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Show Shoff States Decisions Must Be Made Faster To Aid Town current fees are a deterrent to developers or necessary to keep the balance of what we've got. They might stifle growth entirely," he said. When asked about the Master Mas-ter Plan, Shoff expressed the following view: "Some planning plan-ning is required but I don't want to go down and rezone something already under construction. Some factions are trying to impose zoning not intended in areas where people have already built . and have their own ideas what to do with their property. prop-erty. "Planning has to be done very carefully and the way the ' present plan is written is not that careful. I'm worried wor-ried about downzoning which could reduce property values. val-ues. The existing built-up area should maintain its current cur-rent zoning." Shoff believes further development de-velopment is important because be-cause "I certainly don't want to see the town stop here or we're dead." He believes further annexation is desirable desir-able but emphasizes, "I want to make sure everyone is fairly treated on annexation." annexa-tion." When asked about communication com-munication problems between be-tween the town and the resort, re-sort, Shoff said, "The communications com-munications have to start with the resort." He hopes the new owners establish better relations with the City. According to the candidate, can-didate, Park City "has got to become a year-round resort. re-sort. I think it should maintain main-tain the resort-type atmosphere. atmos-phere. We've got a good golf course, the Art Festival is a good thing, ai d maybe we should try a film festival too. I think the resort is the prime mover to make it a resort. I don't think the town could make it without the resort. However he supports the idea of a chairlift across Main Street if problems can be solved. Shoff believes promotion is important for enhancing the image of the town. He suggested that the City could "get into some kind of advertising ad-vertising for the whole town" but he does not support special spec-ial city aid to the Main Street business community because, "it's all up to private pri-vate enterprise. I don't support sup-port special tax breaks for Main Street unless they're applied toward the city as a whole." Although Shoff says, "You've got to have some of all kinds of housing," he believes be-lieves this too should be left up to private enterprise. , Shoff thinks that much city revenue should be obtained as directly as possible from the resort visitors through pillow taxes, etc. He is also concerned with making sure that Park City residents are getting their fair share of taxes back from the county and state. "Park City should try to attract whoever comes to en,-joy en,-joy it," he asserted. "I came because I like the town. I started skiing here when the resort first opened and I decided to move here . . . We bought the first available lot in Thaynes Canyon and were the first to move in there." Shoff and his wife June have two grown children who live in the Salt Lake area. Dick Shoff One of City Council candidate Dick Shoff's major reasons for running is to eliminate "foot-dragging" by Councilmen which he says delays the resolution of issues for months and even years. "We need to get people elected who can make decisions faster in order to keep the town from going down the drain. A Councilman Council-man should have all the necessary data for issues on hand and studied before the meeting so he can discuss issues intelligently," asserts as-serts Shoff. Shoff has lived in Park City for three years and works as a technical specialist special-ist for Hercules, Inc. He is interested in improving the town's fire protection so that citizens can obtain lower insurance in-surance rates. Another major maj-or concern is re-examination of the impact fee structure. struc-ture. "I'm not sure if the |