Rose Park News

AGENDA – Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 6:30 p.m. - Day-Riverside LibraryConducting: Craig Thomas

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:

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.

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.

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/

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

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.

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 18^th event:  http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=SLCC+Community+Writing+Center&init=quick&tas=search_preload#!/event.php?eid=157647627612769

The Salt Lake City Council held a public hearing on November 16th for the proposed Commercial Solicitation (panhandling) ordinance.  The turnout at the public hearing was overwhelmingly against the passage of the ordinance. The Downtown Alliance and the Downtown Merchants Association were the only organizations that spoke in favor of the ordinance.   

It is very important that the City Council hear from residents and business owners in Salt Lake City about problems associated with aggressive or assertive panhandling. The ordinance does not ban panhandling, but limits assertive panhandling and places restrictions at TRAX stops, at night, at ATMs and in other places where a reasonable person would feel threatened by a panhandler. We strongly urge you to contact your City Council member and urge them to vote in favor of the commercial solicitation ordinance.  The City Council will be discussing this item at the next City Council meeting to be held on December 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the City and County Building. Please plan to attend this meeting to make sure your voice is heard during the general comments period. 

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact your city council member by phone.  A link to the City Council website is here:  http://www.slcgov.com/council/pages/CouncilContactInfo.htm or you may submit your comments via a comment form at http://apps.slcgov.com/general/absolutefp/councilAll.htm   (you will need to select “panhandling” in the drop down menu).

The Downtown Alliance worked very closely with social service organizations in the downtown, residents, business leaders, Mayor Ralph Becker’s administration and law enforcement when advocating for a panhandling ordinance in Salt Lake City. In conjunction with the proposed panhandling ordinance, the Downtown Alliance launched a public education campaign urging people to give to reputable homeless service providers rather than to panhandlers.

For additional information on the panhandling ordinance, please visit endpandhandling.com, an educational website developed by the Downtown Alliance as part of that campaign. Please also consider making a generous donation of time, goods, services or money to a legitimate social service organization including the Salt Lake Mission, Catholic Community Services, Volunteers of America, The Road Home, Family Promise and the Salvation Army. There are well organized, strategic resources in our community to help people who find themselves in need, but they can’t succeed without your support.  The best way to make a difference is to help build on the good work of these organizations. 

So you may have already heard about the survey that the Utah Society of Environmental Education is urging all Rose park residents to take, but have you taken the survey yet?  The purpose of the survey  is to receive input form the Community Action Committee and the community that will then lead to the identification of environmental health threats within the Rose Park community. Please help support the enrichment of  our community by filling out this survey.  You can access the survey through this link.

West SLC Candidate Night 2010

Salt Lake City’s Westside Community Councils are hosting a candidate night. All candidates who will be on the ballot have been invited. We will have voter registration as well. Ask questions! Pick up literature!

Tuesday October 5th

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Come for all or part!

Utah Fairpark- 155 N 1000 W

Zion’s Building (South of the Grandstand)

Refreshments

Rose Park, Fairpark, Westpointe, Jordan Meadows,

Popular Grove, Glendale

All Salt Lake City residents are to have brown yard waste cans included with their waste services.  The city will discontinue curbside leaf pickup and Christmas tree removal, instead relying exclusively on these cans.  Waste service fees will be increasing by 10% starting October 1st. First pickup for the included service begins the week of Oct. 4.  The yard waste program will be year-round on the same days as regular trash pickup.  Those who already were in the program will no longer see the charge itemized.  For more information, see the frequently-asked-question list at the Salt Lake City waste service website:  http://www.slcgov.com/slcgreen/recycle/expansionFAQ.htm

 A Westside SLC Candidate Night will be held on October 5th at 6:30 pm at the Fairpark Zion’s Building.   All of the candidates that will be on the ballot for the Rose Park, Fairpark, Jordan Meadows, Glendale, and Westpointe community councils have been invited to attend.

In addition,  residents of Rose Park have been asked to consider the upcoming U.S. Senate debate this Thursday.  Do you have a question you would want to ask the candidates?  If so, ask it here.  Are you concerned about immigration, nuclear waste in Utah, jobs, the national debt,  or healthcare?  A question from Rose Park residents is planned to be put before the candidates in that debate. 

Dear Community Members,The Community Emergency Response Coordination Workshop has been rescheduled.  Please join us at the workshop on Saturday, August 14, 2010.  Continental breakfast will be offered at 8:30 am.  Welcome and opening address will begin at 8:50.  The key topic for this workshop is post disaster communications.  The focus will be collaboration to incorporate existing entities and plans, as well as the development of new plans, to establish a defined communications system to be implemented in the event that normal communications channels are not available after a large scale disaster. 

This workshop is for anyone interested in community emergency response and post disaster communications capabilities in Salt Lake City.

We are progressing in establishing CERT’s throughout the City and continue to ask the community councils for assistance in finding representatives in every neighborhood to participate in these efforts.  We also encourage everyone involved in community emergency response plans in other community groups such as churches to attend because it is vital that we coordinate with existing plans and efforts.  Below/attached is the agenda.  Didn’t attend the previous workshops?  No problem.  Please join us at this one!

Pass this on to anyone you feel would have an interest in attending.

The West Side Environmental Justice Project
Addressing issues in the Rose Park Community of North West Salt Lake City

Facilitated by the Utah Society for Environmental Education

Funded by the US EPA – Environmental Justice Section

Mission:

To help identify and reduce environmental concerns and issues in the Rose Park area by forming community partnerships, performing an environmental assessment, gathering community input, and providing education and environmental stewardship.

Goals

·      Bring together a Community Action Committee for the Rose Park Area;

·      Identify and prioritize environmental health threats to the Rose Park community;

·      Regardless of primary language; all residents have access to information to address environmental concerns and how to be protected against them;

·      Promote practical means to remove or reduce environmental threats.

Community Action Committee (CAC)

·      Work with USEE to identify environmental health threats to the community and identify community partners.

·      Assist with the design of and participate in a series of 6 Stakeholder meetings to collect knowledge and interest of environmental issues among the community.

·      Advise USEE with partnership opportunities to help the Rose Park community reduce or remove environmental threats.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?
We are looking for individuals and organizations interested in joining the CAC. 

For Questions, comments, or suggestions please contact Charice Bourdeaux at: charice@usee.org

A visible oil sheen is present in the Jordan River from 1300 South in Salt Lake City all the way to 1800 North in the Rose Park Area.  Check out the story at the KSL website.