Council approves four-year Park Silly Sunday Market agreement, $150,000 childcare scholarship administrator and historic lot size limits, all 5-0
October 26, 2023, 2:30 p.m. · City Council Chambers, 445 Marsac Avenue
On October 26, 2023 the council approved, 5-0, a four-year agreement with the Park Silly Sunday Market with a three-year auto-renewal, a $150,000 contract with WeeCare, Inc. (doing business as Upwards) to administer the childcare needs-based scholarship program, and two code amendments: Ordinance 2023-49 shifting final action on plats from council to the Planning Commission, and Ordinance 2023-50 capping lot sizes in historic residential districts. A public hearing on the $30 million recreation bond was held without a vote. Work sessions covered senior services, childcare scholarships and the Kimball Art Festival debrief.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item Closed · Other
Motion to close the meeting to discuss property and litigation
Approved · 5-0
Closed session ran from 2:30 to 4:45 p.m.
Item Work1 · Presentation
Park City Seniors update
Discussed
Senior representatives reported a three-way memorandum of understanding among the seniors, Summit County and the city, 496 members and a cramped facility, and a new city-built senior center that will include senior housing. The mayor and Toly expressed support. No vote.
Item Work2 · Budget
Childcare needs-based scholarship program
Discussed
Components: tuition scholarships for residents under 100 percent of area median income paying up to 10 percent of income; infant and toddler scholarships of $200 per child per month; and a $300 monthly provider incentive. The $1,000,000 breaks down as $750,000 tuition, $150,000 infant and toddler and $100,000 provider incentive. Rubell questioned whether the employee benefit would come from the $1 million and wanted tighter parameters; Gerber wanted to start now and refine later; Toly asked for the item to return. Staff will report November 16. No vote.
- Budget$1.00 million
Item Work3 · Presentation
Park City Kimball Art Festival debrief
Discussed
About 29,000 attendees over three days, 198 artists including 65 first-time artists and about $181,000 in direct tax revenue shared by the state, county and city; staff corrected total fees to $118,233. The dining deck issue returns to council November 30. No vote.
Item VI.1 · Other
Resolution 18-2023: Extra Mile Day, November 1, 2023
Approved · 5-0
Proclamation, approved on the consent agenda.
Item VI.2 · Contract
Childcare administrative funding contract with WeeCare, Inc. (Upwards)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Removed from the consent agenda on a motion by Rubell, seconded by Dickey (5-0). Amendments added a payment schedule, lower auto insurance, staff approval for marketing, provisional language for council modifications and biweekly meetings. Rubell asked that the company not disburse funds until council addresses concerns on November 16. The minutes record a conflict between statements on whether city employees are eligible. The Community Foundation funds 100 percent.
- Contract$150,000 to WeeCare, Inc. dba Upwards
Item VII.1 · Public hearing
Public hearing: $30 million recreational facility general obligation bond
Discussed
Pro and con statements were read with rebuttals. Five speakers supported the bond; one opposed it, saying facilities are used by non-residents and city residents subsidize other users. No vote.
- Bond$30.0 million
Item VII.2 · Contract
Five-year agreement with Park Silly Sunday Market
Approved · 5-0
The market reported 183,255 attendees in 2023, an 83 percent diversion rate and 59,308 transit riders, and requested a long-term contract with the same season length. A Main Street business alliance chair said a 2022 survey showed most businesses opposed it while over 60 percent supported it in some way in 2023. Council positions ranged from three to five years; the approved motion is a four-year agreement with a three-year auto-renewal. The motion does not explicitly adopt the 2024 dates or a July 7 addition.
Item VIII.1 · Subdivision
Bald Eagle Club at Deer Valley Unit 55 Third Amended plat, 7875 Bald Eagle Drive
Continued · 5-0
Continued to November 30, 2023. The public hearing had no comments.
Item VIII.2 · Subdivision
1415 Lowell Avenue condominium plat amendment
Withdrawn
Withdrawn. No action taken.
Item VIII.3 · City code
Ordinance 2023-49: Land Management Code final action and public notice
Approved · 5-0
Shifts final action on condominium plats, plat amendments and subdivisions from council to the Planning Commission and steep slope conditional use review from staff to the Planning Commission, and updates public notice to align with state law, removing the newspaper publication requirement for certain applications. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval on September 27, 2023. Toly opposed newspaper notices as a courtesy; the mayor called them another level of transparency.
Item VIII.4 · City code
Ordinance 2023-50: maximum lot size in historic residential districts
Approved · 5-0
Limits lots in Historic Residential Low-Density to three lots, in HR-1 and HR-2 to two lots for a single-family home or four for a duplex, and in HR Medium up to eight lots for multi-unit uses with conditional use discretion, to preserve mass and scale. Historic sites and lots platted before October 1, 2023 are exempt. Two speakers supported it. The mayor asked staff to pursue accessory dwelling incentives and council supported it.
What residents said
Park Silly Sunday Market on Main StreetRecreation bondChildcare eligibility
Speakers thanked departments, raised a Main Street club opening issue and a parking ticket, and one eComment asked for a resolution to display banners on Main Street in solidarity with the victims of the October 7 attacks and against antisemitism.