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Show A-8 Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 19-21, 2019 The Park Record meetingS and agendaS Core SampleS TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM By Jay Meehan Solstice uprising AGENDA SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL Wednesday, June 19, 2019 NOTICE is hereby given that the Summit County Council will meet in session Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 West Ute Blvd, Park City, UT 84098 (All times listed are general in nature, and are subject to change by the Council Chair) 12:35 PM Closed Session – Property acquisition (90 min) 2:05 PM – Move to auditorium 2:15 PM - Pledge of Allegiance 2:20 PM Convene as the Governing Board of Mountain Regional Water Special Service District 1) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-08MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-4-1); 2) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-09MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-4-2); 3) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-10MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-4-3); 4) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-11MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-4-4); 5) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-12MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-4-5); 6) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-13MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-2-41); 7) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-14MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-2-42-43); 8) Possible adoption of Resolution 2019-15MRW, Annexing Certain Real Property into the Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (SL-I-2-44); Scott Morrison and Marti Gee Dismiss as the Governing Board of Mountain Regional Water Special Service District 2:40 PM Consideration of Approval 1) Ratify the 2019 Auditor’s Certified Tax Rates pertaining to Summit County General Fund, Municipal Services Fund, Assessing & Collecting Fund, Summit County Service Area #5, Summit County Service Area #6, Summit County Service Area #8, Mosquito Abatement District, and Wildland Fire Service Area; Michael Howard 2) 2:50 PM - Approval of recommendations of the Summit County Recreation Arts and Parks (RAP Tax Cultural) Committee 3) 3:00 PM - Approval of recommendations of the Summit County Restaurant Tax Committee 4) 3:10 PM - Presentation of Proclamation 2019-13, a Proclamation Recognizing Steven Don Martin for 38 Years of Public Service to the Citizens of Summit County, Utah 5) 3:20 PM - Discussion and approval of Proclamation 2019-14, a Proclamation Recognizing Brent Ovard for 27 Years of Public Service to the Citizens of Summit County, Utah 6) 3:30 PM - Council Comments 7) 3:45 PM - Manager Comments 8) 3:55 PM - Council Minutes dated May 29, 2019, and June 5, 2019 9) 4:00 PM - Discussion and possible action regarding appeal of County Manager’s determination on The Trails at Jeremy Ranch (2 hours) 6:00 PM Public Input 6:30 PM - Public hearing regarding potential amendments to the Kimball Junction Neighborhood Plan, and possible approval of Ordinance No. 899 Amending the Snyderville Basin General Plan; Pat Putt One or more members of the County Council may attend by electronic means, including telephonically or by Skype. Such members may fully participate in the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the Sheldon Richins Building auditorium, 1885 W. Ute Blvd., Park City, Utah Individuals with questions, comments, or needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Annette Singleton at (435) 336-3025, (435) 615-3025 or (435) 783-4351 ext. 3025 ‘Gosh!’ Sundance sleeper hit ‘Napoleon’ turns 15 Producers look back on cult Jello Belt hit LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The cult comedy Napoleon Dynamite turns 15 years old this month, a milestone for a movie that became an early breakaway hit in today’s era of pop-culture geek celebration. The movie created the “Vote for Pedro” T-shirt and made Napoleon’s disgusted version of “gosh!” into a 2004 catchphrase. Made for just $400,000 by a group of recently graduated Brigham Young University film students, it would ultimately gross more than $46 million after its June 2004 release. A word-of-mouth hit before Twitter and Facebook took off, it was part of a handful of independent comedies that took off in the early 2000s. “Napoleon Dynamite” tells the story of its curly-headed, socially awkward title character who ultimately triumphs over the high school jocks and cheerleaders because of his quirks, rather than in spite of them. Its success added to a rising profile for the world’s unapologetic nerds at the beginning of a new wave of geek glory. “The Big Bang Theory,” would debut a few years later and become television’s top-rated sitcom, while comic book movies achieved box office dominance. The husband and wife team of Jared and Jerusha Hess mined true-to-life oddball high school moments, from a musical sign language club to puffy-sleeved dresses for school dances. There were also nods to rural life in the tiny city of Preston, Idaho, like the much-quoted line drawn from Napoleon’s mealtime call to the family llama: “Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner.” The combination struck comedic gold. “I think the legacy of the movie is how original it is,” said Glenn Williamson, an independent film producer and lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television. “I like to think something else like that would find an audience today, because I do think people respond to that authentic freshness.” Shot in just over three weeks, the movie made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival even though it was submitted before director Jared Hess thought it was ready. But producer Jeremy Coon said he knew they had something special from the first edit. “All of us were starving students coming out of school. A lot was riding on it,” said Coon, who borrowed the money to make the movie from his brother. Fox Searchlight snapped it up for nearly $5 million, a princely sum at the time. It started off relatively small in theaters, but with clever marketing and word of mouth, people kept coming back. Nearly three months after its release, it was still earning just as much money per theater, said Bruce Nash, founder and publisher of The Numbers, a movie industry tracking website. “You don’t really see that today,” he said. The popularity kept up even as it went to DVD. Most movies with similar longevity were meant to be serious awards contenders or were created by established writers and directors, he said. They also tend to be dramas. Among the few other comedies are “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” and “Juno,” all also released in the early 2000s. While those were low budget by Hollywood standards, none were on a “Napoleon Dynamite”-level shoestring. “It still really stands out even among the other films that had similar legs around the same time,” Nash said. It has a DIY aesthetic that reflects the way the movie was made: Napoleon’s signature puffy snow boots were two decades old and borrowed from an uncle. Almost all the costumes came from thrift stores, and they gathered extras for big scenes with the promise of a hot-dog boil. His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie’s climax was mostly unchoreographed. Jon Heder, who played Napoleon, went on to star with Will Ferrell in the comedy “Blades of Glory” in 2007 and in recent years has been doing TV and film voice work. The Hesses made “Nacho Libre” with Jack Black shortly after Napoleon Dynamite, and later Jerusha Hess directed the 2013 romantic comedy “Austenland.” Tina Majorino had a comeback with her role as Deb, and the onetime child star has since appeared in shows ranging from “Veronica Mars” to “Grey’s Anatomy.” The movie has also spawned a cartoon and, more recently, a comic book sequel. A “Vote for Pedro” shirt showed up on San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich in 2016, and actors from the teen drama “Riverdale” donned Halloween costumes based on the movie last year. Original fans of the picture are now old enough to have kids of their own, and it’s the kind of movie most parents wouldn’t blush at showing their kids, Coon said. “We always made the film that made us laugh, it wasn’t like we were setting out to make this movie for the masses,” he said. “Hopefully as new fans are born and can find the film, it can grow from there.” “In the most sophisticated way we can summon, we must return to the awe, and even fear, in which primitive man held the mysterious world about him… ” ~ J. V. Neel Something is definitely afoot in the redrock. As a community of geological magnitude, the mutterings of discontent between strata are getting harder and harder to ignore. All the way back to the Precambrian and up through the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic, the recognition of the most invasive species in planetary history is under discussion. It’s as if the rock senses what we are up to. From road construction to drilling rigs and bulldozers gouging its outermost layers, it knows it is under attack. And in alliance and allegiance with the sacred sites of its most indigenous life forms, there are indeed rumblings of self-preservation and, some might say, retribution. It matters not where we as the resistance roam about our deserts, the symptoms of rabid extraction are everywhere. And even as the rock tries desperately to get our attention, our responses appear unequal to the task. Hoodoo? You do! Do what? Speaking of hoodoos, it becomes more and more obvious as metaphorical mornings come and go that, while we sleep, they are up to something. It’s like they refuse to wait on our collective sense of outrage to respond in kind. In the heat of day, a growing number of them have even refused to provide shade. Across plateaus, mesas, buttes and the pockets between, sightings of the anomalous are on the increase. From Goblin Valley and the San Rafael Swell to Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon, the gorgeously eroded skin of this third rock from the sun is leaving us notes, messages in bottles, and caresses from breezes generated by the flutter of faraway butterfly wings. On the cusp of yet another summer solstice, we search for our own Stonehenge - a spot from which we supplicants might enter pleas for planetary justice. From Natural Bridges to Bears Ears and Comb Ridge, we have peeked under rugs and subsequently implored to the holy from just about everywhere. From the Gates of Ladore to The gorgeously eroded skin of this third rock from the sun is leaving us notes, messages in bottles, and caresses from breezes generated by the flutter of faraway butterfly wings.” the Confluence of the Green with the Colorado, save for skinned knees and full hearts, we come away with little but the seemingly untranslatable gospels of the cosmos. As far as the eye can see, from atop the Sky City of Acoma Pueblo to the summit of Mount Ellen of the Henry Mountains, we are left wanting. One would have thought going in that getting stuck under the brim of the iconic Mexican Hat itself might have brought additional epiphanies to the table. Of course, getting the newly acquired camera, a 35mm film SLR, up and down in one piece weighed more heavily at the time than one’s own safety or personal insights. You’d think this 4-and-a-halfbillion-year-old planet is also hip, by now, to the fact that our president, the current majordomo of planetary rape and pillage, is “hoping” his millions of followers don’t “force” him to extend his demagoguery beyond two terms. What we got here, folks, is the poster child for “delusions of grandeur.” The secret of how best to build a wall around him, of course, remains out there for us to discover. Many calls from the depths have grabbed us by the lapels and shook us both vigorously and continuously. We must learn to listen to their songs and feel their pain. The one that cried out with the most tone and timbre possessed the wooden-sign designation of “Devil’s Hole,” however. Aha! Now we’re getting somewhere. The fact that it’s a “National Wildlife Refuge” and is home to the only naturally occurring population of the endangered – so far – Devil’s Hole pupfish should provide sufficient irony to the equation. As Clemenza might whisper, “He swims with the pupfish.” Well, I suppose we all will sometime. And finally, to continue with the epigraph to “The Only World We’ve Got,” the Paul Shepard Reader that introduced this piece some dozen paragraphs back: “… and like him (primitive man) we must strive to live in harmony with the only biosphere that we can be certain will be occupied by our descendants.” So, strive away, you dissenters-at-large. Allow the rock access to your inner location, as it were. And remember, this dude is not a clown. Although many of his flock are unaware, an incarnation of evil is upon the land. Hoodoo? You do! Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and has been an observer, participant, and chronicler of the Park City and Wasatch County social and political scenes for more than 40 years. red Card robertS By Amy Roberts Tourism and turnstiles The respite is always short lived. Though this year, the break between winter’s crush of visitors and the looming summer vacationers has seemed to stretch out a bit longer. Perhaps that’s because winter lasted though Memorial Day and the skiers did not, or because we’re still covering our tomatoes at night in the middle of June, and the word ‘summer’ just doesn’t ring true quite yet. Despite this extension, our days of carefree left turns, short lines at the grocery store checkout counters, and crowd-free trails are very nearly over for the next few months. Tourist Season’s second half is about to kick off. The selfie-takers, the recreation-lovers, those who stand with dropped jaws — either due to the scenery or the lack of oxygen — they’ll arrive en masse any day now. And just like most of us when on vacation in a new town, they’ll be oblivious to our hustle and bustle and need for them to continue forward motion as we’re on our way to work, or to pick up the kids, or to meet a friend for lunch. A few years ago, I was caught in the middle of local self-importance and tourist lack of self-awareness when my sister was visiting. We saw a moose near a trail and stopped to admire it. Bikers behind us were upset by our two-person roadblock. “Haven’t you ever seen a moose before?!” one arrogantly hollered as he peddled by. The answer for my sister was no, she hadn’t. Caught up in her excitement, she got out her phone to take photos. I was caught up in her enthusiasm and didn’t usher her to the side as any frequent user of our trail system knows to do. It was an interesting place to be for me — stuck between wanting to flip off the biker for being a jerk and also fully understanding his frustration for being inconvenienced by an unaware novelty seeker. Every year, twice a year at least, right before both tourist seasons kick off in earnest, there are pleas in this paper, on social media and in social circles to be kinder, more patient and more aware. For the most part, I think we try. But often, there’s an inevitable and proverbial straw that derails the camel, leaving us to lament about the good old days, when the tourists were few and the trails were ours. Ironically, They were the days housing was cheap, but tourist dollars and the amenities they afford us were sparse.” those were also the days many of us got laid off from our jobs or only had a handful of months to make any money. They were the days housing was cheap, but tourist dollars and the amenities they afford us were rare. There’s no perfect answer. For the most part, this town depends on those tourism dollars, as do many of our jobs, the nonprofits we love, and open space we enjoy. Yet the scales have tipped a bit out of our favor in recent years, and locals are left to wonder who caters to them. Park City is not alone in this quandary. A number of tourist destinations around the world have taken meaningful measures to curb the negative impacts of tourism. Tanzania has issued a warning to travelers that plastic bags are now prohibited from being “imported, exported, man- ufactured, sold, stored, supplied and used in mainland Tanzania.” To avoid overcrowding, the mountain kingdom of Bhutan focuses on a low-volume, high-value strategy with a fixed pricing policy for each tourist to safeguard its rich cultural and natural heritage. In Belgium, Bruges has eliminated marketing campaigns for day trips. Amsterdam has followed suit, halting all advertising campaigns to focus on destination management rather than destination promotion. And just last week, Venice, Italy, announced day trippers will soon need to pay an entry fee of roughly $11 per person. Those who spend the night, along with residents and commuters, are exempt. The money goes towards security and maintenance programs that have traditionally fallen on the residents to fund. Like Park City, each of these locations relies on tourist dollars and has to balance its popularity with the environmental impacts, costs, and local frustration that comes with over tourism. Short visits strain overstretched infrastructure. Marco Gasparinetti, an environmental lawyer and spokesperson for an activist group in Venice, said, “For Venice to be enjoyed by tourists, the city also needs to exist as a place for everyday life.” The city’s resident population has declined from over 150,000 to roughly 53,000 in just five years, and those still moving in tend to be affluent. The middle class is all but gone. This all sounds a bit too familiar. Maybe it’s time to put turnstiles up at our entry points. Amy Roberts is a freelance writer, longtime Park City resident and the proud owner of two rescued Dalmatians, Stanley and Willis. Follow her on Twitter @ amycroberts. |