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Show A-2 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 29-31, 2018 Crash mars early days of Basin roundabout The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. The Kilby Road circle, just opened, sustains minimal damage ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. 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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday COURTESY OF PARK CITY FIRE DISTRICT The Park City Fire District on Saturday responds to the Park City Ice Arena with a hazardous-materials team after ammonia in a gaseous form leaked. Approximately 10 guests at the Ice Arena and five employees were evacuated. Continued from A-1 Ice Arena evacuated “All the alarm systems put in place… are working and worked properly,” he said. The Ice Arena is one of the only Continued from A-1 Depolarize politics Robinson’s vision is to create alliances in Summit and Wasatch counties. He described an alliance as a group of about 14 people, half who identify as liberal and the other half as conservative. The group would meet over the weekend for a three- or six-hour workshop led by a moderator who also considers themselves liberal or conservative. “The moderators will lead several-hour conversations between seven blues (liberals) and seven reds (conservative),” he said. “The idea is that hopefully people will want to continue the conversation from a group to an alliance.” Throughout the workshops, participants will go through several exercises. One of the exercises will look at stereotypes. Continued from A-1 Arguments awaited Treasure be developed. The supporters of the ballot measure have long expressed concerns about the development proposal, arguing the buildings would loom over Old Town, the traffic would overwhelm nearby streets and the required excavation would devastate the land. Any opposition could dwell on the financial aspects of what would be, by a wide margin, City Hall’s most facilities within the Park City limits that uses ammonia for refrigeration purposes. “Everything is running smoothly now,” Thacker said. City Hall said the Ice Arena reopened for a private event on Saturday evening. It reopened on Sunday morning for the public. The popular facility, which debuted in early 2006, hosts clubs in sports like figure skating, hockey, curling and speedskating. It also provides ice time for camps and clinics as well as regular public skating times. “It will look at what are stereotypes that people have about liberals and how can we correct that,” Robinson said. “Another part of that will include people sharing their experiences. It will take people through a process where they are exposing their self-understanding to try and empathize with how other people see them.” Robinson said the need to bring people with different viewpoints together to engage in a respectful dialogue is not unique to Summit County. He added, “It’s everywhere.” He said there are countless communities across that country that could benefit from an opportunity to “solve problems together rather than create problems separately.” “I think if you grasp the vision, you begin to see that the best possible way forward for all of us — Democrat and Republican — is for us to develop the skills to listen to each other and see the other as the same,” he said. “We are all human beings with essentially the same needs, wants, aspirations and same dreams for our children. We have a much better chance of getting there if we are working together respectfully rather than being in conflict.” expensive conservation deal. The Park City Council pegged the ballot measure at $48 million. The figure includes a contribution of up to $3 million toward an unrelated conservation agreement in Thaynes Canyon, known as Snow Ranch Pasture. The Treasure land is located on a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. The seller would be the Treasure partnership, involving the Sweeney family and a firm called Park City II, LLC. Someone must be a registered voter inside Park City to be considered as the author of one of the arguments. If more than one person from the same side approaches the Clerk’s Office, Summit County Clerk Kent Jones will select one to draft the argument. For more information, contact the Clerk’s Office at 615-3204. LIZY MICHELLE The construction on Kilby Road is intended to help traffic flow better, but it has proved difficult for at least one driver to navigate. A vehicle crashed into the new roundabout on Kilby Road in front of Ecker Hill Middle School last week, causing major damage to its front end, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. A report from the Sheriff’s Office states the vehicle drove straight through the roundabout and hit a cement barrier on the opposite side of the road. The vehicle was left abandoned in a nearby parking lot. Several attempts by law enforcement to locate the registered owner were unsuccessful. The roundabout sustained minimal damage. But, Summit County’s Public Works Department wanted the incident documented because the “roadway is properly marked for construction,” a report states. Lt. Andrew Wright, with the Sheriff’s Office, said no other crashes or official complaints about the construction have been filed within the last couple of weeks. Construction on the frontage road started earlier this summer. The county is widening the road from Ecker Hill to Quarry Village to handle any additional traffic a new remote parking lot is expected to create. Several traffic-calming measures were also included in the project to deter speeding. Crews started paving Kilby Road last week and constructing two roundabouts in front of the park-and-ride lot and the middle school. Shoulder grading and Continued from A-1 A group flies high ty Attorney’s Office. The Children’s Justice Center opened its doors in 2012 and often also serves victims outside of Summit County, including victims in Wyoming. Officials with the Justice Center interview children and teenagers under 18 years old who have been victimized by abuse. The Children’s Justice Center is located in the Sheldon Richins Building in Kimball Junction. The entrance is located next to the Division of Motor Vehicles office. Kirschner said Community for Children’s Justice is expecting to close on a property in October. It is located on Silver Summit Parkway, adjacent to the southbound U.S. 40 on-ramp. The property has been recognizable as a place where several animals could often be seen roaming the hillside next to the highway, including a zebra and a buffalo. “This particular property kind of meets all of the needs, and the sellers of that house have been incredible working with us,” he said. “This space is private and even though it is in more of a neighborhood, it has its own entrance. It is sort of more comfortable than taking the child to a police station. It feels like home.” Several properties have been explored as potential sites for the Children’s Justice Center’s facility. But, Kirschner said it was difficult to find one that was private, near public transportation JA N E L L E 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 Deer Creek TITLE INSURANCE, INC. Confidence to close! 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm MICHELLE HUGGINS 4 35 . 6 59. 4 4 07 D M I C H E L L E H U G G I N S @ H OT M A I L .CO M placement of the pedestrian tunnel ramp footings, as well as the pouring of concrete for the remaining pedestrian ramps and sidewalk at the bus entry are expected to continue this week. The roundabout at the primary entrance to the Tanger Outlets is also being reconstructed. Kilby Road remains closed to traffic between the roundabout and Powderwood Drive between Mondays at 6 a.m. and noon on Fridays, unless no work is being done on the project. Summit County held an open house last week at the Sheldon Richins Building to address concerns that have been raised about the road’s new layout. Nearly 20 people attended. County staffers will be available for additional questions at Ecker Hill Middle School’s back-toschool night on Wednesday from 5 until 6 p.m. Krachel Murdock, public spokeswoman for the county, said inquiries about the construction continued to come in over the weekend. She said the county will begin issuing weekly updates outlining the construction plans for each week. Murdock said it is the county’s goal to communicate openly with citizens and keep them informed of the construction progress. She said updates will be posted on the private neighborhood social network Nextdoor, the county website and a designated page that will soon be created to specifically address construction. Anyone wanting to receive the updates directly can contact Murdock at Kmurdock@summitcounty.org. “We feel we have hit a turning point in our communication with residents in the community,” she said. “After posting the update we received several compliments, which was a change from the large number of complaints we received last week.” The Kilby Road improvements are scheduled to be complete around the middle of October. and affordable. It will cost roughly $600,000 to renovate the home to include interview and medical exam rooms, as well as a reception area and other necessary spaces. Kirschner said the organization hopes to raise $2.27 million for the renovations, as well as the creation of an endowment to keep the facility operational. About $500,000 is already committed. “We are hoping the visibility behind this grant from the Delta Pilots will encourage other corporations and families to donate,” he said. “We are viewing this as an anchor contribution.” Delta pilots established the fund in 1999 as a way to “give back to the communities we live in,” according to Tina Coombs, chairman of the fund and a Park City resident. “We selected the Children’s Justice Center because their need was overwhelming,” she said. “Their work helping people and children who are abused right here in our own community is profound. These funds will help lay the groundwork for a new facility where children can feel safe and tell their story and begin to heal.” Operations for the state’s children’s justice centers are supported through the Utah Legislature, local government funding, federal grant funding and private donations, Tabet said in an email. “Certainly the generous donation from the Delta Pilots Charitable Fund represents the critical role that the private sector plays in ensuring that victims have a safe, child-focused setting where they can find justice and healing,” she said. The Community for Children’s Justice was scheduled to go before the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission on Tuesday to request a conditional-use permit to convert the home into a facility for child abuse victims. |