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Show C-1 B-1 IT IS A GOLDEN YEAR FOR ARTS FESTIVAL OLYMPIC PARK CREWS JUMP INTO ACTION MTN TOWN NEWS, A-17 FIND US ON FACEBOOK COLUMNS, A-20 THE VICE PRESIDENT MAKES A STOP IN ASPEN Follow the latest. “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ parkrecord for up-to-date news. TOM CLYDE WANTS PARK CITY TO ROLL OUT ROAD PLAN Park Record. The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Wasatch County town outlines controversial annexation borders ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record Hideout, a town just 10 years old, is looking to expand. For a municipality do so, the state requires it to create an annexation map with future boundaries. The small Wasatch County town near the Summit County border created such a map and included it in its first general plan, which was passed in April. But that map is turning some heads, as it would nearly triple the town’s size, includes Park City and Summit County holdings and encroaches on others, including Richardson Flat, Quinn’s Junction and Bonanza Flat. The proposed annexation boundaries are not a plan to take over that land. Instead, it provides the legal basis for landowners to approach Hideout to be annexed into the town, or for the town to initiate the process, Hideout Administrator Jan McCosh said. If the land is annexed into the town, Hideout would have final say on the land-use decisions, according to state law, which could threaten Summit County or Park City’s plans. That annexation is far from certain, as Summit County Manager Tom Fisher has written to Hideout that any annexation of county land would require the county’s approval. If county parcels are not removed from the proposal, the county will effectively veto any annexation requests of properties in Summit County, Fisher wrote. But if the annexation boundaries are approved, and annexations move forward, it could give the tiny, young town more than a seat at the table in land-use decisions: It could shift authority for whether and how to develop much of the land surrounding the northern portion of the Jordanelle Reservoir. Fisher met with his Park City counterpart, Diane Foster, and McCosh to discuss the issue, and he said they’re trying to arrange a meeting with elected officials from each municipality. Though the process was already restarted once, the map could be approved as early as Aug. 8. Fisher said it’s unclear whether that meeting would happen before then. In a June letter to the Town of Hideout, Fisher requested the town remove all Summit County land from the proposed annexation area. “It’s an important issue,” Fisher said in an interview. “Any area that’s in Summit County is of concern for the county.” Hideout relies solely on residential tax income except for one business, and it’s eyeing annexation as a path to future growth. Fisher noted much of the Summit County land in the proposed boundaries is zoned for one residence per 20, 40 or even 120 acres in the county’s general plan. The letter states the annexation Please see Town, A-14 3 sections • 42 pages Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-20 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-21 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-21 Restaurant Guide.................. A-19 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 27-30, 2019 Serving Summit County since 1880 A Hideout expansion plan alarms | Vol. 139 | No. 50 50¢ Candidate’s online trail veered right City Council hopeful pushed conspiracies on Twitter JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Chadwick Fairbanks III in the fall of 2016 was mounting a fringe campaign for the 1st Congressional District seat held by Rep. Rob Bishop, the Republican incumbent who had already enjoyed a string of lopsided election victories since 2002. It seemed it would be a difficult political season for Fairbanks, an unaffiliated candidate at the time who lacked name recognition and did not appear to have the campaign apparatus to compete in a district that stretches across a large swath of northern Utah. The incumbent had long ago fortified his position in the highly conservative district, and his reelection was expected. Peter Clemens, a Democrat, was on the ballot, as was Libertarian Craig Bowden. As the others stumped on traditional congressional campaign issues like the economy and health care, Fairbanks on some days instead seemed to be especially focused on the top of the ticket — the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton for the White House. Online postings by Fairbanks show someone who exhibited disdain toward the Democratic nominee and was intrigued by far-right ideology and conspiracy theories. On Oct. 26, 2016, during the crucial final two weeks of the campaign, Fairbanks made a pledge on his Twitter account, @Chadwick4Utah, describing one of his intentions should he claim an unlikely victory on Election Day. “If elected to the next Congress on NOV 8... I will personally Citizen’s Arrest @HillaryClinton JAN 3,” Fairbanks, who is currently competing for a seat on the Park City Council, said in a reply to a tweet by the actor James Woods. As the election of 2016 entered the final days, FairPlease see Online trail, A-2 PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Chadwick Fairbanks III speaks at the Summit County Republican convention in 2018 during a failed bid for the GOP nomination in the 1st Congressional District. Some of his online postings in 2016, amid an earlier unsuccessful congressional campaign, show someone who exhibited interest in far-right ideology and conspiracy theories. Fairbanks is now a Park City Council candidate. On the East Side, new town sought Cleated collision Landowners near Hoytsville want the flexibility to remake 1,100 acres ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City Soccer Club’s Jack Skidmore, left, collides with a Copper Mountain Soccer player during a matchup at Dozier Field during the annual Park City Extreme Cup soccer tournament Thursday. Copper Mountain bested Park City 1-0. About a dozen people gathered in a conference room at the Ledges Event Center one morning last week for what looked like a fairly typical board meeting. But the committee’s charge isn’t exactly typical; it might even be the first of its kind. Their purpose? To design a town. That town would be Cedar Crest, covering about 1,100 acres near Hoytsville. The committee members represented the 28 landowners who have pushed for flexibility to do more with their land in recent years, many of whom asked to be annexed into Coalville in 2017. It is separate from a failed 2018 effort to incorporate Hoytsville, which has a population of less than 1,000, as a town. Cedar Crest Overlay Committee spokesperson Mike Crittenden said the effort gets to the heart of an existential question for the East Side: As growth threatens the traditional lifestyle and property prices have skyrocketed, what opportunities are there for the next generation? Crittenden said the coalition came together when many locals were faced with a similar dilemma at around the same time. “People have families and the kids all move away,” he said. “Guys out here 70 years old are moving sprinkler pipe, dealing with animals, dealing with land. It gets to be ‘OK, the next generation isn’t interested in the lifestyle. What happens next?’” After county zoning changes in 2004 removed some flexibility for landowners, including at times the ability to subdivide their land for their kids, Crittenden said they were left looking for answers. Crittenden said they’d like to figure out a way to have an apartment their kids can move back to, for example. “Then, if they stick around and find some success, move to a duplex (or) townhome, then a single-family home,” he said. That’s not possible now, as the density is tightly controlled and land costs are unattainable for most young professionals. The effort to annex into Coalville failed, he said, and they started looking to a novel solution put forward by county land-use officials Please see New town, A-14 City Council field addresses road, housing The candidates cover broad issues in first appearance together JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The seven people vying for the Park City Council on Tuesday evening appeared together for the first time at an election forum, covering a broad range of topics like transportation and housing, in a cordial event that highlighted lots of agreement on the overarching campaign issues even as the candidates attempted to separate themselves with details. The Park City unit of the League of Women Voters hosted the forum at the Park City Library on the same day the Summit County Clerk’s Office sent the ballots in the vote-bymail City Council primary election. Voters will drop one candidate from a field of seven in the primary. All seven of the candidates appeared at the event. In one of the key questions, the candidates were asked about a controversial Utah Department of Transportation concept for a major redo of the S.R. 248 entryway as state transportation officials prepare for the expected growth in the area in coming decades. There is widespread concern in the community about the impact of the concept on traffic and safety. The future of S.R. 248 largely rests at the state level, Please see Candidates, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Park City Council field on Tuesday night addressed a wide range of issues as the candidates appeared together for the first time. The candidates covered topics like S.R. 248 and housing. There was lots of agreement on the overarching issues. VISITOR GUIDE Fresh produce and live music, every Wednesday The Park City Farmers Market will run from noon to 5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Silver King lot at Park City Mountain Resort. The market features fresh produce from local farmers and live music by local artists. 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