GREATER AVENUES COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes
February 6, 2002 Held at the Sweet Library

 

Conducted by Dick Smiley

Announcements: City Creek open for two-way traffic during the Olympics. (Feb 7-25) Rings will be lighted at 6:15 pm on Thurs and Fri and the torch will be run along 11 Ave and Ensign at 5:30 PM There will also be fireworks. Westbound traffic on North Temple between 2nd Ave and West Temple Food Bank Service people need volunteers Justice Court –SLC Court Matt Sorenson Channel #4-- Kim Miller –are interested in the community and if you have anything of interest please call.

Peter Corroon –Olympic Guide. Pocket collection. Gave an update on activities. Historic home tours full. Dinners for 8 open. Music festival open

SLC Council: Eric Jorgenson thanks Peter for Olympic works

  1. Talked of flags on Canyon Terrace
  2. Security concerns for Olympics are real. Could be mass demonstration. Large groups of people bring problems—masks, club weapons. Call 799-3000 (police) to report anything.
  3. Traffic –Late night activities every night at Washington Square (City & County Bldg). Olympic Square will have live performances. No tickets required.
  4. Issue to change master plan of what our neighborhood looks like.

CERT Preparedness Fair – Don & Donna Busath are in charge of a neighborhood preparedness fair. Fliers were handed out. We need to be able to survive 72 hours on our own. Will be on May 11 at church on J street & 2nd Avenue. They will fire dept., police, search & rescue, food storage, cooking & food alternatives, Utah Power & Light, etc., there to show us things and teach us.

Ray Gardiner couldn’t make it tonight.

Suzann Maloney was made Chairman of the by-law committee with Phil Carroll to help.

Smith’s Food King Construction will begin sometime in April or May. Store director Jeff reported the budget was signed off at $8-12 million. The store will be closed 2-3 weeks during construction and hopes to stay open the rest of the time. Liquor and hardward stores will stay. Construction will make nothing taller and will extend parking. Are to follow the approved plans.

Traffic Commissioner Terri Boreman talked about the stop sign put up on 2nd Ave and A street. It is the 30th stop sign put up by the City. It is to mitigate traffic on 2nd Ave where 800 school children cross the street. They hope to convince commuters going North and West that highways are open and will provide faster driving than going through the Avenues. Do not want to push traffic into another neighborhood. Just want to make the neighborhood safer.

CERT Training: Dick Brock handed out a list for names, phone numbers, and addresses of anyone who wants to be trained. Class goes 3 hours once a week for 6 weeks. Mock disaster final week. Trains for what to do in home and neighborhood during disaster.

Dick Smiley announced that the Community Council doesn’t want to be involved in the SOS (Save our Schools) lawsuit. The board has taken measures to make that opinion known.

John Ogilvie a lawyer for SOS wants an audit of the school board process that occurred to decide to close the schools. Will be a hearing between litigation and audit but no date is set. Court hearing date is Feb 25.

End of meeting 8:30 PM

(Thanks to Thella Mae Christensen for helping with these minutes.)

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