8 July 2009 Meeting Minutes

Posted by hchristmas on July 23rd, 2009 filed in Meeting Minutes

Liberty Wells Community Council

Meeting Minutes – July 8, 2009 draft

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7PM — Call to Order and Quorum — DeWitt Smith, Chairman

23 Residents and 3 guests in attendance.

  • Officers:
    • Present: DeWitt Smith, Don Roylance, Holly Christmas, Steve Hunt, Wayne Howcroft
  • Board Members:
    • Present: Joe DeGooyer, Jim Fisher, Devin Howells, Marilyn Oblad, Shawn Porter
    • Absent: Jeff Bair, Julianne Hancock, Chris Herrman, Charles Robins, David Shelton

Quorum present.

Review and Approval of Minutes from June 2009, recorded by Linda Carroll

Minutes approved

Introduction of Guests, New Members and Liasons to LWCC

  • Guest: Robert Comstock, from the People’s Freeway Community
  • New Mayoral Liaison: Shawn McDonough
    Office: 801.535.6338
    E-mail: shawn.mcdonough@slcgov.com
  • New Police Liaison: Tom Potter
    Office: 801.799.3309
    Mobile: 801.301.7037

Old Business

Officer’s Reports

Chairman, DeWitt Smith DeWitt met with Jill Remington Love and discussed meth-house notification projects, the Ron Heaps Memorial Park, street lighting, LWCC attendence, new regualtion on check lending businesses, grants and grant types available, LWCC goals

Committee Report: Neighborhood Watch

Wayne Howcroft reported on the use of the Mobile Watch Vehicle and asked for feedback from neighbors who had seen the vehicle around the community. Response seems to be positive and participants feel it can be effective for crime prevention. Currently there are 3 participants in the mobile program for Liberty Wells, talk to Wayne Howcroft or Chris Herrman for more information about becoming active with this program.

The Neighborhood Watch group meets at 7:00 PM on the 1st Wednesday of each month at the South Campus of SLCC (same location as Community Council meeting). If you are interested in participating with this group, or have questions for them or neighborhood police, it is a great meeting to attend.

Committee Report: Ron Heaps Memorial Park

No updates since the City sent notice that they are starting condemnation proceedings on the property in March

Committee Report: 1st Encampment Celebration

July 18th is the big day! 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Additional volunteers are needed! Please contact Betty Eatchel at 801.485.5921 if you can help. She is looking for people to help with set-up, food preparation and serving as well as clean-up.

Shay DeGooyer offered to make additional copies of the event flyer since most of the 1000 flyers that had been printed were already distributed.

Committee Report: Streetlights

No updates

Committee Report: Planning & Zoning, etc.

CHRISTUS Health / St Joseph Villa

DeWitt left several messages for Galen Ewer from Christus Health to invite him to present on the St Joseph Villa plans. Mr Ewer was unable to reach DeWitt and called Shawn Porter to ask him to relay that the St Joseph Villa board will be meeting in August. The board had discussed the options neighbors had presented and asked then to consider, but Mr Ewer said that these did not seem to fit their plans and would not work with their bond.

CDBG Funds

Jim Fisher recommended that a request for CDBG funding for sidewalk repair be started immediately as the grant applications are due in August and take some time to prepare. He will meet with DeWitt to give him more information so that this is possible. He also recommended that we find out information about how much a study on reworking 1700 South between Sate Street and 500 East would cost. Shawn McDonough said she will look into curb and gutter requirements in relation to CDBG funds in case that will help.

Sidewalks are typically not available from the self-help grants (funded by the City’s CDBG funds), but since LWCC is a 501c3, the community can apply directly for a CDB Grant.

New Business

Report from the first LWCC Board Meeting, July 7th

Reviewed officers’ job descriptions from bylaws, Chairman’s goals for LWCC in ‘09-’10, a streamlined committee structure to encourage participation.

Committed to revamping mailing list. Emphasis on email to increase notification potential.

Committed to celebrate the positive in the neighborhood and develop some more community building activities.

Jeff Bair presented a business card example that could be used by any officer or board member. Megan Buehler, Don Roylance and Devin Howells will work on getting those printed.

Please review the new streamlined committee list and contact DeWitt Smith if something interests you!

Report from the Mayor’s Office

New Mayoral Liaison: Shawn McDonough.
Shawn used to work in the permits office and has a great deal of knowledge about what it takes to host an event in the city. She is happy to share the information she has in that regard as well as any other information she can provide in her role as liaison.

New resource: “Hot Topics from the Mayor’s Office”

  1. 2010 Census
    The 2010 U.S. Census is coming up. Mayor’s office has a new Census Complete Count Committee to improve the response rate for the census.
  2. Public Safety Complex
    The campaign for a new Public Safety Complex is starting. Sign up for updates at: http://slcgov.com/PSB
  3. Vending Carts
    A new Mobile Vending Cart Advisory Flyer is available at: http://www.slcgov.com/citizen/comm_councils/mobilecart.pdf
  4. Fireworks in July
    Be aware of the fireworks restrictions! Visit http://www.slcgov.com/fire
  5. SLC Jazz Festival
    The Salt Lake City Jazz Festival takes place July 10-12 at Washington Square. More info at http://slcjazzfestival.org
  6. City Clean-up
    City Clean-Up is underway in our neighborhood.
    Marilyn Oblad asked Shawn if something could be done about the city clean-up dates. This year they fall right around the 1st Encampment Park Celebration and, since pickup dates for the area immediately around the park start on the 20th, there will be debris lining the streets at the time of the celebration. DeWitt will compose a letter to the City asking if the city cleanup not be scheduled during the week before or after the 1st Encampment Event next year for the immediate area.

Report from City Council; District 5

No report this month

Report from Police Department

New Police Liaison: Detective Tom Potter
Detective Potter patrolled the area for 3 years in the late 1990s. He is seeing the same issues now as then and would like to help change that. He has 20 years experience in the U.S. Army and is very tenacious. He graduated with a Major in Bio-mechainical Engineering and a minor in Physics and used his education in his job investigating to fatal vehicular accidents.

The police department is working on revamping how it reports crime numbers to residents. For example, currently a smash and grab would receive 2 case numbers, one for the property damage and one for the theft, even though it is one incident.

The elderly are being targeted for scams. Be wary.

Miriam Hansen expressed her praise for the graffiti removal crews. They have done a great job of cleaning things up, although the quality of some of the graffiti has been exceptional of late.

Announcements/Reminders

Next Meeting, Wednesday, August 12, 7pm, SLCC

Adjournment