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Show A-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 30-April 2, 2019 The Park Record The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. 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Steve Miner, vice president of real estate for Associated Food Stores, Inc., parent company of Associated Fresh Markets, Inc., said he has been in contact with the owners of businesses in Quarry Village, and based on those conversations there is support for the project. But, he said the main concern is whether the tunnel could hurt property value. “Initial discussions have been cooperative,” he said. “We are trying to figure out a way to help and support that project, while at the same time not hurting the value of that property or the development thereof.” At a minimum, the infrastructure for the tunnel will be put in place beneath Kilby Road this year, Fisher said. “We are likely going to have (the right-of-way) completed by the time that we need it in order to do the whole tunnel,” he said. “But, we have been very careful to say the Kilby Road tun- Continued from A-1 Blueprints nicked To place a classified ad, please call 435–649–9014 or email classads@parkrecord.com For questions about your bill, please call 435–649–9014 or email accounts@parkrecord.com The Park Record online is available at www.parkrecord.com and contains all of the news and feature stories in the latest edition plus breaking news updates. 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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com posed in the core of Park City. “It’s at a location where they’re needed,” Thimm said. The Planning Commission indicated it intends to return to the discussions about the second phase of Woodside Park at a meeting scheduled on April 24. The Planning Commission received a little more than 10 minutes of testimony on Wednesday, likely providing a preview of the topics that will be broached as the discussions continue. One of the speakers, Doug Lee, a Connecticut resident whose parents own a residence on the 1300 block of Empire Avenue, said City Hall wants to shoehorn too much development onto the land, contending Empire Avenue traffic presents dangers to pedestrians. Another speaker, Michael Barille, who is the executive director of the Historic Park City Alliance and has a background in planning and design, explained a decade ago his firm considered development concepts for the same land. The development numbers proposed by City Hall fall into the “low to middle end” of the ideas crafted by his firm earlier. He said the municipal proposal involves a reasonable number Continued from A-1 Cleanup suit filed Published every Wednesday and Saturday Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm nel is a separate project from the roundabouts so we don’t delay the whole project.” The cost of construction would increase if the projects were connected, Fisher said. The county and the Utah Department of Transportation are mostly funding the estimated $10.6 million roundabouts project. The county plans to use revenue from the 2016 voter-approved transportation sales tax initiative and a bond against those revenues to pay for its portion of construction. “I believe it will all get done this year at this time,” Fisher said. “There is no reason to wait because it is going to get done. It has to get done this year. UDOT lines up their funding and approvals for projects years in advance, and if we don’t meet their schedule it complicates it where it could be delayed. It is better for the community to complete this project this year.” Jennifer Terry, a Jeremy Ranch resident, has been advocating for safer pedestrian crossings at the entrances to Jeremy Ranch and Pinebrook for several years. While she supports the improvements that have been proposed, she said they aren’t enough. Terry is encouraging the county to also build tunnels beneath Homestead Road and Pinebrook Boulevard as part of the roundabout construction. The current designs for the project show crosswalks with pedestrian-activated warning lights. “It has to be a complete circuit in order for it to work and to be utilized,” she said. “As of right now, it is incomplete. I know that money is the problem. But, this is an all-or-nothing situation. The community is very afraid they won’t do it right. If they don’t do it right, they will get backlash so just do it right the first time.” of units. He said the Historic Park City Alliance, which represents the interests of businesses in the Main Street core, supports the idea of additional residences in Old Town. Barille, meanwhile, said a walkway within the project should be open to the public. That, he said, would provide connections to the surrounding Old Town neighborhood and possibly PCMR. The project is seen as a crucial one as Mayor Andy Beerman and the City Council continue to press the housing efforts. The leaders have a goal of adding 800 units of housing deemed to be affordable or attainable by the end of 2026. Public projects and those the private sector are obligated to build will be counted toward the 800-unit goal. Workforce or otherwise affordable housing has long perplexed City Hall leaders, who have pursued housing for decades with varying degrees of success. Leaders over the years have seen the projects and other housing programs as critical in Park City’s resort-driven real estate market, the most expensive in the state. The backers say the housing reduces commuter traffic and adds socioeconomic diversity to Park City. Critics have questioned whether projects fit well with surrounding neighborhoods and whether the developments are too dense. The first phase of Woodside Park is under construction between Park Avenue and Woodside Avenue on the 1300 blocks of the streets. The first phase — four houses and four townhouses, with the townhouses each having an attached rental unit — is less ambitious than the designs for the second phase. tions ended up downstream at Richardson Flat. Park City was founded in the 19th century as a silver-mining camp, and the mining industry drove the economy through the middle of the 20th century. As the silver-mining industry collapsed, the rise of skiing led Park City out from economic disaster. The environmental legacy of the silver-mining industry, though, has hung over the community for decades, prompting long-running interest in Park City by the EPA. Summit County must make 461-acre choice Silver Creek land has environmental issues, complicating decision ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Summit County’s elected leaders are still weighing the pros and cons of purchasing 461 acres in lower Silver Creek, roughly a year after the $10.4 million purchase agreement was completed. The completion of the purchase agreement ended three years of negotiations among the County Council, the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District, the estate of Florence J. Gillmor and the Florence J. Gillmor Foundation. The property is adjacent to the Triangle Parcel, located east of the U.S. 40 and Interstate 80 interchange. But, a final decision to purchase the property, which the Environmental Protection Agency says is contaminated, has not been made. Negotiations have continued as county officials contemplate the liability of moving forward with the purchase. “We still haven’t closed on it yet,” said Tom Fisher, Summit County manager. “We are currently in the final throes of paperwork and evaluation.” Fisher was referring to ongoing discussions with the EPA, which considers the parcel a Superfund site. The EPA describes a Superfund as a contaminated site where hazardous waste has been dumped, left out in the open or otherwise improperly managed. Lower Silver Creek’s status is the result of contamination caused by mine tailings, which are damaging the watershed. “We are working all those right now, as well as the subdivision plats Continued from A-1 Taser use appropriate Deputies were summoned to the apartment because of a lease violation. While investigating that incident, deputies learned Patino-Perez had allegedly threatened his roommate with a hammer days earlier, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The report stated deputies tased Patino-Perez three times after he resisted arrest and kept reaching for his waistband. The probes from the taser only stuck to his jacket during the first deployment so deputies tased him again 10 seconds later as he continued to resist. A third deployment, five seconds later, enabled deputies to gain control of Patino-Perez’s arms and place handcuffs on him. The Patino-Perez report was more extensive than the Altamirano one. Wright said that is because the deputies’ initial reports from the Patino-Perez arrest did not provide enough information for Hemingway to make a determination of whether the use of force was appropriate. “He (Hemingway) gathered all the deputies involved in that incident and they dissected the incident,” he said. “They talked it through and discussed why they felt it was necessary to tase him three times. After doing that, he learned more details that were not in that have to happen before a closing,” Fisher said. “I believe you will see some type of public meeting about this within the next month. At that point we should be moving to closing rather soon.” However, Fisher said the county may choose not to buy the land. He said the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and the County Council still have to make a decision. The $10.4 million purchase includes a reduction of about $1.5 million, which the Florence Gillmor Foundation agreed to pay to the EPA for the site’s cleanup. The county was responsible for about $8.8 million, paid out of Basin open space funds. The monies are part of a $25 million bond Basin voters approved in 2014. Of the $25 million, about $15 million were earmarked for open space purchases. The EPA will have to hold a 30day comment period after the County Council makes a decision. Of the 461 acres, about 350 would remain as open space after a county purchase, along with the 112-acre Triangle Parcel. The Triangle Parcel was bought with the intent to develop. Recreational uses are also attached to the property as part of the agreement with the recreation district. The intent is for the property to serve as an extension of the Round Valley open space, with trail connections that extend across U.S. 40. “We were talking about having some portion, approximately 120 acres, to be held out as having potential for future development,” Fisher said. “It will most likely be used for county government or civic type uses. I don’t think we want to be any more specific at this point about that, but the rest of it will be open for public recreation just like other open spaces that have been purchased.” their initial reports and asked them to provide a supplemental report to provide those details. “We have to tell that story and we have to share that information,” he added. “We are obligated to do so. If they don’t provide that information or lie about it, there are some grave consequences.” The report of the Altamirano arrest included a two-page summary of what happened when he was tased. Deputies were originally called to provide medical assistance after an intoxicated man, later determined to be Altamirano, was seen on the ground foaming at the mouth. When the deputy arrived, Altamirano began punching his girlfriend, brother and his brother’s girlfriend. According to the report, the deputy removed his taser from the holster when Altamirano got up and began charging at the deputy. The deputy said he gave multiple commands for him to lay down and eventually deployed his taser after being threatened and unable to place Altamirano under arrest. Wright said the use of force reports and reviews are intended to provide accountability for the Sheriff’s Office. “We are making sure we are tracking what we are doing and everything we are doing is justified,” he said. “We know about the issues we see across the country where officers are called for their misuse of force. It happens. We know it happens. From an administrative level, if administrators are not really paying attention and keeping that accountability and constantly training and keeping officers and deputies sharp, that is where you get into trouble.” |