Meeting Minutes – March 10, 2010 – 7:00 PM
Call to Order and Quorum — DeWitt Smith, Chairman
Officers and Board Members present: Jeff Bair, Holly Christmas, Jim Fisher, Chris Herrmann, Wayne Howcroft, Devin Howells, Steve Hunt, Marilyn Oblad, Chuck Robbins, Don Roylance, DeWitt Smith: Quorum present
Review of Minutes from February 2010 — Holly Christmas, Secy
Minutes approved with spelling corrections
Introduction of Guests and New Members
John Flynt, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for SLC and Susan Spencer, the South East quadrant coordinator were present for the Emergency Preparedness program.
We also got to welcome Shane Clark, a resident in the area, to the meeting.
Program: Emergency Preparedness
Jim Fisher presented on the Liberty Wells role in emergency preparedness for our area. The primary role our residents play is to provide the manpower to make sure all our neighbors are looked after in case of an emergency. Two main jobs are in demand for neighborhood members: Area Captain and Street Captain.
Street Captains are in charge of 4 – 5 homes. The responsibilities include visiting with your neighbors on occasion to ascertain how many people live in the house or apartment, their names, and if anyone needs special attention (oxygen, assistance evacuating). This information is given to the city. The time commitment is about one hour every 3 months.
Area Captains need to be CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) certified. CERT training is available through the city, takes 21 hours and requires a $30 fee. LWCC may be able to assuage the fee, so if you are interested in the training, but worried about the cost, talk to Jim Fisher regardless.
The LDS Belvedere Ward will be holding an Emergency Preparedness Fair on April 16. They will be airing emergency preparedness presentations from BYU and have checklists for disaster preparedness. The Ward house is located at 607 E Downington Ave (~1820 South).
John Flynt has been with Salt Lake City for two weeks. He came to Sale Lake City from Arkansas because of his experience with real-world implementations of emergency preparedness plans. The main focus of his department right now is CERT training. Over the next two years, the mayor is pushing to standardize terminology with the national terms used to better communication in an emergency. FEMA is incorporating the standardized terminology into its training, so even if you have done the training in the past, a refresher is needed.
The Quadrant coordinators are working to establish a structure within the grass-roots efforts (like those of community councils) and will be looking for more volunteers for this purpose as they move forward.
Old Business
Officers’ Reports
- Chairman, DeWitt Smith DeWitt
- Salt Lake Community Network – responding to the City’s revision of the Recognition Ordinance (affects who needs to be notified about proposed zoning changes). Also looked at how to address the Alcohol Normalization Ordinance as it is transmitted to the City Council from the Planning Commission.
- Addressed City Council at their February 16 meeting on the frustrations many had with how the Planning Commission handled its last meeting on the Alcohol Normalization Ordinance.
- Mayor’s breakfast – March 4: Introduced to the Gang Reduction Task Force Co-Chairs
- Neighborhood Cleanup Pick-up starting dates – North of 1300 South: May 17th; 1300 S – 1700 S: June 21; 1700 S – 2100 S: June 14
- DeWitt did a brief poll of neighbors present on ideas on handling the budget deficit. Some ideas expressed: Bi-Weekly garbage pick-up, reduced grounds maintenance in parks. Reduced street sweeping.
- DeWitt took suggestions for the topic we would like Mayor Becker to address in his visit in April. Several ideas were suggested, DeWitt will choose from those suggestions with other Board members.
- Treasurer, Steve Hunt
- $128.49 in account. Remember to ask for a receipt f you want to make a contribution tax-deductible.
- Secretary, Holly Christmas
- As always, please indicate if you want to receive agendas by email or print on the sign-in sheet.
Committee Reports
- Safety
- Submit graffiti removal requests via pars division web site: http://apps.slcgov.com/general/absolutefp/graffiti_work_order.htm, or call 801.972-7885.
- Facilities – Jeff Bair
- Liberty Wells neighbors to receive Utah Heritage Foundation’s preservation award for their efforts to prevent the destruction of contributing residences by development.
- Street Lights: We have been informed that we are not eligible to apply for national grants since we are not a government entity. Jeff proposed we submit for the difference between what we need for street lights and what the city was awarded. He also is proposing that we focus on some of the main streets to start, e.g., 500 E., 1300 S., 1700 S.
- Communications – Devin Howells
- Newsletter article deadline is April 7! Please submit!
- Community Garden – Shawn Porter
- Shawn was absent due to illness.
Other Old Business
Open Space Funding: Should have update next month of this.
New Business
Report from the Mayor’s Office: Shawn McDonough
The mayor will be attending the April 14 meeting
$19 Million deficit. Last year city staff took a 1.5% pay ct and vacant positions were eliminated. Visit http://slcgov.com/budget2010 for more information.
Survey available for the Recognition Ordinance discussed earlier as http://slcgov.com/citizen/comm_councils/communications.pdf
One-on-ones with the Mayor are now available on Saturdays as well. Call 801.5357704 for more information and to make reservations.
Bike Summit on April 16th and 17th at Library Square! Registration is free, but you must register to attend. More information at http://utahbikesummit.com
Report from City Council; District 5
More than 35 items going before the City Council before May. Attend the meetings or view them on demand online at http://www.slctv.com/vid_demand.htm
Report from Police Department: Sgt. Tom Potter
Important to report graffiti and not just clean it up yourself. SLC police take pictures of graffiti for tracking particular taggers.
Unsure how they will be affected by the budget cuts at this point.
One point of clarification: Police Department does not get funds from traffic tickets directly – the money goes to the City.
Announcements/Reminders
Next LWCC Meeting – Wednesday, April 14, 2010 – Mayor Ralph Becker will be in attendance
Next LWCC Board Meeting – Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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