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Show C-1 B-1 PARK YOURSELF IN FRONT OF A SCREEN EDUCATION, A-5 RESTAURANT GUIDE Check out our restaurant guide on page B-6. Learn more at parkrecordonline.com/restaurants ATHLETE CLIMBS TO A FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP Park Record. COLUMNS, A-10 ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO HAVE BRIGHT FUTURE JAY MEEHAN MIXED MUSIC AND ART LAST WEEKEND 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, August 8-10, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Housing is set aside for high earners | newly hired, outlines plans Jill Gildea wants to modernize teaching techniques and rebuild district’s internal training JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Please see Housing, A-2 3 sections • 32 pages Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-10 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-11 Education ............................... A-5 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-11 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 50¢ Primed for the peloton Schools chief, People with incomes in six figures eligible for workforce units A Park City developer intends to build residences restricted to the workforce that could be priced at nearly $570,000 and attract buyers with annual household incomes that could be capped at just more than $160,000, dollar figures that are set through a formula but ones that could nonetheless attract attention at a time when City Hall is pursuing a program of social equity. The developer of Kings Crown, a firm known as CRH Partners, LLC, outlined plans for the restricted housing in a submittal to City Hall in anticipation of a Park City Planning Commission meeting scheduled Wednesday. The panel previously approved the overall project, and construction has commenced, but the developers must return to the Planning Commission with the plans for the restricted housing. CRH Partners secured an earlier approval involving 27 lots for houses, 23 condominiums and seven townhomes at market price. City Hall’s housing rules require a project of that size to include seven units of workforce housing. The King’s Crown developers, though, also pledged to build eight units considered to be priced at attainable levels, bringing the total number of units that will be restricted through income to 15. The attainable units will be priced higher than the ones required under City Hall’s housing rules and will have income restrictions that will also be higher than those required by City Hall. The prices of the units are set based on a formula that relies on the area median income, as calculated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. According to City Hall, the federal department in the spring determined the area median income for a household with four members in Summit County was $107,100. The developer used the number to set the prices and income levels. The most expensive proposed units — $569,338 – are designed for households earning up to 150 percent of the area median income, or up to $160,650 annually. The units are three-bedrooms suitable for households of four and are considered in the attainable classification. The lowest-priced unit is proposed to cost $182,188 and is designed for a household earning 60 percent of the area median income, or up to $51,408 annually. It is a one-bedroom suitable for a household of two and is one of the units required by City Hall. Hans Fuegi, one of the figures leading the King’s Crown development, said the Park City real Vol. 138 | No. 53 CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record tonwood Canyon will be closed between noon and 5 p.m. On either day, the top of Brown’s Canyon will also give a good view of the race. Bob Kollar, vice president of special events for Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors’ Bureau and chair of the Tour of Utah’s local organizing committee, recommends getting to Main Street early for the sixth stage on Sunday. He expects between 10,000 and 15,000 spectators to turn out for the event. Riders will race around the city from the top of Main near Swede Alley down to Heber Avenue, then back up Deer Valley Drive for another pass down Main before the racers exit onto Bonanza Drive. There will be a free bike valet at the parking lot off Swede Alley across from the transit center for spectators who arrived on their own bikes. There will also be a beer garden with a bigscreen viewing station on upper Main Street and another viewing station at Miners Park. After the start of the race, people are invited to decorate the final stretch of Main Street with chalk from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m., in anticipation of the racers’ return. There will also be a kids’ bicycle sprint up Main Street for kids ages 5 to 12 during that same time period. Closed toe shoes and a helmet are required to participate. For those looking to see more technical climbing, sections of North Trappers Loop Road could show racers competing in a tightly packed field as they race down the winding road on Sunday. Those in downtown Heber and Midway will see the race up close as it passes down Center Street and S.R. 113. Noaker said watching from home isn’t a bad option either, since broadcast race coverage gives a good view of the competition. To stream the Tour of Utah live, go to: http:// tourtracker.tourofutah.com/ The new superintendent of the Park City School District wants to go back to the basics. Jill Gildea, who assumed the role on Aug. 1, said she plans to focus on rebuilding the district’s processes from the ground up while using the recently crafted strategic plan to do so. She hopes to improve communication within the district and with the community as well as update teaching techniques to be in line with today’s world. To start, she is using operational plans, or shared documents that specify who is doing what and when they need to complete it by. That way, she said everyone can be united in its efforts and know what they and others are expected to do to keep on pace with achieving district goals. Since the district is welcoming several new positions the upcoming school year, she said having a common understanding of what the district is doing is vital. Under her new structure, when a new initiative is brought to the district’s table, district leadership can then slow down, fill out a chart and realize what needs to happen to implement the new program successfully. Community members and district employees have expressed concerns in the past with the district’s tendency to quickly change initiatives within schools. Although Gildea supports innovative new programs in classrooms and schools, she said communication about new programs can be better explained to all stakeholders. She hopes the new operational plans will improve that communication. “It helps us all document our path toward the mission and vision,” she said. “Everything we do will be focused on the mission.” That mission, which was written by the Park City Board of Education with help from community members who attended work sessions last fall, is defined as “inspiring and supporting all students equitably to achieve their academic and social potential.” Gildea said she is eager to “bring the community’s vision of its schools to life,” which she said is one of her favorite tasks of leading a district. Another change that Gildea hopes to bring to the district is improved training for incoming employees, as well as ongoing training for administrators. This year, she plans to train administrators about new teaching techniques to equip students with skills to succeed after graduation. She said teaching the “whole child” is part of that. “You don’t just focus as a school district on reading Please see Primed, A-2 Please see Schools plan, A-2 FILE PHOTO BY TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The peloton rides a lap up Main Street at the beginning of a stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah in 2016. The race returns to Summit County this weekend, starting at Canyons Village on Saturday. The Sunday stage, the final one of the race, starts and finishes on Main Street. The Tour of Utah riders will arrive on Saturday on way to the Main Street finish line BEN RAMSEY The Park Record The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, the annual six-stage elite cycling race, is coming through Park City this Saturday and Sunday. That means opportunities abound to see world-class cyclists compete, and a labyrinthine sequence of delays in traffic around Summit County. Saturday will be the race’s fifth stage, which will start at Canyons Village and end at Snowbird Resort after shooting out to Woodland, up to Peoa and back through Park City. Stage six, on Sunday, will take racers in a massive loop that starts and finishes in Park City. There will be plenty of viewing opportunities for Summit County residents on both days. Where to watch: Saturday’s race starts at Canyons, with viewing opportunities at Canyons Village, but there are also a handful of good places to watch the race around the county. Tom Noaker, a longtime cyclist and executive director of South Summit Trails Foundation, said the top of Empire Pass during Saturday’s Canyon’s stage will be a decisive moment and a good vantage point, though parking there will likely be limited. The top of Empire Pass is only the beginning of the second King of the Mountain leg in Saturday’s race, but Noaker said it will likely separate the racers. “Last year, that decided the race,” he said. “It’s not just another stage with a big day, it can decide the whole race. It’s a gruesome climb.” No race is over until it’s over, but those who want to see the end of Saturday’s race are advised to make their moves early, as access to Little Cot- Group appeals designs of Newpark project A staff-level decision will be put to county’s elected officials ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Newpark community members are still fighting the design and approval of a controversial condominium project near the amphitheater, planning to take the matter before the Summit County Council on Wednesday. An application was filed with the Summit County Planning and Building Department at the end of June appealing County Manager Tom Fisher’s decision to approve the design of the seven-unit project in the space south of Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery in the Newpark Town Center. It is currently occupied by a parking lot adjacent to the amphitheater. Members of Preserve the Newpark Plaza, LLC, filed the application on June 28 appealing Fisher’s approval of the final plat and site plan earlier that day. The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission forwarded Fisher a positive recommendation for the project in February. The County Council will now make a decision. Brothers Ryan and Matthew Crandall, partners of Crandall Capital, are overseeing the project. Their father, Gary Crandall, currently owns all of the property south of the Newpark Hotel, such as the amphitheater, obelisk and surrounding property, including the parking pad building site. Gary Crandall is the proprietor under the Newpark Retail, LLC. The development rights for the property were approved in December of 2002. The development Please see Designs, A-2 ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON/PARK RECORD A fence surrounds the parking lot south of Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery in the Newpark Town Center. Ground is expected to break sometime this week on a seven-unit condominium project in the space, which is located adjacent to the amphitheater. A group known as Preserve the Newpark Plaza, LLC, is currently appealing the design of the building. VISITOR GUIDE Lean on the Summit County Library for a free screening The Summit County Library’s Book to Film Club will host a free screening of Andrew Haigh’s “Lean on Pete,” rated R, at 6 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch. For information, visit www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. |