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Show C-1 B-1 A PC GIRL TELLS HER STORY IN A CABARET SETTING BUSINESS, A-13 VOLUNTEER A WARRIOR EMERGES FROM RUGBY SCRUM COLUMNS, A-18 WANTED: VOLUNTEERS HELP YOUR COMMUNITY! BECOME A VOLUNTEER! VOLUNTEER LISTINGS CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE B-7 Park Record. THE LODGING INDUSTRY CONQUERS BLACK DIAMONDS TOM CLYDE TAKES AN AXE TO THE AREA’S SKI SEASON 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, April 7-10, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 City drives home art’s importance | Spring kicks in Vol. 138 | No. 18 50¢ Time reserved for important lodging study Officials in Park City and the county learn about trends in the nightly rental business ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City wants proposals for public art that will adorn the concrete walls of the China Bridge parking garage. An installation will eventually decorate China Bridge SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Park City is ready to spruce up the China Bridge parking garage located on Swede Alley and wants artists to tell officials how they would do it. The Park City Public Art Advisory Board has issued a request for art installation proposals that would adorn four panels of the newly renovated concrete, public-parking structure, said Jenny Diersen, Park City’s economic development program manager and staff liaison to the advisory board. “We are looking at four different areas — the north walls on levels one, two, three and four,” Diersen explained. “Each of the panels vary in size.” The space greets guests as they arrive and depart from the historic downtown area, she explained. “The art on these specific locations in China Bridge will be a way to help people learn about our town and a way of finding the relationship between the garage and Main Street,” Diersen said. Guidelines for the proposals can be found online by visiting parkcity.org/Home/Components/RFP/ RFP/10228/2339. “We do give some background of the history of Main Street, China Bridge and some of the partners that are part of the garage such as KPCW radio,” Diersen said. “This way, any of the artists, local, regional or national, can understand the history and cultural aspects of the community.” “China Bridge stands in what was Park City’s Chinatown in the 1880s and 1890s,” according to the document outlining the request. “The construction of the first railroads into Park City was largely by Chinese immigrants, who settled in Park City to work in the mines or in other community services.” Chinatown was located in a gully on Swede Alley where the garage now sits, according to the document. During that time, racial discrimination against the Chinese laborers was common. “China Bridge was an actual wooden bridge built by residents on Rossi Hill to avoid walking through Chinatown,” the document reads. Diersen said all proposals are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 4. Please see Artwork, A-2 3 sections • 40 pages Business ............................... A-13 Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-18 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-19 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-10 Letters to the Editor ............. A-19 Restaurant Guide.................. A-17 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Juan Diego Catholic High School senior Gustavo Flores, left, lunges for control of the ball, edging out Park City High School team captain Adam Hodgson in the first half of a match at Dozier Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Miners won, 4-3, beating the favorite in the region. See more coverage on page B-2. A glass-blowing studio fires up with City Hall assistance Park City agrees to provide $15,000 to help company establish itself JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Micah Goddard grew up locally, graduating from Park City High School in 2003 and living in a community with a well-established arts scene. Goddard, an artist who works in the medium of steel fabrication, eventually co-founded a glass-blowing company, called Red Flower Studios, with another artist. Red Flower Studios opened a brick-and-mortar location in the Iron Horse district in February. It has a glass-blowing studio and a metal workshop. Glass blowing, he said on Thursday, is a “mystic medium” and “mesmerizing.” “It’s an art, culture place. I just feel there hasn’t been an interactive way like this,” Goddard said in an interview. The Park City Council on Thursday evening unanimously approved a $15,000 grant to assist Red Flower Studios as it attempts to establish itself. The grant is part of a City Hall economic-development program meant to help businesses seen as furthering the municipal government’s own goals for the community. The elected officials did not spend extensive time on the topic. Two City Councilors — Becca Gerber and Steve Joyce — were absent, leading to a rare three-person vote. Red Flower Studios had sought $20,000 in funding from City Hall, but the elected officials agreed to the lower sum. Park City staffers say the $15,000 figure keeps open the possibility of providing assistance to another business later. The elected officials did not receive testimony during a hearing prior to casting the vote on Thursday. The Iron Horse location offers gallery space and opportunities for someone to create their own blown glass. Goddard said the City Hall funding will be used to purchase supplies, including clear glass and glass of different colors that will be made into works. The grant will also assist with marketing efforts and the acquisition of tools used in the craft, such as a box that cools the glass after it has been shaped. “We cultivate creativity,” Goddard said. Daniel Bell, the other co-founder and a glass-blowing artist, said the Iron Horse district has been of interest for five years. He described City Hall’s plans to develop an arts and culture district nearby as something that could boost Red Flower Studios as well. “It puts us in great proximity,” Bell said about the location close to the land under consideration for an arts and culture district. The Red Flower Studios’ submittal to City Hall The Summit County Council heard the final results of a study on Wednesday that was commissioned to help elected leaders in Summit County and Park City better understand the broader short-term rental market impacts on a resort community. Summit County, Park City and the Park City Chamber/Bureau contracted with Brumby McLeod, an associate professor in the School of Business at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, to assess the housing mix in the county and Park City as it relates to short-term and nightly rentals. Phase 1 of the study, which mainly consisted of data gathering, was recently completed. The findings were presented to the County Council on Wednesday and a similar presentation was given to the Park City Council on Thursday. “I think the more cohesive we can be on this issue the better,” said County Council Chair Kim Carson. “It will be easier for the properties to be compliant if we have similar requirements for everyone.” McLeod assessed the various jurisdictions and unincorporated areas to examine the requirements currently in place for operating short-term rentals. The first phase of the study provided a snapshot of the current housing mix to better inform policy and zoning to help regulate the market. The data suggests a compliance issue in the community, which most say is not surprising. The data showed there are currently 25,466 residential dwellings in the incorporated and non-incorporated areas of the county, with 10 percent of those residences, or 2,535, holding nightly rental licenses. Most of the licenses — 2,526 — are for residences in Park City and the Snyderville Basin. The licensing information was obtained from building, assessor, and nightly rental license data from the county and Park City Hall. One issue that emerged from the data is the lack of clarity when it comes to who is operating the nightly rentals. Of 4,254 internet listings for nightly rentals McLeod examined, 1,976 were owner managed, 1,293 were professionally managed and 994 were unspecified. “This part was surprising,” McLeod said. “When getting a license for a nightly rental, they are not being asked who is operating the property. That is a piece we would want to correct. We want to know who is responsible for listing it and checking people in. “We have big companies here and we should be able to see who are running those processes,” McLeod said. “We believe we can tweak and fix those things to close those loops so it doesn’t happen again.” Another inconsistency that was identified was the requirements for operating a nightly rental. Some nightly rental operators are not complying with them, creating an uneven playing field for companies that are, Mc- Please see A studio, A-2 Please see Lodging, A-2 Bonanza Flat won’t provide ski industry lift Resort infrastructure and hunting expected to be prohibited JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Hunters will likely need to target lands other than Bonanza Flat. And the ski industry should not anticipate a lift from the high-altitude ground in Wasatch County. Park City acquired the 1,350-acre tract in 2017 in a $38 million deal that was City Hall’s grandest conservation agreement and is continuing to craft long-term plans for the land. City Hall officials and Utah Open Lands, a not-for-profit organization tapped by the municipal government to assist with the efforts, are preparing important documents that will govern COURTESY OF UTAH OPEN LANDS Park City and the not-for-profit Utah Open Lands continue to craft long-range plans for the City Hall-owned Bonanza Flat, a 1,350-acre swath of land in Wasatch County. The municipal government expects to put tight restrictions on the land to ensure the conservation value of the acreage is retained. the activities that will be allowed and those that will be prohibited. The documents are not complete, but City Hall officials and Utah Open Lands have offered previews of some of the details in recent weeks as the sides held meetings as well as an open house. The restrictions that are ultimately placed on the land will be especially notable. It has been expected there would be tight restrictions put on Bonanza Flat since the acquisition was made for conservation purposes. City Hall over the years placed similar restrictions on other large parcels of land acquired for the same purpose. A report drafted in anticipation of a VISITOR GUIDE Have coffee with other newcomers to Park City on Wednesday recent Park City Council meeting likely offers a preview of the restrictions the elected officials will consider enacting. Those discussions will be held as part of the talks that are expected to result in the approval of a document known as a conservation easement and a separate management plan. The conservation easement and the management plan, when taken together, will essentially detail City Hall’s formal vision for the land. The recent report includes a section outlining three potential prohibitions on the Bonanza Flat acreage, as discussed by a group of stakeholders as well as a committee that has delved into the detailed issues on the land. The potential prohibitions are motorized use, hunting and so-called infrastructure for overhead transportation like ski lifts, gondolas or other systems used by the ski industry. Please see Prohibitions, A-2 Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, April 11, at the Park City Community Church. This month’s speaker will be Kendra Wyckoff, the executive director of Peace House. For information, visit www.parkcitynewcomers.org. |