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Show Gouncilmen clash over city planning document by CHRISTOPHER SMART staff writer The battle lines are drawn between City Councilmen Jim Doilney and Bill Coleman on the adoption of the municipality's Comprehensive Master Plan Implementation document. Doilney said in a May 2 city council work session he is tired of talking about it and wants to adopt the Comprehensive Master Plan and its sister document, the Implementation Plan. Doilney said he wants to move on to specific zoning issues rather than continue to discuss the Cpmprehensive Plan, which is a general outline of what the city should become. "I'm tired of waiting for the horses to get out of the barn," Doilney seid, pointing to existing zoned densities which he believes allow too much development. Referring to Coleman's concerns about the Implementation Plan, Doilney said, "I feel like I'm being filibustered. We (city council) have a lot of things to deal with and this is getting dragged out." However Coleman said he believes zoning issues cannot be adequately addressed until specifics in the Implementation Plan are ironed out. He said "dramatic changes" could be in the offing for Park City because of the nature of the Comp Plan. In that light, he said, the Implementation which guides the philosophies of the Comprehensive Plan into realities needs to be more fully addressed. He added he doesn't feel pressured to adopt the Implementation Plan as it now stands. However Coleman agrees with Doilney that the Comp Plan is ready for adoption. City Manager Arlene Loble will present a compromise at today's (May 9) .work session. The Implementation Plan may be too much to adopt at one time, she said. She will submit to the council for consideration a list of 19 specific points identified as priorities by councilmen. Following agreement by councilmen, the Park City Planning Commission is scheduled to review the plans May 22. The Comp Plan and Implementation guidelines will be oppn for public hearing June 13 at 5 p.m. in the Marsac Municipal Building. While the documents will propose many zone changes, Loble said "the important issue is, what does Park City want to become?" She said the town should identify more specifically what type of resort community it will become and who it will attract. She said it is a mistake to try to be all things to all people. Referring to towns which have not identified specific goals, she said, "When aiming at nothing, you generally hit it." |
