City Brief: February 3, 2025

Post Date:02/03/2025

2.3.25 City Brief  

A look ahead for Park City Municipal  

 

This Week in City Council  

The City Council meets Thursday, February 6 at 4:50 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. Agenda highlights include:  

 

Bonanza Flat Adaptive Management and Stewardship Plan 

Council will review, take public input, and consider adopting updates to the Bonanza Flat Adaptive Management and Stewardship Plan. The draft plan aims to help improve traffic and parking congestion, road safety, public transit, and local residents’ access to the popular area. View agenda item here.

 

Treasure Hill Conservation Easement Adoption 

The Property and Open Space teams have revised the Treasure Hill Conservation Easement according to City Council’s direction. The Council will review those changes, take public input, and consider approving the proposed Treasure Hill Conservation Easement, which aims to protect the City-owned natural lands in perpetuity. View agenda item here. 

 

Park City Heights Housing Mitigation Plan 

Ivory Homes is requesting to amend the Park City Heights Housing Mitigation Plan. The Council will consider this request, which would extend the completion deadline and increase the sales prices for the final 11 attainable ‘Cottage Homes.’ View agenda item here. 

 

This Week in Historic Preservation Board  

The Historic Preservation Board meets Wednesday, February 5 at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. The agenda includes this work session item: 

 

Building Material Requirements in Old Town 

The Board will review and discuss external material and opacity regulations for residential infill in Historic Districts and provide input for continued discussion scheduled for the March 5 meeting. View agenda item here

 

City News.  

Leadership Symposium — The Power of Leadership in Our Community 

Friday, February 7 | 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Park City Hospital’s Blair Education Center (900 Round Valley Drive) 

Registration is now open for Leadership Park City's Leadership Symposium! This highly informational, deep-dive program is specifically designed for residents, local employees, and community leaders. Hear stories from local leaders who’ve had an impact on Park City’s history, learn about issues and opportunities facing Park City today, and hear from leaders whose gaze is fixed on the horizon as they start to lay the foundation for how our community will evolve to meet the future. 

Registration is $50 and includes breakfast and lunch. Ticket purchase deadline is February 5

Questions? Contact Paige Galvin or call 435-615-5186. 

 

Help Shape Your City — Be a Candidate for a Park City Land Use Board  

Park City Municipal is calling on interested, engaged, and eligible residents to help shape their community by joining one of its four public boards with upcoming vacancies. Opportunities to serve include positions on the Planning Commission, Appeal Panel, Historic Preservation Board, and Board of Adjustment — key groups that help guide municipal land use decisions.  

Time commitments for each board vary, offering opportunities for residents to contribute based on their experience and availability. Learn more and apply by 5:00 p.m. on February 12. 

 

World Cup Time is Here at Deer Valley! 

Deer Valley will host the 2025 Intermountain Health Freestyle International Ski World Cup this week. Resort parking is expected to fill. Do your part to keep Park City moving and take Transit. Increased Transit will operate to/from the Richardson Flat Park and Ride with roughly ten-minute frequency from 4:00-11:00 p.m. each day. Additional event details here.


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Biochar

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Although wildfires are a healthy part of many ecosystems in the Intermountain West, the risk from catastrophic wildfires continues to increase in communities like Park City. Years of fire suppression, coupled with a hotter and drier climate and the continued development of subdivisions close to forestlands, presents the difficult challenge of trying to protect communities while also managing fire in a way that does not exacerbate climate change.

In 2019, Park City was among eight communities to recently receive a Leader in Community Resilience Program award from the National League of Cities (NLC). The award will support the city’s work in developing a biochar program to reduce excess forest fire fuels such as brush and wood debris, and return that carbon to Park City's soils.

Biochar is a charcoal-like material that can be used in carbon sequestration efforts. It is made by burning the excess forest fuels in an oxygen-free environment. Biochar is rich in carbon and in this case, will be collected from defensible spaces, that is the natural or landscaped area around a structure that is maintained and designed to reduce fire dangerPark City held a public demonstration in May 2019 to teach the public about how biochar is made, where it can be used on the landscape, and how it can reduce fire danger locally.

The forests surrounding most structures in the community contain a lot of poor-quality lumber that has the potential to be turned into biochar. This biochar, in turn, can be applied to farm fields and open spaces.

Get in touch to learn more!

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