Minutes - February 2010

Announcements

• Mayor released plans to visit each community council. He will visit ours on August 5th. Anyone can come and discuss concerns.
  
• Next month headliner is the SLC Housing Authority. They will provide an update on the development going in at 1812 So West Temple.
  

US Census Bureau - Sam Smith

• Census coming up in a couple of months
  
• Every 10 years as required by US onstitution
  
• Looking for the forth seat in congress
  
• Important to get accurate picture of Utah. Influences federal policy and funding.
  
• Safe, easy and important
  
• Short form.
  
• Completely confidential. Nothing personal identifiable.
  
• Looking to hire 1000 people as census takers. Temp 4-8 weeks. $14/hour. Paid training and mileage reimbursement. Going door to door trying to contact people who did not return the census sheet. Bilingual a plus.
  
• Would like the census takers to work in the neighborhoods where they live.
  
• Some office daytime work but mostly evenings and weekends
  
• Need to take a census skills test held at the SL County Complex. 801.736.5060 to schedule.
  
• Also possible to work out of the Sandy office.
  
• Press releases here and here.
  

Mayors Office

• Hot Topics http://www.slcgov.com/citizen/comm_councils/hottopic.pdf
  
• May 14-15. Celebrate the city. Fisher mansion 1206 West 200 South. Victorian Era theme. Looking for volunteers and donations. 801.535.6338
  
• Mayor one on one Feb 17th. 10 minutes. 801.535.7704. One week in advance. Feb 10. First thing 8am.
  
• Haiti donations to the Red Cross text HAITI to 90999
  
• See the light. Energy assessment and testing lighting. Surveys and comments.
  Police Report - Tom Potter
  
• Ask the Chiefs - Locations listed here: http://slcpd.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2010/january/pressreleases/ask-the-chiefs.html Posted on YouTube afterwards.
  
• Crime stats: http://slcpd.com/assetts/images/crimestats/january.pdf
  

RDA - Ashlie Taylor

• Heads up. Community portable garden. Starting up this spring. Live within RDA project area. North of 900 south. Can be added to waiting list if you do not live within the boundary. Call Wasatch Community Gardens
  

Bill time

• Conservation districts capital improvement program
  
• This is a forgotten neighborhood. Tries to parallel it to the Avenues 30+ years ago.
  
• Wants to raise our profile.
  
• Preserve residential core
  
• CIP - Capital Improvement Program. Applied for 400K - 2010-2011 - for driver feedback signs and bulb outs or monuments on West Temple
  
• Infill ordinance. Historic designation. Trying to preserve neighborhood homes.
  
• Conservation district is another one. Difference one is material the other is character. One is federal standards the other is community standards.
  
• Ballpark has never been surveyed. Will be surveyed using grant money
  
• Conservation designation
  

Open Agenda Items
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