September 14, 2023 Board Meeting
Traffic Safety Improvements
We are working with City Traffic Engineering to implement short-term safety improvements south of Uintah and north of Boulder. The goal is to identify and implement short-term improvements to gather information for a future long-term improvement study. The focus will be on Cascade, Nevada, Weber, and Wahsatch although other roadways may also be considered.
Renaming Our Neighborhood
The city is going to install Near North End neighborhood signs. This allowed us to rename the neighborhood with a clear identity. The board unanimously decided to rename the ‘Near North End Neighborhood Association’ to the ‘Historic Uptown Neighborhood Association’.
Yemi’s Listening Tour Highlights
- A safe and affordable city
- Proper infrastructure that keeps up with growth
- Better overall communication between the city and residents
- Three-pronged government style: transparent, accessible, and pro-active
Historic Uptown Updates
Attendees: Cheryl, Christy, Dianne, and Monica.
- NNE Get-together with Michele Talarico logistics. Friday, Sept 29th
from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. at Monica’s house.- Get-together – no pot-luck, the NNE board will coordinate bringing the food. – Ask the neighborhood for RSVP
- Cheryl (Attending) – Chocolate cookies, Fruit tray. Costco cheese and meat tray.
- Dianne (Attending) – tray of raw vegetables and water
- Christy (Not Attending) but will chip in $20-$30
- Monica (Attending ☺) – have it at her house so she won’t bring food
- Tam and Jeff (Attending?) – What would you like to bring if anything
- Agenda
- Social hour where neighbors can come and go as they please
- Intent to Introduce Michelle to the neighborhood
- Would like neighbors to come from different areas and introduce their part of the neighborhood and discuss their specific challenges.
- Cheryl -Talk to Dale House, Carol, McCallister, Tim S, and Joel to see if they are coming.
- Monica – Talk to Tilly and her son.
- Dawn. Anna Z. to see if they are coming.
- Get-together – no pot-luck, the NNE board will coordinate bringing the food. – Ask the neighborhood for RSVP
- McAllister House Harvest Festival on Saturday, Sept 23rd 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. We’ll be setting up a table. Get a table and cover
- Print pictures of Historic properties.
- Print a fact sheet.
- Print Walking tour.
- Cards, poster
- Need cover and table
- Ask Tim S if he wants to join us.
- Monica – bring the NNE sign
- St Stephens Fete this Sunday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
- NNE renaming to ‘Historic Old Town’ or ‘Historic Olde Towne’? Are we in agreement and should we start the process of asking the neighborhood and moving forward?
- Renaming our neighborhood? This opportunity for us to re-create ourselves since the NNE has been removed from most city documents.
- Start the process since the city is going to install neighborhood signs.
- Vote on starting the process of renaming:
Dianne – Yes
Christy – Yes
Monica – No
Cheryl –yes
Jeff – N/A
Tam – N/A - Talk to the Stivers, the original president of the NNE. Talk with Tim S. to see if there is a historic distinction
with the NNE name. - Put this out to the neighborhood, give our suggested name of ‘Historic Old(e) Town(e), and ask for any other name suggestions and see what the neighborhood thinks.
- Rename the NW district to Historic Park Side for the historic designation area we are focusing on.
- Highlights on Yemi’s listening tour. Bottom line summary
- Want a safe city
- Want an affordable City
- Want the right infrastructure that keeps up w/growth
- Overall – want better communications
- His three-pronged government style: transparent, accessible, pro-active
- Summary what is top of mind for HNP
- Community-initiated Neighborhood Planning
- City progress on HistoricCOS
- Wildfire assessment, mitigation, and planning for Historic Neighborhoods
- Historic preservation & neighborhood planning in COS Strategic Plan/Budget
Treasurer Updates
- Transferring over treasurer responsibilities to Jeff
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