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Show C-1 B-1 PC TALKS ABOUT A WOMEN’S NIGHT OUT OVER AND OUT: PCMR READIES A NEW LIFT MOUNTAIN TOWN NEWS, A-23 Th COLUMNS, A-24 IT’S STILL SNOWING IN THE WEST e Park Record. 2019 VOTING ENDS NEXT WEEK The Park Record’s annual quest to find the best of the best ends May 31. Vote at parkrecord.com/parkcitysbest NOTHING NORMAL HAPPENS AT 4 A.M., TERI ORR SAYS 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 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 25-28, 2019 Serving Summit County since 1880 Vol. 139 | No. 32 50¢ Bend toward summer Park City readies honor for crew of bomber crash Memorial Day ceremony will recall victims of a 1941 accident in Park City SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD East Canyon Creek flows through a patch of preserved open space on the north side of Interstate 80 near Glenwild Thursday evening. The snowmelt and recent rainfall have filled streams in Summit County, though officials said earlier this month that the flooding risk was not expected to be dire based on a forecast through May of “near-perfect” runoff conditions. Sundance impacts ‘extreme’ Traffic was terrible as drivers converged on city, officials told JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record One resident of Old Town during the Sundance Film Festival in January recalls more than 5,000 vehicles each day on a tiny neighborhood street during the jammed opening weekend. Flaggers shouted as they attempted to control the traffic on Hillside Avenue, the person wrote to City Hall recently as officials prepare to review the operations of the 2019 edition of Sundance, by a wide margin the largest special event on Park City’s calendar. City Hall released the correspondence and others from the public in anticipation of a Park City Council discussion about Sundance scheduled on Wednesday. Park City leaders and officials from Sundance are expected to address a range of issues. It seems likely the traffic in Old Town will be discussed even though more detailed talks about the topic would be expected later. City Hall and Sundance annually review operations of the preceding festival as well as consider modifications to the operations for the next one. The person who wrote about the 5,000-plus vehicles said the “conditions were extreme this year and made worse by the circulating phenomenon of of (sic) looky-loos Lyft, Uber, etc.” The correspondence also suggested the possibility of a permitting system for drivers headed to Old Town that would involve checkpoints prior to a driver Please see Fest, A-2 3 sections • 48 pages Classifieds .............................. C-9 Columns ............................... A-24 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-25 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-13 Letters to the Editor ............. A-25 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 Park City will continue its tradition of presenting annual Memorial Day celebration at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27, at Park City Cemetery on Kearns Boulevard. The event will start off by honoring the men and women who died while fighting for the United States with a ceremony at 9 a.m. presented by American Legion Post 14. Members of the Summit County Sheriff’s Office honor guard will present the flag. Another member will play bagpipes, and another will play “Taps” on a bugle, according to historian Steve Leatham, who, along with fellow historian David Nich- PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO A color guard presents the United States flag during last year’s Memorial Day service at the Park City Cemetery. oilas, will also pay tribute to a B-18 bomber that crashed into Iron Mountain on Nov. 17, 1941. Their tribute, which will follow the presentation of the flag, will focus on the plane Please see Crew, A-2 Housing approved amid a hypocrisy claim City Hall secures votes for a major Old Town development as criticism continues JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a City Hall workforce or otherwise restricted housing development slated for the northern reaches of Old Town, siding with the municipal government in a disputed project that drew accolades from those who support the aggressive housing efforts but criticism from people concerned about the size of the proposal in the tightly packed neighborhood. The panel cast three votes in favor of the second phase of Woodside Park housing. One of the votes dealt with an application for a master-planned development, which are usually larger and more complex projects, while another one centered on a conditional-use permit, which outlines the measures designed to address the potential impacts of a development. The third one was a recommendation to the Park City Council in favor of a plat amendment that is required before the development can proceed. The vote on the plat amendment was unanimous A concerned nearby homeowner weighs whether to appeal the Woodside Park decision while the other two were 5-1 with Planning Commissioner Laura Suesser dissenting in each case. Suesser indicated the proposal entails a development that she sees as too large for the location, saying the second phase of Woodside Park is “too dense.” The Planning Commission cast the vote after lengthy discussion and a hearing that lasted approximately one hour as supporters and opponents outlined their positions. The Planning Commissioners who supported the project provided a variety of explanations, including what they see as the value of a project like the second phase of Woodside Park. John Kenworthy, a Planning Commissioner, said there are “good causes” that outweigh the concerns about the project. He said the development will serve the Park City business community by providing a pool of employees. John Phillips, another member of the Planning Commission, said a project the size of the second phase of Woodside Park fits in the location. Planning Commissioner Sarah Hall suggested the possibility of a bus stop on Park Avenue outside the project, something Park City officials continue to discuss. The project involves 58 units in a combination of townhouses and condominiums stretching through the 1300 blocks of Empire Avenue, Woodside Avenue and Norfolk Avenue. Park City officials intend to price most of the units at levels deemed to be af- A critic of a City Hall workforce or otherwise affordable housing project in Old Town said he is considering an appeal of the Park City Planning Commission’s approval of the development. Doug Lee indicated shortly after the Planning Commission vote on Wednesday he would weigh whether to file an appeal. He did not provide details. Lee’s family owns a house on Empire Avenue close to the location where City Hall wants to build a second phase of Woodside Park housing. The project involves 58 units — a combination of townhouses and condominiums — stretching across the 1300 blocks of Empire Avenue, Woodside Avenue and Norfolk Avenue. The Planning Commission on Wednesday cast three votes in favor of the project — two of them outright approvals and the third a positive recommendation to the Park City Council. Lee testified at the meeting on Wednesday, describing Please see Housing, A-6 Please see Appeal, A-6 JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Big winter lifted Utah ski industry to record Skier days in the state topped the 5 million mark for first time JAMES HOYT The Park Record Ski Utah now has the numbers to confirm what many Parkites already knew: This past ski season was one for the ages. In its annual season-end report Wednesday, the organization said that skier days for the 2018-19 season topped 5.1 million overall across the state, shattering the previous record and marking a 24 percent increase over the 2017-18 season. Nate Rafferty, Ski Utah CEO, said at a press conference Wednesday at the organization’s Salt Lake City headquarters that the strong year could be chalked up primarily to the bountiful snow that the Wasatch received over the season, with multi-resort passes like the Epic Pass and the new Ikon Pass also providing a boost. “We have a saying in the ski industry: ‘It’s the snow, stupid,’ when we all sit around and think we’re the most brilliant marketers and have got it all figured out,” Rafferty said. “When we GRAPHIC BY BEN OLSON/PARK RECORD see snowfall like we did this year, the visits are going to (increase).” Snowbird Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon led the state in snowfall with 683 inches as of May 20, which Ski Utah illustrated as, on a scale of Andre the Giant to King Kong, coming close to the height of the king of the apes (Assuming a height of 720 inches for King Kong). A consistent barrage of snowstorms provided a stark contrast to the paltry powder totals of 2017-18, which were Utah’s lowest since the 1970s. Deer Valley Resort spokesperson Emily Summers wrote in an email that the resort reported a 14.5 percent increase in skier visits over the previous season VISITOR GUIDE A ‘Happy’ event scheduled at the Park City Library as a result. While the Ikon Pass contributed to Deer Valley’s strong totals this winter, Summers echoed Rafferty’s statement that snowfall was the primary driver of the successful ski season, saying that the resort reported fresh snow on more Please see Ski industry, A-2 CONNECT Summit County’s Brainstorm Film Festival will present a screening of Roko Belic’s documentary “Happy” on May 29, at the Park City Library. The film explores human happiness through interviews with people from 14 countries. More: connectsummitcounty.org. |