Wasatch Hollow Community Council

Wasatch Hollow Community Council

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7 p.m.

Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 South 2100 East

www.wasatchhollowcc.org

Welcome by Mark Brinton, Chair

September minutes approved

Next meeting date and venue change just for that meeting

• December 2, 7:00 pm
• Wasatch Presbyterian Church

Winter concerns - SLC Fire Department, Research Park Station 13

• Make sure carbon monoxide alarms are working

1. Should have alarms in high occupancy rooms in the house, especially bedrooms
2. Firemen will come to house and provide consultation on installation

Proposition 1 (Public Safety Building bond) - SLCPD Chief Chris Burbank

• Reviewed history of the bond proposition and the needs for a new facility
• No intention to build in the city library block
• Bond will cover all expenses

Mayor’s Office Report - Shawn McDonough

Wasatch Hollow Stories project - Annalisa Steggell, Director, Community Relations, Westminster College

• Sugar House Summit

1. Monthly meeting on Westminster campus
2. October theme:  Food and Sustainability (family and community gardens, farmers’ market)
3. November theme:  Community History

• November 14^th, 10:00-Noon
• Presentation on how to celebrate historic homes
• Workshop on cataloging and preserving memory
• Workshop on oral history will launch Wasatch Hollow Stories Project

Proposed Sidewalk Assessment Area – Mark Brinton

• Sidewalk maintenance is joint responsibility of property owner and city
• Many residents have received estimate of the cost of cement work.  Ken Taylor of the city’s engineering department s willing to come out and explain the estimate
• Opportunity to redo sidewalks about every 20 years
• Property owners can protest proposed sidewalk assessment area.  If owners of more than 50 percent of the linear sidewalk are oppose, the assessment area will be cancelled by the city
• City will put tax lien on property if the owner cannot pay
• Payment can be spread over 5 years beginning in 2011
• Final bid due in December

Proposed Alcohol Normalization Ordinance – Mark Brinton

• Would allow bars in neighborhood business districts
• Affects business districts at 15^th and 15^th and 13^th and 17^th.
• Part of the motivation for the proposal is to bring city ordinances in line with the new state alcohol law

Open Space Update - Lindsey Christensen, Chair, Open Space Committee

• October Wasatch Hollow Open Space clean up and acorn planting event was a success.
• City has postponed November open space planning meeting; may meet in December
• Encouraged residents to support the Wasatch Hollow Opens Space Stewardship Program

Wasatch Presbyterian Church Community Meeting – Mark Brinton

• October meeting discussed ways of involving the church in the community including starting a community garden on church property
• The church was invited to participate in the Wasatch Hollow Open Space Project

Police Report - Det. Don Ouimette

• Reviewed District 6 crime statistics (go to wasatchhollowcc.org for link)
• Encouraged residents to look out for kids Halloween Night
• Det. Ouimette’s direct line is 801-799-3336

Meeting adjourned