Coy Porter
- Lifelong resident of Provo
- Dad was Police officer in provo, served two terms on city council
- Just retired July 1
- Served on governors homeland security task force
- Managed 7.3 mil budget
- 80 employees
Why running?
- good timing – just retired
- i am consensus builder
- Live in Franklin neighborhood
- would prefer to run just within district
Issues
- Sat on 20/40 planning groups – traffic, needs a lot of work still
- development
- we’re land-locked – density, infill issues(?)
- Budget
- 30 min review with council/yr.
- Mayor
- don’t always agree w/mayor – very autocratic – supported him once decisions were made
Questions:
Energy
Decisions are being made based on current energy consumption and traffic patterns. Natrual gas and petroleum are running low. How do you approach that?
part of it is lifestyle. some work has been done on bus routes. UTA wanted to tax Provo for building and maintenance on the property. .25 tax. city saves .40/gal when they buy gas. city vehicles require a large fuel budget. we need to lead the way in planning for growth. bigger I-15 is not the solution. light rail, trax, community education to increase ridership. increase sales tax base to fund it (number of people). corridors are limited by mountain and lake. long term? freeway on the other side of the lake. causeway across lake? needs to change.”
if fuel runs out, then current infrastructure is obsolete
Recycling
cost factor for individual because there is not enough usage
community collection points?
can’t just keep filling up the landfill
As long as we’re charging for blue cans, participation will stay low
iProvo
AT&T would not come in and provide the fiber.
I think it’s a long term investment ($40mil)
Have made debt service payments
Just like another utility service
Property does not drive the city budget, sales tax does
Legislature restricted Utopia’s ability to get money from iProvo
Kevin Garlic is working hard for it now
Many other cities are spending more per dollar
Downtown neighborhoods
Big proponent of owner occupancy
A lot of residences have turned into rentals
Grateful for NHS work
Paul Glauser with redevelopment has been active but money is limited
Keeping vitality up is challenging
We’ve been hard on enforcement, but that’s because we’re not a community
City-wide issues
there’s been a lot of unintended consequences
money is hard to use fairly across communities
green-space is good
county seat, and byu don’t pay property taxes (our main source of income is sales tax)
After Coy finished we discussed these issues as
- Racoons in Rose Roberts yard
- Graffiti
- 715 E 200 s has been referred to mobile watch for suspicious activity
- Food and Care coalition is looking at moving to East Bay
- Officer Kenkel supports this move as it will reduce the number of transients in our neighborhoods
- Firehouse room may be available for use now that the use has changed. I will look into reserving that room for our next neighborhood meeting as it will be easier to access than the Maeser school.
I know these minutes are shotgun. If you need clarification on anything, let me know.
