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Show 8A The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, January Landfill Lease Is Center ol Dispute 18, 1988 Christopher Smau Tribune Corresponds t HARK CITY The new management of United Park C17 Mines has sent notice to Park City officials, claiming the terms of a 1973 landfill dump lease have been violated and asserting the city is responsible for reclamation of portions of a mine tailings area known as Richardson Flat United Park is demanding a $10 million indemnification from the city for potential costs in connection with any environmental cleanup Some ci'y officials said tne action by United Park could be a bid to leave Park City responsible for a potentially expensive cleanup of a relatively large mining waste area Denying that the lease has been city officials said the matter may have to be resolved in court United Park officers did not return telephone calls and could not be reached for comment. Portions of the Richardson Flat area two miles east of Park City were used as the municipal dump from 1974 until last summer when the landfill was closed. The land, once used as a mine tailings pond for silver mining in the area, was leased to Park City by the mining company until July, By 1985 Park City responded to the mining company, stating that under terms of the lease, the city cannot be held liable for the reclamation of the area beyond capping of the dump. Further, the city contends that any deviations from the lease agreement weie approved by United Park A Utah firm and a New York investment company joined forces to take over United Park in July. Bamberger Investment and Exploration Co., which owned 9.6 percent of United Park, teamed with Loeb Investors, which purchased more than 30 percent of United Park's outstanding shares in July to take control. David W. Bemolfo was elected president of United Park in August. The letter to Park City is the most recent development in a series of actions taken by the mining company's new ownership. In November, United Park sent notices claiming the Park City Ski Area and Deer Valley Resort defaulted on long-terleases on ski slopes. Both resorts said their respective companies were in full compliance with the lease agreements. In the letter received by Park City officials, the mining company president states that Park City is "required to do certain things at the site as a to the leasing of the landfill property." for generations. Built in 1918, the theater hosted vaudeville troupes and silent films. This Fountain Green theater hut it served as a source of entertainment is closed now Movies Showed Life as It Should lie Old Theaters Were Places to Escape By Don Stringham Tribune Correspondent FOUNTAIN GREEN. Sanpete County During the late 920s and 1930s, almost every town in Sanpete County had a movie theater. They were a great place for boys to sit behind girls and pull their pigtails, snicker at love scenes and yell advice to western heroes as they slaughtered at least 100 Indians with a without reloading In the theater, a boy learned about dueling with swords from Errol Flynn, that holsters used by cowboys should be slung low to facilitate a pisquick draw, that tols were superior to those with black grips and that good guys always were neat and clean and always wore white hats Girls learned about the new hair styles, dresses, manners and never, never kiss a boy until you are engaged. They also learned it was impossible to find seats away from the pestering boys, but then perhaps they didn't really want to. Kids and adults went to movies to be entertained, to see life as it should be, not as it was. The harshness of real life, sex, or violence was not shown 1 pearl-handle- d UDOT lo Post Signs Lor Speed Study The Utah Department of Transportation has approved setting up experimental speed zones in American Fork to determine if the installation of signs has any effect on actual driving speeds Areas involved will be U.S 89 from 350 East to 730 East at 30 mph and 100 East on U S 89 to 1100 North also at 30 mph Engineers will collect data for about one year and try to establish a rdationship between posted speed and the actual speed vehicles are traveling, UDOT officials said Of course, nearly every adult and some children knew about the realities of life and where babies come from. So, the movies were an escape strictly for entertainment. People came away refreshed, happy and felt their problems were not so dark after all. The theater here is a good example. It's closed now, like many theaters in Sanpete County, but during its heyday it played an important part in everyone's life. Victor Rasmussen, owner, said "it was built about 1918 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. It's a dual building. The south part is a theater and the north was a dance hall. It was built for the recreation needs of the community, he said. "In the 1920s and 1930s they had a lot of traveling vaudeville acts. They came into town by train and stayed overnight. The theater seated 200. It didn't have a balcony, but it had an orchestra pit. The theater was also used for school plays and melodramas. During the time of silent films, the theater employed a piano player. "We knew when the movie was going to start because the player, then Katie Guymon, walked down the aisle to the piano. If the movie was scary, she could make it sound that way. Katies music always fit the mood of the movie," Mr. Rasmussen said. y and dance hall until 1957. His father always operated the theater, he noted. Movies usually played four nights a week, he said, "The theater had a canvas curtain that rolled up. I have pictures of it. There was an oil painting of a mill in the middle. To pay for the big curtain they sold advertising space around the picture of the mill. Most of the businesses that advertised are gone now, but some are still around, Mr. Rasmussen said. He noted that the dance hall was turned into a store while the theater remains vacant Mr Birnolto said a Park ity proposal for lund-- i aping thv fornu r dump site is no! suffn. to meet lease requirements and could attract the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency Alluding to the potential FPA listing of Prospector Squaie In his lettir, ( i another Park City mine tailings site Mi Bernolfo says, "we are concerned that the city s proposal does not ad dress issues raised by United Puik . and does not adeCity Mines quately respond to specific requnt-mentof the lease This is particular lv disturbing in light of the EPs current scrutiny ot the Park Cite area and the citvs position with the s EPA" Park City is fighting the Supertund listing of Prospector, contending scientific data does not support such a listing Mr. Bernolfo lists at least five alleged violations of the lease agreement, including the contention the city failed to maintain the landfill in compliance with federal, state and local statutes and filling the dump higher than the natural terrain As such, the mining company said Park City should be held financially liable for the area. "The city w indemnify, defend and hold Uniteu Park City Mines harmless fror, any and all claims, demands or causes of actions ot whatev er nature by any federal, state or lo' Mr cal government agency . Bernolfos letter also said that Paik City should pay all costs inc urred by United Park, including environmen tal testing, court costs and attornev fc es. Further, the mining company president said, the city should provide "post closure" insurance ol $10 million. The mining company's letter demands that Park City remove the top of waste material from the dump site and construct monitoring sites above and below the landfill site to analyze ground water In a closed meeting Jan 9. the city council directed City Attorney Tom Clyde to respond t j United Park. The council's stance, according to that written response, is that Park City bears no financial liability. The response to the mining company reads, in part "The city has no obligation whatsoever under the lease to assume anv liability of I'mt- - id Park federal City Mines under state unj law " In an interview, Mr. Clyde said n appears United Park is trying to shut the liability of the tailings to the cm as well as any cleanup the EPA ma, order He said he is somewhat sur prised bv the mining company's lei ter because in the past the city ana United Park have worked well m gether Presently. Mr Clyde said, the Hr hardson Flat area is exempt from EPA scrutiny under a federal waste discharge permit issued to the Ontario Mine, which is owned by United Park W hen that permit lapses, the Richardson Flat area could be analyzed for potential environmental hazards he said Mi Clyde's response concedes the dump was filled higher than what was originally agreed in the lease But, that additional fill was made with the consent of the mining com pany. The landfill was operated longer than anticipated, the letter says, because Summit County has been unable to create a new facility. The city anticipates spending about $40,000 on capping, landscaping and fencing the dump, aa req.lred in the lease, Mr Clyde said in an int Earlier, the city attj.rey s'1'.1 United Park's claim against the Park City Ski Area and Deer Va'Vy Resort could drag the municipality into litigation because of water deals it has made with the re.-ort- s That dispute ciuU affect c iv water rights and the agreement that allowed the development of i Valley Under a long term purchase agreement, by the year 1990 the ski area was to gam title from the mining company to 20 percent of the water that flows from the Spiro Tunnel, a mining tunnel that disrupted natural, underground aquifers. Deer Valley also was to gain 20 percent of the water and, as a condition of the 1978 agreement with the city. Deer Valley traded the water for master plan approval. United Park now claims the Spiro Tunnel water and has filed a protest with the Utah Department of Water Rights, opposing the sale of Spiro water from the Park City Ski Area to the city. By yJTr i y6w HUNTER-DOUGIA- S CUSTOM MADE MINI-BUND- S JANUARY CLEARANCE Come in now for the belt selection on sofas, loveseats, & pit sroups, oftf sectionals. Great fabric selection. Choose from 5 Beautiful Colors. Hurry! Limited Time Only ele4te Dcifrence 1053 East 2100 South 487-389- 2 w psiking Queen Bed Sleeper MEMBERSHIPS EoriTHe Seattle Sofa & Loveseat He said that show bills advertising the movies were passed out by hiring children for 10 or 15 cents. Also, he said, someone was hired to go around town with a megaphone announcing the movie. "The first talking movies were with Ai Jolson. The sound was not on the film, it was on big records and, of course, they had to have big record players. I don't have the (record) player, but I have the steel stand it sat on. 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