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Show C-1 B-1 STEP THROUGH THE HISTORY OF PARK CITY EDUCATION, A-7 SHARE YOUR EVENT! To add an event to our calendar, visit www.parkrecord. com/event-submissionform RACE COURSE TURNS INTO AN ADVENTURE COLUMNS, A-12 Park Record. AREA STUDENTS TRANSITION INTO SUMMER SCHOOL AMY ROBERTS GETS A KICK OUT OF THE WORLD CUP 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 Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 20-22, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Savor the sounds Vol. 138 | No. 39 50¢ Fireworks lit in Park City as officials prepare a ban Police receive complaints in Prospector amid the concerns about wildfires JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Rumba Libre Band’s Coco Garcia, left, and saxophonist John Flanders perform at Chimayo’s dinner party during Savor the Summit on Saturday. Attendees of the annual event, put on by the Park City Area Restaurant Association, dine in the open air on tables lining Park City’s Main Street. For more photos, see B-8. Some in Park City last week apparently started Fourth of July celebrations early. But City Hall wants the fireworks ended this week. Amid concerns about the wildfire threat after a winter of scant snowfall, Park City officials within days intend to enact a ban on fireworks and open flames like campfires within the city limits. The step was expected, but it highlights the worries as the area approaches what is normally a hot stretch even at the upper elevations. The recent precipitation likely was not enough to diminish the danger, and the rain could have spurred the growth of vegetation that could become wildfire fuel as it dries. Mike McComb, who is the emergency program manager at City Hall, said it is an- ticipated the municipal government’s fire official and building official, Dave Thacker, will enact the ban this week. McComb is heavily involved in the discussions about a ban, while Thacker drafted a report about the issue in anticipation of a Park City Council meeting on Thursday. McComb said Tuesday the ban will not cover the professional fireworks display at Park City Mountain Resort on Independence Day. The Fourth of July display at PCMR would be reviewed closer to the day of the event if conditions worsen, he said. The ban is expected to be enacted as the authorities in Park City receive complaints about fireworks. The Park City Police Department last week logged cases in Prospector. They are believed to be some of the first of the season and were reported more than two weeks before Independence Day. The police received the reports starting on Sunday afternoon. They stretched until that night. Someone on Butch Cassidy Court at 10:27 p.m. said they had heard fireworks for five consecutive nights. Less than an hour earlier, at 9:40 p.m., someone on Sidewinder Drive told the police fireworks had been Please see Fireworks, A-2 Vote sends student to the capital Conversion of schoolhouse reworked, sort of Senior prepares for a trip to Washington for a week of learning ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record Maxine Dalton signed up for the government learning program Girls State because she knew she could earn three college credits if she attended. On the first day, she felt like an outcast and wondered why she had come. No one was voting for her. Then, on day two, her group rallied to select one candidate to run for a mock U.S. Senate position. They chose Dalton, and she began to feel like she belonged. Dalton, a senior at the Winter Sports School, was recently selected as one of two girls in the state to represent Utah at Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. The event is scheduled to run from July 21 to 28. During the Girls State and Girls Nation programs, female students entering their senior year learn the legislative process and the organization of cities, counties, states and the country through campaigning and voting for each other. Two students from each state are set to attend the national event. Girls State and Girls Nation are organized by the American Legion Auxiliary. Attendees of Girls Nation in the past have met with the president, and Dalton said that she would be excited to meet President Donald Trump and Please see Capital, A-2 3 sections • 32 pages Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-12 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-13 Education ............................... A-7 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-10 Letters to the Editor ............. A-13 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 County Courthouse disputes the reimagined plans for a hotel along S.R. 224 The Park Record Residents in the three neighborhoods surrounding the former Colby School property on S.R. 224 may be unaware that a new application was submitted for another hotel project at the site less than a week after the Summit County Council rescinded a permit that had been granted for a similar project. Pat Putt, Summit County’s community development director, refused to process the new application. But, the applicant appealed his decision with the Summit County Building and Planning Department in early May. Bruce Baird, an attorney representing Hoffvest LLC, the owner of the property, filed the appeal on May 3. The Summit County Council was expected to review the appeal Wednesday at 4:20 p.m. The County Council previously rescinded a conditional-use permit the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission granted for a similar hotel project at the site. The new application was filed April 5. Both proposals contain similar plans, including a restaurant, fitness facility and hotel, according PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO A new application was submitted to Summit County in April for a hotel project at the former Colby School property on S.R. 224. The county declined to review the application. An appeal will now go before the Summit County Council. to a planning department staff report prepared in anticipation of Wednesday’s meeting. A letter Putt submitted to the applicant stated that the development was “materially the same” as the project the County Council denied during an appeal on March 28. The letter cites a provision within the Snyderville Basin Development Code that states if an application for a permit is denied, any future applications will not be considered for one year unless the “subsequent application is for a development that is materially different from the previously denied proposal.” The letter claims the new proposal cannot be considered because the first plan was denied. In a letter submitted to the county accompanying the appeal application, Baird contends Putt’s determination is “factually and legally incorrect.” He maintains that the original application was never denied so the new proposal is allowed. Baird claims the County Council determined the previous application was not a conditional-use permit. He points to comments County Council members made during earlier discussions that the appropriate path would have been for Hoffvest to apply for a conditional-use permit in the rural residential zone. Baird said that is what Hoffvest did with the most recent application. His letter states, “The application is materially different from what was wrongfully rejected by the Council.” “Although we strongly disagree with these findings, the Council cannot have it both ways,” the letter continues. “The county simply cannot tell Hoffvest that everything it did (at the county’s express direction) was wrong from the beginning but that, nevertheless, Hoffvest is now prohibited by these prior actions from doing the very thing the county now says it should have done in the first place.” In 2014, the former Colby School property was acquired by Emma Worsley and Julie McBroom. Summit County originally approved the Snowed Please see Project, A-2 Basin man refutes a A taste of culture claim of a drug party There were minors at the Trailside house, prosecutors say ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record A Summit County man charged with multiple felonies after, prosecutors allege, he gave drugs to minors at a party that was held in his home in Trailside is headed to trial. Adam David Childers, 46, appeared in Summit County’s 3rd District Court Monday morning with his attorney Greg Skordas. He pleaded not guilty in April to six counts of distribution of or arranging to distribute a controlled substance in the presence of a child, a second-degree felony; four counts of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony; one count of obstructing justice, a third-degree felony; and six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a Class B misdemeanor. Distributing a controlled substance in the presence of a child is the most serious charge and carries a maximum penalty upon conviction of one to 15 years in prison for each count. A three-day jury trial is scheduled Sept. 4, with a pre-trial conference set on Aug. 13. Skordas told the court he is still hoping a resolution can be reached in the case even though Childers already rejected a plea bargain. Please see Trial, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Noemi Viera fries tortillas, chicken legs and more at a food booth during the Christian Center of Park City’s annual Latino Arts Festival at the Library Field Saturday afternoon. The two-day festival featured live music, dancing and crafts and was a celebration of Latino culture. VISITOR GUIDE Settle in for a lecture about Utah’s history Historian Randy Dixon will give a free lecture about the scouts and early settlers who discovered the Salt Lake Valley on June 22, at the Park City Library. Dixon will talk about how the settlers celebrated their first days in Utah. RSVP by emailing malena.stevens@parkcity.org. |