Community
Building.
We are a great neighborhood in building
Community. We
mail a monthly agenda to 9000 households. It
is funded
by the community.
Maureen
Maus has
done a remarkable, wonderful, positive effort in
the Children's
street Art signs. The Adopt - A - Park was
Richard
Leonard's idea. The Community Council will
establish
a sub-committee of people who will assume certain
tasks
in that effort. I will read a letter sent by
the City
from Rich Graham: "I have responsibility of Parks,
and Tom
shared a letter from you with your idea of
"Adopt-A-Park.
I like your proposal and want to talk with you in
greater
detail and want to talk with you and get started
this spring.
I have directed the Parks to list the daily and
weekly maintenance
and they will get this list to you so you can see
what you
can do." What this does is save the City money and
get us
together as neighbors. I commend all of you
and hope
you will cooperate with Richard. Call me
with questions
at 355-0461. Email is teefar@aros.net.
I respond to all emails.
SCHOOL
BOARD:
Karen Derrick: You may have heard of the of the
rumored
closure of Beacon Heights. Please know that
we have
not made a decision on this as yet. We are
very aware
of the excellent program that they have
there. Our
difficulty is that the enrollment on the East side
of the
City has dropped significantly and it has grown
significantly
on the West side of the City. We have to
find a way
to get two new elementary schools on the West
side.
One school has more than 800 students. But
no decision
has yet been made on the Closure issue.
LEGISLATURE:
Paula Julander and Ralph Becker: Education was a
big issue
and I think we gave the perception that we funded
more than
we did. Actually the teachers' salary only
went up
3-4% not the 7% that was listed. Higher
education
was also hit. House Bill 117, which asked
that taxes
be paid quarterly by business, which would have
been a windfall
for our students, did not make it up in the
Senate.
The Governor vetoed the Sex-less education
bill. The
Senate will likely not vote to over-ride.
The Utilities
succeeded in taking away the consumer protection
committee.
The bill was not vetoed but went into law without
the Governor's
signature. It has a delay date and so it
will be studied
for a year before becoming law. We have no
new Bonding
on state buildings and we are $400 billion behind
in maintaining
our buildings. We think that is a great
error.
For Paula and me and Dave Jones it was a
discouraging session
for not planning for the future. We have one
severe
area, Utah State University has a deteriorating
heating
system, and we gave only a little to fund
repairs.
It is a $40 million project. We put in only
$7 million
in for patchwork, and it will cost us a lot more
later.
We are on the Capitol Preservation
Committee. It is
in a sad state of repairs. We need some major
renovations.
We have been studying how other states are doing
with their
repairs. We are very fortunate that the
tornado did
not hit it. The Sunday closing of the Auto
Dealers
came at the request of the Auto Dealers, who
wanted a 6-day
workweek. I traveled over 90% of the State
and all
the Auto Dealers asked for it. The Banks are
not open
on Sunday to check credit, and so a lot of people
can't
get their cars anyway. Dave Jones is
retiring as a
Representative. He has been such a great
advocate
for this area. He has great class and
dignity, and
we are sorry to see him go. There are two
excellent
candidates running to replace him, one of whom is
here.
Salt Lake County is trying to get a Petition to
put on the
ballot to decide if the water is going to be
fluoridated.
Please sign the petition as it goes around.
TRAFFIC:
The Traffic Committee meeting for the month of
April will
be held at the home of Jim Jenkin 212 -5th Avenue,
between
A and B street. We will put up the
Children's Street
Art signs on Saturday on 4th Ave. just west
of "I"
street at 8:00 a.m. Donuts and Bagels and
juice and
coffee will be donated. Rocky will be there
also.
We will put the signs you see outside on the main
streets
in the Avenues. We need help and bring a
hammer.
We have 600 signs, which have been done by the
children
at the various Elementary schools in the
Avenues.
If you get a sign on your property, please take
care of
it and make sure it stays up for 2 months in the
parking
strips in front.
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7-11
STORE:
Troy Allred: We want to put a small sensor light
above the
door of our 7-11 Store on 3rd. Avenue so our
clerks who
arrive before dawn and leave after dark can have
enough
light for security to open the door and be safe.
It will
stay on for 5 minutes. It will not be shining in
anyone's
window.
COMMENT: I
make a motion that we as a council approve the
light.
Seconded.
VOTE: Passed
by a unanimous vote.
John
Sittner:
The Olympic Committee will begin meeting every
month in
May and we will keep you informed of dates and
timing.
Scott
Barrclough
- Community Relations Coordinator for District 3:
The parking
strip
recommendations that have been under discussion
will be
presented April 6 in the Double Tree Hotel 8-9:30
a.m.
This Saturday after the kick-off the Mayor will be
in Sam
Weller book store 254 S. Main from 10-12
noon.
Saturday there will be an Olympic Short Sport
Program for
children to come and participate. It will be
10-2-:00.
There is a Walk for life program, around
Washington square,
which is a mile. The first 100 people who
register
will get a pin. Volunteer sign-ups for the
Olympics
on the Web site or call them. Concerning
Pay-phones:
There was a Committee established to deal with
problems
and provide self -monitor. If you have
problems with
pay phones, call 567-9500. They can talk
with you
about any problems. They are thinking about
making
them so they can't get in-coming calls so they
can't do
drug deals. Cemetery lighting, we had a
transformer
blow, and we are working to get it fixed.
The Hall
in City creek should be vacated then the Parks
dept can
fix it up. We are going to try and offer
that building
for a Community Center, meetings, retreats,
etc. Let
us know what you think should happen there, and
who should
do the booking. One issue is that if the
Parks Dept
has to go open the door and lock up the building
it will
cost taxpayers money. Call with comments:
535-6338.
CITY
PLANNERS:
Jackie Gasparik and Bill Allayaurd: City Council
proposed
that we create 2 new zones NB (Neighborhood
businesses)
and SNB (Small Neighborhood Businesses) to deal
with the
businesses that are already in existence but not
zoned properly
in the Neighborhoods. Two meetings will be
held to
discuss this. There will be an Open House to
explain
the City wide re-zoning held April 13th from 6-8
p.m.
in room 313 and a Planning Commission Hearing to
hear input
April 20th at 7:00 pm. Call with questions:
535-6354.
SALT
LAKE SIGN
ORDINANCE -Doug Dansie: There is a new sign
ordinance
under discussion in Salt Lake City. We want
to clarify
that a mural is not a sign. Murals have
always been
legal. They are now. This issue came
out because
the Dragon Café did a beautiful mural and painted
the name
of the café in one corner of the Mural.
Years ago
Salt Lake outlawed painted wall signs because of
how ugly
they were. Painted wall signs were outlawed
in most
commercial buildings because it was esthetics and
it was
felt that the applied signs were better
looking. In
most cases it has not been an issue. We were
asked
to look at the signage issue to determine where
does it
stop becoming art and start becoming signs.
We will
still regulate the size of the text. Any
text in the
mural, then we count it as a sign. It will
be on the
Council agenda, but I am not sure of the
date.
VACANT
STRUCTURES
STANDARDS - Matt Wolverton - Central City
Community
Council Vice-chairman: We are sending the
City a letter
of suggested changes on abandoned up/ boarded up
buildings.
The comments we made will be presented in a
document given
to the City Council tomorrow. We want to do
a joint
statement with us. Statement handed
out. DISCUSSIION
followed. Vote taken to support the Joint
Resolution.
It passed, with only one dissenting vote.
MEMORY
GROVE CLEAN
UP - Phil Carroll: Last year I asked the
Community
Council to jointly sponsor a Memory Grove Clean Up
and it
was a great success. We would like your
support of
another joint clean up. We are trying to set
an earlier
date of June 17 8-12 am for Clean up and
Lunch. It
is a great community builder, and if you don't
want to work,
just show up to eat. If we put in some
clean-up time
perhaps we can get some matching grant money to
work on
the East side of A Street.
COMMENT: I
walk those trails and there is a lot of trash
there.
Will they be cleaning that up too?
RESPONSE:
We are trying to get some volunteers to help with
that in
the Adopt-A-Park Program. Unfortunately,
because of
lack of money it gets neglected.
RICHARD: I
have been trying to find other sources of money to
help
fund our park projects. VOTE to jointly
sponsor a
Joint Memory Grove Clean-up Program with the Eagle
Gate
Stake: The vote passed unanimously.
CITY
TRANSPORTATION
- Tim Harpst: We are going to be installing a
4-way Stop
Sign at 11th Avenue and "I" Street. We are going
to enlarge
the stop signs, widen the painted stop bar to give
additional
clues to the east-west traffic there. We also plan
on removing
the mirrors. Because of the unique characteristics
of the
area, people are very uncomfortable with the
safety of that
corner.
COMMENT:
I find the mirrors a little complicated, but I
would rather
have them stay.
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COMMENT: There
will be a lot of difficulty stopping on snowy
days. Can
the asphalt be grooved to give greater traction?
COMMENT:
Larger signs are not enough - you need a blinking
red light
to warn of the stop sign. People going east-west
who do
not know there is a stop sign there cause most
accidents.
COMMENT:
The key to making the stop signs work is to keep
the area
clear of snow.
COMMENT:
If you put a stop sign you need to put a grate on
the deep
gutter on the edges because people will slide into
the gutters
when they try to stop on snowy days.
COMMENT:
You also need a sign on the east-west stop signs
saying,
"Use Caution on snowy days down-hill traffic may
not be
able to stop."
COMMENT: The
Mirrors have to stay up. You must also have
the red
flashing light. I live 5 houses from there
and I hear
and see the accidents all the time. They are
almost
always caused from east-west traffic not seeing
the stop
signs.
COMMENT: It
will be a nightmare trying to stop on snowy
days.
COMMENT: Put
a large lighted stop sign over the street so
people can
see them.
COMMENT: Post
a sign with flags on it just ahead of the Stop
signs so
people will be warned it is coming.
COMMENT: Please
put up the Stop Signs before the school gets out.
MARY
MCDONALD:
I work with Meals on Wheels in the Avenues, and I
see Elderly
people who need to have some help on their houses.
They
beg me to help them, and I can't because I am in
the middle
of delivering. I think we need to form a group to
help the
elderly who can't maintain their places.
The meeting
was adjourned
at 9:00 p.m
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