5.F) Park City Mountain Resort Base Parking Lots - MPD Modification Work Session- Replace Expired Exhibit D of the DA, the 1998 PCMR Base Area Master Plan Study Concept Master Plan, With a New Master Plan, Known as the Park City Base Area Lot Redevelopment Master Plan Study. The Planning Commission will conduct a Work Session, with a focus on the applicant’s requested exceptions to required Parking, in accordance with the MPD, and applicable LMC and General Plan criteria. PL-20-04475.
*Public Input will be taken via e-comments*
(A) Work Session and Public Hearing, No Action Will Be Taken
May 12 Planning Commission -- PARKING Base Area Development.
To whom it may concern, folks should listen to the details of the official recording from the April 21st Public Hearing on Base Area Setbacks and Heights. The public hearing was restricted to 50 minutes, from 9:10pm to 10pm when the Zoom Meeting was ended. The first two public speakers, who represent 300 to 500 community members, made presentations under a stopwatch and a “time’s up” bell. The bell dinged incessantly while each heroically tried to complete their concise, prepared, and highly informative presentations. Time limits and time-out bells were not applied to the applicant who dominated the first part of the meeting, which started at 5:30. The Public must have a means to participate, according to Utah’s Open and Public Meeting’s Act. Our opportunity to participate was severely impeded on April 21st.
It is May 12th. Last item on the Planning Commission Agenda is Base Area Parking, a huge, consequential subject for all of Park City. We shall see if the Public has unimpeded and equal opportunity to participate.
I have been reading a lot about the plan to replace all the free parking at PCMR with paid parking, to discourage driving and encourage riding sharing, etc. This plan assumes that everyone is either wealthy or has a LOT of free time. For many locals, neither is the case. I have spent years gathering in PCMR lots, to and from skiing for 1-2 hours before going back to work. Many, many other locals do the same thing. It is frustrating to watch over-development push out locals, for the sole motivation of profit. This entire development is a relic of the past and makes no sense today.
At the August 26th - Planning Commission Meeting the Planning Department and the Commissioners addressed several aspects of this project including, the Parking Requirements. During that meeting several concerns were brought up. Many of them have been resolved; however there are still a couple that are outstanding that are directly linked to this Wednesday’s Commissioners Meeting. Here are two excerpts from the Planning Department and that meeting that appear to still be pending:
1. The Planning Department recommends shifting more of the parking on Parcel B to below grade in order to reduce the apparent mass and height of the structures.
2. The Planning Department recommends a more equitable distribution of parking throughout the parcels. This may ease circulation and congestion through the site, particularly in front of the transit stop. The Planning Department recommends exploring if some density as well as day skier parking, could be shifted away from Parcel B and potentially relocated to Parcel D.
I understand the desire and motivation for the town to develop this land and to upgrade the look of PCMR (especially with the thought of the possible upcoming Olympic games returning), I also understand the benefit of the added revenue stream for the town; however, this does not have to be done at the expense of the community and town. I wholeheartedly request that the Commissioners slow down the approval process of this project. There are still so many unanswered questions and unaddressed concerns.
I know that if we all keep working together there is reasonable solution that will be pleasing to all the stakeholders and will be in keeping with the existing, surrounding buildings without “walling off” the town and pushing the locals away from the mountain.
I thank you for your time, your consideration, and for your continued support of our beloved Park City town.
May 12 Planning Commission -- PARKING Base Area Development.
To whom it may concern, folks should listen to the details of the official recording from the April 21st Public Hearing on Base Area Setbacks and Heights. The public hearing was restricted to 50 minutes, from 9:10pm to 10pm when the Zoom Meeting was ended. The first two public speakers, who represent 300 to 500 community members, made presentations under a stopwatch and a “time’s up” bell. The bell dinged incessantly while each heroically tried to complete their concise, prepared, and highly informative presentations. Time limits and time-out bells were not applied to the applicant who dominated the first part of the meeting, which started at 5:30. The Public must have a means to participate, according to Utah’s Open and Public Meeting’s Act. Our opportunity to participate was severely impeded on April 21st.
It is May 12th. Last item on the Planning Commission Agenda is Base Area Parking, a huge, consequential subject for all of Park City. We shall see if the Public has unimpeded and equal opportunity to participate.
I have been reading a lot about the plan to replace all the free parking at PCMR with paid parking, to discourage driving and encourage riding sharing, etc. This plan assumes that everyone is either wealthy or has a LOT of free time. For many locals, neither is the case. I have spent years gathering in PCMR lots, to and from skiing for 1-2 hours before going back to work. Many, many other locals do the same thing. It is frustrating to watch over-development push out locals, for the sole motivation of profit. This entire development is a relic of the past and makes no sense today.
Dear Commissioners and Planning Department:
At the August 26th - Planning Commission Meeting the Planning Department and the Commissioners addressed several aspects of this project including, the Parking Requirements. During that meeting several concerns were brought up. Many of them have been resolved; however there are still a couple that are outstanding that are directly linked to this Wednesday’s Commissioners Meeting. Here are two excerpts from the Planning Department and that meeting that appear to still be pending:
1. The Planning Department recommends shifting more of the parking on Parcel B to below grade in order to reduce the apparent mass and height of the structures.
2. The Planning Department recommends a more equitable distribution of parking throughout the parcels. This may ease circulation and congestion through the site, particularly in front of the transit stop. The Planning Department recommends exploring if some density as well as day skier parking, could be shifted away from Parcel B and potentially relocated to Parcel D.
I understand the desire and motivation for the town to develop this land and to upgrade the look of PCMR (especially with the thought of the possible upcoming Olympic games returning), I also understand the benefit of the added revenue stream for the town; however, this does not have to be done at the expense of the community and town. I wholeheartedly request that the Commissioners slow down the approval process of this project. There are still so many unanswered questions and unaddressed concerns.
I know that if we all keep working together there is reasonable solution that will be pleasing to all the stakeholders and will be in keeping with the existing, surrounding buildings without “walling off” the town and pushing the locals away from the mountain.
I thank you for your time, your consideration, and for your continued support of our beloved Park City town.
Sincerely, Nancy Lazenby