Park City Council retreat makes transportation first priority and drops regional synergy as a standalone pillar
February 13, 2020, 8:30 a.m. · Community Room, Park City Library, 1255 Park Avenue
At a strategic planning retreat, council members ranked transportation as the highest-scoring priority, folded the regional synergy pillar into the others and reworded an affordability goal to encourage long-term rentals rather than discourage nightly rentals. No formal votes were taken.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Agenda, item by item
Item III · Presentation
Facilitated discussion: affordability, equity and environmental leadership
Discussed
Facilitators from Future iQ led discussion of housing, nightly rentals and community belonging, and of net-zero carbon, zero waste and education. The council changed an affordability goal from discouraging nightly rentals to encouraging long-term rentals.
Item V · Presentation
Facilitated discussion: transportation, regional synergy and next steps
Discussed
The council discussed peak-time congestion, car-optional options and perimeter parking; transportation scored highest. It dropped regional synergy as a standalone pillar. City Manager Matt Dias said staff would prepare work plans starting with transportation and return in a few months, before budget season; Council Member Tim Henney asked for near-term plus two-, five- and seven-year plans.
What residents said
Nightly rentalsPeak-time congestion