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Show Close Main St. again? Decision due on crane when Main Street is closed anyway," he said. Nipkow, however, said that "when the crane went up, everyone knew it would have to come down." He added that waiting until June would delay construction of the mall by one month, with several financial consequences. conse-quences. The crane was brought in along Park Avenue, but cannot can-not be removed along that route. According to Park City's Chief Building Inspector Inspec-tor Ron Ivie the saturated soils under the roadway will not hold the weight of the crane. In response to a question from the council, Nipkow said he had not discussed the I-""" "" mmm - closure with businesses in the area. Council members suggested Silver Mill consider con-sider offering compensation to merchants. Main Street restaurant owners favored this approach. ap-proach. Sherwin Baron, owneroperator of the Eating Establishment said, "I'll be glad to come up with a dollars and cents figure on what it costs me to be closed." Terry Jannott of Janeaux's restaurant said the additional closure would be a hardship on his employees em-ployees as well as his business. "How can Silver Mill consider their high construction con-struction costs without considering con-sidering our employees?" by Christopher Smart The City Council will vote today on whether a section of Main Street should be closed to remove the giant crane that now stands in the mid-; mid-; die of the Main Street Marketplace (Silver Mill-mall). Mill-mall). At an April 26 public hearing, Silver Mill representatives presented , ' the City Council with a plan i which would close one lane of Main Street in front of the , mall. According to Steve Nipkow, a mobile crane would be stationed on the street in order to disassemble disassem-ble the stationary one. But Main Street merchants and restaurateurs present at the hearing argued against the plan. The business people, supported by a petition with 51 signatures, argued that the crane should be taken down when the street is closed for in-r in-r stallation of water and sewer lines sometime in June. Park Citv Police Chief Frank Bell also stood against the Silver Mill proposal. He said that while one lane would remain open unless a truck was backing down the street to remove a section of the crane, there would not be enough clearance for fire trucks. Additionally, Bell said, the crane removal would eliminate 14 to 18 parking spaces on Main Street at a time when parking is critical because of construction on the lower end of the street. "The time to do it is the time |