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Show A-8 The Park Record Meetings and agendas Wed/Thurs/Fri, July 18-20, 2018 Core saMples By Jay Meehan TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL BOARD MEETING NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Administrative Control Board of the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at the time and location specified below. All times listed are general in nature and are subject to change by the Board Chair. AGENDA DATE: Thursday, July 19, 2018 7:00 PM Updates from District committees LOCATION:Trailside Park, 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT 84098 7:15 PM Director comments 7:30 PM Board member comments and review of action items 6:00 PM Call to order and public input 6:10 PM Consent Agenda 1. Request to approve minutes 6/18/18 2. Request to approve the prior month’s expenditures 6:15 PM Discussion of the Spring Community survey results and next steps in master planning 6:45 PM Questions on department updates 7:45 PM Adjourn One or more members of the Board may attend by electronic means. Such members may fully participate in the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District Administrative Offices, 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, Utah. AGENDA SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL Wednesday, July 18, 2018 NOTICE is hereby given that the Summit County Council will meet in session Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 West Ute Blvd, Park City, UT 84098 (All times listed are general in nature, and are subject to change by the Council Chair) 3:30 PM Closed Session – Personnel (15 min); Property acquisition (60 min) 4:45 PM - Move to auditorium 4:55 PM Work Session 1) Pledge of Allegiance 2) 5:00 PM - Presentation of economic impact report from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; Betsy Wallace and Morgan Everett (20 min) 5:20 PM Consideration of Approval 1) Consideration and possible amendment of Summit County Employee Chart of Positions – County Manager’s Office/Senior Services; Brian Bellamy 2) Removal of Member from Timberline Special Service District 3) Council Comments 4) Manager Comments 5) Council Minutes dated June 27, 2018, and July 9, 2018 Public Hearing and possible adoption of Ordinance No. 883, an Ordinance to Rezone Parcel PP-84-A-2, Located at 670 West Bitner Road, and possible adoption of Ordinance 884, an Ordinance to approve the Development Agreement for Parcel PP-84-A-2, located at 670 West Bitner Road; Vincent Criscione, applicant; Jennifer Strader, County Planner One or more members of the County Council may attend by electronic means, including telephonically or by Skype. Such members may fully participate in the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the Sheldon Richins Building auditorium, 1885 W. Ute Blvd., Park City, Utah Individuals with questions, comments, or needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Annette Singleton at (435) 336-3025, (435) 615-3025 or (435) 783-4351 ext. 3025 Posted: July 13, 2018 6:00 PM Public Input Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Utah officials aren’t making changes to the plan to expand Medicaid and institute a work requirement, despite a federal judge halting a similar effort in Kentucky last month, they said last week. The state is awaiting federal approval for its proposal and wouldn’t change course unless the directed by the federal government, state Medicaid and Health Financing Director Nathan Checketts said. “We’re looking to them if they’re going to revise that guidance in any way, and we’ll make a decision at that point how we’ll modify, if any, to meet that request,” he said after a meeting with state lawmakers. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., last month halted Kentucky’s first-in-the-nation experiment with job requirements for Medicaid, ruling the state could not require people to be employed to keep their benefits. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said President Donald Trump’s administration didn’t adequately consider how the requirement could cause tens of thousands of people to lose coverage. The ruling was seen as a potential warning for states including Utah that have eyed enacting similar requirements for Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income and disabled people. Earlier this year, Utah’s Legislature approved a limited Medicaid expansion that included a work requirement and a cap on the state’s spending. The program needs approval from the Trump administration before it can go into effect. Even if the administration decided to back off from its past support of Medicaid work requirements following the judge’s ruling, it wouldn’t need to block Utah’s Medicaid expansion, said state Rep. James Dunnigan, a Republican and chairman of the health reform task force. The administration could allow the expansion to go forward without the work requirement, he said. “It’s not an all-or-nothing,” he said. The state’s plan would cover roughly 70,000 additional low-income people living below the federal poverty level, or $12,140 annually for an individual. President Barack Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act called for states to raise the threshold for Medicaid to people earning 133 percent of the poverty line. Utah officials have asked the Trump administration to rule on their plan by November, when voters statewide will weigh in on a separate, broader Medicaid expansion plan that’s closer to the program envisioned by the health care reform law. The ballot initiative would expand Medicaid to cover an estimated 150,000 more people. It does not include a work requirement. Supporters of the initiative say Utah’s current law is too narrow. “We saw the Kentucky decision coming and we see a similar decision coming down for Utah eventually,” said Stacy Stanford, a policy analyst with the Utah Health Policy Project. “Therefore it’s really just providing a false hope to people who are desperate for coverage.” Florida shooting survivors hold gun reform town hall Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Survivors of the Florida high school shooting massacre were part of a gun reform town hall in Salt Lake City addressing school safety and gun laws. Students from the Parkland, “I can see your back porch/ If I close my eyes now I can hear the train tracks/ Through the laundry on the line” ~ John Prine It was a great notion. None of our threesome had hopped the old Denver & Rio Grande branch line that runs down Provo Canyon for many a moon and we thought we were damn well due. Well, actually, “dam” well due, as we would be chugging out along the line formerly known as the “Heber Creeper” to where, back in the day, they choked off the Provo River with compacted soils and such to form Deer Creek Reservoir. The fact that our tinder-box dry hillsides down along that stretch had been set ablaze due to rumored sparks from a possibly overheated locomotive a few days previous only added to the overall attraction. Come to think of it, we’d probably need a week of so of pretty steady rains to get back to “tinder-box dry.” The fire had spread quickly and was all over the news, having been shoehorned between larger and smaller blazes of varying degrees of import. In these parts during these days, it doesn’t take much time at all for a few smoking twigs to grab a higher gear and put nearby ridgelines in their rear view mirror. It’s been a while now since the caboose end of the Heber Creeper business went south and the State of Utah stepped in to save the day by assuming operations, a timeframe during which I hadn’t set foot onboard. Now, back when my digs were diagonally opposite the train yard, I spent much more time nosing through the “roll- ing stock” and swaying with the rails down canyon. This time, from ticket maids to mechanics, engineers, and conductors, I didn’t recognize a soul. Still a friendly bunch, however. Working on the railroad has a way of taking the grouch right out of you – unless, of course, you’re swinging a 12-pound hammer. Whereas I once coyly responded to queries about how long it took for the trip down to Vivian Park and back as being “five margaritas,” we knew this time going in that Working on the railroad has a way of taking the grouch right out of you – unless, of course, you’re swinging a 12-pound hammer.” those days had long passed. The time of year would also probably preclude any sandhill crane sightings. You still get to check out all the backyards and porches and pastures along the rail route with the usual quorum of dogs, horses, old tractors, barbeques, and, of course, some laundry on the line. “Talkin’ God and baseball with the man with the yard full of rusty cars.” That’s a Shel Silverstein line that has a way of popping into my head without warning. I think I acquired it from a chunk of Bobby Bare vinyl during my early years of wanton phonograph record hoarding. But, I digress. You don’t want to dally with those thoughts too much, however, lest the sharp reports from the “train robber’s” six-shooters give you a start. Out there near the Chalet and the Nordic Olympic venue stop at Soldier Hollow is where their gang holes up prior to walking off with the strongbox. The manner in which water recedes from the shoreline at the north end of the lake has a way of reminding one of the radical tides at San Felipe on Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. The stilted prancing of shorebirds is also a trackside attraction. When we eased up down near the dam, the outlines of the burn path delineated the scorched earth with precision. Although they wouldn’t make the official “100-percent contained” announcement until the following day, if any of the ground cover still busied itself combining with oxygen, it must have been beyond the ridgelines. They’d installed a new “put in” for inflatable rafts down along that blue-ribbon trout section below the dam since my last time out. The backdrop remains as picturesque as ever as the mostly-wading fly fishermen toss bugs and drift them in the current, making for, as always, quite the post-card setting. You could do a lot worse with your leisure time than join the general tourist population when the conductor gives the all aboard. Take a few friends and pack a picnic. It’s quite relaxing and a good way to shake the political trail dust from your nerve endings. If that doesn’t do it, acquiring a cold quaff in Heber is not a difficult as you’ve heard. Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and has been an observer, participant, and chronicler of the Park City and Wasatch County social and political scenes for more than 40 years. red Card roberts No plans to institute work requirement with Medicaid JULIAN HATTEM Trackside attractions Florida, school where 17 people were shot dead in February held a 90-minute panel discussion Saturday night at a packed Mountain America Expo Center in Salt Lake City. The Deseret News reports that among those in attendance was Mayor Jackie Biskupski. The panel included Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors, Utah high school students and other activists on the “Road to Change” tour. Student activists addressed high school students and gun rights advocates covering issues ranging from background checks to bump stocks. Activists then held a question-and-answer session. By Amy Roberts Driving home the point For years, city and county leaders have begged us to get on board with an environmentally friendly commute. There has been a lot of pleading to take the bus. “Fewer cars on the roads reduce our carbon footprint and protect our winters,” we were told. And for the most part, we all agreed. But apparently, we just assumed the actual bus-riding part was an action meant for everyone else. So eventually, those emotional and science-based appeals evolved into a financial prompt, and much of Main Street is now paid parking. But despite all this, our garages largely remain as empty as the buses. Our local governments have put in quite a lot of effort to clear the roads of cars. They’ve prioritized walkability, expanded the free citywide bus system and even offer a low-cost e-bike share program. At every street corner, we are encouraged, if not incentivized, to leave our cars at home. But somewhere along the way, a few wrong turns were made on the way to a greater good. County Councilman Roger Armstrong recently highlighted his challenges trying to take the bus from his home to Deer Valley Resort. “The myStop app was completely unhelpful - the bus never came,” he said in a KPCW interview. “That was unhelpful. We waited quite a long time for the bus that didn’t arrive, either at the time it was supposed to, or any of the random times that happened to be posted on the bus stop sign as to when it might be expected. So we wound up driving.” He went on to say had the bus ever showed up, it would have taken him over 40 minutes to get from his house to the resort, which is just a few miles from where he lives. I can relate to his angst. I have always enjoyed an express bus to Deer Valley in the winter. I would hop on at the end of my street in Prospector, make a few It is largely up to those of us in the first world to solve these types of problems — after all, we created them.” stops, and be at the resort in 15 minutes. Last winter, though, this route changed. The Yellow bus line stopped at the Main Street terminal and didn’t continue on to Deer Valley anymore. My choice was to take the Red bus from my house, which made a number of extra stops and took over 30 minutes to arrive at my destination, or I could take the Yellow line to Main Street and connect there. I at- tempted to do this several times, but the Yellow bus was almost always late, or my connection left early. So I missed it a lot and ended up waiting another 20 minutes to hitch a ride to the resort. The same situation applied on my way home. Most days, it took me over 40 minutes to get from my house to Deer Valley — a five minute drive by car. There are a lot of seasonal resort workers in my neighborhood, and they too were frustrated — with the added concern of being late to work. We were not alone. More than once I saw people at the Main Street terminal give up and order an Uber. It’s easy to dismiss this as a first-world problem, and it indeed is. We’re lucky to live in a town that provides free transportation to world-class ski resorts. But, ultimately, it is largely up to those of us in the first world to solve these types of problems — after all, we created them. The good news is, both Summit County and Park City transit representatives, who jointly operate the bus system, continue to view transportation as a top priority and plan to work together to help pave the way for a better, more convenient commute. Here’s hoping they start with the Yellow route. Amy Roberts is a freelance writer, longtime Park City resident and the proud owner of two rescued Dalmatians, Stanley and Willis. Follow her on Twitter @amycroberts. 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