Rose Park News

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

Who’s looking for a bit of exercise and some good outdoor time?! USEE is holding a 5K this Saturday along the Jordan Parkway. There will be booths, bands, and more! Come support Environmental Education in Utah! Click on the link to find out more about the event!

 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. 

Agenda–Wednesday, September 1, 2010–6:30 pm Day Riverside Library

Conducting: Brad Bartholomew

Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance

Mayor Visit–60 min

Riverview Project, Emy Maloutas–Open Space Manager–5 min

Utah Society for Environmental Education–5min

Area Crime Report–10 min

Neighbor to Neighbor–10 min

Next Meeting–October 6, 2010  6:30 pm

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 am and 11:00 am.

Item 2–Stay in Touch–Stay current on city and community events and issues through your email.  Email Brad Bartholomew at bbart76@gmail.com to be added to the list.  If  you know or hear someone who would like to receive this information page through the mail please contact Brad Bartholomew at the above email address.

Item 3–Crime Report–Each month tthe 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 citizens keeping a watchful eye on our homes and streets and reporting concerns to our SLC Police officers.  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– West Side Environmental Justice Project– The Utah Society for Environmental Education is identifying 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 include: briging together a Community Action Committee for the Rose Park area;  identify and prioritize environmental health threats to the Rose Park community without regard for primary language.  Provide all residents access to information on environemental concerns and how to be protected from them.  Promote practical means to remove or reduce environmental threats.  Get involved by contacting Charice Bouredeaux at charice@usee.org

Item 5–  NeighborWorks Salt Lake helping residents with Foreclosures.  NSWL offers pre-foreclosure counseling to residents at no cost.  NSWL’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 español.

Item 6– 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 chose to logon to ALC Alert to let the city know how to reach you.  www.slcalert.com or 2-1-1

Item 7 — 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 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 sign up for CERT training courses at 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 at http://www.slcgov.com/departments/emergency_man/

I have lived in this neighborhood for 30 years, and each year, as the mornings begin to get cooler I think about our garden. My parents grew more than we needed usually, and each year I remember sharing the crop with neighbors and friends.Though our houses may be small (I prefer to say “responsible”) our lots are fairly large for a neighborhood with such urban proximity. These large yards allow us to cultivate gardens that can benefit others. In addition, we have folks in our neighborhood who paint, bake, sew, build, etc. that should all have a local outlet to share their talents with the rest of us, for a reasonable fee

We at RPR are looking for a half dozen volunteers to head up the Rose Park Farmers Market Committee. Over the next several months the committee will meet to discuss the scope and size, location, marketing, permits, and potential offerings for the summer of 2011’s Rose Park Farmers Market. If you are interested, please drop us a line at roseparkrevival@gmail.com We think this idea is a perfect fit for our community! Please help us make it a reality by helping us get it off the ground. Thanks in advance for your support!

Thanks,  Kevin Rogers

Chief Operations Officer–Canyon Sports

kevinr@canyonsports.com

(801)359-2673 Ext. 106

ROSE PARK — A townhouse fire that officials believe started in a utility room exploded to quickly damage the four-plex and displace all 14 residents there Wednesday.

Fire officials estimate damage at more than $100,000.

Shaleena Dimick, 16, was about to take a shower when her brother started shouting about a fire in the basement’s utility room, where family members had recently put a load of laundry in the dryer.

The family quickly evacuated from the townhouse at 1022 N. Victoria Way (940 West) just before 6 p.m. and alerted neighbors.

Dimick’s boyfriend ran back into the apartment several times to retrieve a cat and locate another that had gone missing in the chaos.

“I went to grab a bucket of water to put out the fire,” Dimick said. “But my mom stopped me. The fire had spread so much.”

By the time crews arrived, the fire had gone from the basement up the back wall and spread to a townhouse with a shared attic and caused significant fire and smoke damages to both places. Two townhouses sustained only smoke damage, said Salt Lake City Fire spokesman Scott Freitag.

Crews called out for a second alarm because of the extent of the fire and smoke drifting into the attic. The fire was contained within 25 minutes and fully doused after about an hour.

Dimick was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

Officials are investigating the cause of the fire but believe it originated in the basement utility room of Dimick’s townhouse. The family said they believe the fire started from the dryer, adding that they heard some type of explosion.

“I’ve lost everything,” said Debra Dimick, Shaleena’s mother, while holding a cat in her arms. “I don’t know what to do.”

Debra Dimick said the family had lived there about a year but hadn’t been able to afford fire insurance.

“I was going to get it next month, but now it’s too late,” she said as she burst into tears.

Freitag said the main floor of the original townhouse is compromised, and the Dimicks and residents in the adjacent home will be unable to live there until repairs are made. Remaining residents should be able to return within a couple days.

Story found in the Deseret News.

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.

The word is out – summer is coming and so is the second annual Summer Festival in Salt Lake City organized by the Khai Tam Vietnamese Cultural Center Committee of the Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Association of Utah. The day-long festival set to be held outdoors at Rose Park Elementary on Saturday, August 7, 2010 will be a celebration of Vietnamese culture and heritage. The festival promises to be the highlight of Vietnamese-American community’s social calendar. It will be a day for fun, food, music and dance.

The festival will also reach out to other ethnicities, inviting people of other racial origins to discover the strength, talent, intelligence, and beauty of the Vietnamese and its people. We are proud to have other ethnic communities joining the festival to perform, to share and preserve rich tradition of their culture and heritage to maintain the traditions across many generations. Some of the groups represented in 2009 have included: Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippine, Ethiopia, Mexico, Polynesia, Hawaii and Samoa, the Andersen Tang Soo Do Academy, Magician Christopher Fair, Belly Dancing by Thia, Pho Quang Vietnamese Youth, Ballet Folklorico of Utah, the Utah Hispanic Dance Alliance.