Pat Sweeney, who is leading his family’s efforts to build Treasure, said in a Monday interview the family would entertain talks with Mayor Dana Williams and the Park City Council should the elected officials be cleared to discuss the project with the Sweeneys.

But Sweeney did not commit to a lengthy round of discussions and he said there are no promises that talks with the elected officials could lead to a Treasure breakthrough. He said it is “premature” to predict the outcome of talks between the Sweeneys and the elected officials.

“Where the talks go will more or less speak for themselves,” he said.

Park City officials on Wednesday are scheduled to begin formal discussions about a procedural shift in the way City Hall handles appeals of development decisions. City staffers have introduced the proposal as a way to break what has been a deadlock in the discussions about Treasure.

Under the procedural shift, appeals of some development-related decisions made by the Park City Planning Commission would be moved from the City Council to a hearing officer appointed by Williams and the City Council.

Top-ranking City Hall staffers say doing so would allow the elected officials to engage a developer in discussions, perhaps centering on whether a financial arrangement could be made to purchase a developer’s land or pay a developer to reduce the size of a project.

Under the current arrangement, the mayor and City Council do not discuss development-related issues since they are the ones who would hear an appeal. If they talked about a project, their ability to fairly hear an appeal would be jeopardized, City Hall attorneys caution.

It has long been expected that the Planning Commission’s Treasure vote would be put before the City Council either through an appeal or by a City Councilor requesting a reconsideration of the lower panel’s decision.

The Planning Commission is scheduled to begin its talks at a Wednesday meeting. It is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers. The procedural shift would be made through a change to City Hall’s Land Management Code, the document that outlines development processes.

A Wednesday hearing is slated. The Planning Commission Wednesday could forward a recommendation to the City Council, which has the authority to abide by the lower panel’s recommendation or overrule the commissioners.

Sweeney acknowledged “we might be the catalyst” for the procedural shift. He said he does not plan to testify on Wednesday night. One of his brothers, Mike Sweeney, might speak to the Planning Commission, though, Sweeney said.

“We don’t have any plans to try to influence that vote very much. We’re waiting to see what it really means,” Sweeney said.

He said there could be an interruption in the talks with the Planning Commission for a few months if the Sweeneys see discussions with the elected officials as being beneficial.

The Sweeneys have been in talks with the Planning Commission about Treasure since the middle of the last decade, and the panel remains skeptical about numerous points. It recently appeared that the Planning Commission could be preparing for a vote in the spring.

Treasure would be situated on a hillside overlooking Old Town on the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort. The family holds longstanding development rights at the site and is seeking a set of crucial approvals before the development could begin. The current Treasure proposal calls for approximately 1 million square feet of development — a hotel, condominiums and commercial and meeting space.

Opponents are worried about traffic heading to and from Treasure on streets like Empire Avenue and Lowell Avenue as well as other issues like the size of the buildings within the project.

Charlie Wintzer, the chairman of the Planning Commission, said he hopes the panel casts a vote on the procedural change at the Wednesday meeting. He said the change is “logical,” but the rights of a developer and neighbors should be kept intact.

He said the Planning Commission will press forward with the discussions about Treasure in the meantime.

“We will continue to do everything as we’ve done it. No matter how we vote, that does not change at all,” he said.