Peoples Freeway

Agenda - April 2010

2010-04-01T16:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the late notice but the meeting for the month of April has been canceled.
I apologize for any inconvenience that this causes.

Minutes - March 2010

2010-03-04T19:23:00.000-08:00

Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair

Graffiti Hotline: 801.972.7885. Need to report it. Could relate to gang activity.
Mayor visit to our community council is Aug 5
Neighborhood cleanup schedule announced today. 1300S-2100S:June 28, 700S-1300S:July 19

Taylor Springs update - Bill Nighswonger/Housing Authority of Salt Lake City

Quick update. Very close to completing the first building. Second building has basement done.
To be completed in November.
Attempt for house in front to be labeled historic landmark. Not historic but will be preserved.
Front house needs to be brought up to seismic code. Expensive.
Front house only allows for 10-12 occupancy.
Lead based paint to be removed from the front house.
House is 30x30. Very small. Not a lot of capacity. Limited use. Sitting room. Most amenities are built into the larger buildings.
Venture will not be a point of access only an emergency access road that will be gated.

Center for New Media - Gordon Stoors/Salt Lake Community College

Six years in the making
Funded last year
SLC School district is a partner
350,000 sq. ft currently. increases footprint by 10,000 sq ft. Mostly remodeling existing under utilized space.
Brings together many of the different disciplines that function on other campuses.
Production and studio spaces, TV station, radio station, sound stage, TV studio
School district building construction begins soon but the main construction starts Oct/Nov. Opens in May 2012

City Update - Shawn McDonough/Community Liason

Mayor is seeking more input on the public safety building Wed Mar 10 5-8:30pm in SLC library 4th floor meeting room
Bicycle summit "Building Strong Voices for Bicycling" April 16,17 SLC Main Library. Registration is free. Go to: http://www.utahbikesummit.com/
Mayor 1-on-1 will be held on March 17th from 4pm to 6pm in the City & County Building (451 So State Street). Sign up early on March 10. Call 801.535.7704. Next one will be Saturday April 3rd from 9am to 11am. Reserve your time early on March 24.

Agenda - March 2010

2010-03-03T11:10:00.001-08:00

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

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
Taylor Springs update - Bill Nighswonger/Housing Authority of Salt
Lake City
New Media Center - Gordon Stoors/Salt Lake Community College
City Update - Shawn McDonough/Community Liason
Police report - Detective Potter/SLPD
New Business/Open Agenda - Any items from the floor not on the formal
agenda

Minutes - February 2010

2010-02-21T18:39:00.000-08:00

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
None

Divorce Education for Children Class

2010-02-21T18:22:00.000-08:00

Dear Child Advocate:
A Divorce Education for Children class is being offered at Salt
Lake’s Scott M. Matheson Courthouse for children 9- to 12-years old
(3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades) whose parents are divorced or
divorcing. The class helps children to identify feelings common in
divorce situations, while teaching them communication skills to
express their feelings.

Upcoming class dates are Saturday, February 27, Saturday, March 13
and Monday, March 29, 2010. Classes are held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
on Saturdays and 6 to 8 p.m. on Mondays.

Please forward this information to anyone you feel may be
interested. Both parents and children who have participated in the
program have expressed how valuable the class has been.

A program brochure and a list of class dates can be found at http://www.utcourts.gov/specproj/dived-child.html

Thank you,
Michelle Glaittli
Divorce Education for Children Secretary
(801)578-3897
Fax (801)578-3843
michelleg@email.utcourts.gov

Agenda - February 2010

2010-02-02T22:23:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-13T21:38:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-04T07:47:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-08T22:04:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-05T21:39:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-04T19:13:00.000-08:00

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)

Agenda - November 2009

2009-11-04T18:55:00.000-08:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
November Agenda
Thursday November 5th 2009
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main Street (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
Police report - Detective Potter/SLPD
New Business/Open Agenda - Any items from the floor not on the formal
agenda
Community Council By-laws - an introduction and discussion of some
proposed major changes to our by-laws. See the proposed draft at www.peoplesfreeway.org
Election of new board members - 3 of the potential 5 positions on the
board have been nominated. Nominations are accepted from the floor.
Come and make additional nominations and vote.

Anti-Gang Initiatives

2009-10-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

I am writing to invite you to send a representative from your
community council to meeting we are hosting on anti-gang
initiatives. We will meet the first Thursday in November which is
the 5th of November 2009, at 6:00 p.m. I am still working on the
location.

Last year the Poplar Grove community council formed a subcommittee to
address the growing gang problem. We named it the ROMERO ALTERNATIVE
in honor of Archbishop Romero of El Salvador who lost his life fight
in violence in his country. We have diligently been working on
prevention issues since its inception.

We now would like to take a more proactive approach in promoting the
passage of ordinances and state legislation to combat the gang
violence in our communities. We also believe that there are other
steps we can take as a community to teach our children the perils of
gang involvement.

Lat year I was asked to serve on the Mayor's Task Force on gangs.
Earlier this year, that task force was dissolved ant the Mayor
formed a Steering Committee to develop policy and direction. I
currently serve on that steering committee, sadly it is still trying
to find its identity and direction.

Please feel free to pass this email on to those that might be
interested in assisting us in this effort. Due to the time element,
our first order of business will be support state anti-gang
legislation.

Contact me via email or the phone number below to confirm your
desire to participate in this effort. I will have additional
information that I will send or whoever you choose to send as your
representative.

Shalom,

J. Michael Clára
801-521-3223
mcshalom@xmission.com

Agenda - October 2009

2009-09-30T08:04:00.000-07:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL -OCTOBER AGENDA
Thursday October 1st 2009 / 7:00 PM
Horizonte Center
1234 South Main Street (Cafeteria)

Welcome and Introductions - Bill Davis / Chair

Announcements - Bill Davis / Chair

Home Repair Program - Marion Barnhill / Community and Economic
Development
This is a great program from the city to improve and maintain the
existing housing stock. The have a variety of programs from low
interest loans to outright grants. It is oriented to folks that are on
fixed or lower incomes. This is a chance to significantly help your
neighbors and make a tangible impact on our neighborhood. If you know
of anyone in the neighborhood that might qualify for these programs,
talk to them and bring them to the meeting. There will be lots of
literature.

Salt Lake City Mayors Office - David Everitt / Chief of Staff. A
Discussion concerning the Alcohol Normalization Ordinance

Salt Lake City Mayors Office - Carly Castle/ a discussion concerning
Proposition 1, the pending Public Safety facility Bond

Salt Lake City Community Liason - Shawn McDonough

Salt Lake City Police Department - Detective Potter

Open Agenda

Peoples Freeway Community Council Business
Bi-annual election nominations. This is your chance to serve on our
illustrious board of directors. A positions are open and we need
qualified board members. Nominations are accepted this month with the
election next month.
By-laws- We are considering updating our by-laws. The discussion to
be led by Bill Davis / chairperson

Community Dialogue on Sexual Violence

2009-09-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Rape Recovery Center and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office of Diversity & Human Rights present Community Dialogue on Sexual Violence
Rape is the sole violent crime statistic in Utah that is higher than the national average.

But you can make a difference.

What: A round-table discussion facilitated by local leaders
When: Wednesday, October 7, 6–8 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
Where: Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 W., Salt Lake City
Join us as a community to educate, strategize and take action against sexual violence.

Agenda - September 2009

2009-09-03T06:56:00.000-07:00

There will be no meeting for the People's Freeway Community Council for the month of September.

We apologize for the late notice.

Minutes - August 2009

2009-08-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Peoples Freeway Community Council
Aug 6 2009

Announcements:

October Elections
Elect new member Jessica Berrett
Apologize for the wrong date on the announcement (stated Thursday August 5th)

Taylor Springs

Building permit in June
September breaking ground
6' tall fence between homes on Venture
Regrade the property (Build up)
14 months to occupancy
95 units, 103 parking stalls
2 staff members
Taylor house may be renovated towards the middle of the project

Election of Jessica Berrett
Officially elected as Vice-Chair

Main street bike lanes

Comments: Dan Bergenthal, 801.535.6630, dan.bergenthal@slcgov.com
Master plan includes many types of alternate transportation
700 south to 1700 south goes to 3 lanes (10'/6'/13'/14'/13'/6'/10')
1700 south to 2100 south goes to 3 lanes (8'/6'/11'/10'/11'/6'/8')
Project to start in September/October. Undetermined where project will begin. Probably will last a week.
Add 40 miles of bike lanes through the city
No existing North-South bike route through this area

Shawn McDonough – Mayor Liaison, 801.535.6338, shawn.mcdonough@slcgov.com

Been with the city for 15 years
Started at the Gallivan Center
Community liaison for the last 6 weeks

Hot Topics

One on One. Once a month able to call into the Mayor.
Wednesday August 19th
By appointment only, 801.535.7704
Public Safety bond
Harvest market, Tuesdays, 4pm-6pm Pioneer Park until middle of October. Produce only.
Fridays, Pioneer Park, made in Utah movies. Free. Dusk.
Fridays, Pioneer Park, Craft Market, 6-9.

Jill Remington Love

Budget, Raise property tax to build two new libraries
August Truth in Taxation regarding library building
$7/year increase on $250k
Historic preservation in September. Prioritize neighborhoods
Talk about liquor license changes, request for comments and be part of a focus group.
Contact Jill for more information
Licenses in a residential mixed use
Weekly update from Jill to include info about vision for State Street
Capital improvement budget not approved, now is the time for input for next year
Street car development coming up for money and such. May have money for it this Winter or Spring

Police Report

Thomas Potter, 801.799.3309, thomas.potter@slcgov.com
Previous one was promoted to Sargent
Used to patrol PFCC
Accident investigator

Police Bond

If approved $120 million for public safety and emergency operations center
East of library???

City Council

3-6:30pm, every Tuesday of every month
7:00 pm public meeting

Community Cleaning Effort

Clean out the alley ways and backyards
9th South and 2nd West, August 15th, 8am to 5pm
Part of the RDA, 801.535.7244

Agenda - August 2009

2009-08-05T19:59:00.000-07:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
AUGUST AGENDA
Thursday August 5th 2009
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main St (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair
Formal election of new board member - Jessica Berrett
Taylors Springs update/Bill Nighswonger - Housing Authority of Salt
Lake City
Main Street Bike Lanes - Dan Bergenthal/Salt Lake City Transportation
Division
Salt Lake CIty Mayors office- Shawn McDonough/Mayors new Community
Liaison District 5
Salt Lake CIty Council - Jill Remington Love
Proposition 1 presentation - Carly Castle SLC Mayors Office
Police Report - Detective Tom Potter (our new police liason)
Open Agenda - your chance to bring up any topic affecting our
neighborhood

Agenda - June 2009

2009-06-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
June AGENDA
Thursday June 4th 2009
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main St (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair - again the big one being upcoming
elections
Nomination/election of new board member - Jessica Berrett
Salt Lake City Council - Luke Garrot City Council person District 4
Salt Lake CIty - Lisa Harrison/Mayors Community Liaison
Police Report - Detective Christiansen is on vacation so Lisa Harrison
will providing it
Open Agenda - your chance to bring up any topic affecting our
neighborhood

#1 - Elections in November - the Chairperson (me) and the Vice chair
(Liz) have both indicated that when our terms expire in October. We
have both decided not continue in those roles. Liz has a really good
excuse - she is expecting!!!!! A big CONGRATULATIONS to her and a
hearty thanks from me personally and I'm sure from most of the
community. Her life is taking dramatic turn especially in terms of
having free time and we all wish her the best. She has indicated that
she still plans on attending as an interested community advocate and
we look forward to seeing her and the new arrival.
I also have an excuse although not as a good of one. My life is just
too filled up with things. I have publicly expressed my frustration
with feeling like I'm not able to do this job to the extent that I
feel the our district deserves. If I agree to do something, I want to
do it well and I don't feel I have able to do that. Between some
personal problems (both my parents have passed away in the last few of
years), owning and running a couple of businesses and some other
volunteer civic commitments, it is time for me to pass the baton to a
willing community advocate. I plan on continuing on as a board member
(assuming I'm re-elected in October) as I am still interested in
contributing to my community.
Also we have been short a board member for the past couple of years.
We are supposed to have a 5 member board and we have had only 4. All
five positions will be open and up for election.

So now is the time to start considering becoming more involved with
your community. This is how one has input into what happens around us.
There are several requirements for being a board member some formal
and others not, as follows:
1) You must be a resident of the Peoples Freeway Community Council or
own and run a business within the boundary. If you are getting this
email, you probably are. This is one of the formal ones.
2) You must have an interest in improving your community
3) Having a keen interest in local current events.
4) Attend one hour long plus meeting per month.

There are numerous concerns and issues that can impact us both good
and bad. Such as:
1) preserving our residential core and preventing inappropriate
development within it.
2) a potential street car line passing thru the district.
3) commercial development on the Third West Corridor
4) Main Street bike lanes

So please consider this call to service and come to the next meeting
to express an interest or nominate someone that you think would .
There is not a large time commitment

Life on State: Our Street, Our Vision

2009-05-28T13:06:00.001-07:00

Life on State: Our Street, Our Vision

State Street is central part of our community. Have you ever
wondered what State Street could be like as you drive or walk along
the street?

Salt Lake City is partnering with the Wasatch Front Regional
Council, Utah Transit Authority, Utah Department of Transportation,
SaltLake County, Midvale City, Murray City and South Salt Lake City
to create a new blueprint for the future of State Street and the
adjacent neighborhoods. Our aim is to improve State Street's
livability, vibrancy and community compatibility. This includes
thinking about future buildings, parks, as well as potential change
to sidewalks, street furniture, and even things like new high
capacity transit on State Street.

The effort will build on the ideas and support of citizens, land and
business owners, and leaders of our community.

The Life on State: Our Street, Our Vision project start with the
development of a vision map and set of guiding principles. There are
three key upcoming meetings to establish this vision. Meetings are
open to everyone and all are welcome. Our hope is that many
residents, land and business owners and other interested parties
from Salt Lake City will participate to ensure the State Street
Vision represents us and incorporates ideas from our community.

The first meeting is the Opportunities Workshop. It will be held at
6:00 Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the Columbus Community Center located
at 2530 South 500 East. Refreshments will be served.

At the Opportunities Workshop, people will consider a variety of
issues as they discuss what is working well and what is not working
well on State Street.

There will be two workshops following the Opportunities Workshop.
The Concepts Workshop will be held in June 2009. This meeting will
follow up on the Opportunities Workshop by involving the community,
working in groups, to sketch out broad solutions based on the issues
identified in the Opportunities Workshop. In July 2009, The Vision
Workshop will discuss and refine a draft Vision Map and discuss
principles to guide city based implementation efforts. Specific
dates for these meeting will be announced shortly.

Should you be unable to attend any of the above meetings, you can
share your thoughts by contacting the Planning Division's
representative for the project, Nick Norris, at 801-535-6173 or nick.norris@slcgov.com
. Over the coming months also visit www.wfrc.org for updates and to
share your reaction to ideas being discussed for the future of State
Street.

Come help shape the future of the State Street Corridor. We need to
hear your voice!

Agenda - May 2009

2009-05-06T20:28:00.000-07:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MAY AGENDA
Thursday May 7th 2009
7:00 PM at the Horizonte Center 1234 South Main St (Cafeteria)

Welcome & Introductions - Bill Davis/Chair
Announcements - Bill Davis/Chair - the big one being upcoming elections
Redevelopment Agency - DJ Baxter/Executive Director - discussion of
mass transit in the district including a potential street car line
Salt Lake CIty - Lisa Harrison/Mayors Community Liaison
Police Report - Detective Christiansen

#1 - Elections in November - the Chairperson (me) and the Vice chair
(Liz) have both indicated that when our terms expire in October. We
have both decided not continue in those roles. Liz has a really good
excuse - she is expecting!!!!! A big CONGRATULATIONS to her and a
hearty thanks from me personally and I'm sure from most of the
community. Her life is taking dramatic turn especially in terms of
having free time and we all wish her the best. She has indicated that
she still plans on attending as an interested community advocate and
we look forward to seeing her and the new arrival.
I also have an excuse although not as a good of one. My life is just
too filled up with things. I have publicly expressed my frustration
with feeling like I'm not able to do this job to the extent that I
feel the our district deserves. If I agree to do something, I want to
do it well and I don't feel I have able to do that. Between some
personal problems (both my parents have passed away in the last few of
years), owning and running a couple of businesses and some other
volunteer civic commitments, it is time for me to pass the baton to a
willing community advocate. I plan on continuing on as a board member
(assuming I'm re-elected in October) as I am still interested in
contributing to my community.
Also we have been short a board member for the past couple of years.
We are supposed to have a 5 member board and we have had only 4. All
five positions will be open and up for election.

So now is the time to start considering becoming more involved with
your community. This is how one has input into what happens around us.
There are several requirements for being a board member some formal
and others not, as follows:
1) You must be a resident of the Peoples Freeway Community Council or
own and run a business within the boundary. If you are getting this
email, you probably are. This is one of the formal ones.
2) You must have an interest in improving your community
3) Having a keen interest in local current events.
4) Attend one hour long plus meeting per month.

There are numerous concerns and issues that can impact us both good
and bad. Such as:
1) preserving our residential core and preventing inappropriate
development within it.
2) a potential street car line passing thru the district.
3) commercial development on the Third West Corridor
4) Main Street bike lanes

So please consider this call to service and come to the next meeting
to express an interest or nominate someone that you think would .
There is not a large time commitment

Agenda - April 2009

2009-04-02T07:21:00.000-07:00

PEOPLES FREEWAY COMMUNITY COUNCIL - APRIL AGENDA
Horizonte Center/cafeteria main floor
1234 South Main Street

7:00 PM

Announcements & introductions- Bill Davis Chairperson
SLC Redevelopment Agency - potential projects in district
Community Garden
Move the Line project
Palmer Court - Update on housing project
Utahns Against Hunger - Gina Cornia/director
SLC Majors Office - Lisa Harrison/City Update
SLC Police Department - Detective Christianson/Police report
Open agenda

People's Freeway Website

2009-03-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

Many may not know but the People's Freeway Community Council has a website. We will post news items and minutes from previous meetings. There will also be useful community related links.

The address is http://peoplesfreeway.org/.

Parley's Nature Park Public Charette Invitation

2009-03-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

Attached is an invitation to a charette being held to obtain public input on how Parley’s Nature Park will be utilized for your use. The event is scheduled for April 3rd.