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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 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Continued from A-1 Project vote delayed a special meeting Nov. 4 to address the concerns and potentially forward a recommendation to the City Council. That meeting will not feature a public hearing, though the City Council will hold a public hearing before voting on the plan. The sticking point that appeared to convince commissioners to delay a decision related to legacy property rights that allow farmers to herd cattle up through the proposed site to grazing areas uphill. The developer’s representative, consultant Eric Langvardt, told the Commission that the right-of-way for an access road had been preserved and the plan was to move the road and improve it. He described paving the road and a potential bike lane as a community benefit. But a rancher in the audience described how he moves cattle up the current right-of-way, which he said would take the animals right through the flower gardens of the proposed million-dollar second homes. Commissioners also wanted answers about responsibilities for fencing off the property to protect it from the grazing animals. The city’s project manager, Don Sargent, told commissioners he and staffers would be able to answer questions about those and other issues in time for the November meeting. In July, commissioners were told the project’s first, 102-home phase would be served by a new water well, with second and third wells contemplated once it reached full build-out. Monday, commissioners heard the developers planned to purchase excess capacity in the city’s water system for the first phase. The rest of the development would be served by future wells. The developers would pay for both the water and the infrastructure to connect to it. To irrigate the golf course, Wohali plans to create a diversion system from the Weber River and an on-site storage facility. The city has around 300 acrefeet on reserve with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy, Mayor Trever Johnson told the Commission. The plan is to sell 190 acre-feet of that reserve to the developers to use for the golf course. An acre-foot is equal to more than 325,000 gallons of water. The mayor explained that the 110 Continued from A-1 Tunnel challenging lays caused by the weather and what is described as “contractor commitment.” The tunnel is under construction adjacent to the Kearns Boulevard-Cooke Drive intersection and is designed to replace a crosswalk at the location. The project is part of City Hall’s long-running efforts to provide pedestrian-bicyclists routes as an alternative for people who would otherwise drive. It is located close to the Park City School District campus, and it is anticipated students will heavily use the tunnel. The project has been blamed for exacerbating the traffic backups on the S.R. 248 entryway, already one of the Park City area’s worst chokepoints. The Park City Police Department has stepped up its patrols in the area around the work zone. Stapp said the crew is currently constructing the retaining wall on the south 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 acre-feet kept in reserve is “way beyond” what is thought necessary to fill the city’s needs for the next 20 years. Planning Commission Chair Linda Vernon said city officials once had similar confidence in the capabilities of the sewer system, but its life has is looking to be shorter than anticipated. Johnson added the city pays a lower reservation rate than if those rights were converted to water, and that the developers would pay in a higher tier. Under the proposed agreement, Wohali would pay to construct the water-diversion infrastructure, which would be on the banks of the river within city limits, according to city documents. Commissioner Tonja Hanson asked the developers whether it was wise to use culinary water to landscape the second homes. Jim Boyden, a Wohali representative, said the higher cost might dissuade owners from using excess amounts of water and that the landscaping plans aren’t water-intensive and call for minimal landscaping and a natural feel. He added that using culinary water for landscaping would allow the developers to avoid building a dedicated secondary water system. The concept plan for the 700-unit Wohali development on Coalville’s west side includes amenities like two golf courses, a spa, a lodge, a splash pad and seven miles of trails. Unlike other area second-home communities, the amenities would be open to the public, according to the developer. This first phase includes 102 homes, one golf course and slightly more than five miles of trails. Four people spoke during the public hearing, with one speaking in favor of the development. That person identified himself as a local contractor and said the development would be good for business. He said he couldn’t count the number of contractors that are employed in similar developments around the county, and that workers would stop in town to buy fuel and food. Resident Denise Smith said, for her, it all comes down to water. “Water’s finite,” she said. “If we have a drought, who gets water first?” She questioned whether increased human activity near the city’s water source could cause pollution and requested further studies. A rancher who said he had issues with the development and described himself as having been concerned with water rights for decades requested the Planning Commission require the development to create a secondary water system. The Planning Commission is expected to render a recommendation at its Nov. 4 meeting. The City Council could take up the issue as early as mid-November. side for the tunnel’s ramp. The south side of the project must also be backfilled, he said. Other work on that side of the tunnel that must still be completed includes the finishing of the sidewalks and railings and the installation of solar panels. Landscaping and electrical work is also pending, he said. The work was initially scheduled to be completed on Aug. 30, a date that roughly coincided with the start of the school year for the Park City School District. City Hall says the work is now expected to be substantially completed during the week of Nov. 18. Stapp said the substantial completion date is targeted to be by Nov. 22. He said the traffic situation will remain largely as it’s been until the project is completed. The temporary stoplight on Kearns Boulevard in the work zone will be kept in place until substantial completion is reached, Stapp said. Stapp acknowledged it was “unrealistic” to set a completion date of Aug. 30. The project was forecast to cost $3.8 million. The actual figure will potentially rise, City Hall has said, as a result of the issues during construction. Officials plan to negotiate with Stapp Construction after the project is completed regarding liquidated damages of $1,500 per day from the Aug. 30 deadline. Patrols increased on Park City entryway Police officers enforce the lower speed limit on S.R. 224 JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department has increased speeding enforcement along the S.R. 224 entryway in the approximately two weeks since the Utah Department of Transportation reduced the speed limit on the state highway. The Police Department is one of the law enforcement agencies that patrols S.R. 224 as it passes the McPolin Farm into the Park City limits. State transportation officials earlier in October reduced the speed limit on an approximately onemile stretch of the road from 55 mph to 45 mph. The 45 mph speed limit matches the limit on sections of S.R. 224 north and south of the stretch of road that was impacted by the change. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the agency has “stepped up our enforcement efforts” on S.R. 224 as a result of the change in the speed limit. He said, though, the department by early in the week had not compiled data regarding traffic stops for speeding on S.R. 224, Continued from A-1 Housing for staff needed rate, locked-off bedrooms. There would also be communal gathering spaces and bike and ski storage. The plan has yet to come before the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission. Madacsi is optimistic it will pass muster and the organization can start pulling building permits in the spring. The goal is to have the first employees start moving in during the early summer of 2022, with 50% occupancy in time for the 2022-2023 winter season. Canyons Village Management Association has partnered with Columbus Pacific to develop the project. That’s the same firm that’s behind the Pendry Hotel and Apex Park City Residences at Canyons Village. Plans also call for townhomes for mid-level managers, an adjacent commercial site envisioned as a grocery store or other support business, a site for a future building big enough to house hundreds more workers and a shuttle service to carry employees around the Canyons Village area. Parking requirements are based on the number of units, and plans call for 145 parking spots, or roughly one for every eight residents. There are 789 bedrooms, meaning many would be shared. The original development agreement was signed 20 years ago and negotiated Continued from A-1 Offers made such as the number of speeding stops, the speed of the vehicles pulled over and the ratio of tickets to warnings that were issued. The Police Department many times issues warnings instead of tickets at the outset of some sort of change in traffic rules, such as a newly altered speed limit. Kirk also said the Police Department’s traffic patrols remain focused on neighborhoods rather than the S.R. 224 entryway. Although there are regular complaints about speeding vehicles on S.R. 224, there are also long-running concerns about traffic violations like speeding in Park City neighborhoods. He noted the Utah Highway Patrol also has jurisdiction over S.R. 224 to enforce the lower speed limit. The Park Record was unable to contact a Utah Highway Patrol representative for comment. The Department of Transportation reduced the speed limit after talks with City Hall officials. There was concern about traffic accidents involving wildlife. The stretch of state highway runs through wildlife-rich land, with the open space of the farm and other acreage offering habitat. Deer, moose and elk are regularly seen along the entryway, Officials say the reduced speed limit provides drivers more time to react should there be an animal on the road. under the county’s Specially Planned Area process. County staffers have described that process as relying more on negotiation than the proposed Master Planned Development process. One key of the proposed process is it places emphasis on community benefits like transit connectivity and affordable housing from the beginning of the approval process, staffers have said. The 1999 plan required the organization now called Canyons Village Management Association to release updated workforce housing numbers when the development was 25 percent built out. Those numbers were released in 2016. One-third of the housing was required to be complete by the time the development was one-third built out. Madacsi said Canyons Village hit 31 percent build-out just recently. He characterized the new agreement, which was signed last year, as front-loading the employee housing obligation. That agreement also called for green building standards, housing for more than 1,100 employees, deed restrictions and transit connections, among other provisions. The land the project would be built on is owned by Summit County and would be leased to the association for 20 years, at which point the association would take ownership. It will pay taxes on the improvements. Madacsi called the application “a huge milestone for the (association).” “It’s been a long time in the making — a lot of work has gone into this,” he said. “We’re excited, we couldn’t be happier it’s occurring, especially on the location.” The Park City area hosted upward of half of the competitions during the Olympics while Main Street was one of the region’s top celebration zones. A real estate project manager for the church, Ric Horgan, said in August the building “served its purpose well during the Olympics.” The Family Tree Center offered a location for the church to promote its genealogy program and missionaries were available. Correction An article in the Oct. 19-22 edition of The Park Record titled “School District accused of LGBTQ indoctrination” incorrectly stated the length of the “Embracing Family Diversity” training Trailside teachers received. It was two-and-a-half hours, according to Holly Bell, a Utah State Board of Education official who conducted the training. |