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Show COUNCIL GIVES NOD TO TRANSPORTATION Smiles ;i ml hand-shakes pervaded alter Ilio City Council unanimously passed a million ;iiiiiivimi', ;i iid-f;i iid-f;i re, iiicKlnint-siippoi led (' i I y I riiiispniiiil inn system ;il ;i special meeliiii" 'I'Iiiii s-;iy s-;iy , Octolier II. Miiyor I'ricenlsoiippoiiil -;jm ;i(lvisui y Im:i rf 1 ( c m vc-r -see implemeiitiitiiiii mid In refer :;ises lo f.'ily flniin-cil. flniin-cil. Ken Osswalil, wlio presented pre-sented Hie ii i)ios;il In :iii executive! ex-ecutive! session of Ciiiineil d week enrlier nrfend the solniis 'M su'ii;il nri'S on ;i petition eoneei liiii!', I In: hus system. Of tliese l';irk City bnsinesspeople, only six voted vot-ed ;i(;;iinst the ilan wliich will be riiwnced by ;i f piu rl :r ly ono-li;iir percent jaoss revenue rev-enue collected by the city from businesses. Osswald remarked on the diversity of the businesses represented. represent-ed. Dennis O'Brien of Moana Corporation reported that OTj per cent of those present at the I ,(id iii''. Association favored the proposal. No opponents lo the bus syslem were present at I In-meeliii!1,, In-meeliii!1,, whileseveral vocal supporters a r m? d tliei r case. Couneilmcn Ia-hu Uiiarte and Mary I. eh me r expressed ex-pressed ' oncerns about pro-ratine, pro-ratine, liusinessi-s lo detei-mine detei-mine the share each owes for- 1 1 ansportal ion. Lehmcr said equal treatment would not lie provided for all busi-nesspeople, busi-nesspeople, which she termed term-ed unconstitutional. However, How-ever, the Council f act in!', on c.oiwisel from City Attorney Carl Nemelka decided Uiat an e(iiitable and lei'al system of layinenls could U: es-tablislied. es-tablislied. Osswald said projected cost rinires or $70,000 for a trial year's opC'ration came from estimate:; jmvcii by Jjave Novelle who ran a private pri-vate bus system last year; these figures were correlated correlat-ed witti others. Osswald didn't present a specific, method for admin- (Continued paje three J " U ""1 if ' Ken Oswald responds to city questions about the. transportation plan lie helped formulate. Transportation (Continued from page one ) istering the program but said the City has alternatives. alter-natives. It can run the whole operation, contract the transportation system, or find a middle ground, he said. Mayor Price estimated that an average visitor to Park City would pay only five cents per day for the service which he thinks is letting them off too easily." Lodging Association representatives repres-entatives countered with the argument that they bear the major advertising and promotional pro-motional costs which are responsible for bringing in most Park City visitors, thus benefiting the whole town. Lloyd Stevens said that as a lodge and restaurant owner own-er (The Claimjumper), he believes lodges should not be charged Price's suggested one per cent figure because all businesses will benefit. Ray Johnson, president of the Resort, agreed with other businessmen that the arbitration arbit-ration committee will function func-tion to pursue alternatives if inequities in the charges are found, but that approval must be the first step. City Recorder Bruce i Decker reported that the most accurate basis on which to assess amounts due would , be to use the figures derived deriv-ed from quarterly sales tax returns paid to the City and audited by the state. However How-ever the billing will be on a gross revenue basis. City Manager Wayne Matthews Matt-hews said that if the City decides to contract the service ser-vice on a bid basis, hours, routes, number of buses, etc. must be determined first. General agreement was voiced that in order for the bus system to become operable oper-able in time for ski season, Council approval wasessen-ial wasessen-ial so that concrete plans could be formed. Jan Wilking introduced a motion to approve the proposal pro-posal as outlined in the businessmen's busi-nessmen's petition on a one-year one-year trial basis. With the exception of Rich Martinez, who was absent, all Council-men Council-men approved. Mayor Price appointed Wilking to chair the advisory advis-ory transportation committee, commit-tee, and appointed Ken Oss-wald, Oss-wald, Jim Doilney, Lloyd Stevens, and Dennis O'Brien as members. Wayne Matthews Matt-hews was appointed an ex officio consulting member of this board. |