Council continues Studio Crossing fee waiver after competing motions and approves $3.7 million Main Street water line work
September 5, 2024
The council approved a $3,689,058.90 contract with Silver Spur Construction for phases II and III of the Main Street water line replacement, the boards and commissions ordinance and a cable franchise. A motion to approve the earlier Studio Crossing fee waiver failed 2-3 and the request was continued. Members discussed ranked choice voting for 2025 without a vote.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item II.1 · Other
Welcoming the Courchevel, France delegation (Resolution 18-2024)
Approved · 5-0
The council adopted a resolution welcoming a delegation from sister city Courchevel, read in French by a Park City High School senior. Courchevel's mayor presented a gift helmet artwork.
Item II.2 · Presentation
Public financing tools presentation
Discussed
Budget staff and Zions Public Finance reviewed bond types, tax increment financing, public infrastructure districts, community reinvestment agencies and state housing and transit zones. Zions said community reinvestment agencies need school district approval while the housing and transit zones do not. No action.
Item III · Roads and utilities
China Bridge parking structure condition assessment
Discussed
The city engineer said a temporary fix would cost $250,000 and full replacement $400,000, noting this is maintenance rather than a new capital project and that the report spreadsheet had errors. Council Member Jeremy Rubell asked for a revised report covering needs now and over 5 to 10 years and that Main Street projects consider the Main Street Area Plan; Council Member Ed Parigian asked whether the numbers were accurate.
- Budget$250,000
- Budget$400,000
Item III · Presentation
Main Street Area Plan meeting recap
Discussed
Staff recapped the August 14 committee meeting. Rubell asked for a timeline and whether resorts were involved; Council Member Ryan Dickey said outreach would reach all groups, including key interests missing from the fast-tracked process. The Chamber and Historic Park City Alliance sit on the committee.
Item VI · Contract
Consent agenda: ClearCompany HR contract and artwork acquisition
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda included a three-year contract with ClearCompany, LLC for an HR management system (with a two-year renewal option) and acquisition of 44 artworks for phase 3 of the EmPOWERment Project, for which no amount was stated.
- Contract$119,840 to ClearCompany, LLC
Item VII.1 · Other
Ranked choice voting for the 2025 city election
Discussed
Staff and Utah Ranked Choice Voting reviewed the pilot. The city reported minimal turnout at May outreach events. A 2025 plan would drop the primary, move filing from June to August and hold the election November 4, 2025. Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson called the method complex; Megan McKenna supported it. Dickey and Council Member Tana Toly favored moving forward; Council Member Bill Ciraco wanted more fact-finding and opposed using it if the pilot sunsets; Parigian opposed a one-off ranked choice election; Rubell preferred proportional voting and did not want to work on a method that might sunset. Mayor Nann Worel suggested waiting on the legislature. The council asked to revisit in a couple of months after a Utah Valley University study. No vote.
Item VII.2 · Roads and utilities
Main Street water line replacement phases II and III
Approved · 5-0
The council approved a construction agreement with Silver Spur Construction for phases II and III. Main line work is this fall, with service lines and sidewalks done by June. Staff cited four breaks this year in unreplaced areas. The Historic Park City Alliance approved the mitigation plan.
- Contract$3.69 million to Silver Spur Construction
Item VII.3 · City code
Boards, committees and commissions code chapter (Ordinance 2024-16)
Approved · 5-0
The council approved the consolidated chapter as amended. It exempts land-use bodies, defines cause for removal to include willful misconduct, and gives priority on the Nonprofit Services Advisory Committee to members with nonprofit or service-delivery experience. Parigian asked to remove "includes" from the cause definition; the majority kept the wording. No one spoke at the hearing.
Item VII.4 · Taxes and fees
Studio Crossing affordable housing fee waiver
Continued · 5-0
The developer asked to waive up to $1,913,012 in building permit, water, parks, trails and police impact fees for the voluntary affordable portion of the 208-unit project (77 units under 80% area median income, 23 added above the original 185). Developer representatives said waivers were to be sought at the building permit stage. Dickey said market-rate density was the incentive and waivers are for public or nonprofit projects; Rubell and Parigian supported the waiver; Toly opposed 80% AMI as not truly affordable and proposed waiving only the 77 units; Ciraco wanted value-for-value public benefit. Motions by Rubell to waive and by Dickey to deny died for lack of a second; Parigian's motion to approve the earlier waiver failed 2-3; the council then continued the item to a date uncertain.
- Fee$1.91 million
Item VIII.1 · Contract
Cable television franchise with All West/Utah (Resolution 19-2024)
Approved · 5-0
The council approved a nonexclusive 15-year cable franchise with All West/Utah, Inc. paying 5% of gross revenues a year, with lines underground where practicable and joint trenching coordination. The prior agreement expired two years ago.
- FeeAmount not given to All West/Utah, Inc.
What residents said
Yarrow Hotel review timelineRanked choice voting complexityAffordable housing fee waivers
Tracy Harden raised concerns about the pace of the Yarrow Hotel project review and asked the council to bring the Planning Commission and developer together.