1.) Discuss the Potential Expansion of Recreational Capital Facilities Including the Summer Camp Building, Aquatics Facilities at PC MARC, and New Facilities at the Park City Sports Complex
(A) Public Input
Thank you for taking the time to include input from the community in expanding the facilities as the Park City Sports Complex. As a parent of a figure skater who currently trains 12-14 hours per week, I would ask you to consider a second ice sheet to this complex. The only ice currently available from the Park City Ice Arena for our young figure skating athletes to train is before school beginning at 5:30am. Figure skating is the early morning side of this, but other ice sports are taking the late shift training until after 10pm at night. As you can imagine, this is not ideal for athletes who are also wanting to be at their best during a full school day.
Please consider the effect this will have on so many young athletes in the early stages of the new development plan. The ice sports community has been actively proposing a solution to this problem for over a decade. The timing still seems right and definitely a prominent problem that is still top of mind when considering new facilities at the PC Sports Complex.
My daughter skates on public ice sessions twice each week to get her training time in with limited ice availability. We often interact with visitors to our city who enjoy skating as a fun family friendly event. I think an additional ice sheet will serve the many athletes that dedicate countless hours as well as visitors to Park City for vacation, work, visiting family, etc.
Thank you for your time and consideration, Angie Lampert
Thank you so much for hearing our sides. I am a figure skating mom to a 15 year old skater. We hope that you will consider making another rink for use for our many skaters in the Wasatch back including Summit County. We have skaters coming from Park City, Coalville and Heber. My daughter has been making the drive for over 12 years from Heber City.
Years ago, the council agreed to a second sheet of ice and it got taken off when there was a potential for another sheet. We (all skating disciplines) have used ice for around 19-20 hours a day and these skaters are fighting for training time. We have National Competitors at our rink that get up to be on the ice at 530. My daughter is up at 0420.
A new sheet would allow for more training time and times that are more conducive to children. A seasonal sheet would be nice but an enclosed sheet (that was originally agreed to) would be even better. Or a year round outdoor rink like the one found in Sun Valley, Idaho. We could do shows that would draw tourists and other performers as well.
Thank you for considering the welfare of our skaters including figure skaters, hockey players, sledge, etc.
I’m exited about all new plans for Park City. We have wonderful town and people who care about their health and physical fitness . My daughter is a 15 y/old figure skater who needs to get up to get to ice rink 6xweek at 4.30 am as the only time the ice is available for figure skaters is early in the morning and sporadically in the afternoon. The ice time is devided between hockey and other ice activities and usually busy 20 h /day with very little public skating time. This creates very crowed and not always safe environment as it also limits young people potential and availability for visitors. I see a strong indications and need for another ice rink ( seasonal at least) and I hope our voices will be heard as PC Figure Skating Club is growing bigger and stronger every year. We need PC to support your young community members as well as grieving interest of our visitors. Over last few years we have more visitors coming to ice rink for skating as our visitors often find it very rewarding , yet crowd starts to be as big as on the top ot the mountains. We defenetly need more ice rinks in PC. Please help us and future if PC .
As a figure skating club member that has been a part of the sport for over 12 years, I would like to kindly remind the council that we are still here. I was here almost a decade ago when plans fell through for an additional rink. Now everyday we must wake up at 4:30 or earlier, just to get the ice time we need. I myself wake up at 4:20 six days a week in order to drive from Wasatch County to Park City in time to be on the ice to train.
Not only has this issue impacted the figure skaters, but also all others from the skating community. Our rink operates almost 20 hours a day to accommodate the demand for ice time. Especially during the winter months, private parties and rentals take away precious training hours.
Please consider the skating community and add a seasonal rink in your preliminary plans.
I am writing to express my enthusiasm for the new facilities being developed at Quinn's junction. I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have contributed their time and effort to make this project a reality.
My daughter, who is a figure skater, has been a part of the club for several years now and we have witnessed the overwhelming demand for ice time that greatly surpasses the existing capacity. As you may be aware, the current ice schedules are quite demanding, with hockey games starting as late as 11pm and skaters hitting the ice as early as 5:30am before school. Despite these challenges, the skating community continues to grow and attract skaters from all over the country to come train.
It is for this reason that I am writing to you to request your support in considering a seasonal rink in the early phases of planning. Approximately 10-12 years ago, the skating community rallied for another rink, and the city did listen. However, with the promise of a rink at Black Rock by private developers, the push for the second sheet was put on hold. Now, 10 years later, with no additional ice and more skaters at higher levels, the need for another rink is more pressing than ever.
As a winter sports community that attracts visitors from around the world, a seasonal outside rink, equipped with refrigeration to ensure proper ice conditions, aligns well with the interests of our community and visitors. The rink would not only alleviate the stress of scheduling and demanding ice time, but it would also provide more opportunities for our residents and visitors to enjoy winter activities. I believe that the addition of a seasonal rink would greatly benefit the community and I urge you to give it your consideration.
About a decade ago a group of figure skaters wearing their dresses came to council meeting and asked city council to solve the limited ice problem at the Park City Ice Arena. Nothing happened. Since then, our skaters have adjusted. Olympic figure skating hopefuls as young as 8-year-old are waking up at 4:30am to get fed, warmed up, and on the ice to train by 5:30am. This is a very hard and unsustainable schedule for these elite athletes.
As the council considers recreational opportunities at the Sports Complex at Quinn’s the skaters would like to remind them that we are still here, the need for more ice has only increase since the last time we skated into the chambers.
As you consider new requests for recreation we kindly ask that you keep the figure skaters/curlers/speed skaters/public skaters/hockey skaters/sledge hockey/ and all other ice aficionados in mind during the preliminary stages of your planning. Thank you.
I am writing on behalf of the Park City Soccer Club in support of lighting the Stadium field at PC Sports Complex. Living in a mountain environment, long shadows impact the visibility on our fields much earlier than elsewhere. By September 1 we have sunset at 8pm and there are very few venues for our teams to host games during our Fall League season, or train in the late evening other times of the year. Currently, the only lit fields available to our youth are the turf and “D” fields at the Park City Sports Complex; I would image priority given to PC Rec adult rec league activities is why we are never scheduled at City Park. Even at Quinn’s, we find ourselves competing for lit fields with the adult kickball, softball and 7 v 7 soccer programs, not to mention high school sports, youth lacrosse, and even other soccer programs.
Due to a shortage of soccer referees statewide, we are directed by our State Association to schedule weeknight games back-to-back, creating the most efficiency in sending teams of referees to Park City. However, with a 5:30 start for the first game, and games lasting anywhere from 75 – 90 minutes, we spend most of the Fall season (late August through early November) trying to schedule and re-schedule games for our teenaged teams on just two fields across our whole community; these games are usually restricted to 2 nights per week at that. A third lit field would make a significant difference.
We truly believe that the recent study does not accurately represent the frustration and desire for lit fields among our 500+ families. The majority of our membership is comprised of young active families, juggling soccer practice with other activities, then racing home for dinner, homework or family time. Advocacy just does not rate as a priority, and they certainly do not have the same leisure time to attend City Council meetings as some of the other sports clubs seeking to be heard in our community. Thank You.
Shelley L. Gillwald
Executive Director
City Council, Mayor and especially Staff, thank you for your time in improving our recreational opportunities in Park City. When it comes to the priorities of the city I hope tht you would consider the proposed Pickleball courts as your first priority. It seems to be the low hanging fruit. Less expensive than the other proposals and appeasing the large number of pickleball players in Park City. It's probably the best ROI of the improvements. It's frustrating that our times are so limited during the winter.
On another note, I love the idea of putting in LED lighting in the park!
Thank you, Shirin Spangenberg
My name is Anthony DiCicco and I am currently the girls and boys varsity soccer coach at PCHS. I write today to address an inequality that exists here in Park City as it relates to our high school girls' program. The girls' soccer program is the only high school field sport that due to the demands of football at Dozier Field during the fall have historically been moved off-site for trainings and games. With girls' soccer being a fall sport, we consistently run into issues regarding daylight on the Park City Sports Complex (Quinn's) Stadium Field. It is with that context that I strongly and emphatically urge you to approve the funding for lights at PC Sports Complex Stadium Field.
In addition to the benefits to other sports programming in town, this approval would send a strong message that we in Park City value the participation and inclusion of girls and women's sports in our town. Yesterday being National Girls' and Women in Sports Day served as an important reminder that although Title IX was passed 50 years ago, access to equitable facilities and the necessary support continues to be a battle that girls and women are forced to confront on a daily basis.
Funding these lights would also garner additional support, make our games more of a community event and enable parents and families that are not currently able to attend afternoon games due to work more accessible.
I thank you for your consideration and your service to our community. I'm available to discuss this further if you have any additional questions regarding the importance of this initiative as we continue to champion the benefits of lifelong physical literacy and the benefits of team sports and civic pride in Park City.
Sincerely,
Anthony DiCicco
Head Coach, Girls & Boys Soccer
Park City High School
I am a parent of a figure skater and a former board member of the Figure Skating Club of Park City.
The potential for expanding recreation opportunities at Quinn's Junction is very exciting. So first, thank you to everyone who has worked on the Master Plan to get us to this point. The Park City skating community (figure skating, hockey, curling, school programs - all of us) feel the impacts of limited ice time every day. While this is truly a year-round issue, winter comes with additional challenges in the form of private rentals, tournaments, and events that make it even more difficult for skaters to train sufficiently (and at reasonable hours). My 12-year-old was hoping to attend this meeting and provide a comment in person, but she has to wake up at 4:30am on Fridays, as freestyle ice is only programmed between 5:30 and 7:30am (with one additional hour later during school hours). So she will be trying to get to sleep while public comments begin tonight. On the other end of the rink's operating hours, I recently was made aware that a hockey game would be starting at 11pm tonight. I think it goes without saying that a second ice sheet, even seasonally, would alleviate some of the programming and training challenges for a rink that is currently programmed 19.5 hours a day.
I also believe that a seasonal outdoor rink aligns perfectly with the interests of our community and winter visitors - who come to Park City from around the world to experience our winter sports town. Please consider including the seasonal rink in the early phases of planning for this exciting development opportunity. Thank you!
Dear Mayor Worel and City Council members,
Regarding: Potential Expansion of Recreational Capital Facilities Including the Summer Camp Building, Aquatics Facilities at PC MARC, and New Facilities at the Park City Sports Complex
The Park City Pickleball Club (PCPC) submits the following statement for the record related to the February 2nd City Council Meeting.
The PCPC urges the Mayor and City Council to approve a plan for a dedicated indoor pickleball complex as a first recreation priority and a mating 16 outdoor court complex.
Additionally, given the complexity of the project and potential time to bring to fruition the PCPC asks the Mayor and City Council to make improvements in the short term available hours for Pickleball in the MARC bubble – especially during the prime play hours of 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
We look forward to your support for the important recreation enhancement for the fastest growing sport in North America.
Attached please find a petition with over 500 signatures asking for your support from members of the PCPC who live and play in Park City and Summit County.
Best Regards,
Thank you for taking the time to include input from the community in expanding the facilities as the Park City Sports Complex. As a parent of a figure skater who currently trains 12-14 hours per week, I would ask you to consider a second ice sheet to this complex. The only ice currently available from the Park City Ice Arena for our young figure skating athletes to train is before school beginning at 5:30am. Figure skating is the early morning side of this, but other ice sports are taking the late shift training until after 10pm at night. As you can imagine, this is not ideal for athletes who are also wanting to be at their best during a full school day.
Please consider the effect this will have on so many young athletes in the early stages of the new development plan. The ice sports community has been actively proposing a solution to this problem for over a decade. The timing still seems right and definitely a prominent problem that is still top of mind when considering new facilities at the PC Sports Complex.
My daughter skates on public ice sessions twice each week to get her training time in with limited ice availability. We often interact with visitors to our city who enjoy skating as a fun family friendly event. I think an additional ice sheet will serve the many athletes that dedicate countless hours as well as visitors to Park City for vacation, work, visiting family, etc.
Thank you for your time and consideration, Angie Lampert
Thank you so much for hearing our sides. I am a figure skating mom to a 15 year old skater. We hope that you will consider making another rink for use for our many skaters in the Wasatch back including Summit County. We have skaters coming from Park City, Coalville and Heber. My daughter has been making the drive for over 12 years from Heber City.
Years ago, the council agreed to a second sheet of ice and it got taken off when there was a potential for another sheet. We (all skating disciplines) have used ice for around 19-20 hours a day and these skaters are fighting for training time. We have National Competitors at our rink that get up to be on the ice at 530. My daughter is up at 0420.
A new sheet would allow for more training time and times that are more conducive to children. A seasonal sheet would be nice but an enclosed sheet (that was originally agreed to) would be even better. Or a year round outdoor rink like the one found in Sun Valley, Idaho. We could do shows that would draw tourists and other performers as well.
Thank you for considering the welfare of our skaters including figure skaters, hockey players, sledge, etc.
I’m exited about all new plans for Park City. We have wonderful town and people who care about their health and physical fitness . My daughter is a 15 y/old figure skater who needs to get up to get to ice rink 6xweek at 4.30 am as the only time the ice is available for figure skaters is early in the morning and sporadically in the afternoon. The ice time is devided between hockey and other ice activities and usually busy 20 h /day with very little public skating time. This creates very crowed and not always safe environment as it also limits young people potential and availability for visitors. I see a strong indications and need for another ice rink ( seasonal at least) and I hope our voices will be heard as PC Figure Skating Club is growing bigger and stronger every year. We need PC to support your young community members as well as grieving interest of our visitors. Over last few years we have more visitors coming to ice rink for skating as our visitors often find it very rewarding , yet crowd starts to be as big as on the top ot the mountains. We defenetly need more ice rinks in PC. Please help us and future if PC .
As a figure skating club member that has been a part of the sport for over 12 years, I would like to kindly remind the council that we are still here. I was here almost a decade ago when plans fell through for an additional rink. Now everyday we must wake up at 4:30 or earlier, just to get the ice time we need. I myself wake up at 4:20 six days a week in order to drive from Wasatch County to Park City in time to be on the ice to train.
Not only has this issue impacted the figure skaters, but also all others from the skating community. Our rink operates almost 20 hours a day to accommodate the demand for ice time. Especially during the winter months, private parties and rentals take away precious training hours.
Please consider the skating community and add a seasonal rink in your preliminary plans.
I am writing to express my enthusiasm for the new facilities being developed at Quinn's junction. I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have contributed their time and effort to make this project a reality.
My daughter, who is a figure skater, has been a part of the club for several years now and we have witnessed the overwhelming demand for ice time that greatly surpasses the existing capacity. As you may be aware, the current ice schedules are quite demanding, with hockey games starting as late as 11pm and skaters hitting the ice as early as 5:30am before school. Despite these challenges, the skating community continues to grow and attract skaters from all over the country to come train.
It is for this reason that I am writing to you to request your support in considering a seasonal rink in the early phases of planning. Approximately 10-12 years ago, the skating community rallied for another rink, and the city did listen. However, with the promise of a rink at Black Rock by private developers, the push for the second sheet was put on hold. Now, 10 years later, with no additional ice and more skaters at higher levels, the need for another rink is more pressing than ever.
As a winter sports community that attracts visitors from around the world, a seasonal outside rink, equipped with refrigeration to ensure proper ice conditions, aligns well with the interests of our community and visitors. The rink would not only alleviate the stress of scheduling and demanding ice time, but it would also provide more opportunities for our residents and visitors to enjoy winter activities. I believe that the addition of a seasonal rink would greatly benefit the community and I urge you to give it your consideration.
About a decade ago a group of figure skaters wearing their dresses came to council meeting and asked city council to solve the limited ice problem at the Park City Ice Arena. Nothing happened. Since then, our skaters have adjusted. Olympic figure skating hopefuls as young as 8-year-old are waking up at 4:30am to get fed, warmed up, and on the ice to train by 5:30am. This is a very hard and unsustainable schedule for these elite athletes.
As the council considers recreational opportunities at the Sports Complex at Quinn’s the skaters would like to remind them that we are still here, the need for more ice has only increase since the last time we skated into the chambers.
As you consider new requests for recreation we kindly ask that you keep the figure skaters/curlers/speed skaters/public skaters/hockey skaters/sledge hockey/ and all other ice aficionados in mind during the preliminary stages of your planning. Thank you.
I am writing on behalf of the Park City Soccer Club in support of lighting the Stadium field at PC Sports Complex. Living in a mountain environment, long shadows impact the visibility on our fields much earlier than elsewhere. By September 1 we have sunset at 8pm and there are very few venues for our teams to host games during our Fall League season, or train in the late evening other times of the year. Currently, the only lit fields available to our youth are the turf and “D” fields at the Park City Sports Complex; I would image priority given to PC Rec adult rec league activities is why we are never scheduled at City Park. Even at Quinn’s, we find ourselves competing for lit fields with the adult kickball, softball and 7 v 7 soccer programs, not to mention high school sports, youth lacrosse, and even other soccer programs.
Due to a shortage of soccer referees statewide, we are directed by our State Association to schedule weeknight games back-to-back, creating the most efficiency in sending teams of referees to Park City. However, with a 5:30 start for the first game, and games lasting anywhere from 75 – 90 minutes, we spend most of the Fall season (late August through early November) trying to schedule and re-schedule games for our teenaged teams on just two fields across our whole community; these games are usually restricted to 2 nights per week at that. A third lit field would make a significant difference.
We truly believe that the recent study does not accurately represent the frustration and desire for lit fields among our 500+ families. The majority of our membership is comprised of young active families, juggling soccer practice with other activities, then racing home for dinner, homework or family time. Advocacy just does not rate as a priority, and they certainly do not have the same leisure time to attend City Council meetings as some of the other sports clubs seeking to be heard in our community. Thank You.
Shelley L. Gillwald
Executive Director
City Council, Mayor and especially Staff, thank you for your time in improving our recreational opportunities in Park City. When it comes to the priorities of the city I hope tht you would consider the proposed Pickleball courts as your first priority. It seems to be the low hanging fruit. Less expensive than the other proposals and appeasing the large number of pickleball players in Park City. It's probably the best ROI of the improvements. It's frustrating that our times are so limited during the winter.
On another note, I love the idea of putting in LED lighting in the park!
Thank you, Shirin Spangenberg
Dear Park City Council Members and Mayor Worel:
My name is Anthony DiCicco and I am currently the girls and boys varsity soccer coach at PCHS. I write today to address an inequality that exists here in Park City as it relates to our high school girls' program. The girls' soccer program is the only high school field sport that due to the demands of football at Dozier Field during the fall have historically been moved off-site for trainings and games. With girls' soccer being a fall sport, we consistently run into issues regarding daylight on the Park City Sports Complex (Quinn's) Stadium Field. It is with that context that I strongly and emphatically urge you to approve the funding for lights at PC Sports Complex Stadium Field.
In addition to the benefits to other sports programming in town, this approval would send a strong message that we in Park City value the participation and inclusion of girls and women's sports in our town. Yesterday being National Girls' and Women in Sports Day served as an important reminder that although Title IX was passed 50 years ago, access to equitable facilities and the necessary support continues to be a battle that girls and women are forced to confront on a daily basis.
Funding these lights would also garner additional support, make our games more of a community event and enable parents and families that are not currently able to attend afternoon games due to work more accessible.
I thank you for your consideration and your service to our community. I'm available to discuss this further if you have any additional questions regarding the importance of this initiative as we continue to champion the benefits of lifelong physical literacy and the benefits of team sports and civic pride in Park City.
Sincerely,
Anthony DiCicco
Head Coach, Girls & Boys Soccer
Park City High School
I am a parent of a figure skater and a former board member of the Figure Skating Club of Park City.
The potential for expanding recreation opportunities at Quinn's Junction is very exciting. So first, thank you to everyone who has worked on the Master Plan to get us to this point. The Park City skating community (figure skating, hockey, curling, school programs - all of us) feel the impacts of limited ice time every day. While this is truly a year-round issue, winter comes with additional challenges in the form of private rentals, tournaments, and events that make it even more difficult for skaters to train sufficiently (and at reasonable hours). My 12-year-old was hoping to attend this meeting and provide a comment in person, but she has to wake up at 4:30am on Fridays, as freestyle ice is only programmed between 5:30 and 7:30am (with one additional hour later during school hours). So she will be trying to get to sleep while public comments begin tonight. On the other end of the rink's operating hours, I recently was made aware that a hockey game would be starting at 11pm tonight. I think it goes without saying that a second ice sheet, even seasonally, would alleviate some of the programming and training challenges for a rink that is currently programmed 19.5 hours a day.
I also believe that a seasonal outdoor rink aligns perfectly with the interests of our community and winter visitors - who come to Park City from around the world to experience our winter sports town. Please consider including the seasonal rink in the early phases of planning for this exciting development opportunity. Thank you!
Dear Mayor Worel and City Council members,
Regarding: Potential Expansion of Recreational Capital Facilities Including the Summer Camp Building, Aquatics Facilities at PC MARC, and New Facilities at the Park City Sports Complex
The Park City Pickleball Club (PCPC) submits the following statement for the record related to the February 2nd City Council Meeting.
The PCPC urges the Mayor and City Council to approve a plan for a dedicated indoor pickleball complex as a first recreation priority and a mating 16 outdoor court complex.
Additionally, given the complexity of the project and potential time to bring to fruition the PCPC asks the Mayor and City Council to make improvements in the short term available hours for Pickleball in the MARC bubble – especially during the prime play hours of 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
We look forward to your support for the important recreation enhancement for the fastest growing sport in North America.
Attached please find a petition with over 500 signatures asking for your support from members of the PCPC who live and play in Park City and Summit County.
Best Regards,
Joe Plomin
President
Park City Pickleball Club