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C O M Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 9-11, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Teens stay focused on gun debate | Vol. 138 | No. 27 Running moose 50¢ Suit alleges vote tainted by NIMBYs Colby School owner asks court to reinstate the permit allowing plan to move forward ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record CAROLYN WEBBER/PARK RECORD including a failed land purchase and detrimental impacts of a future project commissioned by the Utah Department of Transportation. “We backed off of it for a variety of reasons, but, first and foremost, the issue was the pedestrian interchange UDOT was proposing,” he said. “That impacted property essential to the property, as well as the density.” UDOT has announced long-range plans to build an interchange near the location of the proposed development, according to minutes recorded during a May 9 Planning Commission meeting. At the meeting, Gary Horton, Summit County’s engineer, said the interchange would include on and off-freeway ramps and would occur within a 20-year timeframe. “We had been working in good faith with the county and the property was under contract with the seller, but they wouldn’t budge based on what we saw was the change in allowable density,” Corroon said. “We tried to go back to the seller to let them know what we were dealing with, but they were unwilling to amend the terms of the agreement so we backed off.” The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission unanimously agreed to forward a positive recommendation to the County Council on Jan. 9 for the Hoffvest LLC, representing the owner of the former Colby School property on S.R. 224, filed a lawsuit in the 3rd District Court last week against Summit County over the County Council’s recent decision to rescind a permit for a hotel project on the land. Bruce Baird, an attorney representing Hoffvest LLC, filed the seven-page complaint on May 3. The lawsuit is in response to the County Council’s March 28 ruling to overturn the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission’s decision to grant a conditional-use permit for a 15-room hotel. The proposal included a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and fitness studios, among other amenities. The lawsuit accuses the County Council of making a decision based on a “flawed process, misrepresentations by counsel for the NIMBYs and public clamor.” It also alleges the decision was illegal and determined the three years of work by Hoffvest LLC and the planning panel was a “complete waste of time and the process that had been followed was entirely wrong.” Baird said he filed the lawsuit as a placeholder while his client decides what actions to take next. “There was a 30-day clock running on the appeal and if you didn’t file to protect your rights within that time frame, you would lose your right to go to court,” he said. The former Colby School property was acquired by Emma Worsley and Julie McBroom in 2014. Summit County originally approved the building as the Snowed Inn and related uses as a Class II development in August of 1985. The 1998 Development Code allowed for a change of use in the existing building from a hotel to a school, and it operated as a school until 2008. Seven public meetings, including four hearings, were held at the Planning Commission level about the project, with residents in the three surrounding neighborhoods overwhelmingly opposing the project from the onset. The former Colby School is in a rural-residential zone and is surrounded by the Park West Village, Brookside Estates and Two Creeks Ranch neighborhoods. Two applications were filed in December appealing the planning panel’s decision. County Council members ultimately determined the project’s application did not go through the appropriate process and the proposed uses are not allowed in the rural-residential zone at the scale they were proposed. The lawsuit alleges Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson’s legal advice to the County Council was “completely wrong,” rendering the decision illegal. The suit further alleges a violation of open meetings laws. Several of the allegations were made prior to the County Council’s vote. Days before the appeals were scheduled for a review, Baird sent a letter accusing the County Council of misconduct and demanding the five members’ Please see Plan, A-2 Please see Suit, A-2 Park City High School students Faith Staley, left, and Adam Herbst are organizing the town hall meeting along with student Adam Hickey (not pictured). The meeting will focus on gun violence and different solutions to reduce it in the country. Students organize town hall featuring Legislature hopefuls KIRA HOFFELMEYER/PARK RECORD CAROLYN WEBBER Quinn Richter, left, and Lincoln Hallman race toward the finish of the Junior Moose run, a part of the Moose on the Loose trail series, on Saturday. Hallman placed second in the boys’ division of the run. The Park Record After a month full of school walkouts and marches for stricter gun control in March, some have sensed radio silence from the nation’s youth. But student advocates at Park City High School want the community to know they are still here, and they are still seeking change. Three students plan to host a town hall meeting about gun violence at the end of the month. Faith Staley, Adam Herbst and Adam Hickey are organizing the event, which is scheduled for May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Jim Santy Auditorium in the Park City Library. Staley was one of the main organizers of the March walkout, which took place alongside a national movement in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year. She said she was inspired by her peers who stood up with her to demand change. Now that primary elections are approaching, she hopes the town hall meeting spurs conversation within the community and encourages them to vote. Staley and Herbst said Rep. Logan Wilde (R-Croydon), running for re-election in House District 53, and Cathy Callow-Heusser, the United Utah Party candidate vying for Senate District 26, will attend. Chris Neville, a Democrat running for House District 53, said he might attend via video call. Other candidates representing districts that include parts of Summit County have been invited. The mediator is scheduled to be Carolyn Murray from KPCW radio. The event is open to all residents in Summit County and those in the candidates’ districts who live outside the county. Herbst said he hopes individuals leave the event with “boosted political advocacy” and more information about the solutions to gun violence proposed by candidates. He said he especially hopes to see Park City teens and young adults attend. Staley said the timing of the event is Mixed-use neighborhood plan in Basin falls through Project would have included affordable housing, retail on Rasmussen Road near I-80 ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The developers who proposed a mixed-use neighborhood on Rasmussen Road in the Snyderville Basin are no longer pursuing the project, an announcement that comes months after the proposal cleared one of its first hurdles before the Basin Planning Commission. Last year, Red Gate Properties, LLC, a Salt Lake City-based development firm, submitted an application for a rezone of a 22-acre parcel to build 108 multi-family units. The proposal included 8,200 square feet of neighborhood retail and access to public trails, as well as 40 percent affordable housing. The site is located adjacent to the Park City RV Resort/Campground on Rasmussen Road. Chris Corroon, co-principal of Red Gate Properties along with his brother Peter Corroon, said in an interview from Chicago the pair decided to step away from the project for several reasons, Summit County to take stock in talks Discussions to chart progress on mental health, substance abuse ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON Please see Town hall, A-2 3 sections • 34 pages Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-12 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-13 Education ............................... A-5 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-13 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 The Park Record When Ed and Lynne Rutan decided to share their experiences nearly two years ago about navigating the county’s mental health and substance abuse system with their son, the disclosure stemmed from a desire to engage the community and those struggling with the same system. The Rutans’ willingness to divulge the intimate details of their son’s diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder kicked off a community-wide effort to begin tackling the county’s gaps in mental health services. From those initial conversations, CONNECT Summit County was formed and, eventually, Summit County’s Mental Wellness Alliance. The organizations now work with mental health issues in the county, including education and providing assistance. Community meetings and open houses kept the conversations going as the Health Department created an implementation plan about how to better meet the community’s needs. The Summit County Council adopted the Summit County Mental Wellness Strategic Plan in November and contributed funds toward the implementation of the plan as part of the 2018 budget. As CONNECT Summit County hosts a series of events and discussions to recPlease see County, A-2 Street sealed TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Construction crews spent nearly 11 hours microsealing Main Street on Tuesday. Work on the road began at 2 a.m., with a goal of minimizing the impacts of the street closure necessary for the project. VISITOR GUIDE Evening Story Time at the Summit County Library A new free evening story time will be held at 5 p.m. every Thursday at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch. Kids can join Ms. Kirsten for picture books, puppets, dancing and all kinds of library story time fun. Info: www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. |