GACC Resolution of No Confidence Set for Possible Vote at Aug. 6 Community Council Meeting
A proposed GACC Vote of No Confidence in Salt Lake City's planning division and its processes for enforcing ordinances is set to be acted upon at the August council meeting. Under GACC's bylaws, a resolution is first presented to the council membership then voted on at the next monthly meeting.
On July 2, past chairman Michael Hughes presented the possible vote and described how, over the past several years, transparency in the office's activities has diminished and the culture of the office has been to advocate for permit applicants even to the point of supporting the granting of permits contrary to ordinances. Lack of transparency has led to permit approvals under short-circuited administrative procedures that leave neighbors and others with no option to lodge a protest except through the filing of an expensive lawsuit.
The resolution is non-enforceable by any agency and is meant simply to draw attention to the planning division's problems, Mr. Hughes said.
Mr. Hughes said concern over the functioning of the division became so strong an outside audit was commissioned by the city in 2007. Last April, the audit report was delivered, and it contained "scathing criticism" of the culture and activities of planning officers and employees. That report can be accessed on this link. (This is a 125-page PDF file.)
More detail on the council's possible vote is available at this link.
The council meeting is August 6.
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The August 6 meeting will also provide an opportunity for a vote on spending guidelines for GACC funds. GACC currently has $60,000 in its bank account and the policy would provide guidance in what spending requests should be presented to the full council for approval.
(Under GACC bylaws, all Avenues residents, property owners or business owners over 16 in attendance at a given council meeting constitute a quorum for voting during that meeting.)
Access the guidelines document here. |
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Announcement on the location is pending approval of the city permit. The 2008 fair booth applications can now be downloaded on this link.
Don't miss out! This is the premier all-volunteer street fair event in the city this year (and every year!)
Get in on the biggest and most famous of GACC's annual events. Questions? Contact Ruth Morgan, rmorgan1244@comcast.net, 359-8539, or Jan Bird, Jan.Bird@imail.org. |
Car Prowls Continue in the Avenues
Car prowls continue to be the most prevalent
crime occurring in the Capitol Hill/Greater Avenues areas. Around 20+ are reported each month.
Several factors make these areas particularly susceptible to
this type of crime: lack of lighting, driveways and garages; heavy
vegetation or fences that screen criminal activity from view; and
most importantly, the thieves’ success rate.
Car owners make it easy for criminals: four out of five vehicles broken into yield something valuable for the criminals.
First rule, then, is to not leave valuables in the car. The most common stolen items are laptops and purses. Laptops are easily saleable and can net hundreds or thousands for the thieves./
Currently, the SLC Police Department is looking for a car
prowler who is described as a male white adult, late 20s, medium
to heavy build, possible red hair. He was seen wearing a white
or gray bandana and an orange backpack, and was riding a reddish-orange men’s road bike.
If you have any information about
this person, please call Detective Silver, 799-4303, or Detective Roger
Williams, 799-3314. |
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