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Show A-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 13-16, 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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No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Continued from A-1 Fair director hired 2013 and resigned in June, less than two months before this year’s fair next month. County Manager Tom Fisher said the county has dealt with that “little crisis” with the help of two of the organizers of the Park Silly Sunday Market, Kate McChesney and Michelle McDonald. The pair have helped run the fair for six years, Fisher said, but were officially placed under contract this year. Orgill said their experience has been invaluable and he “couldn’t do it without them.” Fisher also said English had done a “tremendous amount of work” setting the county up for success. Orgill agreed, saying the former event manager had already sent out some of the contracts for this year’s fair and had organized helpful paperwork and information about the budget. Managing the fair is largely an administrative task, Orgill explained, and entails making sure all the contracts are written and signed and committees are in place to run events like the Little Buckaroo Rodeo and the Miss Summit County pageant. “You’ve got your iron in a lot of fires right now,” he said. Continued from A-1 Protections considered preserving water quality and preventing catastrophic wildfires — while avoiding the costly and arduous proposition of passing legislation through Congress. Young and planner Sean Lewis told the Council they had met with stakeholder groups including federal agencies that manage land in the county to see what would help them most, Instead of a federal legislative push, they requested a $10 million to $12 million annual budget to address forest issues. Young said in an interview the High Uintas area has been referred to as the “asbestos” forest because of its potential for a catastrophic fire after years of fire suppression have left it loaded with burnable fuel. If a fire were to happen, the erosion, mudslides and debris flows would threaten a critical water source for many Utahns, Young said, and the county broaching the idea of pursuing federal legislation is a part of a yearslong effort to find solutions. She said that would almost certainly involve hiring a federal lobbyist, a potentially costly proposition. Young declined to estimate how much that would cost, saying she’d asked for but hadn’t received an estimate. That expert would determine specific strategies, but Young said one pathway could be targeting the federal infrastructure bill, known as the “highway bill,” which may include more funding for natural infrastructure. He also has to be something of an expert in everything that happens at the fair, a big ask considering the events range from a rodeo to a fine arts show. Fisher said one of the things that make Orgill qualified for the job was his “familiarity with everything that goes on around (the fair.)” “(He) anticipates what needs to be done, remembers from past years what needs to be done and interacts with vendors and volunteers extremely well,” he said. “He’s extremely valuable to the fair.” Orgill describes the job as being the fair’s “control center.” “If they have questions they talk to me,” he said. “If people call in and ask what’s required for the fine arts show, (I have to be able to tell them) their displays can only be 48 inches long, two per artist, where we’re taking submissions.” Fisher said Orgill was hired on a two-year contract and the county has yet to decide how to dole out the balance of English’s job responsibilities, which included managing all of the county’s special events and film permitting. When it comes time to fill English’s full-time position, the county will have to open it up to outside candidates. Though Orgill said he could see his role with the county growing into a career, for now he’s concentrating on coordinating the County Fair. “To have the opportunity to run the Summit County Fair and to be running it with Kate McChesney and Michelle McDonald is truly an honor,” he said. This year, Young said, staff will continue talks with the 2015 coalition, which included public and private landowners, wilderness and watershed experts, land managers and ranchers. She said they would look to expand the group to include other stakeholders, attempt to clearly define the problem and determine specific goals and what they’d ask for from the federal and state governments. She framed it as an opportunity to start a conversation that might bear fruit later, including a possible future push for legislation. “We may not be successful getting funding this year, but starting lobbying efforts and beating that drum would probably be helpful next year,” she told the Council. The county withdrew its support from a failed 2015 Public Lands Initiative bill after it changed dramatically in U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop’s office, and engaged with representatives from Bishop’s office again in 2017 before another bill also fizzled. A 2019 effort did pass through Congress, but without the provisions Summit County had requested in previous cycles. The Natural Resources Management Act, which President Trump signed in March, included the Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018, which took a decade of dedicated staff time, lobbying, trips to Washington, help from Bishop and last-minute favors called in by retiring U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Young said. Some of the goals from the 2015 effort would apparently require federal legislation, including creating a new federal land designation for watershed protection. The 2015 coalition also recommended significantly expanding the wilderness areas in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, which would afford them greater protections. Correction Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday An article titled “Clinic awarded grant” in the July 10-12 edition of The Park Record incorrectly stated Big Brothers Big Sisters Utah was a runner-up for the Park City Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Fund 2019 impact grant. PC Tots, a nonprofit that offers affordable child care, was one of the three finalists for the grant. 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 Continued from A-1 Water main breaks team to the scene. Some of the responders formed a sandbag chain, tossing them to one another as they placed them in front of several businesses. Others deployed a fire hose filled with water as a diversionary tool, directing some of the flood away from the buildings. The sandbags were put on both sides of Main Street, highlighting how far the water spread as it moved downhill from Park Avenue. The Police Department closed much of Main Street to traffic. The emergency vehicles occupied positions uphill and downhill from the break. The section of street remained closed past midnight. Onlookers exited Main Street nightclubs to watch the water flow down the street, expressing amazement with what was unfolding on the shopping, dining and entertainment strip. The Police Department in an online posting said emergency responders initially arrived to the report of a line break. But shortly after arriving, the “break erupted,” the police said, and the water flowed onto Trapper’s Way and then onto Main Street itself. High-level City Hall staffers like Police Chief Wade Carpenter, emergency program manager Mike McComb and Public Utilities Director Clint McAffee were at the scene alongside the emergency responders and waterworks crews. McAffee said the response was made more complicated as a result of roadwork at the location earlier in the day. He said road repairs unrelated to the waterworks system were underway in the hours before the break. The crew that repaired the road covered the valve that provides access to the underground waterworks infrastructure with asphalt with the intention of putting in an opening in the asphalt at the location within a few days, which is standard scheduling for that sort of work. Continued from A-1 Torrent leaves mess “It was kind of bizarre, for sure, to have that kind of water running down the street,” he said. McMillen said the storage room is outfitted with a drain in the floor. Much of the water left through the drain, he said, explaining that without the drain the damage would have been “catastrophic.” McMillen Fine Art Photography opened for regular hours on Friday. The damage at 501 on Main was not as serious as what occurred at the gallery storage room. Paul Marsh, the 501 on Main owner, credited the emergency responders for their work in protecting the businesses from the water. He said he was “very impressed.” “We ended up with minimal damage based upon the effort” of the emergency responders, he said. Marsh said the Police Department contacted him about the water main break. He arrived at the restaurant to find up to two feet of water outside the building. There was no damage The asphalt layer hindered the ability of the waterworks crew to shut off the flow. With the water still rushing out, the workers used a jackhammer to pound through the asphalt to get to the tubular valve box several inches below the surface. The workers eventually reached the valve box, and the flow of water onto Main Street fell slowly before it was ultimately stopped. McAffee said the roadwork likely damaged the valve, which, according to McAffee, was probably in poor condition beforehand based on the age of the infrastructure at that location. He described the incident as a “major break” and said it is one of the worst in his nearly 10 years with the municipal government. Officials did not immediately provide an estimate of the amount of water that was lost. City Hall cleanup crews were on Main Street by 8 a.m. on Friday removing rocks, dirt and other debris. The repairs and cleanup are expected to be completed by the middle of the week. The cleanup crews used heavy machinery to remove rocks, dirt and mud deposited by the water. Workers manually swept sections of Main Street while a street sweeper slowly moved through the scene to remove the remaining dirt and dust. Water service was briefly interrupted to two houses on Park Avenue while one Main Street building lost water service through at least midmorning on Friday. The rushing water caused an inward collapse of a section of Park Avenue at the Trapper’s Way intersection, creating a sinkhole-like depression in the road. The depression was approximately 4 feet deep, up to 10 feet wide and stretched across the full width of Park Avenue. The Public Utilities Department on Friday morning, meanwhile, responded to a second waterworks break in the same vicinity of the one Thursday night. McAffee said the problem occurred at 10:30 a.m. on Park Avenue, as the crews continued the cleanup from the night before. McAffee said the incident on Friday occurred when crews were preparing for repair work on the damaged valve that caused the problem on Thursday night. He explained the crew was isolating a valve to allow the repair work when the valve that was used for the isolation broke, resulting in another outflow of water. inside, he said. “We have a mess to clean up, but no significant damage,” Marsh said. He said 501 on Main delayed opening on Friday until water service was fully restored. The emergency responders on Thursday night put sandbags outside businesses that were close to the location of the water flow. Many of the businesses were closed by the time of the worst of the water outflow. Some people at bars and nightclubs went outside to watch the scene unfold and snap photographs. It was not immediately clear if other businesses suffered damage. The emergency responders deflected some of the water away from the Main Street buildings with a fire hose filled with water that acted as a diversionary tool. It is expected to be a busy weekend on Main Street with temperatures forecasted in the 80s. The temperatures in the Salt Lake Valley could reach toward triple digits, though, something that oftentimes results in larger crowds in Park City as people in the valley escape to the higher elevations. The Park Silly Sunday Market on Sunday will likely be the biggest draw. Cleanup crews were on Main Street Friday morning sweeping away dirt and mud that flowed downhill from Trapper’s Way. Officials anticipated the cleanup and the repairs would be completed by the middle of the week. |