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Show A-4 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 6-9, 2019 Housing, wages concerning JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD Park City continues work on a phase of the municipal Woodside Park housing development in the northern reaches of Old Town. City Hall is pursuing an aggressive workforce or otherwise restricted housing program. A survey has found Parkites see affordable housing as the most important issue under the umbrella of social equity. 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Call us today for a free consultation: 801.326.9961 Parkites see the closely linked topics of housing affordability and low wages as the most important issues under the umbrella of social equity, a survey has found, results that are likely not surprising to many but illustrate the struggles of numerous people in the community nonetheless. The Park City Community Foundation, tapped by City Hall to assist with the social equity discussions, presented the preliminary results to Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council at a meeting on Thursday. The survey was not scientific and the results are based on 706 responses. The question focused on social equity issues is an especially important one since the elected officials in 2018 elevated the topic to a critical priority for the municipal government, a move that triggered City Hall to shift resources to the issue. According to the survey, approximately 29 percent of the respondents selected affordable housing as the most important social equity issue in Park City and surrounding Summit County. Another 15.1 percent selected low wages as the most important. The two issues are seen as related since the affordability of housing is in many ways directly tied to wages. Housing has challenged different rosters of Park City elected officials for more than 20 years as mayors and sets of City Councilors have pursued workforce or otherwise restricted projects. The broad concerns about housing availability persist even amid the municipal successes. Park City’s resort-driven real estate market, the most expensive in the state, has priced many rank-and-file workers out of the community. The housing difficulties lead to other issues like increased commuter traffic and reduced socioeconomic diversity, officials have long said. The mayor and City Council on Thursday did not spend extensive time on the responses to the question about the important issues under the social equity umbrella, but they are expected to address many of the topics in coming months as part of the overall discussions. Ollie Wilder, the community impact director of the Park City Community Foundation, said in an interview a foundation committee will review the results and assess potential steps that could be taken to address the topics. He said the survey attempts to gather information about Parkites’ experience in the community. The other issues identified as important under the umbrella of social equity included: • affordable and safe child care, at 9.6 percent • lack of feeling included, at 8.4 percent • access to health care, at 7.2 percent • racism, at 6.4 percent • senior services, at 4.2 percent • other, at 3.6 percent • access to sports and recreation, at 3.3 percent • early childhood education, 3 percent • religious discrimination, 2.9 percent • homophobia/transphobia/ biphobia, 2.3 percent • ability discrimination, 2.2 percent • ageism, 1.8 percent • gender discrimination, 1.1 percent Continued from A-3 STAYING OPEN FOR LOCALS! Nordic Center Staying Open Daily thru Sunday, April 14th We still have great snow and we’re sharing the LOVE with everyone in town! We’re extending the season for Nordic skiers! Come enjoy the good track conditions in the beautiful spring weather, daily from 9am – 3pm at White Pine Nordic Center. Plus, check out the great savings on our sale racks while you’re here!! 1541 Thaynes Canyon Dr, Park City 435.649.6249 Protect parks decision would then be put to the Park City voters as a ballot measure. At least 60 percent of the voters would be required to cast ballots in favor of a move involving the lands. There once was a similar protection attached to the City Hall-owned McPolin Farm. The additional protection is sometimes referred to as “super-zoning” to reflect the tightened process. The farm is now protected under a mechanism known as a conservation easement. “We are looking to put some additional measures in place to make it so that couldn’t happen,” Tate Shaw, the assistant recreation manager, said about the possibility of a sale or a change in the zoning, calling the lands under consideration “the iconic ones.” There has been occasional talk of tightened protections for the lands, but the current discussions appear to have more momentum. The Recreation Advisory Board will likely address the topic again followed by more talks by the City Council by the end of the summer. It is not clear when the elected officials will make a decision. The elected officials will likely support the efforts in broad terms, but there could be questions about whether additional protections could hamstring future sets of elected officials confronted with some sort of scenario that is inconceivable to today’s mayor and City Councilors. Each of the locations provides Parkites with a different sort of park or recreation experience. The Golf Club and TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Rotary Park provides a place for respite in Park City. There are rarely crowds at Rotary Park, on the edge of Thaynes Canyon. City Hall has listed Rotary Park as a candidate for added protection to ensure it is not developed someday. City Park are especially busy with organized sports while the other three offer respite within neighborhoods. Any discussion about additional protections for the Park City Golf Club would be especially noteworthy. The land underlying the Thaynes Canyon course would have great development potential, meaning that another layer of protection could win broad community support from people who want the acreage to remain a golf course. There have been at least two instances in the last six years involving ideas for City Hall to develop the golf course in some fashion. A City Hall-hired consultant in 2013 drafted a report that identified the golf course as it discussed potential locations for housing. The report indicated there was enough land for up to 450 homes. Five years later, in 2018, a Park City man who was vying for a seat on the Park City Planning Commission outlined an idea involving City Hall developing workforce or otherwise restricted housing on part of the course. Officials did not pursue either of the ideas. |