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Show APRIL 1995 PARK Official Supplier to CITY REPORT Affordable Housing Tough to Find P.C. Affordable housing in Park City is quickly becoming a contradiction in terms. Wis Like the Wasatch Front, Park City’s rents have been skyrocketing, but in this once-quaint mining town, that wants to become a stop on the international circuit, the problem is more extreme. A 1920's vintage two-bedroom can rent for $1,000 or more per month. The same house in the town’s historic district could sell for upwards of $200,000. These and other factors have led Rich Wyman and the Coalition of Residential Renters (CORR) to ask the youre the Official Supplier to The Easter Bunny, it’s enough to keep you hopping. This Spring our collection of Easter chocolates and confections has grown by leaps and bounds. Chocolate bunnies, lambs and ducks, foil-wrapped eggs and truffles are just a part of our garden of delights. There's a host of delectable treats as fresh as all outdoors. } ou can choose from our year ‘round favorites, including chocolate assortments, English Toffee, Rocky Mountain Mints and much, much more, each ina festive Park bouquet Wrap. City Council for some form of rent control. Wyman and CORR were unsuccessful in pushing a rent-control measure through the 1995 Utah Legislature. “Rents are going up two and three times and wages are staying the same,” Wyman said. “People are working two, S.. stop by our Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory today and see our Spring collection of Easter favorites for bunnies of all ages! Go ahead, hop on in! bo Nb dol three and four jobs and can’t save any money.” Working class people are having to move out of Park City, Wyman told the City Council because they simply can’t, afford to live in there. An Affordable has made some j Housing Task Force recommendations to the Park City Council. Those recommendations were adopted by the city council. Wyman said he is optimistic that community leaders will realize that affordable housing is a benefit to the entire town, not just people who work for a living in Park City. 80-unit apartment complex, one of two affordable housing projects in Park City, may be sold in the next year, meaning that rents there could jump three and four times. e The Easter Bunny. A third affordable housing project is under construction. Units there are selling for about $120,000. @ ts fe) ay Snowbird Sued for Allegedly Cutting 451 Historic Main Street, Park City Snowbird Plaza ¢ Park City Ski Area fe Py Trees Down A man who owns property adjacent to the Snowbird ski area is suing the resort, claiming its operators cut down 451 trees on his land, without his permission. the map),” Balmforth said. “There is nothing to call attention to this (property), to put anyone on notice.” But Snowbird’s attorney was quick Noel Rothman purchased the land ing the Forest Service for the snafu. “Tt was never our assertion that we did it because the Forest Service told us to do it. We are not blaming the Forest Service in any way, whatsoever,” Balmforth said. She played down the damages, in 1989, said his attorney Wendell Bennett. The attorney said the case will most likely go to court because no settlement has been reached with Snowbird for damages. Rothman ' is seeking $750,000 in damages. An attorney for Snowbird, Kay INSURANCE \# MANAGERS Locations in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah 649-8572 * 261-2898 Balmforth, said resort operators believed the land they were clearing for a ski run belonged to the USS. Forest Service. The resort did not knowingly cut trees on private land, she said. “There are dozens of mining claims that show up as dotted lines (on Roy Zuchetto Park City Resident — 16 years Contractors Liability *» Workers Compensation Health and Disability * Pension and Profit Sharing All Types of Bonds HEBER to point out that the resort is not blam- saying most of the trees cut were a scrub variety. But Rothman’s attorney said his client has tried in vein to reach a settlement with Snowbird, including leasing the land to the resort. “They Had been offered the purchase of that Bennett said. vate land.” @ VALLEY property several times,” “They knew it was pri- REPORT Midway to Build New Sewer Line DANA WILLIAMS Honesty, Integrity Experience 801-649-4400 PREMIER REALTY A new sewer line is planned for Midway in anticipation of new growth. The town has applied for a $152,000 loan from the state Division of Water Quality, said spokesman Improvement District. Both lines are expected to be complete by July 1, the date the park Walter Baker. votr. The trunk sewer line will run from the Jordanelle Dam to the Heber Valley Sewer Treatment Plant. A second line will run from the Jordanelle State Park to the Provo The first of many large developments, The Hamlet project, is expected River, 800-825-8889 Baker financed PAGE 14 said. That the line will be Jordanelle Special is scheduled to open. The park is located on the north end of the reser- to begin construction this summer in Midway. The 154-unit project will be located near the Provo River. Other large projects will soon considered by Midway officials. @ be |