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Kat Kivett, Wayne Green, John Sittner, Thella Mae Christensen, Walter Jones, Phil Carroll, Michael Hughes, Wynn Johnson, Weston Clark, Dave Jonsson, Ann Tillson, Leann Garms, Judith Locke, Shane Carlson, Dr. Matthew Burnett, Charla Allen.

Charla Allen was introduced as filling in as GACC Secretary when Dylan is not available, i.e. tonight, and will start to work with Kat Kivett on the GACC newsletter. A general welcome to Charla was made by the board.

Three items were discussed for the agenda for the Sept. 5, 2007 GACC Meeting:

1) Update on LDS Hospital by Mikelle Moore (20 minutes + Q & A)

2) Stephanie Duer to present a planting plan for the Demonstration Garden on Terrace Hills at 11th Avenue (15 min. + Q & A)

3) Presentation of scope and function of SLC Police Citizen Review Board by Ann Alba, resident of the Avenues and newly appointed to Citizen Review Board. (15 min + Q & A)

(Also per Eric J. Michael to invite Scott McCoy to be co-presenter of this topic, and inform Det. Roger Williams.)

Motion by Wayne Green to accept all three items for agenda for Sept. 5 meeting.

Wynn Johnson seconded the motion. No further discussion. Motion carried.

Requested changes to the monthly newsletter reported to Michael by John Sittner.
- Two Creek Coffee House and Landscape Architect ads need to be cancelled.
- Kwan’s restaurant is no longer open on Saturdays, and they would like their phone number printed larger. Kat to make these changes.

Discussed complaint from concerned resident about activities going on at 254 7th Ave. Complainant states that there are a lot of trailers pulling up with filming or photo equipment and is wondering if the people have the proper licensing/permits. Michael has checked property owners who live in California, and reported to Gwen Springmeyer who is checking with building permits and with City Special Events for film permits.

Michael reminded everyone of the City Preservation questionnaire that everyone should have received via email. It is due back to the city by Friday, August 17th. The questionnaire has to do with the City’s Preservation Master Plan, and they would like as much public comment as possible by the Aug 17 deadline.

Leann Garms from the Street Fair Committee gave an update regarding publicity for the upcoming Avenues Street Fair on Sept. 8, 2007. She is working with Rebecca Chavez-Hauck and they are in the process of getting TV, radio, and print coverage. They will be focusing on promoting Pilar Pobil as well. It was suggested that someone try to contact Rod Decker of Channel 2 News. He is an Avenues resident and could be a resource for getting TV coverage for the Fair. We also discussed putting together a library of video footage from past street fairs to have available to give to media outlets to promote the fair. It was suggested that we try to find an Avenues resident with videotaping equipment who would be willing to get footage of this year’s fair. We also talked about contacting KUED to get the street fair on the list of upcoming community events that is broadcast from 9:55 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Channel 7. Hot Wax is the media firm that will be creating ads for the Street Fair. They will also be a sponsor this year. We also discussed putting a call out for people to bring information, pictures, etc., from past fairs for a historical display, as well as having all street fair information archived at the U of U. Michael to ask for this information in September newsletter. Suggestion to advertise in the Utah Cycling magazine and in the U of U Daily Chronicle.

Shane Carlson gave an update on several Housing issues.

House on 9th and G:
This issue has been placed back on the Board of Adjustments agenda for their August 20, 2007 meeting—without any notice to GACC. The agenda item had previously been removed as part of a promise from the Planning and Community Development offices that they would meet with the GACC before it became an agenda item for the Board of Adjustments meeting.

The GACC position is that three critical elements were missing from the original proposal: 1) the drawing the property owners used to base their plan on was not stamped by a licensed architect, 2) no surveys—which are a requirement—were done, and 3) no survey comparisons of the adjacent properties were done.
Shane suggested getting the State Property Ombudsmen office involved. They give an advisory statement, which the City can choose to follow or not. If the City chooses not to follow the advisory statement and is taken to court, the City has to pay all court costs. There is about a two-week turn around time to get an opinion back, and it costs $150.00.
The GACC’s decided course of action is as follows:

Attempt to postpone the issue from appearing on the Board of Adjustments August 20, 2007 meeting agenda. (Michael to draft letter)
Attempt to meet with the City and property owners as previously promised. (Shane and Michael to follow up)
Have statiscits on hand citing previous instances in which roofs had to be lowered when built beyond permitted limits. (Shane to research)
Contact the Ombudsman’s office to see if they will grant an opinion on this case, take up the issue, and then authorize the $150.00 for an advisory statement from the Ombudsman’s Office if deemed an applicable value.

Motion called by Dave Johnson to accept GACC plan of action as outlined above.

Walter Jones seconded the motion.

There was additional discussion regarding whether the Board was acting within its authority. It was explained that the Board and the Council voted to give the Housing Committee authority to move forward with issues such as this. Voting was unanimous in the affirmative—Motion carried.

Side-entry buildings at 688 F Street and lot line shift:
The structures are still in the design phase. The GACC would like to get an advisory statement from the Ombudsmen’s office. Two separate opinions may be needed—one for the side-entry issue and one for the lot line shift—but would like the Ombudsmen’s office to address both issues in one statement if possible.
Motion was made by Judith Locke to ask the Ombudsmen’s office to issue a single advisory statement on both the side-entry and the lot line shift issues. If they will insist on a separate statement for each issue, then just authorize the statement for the side-entry issue. Wayne Johnson seconded the motion. No further discussion.
Voting was unanimous in the affirmative—Motion carried. Shane to submit request to the Ombudsman’s office by August 17.
Money needed to get documents from City meetings:
The GACC desires copies of documents from the city regarding ordinances, minutes from Planning Commission meetings, etc. Each requested set of minutes costs $15.00. Motion was made by Judith Locke to authorize up to $100 for GACC requests for copies of minutes from City meetings. Dave Jonsson seconded the motion. No further discussion. Voting was unanimous in the affirmative—Motion carried. Shane to make official requests and be reimbursed by GACC.

A general request was made to please let the Board know of any GACC-related expenditures.

Meeting adjourned approximately 9:00 p.m.