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  • Summit County says Air Force is eyeing hotel site at The Canyons

    (Park Record) Summit County officials are anxiously awaiting word from the Air Force as to where the military plans to locate a hotel that would cater to servicemen. Previous indications are that the Air Force is eyeing an unspecified site at The Canyons.

    "All we get is, it's at The Canyons," Summit County Councilman Chris Robinson said in a recent telephone interview. "[Military officials] called and said they want to have an announcement. I said, I think it's foolish for you to announce anything until you've told us what you are going to announce."

  • USU's Coalville building first Summit County-owned renewable energy structure

    (Herald Journal) Utah State University Cooperative Extension's office in Coalville has become the first county-owned building to be fully powered by renewable energy.

    Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky renewable energy program provided a $26,000 award that enabled Summit County to install a roof-mounted 4.3-kilowatt grid-tied photovoltaic system that will supply all of the building's electrical needs.

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  • Golf course construction at The Canyons could begin this summer

    (Park Record) Summit County officials said they expect construction to begin this summer on a much-anticipated golf course at The Canyons despite a lawsuit the master association at the resort has filed against Summit County.

    On March 31, The Canyons Resort Village Management Association, which helps administer the development agreement at the resort, filed an eight-page complaint against the county and Summit County Manager Bob Jasper.

  • New planning goals in Summit County get the nod

    (Park Record) The Summit County Council has approved a new mission statement to help guide planning practices on the East Side of Summit County.

    Officials took several years to rewrite the goals and objectives for land use on the East Side. Some people who attended those meetings were most concerned about preserving private property rights. Many of the town hall gatherings were attended by nearly 50 people.

  • Officials move to make Summit County a greener place

    (Park Record) Summit County officials hope to lead by example in their efforts to promote sustainability. A former planner in the County Courthouse has been tapped to manage the government's environmental programs.

    Summit County Sustainability Coordinator Ashley Koehler said she will be working on a full-time basis to lessen the impact the county has on the environment.

  • Planning commissioner is removed

    (Park Record) County councilpersons have voted unanimously to remove Francis resident KayCee Simpson from the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission, the panel that holds influence on development matters on the East Side.

    Simpson violated the attendance policy for planning commissioners by missing three meetings within three months, according to Summit County Council Chairwoman Claudia McMullin. McMullin was a member of the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission before she became a councilperson in 2009.

  • Summit County may not pay residents to rat on their neighbors

    (Park Record) The Summit County Courthouse does not expect to enter into an arrangement with a couple in the Park City area who agreed to turn in homeowners who rent out their properties while receiving a tax break by declaring the house their primary residence.

    People who own primary residences in Utah can receive a 45-percent exemption on their property taxes.

  • Summit County's rural future may be at stake

    (Park Record) Having conducted town hall meetings for several years, planning commissioners are getting close to making a recommendation about a new mission statement that may guide development on the East Side of Summit County.

    The Eastern Summit County Planning Commission has also embarked on a rewrite of its goals and objectives for land use, which will balance private property rights against the desires of the whole community.

  • Summit County library plan discussed

    (Park Record) As officials explore relocating the North Summit branch of the Summit County library into the old hospital in Coalville, County Librarian Diana Skousen said she is not a fan of the proposed location.

    "With the seismic concerns and everything, that really bothers me," Skousen said. "I don't like that building."

    The brick building at 80 N. 50 East, which currently houses the Summit County Health Department, was built in 1938. The structure is one of few left in the area built under the Works Progress Administration.

  • Summit County's bowling center to hold grand opening

    (Park Record) "This is not your father's bowling alley," says Jupiter Bowl partner Michael Malone.

    It's a phrase that has been used frequently by the team working to pull Summit County's first bowling center in years together. This Tuesday, Jupiter Bowl will celebrate its Grand Opening with a fundraising event for the National Ability Center.

    It's not your father's alley because it isn't an alley at all, says marketing director Susan Spivey. It's an entertainment center with bowling as the main attraction, she said.

  • Health building at Quinn's Junction dedicated

    (Park Record) The Summit County Council Wednesday joined the People's Health Clinic in dedicating the new Summit County Health Department building at Quinn's Junction.

    The location on Round Valley Drive, which has rooms for patient care, an emergency operations center for coordinating during public health emergencies, conference facilities and health offices, will likely open Nov. 30. The People's Health Clinic will lease about 20 percent of the building from Summit County for about $1 per year.

  • Development controversy resurfaces at state Capitol

    (Park Record) Candidates who campaigned last year for open seats on the Summit County Council pledged to work toward more transparency in how records are released to the public.

    Tipped off by a Summit County landowner, however, state Senate President Michael Waddoups questioned councilpersons last week about a flap over a set of rules that have allowed builders in Summit County to transfer valuable development rights from one parcel to another.

    Critics of the county claim private developers have used the so-called TDR transactions to line their own pockets with money.

  • Smart-growth group unwanted

    (Park Record) Some mayors on the East Side of Summit County do not appear interested in retaining a firm to help facilitate discussions about growth, which can get testy.

    Summit County Councilman Chris Robinson has encouraged the mayors of Francis, Kamas, Oakley, Coalville and Henefer to hear a presentation from the non-profit Envision Utah.

    "If there isn't any interest after you have heard an informed presentation on it, then so be it," Robinson told the mayors at a council meeting Sept. 16.

  • Construction on track at new health clinic at Quinn's

    (Park Record) Like many communities, the Park City area is seeing more people without health insurance as the town grows in a down economy. Keeping them healthy is the mission of the People's Health Clinic, which is slated to move in November from Kearns Boulevard into a bigger facility at Quinn's Junction.

    The building that will house People's Health alongside the Summit County Health Department is nearly complete.

  • County may butt heads with Boyer Company

    (Park Record) Summit County Councilwoman Sally Elliott says The Boyer Company is backpedaling on an agreement to build two roads at Kimball Junction.

    "I'm really annoyed at that because they did not do what they said they were going to do," Elliott said at a County Council meeting at Kimball Junction Aug. 19. "They have violated the agreement."

  • Planning commission debates work force housing

    (The Park Record) The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission is reviewing proposals for two large subdivisions that could provide the west side of Summit County with a remarkable amount of work force housing.

    The builders are two of the first to apply under a set of county guidelines meant to spur development of affordable homes in the expensive Park City real-estate market by allowing larger subdivisions in exchange for units that will stay lower priced. The discussions have just begun.

  • Proposal for 85-lot subdivision concerns neighbors

    (The Park Record) Some South Summit residents do not see anything attractive about a proposal to build 85 houses on 230 acres on Democrat Alley west of Kamas.

    "It's such a big project and every time we've had a public hearing we get lots of public comment," Summit County planner Jennifer Strader said of what is being called Indian Hollow. "It's 85 lots, which they haven't seen before in eastern Summit County."

    Citizens say the subdivision would detract from the agriculture lifestyle of the Kamas Valley, which is about 15 miles east of Park City.

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