August 11, 2010 – Meeting Minutes

Call to Order and Quorum – DeWitt Smith, Chairman

Officers and Board Members present: Jeff Bair, Jim Fisher,
Chris Herman, Wayne Howcroft, Steve Hunt, Marilyn Oblad, Don Roylance, Melissa
Madden, Matt Fields, Bryant Larsen: Quorum Present

Welcome – DeWitt Smith

Shawn McDonough – Mayor’s office

Detective Tom Potter – SLC Police Department

Minutes

Approved with the addition that board members Don Roylance,
Melissa Madden, and Matt Fields were in attendance at the July meeting and were
not included in the minutes. Also the type of crossing light the City Council
hopes to install at 600 East and 1300 South is a Hawkes light, not a Hot light.

Chairman’s Report – DeWitt

Regular monthly meetings: Many community councils do not
meet in the summer. Our bylaws call for a monthly meeting. He feels that it
keeps the group together and we have important stuff to talk about.

Council Goals

The goals set for last year were:

• Improve communication with the neighborhood
• Get more people involved
• Publish a newsletter – to help get more people involved
• Streamline the board to be more effective

DeWitt feels that we have been
successful at publishing a newsletter and also at streamlining the board.

Suggested Goals

Dewitt distributed a list of suggested goals and asked those
attending to review them and give their comments and suggestions to any of the
board members. Board member contact information is on the council web site – www.lwccslc.com.

Improve Communications

The newsletter got started and will be great.

Postage: The city will pay for our monthly agenda mailing or the quarterly newsletter, not both. We need to decide which we want to do. Mailings go to the building owner not the renters.

 

Discussion of email vs mail

• There is some duplication
• We can invite people to receive our email but the list
  server we use requires each person to opt in to receive the email. If they
  don’t get around to it they will not get the email.
• Perhaps we could get the Scouts to deliver our agendas.

 

Engage More People

• Committee chairs identify the number of people they can
  effectively use on their committees.
• Chris Herrmann – commended for having regular neighborhood
  safety meetings.
• Define some project specific committee activities.
• Identify new neighbors by reviewing property sales
  information.
• Check with PTA for active minority parents

 

Contact a board member with comments on the goals.

Old Business

Chairman’s Report – DeWitt

• No meetings this month
• Items coming up to the City Council
  • Alcohol ordinance
  • Planning and Zoning changes. For example, Yalecrest
    historic district
• Liberty Wells accepted as a Historic District
• The alley South of the Community College has been vacated.
  We approved it last meeting.
• British Field Day (car show) was successful and they
  donated $3,000 to the Community Council network for use by the associated
  councils for postage, etc.

Treasurer’s Report – Steven Hunt

• Current balance: $136.95 after the First Encampment Celebration
  costs of $119.45

Facilities – Jeff Bair

• First Encampment Celebration fund raising results: we sold
  2 books, 12 water, 2 coffee. Took in approximately $53.
• The city has stopped servicing the mid-block street
  lights. Continue to call in the burned out lights but don’t expect anyone
  to come and fix it for now.
• The Liberty Wells banners look good. Thanks again to
  everyone involved.
• The 400 East and Westminster speed sign is not working
• Cross Walk Flags
  • The flags at 400 East and 1700 South disappear a lot. If
    you see them around please put them back. Jeff has been personally been
    paying for them. Thanks.

1^st Encampment Park Celebration – Marilyn Oblad and Betty Etchel

• Betty did a great job, Thanks Betty
• Thanks for all the setup, take down, and cleanup help
• Attendance:
  • Hike: 160
  • Play:     100
  • House tours:     150
• Good coverage in the Deseret News
• Marilyn distributed a questionnaire about the celebration.
  She hopes to get input that will help improve the event.
• The park was in good shape, thanks to the city.
• The park needs some weeding. They will organize an
  activity to do the weeding in a couple of weeks. Anyone interested is
  invited.

Safety Committee – Chris Herrmann

• Distributed the crime statistics for the areas of the
  city.
• Mobile watch statistics
  • 35 – 40 people participating
  • 2,000 hours donated
  • 85 patrol requests
  • 216 handicap citations
• Mobile watch training will be held in a couple of weeks.
  The exact date was not available.

Detective Tom Potter

He has no desk phone, only a cell phone. It will stay in the
area, so if he is transferred, his replacement will have the same phone number.
The phone number is 801-301-7037.

He indicated that the police are streatched thin and may not
be able to respond to non-life threatening situations as fast as they would
like. On his way to the meeting there was a call of a shooting on 1700 South
between 600 and 700 East. Someone else had to take it because he was at the
meeting.

It was suggested that we put Detective Potter first on the
agenda so he can leave and get back to his work. He said he likes to stay and
interact with the council members. He gets good information. DeWitt indicated
they had discussed it and Detective Potter can come and go as he needs to and
we will adjust the agenda as needed.

Communication – Devin Howells

• Devin is absent and will update us at the next meeting.
• DeWitt indicated that we need articles for the next
  newsletter. Anyone can submit an article or suggest a topic for one.
• Jeff indicated that we have a Facebook page now. It is
  Liberty Wells

Emergency Preparedness – Jim Fisher

• CERT Training is available, it runs Tuesday evenings from
  Oct. 5 through Nov.16. Let Jim know if you are interested or check the Salt Lake City web site and search for CERT.
• Working on an emergency preparedness fair.
• New property tax notices just came out. You can appeal if
  you feel your property is overvalued. Jim is available to help people
  prepare the paperwork. The appeal must be submitted by September 15. He
  indicated that our area pays more per square foot than other communities.

Mayor’s Office Report – Shawn McDonough

• Architectural renderings of the new public safety building
  were recently made public.
• They are working on a comprehensive sustainability
  ordinance that covers 10 areas, including climate, air quality, etc.
• Pioneer Park activities
  • Growers market on Tuesdays – No arts and crafts, only
    food.
  • Farmers market on Saturdays – Includes arts and crafts as
    well as food.

 

DeWitt

• The Ballpark Community Council bar-be-que with the Mayor
  will be held Aug. 23 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. There are still a few openings
  available for anyone who wants to spend an informal evening with the
  Mayor. DeWitt needs to know tonight.
• Oil spill: They continue their cleanup efforts and they
  continue to downsize their presence in the park.
• Thanks to Lynn and Jim Fisher for letting us use their
  back yard for our meeting tonight.

Next Meeting:

September 8, 7:00 p.m. The location will be announced when
it is finalized.

Meeting Adjourned