s decision to grant a conditional-use permit for the project, slated for Gorgoza Park near Interstate 80. More than 75 people attended the discussion. No public input was taken. The appellants — Scott Nichols, Tom Farkas and Jill Story — claim the project was misrepresented to the commission when it was approved, was not properly mitigated and should not have gone through the conditional-use permit process, among other assertions. County Council Chair Kim Carson said the Council determined before the meeting that it was not going to make a decision Wednesday because of the amount of information it has to sift through. She said the Council continued to receive information the day of the meeting. “It is difficult for us to thoroughly digest and read all of that and evaluate it as part of the overall materials,” she said. “When we have three appellants addressing different issues, there is a lot of research that we need to do. We have done that in the past with cases that are this complex and, especially, when it involves multiple appellants.” The Basin Planning Commission unanimously approved the project on Jan. 9 following a nearly four-hour discussion before more than 80 people. The planning panel reviewed the project for more than a year, making recommendations to mitigate the project’s impact on issues such as traffic and noise and light from snowmaking. The project’s proximity to homes in the surrounding neighborhoods has been the Continued from A-1 Townhouses endorsed print of our project significantly,” Crandall said. “We also rotated the building 180 degrees. This makes the building much more interesting architecturally. It also allowed us to push the structure further south and increases the view corridor as well as connectivity to the plaza and amphitheater.” Crandall said public and commissioner input has “increased the quality of the project.” He added, “We appreciated the commissioners and even the public who has been opposed to this project.” “We love that they enjoy our property, and we hope that they will continue to enjoy the property,” he said. Planning Commission Chair Canice Harte said the positive recommendation was based off of the new configuration. He said it presented a more refined version of the variations the commission has been reviewing over the last several months. “Other than the option where the condos are not there, if they are going to be there this is probably the best configu- "Good balance is the cornerstone to proÞciency in any sport. Want to get better at the sport you love? Do SlackBow Balance Training." 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Other amenities would include a food court, lounge and coffee house, and a party room. A ski lift, expanded snowmaking, outdoor skate park, expanded mountain biking trail system and freestyle-mountain biking terrain are also planned. Wade Budge, representing Powdr Corp., the company that would own and operate the sports camp, said the County Council should uphold the conditional-use permit because the approval was the result of “very careful consideration by staff and the individual planning commissioners.” “The Planning Commission arrived at its decision after taking into account public comment and reviewing many reports, plans, and details,” he stated in a letter to the county. “The CUP now has 17 carefully crafted conditions, which are designed to mitigate any detrimental effects associated with the use.” The County Council agreed to meet in closed session to review the appeals with the county’s legal department. Carson said additional research may need to be conducted, but added “it’s hard to determine that until we have that meeting.” “We have given them a deadline to send out all the documents and information to make sure everyone agrees this is the record and will try and get it on the agenda as soon as we can,” she said. “We really want to do right by our constituents and want to make sure this a very fair process, and that includes having the time to adequately address each appellant’s case and apply that to the overall decision.” ration,” he said. “It will be different and it will take over some of that space and change the feel and the character, but the landowner had a right to build on their property.” The project, Harte said, was a classic example of a situation where developments rights have already been granted, which reduces the authority of the Planning Commission. “Everyone probably wishes something else would have been put there. My first choice would be for a park,” he said. “But the project met the development agreement and standards, at least by our interpretations, and it was something we had to go forward with.” Harte noted, however, that the project is somewhat in conflict with what the Kimball Junction Neighborhood Master Planning Committee is trying to achieve. For nearly a year, the committee has explored ways to improve the area through enhancements such as making visual quality a top priority and creating connections between the businesses, residences and amenities. “We have identified that as an ideal public space, but it seems to go against that even though they had the right to build it,” he said. The Crandalls have said they are committed to increasing connectivity in the area with more sidewalks, adding built-in seating, vegetation and redesigning the amphitheater. Construction could start as soon as the summer and be complete within a year. |