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Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 29-September 1, 2020 PCMR project partnership mentioned Panelist raises idea of City Hall working with Vail Resorts, developer JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A member of an influential Park City panel on Wednesday wondered aloud about the prospects of City Hall entering into some sort of partnership with Park City Mountain Resort owner Vail Resorts and the Provo firm that intends to acquire the PCMR lots for a major development. John Phillips, a Park City planning commissioner, did not provide details in his comments, but they were significant nonetheless as the panel continues to review the PEG Companies proposal to develop the lots. The Planning Commission at the Wednesday meeting held a lengthy discussion about the project itself, and the Phillips comments were made toward the end of the meeting. Phillips did not speak at length and Continued from A-1 Ski season detailed also will have the ability to book days within one week of their selected date, known as week-of reservations. The early season period, prior to Dec. 8, will allow as many reservations as are available, Vail Resorts said. The company said it expects “that for many days throughout the season, pass holders will be able to make a reservation within the week of their desired date.” Continued from A-1 Citizens honored made decisions, but it’s ultimately how the community — residents, visitors, business owners and all the elected officials in the city and county — have responded to those orders,” he said. “Yes. I was up there receiving a plaque, but it’s about the team.” Continued from A-1 Hideout may push ahead with the approval of a new resolution, would be allowed, Hideout claims. Summit County, unsurprisingly, sees the situation differently. In its own court filing Tuesday, the county says the restraining order remains in effect and that Hideout must “take no action” toward any annexation until a judge decides whether to grant an injunction the county is requesting to block the town from pursuing the land move. A ruling on the injunction is ex- other members of the Planning Commission did not address the comments regarding the possibility of a partnership in any detail. Phillips keyed his comments on transit and parking. Phillips at one point mentioned an agreement between City Hall and a previous owner of PCMR that, at that time, was designed to fund a transit hub, a garage and related infrastructure at the resort. The comment regarding the earlier agreement was especially notable years later. Phillips, though, did not delve into the specifics of that agreement or whether he sees the earlier deal as a potential model for another one that would involve City Hall, Vail Resorts and PEG Companies. The earlier agreement, dating to 2012, was reached between City Hall and Powdr Corp., the owner of PCMR at the time. The elected officials of that era agreed to fund up to $10 million toward the work at PCMR. The leaders then saw the $10 million investment as advancing the area’s overall transportation goals. Powdr Corp. was pursuing the development of the lots and envisioned anchoring the project with an ac- tion-sports camp. Powdr Corp. and the City Hall leadership saw there being benefits to a partnership like the one that was negotiated. Powdr Corp. would receive assistance with the infrastructure while City Hall would secure influence as a crucial location for transit and parking was designed and then developed. The plans for the action-sports camp and the infrastructure did not advance, though, amid a lawsuit between the PCMR side and the firm that owned the land underlying most of the terrain at PCMR at that time. The lawsuit was settled in 2014 with Powdr Corp.’s sale of PCMR to Vail Resorts. The Colorado firm later linked PCMR and the former Canyons Resort into a single property. There are development rights attached to the PCMR lots dating to the 1990s that were included in the Vail Resorts acquisition. Vail Resorts plans to sell the lots to the Provo firm rather than pursue a project itself. The Planning Commission at the meeting continued to discuss the PEG Companies development proposal as it works toward a decision, likely as early as late in 2020. The comments by Phillips about a potential partnership were unexpected and were a highlight of the meeting on Wednesday. It is not clear whether the comments will spur further discussions about a partnership. The mayor and Park City Council hold the authority for those sorts of negotiations, and the Planning Commission would be expected to have a limited role, if any at all. A partnership among City Hall, Vail Resorts and PEG Companies could become politically sensitive as the community would weigh the possibility of taxpayer monies being put toward the project in some fashion. There was broad support for the earlier agreement between City Hall and Powdr Corp., but it seems it would be more difficult for the elected officials to marshal the same backing for an agreement with Vail Resorts and PEG Companies. There is lingering concern in some circles about what is seen as the corporatization of Park City since the arrival of Vail Resorts, an example of one of the potential hurdles in the community should there ever be negotiations. Lift tickets, meanwhile, will be sold starting on Dec. 8. Lift tickets will be sold with a reservation for a certain date at one of the resorts, meaning a further reservation is not required. The Dec. 8 start date of lift ticket sales means only people holding passes will be on the slopes prior to that date. Opening day at PCMR is scheduled for Nov. 20. “It has been our goal to design an approach that can remain in place for all of the 2020/21 season. We do not want to be caught off guard or find ourselves needing to make reactionary changes. Striving for consistency will provide our guests, employees and communities with as much predictability as possible this season, which we believe is worth the extra effort,” Rob Katz, the CEO of Vail Resorts, said in a prepared statement as the plans were outlined. Vail Resorts also outlined its plans for physical distancing. People who are together will be able to ride lifts and gondolas with each other. People who are not together will be seated with space between them. Two people will be seated on the opposite sides of a four-person lift while two people or two pairs of people will be seated on the opposite sides of a six-person lift. Two people will be seated on opposite sides of gondolas. Physical distancing will also be practiced in restaurants on the mountain and locations where people rent skis and snowboards. The information from Vail Resorts did not include details about the capacity of the resorts. A spokesperson said capacity details have not been finalized and are expected to evolve as the resorts better understand the operations as well as through consultation with the communities where the resorts are located. The spokesperson said the capacity should be adequate on most days to accommodate anyone wanting to ski or snowboard on a specific date. The Vail Resorts information released on Thursday will be important to a wide swath of the Park City community. Many PCMR skiers and snowboarders now have some of the key information about the season that they desired prior to making a decision regarding season passes. The business community, meanwhile, can better prepare for the ski season with some of the details having been made public. More information is available at epicpass.com/info/reservation-details while a letter from Katz is available at news.vailresorts.com/ corporate/vailresorts/winter-operating-plan-2020-letter.htm. Marriott’s road to volunteerism started with her family. Her parents, Dick and Nancy Peery Marriott, dedicated themselves to service. “I grew up in a family where our motto was pretty much ‘Where much is given, much is expected,’” she said. “My mom has served on the Red Cross board for many years, and my father started an organization called the Bridges Foundation, which supports people with disabilities getting jobs.” Her grandmother, Alice Sheets Marriott, co-founded the Marriott Corporation, and was a founding member of the Kennedy Center. Through them, Marriott learned how to serve. “If you see a need, you find a way to meet it through your time, talent or resources,” she said. “Sometimes it’s all three.” Bullough’s ability to lead during COVID-19 actually started 30 years ago when he attended trainings that would prepare him for the pandemic. “It gave me a background related to what we needed to do today,” he said. Several weeks before the novel coronavirus hit Utah, Bullough was already looking at what other countries and states were doing to prepare themselves. “I holed myself up for a few days in front of the computer pretty much nonstop, and I came to understand, as much as I could, what was heading our way,” he said. “So I pulled together a core group at the Health Department and started to assess what we needed, how we could communicate and what our plan was.” While Marriott and Bullough will not ride as grand marshals of this year’s Miners Day Parade, an honor typically bestowed upon the Citizens of the Year, due to its cancellation, they will be honored during a virtual Running of the Balls television feature airing on Park City Television at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, Richer said. “They will also have the chance to ride in next year’s parade alongside the other two people we choose for Citizens of the Year in 2021,” he said. pected Sept. 3. The county says in its filing that Hideout Mayor Phil Rubin notified the Summit County Council via email Tuesday morning that the town planned to consider the annexation in a public meeting Wednesday only to inform the council hours later that the meeting would not be held after all. “Whatever is going on, it is not being done in accordance with the law, it is not being done publicly, and it is in abject bad faith given the Legislature’s swift and decisive action on repeal and this Court’s (temporary restraining order),” the filing states. “It also belies statements by Hideout’s Town Council at an August 14th public meeting that Hideout wanted to see what the Legislature really intended.” The Hideout Town Council held a meeting Thursday, though no items specifically relating to annexation were on the agenda. Rubin declined to comment when reached by The Park Record. Hideout wants to annex the land, comprising 655 acres near Richardson Flat, and allow developers Nate Brockbank and Josh Romney to build a mixed-use project that would include 3,500 residential dwellings and approximately 300,000 square feet of commercial space. The tax revenue such a project would yield would be a boon for the cash-strapped town, and Hideout has also argued the development would provide crucial amenities like grocery stores and gas stations for residents in the area. Summit County in court filings has accused Hideout and the developers of holding secret meetings, engaging in a misdirection campaign and deliberately misleading state lawmakers, resulting in the passage of the now-repealed legislation that allowed cross-county annexation without the consent of the neighboring county. Hideout and the developers have denied allegations of wrongdoing. On Wednesday, the county widened the scope of its legal actions, filing a separate lawsuit in 3rd District Court in Silver Summit that attempts to void Brockbank’s apparent acquisition of portions of land Hideout wants to annex. According to the lawsuit, Brockbank recorded a deed on the land Wednesday. Brockbank and Romney are listed as defendants in the suit, along with Wells Fargo Bank, United Park City Mines Company and a handful of limited liability companies. Summit County is seeking a temporary restraining order that would prevent Brockbank and Romney from acting “in furtherance of any annexation” until the county’s claims can be resolved. Oral argument on the matter is scheduled for Sept. 9. Count On Us - People Banking With People You can count on Grand Valley Bank as together we navigate through these challenging times. You can depend on our steady and locally grounded excellent service. Call Us Today 435-615-2265 1225 Deer Valley Dr. Park City grandvalleybank.com |