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Show A-4 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 16-19, 2019 The Park Record Land agreement approved SUNDAY NFL FOOTBALL EVERY SUNDAY STARTING AT 11AM ALL PIZZAS 1/2 PRICE 11AM - 4 PM WING SPECIALS & BLOODY MARY BAR 435.604.4016 | 2346 Park Avenue | ParkCityPeaks.com COURTESY OF UTAH OPEN LANDS Park City plans to acquire 5 acres of Snow Ranch Pasture, shown on the left of the map, as part of the overall Utah Open Lands efforts to protect the 20.44 acres from development. Park City voters provided funding for City Hall’s participation in the conservation agreement in a 2018 ballot measure that also provided the bulk of the funding for a separate conservation deal involving the Treasure acreage. Thaynes Canyon deal part of wider conservation effort JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Searching for new things to do? You don’t have to work this hard. Check out the calendar in Scene for local music, events and more! The Park City Council recently voted to acquire a 5-acre piece of land within Snow Ranch Pasture, part of the overall efforts to protect the Thaynes Canyon open space from development. The City Council voted to approve a purchase agreement with a firm called Armstrong Holdings, LLC. The 5 acres were priced at $3.55 million and represent approximately one-quarter of the 20.44-acre Snow Ranch Pasture. The rest of the land will remain with the owner, but the firm has agreed to set aside that acreage from development through an agreement with the not-for-profit Utah Open Lands. That organization reached a $6 million agreement in 2018 with two sides of the Armstrong family to protect the land from development. Park City contributed the $3.55 million to the overall price tag, raising the necessary funds through a ballot measure that provided the bulk of the funding for the unrelated City Hall acquisition of the Treasure acreage on a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift for $64 million. City Hall and Utah Open Lands have crafted an instrument known as a conservation easement that will outline the open space protections on the land. Utah Open Lands will eventually hold and enforce the conservation easement on the entire acreage. The conservation easement covers topics like the preservation of wildlife habitat, a right to build a cross-country skiing trail and a snowshoeing trail and the right to control noxious weeds. The conservation easement will also prohibit hunting and harassing wildlife as well as prohibiting roads and dumping. Utah Open Lands anticipates the conservation easement will be filed, or recorded, next week at the Summit County Recorder’s Office. Armstrong Holdings, LLC and Utah Open Lands are expected to draft a similar conservation easement to attach to the land that will remain with the firm. Utah Open Lands and City Hall wanted Snow Ranch Pasture protected for the scenic views toward Park City Mountain Resort and the wildlife habitat. Utah Open Lands previously calculated as many as 48 houses were possible on the land had a conservation deal not been reached. Vehicle fumes worrisome JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department last week responded to at least two cases involving complaints of idling vehicles, a practice that is prohibited in the community. In one of the cases, reported on Thursday, Nov. 7, a truck was reportedly in a location somewhere along Bonanza Drive for upward of two hours. The police were told “the fumes are flooding into Continued from A-3 Combat traffic the apartments.” The Police Department logged the case as a suspected violation of City Hall’s rules against idling. On Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1:04 p.m., a vehicle was reported to be idling for 15 minutes on Main Street. On Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 8:10 a.m., meanwhile, the police logged a case that may have involved idling on Meadows Drive. Public police logs also classified the case as a parking problem, though. Park City prohibits idling in most cases for longer than one minute. There are a series of exceptions to the one-minute limit, including if a vehicle is stuck in traffic, the health or safety of people inside necessitates idling and if idling is needed to repair or inspect a vehicle. There is also an exception to defrost windows. Park City enacted the idling prohibition as part of the municipal government’s wide-ranging environmental programs. The Police Department, though, regularly receives complaints about vehicle idling during the cold-weather months. the community needs to take equally dramatic action in addressing the broader systemic community wide inputs that contribute to congestion and impacts to Park City neighborhoods.” City Hall is attempting to craft plans to better manage traffic and circulation amid widespread complaints about the congestion as Park City enjoys a robust economy. The complaints stretch from the Main Street core to the state-highway entryways, making the related issues of traffic, circulation, parking and public transportation some of the most difficult at City Hall. Additional City Council discussions are expected in coming weeks. Reopening at 11:15am on Friday 11/15 Sorry for any inconvenience 1355 Lowell Ave., Park City, UT INTRODUCING NEW! 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