Minutes - August 2009

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