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Show A-4 Wed/Thurs/Fri, November 6-8, 2019 The Park Record 2-for-1 Dining GLITRETIND RESTAURANT at Stein Eriksen Lodge Reservations: (435) 645-6455 www.steinlodge.com/dining City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 15712 | Citynews@parkrecord.com Water damages businesses At least four places impacted after crew hits a main JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Valid now through 12/6/19 at Troll Hallen and Glitretind Restaurant. Cash not accepted. For dine-in only. Buy one entrée, get the second of equal or lesser value for free. 20% gratuity will be added to original amount. Excludes Sunday brunch. Must present coupon. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer, nightly special, or special event. DINNER NIGHTLY AT 5PM weekend live music join us in our lounge 25 OFF DINNER $ with the purchase of two entrees Please present this coupon to your server when ordering at Riverhorse on Main. Limit TWO dining certificates per group. | Not valid in conjunction with any other promotional offer. | Food must be consumed on premises. | A 20% service charge will be added to the bill before the discount. | Contracted parties not valid. Valid Through November 30th, 2019 540 Main Street, Park City RiverhorseParkCity.com 435-649-3536 Riverhorse on Main @riverhorseonmain A crew working on utilities in preparation for the construction of a municipal water-treatment plant hit a water main in late October, a Park City Public Utilities Department official said, acknowledging the break resulted in an increase in water pressure that, coupled with aging infrastructure, may have contributed to water damage in several nearby businesses. The incident occurred midafternoon on Oct. 31. A subcontractor tapped to perform the work associated with the new water-treatment plant struck the water main on or close to the 1800 block of Three Kings Drive. The businesses that were impacted are at the Resort Center, south of the Three Kings Drive location. Isaac Kershner, the water distribution manager for the Park City Public Utilities Department, described that a pressure-reducing valve, designed to provide additional water in the event it is required for firefighting purposes, opened once the crew hit the water main or shortly afterward. Once the valve opened, the water pressure increased, he said. The municipal and private-sector infrastructure at the location is “aging,” he said. “Too old to withstand the pressure increase,” Kershner said about the infrastructure. At least four businesses were apparently impacted. Images provided by the property owner showed standing water in one of the businesses and a muddied floor in another one of the businesses. One of the images showed a ventilation system used in cases of water damage. Trent Davis, the general partner of the firm that owns the commercial space in one of the buildings impacted, called Village Ventures, said the water damaged three commercial spaces. He said a sporting-goods store, a vacation club and a real estate office suffered damage. Each of the three spac- JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD Road barricades and caution tape were posted outside a building at the Resort Center in the vicinity of a water main break. A Park City Public Utilities Department official acknowledges the break resulted in an increase in water pressure that, coupled with aging infrastructure, may have contributed to water damage in several nearby businesses. es was closed early in the week, he said. “I feel real badly for these tenants,” Davis said, describing that the sporting-goods store was stocked with merchandise for the ski season. Images provided by Davis of the damage at the sporting-goods store showed standing water in what appeared to be a stockroom while an image of the real estate office showed the floor muddied. Davis noted the timing of the damage, saying Park City Mountain Resort is scheduled to open for the ski season shortly and the businesses “are having to deal with a flood.” He said there will be a “loss of revenue for them, potentially” and inventory was damaged at the sporting-goods store. He said people involved are “scrambling real hard” to reopen the spaces. A representative of the sport- ing-goods store declined to comment. A representative of the real estate office anticipates the location will reopen by the holidays. A sign on a restaurant that was impacted indicated it would be closed until Nov. 15 as a result of a “water line breakage.” The sign said “these issues are out of our control and we apologize for the inconvenience.” There were road barricades and caution tape outside a building in the vicinity of the break on Monday. The doors and pavement appeared to be dirtied from the break. Heavy machinery had dug several feet into the ground nearby. The damage at the Resort Center followed less than four months after another major waterworks break in Park City. A water main in Old Town broke in that case, sending a torrent onto Main Street and damaging several businesses. PoliCe Blotter Bicyclist asks for a hug while riding on the Rail Trail The Park City Police Department on Monday, Oct. 28 at 1:48 p.m. fielded a report of someone receiving a phone message indicating the person won $10,000 per week for the rest of their life. The call was logged on Woodside Avenue. The person wanted to talk to the police about the message. Other incidents reported to the Police Department last week included: On Sunday, Nov. 3 at 4:29 p.m., the police received a report that a man riding a bicycle on the Rail Trail asked someone — apparently the son of the person who contacted the police — for a hug. Public police logs did not provide details. The Police Department indicated the circumstances were suspicious. Three teens were reported to be throwing unspecified items at vehicles somewhere along Marsac Avenue at 2:40 p.m. The items were thrown from a window, the police were told. The driver of a ridesharing vehicle at 2:10 a.m. told the police customers left two cellphones and a wallet inside the vehicle. The case was logged at the Park Avenue police station, but it was not clear where the vehicle was when the items were left. The Police Department received two reports of suspected disorderly conduct in quick succession on Main Street, the first at 12:53 a.m. and the other one nine minutes later. Public police logs did not provide details about either of the cases. On Saturday, Nov. 2 at 11:46 p.m., a police officer stopped a driver at or close to the intersection of S.R. 224 and Meadows Drive, indicating the vehicle was traveling at 64 mph in a location where the posted speed limit is 45 mph. A suspected drunken driving case was logged somewhere along Park Avenue at 11:06 p.m. Public police logs did not provide details. A hit-and-run traffic accident was reported somewhere along Park Avenue at 8:46 p.m. The suspect’s vehicle is red, but public police logs did not provide details. An officer pulled over a driver at 8:17 p.m. at or close to the intersection of S.R. 224 and Holiday Ranch Loop Road, describing that the person did not pull over for an emergency vehicle. A water leak stretched for an unspecified number of days on Ontario Avenue, the police were told at 8:38 a.m. The person who contacted the police indicated the water that leaked froze. The Police Department indicated a utility issue caused the leak. On Friday, Nov. 1 at 10:50 p.m., a deer was reportedly seen somewhere along Park Avenue. An officer who responded did not find an animal, though. A woman reportedly might have had a fake identification on Main Street at 10:50 p.m. The person left, the police said. On Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7:05 p.m., the police received a report of people driving erratically in a parking lot at or close to the intersection of Empire Avenue and Silver King Drive. A hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on the roof level of the China Bridge garage at 4:56 p.m. The police were told there was an eyewitness, but public police logs did not provide de- tails about the accident or the damage. A police officer apparently nearly hit a vehicle while driving on the 900 block of Main Street at 3:12 p.m. The other driver made an “improper right turn” and did not yield to the officer’s vehicle, the police said. The other driver was stopped. A truck reportedly hit a cement support post somewhere along Woodside Avenue at 3:11 p.m. The post cracked, the police were told. Youngsters were reported to be throwing snowballs at buses on Kearns Boulevard at 2:49 p.m. The person who contacted the Police Department wanted officers to increase their patrols at the location, according to public police logs. A vehicle reportedly was traveling 60 mph in a location where the posted speed limit is significantly lower, possibly on Deer Valley Drive in the vicinity of the Old Town roundabout. The vehicle eventually left the road, the police were told. The case was logged at or close to the intersection of Deer Valley Drive and Bonanza Drive, north of the roundabout. On Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 2:38 p.m., a driver hit a rock on Iron Horse Drive, apparently in a parking lot. Public police logs did not provide details about the damage, but the driver needed assistance. On Monday, Oct. 28 at 9:49 p.m., a vehicle was reported to be idling the engine in the Sandridge lot in Old Town. It had been idling “for a while,” the police were told. The police at 12:25 p.m. were told that a “large chunk of metal” was blocking the northbound lane of Marsac Avenue. The Police Department indicated the metal created a traffic hazard. |