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Show C-1 B-2 A TRUE STORY ABOUT SQUAW VALLEY A MINER CONTINUES TO CLIMB IN SPORT EDUCATION, A-5 SHARE YOUR EVENT To add an event to our calendar, visit www.parkrecord. com/event-submission-form COLUMNS, A-10 SOUTH SUMMIT PRIZE IS ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES JAY MEEHAN ONCE PLAYED GAMES WITH BORDER PATROL Park Record. The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 27-March 1, 2019 Serving Summit County since 1880 Feds charge three in area bank heist | The pull of winter Vol. 139 | No. 7 50¢ Errors made in design of road, county admits There are flaws in the snakelike Kilby Road, important review of lambasted street shows ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record COURTESY OF THE SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE greens. City Hall estimates the ban prevents the distribution of 800,000 plastic bags per year in Park City. Park City officials also say decisions like whether to enact a ban on plastic bags should rest with local governments rather than with the Statehouse. The officials appear to be especially pressing that argument in their opposition to the McKell bill. Business interests — the grocery and plastics industries — remain concerned about the ban. A similar bill did not advance in the 2018 session of the Legislature. City Hall is concerned the bill this year has a better chance of approval. The sponsor during the Monday committee meeting indicated the existing bans like the one in Park City could be allowed to remain intact even if the legislation is approved by the two legislative chambers and signed by Gov. Gary Herbert. The McKell suggestion appeared to be a significant concession, but it did not garner enough support. There was brief discussion about the possibility of allowing the existing bans to continue, but the committee did not include such a clause in the bill when the vote was taken. There was concern about consistency throughout the state if the existing bans are allowed to remain in effect as other communities are prohibited from enacting similar measures. Mayor Andy Beerman spoke with McKell on Monday prior to the committee meeting, saying it was a “civil” discussion with the legislator. Staffers from City Hall and the Legislature also attended the Beerman-McKell meeting. The mayor said McKell outlined an argument The results of an independent review of Kilby Road revealed a handful of design flaws that prompted Summit County’s Public Works Director Derrick Radke to admit on Monday, “We made some errors.” Summit County’s elected officials requested the review from an independent engineering firm after the county was inundated with complaints about the road’s snakelike design. People criticizing the design claimed it was unsafe, particularly for cyclists. Summit County Manager Tom Fisher approved a $2,330 contract with RB&G Engineering, Inc. in November. The county released the Provo-based engineering firm’s six-page report on Friday. It is available on the county’s website. Radke said it was completed about a month ago, but scheduling conflicts delayed the report being presented to the County Council. Elected officials are scheduled to review the report on Wednesday. The county designed the road to handle additional traffic the remote parking lot across from Ecker Hill Middle School was expected to draw, as well as reduce speeding and accommodate cyclists. Raised medians, bike lanes and turning lanes were added as part of the road’s new design. The work was finished late last summer. According to the report, some of the westbound and eastbound lane shifts, or tapers, do not meet accepted standards, certain areas need to be restriped, and the wheelchair ramps at the Pinebrook Boulevard intersection and the Elk Meadows Apartment driveway are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. “We made some design errors. We’ll own up to that,” Radke said. “It’s our fault. My fault, definitely. But, the thing is most people are not going to notice the difference when we fix it.” Radke said there are three spots in the westbound lane where the curves were not designed correctly for the speed of the road. He said the curves are supposed to have certain radiuses based on speed. For a 30 mph road, the radius of a curve is supposed to be 277 feet. But, the county only measured to 150 feet, which may explain why cars have had difficulty staying in the lane, he said. “There is one point that is worse than others and it is a bad spot. Definitely a bad error on our part,” he said. “People will notice a difference there when we come in and paint the line where it is supposed to be, it will flatten out the curve. The other two spots were off less than a foot.” Shortly after the road was complete, the county made other minor adjustments based on feedback from the cyclist community, adding pavement to widen the westbound bike lanes in certain locations. However, some claimed the lanes were still not wide enough. Radke noted that the report stated the bikes lanes were all in compliance with standards. “Even though we have the errors in the alignment, when we fix that we will still have 5-foot bike lanes everywhere, except a couple spots where they go under 5 feet,” he said. “But, it will still be greater than (the necessary)4 feet.” Please see Trash, A-2 Please see Errors, A-2 Federal charges were filed on Monday against three people authorities say were involved in an armed robbery Friday at Wells Fargo Bank in Kimball Junction. The suspects are also connected to several other violent crimes across Colorado, Wyoming and Oregon, investigators say. They were arrested over the weekend in Oregon. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Authorities link trio to violent acts across three other states ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Federal prosecutors have indicted three people on charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime for their alleged roles in the Friday robbery of Wells Fargo Bank in Kimball Junction. The two-count complaint filed on Monday in federal court in Salt Lake City charges Matthew Anthony Fanelli, 30, of New Mexico; Jose Lopez Jovel, 31, of El Salvador; and Cynthia Sena, 18, of New Mexico. According to a release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Salt Lake City, the potential maximum penalty for armed bank robbery is 25 years in federal prison. The firearm count carries a seven-year minimum mandatory sentence. Prosecutors say Fanelli approached a teller at the Wells Fargo Bank on Friday and pulled cash out of his pocket, placed it on the counter and then pulled out a gun while Jovel stood nearby. Court documents allege Fanelli told the teller he wanted all of the cash and was subsequently given approximately $2,000. An employee of the bank later told authorities that Sena was seen in the lobby before the robbery, walking around and talking to an employee about a lost purse, the complaint states. Prosecutors say Fanelli and Jovel left the Wells Fargo Bank in a vehicle that authorities later discovered had been stolen from Denver during a fatal carjacking. The three were also connected to another shooting at a club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, an armed robbery in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and other violent crimes in Oregon. Oregon authorities arrested Jovel Saturday after they were called to respond to an attempted carjacking at a Red Robin restaurant in Roseburg, Oregon, according to a release from the Oregon State Police. Officers apprehended Jovel for Please see Feds, A-2 James Fleege snowboards through a course at Soldier Hollow during a skijoring competition Friday. Skiers and snowboarders pulled behind horses were tasked with navigating jumps and gates along the course. Trash bag bans, legislators say, targeting Park City rule House committee advances a bill that could overturn the City Hall plastic prohibition JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A Utah House of Representatives committee on Monday evening narrowly advanced a bill that would block a municipal government from prohibiting plastic bags, a piece of legislation that could ultimately overturn Park City’s ban. The House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee voted 6-4 to forward H.B. 320 to the full House of Representatives. District 53 Rep. Logan Wilde, a Republican from Croydon, cast a ‘Nay’ vote. Wilde is the only representative whose district includes a part of Summit County on the committee. Park City is not within District 53. Rep. Michael McKell, a Republican from Spanish Fork, is the bill’s sponsor and wants the state to prohibit local governments from enacting bans on plastic bags. The bill would preempt the City Hall ban regardless of the local law predating the legislation. The Park City Council in 2017 enacted the ban on razor thin plastic bags, the first in the state, as part of the municipal government’s wide-ranging environmental program. The law prohibits stores of at least 12,000 square feet selling groceries from distributing the bags. Three stores are impacted — Fresh Market, The Market at Park City and Wal- Tip jar stolen in city, Hop to a hike a ‘callous’ episode A loss of money, even $50, hurts workers, Park City grocer says 3 sections • 32 pages JAY HAMBURGER Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-10 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-11 Education ............................... A-5 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-10 Letters to the Editor ............. A-11 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 The Park Record Joe Kim was working by himself at his family’s Yodipity frozen yogurt store inside The Market at Park City on a recent day as the tip jar started to fill. A family earlier in the day tipped well, leaving the cash visible in the jar, he remembered. The tip jar disappeared by later in the day, stolen by someone who apparently spent time inside the grocery store considering whether to take the money, the store manager of The Market at Park City said. Kim said there was between $35 and $50 in the jar at the time it was taken. It was not a large sum of money, but it is an unusual case in Park City and one that left the frozen yogurt store and the grocer upset with the loss of the cash. “Why do you have to be like that,” Kim said about the person who took the tip jar, adding, “It’s my hard-working money. Someone who is not willing Please see Tip jar, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Snowshoers trek past a hare’s tracks in the snow on the Swaner Preserve during a tour Saturday morning. The tour lasted just over an hour and gave participants an opportunity to explore the land and learn about the animals that live on it. VISITOR GUIDE One heartbeat away from a Park City screening Park City Film will present screenings of Adam McKay’s Oscar-winning “Vice” on Friday, March 1, to Sunday, March 3, at the Santy Auditorium. “Vice” is about Dick Cheney, President George W. Bush’s powerful second in command. For information, visit parkcityfilm.org. |