Agenda - February 2010

BALLPARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
February Agenda
Thursday February 4th, 2010
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main Street (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
New Media Center/Salt Lake City Community College/Gordon Storr
US Census Bureau - Recruiting Drive
Police report - Detective Potter/SLPD
New Business/Open Agenda - Any items from the floor not on the formal
agenda

January 2010 Minutes

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
SLCC on Tuesday broke ground for the Center for New Media. It is in partnership with state and schools. $30 million in remodel 122,670 square feet 42 classrooms. Opens Fall 2011.

January 28th 7:30 am to Noon. Hotel Monaco. Business conference type thing.

Salt Lake City PD chief scheduled dates for a open question forum.

Alcohol normalization is proceeding. More than one bar per block passed. Neighborhood taverns now being considered. More info on http://www.slcgov.com

Welcome to the new state senator: Ben McAdams. 45 day session to begin soon. Will provide updates during session. McCoy resigned last month to focus on career as an attorney. Pays better. Democratic delegates select candidate to replace. To be sworn in on Tuesday. Represented SLC in legislature. Major issue is budget covering $850 million shortfall. Feb 15 with updated numbers.

Major Street Pet Services - Presentation by Tyler Jackson/facility
manager
A business dedicated to providing pet owners a respectful alternative to disposing of their pets in the landfill.
Proposed Activities
*Meet with owners of the deceased pets and making arrangements for their cremation
*Provide memorial merchandise for these owners should they require
*Provide the cremation service for the owners

Proposing a pet crematorium. Working its way through planning. Permitted use as pet cemetery.
Emissions similar to a residential fireplace. Amendment to current zoning code to allow a funeral home to cremate remains.

Jill Remington Love - City update and a discussion of a city wide text
amendment relating to the above topic
General overview of what the city council will be working on in the coming months. Releasing bonds for the public safety building, soccer fields, neighborhood pubs, etc.

Artspace residential project - Jessica Norie/Executive Director
Artspace. A presentation on their current project located at 800 So
400 West
Non-profit. Develops high density residential housing. Developing a project on 800 south and 400 west. Major development. Jackie Scibe. Artspace Pierpont 300 400 west. Rubber company 200 south 3-4 west bunch of places. Mixed use. Affordable housing and office space. Art studios.
Artspace Commons. Building 102 residential units. 50k sq ft commercial space. commercial first floor. Building 4 stories and a second 3 stories that is commercial. very green building. gold lead building. solar thermal hot water solar pv window awnings. Secure storage for bikes. showers for people who commute via bike. Construction terminates june 2010. Across from city fleet parking. Kiddie corner from the pickle company. Mission is to build live in workspace for artist and non-profits and revitalizing neighborhoods. http://www.artspaceutah.org. Waiting list now. Leasing in March. 1-2 bedrooms starting at $750. Wood floors granite countertops. Washer and dryers in each unit. Sliding doors for the bedroom. Pets allowed.

1300 South Viaduct Rehabilitation
In beginning stages of evaluation. Environmental stage. Preliminary design work. Major rehab not new construction. Full deck replacement. Upgraded sidewalks on north and south side. Possible bike lanes. Structural upgrade. New signal at 700 west. no lane re-configuration. Spring environmental done and then design. Construction tentatively Spring 2012. Duration March-November. After North Temple construction. Public open house next month 2nd or 3rd week. TBA.

Police report - Detective Tom Potter/SLPD
Safety Building bond. See some movement in the near term. This month: ask the chiefs (fire and police) 7pm Jan 21st.
Crime stats found on http://www.slcpd.com scroll to the bottom. pull up the map by area.
801.799.3309

New Business/Open Agenda - Any items from the floor not on the formal
agenda
Taylor house update?
Library steering committee for two new libraries. Glendale possible site.

Mayor one-on-one Jan 27 4-6 ten minute slots. Reserve one of the 8 slots. 801.535.7704
Mayor state of the city address on tuesday Jan 12 at 7pm city and county builiding 3rd floor council chambers. public invited.
RDA purchased a theater for downtown culture district. www.slcgreen.com
Jan 14 open house alcohol normalization city county bldg 1st floor 4:30 6 pm

Agenda - January 2010

BALLPARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
January Agenda
Thursday January 7th 2010
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main Street (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
Major Street Pet Services - Presentation by Tyler Jackson/facility
manager
Jill Remington Love - City update and a discussion of a city wide text
amendment relating to the above topic
Artspace residential project - Jessica Norie/Executive Director
Artspace. A presentation on their current project located at 800 So
400 West
Police report - Detective Potter/SLPD
New Business/Open Agenda - Any items from the floor not on the formal
agenda

Ways to Reduce Salt Lake City's Waste Flow

YOUTHCITY TEAMS UP WITH SLC GREEN TO DIG UP THE DIRT BEHIND COMPOSTING AND OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE SALT LAKE CITY’S WASTE FLOW

 “My Trash, Your Trash, Our Trash” invites the residents of Salt Lake City to join the YouthCity After-school Program and Salt Lake City Green for the premier of the film “Meet The Wormingtons: The Truth Behind Composting”, made by YouthCity kids! And a hilarious photo presentation “Adventures of the Waste Reducer”. Get a chance to win free prizes, participate in hands on activities, an eco-gallery stroll and eat yummy free food catered by Rubio’s on December 9th at 6:30pm at the Sorenson Unity Center!
Please spread the word and come out to show your support to the youth of our community that are passionate about creating a cleaner, healthier Salt Lake City. 

The “My Trash, Your Trash, Our Trash” event is a celebration of the YouthCity’s community wide effort to reduce Salt Lake City’s waste flow.

It is a family-friendly event, and free to the public thanks to the generous sponsorships of Rocky Mountain Recycling, Allied Waste and Rubio’s

WHEN: This Wednesday December 9th  6:15pm -8pm
WHERE: Sorenson Unity Center located at 1383 S. 900 W. SLC, UT.

Don’t forget to check out the event on Salt Lake City Green’s Facebook page.

Bridget Stuchly
Outreach Coordinator
Division of Sustainability and the Environment
Salt Lake City Corporation
451 S. State St. Room 145
PO Box 145467
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5467
(801) 535-6438

December 2009 Minutes

Welcome by Bill Davis

Announcements by Bill Davis:

• Welcome new board members - Click here to see last month's minutes.

• Proposed updates to bylaws - Click here to see last month's minutes.
  

Business by Bill Davis:

• Motion to accept proposed bylaws - Passed.

Mayor's Office Update by Shawn McDonough:

• Mayor's Office Hot Topics - click here to view all the topics.

• Shop locally - Support small businesses & decrease motor vehicle emissions.

• Downtown streetcars - Downtown city streets, once the site of bustling trolleys, may soon be the home of streetcars. The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City will host an open house to seek comment on several routes being considered for an initial downtown streetcar line. The public is invited to attend the open house on Monday, Dec. 7 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on the First Floor of the City & County Building, 451 South State Street.
  
  
• Public safety building - Salt Lake City residents are invited to a community workshop to discuss site evaluation and analysis for the new public safety building. Earlier this year the City hosted 11 open houses regarding the location of the proposed public safety building. Ten potential sites were presented to the public for review. Based on the information gathered and evaluated this past spring and summer, the preferred site was Block 35 Plat B (the block on the east side of 300 East between 400 and 500 South). Public participation is encouraged at the workshop which will be held Monday, Dec. 7 at the Salt Lake City Main Library, 212 East 400 South, Conference Rooms A, B and C, from 6 to 8:30 in the evening.
  

• Free parking - Downtown parking meters are bagged to allow free parking for the holidays.
  

Salt Lake Police Department Update by Detective Potter:

• Crime stats for November - Click here to view the report (we are the column labeled "PEF"). Car prowls went way up the day after Thanksgiving. Keep your packages out of sight in the car and lock your car doors, especially in parking lots.

• Winter driving tips - Keep tire pressure at the maximum recommended amount for your tires. This will give you the optimal traction on slippery roads in cold weather. If you are driving on a wet road in cold weather, watch the tires of the car in front of you - if you see water or snow flipping off the tires, then the road is just wet and not frozen. If the road appears wet, but there is no liquid flipping off the tires, then black ice is present on the road.
  

Open forum:

• Pet crematorium on Major Street - There is neighborhood opposition to a proposed pet crematorium at 1727 Major Street. Click here to see and article about it in the Salt Lake Tribune. Hopefully we will have a representative of the crematorium at our January meeting.

• Taylor Springs - Housing construction continues at 1812 West Temple. They are anticipating having the units completed and occupied by next fall.

• Lighting on West Temple - Bill included lighting upgrades in his recent Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) application for our area. Read more about the CIP here.
  

Thank you to all who attended!

Meeting Minutes - November 2009

Welcome

Announcements

• Proposition One ($125 million bond proposal for a new public safety complex) garnered a large margin of victory on November 3, with 66% of voters saying “yes". Congratulations to our police, fire, & emergency workers! The actual site of the new complex is still under negotiation - the proposed site east of the library is not a done deal yet. Other sites are still being investigated. The average property tax increase for a homeowner, per year, will be $75 for this new complex.
• Bike lanes on Main Street will not happen this year. Contractors encountered problems removing the existing painted lines from the street - their removal method was causing excessive damage. The project has been put on hold for the time being and should be completed in the spring. The existing four lanes of traffic (two each way) will be converted to a middle turning lane, one car lane going each direction, and one bike lane going each direction.
  

Police Update from Detective Potter

• With baseball season over, we can expect crime (especially car prowls & graffiti) to continue to decrease. The vast majority of car prowls over the last few months were perpetrated in parking lots associated with the ball park.
• All (of the few) car prowls that happened away from the ball park involved a valuable item such as a purse, wallet, computer, or iPod left in plain sight in the car. Avoid being a victim! Don't leave stuff in your car in plain sight - and lock your car doors.
• A temporary, solar-powered speed monitor has been implemented on northbound West Temple, near 1800 South. This was done in response to complaints of cars speeding through this section of West Temple.
  

October crime stats for People's Freeway District:
Arson = 1, same as September
Aggravated Assault = 4, down from 6 in September
Burglary = 12, same as September
Car Prowl = 23, up from 22 in September
Car Strip = 3, down from 5 in September
Robbery = 3, down from 7 in September
Sexual Assault = 0, down from 2 in September
Stolen Vehicle = 3, same as September
Vandalism = 18, down from 24 in September
Weapon Drive By = 0, down from 1 in September

Open Forum

• How can we get improved street lighting? There is not really any money in the city budget for improvements like this right now. However, Community Council chair Bill Davis is currently putting together a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) application for our area, and he will include this in the application. You can read more about the CIP here.

• Palmer Court is at full occupancy, and things are going well. The Road Home is working closely with police to resolve any problems that occur.
  

Discussion of proposed updates to Community Council bylaws

• A number of minor changes were proposed, mostly fixing odd wording and clarifying existing bylaws.
• Renaming our area from "People's Freeway" to "Ballpark". General consensus is that the name "People's Freeway" is quite vague and does not really help define our community. Spring Mobile ball park is the second most-used sports facility in Utah (after Energy Solutions Arena), and is centrally located within our Council boundaries, giving our area a name that is much more tangible.
• Eliminating the Executive Board, and instead granting the Board the ability to create specialized committees as needed. Any such committee would be announced in monthly Community Council meetings, and regular updates on the committees actions will also be provided to the Council.
• Changing election terms for board members to a staggered system, so an election is held each year, for two (or three) board members at a time. This would prevent turnover of the entire board at the same time.
• As of November 2010, the chair must a resident of the area. Remaining four board members can be residents, business owners, or property owners.
• New proposed bylaws will be posted on this site for review, and will be voted on at the next Community Council meeting.

Election of new board members

• Bill Davis re-elected as chair. Bill owns a business, as well as rental properties in our area. He has served us well for the last two years, and has agreed to stay on for another year.
  
• Jessica Berrett re-elected as vice chair. Jessica is a resident of the area for five years, and has been active on the Council during that time - including representing our Community Council on the advisory board for the Palmer Court project.
  
• Sach Combs elected as vice chair. Sach (pronounced "Sash") is a resident of the area for six years. He supports changing the name of our area, and is looking forward to being active on the Community Council board.
• Elke Phillips elected as vice chair. Elke is a resident of the area for seven years, and lives close to our northern boundary. She is enjoying her involvement with the recently constructed community garden, Peoples Portable Garden, at 200 West 900 South.
  
• Bryan Berrett elected as Secretary. Bryan has been, and will continue to manage the Community Council website, email mailing list, and minutes from monthly meetings.

Thank you to all who attended!

Proposed New Bylaws

It is proposed to change the bylaws and name of the community council to Ballpark Community Council. The proposed new bylaws can be found here (http://peoplesfreeway.org/Ballpark_CC.pdf)