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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 30-April 2, 2019 A-3 The Park Record City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 15711 | citynews@parkrecord.com Deal granted more time 2 FOR 1 ENT R ÉES Offer Valid Sunday March 31st - Thursday April 4th, 2019. Efforts continue to protect acreage in Thaynes Canyon JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Utah Open Lands has secured another three months to raise the funds needed for a conservation agreement involving Snow Ranch Pasture, a tract of land in Thaynes Canyon that City Hall also wants protected from development. Two branches of the Armstrong family on Monday granted an extension through June 30. The deadline had been Sunday. Utah Open Lands said early in the week the fundraising efforts were well short of the goal, necessitating the additional time. The agreement is set at $6 million. City Hall has pledged up to $3 million of the overall cost and will use funds from a successful $48 million ballot measure that provided the bulk of the monies for the municipal government’s acquisition of the Treasure land for conservation purposes. The organization has raised approximately $1.5 million, leaving the efforts short by upward of $1.5 million. Utah Open Lands says the land is valued at more than $16 million, meaning the two branches of the Armstrong family are subsidizing the agreement by upward of $10 million. Utah Open Lands is continuing the fundraising efforts focused on Snow Ranch Pasture, which encompasses 20 acres off Thaynes Canyon Drive close to the Park City Golf Club. Not valid with any other offers or promotions. Not valid on take out orders. Good with the purchase of a second, single item of equal or lesser value. Reservations are recommended. No separate checks. Please present coupon prior to ordering. A 20% service charge will be added to the bill before the discounted amount. as always we are OPEN to the PUBLIC 435-649-5900 | 1765 Sidewinder Drive | LespriPrime.com COURTESY OF UTAH OPEN LANDS Utah Open Lands is continuing a campaign to raise the funds needed to set aside Snow Ranch Pasture from development. The land is in Thaynes Canyon. The not-for-profit organization recently secured more time for the fundraising efforts. “The family’s always been willing to consider, if we’re making progress, (giving) us more time,” Wendy Fisher, the executive director of Utah Open Lands, said, adding, “The family’s been very supportive of it.” Fisher said the timing of the extension through June 30 is opportune, explaining that grant possibilities begin in early April and some grant requests will not be decided until early June. She said Utah Open Lands grant requests totaling approximately $900,000 are pending with unspecified local, state and regional foundations. Individual contributions are sought alongside those from foundations. Utah Open Lands, if successful, would secure a mechanism known as a conservation easement on the land. Under an easement, the land would remain with the owner, but the two branches of the Armstrong family would forgo development in perpetuity. Utah Open Lands has said up to 48 houses are possible on the acreage if it is not protected from development. Supporters want the land set aside for its scenic value and wildlife habitat. The extension until June 30 is the second time the date has been pushed back after an initial deadline of Dec. 15. A bobcat seen in Park City Animal carried off rabbit in vicinity of golf course JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department in March received a report of a bobcat sighting along a street that borders the Park City Golf Club on one side and is close to the Park City Mountain Resort terrain on the other side. The Police Department logged the report on Three Kings Drive at approximately 8 p.m. on March 24. The police were told the bobcat had a rabbit when it was seen. Public police logs did not provide details and the Police Department did not gather substantial additional information at the scene. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said an officer saw the bobcat run away as the officer arrived. The Police Department did not have details about a rabbit. A report of a bobcat sighting is unusual in Park City even as the police regularly field other wildlife cases. Another predator, the mountain lion, is reported to the police more often than bobcats. Please see Bobcat, A-4 Get the top local news stories delivered directly to your inbox with a new weekly email update from the Park Record! Sign up now at bit.ly/prrecordroundup |