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Show ELECTION DAY 2019! C-1 B-1 ORGANIZATIONS GROW WITH LIVE PC GIVE PC MINERS RUN OVER A PLAYOFF OPPONENT WAY WE WERE, A-9 Looking for election coverage? Visit parkrecord.com to see who won Park City Council seats and to find the results of other ballot items in the county. COLUMNS, A-10 THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE BEFORE MINERS ARRIVED AMY ROBERTS ONCE NUMBED AGONY WITH ACTIVITY Park Record. The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Superintendent’s house struck with a rock, prompting anger District says Gildea family was target amid criticism of use of taxpayer funds ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record A person threw a rock through the back kitchen window of the Park City School District superintendent’s home Friday amid what district officials decry as rising online and in-person vitriol directed at the schools chief. Neither the superintendent, Dr. Jill Gildea, nor anyone in her family were injured in the attack, which a district spokesperson said was “absolutely targeted” at the family. Gildea lives with her family in a Jeremy Ranch home that was purchased by the district in 2018. Gildea, through district spokesperson Melinda Colton, said in response to a Park Record inquiry that the attack left her feeling “disbelief, hurt, sadness and anger,” and worried about repercussions for her teenager who goes to school in the district. Summit County hears plans designed to bolster protections ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record Drinking water for millions of Utahns originates in the mountains of Summit County, and county officials have said protecting that resource is one of their highest priorities. On Monday, county officials heard two different plans to bolster water protection. But in both instances, they decided more work was needed to deliver on county goals. In the morning, the County Council approved a Wildfire Preparedness Plan, with the caveat that the plan does not deliver the tangible steps councilors are looking for to reduce the risk of a catastrophic fire in the county. In addition to imperiling life and property, wildfires pose a significant threat to water sources by inundating them with runoff like ash, soil and debris. In the evening, the Summit County Board of Health decided to delay a decision on a proposed ordinance to protect groundwater after hearing strong pushback from East Side agriculturalists that the rules as written would threaten their livelihoods. Both elected bodies committed to future work sessions to further the goals of protecting the county’s natural resources. In the special meeting that mornPlease see Fire seen, A-6 3 sections • 30 pages Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-10 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-11 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ..................................... C-9 Letters to the Editor ............. A-10 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 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 Wed/Thurs/Fri, November 6-8, 2019 Serving Summit County since 1880 Fire seen as a threat to area waters | She added that it has made her family feel unsafe. The incident occurred as online rhetoric has become increasingly aggressive criticizing the taxpayer-funded improvements to the home, according to district officials, and while the school district is grappling with a controversial teacher training program that has caused divisions in the community. District officials say that, in recent weeks, posts on the social-media website Nextdoor have targeted the superintendent for improvements being done to the district-owned home, with some commenters posting images of the home, others publishing its address and still others inviting the public to knock on the door and take a tour of the house because it’s a publicly owned building. The Park Record is not publishing the address of the home in light of the rock-throwing incident. The posts have asserted taxpayers are footing the bill for $200,000 in home improvements, including a heated driveway. Gildea said some commenters on Nextdoor said they would come to her house and Please see House, A-2 Vol. 139 | No. 79 50¢ This town’s for you TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Budweiser Clydesdale horses made a stop on Main Street on Saturday to mark a change in Utah’s alcohol regulations allowing stronger beer to be sold in the state’s grocery and convenience stores. The horses, which also appeared in Park City during the 2002 Winter Olympics, drew a large crowd to Main Street. City Hall writes in a plot twist to Sundance Officials design a plan for traffic involving possibility of one-way roads Festival organizers question whether municipal ideas would reduce the backups JAY HAMBURGER JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park Record City Hall on Monday outlined a dramatic set of ideas to manage traffic during the Sundance Film Festival in January, including turning a stretch of busy Park Avenue into a one-way street, making a tiny but strategically located street into a one-way road and restricting turns at certain locations. The measures are essentially designed to lessen the impact of the crush of cars that arrives in Old Town during Sundance annually. The worries about traffic and parking problems have seemed to steadily increase in recent years as Sundance has enjoyed a string of strong festivals. Traffic is at many times terrible across Park City during Sundance, particularly over the jammed opening weekend, but the backups and parking problems are especially pronounced in tightly packed Old Town. People who live in Old Town argue residential streets cannot accommodate the lines of vehicles headed to or from Main Street while there are also normally parking complaints in the neighborhood alongside those centered on traffic. The ideas Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council were presented will be among the most aggressive staffers have crafted over the years of talks about Sundance. In one particularly aggressive proposal, staffers recommend Park Avenue be turned into a one-way road in the northbound, or outbound, direction. Transit buses, though, would be allowed to travel in both directions. Municipal staffers are continuing to consider access options to Park Avenue for residents. In a report drafted in anticipation of a meeting on Thursday, staffers indicate City Hall would work with Sundance organizers and festival sponsors to Sundance Film Festival organizers have expressed concern about a City Hall idea to restrict traffic on Park Avenue during the January event, indicating in a letter sent to Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council the concept would have detrimental impacts on the broader road network and several festival venues. Park City staffers prepared a set of ideas to manage traffic during Sundance in anticipation of a City Council meeting on Thursday. It is not clear how detailed the discussion Thursday will be, and it seems likely more talks will be planned later. The letter from Sundance, though, broaches a series of topics that the elected officials and City Hall staffers could address as any plans are finalized. One of the key ideas outlined by City Hall calls for a stretch of Park Avenue to be turned into a one-way road northbound, the outbound direction. Transit buses would be allowed in both directions, though. The letter from Sundance to the elected officials, signed by Betsy Wallace, who is the managing director and chief financial officer, says there would be a series of categories of drivers needing permits Please see Traffic, A-2 Please see Sundance, A-2 PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City officials have crafted a variety of measures over the years to discourage traffic on residential streets in Old Town during the Sundance Film Festival. Officials in 2018 posted a sign close to the Park City Library as part of the overall traffic-fighting plans. City Hall is considering a dramatic set of ideas to manage traffic during the 2020 edition of Sundance. Day of giving benefits wide range of causes The annual fundraiser could again bring in millions of dollars SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Parkites will get a chance to show how much they appreciate their favorite nonprofits when the Park City Community Foundation’s Live PC Give PC donation floodgates open this year at 12 a.m. Friday for 24 hours of giving. The annual day of fundraising, which will celebrate its ninth year, shows how the foundation brings the community together to address various aspects that make Park City an ideal place to live, work and play, said Ollie Wilder, the foundation’s community impact director. Those themes, whether they deal with sustainability, arts and culture, sports, or education, are reflected in the 117 nonprofits that will benefit through Live PC Give PC, according to Wilder. Members of the public can donate to one or multiple nonprofits online by visiting livepcgivepc.org, or they can visit various donation stations that will be set up around town by the individual organizations, he said. The foundation’s goal for this year’s event is to recruit 5,000 donors. Last year, Live PC Give PC registered 4,790 donors on the day, and pulled in $2.4 million. “We were really impressed with the final results last year, partly because we shifted our focus,” Wilder said. “In the past we’d always put dollar goals out there, and we started to feel like that wasn’t the right Please see Giving day, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Park City Community Foundation is gearing up for the ninth-annual Live PC Give PC, scheduled for Friday. The organization has set a goal of getting 5,000 or more donors to contribute to local nonprofits during the 24-hour event. VISITOR GUIDE Appointments available at the Egyptian with Dr. Frank N. Furter The Ziegfeld Theater Company will present “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” for two weekends at the Egyptian Theatre. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is about Dr. Frank N. Furter and the newlyweds who stumble upon his castle. More: parkcityshows.com. |