July 28, 2023 – Property Valuation Maps, Curbside Yard Waste Program, Let's Talk Initiative & Summit County Fair

This week, we cover:  Assessor’s Office Property Valuation Maps Summit County Curbside Yard Waste Program ‘Let’s Talk’ initiative Summit County Fair + Jana Kramer Concert Property Valuation Maps  The Summit County’s Assessor was in front of the council this week to demonstrate the Assessor’s property valuation mapping tool! The Assessor’s Office has been working hard to create an online interactive web platform that increases accessibility to valuation information by sharing public details about Summit County properties. These maps: Provide county taxpayers with a resource to examine the equity of the 2023 tax assessment Allow users to visualize various aspects of the county assessment such as market values, taxable values, the area factor rate, quality, year built and square footage Break down the price per square foot and also show the percentage change from last year’s property valuation Folks can access the interactive maps at summitcounty.org/assessor or directly at summitcounty.info/propertyvaluemaps. If you want a quick tutorial on how to use the maps, please visit summitcounty.info/valuationmapshowto.  Yard Waste Program  In case you missed our special episode last week, the Summit County Curbside Yard Waste Program is an optional curbside yard waste program Republic Services is planning to offer to selected locations in Summit County in Spring 2024.  In order to successfully launch the program, we need 3,500 residences in the selected area to opt into the program. If the minimum number of sign ups are received, participating residents will receive 95-gallon yard waste carts in which they can place residential yard waste. The carts will be placed on the curb for weekly collection – just like residents’ normal trash bins! To learn more about the program, including how to see if your home falls into the selected areas, and how to sign up, please visit summitcounty.org/yardwaste.  Let’s Talk Initiative  Park City Leadership’s Class 29 was in front of the council this week to present their class project called, Let’s Talk, a leadership training program focused on facilitating more civil discourse in our community.  The program is built around the simple, but powerful belief that holding conversations that connect people instead of dividing them is a skill that can be trained and modeled by our community leaders. Inspired by some of the country’s most successful communication education programs and assembled in partnership with Mountain Mediation Center, Let’s Talk provides skills based, interactive training to participants. In just a few short hours, participants will learn or refresh skills that they can implement immediately, including how to be self aware entering a discussion, how to listen actively and i