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Show A-2 The Park Record The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. 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No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Continued from A-1 Democrats confident es, including Summit County Councilor Glenn Wright, County Attorney Margaret Olson, Clerk Kent Jones and Auditor Michael Howard, were also on hand. Sheriff Justin Martinez and County Councilor Chris Robinson, whose seats are up for re-election, were not in attendance. All the county candidates are running unopposed. Park City resident Christopher Neville, who is challenging District 53 Rep. Logan Wilde, R-Croydon, criticized the makeup of the current Legislature. He said, “Democracy demands more than one voice and more than one choice on the ballot.” “This decision to run has made me hopeful for democracy,” he said. “All it takes is someone like me to represent people like you. My values are simple and I’m a success if I can work honestly toward three goals: fair representation, compassionate government and environmental stewardship.” Parkites Meaghan Miller and Roberto M. Lopez are seeking to become the party’s nominee for House District 54, the seat Rep. Tim Quinn, R-Heber, currently holds. Miller said she moved to Utah with her family when she was in second grade and wants to provide the same childhood she enjoyed to her two children. “It is my privilege to raise my family here and know so many of you,” she said. “Our Legislature should be a caring community of us and it should be held accountable, which means I will be accountable to you and your voices.” Lopez, who served in the military, said he wants to serve his country again and be a part of “this revolution.” He cited child care issues and a desire to reexamine the national monuments designations in the state as his top priorities. Pat Vaughn and Eileen Gallagher, who are competing for the party’s nomination for the Senate District 26 seat, highlighted issues with public lands and Medicaid. Vaughn, a Midway resident, said Utah is an “outdoor haven, but we don’t support conservation.” “I came here for work, but fell in love with the beauty and the scenery,” she said. Gallagher, a physician from Park City, expressed her interest in expanding Medicaid to cover all children in the state. Continued from A-1 Media duo visits are already aware of the youth mental health crisis. “This is going to be a conversation for anyone with kids on how to understand what our culture is doing right now and behaving that might be impacting their brains, so that we can be more proactive about it rather than just waiting until there’s a triage crisis situation,” she said. The first 100 attendees present for Fagan’s talk at the Park City Hospital will receive a free copy of “What Made Maddy Run.” Budig, former yoga editor for Women’s Health and co-host of espnW’s “Free Cookies” podcast with Fagan, 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 “My first major platform is based on health care because that is where I have expertise,” she said. Davis County Democrats Lee Castillo and Kurt Weiland, who are challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Bishop for the 1st Congressional District seat, which includes Summit County, offered their qualifications to constituents, while expressing a desire to “save the land.” “I do have a voice and I will listen to you to make sure your voice is heard in Washington,” Castillo said. “We need to get Rob Bishop out of there, and I am happy to fill that seat. He does not represent you and your interest. I am so tired of old, disconnecting, stubborn and alienating white men telling us what is best for us and our land.” Weiland also highlighted the importance of public lands, emphasizing how threatened they are by the current federal administration. “The administration has driven away the outdoor recreation industry and invited those who would drill, mine and strip,” he said. U.S. Senate hopefuls Jenny Wilson and Mitchell Vice were also in attendance at the convention. Wilson and Vice are seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018. The Senate seat on the ballot is held by the retiring Republican Orrin Hatch. Vice said he is a representative of the working class and committed to enabling “every American to thrive.” “You have all these Democratic politicians, but they couldn’t do the work that they are doing without everyone else supporting them,” he said. “This is how the blue wave and revolution happens. We need to know we can win.” Wilson highlighted her experience on the Salt Lake County Council and ability to work across party lines as evidence for why she should be the party’s nominee. “I realized I could not look my kids in the eye and feel comfortable about their future if I did not step up,” she said. “We are going to have to fight. The candidates in our party need to believe we are going to win.” After the candidates addressed the constituents, Summit County Democratic Party Chair Cheryl Butler reminded party members to encourage others to vote. “We need to share stories of the candidates you just heard,” she said. “Make sure that everyone knows who they are and what they stand for. We are moving forward and this is the year we are going to flip seats in the State Legislature.” The Summit County Republican Party convention is scheduled for April 17. The state GOP convention is scheduled to be held on April 21, followed by the Democratic Party State Convention on April 28. will incorporate the same themes from “What Made Maddy Run” in a more physical fashion, according to CONNECT executive director Shauna Wiest. “Everyone will get a good sweat,” Wiest said. “She’s going to pick up on a lot of the themes of body image, social media; why struggle is not weakness.” The class will include mantra meditation, breathwork, challenging postures, and more, Wiest said. Wiest said the effort to bring Budig and Fagan, both of whom are well known in their fields, came after she and others at CONNECT read “What Made Maddy Run” themselves and found it applicable to Park City’s culture. “When I was explaining this book to several of the Park City High School students, they said, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m applying to that school; that sounds like me,’” she said. “We want people to really sit up and listen.” More information on the events can be found at CONNECT Summit County’s website at www.connectsummitcounty.org. Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 31-April 3, 2018 Step taken to prohibit a transfer of Treasure Panel says it does not want the development rights shifted JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Treasure should be removed from a City Hall program that allows certain landowners to shift development rights to another location, a municipal panel said on Wednesday, casting a unanimous vote in front of a room that was nearly empty even though the recommendation is seen as a crucial move in the overall talks about the project. The Park City Planning Commission agreed that Treasure should be dropped from a program known as a transfer of development rights, sometimes referred to as “TDR.” The program entails socalled sending zones, where development rights can be shifted away from, and receiving zones, where the rights can be shifted toward. Approximately 10 percent of the longstanding development rights attached to the Treasure hillside are involved in the program. Park City leaders want to remove Treasure as a sending zone altogether. City Hall intends to acquire Treasure in a conservation deal for $64 million, which would be the most expensive land purchase in the municipal government’s history. Park City voters in November will be asked to pass a ballot measure to raise most of the funding. There is concern some voters would be hesitant to cast ‘Yea’ ballots if there was a chance City Hall itself could tap the program if it were to acquire Treasure. The Planning Commission on Wednesday spent limited time on the topic before unanimously forwarding the change to the program to the Park City Council. There was discussion about the effective date of the change before it was agreed that the date would parallel that of a City Hall closing on the acquisition if the deal is finalized. The effective date is Dec. 1 should the ballot measure pass. If it does not pass, the change in the program would not occur. Douglas Thimm, a member of the Planning Commission, inquired why City Hall would want to relinquish the ability to transfer the development rights it would obtain as part of the acquisition. Planning Director Bruce Erickson said the elected officials want to increase the prospects of the ballot measure succeeding. Erickson, meanwhile, told the panel Deer Valley Resort, which with the Snow Park parking lots holds the largest of the receiving zones, has not shown an interest as of now in receiving development rights through a transfer from Treasure. In effect, he said, there is nowhere currently to send the Treasure development rights. The Treasure land is located on a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. The Sweeney family in the 1980s secured an overall development approval for the Treasure land and nearby parcels, eventually selling a stake to a firm called Park City II, LLC to form the Treasure partnership. The Treasure side spent more than a decade in talks with the Planning Commission about a development proposal encompassing approximately 1 million square feet with only limited progress. The Planning Commission and project critics worried about issues like traffic, the required excavation and the overall size of the proposal. Mike Sweeney attended the Planning Commission meeting on behalf of the family but did not testify. There was no public input prior to the vote. The City Council is anticipated to address the change in the program as early as April 19. JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD Traffic starts to back up behind a delivery truck at the bottom of Hillside Avenue on Friday morning after the truck descended the street. There is concern in the neighborhood about commercial traffic on Hillside Avenue, prompting talks at City Hall about the street. Continued from A-1 Tiny street addressed A City Hall report drafted in anticipation of the meeting on Thursday, though, said commercial traffic, including shuttles, accounts for just a little more than 6 percent of the traffic, less than the 10 percent that is typical on a street. The report, written by City Engineer Matt Cassel, says a ban on commercial vehicles and shuttles would not “have any significant impact to reducing current trips” and could increase the costs to City Hall through enforcement. The report also broaches the possibility of building a road bulbout nearby that could deter traffic by moving drivers toward Swede Alley instead of Hillside Avenue. There is currently signage that prohibits trucks on Hillside Avenue, but the restriction is regularly ignored. The mayor and City Council want a task force to recommend traffic-calming options for Hillside Avenue and impacts on nearby streets. The task force will include residents, the transportation industry and others, including the lodging industry. The elected officials could discuss the topic again in May. |