The Park City Police Department was recently called to investigate after a demonstrator was seen on the land where the Park City municipal government is pursuing a partnership to develop Bonanza Park. The agency received the complaint at 5:47 p.m. on Aug. 6. The initial report to the department involved someone with signs in the parking lot off the intersection of Bonanza Drive and Kearns Boulevard. It was logged as a citizen assist rather than a suspected criminal matter. The municipal government owns the land, which stretches inward from the southwest corner of the intersection. The portion of the land closest to the intersection is the former Maverik gas station location. The police officer’s report, provided following a request from The Park Record under state open records laws, indicates the city’s parking services “reported a car was parked at the old Maverik business and wanted them trespassed.”  Officers responded and found a man standing near Bonanza Drive “holding a sign regarding building on the Bonanza site,” the report says. It says the man “had signs leaning against his car and one sign tied to a pole,” and the person parked his vehicle at the north entrance to the land. The officers told the person, “he was ok to lean the signs against his car, but he couldn’t block the entrance” and “that he couldn’t secure or lean his signs against city property.” The person was also told, “he could move his vehicle to a parking spot with his signs and display them.” The report indicates the person “pulled his signs and moved from his current location.” Critics of the development proposal have consistently demonstrated at the location this summer, while city officials consider the proposal. They have carried signs of various sizes to the land in an effort to win support from drivers passing the high-traffic intersection. There has appeared to be just one person or a small number of people demonstrating at any one time. One of the recent signs, which was green with white lettering, read “Plant trees here not concrete.” An opposition movement known as PLACE PC materialized in the spring and expressed broad worries about the proposal. The movement wants leaders to create park space on the land instead. It was not clear, though, whether the person that police officers found was affiliated with the group. The report to the police was filed days before the Park City Planning Commission is scheduled to address the proposal. On Wednesday, the panel is slated to discuss the project and hold a hearing. There is a possibility the Planning Commission could cast a vote late this month or in September. The proposal includes: 88 units of income-restricted rentals. 18 rentals without income restrictions. More than 30,000 square feet for a variety of tenants, such as retailers, restaurants, cafes and art spaces for not-for-profit organizations. A childcare location. 2 acres of open space. The Planning Commission has received split testimony about the proposal. Issues like the traffic a project would generate and building heights have been important during the discussions. The post Park City police summoned to investigate Bonanza Park demonstrator appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less