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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 16-19, 2019 A-3 The Park Record City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 15711 | citynews@parkrecord.com Housing blueprints studied TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD A City Hall-hosted open house designed to provide information about a range of municipal projects and programs drew upward of 75 people to the Park City Library on Tuesday. There especially appeared to be interest in Park City’s housing plans. City Hall’s plans draw support and a few questions JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record City Hall plans to start building a major workforce or otherwise affordable housing project on the northern edge of Old Town as early as late in the summer, a development that will involve dozens of units of housing stretching between the 1300 blocks of Woodside Avenue and Empire Avenue. The second phase of the Woodside Park district, the project is expected to entail 58 units of housing. There will be townhouses and condominiums. The plans for the second phase of Woodside Park appeared to be one of the highlights at a City Hall-hosted open house on Tuesday evening at the Park City Library as Parkites learned the details. The project drew a range of reactions that illustrated the dramatic differences between Parkites as they weigh City Hall’s long-running housing programs. The housing efforts over the years have drawn widespread support peppered with criticism about the details of individual projects. The opinions of two of the people at the open house illustrated the thinking regarding City Hall’s housing plans in Woodside Park. One of the attendees, Alex Lyman, said he is considering submitting an application to acquire a unit in Woodside Park once they are made available. Another person at the event, Terri Loriaux, though, questioned whether Woodside Park is the best location for the housing. Lyman, a bell captain at The Chateaux Deer Valley, lives with his girlfriend in restricted housing at Bear Hollow. He said he will consider participating in the selection process once City Hall outlines the details. He said there would be many benefits to living in Woodside Park. “The location, just closer to town. It’d be closer to work,” Lyman said. Lyman and his girlfriend, Sabrina Tsao, each have a season pass at Park City Mountain Resort, he said, describing Woodside Park as within walking distance to the lifts. Loriaux, who lives in Old Town and owns a rental unit close to the location of the planned Woodside Park development, said she understands the ideals behind the City Hall housing program, such as guarding against the community becoming a “ghost town.” She said she supports the overall housing program. But she questions whether City Hall should pursue a project in a spot where the land is so valuable. “You’re putting in affordable housing in an area that is walking distance to skiing,” she said. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be so close to the resort.” She said the Woodside Park land could be “better optimized.” Perhaps, she said, City Hall could sell part of the Woodside Park land and put the revenues toward a larger workforce or otherwise affordable project elsewhere. Loriaux also said she is concerned with issues such as the height of the housing, the traffic that would be generated and the number of units. She also noted the size of the individual units, saying the smaller ones will not be attractive to families based on their expected square footage. Loriaux said the architectural look of the designs and the proposed construction materials fit with the neighborhood. “Could we get more houses in a less expensive location,” she said, adding, “People would spend a fortune for ski-in, ski-out properties.” The event drew a crowd of upward of 75 people. Mayor Andy Beerman and at least three members of the Park City Council attended. City Hall designed the open house to provide information about numerous programs and projects at a single event Please see Housing, A-4 GRANT OPPORTUNITY Restaurant Grants Applications for the Restaurant Tax Grants will be available online beginning March 1, 2019. The deadline for all applications is Friday, March 29, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. (noon), no exceptions. Organizations applying for the restaurant tax grant will be required to attend a workshop scheduled for Wednesday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m. at the Summit County Health Building located at 650 Round Valley Drive, Park City, Utah. Please visit the Summit County website for instructions regarding grant eligibility and to complete the application(s). The address for the website is www.summitcounty.org/grants. For additional information, contact Anita Lewis, at (435) 336-3220, (435) 615-3220 or (435) 783-4451 ext 3220. SPRING BLOWOUT! UP TO 70% OFF EXCLUDES SKI ACCESSORIES & SUNGLASSES 435-649-2787 7700 Stein Way, Park City, Utah (Located at Stein Eriksen Lodge, In Deer Valley) Open Daily 8am-8pm WWW.STEINERIKSEN.COM 50% OFF SKI WEAR EXCLUDES SKI ACCESSORIES |