Conducting: Jill Van Langeveld. Attending: Michael Hughes; Wayne Green; John Sittner; Phil Carroll; Brooke Adams; Kat Kivett; Aileen Olsen; Steve Mecham; Judith Locke; Jaynie Brown; Walter Jones; Thella Mae Christensen; Lon Richardson; Jim Jenkin

Announcements:

GACC received a letter from The Salt Lake Tribune on a Close-up edition for the Avenues.

City Council meeting on businesses that will be allowed in the Avenues on March 3, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

On Feb. 27, there was a meeting on proposal to locate a youth program in Ottinger Hall. We expressed concerns about parking. We were told it was a done deal. A meeting is scheduled for March 23 at 7 p.m. at Ottinger Hall to discuss traffic problems.

Police Report: Stats for February 2005 month: aggravated assaults, 3; auto thefts, 11; burglaries, 8; car prowls, 27; car strips, 4; sexual assault, 2.

Traffic committee: Jim Jenkin talked about the Wasatch Choices program that will hold a public meeting on March 9 on the future of transportation. It will be at Gallivan Center’s main stage from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

The comment period on the Legacy Highway Parkway and Preserve has been extended to March 21. Legacy@jsnet.com

City report: Gwen Springmeyer passed out a monthly calendar. The next brown bag is on prescription drugs, on the second Friday of the month at noon. On March 24, the next Freedom Forum discussion will be on alcohol laws and the forum on March 28 will be on clean air. The next brown bag is April 8 on teenage brain and effects of drinking. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be March 12 at Gateway.

City Council: Eric Jergensen said there were still a few issues working through this last evening of the Legislature. Ottinger Hall, a meeting held last week dealt with parking, transportation and lighting issues related to the Youth City Program. One issue of concern is that funding came as a grant, which means it may be inconsistent.

Traffic also a concern. Use of a parking lot on North Temple as staging area for shuttling has been approved. There is still concern about the impact on the fragile neighborhood. The City Council will be getting more involved in this issue.

Legislative agenda: Salt Palace expansion funding is now up in the air again. I think it is one of the most important things we can do for the city right now. The real bickering is over who will pay for a $20 million parking structure planned for Sandy.

RDAs: Certain legislators want to strip RDAs because of the belief they take away from school funding.

Neighborhood Watch: You’ll be receiving a report on the program in your water bill. Please look at it; it has tips on how to help protect your neighborhood and help cut car prowls.

Olympic Memory Trail: Funding of $100,000 was approved by the City Council. The council is still working on 4th and 9th Avenue stairs project.

GACC By-laws revision: Wayne Green began with: Article 4, which deals with requirements/duties of officers, attendance and participation. Jaynie Brown raised concern about the 50 percent attendance requirement, giving example of Larry Rigby, who came down with cancer. She said GACC is lucky to get people to serve on the board and it shouldn’t penalize them for such things as health issues. Several audience members expressed concern about the 50 percent rule as being too rigid for an organization of this type.

Judith Locke said the committee’s feeling was that if you are gone 50 percent of the time you don’t know what is going on any more.

Walter Jones spoke in favor of the 50 percent rule as pretty generous and an effective way to weed out those who are not serious about attending meetings. One man suggested that the rule be if you miss 25 percent of the meetings, the board can eject them but the person could apply for re-instatement.

Phil Carroll said it creates an expectation of board officers. In past people just agreed to serve but then would show up only once or twice. This creates expectation of board members and officers.

Judith Locke said officers need to be there for people they represent and the only way to do that is to be in attendance.

Phil Carroll moved to approve the article as presented; Jaynie Brown moved to amend the motion to alter article 4, 4.7 of the by-laws to add “unless the board votes to reinstate them.” Amendment was approved.

Motion: adopt section 4, 4.7 with the amendment. Approved.

Article V: Describes council areas; area 2 name was changed from “Ensign” to “LDS Hospital” since the school is no longer operating and includes other minor changes, except a reiteration of the 50 percent rule.

Motion: adopt Article V with amendment added to 4, 4.7 included on 5, 5.6. Approved.

Article VI: Defines two types of committees that operate under the board: standing and ad hoc. Includes duties of committee chairs and 50 percent participation rule for the chairperson.

Motion: adopt Article VI as presented. Substitute motion: eliminate “and will not be eligible for reappointment to that committee the following year” from 6, 6.7. So sentence would read: If a committee chairperson fails to attend 50 percent of the committee’s meetings during their annual term, they shall not be considered active. Amendment withdrawn, substitute motion: So third line reads “shall not be considered active and will not be considered for reappointment as chair of the committee.”

Amendment approved.

Motion: adopt Article VI, with second amendment to 6, 6.7. Approved.

GACC Financial Report: John Sittner presented the financial report. Total income for 2004 was $29,000.15; total expenses were $24,702.20, with a profit of $4,297.95. The street fair continue to bring in the most revenue for the GACC.

GACC has $49,073.33 in checking/savings; total assets of $58,936.09; and total current liabilities of $1,829.88.

Street lighting applications are available in July, with applications due in December. It requires a 50 percent contribution from the residents but that can be in-kind. Cost was about $1,300 a piece in the past.

Avenues Street Fair: Walter Jones passed a sign-up sheet for volunteers.

Memory Grove Clean-Up: Phil Carroll said the clean-up will be May 14. This program has been an annual event since early 1980s. The city has let contract for redesign, lighting and trail improvements. Stairs at 9th Avenue and 4th Avenue will be redone. The trail will be resurfaced with rough concrete. Project is being funded with $100,000 in Olympic Legacy funds, $100,000 from county and, hopefully, $50,000 in CIP funds. Work is scheduled to begin in April.

Home and Garden Tour: Kristy Schaffler said People Helping People is planning a fund-raising home and garden tour in June and is seeking volunteers to help. She can be contacted at 230-1588. She’d like the GACC to give the project a vote of support.

Robert Wilson on the Daynes Home, 28 F Street: He has owned the home since 1969. He is in the process of having the home reclassified as a triplex, which is how the home has been used since middle to late ‘60s. He has sufficient off-street parking for the complex. His closest neighbors are commercial enterprises, which have given approval. He also needs approval of the GACC.

Motion: to support the legalization of a triplex at 28 F Street. Approved.

Pioneer Online Library: Margaret Landesman of the Marriott Library gave an overview of Pioneer Online Library. It is a collaboration of public, school, college and university libraries to make electronic resources – newspapers, magazines, books, photographic archives, research data, etc. -- widely available to the public. The Web site is www.pioneerlibrary.org.