Salt Lake City Council Issues at A Glance
April 19th, 2010
What you should care about and why
One of the biggest difficulties of the City Council is getting the word out to the public of the important upcoming issues. The second big hurdle is making the public aware of the impact that various proposals will have on the city, so residents might care enough to participate in the political process. Certainly, people care when a park is suddenly replaced by a Wal-Mart, or an nice small business is lost due to changes in laws. But how do you choose what is worth caring about while it is still in the pipeline? We have attempted to make a chart of a few issues that might be worth your attention.
| What is it? | Why you should care? |
| A Public Safety Complex is going to be built downtown. The proposal to build the complex on library square has received a great deal of community criticism. The complex will be built East of the library. | The last of 3 planning workshops will be held Wednesday, March 31 at the Salt Lake City Library, basement level meeting room, 5 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop focuses on uses for the new building. |
| Trax line to the Airport | The city has committed to building a six-mile line to run along 400 West and North Temple to provide TRAX service from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake International Airport. Citizens advisory committee meets the first Tuesday every month |
| Proposed Sports Complex on the Jordan River | This website lists 10 reasons why a known floodplain may be a bad site for a public funded $40 million Regional Sports Complex. |
| 8th South has been negatively impacted since Rocky Mountain Power put up high voltage lines | The power company believes it is the cities responsibility to fund underground utilities or pay to mitigate the impact of this project. The City thinks it's the power company's responsibility. Either way, residents property values have dramatically decreased and 8th South has become a 'canyon of poles.' |
| The Sugar House Granite Block empty "Sugar Hole" resulted after city approval deemed the buildings "unfit without significant seismic and structural upgrades" but the development project was put on hold due to economic conditions. | Nole Walkingshaw, Senior Planner for SLC, expects the project will be in front of the planning commission again. This rumor has been coroberated by several SugarHouse merchants. Utah Stories was unable to reach developer Craig Mecham for comment. |
