Neighborhood Districts

Neighborhood District 2 Meeting Agenda (Oak Hills, Wasatch, Foothills, Provost, Provost South, Spring Creek) Thursday, October 5, 2023; 6:30-8:00 PM City Hall Community Room 445 West Center Street, Provo Attendees: Annette Newren, Angie Carter, Ty Lagerberg, Harold & Kay Stokes, James Jefferies Board Members: Ruth Eldredge, Ashley Rayback, Ann Woodbury, Kristina Davis, Mitzi Collins, Ryan Nelson (zoom) Zoom: Rae Ann, Gaye Lee Page, Laurie Urquiaga Conducting: Ruth Thomas, Neighborhood Vice Chair Welcome to Mitzi Collins, newest board member, represents Oak Hills 1. Department Topic (6:30-7:15 PM) Federal grant programs, CDBG/HOMES (Melissa McNalley – Provo City Community Grant Administrator) Link to Slide Presentation: Down-payment Assistance Programs (provo.org) AMI=Area Median Income Down-payment assistance programs– Grant for HUD Home Purchase Plus Neighborhood Revitalization run by Cindy Sweeten, csweeten@provo.org, mmcnalley@provo.org (questions) ● About $50K is available in that fund right now. If there is a bigger project that needs to be done she can apply for more funding. Egress Windows Emergency Repair Program (you need to qualify for this) Link to CDBG Funding for Public Works Projects memo: 638318392811900000 (provo.org) Ruth: Three Suggestions for what to do with this information: A. Realize how many of us that are here or our neighbors that fall into that category and be aware of the income needs when we make decisions. B. Neighborhood boards have been appointed to help and can hopefully help people use these funds and direct them positively to our neighborhoods. C. It pays to look for places in your neighborhood where these might be needed. Make ecclesiastical leaders aware of these funds; many don’t know these exist. These can be used to help alleviate the vast and rising difficulties for the poor and needy in our society. 2. Public Comment (7:15-7:30 PM) A. Jim Jefferies: What about 9th East? They demolished the one side on the West side of the street. The neighborhood mtg said they were going to demolish the other side, where do we stand on that? Ruth: There are concerns about the properties being used in an unauthorized fashion. The owner has been alerted to the violations of the city and the code and we haven’t had a response yet. Ruth has talked to him personally and he is optimistic about it happening soon. They don’t know when the demolishment is going to be done on the other side. Jim Jeffries: The developer said they were going to put a stoplight on 820 North, I strongly support the idea of a stoplight there. Ruth: It was supposed to be done this year.  Jim: I talked to the traffic guy at the city hall and he thought there were too many traffic lights on 9th East, but Jim’s son witnessed a motorcycle death there. There have been a few people in the neighborhood who have died crossing 9th East. Ruth: There is discussion about this part of 1200 East and Locust Lane so those questions can be forwarded on. Jim: What does BYU plan to do with Wasatch Elementary? Ruth: To my knowledge they haven’t put anything through to the city. The Wasatch property is still zoned for public utilities so although BYU owns the property they will have an approval process to go through the city because of the rezoning that it will take for them to build on it. The Wasatch School Community Council headed by Sarah Ashby and Joy McMurray have been in contact with BYU regarding the school and the fate of the programs. B. Jim: What is the timeline on the new Wasatch Elementary School? McKay Jensen: Next Christmas break next year is when they’re thinking it will happen. January 2025 is apparently going to be occupancy. C. Jim: The development on the south side of 820 across from the new Wasatch. Is it going to be a gated community? The lot sizes are all decided? Katrice McKay: It is residential, and it looks like it will be a gated community with eight lots. The size of the lots is not known yet. At the back there will be a public access where they’re going to pave as a walkway for anyone. It will not be available for cars, just walking. Ruth: There have been a couple of emails of residents from this community that the planning community has not been forthcoming on what is happening. They have submitted GRAMA requests and they have not heard back. Katrice: It hasn’t been decided yet. D. Ty Ogleberg: HOA for Foothills Park, how do I get ahold of the minutes of the last meeting. Rachel: Provo.edu, city website, and on the calendar there are slides, meeting minutes, videos, recordings, etc. Ruth: Googling “Provo Neighborhood District 2” will take you right to this website. E. RayAnn–What is the approximate address for the gated community. Ruth: 820 North at Locust Lane. It is on the South Side of 820 North as it intersects with Locust Lane. It is a 10 acre property with a field. It is zoned residential so we don’t have authority on what happens with it. Katrice: It is residential so it won’t even come to the council because it is zoned what it is and it is going to be residential. There has been talk about 15-30, or even 8, nothing has been decided yet. It goes through Planning Development Services because if it is zoned this way they can do whatever they want on that property as long as it is within the laws. F. Jim Jeffries: Neighbors don’t like the whistles in the park from the little league football. 3. Additional Topics (7:30-8:00 PM) A. Update of the matching grant progress (Kristina Davis – Provost South) Link to Slide Presentation: Update on Grants (provo.org) 1. Jim Jeffries: He wanted to look at the wayfinding sides, and he wants to know about how they’re diverting the Provo River. a. Kristina: The original Utah Lake had a lot of land in the 1800’s, and then when they needed farm water they needed pipe systems to that all the water went into the lake in a great big gush so that they could use it for watering. As part of the recovery they have tried to restore part of the ancient Delta. It is not open for public use yet but most of the delta has been built and the waterways established. In the coming year it will be used for kayaking and fishing and now connects a meandering path for lakes. They always need volunteers–revegetation and some  cool things to do. A lot of species have already been restored and more and more will now be like the ancient edge of Utah Lake. b. Jim: What about the bike/walk trail i. Kristina: They’re still working on it, and they will connect it. 2. Ruth: We have had success with stacking some grants with CDBG grants and our neighborhood money and stretches the money. Public comments can be directly sent to neighborhood representatives. Please direct comments there so that we can keep communication for the benefit of the neighborhood. B. Provo Library services and mobile van tour (Mariah Lucas & Amber Lowe – Library Outreach) 1. They go to preschools and daycares and do storytimes, they go to community events, farmer’s market, senior centers, homebound patrons; anywhere around Provo. 2. What is happening at the Library? a. Halloween Concert with the Utah County Flute Choir on Monday, October 16th b. Book Swap c. Teen Takeover, October 21st (after hours event just for teens). The library is closed and they have reign of the library. d. Eclipse night with the children’s library on October 10th. Crafts, games, and learn a little about the eclipse. e. Fall read-a-thon in the children’s department. Monday, October 23rd during fall break. f. Author event–Nadine Fonseca, Saturday at 11 AM, come and bring kids. She has a new picture book and will be leading in a craft. g. Sun party right after, UVU is bringing telescopes to look at the sun safely h. Dia De Los Muertos on Saturday, October 28th i. Spooky Stories in the Park, Wednesday October 25th, 6 PM Bicentennial Park j. Van is parked in the roundabout and we can visit it. k. Resources at the library: i. DVD player, CD Player, projector screen, sound system ii. Hot spots iii. Escape rooms (schedule a week ahead of time) 1. School of Magic 2. 80’s theme 3. Whodunnit–Clue iv. Databases v. provolibrary.org, collections, and then there are other things listed that aren’t books. Now you can reserve for a specific date. It is all listed in the catalog. vi. To schedule the van: contact the general library phone number and they’ll get us in contact with them and you can schedule them. It is fun to invite them to a neighborhood event. They have free books and swag. vii. Homebound outreach: The library will go deliver books to houses and then pick them up and bring them new books when they need it. 4. Adjournment (7:36 PM) Next Neighborhood District 2 Meeting: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:30 PM, City Hall Community Room.