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Show A-4 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 8-11, 2020 Continued from A-3 A vision emerges ployers in Park City to participate in transportation hubs. Expand our hubs — employers have buses, there are coffee shops where commuters can wait for their employers bus. City should not be wholly on the financial hook for this.” • “Wise use of money, not just spending because we have it.” • “Economic/business diversification outside of tourism” • “More active senior center, expand the days available. Activities. More senior housing near the heart of the city.” • “More off snow/lack of snow reasons to be in town, like Sundance.” • “We should make a train to the Harry Potter World.” Park City Mountain Resort owner Vail Resorts was mentioned at least twice in the comments. One of the comments referring to the Colorado firm said: “Enact requirements for corporate and social responsibility to provide responsible production (ie Vail) to consumption.” The other one read: “Force Vail into COURTESY OF JAY HAMBURGER Parts of Lillehammer, Norway, one of Park City’s European mountain resort brethren and a former Winter Olympic city, are pedestrianized. There have long been scattered calls for Park City to pedestrianize Main Street, something that would be seen as following a European model. public/private partnerships to solve transit issues.” The person also said municipal development rules should be changed, apparently to require resorts to address seasonal housing for the workforce. The visioning efforts are the first for Park City since 2009. City Hall contracted a firm called Future iQ to lead the process. The work is scheduled to continue on Tuesday at the second part of the Park City Future Summit. It is slated from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Santy Auditorium at the Park City Library. The event is billed as a “community conversation about a bold future vision for Park City.” City Hall encourages people to take a bus, carpool or walk to the gathering. Contact Linda Jager, the community engagement manager at City Hall, for more information. She is reachable at 615-5189 or linda.jager@parkcity.org. Truck strikes a power pole Accident causes traffic disruptions in Old Town VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Summit County Fair Advisory Board The Summit County Manager is seeking individuals to fill seven vacancies on the Summit County Fair Advisory Board. The Board is responsible to plan, organize and promote activities at the fair. The Board meets as needed at 5:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month. Interested applicants must submit your online application at: https://www.summitcounty.org/806/Volunteer-Boards-Form For further information contact: Nancy Hooton 435-336-3042. Deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2020. JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A dump truck hit a power pole in the southern reaches of Old Town on Wednesday afternoon, the Park City Police Department said, resulting in significant traffic disruptions in the neighborhood. The Police Department in an online posting said the dump truck hit the pole at approximately 2:43 p.m. A pole early in the evening appeared to be damaged along Main Street close to the intersection with Daly Avenue and Hillside Avenue. The police said a Rocky Mountain Power crew was dispatched to the scene, indicating it was expected to “take into the night to repair the damage.” Nobody was injured, the police JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD A dump truck hit a power pole in Old Town on Wednesday afternoon. The accident caused significant traffic disruptions in the southern reaches of the neighborhood. said. There was a heavy presence of police and repair workers at the Main Street-Daly Avenue-Hillside Avenue intersection at 5:30 p.m. The intersection and nearby stretches of road were closed. Heavy machinery was trucked to the scene. One of the trucks also appeared to carry a replacement pole. The Police Department requested drivers take alternate routes to avoid the closure. |