Are you interested in gardening, but don’t have the space? Pick up a garden application at the Sorenson Unity Center today and be on your way to growing your own healthy, fresh, organic food.
Garden plots are approximately 4′x20′ and water is provided. Applications are also available online at www.sorensonunitycenter.com and are due by April 1, 2011.
AGENDA – Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 6:30 p.m. - Day-Riverside LibraryConducting: Craig Thomas
Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance
Area Crime Report – Detective Gil Arenaz 10 min.
Salt Lake City Fire 10 min.
City Council Issues – Carlton Christensen 10 min.
District 1 City CouncilCity/Community Issues – Michael Stott 10 min.
Community Liaison for the MayorLegislative Issues – Rep. Jenn Seelig 10 min.
State Representative District 23Rose Park Elementary Community School 20 min.
Principle Rae Louie & Ray BetancourtSalt Lake City Sustainability City Code Initiative 20 min.
Cheri Coffey Planning Dept.Neighbor to Neighbor 10 min.NEXT MEETING:
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 6:30 p.m.
Reg McLaughlin will be conducting. Please invite your neighbors to attend our meeting. INFORMATION ITEMSItem 1 Rose Park Festival Help plan and coordinate the 2011 Rose Park Festival this year. If you are interested in helping the council plan the festival contact Brad Bartholomew.
Item 2 Stay in touch! Stay current on city and community events and issues through your e-mail. E-mail Brad Bartholomew at – bbart76@gmail.com to be added to the list. If you know or hear of someone who would like to receive this information page through the mail please contact Brad Bartholomew at the above e-mail address or call 801-673-5854.
Item 3 Crime Report Each month the Salt Lake City Police Department prepares a report of criminal activity for each Community Council area. Statistics show that crime is lowered in part, due to good citizens keeping a watchful eye on our homes and streets and reporting concerns to our SLC Police officers in a timely way.The full crime report may be viewed by going to www.slcpd.com then click on Crime Maps and Statistics and choosing Community Council Report.
Keep an eye on your neighborhood! Get involved! Stay involved!
Item 4 NeighborWorks Salt Lake helping residents with Foreclosures To help maintain their focus of keeping people in their homes and combating the increased foreclosures, NWSL offers pre-foreclosure counseling to residents, at no cost. NWSL’s counselor works with you and your mortgage servicer to discuss workout options available, and help you prepare a workout agreement application packet.If you or someone you know is behind on payments and facing foreclosure, contact NeighborWorks® Salt Lake at (801) 539-1590 or their website at www.nwsaltlake.org, to discuss options that may be available to you. Hablamos Espanol.
Item 5 Emergency Notification
Email and text messaging may be the fastest way to alert you of danger. As a resident of Salt Lake City you may be rapidly notified of emergencies that may impact you or your family if you choose to logon to SLC Alert to let the city know how to reach you.www.slcalert.com or 2-1-1Item 6 CERT
Salt Lake City is interested in finding representatives throughout the City interested in participating in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) efforts. The CERT program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area, and train them in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. CERT is a fantastic way to be involved and helpful in your community. You can sigh up for CERT training courses http://apps.slcgov.com/general/absolutefp/CERTForm.htmContact John Flynt at 801-799-3604 if you would like to know more about the program or visit their website http://www.slcgov.com/departments/emergency_man/
Item 7 Snow Removal
Now that winter weather has arrived, please remember to look out for your neighbors and help clear snow if you are able. Salt Lake City’s newly adopted snow removal ordinance requires snow, hail, and sleet to be removed from City sidewalks within 24 hours of a storm’s ending. There are many in our community who could use assistance in clearing their walks.Item 8 “Community Garden” - Scott Steenblik (359-0354) Rose Park Community Garden 877 N Cornell Street (1525 W)Come work in the garden every Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The garden will continue throughout the winter as well as harvesting. If you have questions about your garden please call Scott or visit with him at the garden on Saturday.
Contact InformationBrad Bartholomew
Rose Park Community Council Chair 801-673-5854 bbart76@gmail.com
Michael StottCommunity Liaison with the Mayor’s office 801-535-7976 michael.stott@slcgov.com
Carlton ChristensenCity Council Representative 801-535-7600 carlton.christensen@slcgov.com
Detective Gil ArenazSalt Lake City Police 801-301-3032 gil.arenaz@slcgov.com
Captain Mike HarpSalt Lake Fire Dept. 801-799-4125
Jennifer SeeligState Legislative Representative 801-519-2544 jseelig@utah.gov
Luz RoblesState Senator for District 1 801-953-0905 lrobles@utahsenate.org
Graffiti Removal Hotline 801-972-7885 Shopping Cart Retrieval 801-446-7984
For more community news we suggest this web site: RoseParkNews.comor find the “Rose Park” group on Facebook.
Salt Lake City is updating the master plan for West Salt Lake City to show how the community has changed since the plan was last updated in 1995. The City wants to make sure that new development in the area meets the community’s needs and reflects the changing identity of West Salt Lake. The Planning Division wants feedback on the West Salt Lake area of Salt Lake City, including the Glendale and Poplar Grove neighborhoods. Share your thoughts with us: What do you like? What do you dislike? What changes would you like to see?Please go to Salt Lake City’s Open City Hall at
The SLCC Community Writing Center (CWC) is partnering with the SLC Library to promote civic engagement, specifically through writing. We are asking the public to write letters to public officials of their choice on a matter that concerns them (we will assist in locating the relevant officials). The Writing for Change events are held at the various city library branches and the next event is January 18 at the Day Riverside Branch Library. These events are for all ages; we have had writers as young as 5 write letters.
This is the general link from our web page for all the Writing for Change events: http://www.slcc.edu/cwc/WritingforChange.asp
This is the Facebook link to the specific January 18th event: http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=SLCC+Community+Writing+Center&init=quick&tas=search_preload#!/event.php?eid=157647627612769
AGENDA – Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 6:30 p.m. - Day-Riverside Library
Conducting: Brent Guyman
Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance
Area Crime Report – Detective Gil Arnaz 10 min.
City Council Issues – Carlton Christensen 10 min.
City/Community Issues – Michael Stott 20 min.
Legislative Issues – Rep. Jenn Seelig………………………………..20 min.
Neighbor to Neighbor 10 min.
NEXT MEETING:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 6:30 p.m.
Craig Thomas will be conducting.
Please invite your neighbors to attend our meeting.
INFORMATION ITEMS
Item 1 “Community Garden” - Scott Steenblik (359-0354)
Rose Park Community Garden 877 N Cornell Street (1525 W) Come work in the garden every Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The garden will continue throughout the winter as well as harvesting. If you have questions about your garden please call Scott or visit with him at the garden on Saturday.
Item 2 Stay in touch!
Stay current on city and community events and issues through your e-mail. E-mail Brad Bartholomew at – bbart76@gmail.com to be added to the list. If you know or hear of someone who would like to receive this information page through the mail please contact Brad Bartholomew at the above e-mail address or call 801-673-5854.
Item 3 Crime Report
Each month the Salt Lake City Police Department prepares a report of criminal activity for each Community Council area. Statistics show that crime is lowered in part, due to good citizens keeping a watchful eye on our homes and streets and reporting concerns to our SLC Police officers in a timely way. The full crime report may be viewed by going to www.slcpd.com then click on Crime Maps and Statistics and choosing Community Council Report. Keep an eye on your neighborhood! Get involved! Stay involved!
Item 4 NeighborWorks Salt Lake helping residents with Foreclosures
To help maintain their focus of keeping people in their homes and combating theincreased foreclosures, NWSL offers pre-foreclosure counseling to residents, at no cost. NWSL’s counselor works with you and your mortgage servicer to discuss workout options available, and help you prepare a workout agreement application packet. If you or someone you know is behind on payments and facing foreclosure, contact NeighborWorks® Salt Lake at (801) 539-1590 or their website at www.nwsaltlake.org, to discuss options that may be available to you. Hablamos Espanol.
Item 5 Emergency Notification
Email and text messaging may be the fastest way to alert you of danger. As a resident of Salt Lake City you may be rapidly notified of emergencies that may impact you or your family if you choose to logon to SLC Alert to let the city know how to reach you.
www.slcalert.com or 2-1-1
Item 6 CERT
Salt Lake City is interested in finding representatives throughout the City interested in participating in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) efforts. The CERT program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area, and train them in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. CERT is a fantastic way to be involved and helpful in your community. You can sigh up for CERT training courses http://apps.slcgov.com/general/absolutefp/CERTForm.htm
Contact John Flynt at 801-799-3604 if you would like to know more about the program or visit their website http://www.slcgov.com/departments/emergency_man/
Item 7 Snow Removal
Now that winter weather has arrived, please remember to look out for your neighbors and help clear snow if you are able. Salt Lake City’s newly adopted snow removal ordinance requires snow, hail, and sleet to be removed from City sidewalks within 24 hours of a storm’s ending. There are many in our community who could use assistance in clearing their walks.
Item 8 Rose Park Festival
Help plan and coordinate the 2011 Rose Park Festival this year. If you are interested in helping the council plan the festival contact Brad Bartholomew.
Contact Information
Brad Bartholomew
Rose Park Community Council Chair 801-673-5854 bbart76@gmail.com
Michael Stott
Community Liaison with the Mayor’s office 801-535-7976 michael.stott@slcgov.com
Carlton Christensen 801-535-7600
City Council Representative carlton.christensen@slcgov.com
Detective Mark Buhman
Salt Lake City Police 801-799-3312 mark.buhman@slcgov.com
Jennifer Seelig
State Legislative Representative 801-519-2544 jseelig@utah.gov
Luz Robles
State Senator for District 1 801-953-0905 lrobles@utahsenate.org
Graffiti Removal Hotline 801-972-7885
Shopping Cart Retrieval 801-446-7984
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