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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Continued from A-1 Rider races to win By the time he crossed the finish line on Park City’s Main Street — his arms outstretched and eyes closed in the falling rain — he had won three stages, taken the King of the Mountain jersey, and won the general competition in one fell swoop. The result wasn’t shocking, but it wasn’t expected, either. While he was considered a contender, Kuss was up against a strong cast of proven racers, including John Britton, who won the tour last year; Travis McCabe, a two-time winner; and 2015 champion Joe Dombrowski. There was also Tejay Van Garderen, a strong Tour de France competitor, and Ben Hermans, who had recently won the Tour of Austria on July 14, among others. During the final stage of the race, while Kuss lingered in the peleton, waiting to make his move on a fail- Continued from A-1 Transit in new gear regional transportation planning director in 2015, as well as the increase in revenue the county is contributing, supports the Council’s inclination to have more of a say in how that revenue is spent. “The agreement that we have — the formal agreement — did not account for all of that and was still dealing with the historical method of what the county’s expertise was,” he said. “I don’t think the county desires to run its own transit system because that would be inefficient to have two administrations around that. The Council just wants more authority and participation.” Fisher said county staffers have been actively working with Park City to reformat the way elected officials are involved, as well as the public. He added, “How we’ve talked about transit between the city and the county has not largely been public oriented up until this point.” “Both staffs from the city and the county have been working on a meth- Continued from A-1 Roadwork confuses the one-way restriction, according to public police logs. There was a string of cases reported in the afternoon and evening hours of Aug. 11 while others were logged at various times during the week. The restriction temporarily limiting Prospector Avenue to one-way only in the westbound direction has removed a key route into the Prospector business district and neighborhood from Bonanza Drive. Turns from Bonanza Drive onto Prospector Avenue are prohibited as part of the roadwork. The restriction essentially moves the route into the business district to Kearns Bou- Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm ing advanced group that had broken off in a doomed attempt to lose Kuss up Empire Pass, the bicycling news outlet VeloNews reported that the Colorado native’s team director had selected him for competition in the Vuelta a España, a stage race in Spain — a big step for his career. Behind the Tour de France, the Vuelta and the Giro d’Italia are the most point-rich races in international road cycling. The decision to bump Kuss up had been pending for months, but it was clear his Tour of Utah performance had cemented his place among the elite squad. His team director, Sierk Jan de Haan, told VeloNews that Kuss’s race at the Tour of Utah had been “overwhelming.” When Kuss finally made his way to the end of the table following the final stage on Sunday, and sat beside his competitors, he was calm and collected, if tired. “I’m excited for it,” he said of the Vuelta, where he will enter the next stage of his career and will support his team leader, George Bennett. “When I found out that it was in the cards a few months ago, it definitely gave me a lot of motivation. It’s going to be super hard. I’ve never done anything like it, so I’ll take it week by week and see how it goes.” od that almost has its own transit board between the two entities that will be advisory to the City Council on making final decision about how many buses to buy, how to make changes to routing, monitor changes itself and will look at planning,” he said. A Joint Transit Advisory Board is listed within the formal agreement between the county and the city. But, the group has not necessarily served in that capacity, Fisher said. “We want to reformat that at the staff level so it happens publicly and staff is producing things for that advisory board,” he said. “It’s going to be a lot more open as it is conceived and more collaborative.” When asked why it took nearly more than two years after the hiring of Rodriguez and the passing of the transportation sales taxes for the county to demand a more active role, Fisher attributed the delay to the reorganization within Park City’s transportation department. Fisher anticipates some of the collaborative meetings he described will begin taking place in the fall. “We’ve known for a little over a year about that, and I think they are finally getting through the last of it,” he said. “We needed to see the staff changes happen and solidify that before we got into this next step. Part of that reformation is about this new method and putting the right people in the right spots to make that work.” levard. The prohibition has shifted many drivers headed to the Prospector neighborhood onto Kearns Boulevard as well. Randall said some of the traffic stops have involved drivers attempting to turn onto Prospector Avenue from Bonanza Drive or drivers making U-turns at the intersection after realizing the one-way restriction is in place. He said drivers attempting to make the turn may not see the sign designating the one-way road since they are waiting for cars to clear before starting the turn. “They’re so focused on the northbound traffic, they’re not looking to the left,” toward the sign, Randall said. The roadwork was anticipated to cause significant disruption since Prospector Avenue is critical to the overall road network of Park City, but it was not clear what sort of problems the work would create until the crews started the project in July. There were issues early on, leading to additional measures meant to warn drivers of the one-way restriction. City Hall officials selected the one- Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 15-17, 2018 Continued from A-1 Hope, help offered p.m. at the Sheldon Richins Building in Kimball Junction. Mitchell and Mary Christa Smith, the Communities that Care coordinator, will host the first session. The trainings are intended to address the growing number of people in the county who struggle with mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. More than 8,000 adults in the county have admitted to living with mental health issues, but the number is estimated to be higher, Mitchell said. Almost 25 percent of students have contemplated or considered suicide within the last 12 months, an alarming statistic considering that suicide is the leading cause of death for children between the ages 10 to 17, she said. “Mental health (problems) and suicide is much more common that people think,” Mitchell said. “This is about recognizing the warning signs around it.” She likened QPR training to CPR. She said people perform CPR or give chest compressions to someone long enough for medical personnel to arrive and take over. “QPR is along the same lines,” she said. “It is providing and allowing an individual to talk openly about the struggles they are having and then referring them to help until they can go see a professional. We are not making people therapists. We just want them to have an easy tool and resource if Continued from A-1 they see someone is struggling.” The hour-long training session will also include information about verbal and behavioral signs that someone is contemplating suicide, as well as the actual QPR method. Participants will be given the QPR information booklet to take home, as well as information about resources that are available in the county. The training is free and open to anyone 13 and older. The QPR Institute established the QPR program after extensive community trainings and tests. Mitchell said it is the only program the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recognizes as successful. She said the Health Department adopted it because it is evidenced based and comes at a relatively low cost. The Summit County Council has provided funding for the Health Department to host the sessions. Nearly 900 people have attended QPR trainings in the past, and Mitchell expects that number to continue to grow. Sessions will be held every month through December in various areas of the community, including Kamas, Coalville and Park City. Some of the sessions will also be held in Spanish. Aaron Newman, the Health Department’s mental health and substance abuse coordinator, said the QPR trainings are part of the overall conversations that are being had to address mental wellness. “QPR is a tool that everyone in our community should learn — grandparents, parents, doctors or first responders — like everyone should learn CPR,” he said. “This is that tool. You’re not going to be a therapist that is working with them, but you are there to help save that life. You do that by providing hope to the individual by having these questions and building that rapport to persuade them not to do harm to themselves.” like budget reductions or tapping other funding sources to drop the number from an earlier figure — $50.7 million — that was discussed. The $48 million would fund most of the cost of a $64 million acquisition of Treasure. Some of the funds would also be put toward a contribution of up to $3 million for an unrelated Utah Open Lands-led $6 million effort to set aside the Snow Ranch Pastures land in Thaynes Canyon from development through an instrument known as a conservation easement. If the ballot measure passes, City Hall projects the owner of a residence classified as primary would pay an additional $194 in property taxes annually while the owner of a vacation home or a commercial property would pay another $353 per year over the course of a 15-year repayment. The discussions were focused on Treasure for months before the possibility of attaching Snow Ranch Pastures to the ballot measure was broached. The elected officials in recent weeks opted to add the Thaynes Canyon land to the ballot measure. The Treasure land is located on a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. The Treasure partnership — consisting of the Sweeney family and a firm known as Park City II, LLC — spent years in discussions with the Park City Planning Commission about a development proposal involving upward of 1 million square feet. The Planning Commission and project critics worry about issues like the traffic the project would attract to streets like Lowell Avenue and Empire Avenue, the size of the buildings and the excavation that would be required. Park City’s elected officials eventually negotiated a conservation deal that depends on the funds that would be raised through the ballot measure. Supporters of the acquisition and the necessary ballot measure, the side that opposes the Treasure development proposal, have started to rally voters. There is not known organized opposition to the ballot measure. It is unclear how much time the elected officials will spend on the matter on Thursday. The mayor and City Councilors spent extensive time in earlier discussions as they crafted a dollar figure for the ballot measure, weighing the various funding options when the talks were centered on Treasure and then re-looking at the possibilities to account for a Snow Ranch Pastures contribution once that land was added to the talks. The City Council meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at the Marsac Building. A hearing is planned prior to the vote. way restriction over another option that called for a partial road closure that would have ensured traffic flow in both directions throughout the work. The officials, though, said that option would have led to a longer project timeline and would have required flaggers. They also said the one-way westbound direction would reduce queuing of vehicles on Bonanza Drive. The project, forecast to cost a little less than $2 million, involves milling the road asphalt and putting down a new layer. Other upgrades include new bus pullouts, work on lighting and sidewalk improvements. The work is expected to be completed late in the fall. The project has proven difficult for drivers and some businesses along the Prospector Avenue corridor. There have been reports the work has led to dramatic drops in sales at some businesses. Measure readied |