{"id":804496,"date":"2020-02-23T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379407"},"modified":"2020-02-23T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:30:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-urge-dillon-town-council-to-say-no-to-ice-castles-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-urge-dillon-town-council-to-say-no-to-ice-castles-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Urge Dillon Town Council to say \u2018no\u2019 to Ice Castles contract"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ice Castles is not a fit for Dillon Town Park. A pop-up business with 60-foot towers is not allowed in park zoning.<\/p>\n

The proposed 50 tons of ice and 20 million gallons of water would cause too much damage to the park. There is a risk to nearby buildings and homes.<\/p>\n

The cost to alter the park\u2019s north end is high \u2014 excavation, storm drain, tree removal, landscaping \u2014 a big bill for Dillon.<\/p>\n

Ice Castles pays no rent to use Town Park for over 220 days \u2014 60% of the year.<\/p>\n

It gets a deal on the 10 million gallons of water it uses. In 2018, Dillon waived the water fees. Now its water price is $3 per thousand gallons for the first 1 million gallons per month and then $6 per thousand gallons. Dillon residents pay $5.72-$9.03 per thousand gallons.<\/p>\n

Municipal water has costs to diversion, treatment, staffing, storage and delivery. Why is Ice Castles getting such a deal on water when it is estimated to make over $3 million in ticket sales per year (164,000 visitors at $20 per ticket)?<\/p>\n

Contracts required Ice Castles to return the park to its prior condition, but 50 tons of ice has created an uneven lawn, poor drainage, damaged irrigation and blighted turf.<\/p>\n

Field replacement was estimated at over $78,000. Google Earth shots show damage from 2016-2019.<\/p>\n

Did you know the current operation was never approved by the parks department or planning and zoning, and no public hearing was held even though it is a dramatic change in land use?<\/p>\n

Ice Castles has proven it will exploit Dillon. It does not stick to contract terms. Urge council to say \u201cno\u201d to any Ice Castles contract.<\/p>\n

Send letters to the town clerk: astuckey@townofdillon.com<\/a>, and ask that they be entered into the Dillon Town Council packet.<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ice Castles is not a fit for Dillon Town Park. A pop-up business with 60-foot towers is not allowed in park zoning. The proposed 50 tons of ice and 20 million gallons of water would cause too much damage to the park. There is a risk to nearby buildings and homes. The cost to alter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 23:31:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}