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Show A-4 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 5-8, 2019 Snow guns loud, police told VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Mountain Regional Water Special Service District Administrative Control Board The Summit County Council, acting in its capacity as the Governing Board of the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District, hereby announces two vacant positions available on the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District Administrative Control Board. A qualified elector of Mountain Regional Water Special Service District is defined as follows: 1) shall be a United States Citizen 2) shall be a primary resident of Mountain Regional Water Special Service District; and 3) shall be a registered voter in Summit County. The Board meets at least once a month on the second Thursday evening, at 6:30 p.m. Interested applicants must submit your online application at: http://www.summitcounty.org/321/Volunteer-Boards For further information contact: Kayli Hudson at 435-336-3042. Deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Resort operations are exempt from noise restrictions JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department in December received a complaint from someone unhappy with the noise from Park City Mountain Resort’s snowmaking system, a rare sort of police report but one that highlights the friction that sometimes occurs between the resort industry and the Old Town neighborhood. The Police Department logged the report on Dec. 19 at a little after 9 p.m., a day when crowds had already started to arrive for the holidays even though the numbers would not peak for another week or so. Public police logs indicated Continued from A-3 A green poll taken VACANCY Park City Fire Service District Administrative Control Board The Summit County Council, acting in its capacity as the Governing Board of the Park City Fire Service District, hereby announces one vacant position available on the Administrative Control Board of the Park City Fire Service District. The Board meets the first Tuesday of each month. Interested citizens must be registered voters in the Fire District’s boundaries. The Fire District’s role is to provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of Park City Fire Service District; the Fire District is authorized to provide fire protection services through facilities or systems acquired of constructed for that purpose through construction, purchase, lease, contract, gift of condemnation or any combination thereof. To submit your online application, please visit: http://www.summitcounty.org/321/Volunteer-Boards. For further information, contact Chief Paul Hewitt at 435-940-2501. Deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019. elected officials’ ongoing efforts. The City Council shortly before the release of the results added urgency to the environmental efforts through the approval of an accelerated timeline for the citywide goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions. The elected officials moved the timeline up two years, to 2030. The elected officials, though, did not discuss the survey results in any depth during a December meeting. The City Hall net-zero goal does not require the elimination of emissions altogether. The municipal government instead intends to reduce emissions through a variety of environmental programs and offset the remaining ones via alterna- the report was from someone on Lowell Avenue. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the person who contacted the agency is an Old Town resident. The person complained about the noise from the snowmaking system along the Town Lift runs, close to the Town Bridge. The person told the police the system is loud and operated the entire night, Kirk said. Public police logs indicated the person told the police “he does not understand how they can run these machines all night.” The logs categorized the complaint as a civil issue rather than a criminal one. The Police Department informed the person the snowmaking system is exempt from City Hall’s noise restrictions. The police determined the snowmaking system was not in violation of any municipal law, Kirk said. “They are allowed to run af- ter hours,” Kirk said about the snowmaking system. Kirk said the Police Department recommended the person contact the resort with the complaint and referred the person to City Hall rules regarding the snowmaking system. The municipal code exempts snowmaking from rules regarding noise levels. Other exemptions include snowplowing, maintenance work at golf courses, emergency vehicle sirens and the 10 o’clock Whistle. It is highly unusual for the Police Department to field a complaint about snowmaking at PCMR or Deer Valley Resort. Some of the PCMR snowmaking apparatus, though, is located just off Old Town streets, and the noise can be heard into the neighborhood through the late fall and early winter period when the resort attempts to put down a base of artificial snow. tives like a sequestration program. City Hall sees the goals as the most ambitious in North America. Celia Peterson, the environmental sustainability project manager at City Hall, said the results will be used as part of the upcoming “My Sustainable Year” campaign, which is scheduled to launch in January and last a year. “We want to make sure our goals resonate with people” during upcoming outreach efforts, she said. Some of the other results included: • 80.2 percent saying they are very concerned with environmental issues with another 9.5 percent saying they are somewhat concerned. • 56.4 percent saying local government has the most potential to improve the Park City environment with “people like me/ordinary residents” garnering 54.8 percent. The state government drew 35.7 percent while Washington, D.C., received 33.3 percent. The percentages topped 100 percent since respondents could select more than one answer. • 78.6 percent saying academics or scientists have the strongest influence on someone’s views of the environment, followed by the media at 50 percent. Peterson noted the responses to the question as especially encouraging. • 32.5 percent indicating they are “doing enough in your own life to address climate change” by making choices that are energy efficient, pollute less and produce less waste. Another 25.8 percent said they feel like they are “doing all I can, but don’t know if it is having any impact.” Approximately 4.2 percent said “climate change is a hoax, and I’m not falling for it.” • 76.9 percent saying they adjust their residence’s thermostat to 69 degrees or lower in the winter as well as adjusting air conditioning in the summer in response to a question about the steps someone takes to curb the amount of energy consumption. The results showed 54.6 percent use smart controls for temperature settings while 51.2 percent indicated they bought appliances that are energy efficient. Searching for new things to do? You don’t have to work this hard. Check out the calendar in Scene for local music, events and more! It’s essential to have a local, knowledgeable professional as a resource to help you with your buying or selling needs. Please give me a call, I’d be happy to help guide you through the process. – Suzy VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Summit County Restaurant Tax Advisory Committee The Summit County Council is seeking an individual to fill a vacancy on the Summit County Restaurant Tax Advisory Committee. Qualified applicants must be residents of Summit County. Applicants must also be employed by businesses that pay the tax, or, be employed by a recreational, convention, museum, cultural or other tourism-related industry within the county. The purpose of the Committee is to investigate, advise and recommend to the County Council the best use(s) of the funds collected from the tax, for the purposes of financing in whole or in part, tourism promotion and the development, operation and maintenance of publicly owned and operated tourist, recreation, cultural, historical and convention facilities. The committee meets during the months of March, April and May. Interested applicants must submit your online application at: http://www.summitcounty.org/321/Volunteer-Boards For further information contact: Anita Lewis at 435-336-3220. Deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019. |