September Community Council Agenda

August 21, 2008 by Baker.

 Mayor Becker was to have been our guest in September for a community tour and to speak at our Community Council. He has had to reschedule his visit with us because he will be in Japan the first week of September. We have rescheduled his visit for October. Please make a note of the change of date and time for our October Community Council meeting.

 

Mayor R. Becker will visit the Rose Park Community on Thursday, October 2, 2008.

His “Road Trip” around our area will begin at the Library at 6:00 p.m. and his visit with the community will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the large meeting room at the Library.

 

There will be a limited number of seats on the bus to accompany the Mayor on the “Road Trip” around our community. If you are interested in riding along, please contact Ron Jarrett at 595-6259 or r.jarrett@comcast.net. to reserve your seat on the bus.

 

Please inform and invite your neighbors to attend this meeting with the Mayor.

AGENDA – Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.

Conducting: Scott Steenblik

Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance

1. City Council Issues – Carlton Christensen 10 min.

2. Crime Report – Detective Sturzenegger 10 min.

 

3. City/Community Issues – Michael Stott 10 min.

Community Liaison with the Mayor

 

4. Improvements Near Riverside Park – Dell Cook 10 min.

Sidewalk and Landscaping Improvements

5. Gang Influences in our Community – Lohra Mill 15 min.

The Romero Alternative

 

6. UDOT – Catherine Higgins 10 min

Installation of bridges over I-15 between 6^th N and 23^rd N.

7. Neighbor to Neighbor – 10 min.

 

 

NEXT MEETING:

Thursday, October 2, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Michael Bennett will be conducting.

 

Mayor R. Becker will tour our neighborhood and attend our Oct. meeting.

 

Please invite your neighbors to attend our meeting.

INFORMATION ITEMS

 

Item 1 “Community Garden” by Scott Steenblik (359-0354)

Rose Park Community Gardens 877 N Cornell Street (1525 W)

Wednesday’s 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday’s 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

 

Item 2 Stay in touch!

If you would like to be added to the e-mail list, please contact Ron Jarrett by phone at – 595-6259 or by e-mail at - r.jarrett@comcast.net

 

Item 3

This Is The Place Heritage Park invites the Rose Park Community to be part of the 2008 season of fun. Events for the balance of this year include:

August 30^th and September 1^st – Labor Day and Harvest Festival

October 16-18 – Little Haunts

October 15-31 – Haunted Village (except Sundays)

November 28-December 23 – Candlelight Christmas (except Sunday)

 

Item 4 Crime Report

Each month the Salt Lake City Police department has prepared a report of all Community Council areas. The report for May is the last report available on the police web site.

During May 2008 the overall count of reported crimes for our community went down by 18 incidents from 69 to 51. Specifically it went down for auto thefts from 16 to 10, gang related from 2 to 7, burglary went from 6 to 5, car prowls from 10 to 5 and damaged property reports went from 26 to 13, this number includes damage to businesses, homes, cars and graffiti damage. Other areas may have dropped or added one or two reported incidents.

Information is available on how you can be more involved in our community crime prevention through our Neighborhood Watch and Mobil Watch programs

 

Item 5 Hazardous Waste Disposal

On the fourth Thursday of the month, April through September, 7-10 am, the Salt

Lake Valley Health Department  will be holding a household hazardous waste community collection at Sugarhouse Park, by the Garden Center, 2100S 1602 E.  (NE corner of the park, West of Highland HS) As usual, the event will accept waste from your home, including but not limited to waste oil, gas, antifreeze, pesticides, transmission fluid, batteries, fluorescent light tubes, and paint.  There is no charge for you to have these and other chemicals properly dispose of at the event.  In addition, this year our police department will be at the event to collect any

prescription drugs that you need to get out of your medicine chest.  You may bring in any over the counter or prescription medications you no longer need for proper disposal.

 

Item 6 “An American Songbook”

Our community is invited to attend the O.C.Tanner Gift of Music Concert. This is an endeavor by O.C.Tanner to give the gift of music to residents in our community; providing an opportunity to experience, at no cost, the performances of top-tier musicians on September 19 or 20 at the LDS Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. The guest conductor will be Erich Kunzel, from the Cincinnati Pops, with guest soloists, Denyce Graves and Brian Stokes Mitchell, along with the Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony. For free community tickets please contact Ron Jarrett at 595-6259 or r.jarrett@comcast.net.

 

Item 7 Divorce Education for Children

A Divorce Education for Children class is being offer at the Salt Lake’s Scott M. Matheson Courthouse on Saturday, September 13 from 10 a.m. till noon and on Monday, September 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. Children ages 9 through 12, whose parents are divorced or divorcing, are invited to attend this class at no cost. Please contact Alyssa White at 578-3897 for more information and to sign up for the class.

 

Contact Information

Ron Jarrett

Rose Park Community Council Chair 595-6259 r.jarrett@comcast.net

Michael Stott

Community Liaison with the Mayor’s office 535-7976 michael.stott@slcgov.com

Carlton Christensen

City Council Representative carlton.christensen@slcgov.com

Detective Joseph Sturzenegger

Salt Lake City Police 799-3312 joseph.sturzenegger@slcgov.com

Graffiti Removal Hotline 972-7885

 

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