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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Continued from A-1 Mural is vandalized a prepared statement Wednesday afternoon, urging Parkites to “learn and heal through mutual understanding.” “Bias and systemic racism exist in our community. If we wish to overcome these, we must show courage to look inward, educate ourselves, and hold those around us accountable for their actions, and inaction,” Beerman said in the statement. “Painting over the Main Street murals last night was an act of petty vandalism and now becomes part of Park City’s history. We will use this event to further our community dialogue about social inequities.” The Park City Police Department is continuing the investigation, but limited progress had apparently been made by Friday. The department said footage from surveillance cameras did not yield leads. Artists created the murals during pedestrian-only days on Main Street held over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The artworks, which are TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Park City Police Department is investigating the vandalism of two murals on Main Street promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. Limited progress had apparently been made in the case as of early Friday. temporary, were designed to advance the community’s social equity efforts. The Black Lives Matter mural, 300 feet long and with 14-foot-tall letters, seemed to garner the most attention as it stretched through a high-traffic area toward the southern end of the street. The mayor and Park City Council addressed the vandalism at a meeting on Thursday, with a majority of the elected officials indicating they want the works repaired. The repairs, it appears, will be undertaken shortly, possibly as early as Sunday. The mayor and City Council also spoke about the outreach efforts prior to the creation of the works after many in the community were surprised when the murals appeared. City Councilor Nann Worel was especially worried about what some saw as the lack of publicity before the murals appeared last weekend. The elected officials at the meeting also received extensive public input about the murals, read into the record as the City Council continues to hold meetings remotely to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. The input was overwhelmingly in support of the murals. Some of the people who offered input noted the works promote Park City’s values while others said they were saddened with the vandalism. Another person, though, provided input saying Park City should be attractive to any visitor and the person’s family would spend money elsewhere. City Hall on Friday, meanwhile, hosted an online event that focused on social equity and social justice, inviting artists who created the murals on Main Street to speak alongside the mayor and others. Aljay Fuimaono, the Vineyard artist who created the Black Lives Matter mural that was later vandalized, said during the online event he is receiving support since the vandalism from people he had never met before. Nearly all the input he has received has been positive, he said. “We’re all in this, the same boat, of, you know, we need that racial equality. We’re trying to fight for that. ... Straight to the point, I put Black Lives Matter right on the street,” Fuimaono said. Continued from A-1 Annexation plan detailed revealed until Mayor Phil Rubin displayed them during the public hearing and the language of the resolution had not been posted as of The Park Record’s press deadline Friday. Pat Putt, Summit County’s community development director, said he hadn’t seen anything like it in his 36year career. “Stunned. By both the action and lack of notice,” he said in an interview. “Neighbors don’t do this to neighbors.” Hideout is in Wasatch County on the eastern shore of the Jordanelle Reservoir and has been expanding since its incorporation in 2008. It operates on a shoestring budget, with the mayor and some town councilors driving the snowplow in winter to help out the town’s one public works employee. The town only had one source of commercial revenue for years, a golf course, and Rubin has said the town needs to increase its commercial tax revenue to survive. He has also said the town’s residents need a place to shop closer than Park City or Kamas. Introducing the pre-annexation agreements, Rubin said the town’s goals can’t be met with the land currently within its borders, indicating businesses would likely be a part of the annexed land if it were to be developed. Park City and Summit County both oppose development on the land, and did so during a public airing of disagreements last year when Hideout expanded its annexation boundaries. The land is currently zoned for very low density, and much of it was intended to be kept as open space, according to county documents. Summit County received an application from Brockbank and Romney in January. Summit County’s planning department scheduled a public hearing on the plan July 14, but the developers unexpectedly announced they were stepping back from the plan, though they did not officially MAP DATA COURTESY OF GOOGLE MAPS AND THE TOWN OF HIDEOUT This map, combining a screenshot taken during Hideout’s Town Council meeting Thursday with a Google Maps image, shows land in Summit County that Hideout wants to annex. Officials from Park City, Summit County and Wasatch County expressed opposition to the town’s plan, which some characterized as a land grab. Detailed information about acreage totals and boundaries had not been made available by Friday afternoon. withdraw the application. That plan covered 920 acres and included parts of Richardson’s Flat that are not in Hideout’s annexation plan. The application was scant on details, specifying only that it sought to create a mixed-use project that included office, residential and commercial uses. At Thursday’s meeting, Rubin said Brockbank had ownership rights on the land the town is seeking to annex and agreed to a pre-annexation agreement. He said the town initiated the annexation process. The application to Summit County indicates the developers had the land under contract but did not own it. The various parcels have been owned by legacy mining interests, including Stichting Mayflower Mountain Fonds and United Park City Mining Company, and the Jordanelle Special Service District. Much of the land is severely contaminated and was used as a repository for mining byproducts that include heavy metals. In 1992, 160 acres around Richardson Flat was recom- mended to be listed as a federal Superfund site. Thursday’s meeting occurred only 10 days after Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill that appears to allow the annexation. Previously, Summit County would have had to agree to an annexation request from a municipality in Wasatch County like Hideout, which County Manager Tom Fisher said in a 2019 letter would not occur. A Park City representative said the city took issue with both the plan and the way it was brought about. “With legislation passed merely a few days ago in the dead of night, basically, this is a really suspect approach and the city is (very) concerned about it,” said David Everitt, Park City deputy manager. S.B. 5004 was signed June 29 and includes language allowing a municipality to annex land from a neighboring county. It was sponsored by Sen. David Buxton, R-Roy, and Rep. Steve Waldrip, R-Eden. Rep. Tim Quinn, who represents the area in the Statehouse, voted against the bill, but said in an interview his vote was due to a stance that municipalities should be subject to checks and balances when annexing land, rather than in reaction to any specific annexation plan. It’s not the first time Hideout has availed itself of a short-lived state law. Its 2008 founding occurred after the state passed regulations changing how towns could incorporate, changes that were overturned a short time later. Hideout was a luxury development before it was a town, and the majority of its land is still controlled by master development agreements between the town and various developments, limiting its land-use flexibility. Earlier Thursday, Summit County Manager Tom Fisher said the county hadn’t seen enough information about the proposal to judge its intent. “We believe in the principle that annexation across county lines should be well-thought-out, well-communicated, transparent,” Fisher said. “It should be an asking process instead of a taking process.” 1485 E M P I R E A V E #402 Park City Mountain Base Local Park City news every Wednesday and Saturday Summer Dining at The Nelson Cottage by High West Distillery Thursday through Saturday throughout the summer season Patio and dining room seating available with social distancing measures in place Chef ’s prixe-fixe menu: $40/person 1 BD | 2 BA | Optional whiskey pairings available O F F E R E D AT $ 3 9 9 , 0 0 0 I also have unit #512 available, which is a studio priced at $335,000. You can’t beat these prices in Old Town! Reach out for more info. 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