Park City & Deer Valley

Officials Expect New Commercial Project to Include Costco

Those in Summit County who are pining for a Costco might soon get their wish.

A non-binding agreement between Summit County, Park City and the state Military Installation Development Authority contemplates a Costco near The Home Depot in the Snyderville Basin. The store would be part of a roughly 350,000-square-foot commercial center that would be developed in conjunction with a hotel in the Park City area.

Military officials are overseeing the project. The main focus of the hotel would be to provide lodging discounts for servicemen and women. Officials expect the resort to be built near Jordanelle Reservoir in Wasatch County. The Air Force for years has sought a location for a hotel in the Park City area. But the project grew to include the separate commercial center.

Having a Costco nearby would help developers offset the costs of providing the inexpensive rooms for soldiers, explained Park City Manager Tom Bakaly.

"We've been working for years to try and have the hotel be the right size and in the right place," Bakaly said, adding that the hotel could have between 60 and 200 rooms.

More than 100 acres of land near Home Depot are owned by the city and county. Officials have agreed to sell about 35 acres for the retail project.

The property would be sold for about $42,056 per acre.

"That's what we paid for it," Bakaly said about the land.

But the project must include a Costco, he added.

"We didn't want this to cannibalize existing commercial," Bakaly said in an interview Thursday. "One condition is that it be a Costco."

The project could also include another big-box store such as Target, he added.

At 350,000 square feet, the center would increase the amount of commercial space in Park City and the Snyderville Basin by nearly 13 percent.

"Any increase is scary and I'm acknowledging that," Bakaly said. Summit County Councilman Chris Robinson also said Costco is a good fit.

"There are a lot of people in this county who are going to Salt Lake or elsewhere to shop at Costco," Robinson said. "We think a lot of people would say if it's going to involve a Costco that is probably better than it being absent a Costco. I think it's a plus."

The newest agreement between the city, county and MIDA establishes a fund into which tax revenue would be funneled for helping provide lodging discounts for the military. Much of the sales tax generated by the commercial project would be used to help fund those discounts.

Meanwhile, much of the property tax revenue generated by the commercial project would help fund the development.

Many people on the West Side of Summit County are opposed to the project. Critics claim that local tax dollars should not be used to subsidize a private commercial project.

But the federal government has the authority to bypass local zoning laws. By entering the discussion as landowners, Bakaly said the city and county were able to reduce the size of the commercial project. Last year, a memorandum of understanding between the Military Installation Development Authority, city and county envisioned the possibility of 1.25 million square feet of commercial development at the site.

"I don't know if anything short of zero is going to please everyone," Robinson said.

The new agreement would also allow Park City to purchase the Red Maple tract of open space along the State Road 248 entryway for about $2 million. Government officials will not approve the non-binding letter of intent until several public hearings are conducted in February.

Hearings before the Park City Council are scheduled February 10th, 2011 and February 17th, 2011. The Summit County Council is scheduled to conduct public hearings February 7th, 2011 and February 15th, 2011.

by Patrick Parkinson OF THE RECORD STAFF : The Park Record

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Additional Nighttime Ski Runs to Come!

Construction on New Lights Begins in August 2010

Wednesday's Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for Park City Mountain Resort that will allow the construction of additional lighting on three of the resort's ski runs. Park City Mountain Resort will install lights on the Three Kings, Quicksilver and Pick-n-Shovel ski runs to expand night skiing options beginning this winter season, according to the Park City Planning Commission staff report.

Construction on the new lighting will begin after renovations to current lighting are completed. Planning Department staffer, Jacquelyn Mauer, said the 1,500 watt bulbs currently in the lights on the Pay Day ski run are being replaced with 150 watt metal halide lights that will save nearly 138 million kilowatts a year. With this renovation, Park City Mountain Resort will save money and will reduce light pollution caused by the higher watt bulbs. She said adding, the new lights on all four ski runs will be comparable to the current night ski area lighting and will be a white light.

The approved lighting renovations expand the resort's night skiing area by 23 percent, from 44.5 to 54.7 acres, said the staff report. The lights will comply with land management codes and no complaints were lodged against the project at the Park City's Planning Commission's public hearing.

The project includes 49 new wood poles with 76 new metal halide lights, with the majority of the poles standing 40 feet tall and the tallest pole at 45 feet. The lights will be shielded to diret all light downwards, the staff report said, and no light will pass the horizontal.

"We're happy with the decision and how [the new lights] will improve the night skiing that we offer," said Jenni Smith, President and General Manager of Park City Mountain Resort.

The approved hours of operation for the lights will be from sundown to 10:00pm, starting December 15thth and ending April 1st, 2010.

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"The Center of Excellence...is a great training environment with all the support and resources I need under one roof," says Lindsey Van, the women's ski jumping World Champion and a Park City native. The Center of Excellence the new $22 million headquarters of the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) opened its gleaming doors to this past spring thanks to private donations from the USSA's Legacy Campaign endowment fund.

Located on five acres at Quinn's Junction, the center offers 85,000 square feet of high-performance athletic facilities, including strenght-training aras, a gymnasium, ski and snowboard ramps, trampolines, a nutrition center and recover/rehabilitation facilities. Plus, it features educational areas for athletes, coaches and trainers such as multimedia rooms for performance analysis and equipment workshops, as well as a full sport science lab.

USSA's headquarters are home to six primary winter sports teams: alpine skiing, freestyle skiing (including moguls and aerials), cross-country skiing/biathlon, ski jumping/Nordic combined, snowboarding (including half-pipe, parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross) and adaptive sports (including alpine and cross-country skiin). Want to see the state-of-the-art facility firsthand? Public tours can be arranged by calling the USSA at 435.649.9090.

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*Courtesy of the Prudential Utah Real Estate Newsletter - Mid Winter 2010

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