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No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Continued from A-1 Games vote imminent that this is on the agenda to be discussed. There is a strong chance that we will hear some news as of this Friday,” said Colin Hilton, who is the president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and a member of the Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee that drafted a report in support of a bid. Hilton was a high-ranking staffer in the organizing committee that staged the Olympics in 2002 and is an important figure in the talks about a future games. The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation that he leads maintains the Utah Olympic Park, the Utah Olympic Oval and the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, three of the venues during the 2002 games. Each of the venues is included in the plans for a future games. “For me, I don’t have a lot of anxiety around it, because I know what we’ve been doing is really good,” Hilton said on Monday about awaiting the decision by the USOC, describing the region as a “living legacy” to the positive impact of an Olympics. The Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee report outlines the involvement of Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and the Utah Olympic Park in a future games. PCMR is envisioned as the location of snowboarding and freestyle skiing events while Deer Valley is considered as a location for freestyle skiing and ski racing competitions. The lineup could change should the Olympics be awarded to the region, but the report provided a likely scenario for the two resorts. The Utah Olympic Park, meanwhile, would retain its role of hosting the sliding sports, ski jumping Continued from A-1 Learn at lunch said the group is almost like a family. She has attended every Power Lunch this school year. “I feel like it’s the best thing ever to be here and find out about other inspirational women,” she said. She remembers the visits from a judge and from an Olympic ski jumper. She said hearing about the different careers makes her consider pursuing similar jobs down the road. Durling said after the event that the lunches are beneficial because they expose girls to various female role models. She hopes her message inspired someone in the audience to pursue a career in technology. “I think it’s an incredible event and opportunity. I never had this growing up,” Durling said. Lauren Kindt, a sixth-grader, took Continued from A-1 A 2026 contingency Published every Wednesday and Saturday 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 and a portion of the Nordic combined competition. City Hall is also awaiting the decision by the USOC. Mayor Andy Beerman is a member of the Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee and has to date led the municipal government’s involvement in the discussions. Park City officials would be expected to mobilize in the months after a Salt Lake City selection as the United States bid city. Beerman and others at City Hall see another Olympic effort as something that could advance Park City priorities like transportation, housing, sustainability and social equity. Beerman said on Tuesday an environmentally friendly games could be staged in the state, which would align with City Hall’s own goals. “It would be exciting to have an opportunity to bid on another Olympics,” the mayor said. “I hope we do get the opportunity.” A timeline for any City Hall Olympic efforts is not clear, but officials have appeared to be willing to put significant resources into the work. It is also unknown what sort of internal planning will be conducted by the municipal government should a bid be launched. The planning for the games in 2002 is well documented, and it seems officials of today would rely to some degree on the earlier blueprints. One early City Hall decision that could be made is the creation of a municipal position dedicated to Olympic planning, a move that was praised in the 2002 games era. The County Courthouse would also be expected to make Olympic-related moves in the event that Salt Lake City is selected as the bid city. It seems likely Summit County leaders would also see a games effort as an opportunity to pursue their broader priorities. Other public bodies like the Park City School District would also need to consider blueprints for another games. State legislators whose districts include Park City or parts of Summit County would have a role as well, as would the congressional delegation. the time during a question-and-answer portion to ask Durling if she was ever discouraged by anything she did. Durling replied, “All the time. And I still do.” Kindt said after the lunch that she asked because she gets down on herself sometimes, and she liked being able to find commonalities with a successful woman. “It’s important because you feel like you can relate to this person, even though you are younger,” she said. Vitulli said one of the recurring messages from speakers is that “you can overcome challenges,” which is a great message for the youth. The bursting attendance at the events and the comment cards the students leave after the lunches are evidence that the girls and boys are interested in the messages and taking the lessons to heart. Park City resident Barbara Wirostko was set to speak at the Power Lunch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Vitulli said. She is a clinical adjunct professor in ophthalmology and biomedical engineering at the University of Utah, founder of Jade Therapeutics and the chief medical officer of EyeGate Pharmaceuticals. Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and the Utah Olympic Park are identified as venues in the state’s Olympic plans. Mayor Andy Beerman said the focus remains on the 2030 event, but the community would be ready for an Olympics four years earlier if that scenario were to arise. “Park City could host a games nearly anytime. We’ve kept all the infrastructure in place,” Beerman said. Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 12-14, 2018 County library drops overdue fees, a trend Officials hope change will draw more people to the facility ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The Summit County Library is preparing to begin a new chapter in 2019 by waiving fines for overdue items, following a growing trend across the state and country. Library officials began exploring the concept nearly a year ago after meeting with officials from the Salt Lake City Public Library, said Dan Compton, Summit County Library director. The Salt Lake City Library board of directors voted to do away with overdue fines in 2017. The Summit County Library board of directors voted in September to go in that direction, Compton said. The board is expected to officially approve the new policy at its next meeting in January. The Park City Library also recently moved to get rid of overdue fines. “So many libraries across the country and state have already started doing this and it is a trend that will continue to grow,” Compton said. “We are thrilled to move in this direction and excited to see what comes from it. I really do anticipate this will invite more users.” The Summit County Library, which has branches in the Snyderville Basin, Coalville and Kamas, offers several items for check out, including books, magazines, movies and tablets. Other items are also available. Overdue fines for those items range between 10 cents and $1 a day, Compton said. “Pretty much everything we check out could have a late fee,” he said. “Some items have higher fines, such as the mobile hot spots, which are $1 a day.” The fees brought in roughly $11,000 in revenue in 2017. The money that is collected from fines is placed into the county’s general fund. The county allocates resources for the library system. However, Compton said the revenue that is collected from fines does not justify the amount of staff time that is expended to collect the money. “It is proving to be more money than it was worth to actually collect the fines,” he said. “I would rather have staff spending their time helping people Continued from A-1 Delegation makes stop public works director, told the legislators he realizes the county is not in a position to tap the existing surplus. However, he expressed a desire to work with the Legislature to figure out a way to take advantage of any future surpluses to help the county with transportation projects, such as bus-rapid-transit lanes, and improvements along S.R. 224 and in Kimball Junction. “We want to talk about how we can work together to target future projects,” he said. “It could be another tool in the woodshed that we could use.” Radke spent several minutes discussing how the county has worked with the Utah Department of Transportation to implement solutions to improve the entry corridors into Park City. He said the County Council recognized the county in the library or going out in the community to support our programs rather than having to spend a good amount of time having those conversations where each transaction can take 5 to 10 minutes. It’s the No. 1 negative customer experience that people have.” Compton hopes that doing away with the fines will remove a barrier for people who have stopped coming to the libraries altogether. He recognized that people get busy and sometimes items are late. He said people are often embarrassed when staff have to collect the late fees. “Sometimes people can’t afford to pay the fine and they stop coming to the library,” he said. “When the parents can’t afford it, then a child is kept away who needs to be there learning and growing. That is something we do not want to support anymore. We want to completely remove that barrier and say, ‘You are fine and we want you back. We want you here.’ It’s such a silly thing that has been done for so long.” Compton noted that people will still be responsible for returning items. But, he thinks the new approach could make the library a more welcoming place. “We want people to come back,” he said. “I think this will be a positive thing for the community.” The library’s board of directors is expected to approve the new policy in January. The Summit County Council would then have to approve the move as part of the county’s 2019 fee schedule. Compton said elected officials have been supportive of the idea. When Compton prepared his 2019 budget for the library, it reflected the drop in revenue that is anticipated. Compton said the decision is in line with the Park City Library decision to drop overdue fines. The library board is expected to address the issue at a meeting on Dec. 19 to make changes to policies. The Park City Council was also supportive of the decision and approved the change at a recent meeting. “When I’ve talked to other library directors where fines have been dropped, they said their new library cards are going up,” he said. “We want to see people using this wonderful community resource that is available to them and if we can remove this barrier why not? It makes sense to do this financially and we are thrilled to move in this direction. I’m excited to see what comes from it. I really do anticipate it will invite more people to use the library.” would have to take matters into its own hands to produce revenues that would move transportation projects forward. “It’s not like Summit County hasn’t tried to help themselves,” he said. “I know with the amount of traffic that is being experienced down in the valley, it may not seem like we are getting a lot of cars up here. But, when your visitors spend 40 minutes commuting, you start to lose those visitors and that is a big hit for the county, Park City and the state.” County Council Chair Kim Carson added that the prospect of the state securing the bid for another Winter Olympics makes accomplishing the county’s transportation goals “a lot more important.” The state’s 2019 legislative session is scheduled to begin on Jan. 28. The county’s elected officials and department heads indicated a strong desire to work closely with state representatives on the issues addressed at the event. “This was a great opportunity to for us to build some foundation work before the session,” Young said. “They may not have specific agendas or bills they want to run yet, so this was a time to put in a plug about how they can represent us.” |