Minutes - March 2010

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.
  

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
None

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

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!

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

February's Council Meeting

Here is February 2009's meeting in summary:

People's Freeway Community Council boundaries were discussed. They are: 700 South to 2100 south and State Street, to the freeway.

There was a housing violation at 1708 S Richards street. A hearing was held February 11, @12:45.

The house at 1812 South West Temple is the site for the new 'Taylor Springs' development. Construction is anticipated to start in April. Upon completion of this project, the club house will be the council's new meeting spot.

Nathan Anderson proposed a development for Merrimack ave. He requested to change the zoning from RMF 35 to RMF 75. He wants to eliminated the back alley access to the property.

Melissa B. is starting a 'Liberty Park Citizen's Advocacy group' to help raise awareness around the structures planned for development in the park.

Jill Remington Love, our City Council Representative summarized some things in the city planning. The development north of 1300 south and west of 300 west is still in the works. Target is planning to build on this location and though they have cut some of their other projects because of the economy, this one is still proceeding for now.
The city is facing a major budget deficit. They are working hard to balance the budget and are looking for the least threatening way to cut back.

Detective Christiansen gave an update on the crime in our area and answered questions.

March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 5 at 7 pm. The Horizonte School, 1234 S Main Street.