Council approves $240,000 Carriage House unit purchase and $11 million transit vehicle contracts, denies Bald Eagle Club rental ban, 5-0; appeals panel chosen 3-2
February 1, 2024, 3:30 p.m. · City Council Chambers, 445 Marsac Avenue
On February 1, 2024 the council voted 3-2 to appoint Adam Strachan, Esteban Nunez and Matthew Day to the appeals panel (Council Members Ryan Dickey and Tana Toly had supported Strachan, Day and Elyse Katz). It voted 5-0 to deny Ordinance 2024-04, which would have prohibited nightly rentals and internal accessory dwelling units in the Bald Eagle Club, to buy a studio unit at Carriage House for $240,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund, and to authorize contracts for seven electric buses, charging equipment, an electric trolley and a van (about $11 million, mostly federal grants). Council Member Ed Parigian disclosed he owns a unit at Carriage House and voted. Work sessions covered water rates and the special event officer fee.
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 litigation
Approved · 5-0
Closed session ran from 3:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Item Work A · Taxes and fees
FY25 recommended changes to the water rate schedule
Discussed
Staff recommended a 10 percent increase in all classes, then 3 percent annually; alternatives included charging city accounts retail rates and charging the golf course for irrigation. Bonding was not being considered because of high interest rates. Parigian wanted to phase in charges to city facilities; Rubell supported an RFP for a rate study. Direction: begin phase one of the water rate study and look into charging city departments for water. No vote.
Item Work B · Taxes and fees
FY25 special event officer fee
Discussed
The fee has been $75 an hour for over five years; staff proposed $100 an hour, citing recruitment and competing events that pay more. Members supported the increase and waiving fees for community identifying events. Staff will return with a fee schedule through the budget process. No vote.
Item II.1 · Appointment
Appeals panel appointments
Approved · 3-2
Appoints Adam Strachan, Esteban Nunez and Matthew Day.
Item VII · Contract
Consent: school resource officer interlocal agreement amendment and 2024 council liaison assignments
Approved · 5-0
Amends the interlocal agreement with the Park City School District on school resource officers and sets 2024 council liaison assignments.
Item VIII.1 · City code
Ordinance 2024-04: prohibit nightly rentals and internal accessory dwelling units in the Bald Eagle Club at Deer Valley
Denied · 5-0
The Planning Commission supported prohibiting nightly rentals but not internal accessory dwelling units. The homeowners' association reported 40 of 48 owners voted to prohibit transient use. Dickey said the city should not become an enforcement arm for a private contract; Toly said many neighborhoods lack associations so the city should not push nightly rentals into them and opposed the accessory dwelling restrictions; Ciraco and Parigian said associations should enforce their own covenants. The minutes list all five members as ayes on the motion to deny.
Item IX.1 · Contract
Purchase of Carriage House Unit 209, 1940 Prospector Avenue
Approved · 5-0
A studio unit adjacent to other city housing, appraised at $250,000 per the minutes, for transit employee housing; association fees are $244 a month. Rubell said it sounded more like an employee benefit than a rental program. Parigian disclosed he owns a unit at Carriage House and said it would not affect his decision.
- Purchase$240,000
Item IX.2 · Zoning
Ordinance 2024-02: zoning map amendment, 1460 Eagle Way (Lot EW-B-2AM)
Approved · 5-0
The lot is split between Estate and Single-Family zoning; the amendment rezones it entirely to Single-Family to reduce ambiguity. The Planning Commission recommended approval unanimously. Dickey asked about possible subdivision into three lots; staff said a plat amendment would be required.
- Current zone → proposed: Estate and Single-Family → Single-Family
Item IX.3 · Contract
Authorization to execute contracts for transit vehicles
Approved · 5-0
Seven 35-foot electric buses from the Gillig contract through the Utah Transit Authority with three depot chargers and nine dispensers, a custom electric trolley for Main Street, and a Ford E-Transit passenger van. The total purchase is about $11 million with about $1.9 million as the city's local match and the rest federal grants; the trolley is estimated at $150,000 paid by the Transportation Fund. Parigian questioned why a new trolley is needed when a 2016 model exists. The existing trolley would be kept.
- Purchase$11.0 million
- Purchase$150,000
Item IX.4 · City code
Ordinance 2024-03: Land Management Code amendments for EV charging, affordable master planned developments and subdivision review
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Raises the electric vehicle conduit requirement from 20 to 50 percent, establishes fast chargers as standalone and accessory uses, and makes state-mandated subdivision review changes. Rubell moved to approve but exclude the affordable master planned development changes until they are considered with other amendments to that code.
Item IX.5 · Presentation
2024 legislative session update
Discussed
The council agreed to analyze all city buildings and build gender-neutral restrooms in each facility. Rubell asked for a legal opinion on HB85. No vote.
What residents said
State bills affecting LGBTQ+ residentsSpecial event staffing
Speakers raised concerns about bills affecting LGBTQ+ residents (HB261, HB111 and HB257), asked for gender-neutral spaces in public buildings and for more county health funding for related programs.