Maeser Neighborhood

Maeser Neighborhood Newsletter 1/24/12

hillamdr — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:08:35 +0000

Maeser Neighborhood Meeting

This Thursday, January 26 at 6:30 pm at the firehouse on 300 South and 700 East.

Provo Parks and Recreation Sports Registration

Our Parks and Rec Department hosts a variety of spring youth and adult programs. Registration is open now for Coed Volleyball, Spring Soccer, Track and Field, Rookie League Baseball, Challenger Soccer Camp, Hershey’s Track and Field, Minor League Baseball and Softball, Girls Fast Pitch Softball, Jr. Baseball, Start Smart Baseball, Pitch Hit & Run, and Drop in Kick Ball. Details are available online; you can register by phone at 801-852-6600 or online at http://sports.provo.org. You can also become familiar with the new concussion policy here.

UDOT

Work on University Avenue for the Central Utah Pipeline will stop around March 1st and move to 9th East in Provo, where they will work through the summer. A temporary coat of blacktop will be put on University until to serve until they return to that section in the fall to finish the project up to the mouth of the canyon. They will attempt to do the piping in front of the charter school at 4200 N when the school is not in session.

Mobile Watch

There will be a Mobile Watch Meeting on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 pm in the Police Department Training Room. Also note that the Provo Police Spring 2012 Citizens Academy will start February 15th.

School District Leadership

Provo Superintendent Randy Merrill resigned/retired earlier this month. Bob Gentry has been named as an interim superintendent while the school board conducts a national search for a permanent replacement. At their first meeting in the selection process is this morning (January 24th) at 7:30 am in the PDC, Richard Stowell from the Utah School Boards Association is helping them develop a timeline and a process to involve the community. A survey will probably be forthcoming, but you can contact the board members at any time with your comments and suggestions. Their contact information is available on the Provo School District’s website here.

FrontRunner Update

Keep your fingers crossed. It looks like the FrontRunner express train system that will run up to Salt Lake (and is already in operation from Salt Lake to Ogden) will open THIS December. Provo Mayor John Curtis blogged about it here with links to a Salt Lake Tribune article and an overhead drawing of how the transit station and parking will be laid out.

BYU Housing Upgrade

BYU is tearing down Heritage Halls in stages to construct more new apartments in the same style as those built where Deseret Towers used to be. See the Deseret News article here, and the much more in depth BYU Magazine article here. With VERY limited parking, students are being encouraged to not bring their cars to campus if they want to live there. The area is designed to be pedestrian friendly, public transportation will be available, and Hertz will off car rentals for about $8 per hour for those who really need a car for short periods of time. Students who still feel they must have a car will be able to park over in the stadium lot.

City Emails

Instead of waiting for some neighborhood chair to get around to finally sending on information, the city is encouraging residents in provo to sign up for city emails. About once a month, the city will send you an email with updates, meeting cancellations, and other news that has developed since the newsletters (sent out as an insert with Provo water/electricity bills) are sent out. To sign up, go here and enter your address.

Maeser Neighborhood Newsletter, 1/4/11

hillamdr — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Maeser Neighborhood Meeting

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 pm (not the week earlier as previously announced, though in the future they will again be held on the 3rd Thursday of each month). We meet in the firehouse on 7th East and 3rd South. Please let me know if you have any agenda items for the meeting.

Trash Pickup

Trash pickup is continuing on a normal schedule (no changes or bumps from the holidays). Christmas trees will be collected from the curb from January 2 to February 2.

City Center Remodel

Provo City’s Customer Service is moving to the City Center lobby. Remodeling will continue to early February. During that time, use the east and south entrances to the building.

Municipal Council Meeting

Last night’s work session in the discussed a proposed write-off of $5,357,316 of iProvo debt related to an inter-fund loan between the Energy Fund and Telecom Debt Service Fund, and a proposal to create five multi-family residential zones. No actual decisions can be made during a work session; both items have been forwarded to the January 17th Council Meeting at 7 pm. Because of the remodel, this meeting will be held at the Provo School District’s Professional Development Center at 280 W 940 N (FYI this is where School Board Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm).

More information on the zones can be found in staff reports and report of action information attached to the October 26 Planning Commision Agenda, Item 2, available here. Some changes regarding bike parking standards within the zones were requested.

Also forwarded to the January 17th meeting were items regarding the appointment of Bonnie Morrow to the Planning Commission, proposed ordinance amendments affecting Mayorial compensation as well as amendents on prior legislation and citations in the City Code, and revising, codifying, and compiling the general ordinances of Provo City. The council also adopted a report on the Moderate Income Housing Plan as their findings, and decided to discuss sales tax revenue and the RAP tax option at a future retreat.

The New Council Member Reception and Council Meeting were held at the Covey Center for the Arts. Gary Winterton, Hal Miller, and Kay VanBuren were sworn in as new members. Laura Cabanilla was elected as the new Council Chair with Gary Winterton as Vice Chair. Sterling Beck was elected to be the Redevelopment Agency Chair, with Kay VanBuren as Vice Chair.

Bike Provo

Next meeting of the Provo Bike Committee will be held Thursday, January 12th at 5 pm in the Council Conference room of the city building.

And for all those with even passing interest in contributing your two cents to the Provo Bicycle Facilities Master Plan, the survey is available until January 11th at www.provobikeplan.com

School Snow Days and New Calendar

Provo School District will avoid closing schools for a complete snow day (if it ever snows…). If a large storm does hit our city in the late evening or early morning, bus pickups and school starting times will be set back exactly TWO hours later than their original times. Dismissal times will stay as originally scheduled. Check the Provo School District website for updated information regarding the status of the school day. If a notice has not been posted by 6 am, school and bus routes will operate on the standard schedule.

The Provo School Board officially adopted the school calendar for the 2012-2013 school year. School will start on Tuesday, August 21, Fall Break was extended by a day to make it a longer weekend, Christmas Break will run from December 19th to January 3rd, Spring Break will be the first week of April 2013, and the last day of school will be May 30, 2013. The full calendar is available at 2012-2013 School Calendar

Timpview Career Fair

Timpview High School is holding their first annual career fair on Thursday, February 9th. They are recruiting professionals to come and share information about their careers in two 1/2 hour sessions with students. If you are interested, contact Ann Decker at annd@provo.edu.

Free Health Screening

The National Kidney Foundation will be conducting an early detection screening for people with increased risk of kidney failure, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. It will be held on Friday, January 27th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Adventist Community Center, 255 South 700 East in Provo. To make an appointment for the free screening or to learn more, call 801 226-5111.

Provo River Delta Restoration Project

Thursday, January 12th, from 7 to 9 pm, the Utah Lake State Park will be holding a “Stakeholder Recreation Workshop” for all concerned citizens. It will identify impacts from four action alternatives to maximize benefits of increased water flows in the Provo River in order to improve the habitat in the lower river and make more efficient use of the water. Each of the action alternatives would involve realigning the Provo River north of its present location approximately 1.5 miles upstream of its confluence with Utah Lake. The project team is looking for input to help identify potential uses of the existing river channel and associated recreation opportunities on adjacent lands should one of the four alternatives be implemented. The workshop will be held in the Utah Lake State Park Visitor Center at 4400 West Center Street. For more information you can contact Reed Harris at 801 538-7420.

Community Based Job Training

A $500 scholarship is available to help individuals update their computer skill set through UVU Community Education. Qualifications include being at least 16 years old, a US Citizen or Permanent Resident, and low income (as defined by the US Department of Labor). Contact Kathy Johnson at KJohnson@uvu.edu.

City Accomplishments and Goals

Mayor John Curtis has listed a number of new years goals on his blog here. Check out the list of 2011 Accomplishments linked by category on the right of the page.

Maeser Neighborhood Newsletter, 11/17/11

hillamdr — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:37:32 +0000

Neighborhood Meetings

Every response to the question of whether to put off another meeting till next year was in the affirmative. So there was no meeting tonight and will not be in December, though please feel free to email and keep in touch with any comments or concerns.

Lights Out

Not all the streetlights in our neighborhood are working. Please note what ones are having problems and send me their addresses and a description of what is wrong (completely out, sputtering/flickering, etc) and I will make up a list to report to the city.

Lights On

On December 3rd there will be a Santa Run 5K from 4:30-5:30, finishing downtown, a Parade of Lights from 5:30-6:30 pm, and a Lights-On Ceremony from 6:30-7:00 pm. The Utah Regional Ballet will be performing the Nutcracker from December 10-20 at 2 and 7:30 pm. Check out the Covey Center’s website here for a complete listing of those and other performances at http://www.coveycenter.org/.

Deck the Halls Downgrade

Just found out the city does not plan on lighting the trees downtown for the holidays this year. If you have an opinion on this, you can send comments to me at hillamdr@hotmail.com and I’ll forward them on.

Choir Performances

Timpview’s Choral Christmas Concert will be on Thursday, December 8th, while Centennial Middle School’s Christmas Concert will be on December 9th. Both are free to the public. With the Tabernacle gone, there will be a Messiah Sing-along at the Provo Community United Church of Christ on 175 North University on Monday, December 5th at 7 pm with singers from UVU. That location will also hold a Gallery Stroll with hundreds of nativity scenes on display December 2 from 6-9 pm, as well as a variety of Advent services.

Officer Retirement

Today was a retirement party for Sergeant Richard Dewey, and next Tuesday, November 22nd, there will be a reception for Captain David Bolda for his 35 years of dedicated service. The reception will be held from 12-2 at the Covey Center, 425 W. Center Street.

Elections

Gary Garrett was elected to be the new city-wide city council member, and was appointed to fill the current vacancy in the council until his elected term begins.

Municipal Council Actions

Most of the items for last Tuesday’s Work and Study Sessions were forwarded to the December 6th Council Meeting. In the main meeting, Gary Garrett was sworn in; $50,000 was appropriated in the Library fund for operational expenses in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012; $2,144,000 was transferred from the Energy Fund to the Debt Service Fund for telecom debt service payments; approximately .39 acres located at 55 South Freedom was added to the Surplus Property list; an amendment to codify a process for determining mayoral compensation was continued to December 6; next year’s meeting schedule was approved; and the election results were accepted and certified.

Municipal Council Agenda (partial)

#2 on the agenda is the historic home with the gingerbread trim, beautiful but unfortunately not in great repair, behind where the old Catholic church was torn down. Note the different location for this meeting.

Municipal Council Meeting Agenda
December 6, 2011

7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium located at the Provo School District Administration Building, 280 West 940 North. Anyone interested is invited to attend.

1. Gardner and Associates requests to amend Section 14.49E.030 Permitted Uses in the Villages at Celebration (SDP-5) Specific Development Plan Overlay Zone to permit SLU 6911 Churches in all villages. Lake View North Neighborhood

2.	The Provo City Housing Authority, requests that the historic designation for the George Taylor Jr. home, generally located at 187 North 400 West, which is in the Downtown 1 zone, be changed from contributory to non-contributory. Timp Neighborhood