The Park City Council will be meeting in a special meeting Tuesday to take a look at the Park City Mountain Base affordable housing mitigation plan as well as an update on the noise ordinance and the city’s social equity efforts.
The council will be meeting via Zoom starting in work session at 3:45 pm. First up, council members will meet as the housing authority in a work session on PEG Development’s proposed affordable housing mitigation plan. PEG is the developer of the three surface parking lots at the base of Park City Resort.
Housing mitigation plans require not only a recommendation from the planning commission, but also the housing authority’s approval to ensure that the application complies with city code.
The development agreement for the resort expansion requires the developer to construct or provide deed restricted off-site housing for 80 employees – about 10% of the workforce that will be needed to service the new expansion.
PEG proposes to fulfill the outstanding obligation from the previous property owner for 23 employees in three, 8-bed dormitories on site. The remaining 57 beds will be required to meet the city’s new affordable housing guidelines. PEG is proposing to put all the units on site, but the development agreement says the units should be off site. That’s something that council members will need to decide for the project to move forward.
The council is also being asked for direction on phasing the construction of the affordable units and whether the employee shuttle program will be maintained to help those staff members who don’t have onsite housing. PEG’s plan doesn’t provide any detail about the current or a proposed shuttle program.
In other business, the council will get an update on the city’s social equity efforts. The city has focused on housing, education, and inclusion. The areas of income/wages, transportation, and healthcare have also been identified as drivers of inequality.
The council will also hear about two special events that will be approved administratively: The Park City Snow Globe stroll and the Live PC Give PC community procession.
The Snow Globe Stroll will take place from November 18 to January 6 and will consist of nine life-size snow globes – 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide and deep. The snow globes are motion activated and have sensor technology to track attendance. The idea is to provide an artistic, cultural expression of winter that is “instagrammable.” The Historic Park City Alliance is the applicant and believes the stroll allows for passive interaction while complying with COVID guidelines.
The locations of the globes will be throughout Main St. strategically selected to encourage people to stroll the entire street, and to provide ample space to accommodate social distancing.
On November 6th, the Park City Community Foundation is celebrating its 10th annual day of giving and is asking to hold a community wide parade to support Live PC/Give PC. Those participating in the procession will include nonprofit organization and giving day sponsors.
The parade will take place from 3 to 5 pm on Nov. 6. Up to 30 cars will follow a route through Park City and Summit County business districts starting at Park City Mountain’s First Time parking lot and ending at the Canyons Village Cabriolet lot. Rolling road closures and temporary delays will occur. In addition, several neighborhood gatherings with socially distanced driveway concerts are also being planned. All music must end by 8 pm.
The council will also consider approving a one-year extension to the Triple Crown Special Service Agreement and approving a new water conservation plan. The goal is to reduce water loss in Park City by 33% by the year 2030.
