PARK RECORD – Kurt von Puttkammer mountain bikes on the Rail Trail just two or three times in a year, not a regular user and not one of the biggest fans of the popular trail that hugs the edge of Prospector as it reaches its western end.A 49-year-old architect and urban designer who lives in Park Meadows, von Puttkammer, though, sees the Rail Trail as having the potential of solving the traffic jams that have made the S.R. 248 commute into Park City miserable for drivers.

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PARK RECORD – A Park City house designer who has long been critical of the City Hall rules that regulate construction in Old Town is vying for an appointment to the municipal panel that holds some say on development in the highly charged neighborhood.Kevin King is one of four people competing for two slots on the seven-person Historic Preservation Board. The others are Ken Martz, Adam Opalek and Roger Durst. The Park City Council interviewed the candidates in late October and will likely discuss them in a closed door session this week. The appointments could be made as early as Nov. 13.

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PARK RECORD – Talisker officials continue to face resistance in their bid to put a work force housing development in the upper reaches of Old Town, most recently facing a small group of neighborhood people critical of the plans.The Empire Pass developer, though, has convinced City Hall officials that the project is appropriate for the site. The Park City Planning Commission recently cast two votes in Talisker’s favor, determining that land, even though it is steep, is appropriate for the development and favorably recommending the land be subdivided. The Park City Council must consider the lower panel’s recommendation that the land be subdivided. The elected officials are tentatively scheduled to vote on Nov. 6.

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THE PARK RECORD – Many Parkites would quickly talk about the upper reaches of Park Avenue or Woodside Avenue, each holding a cache of historic houses, when asked about their favorite streetscapes in Old Town.But Kayla Sintz, the architect that City Hall recently hired on a full-time basis to help referee the widening disputes between Park City officials, landowners and their private-sector architects and neighbors, cannot quickly pick which street in Old Town she likes the best, from the perspective of an architect.

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THE PARK RECORD – A Park City architect has approached City Hall for a loan to build a work force housing development in Old Town, a request that comes amid widened efforts by the local government to provide places for rank-and-file workers.Craig Elliott, who has designed worker housing projects such as the Line Condominiums on Deer Valley Drive and the proposed Snow Creek Cottages on Park Avenue, said details of a development had not been finalized.

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THE PARK RECORD – John Stafsholt has watched Park City grow from Woodside Avenue, the classic Old Town street where he has lived since 1986.Over the past 22 years, on other portions of Woodside Avenue and surrounding streets, builders have put up new houses or added onto historic ones. They have also torn down some older houses to make room for ones that are newer and bigger.

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SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – The expansion of the 40,000-square-foot Wal-Mart at Kimball Junction into one of the retailer’s Supercenters with a grocery will have to wait until the traffic gets unsnarled at the busy commercial hub.

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