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Show aiBtrWr it atm I ? 1 ! i, . ? "j raaa htTiilii ; T salt lake free not for sale '"' B1 liii volume one april 27, 1972 number Code Enforcement Deboted by Counci The Code Enforcement project was the main topic of discussion at the Model Cities Coordinating Council meeting April 20. Willard Hicks, representative from the Housing Task Force, raised several questions about the project and moved that it be stopped until Council members have more information on it. Pete Grundfossen, Model City director, advised Hicks and other members of the Council that the Joint Board of Commissioners has already acted on the approval previously given by the Council. "I want to see guidelines in black and white. I've seen homes demolished because they did not meet code standards and people are not protected, Hicks said. Grundfossen said there is still time to study the project and "if we feel it is a bad program for Salt Lake, we won't sign the contract on July 1 ." Citizen involvement and support was stressed by Grundfossen before any action is taken in the program. The Council voted to "recind the action taken on the Code Enforcement Program until members get a real understanding of what they are voting on. Grundfossen said he felt this decision would have tremendous impact a on city governemnt. "The business of running a city is very serious. Your decision tonight will be especially discouraging because the same questions raised here were aired two weeks ago, he said. This kind of haphazard behavior will make it increasingly difficult for citizen participation in the future, he advised the Council. The senior citizen center's proposal for a year's supply of materials was brought before the Council. The center serves 35-4- 5 people per week and self-supportin- g is except for supplies. The Council voted to include the project in the list of priorities for reprogramming funds. The Coordinating Council approved a suggestion to meet on the third Thursday of each month with other meetings called as needed. The regular scheduling of one meeting a month was done to enable the Joint Board of Commissioners to meet with the Council. Jane Civish presented a capsule report on the recent citizen participation conference held in Trinidad, Colorado. Mama Johnson and Kim Wennesland were the other delegates. The citizen participation r organization provides funds lobbying in Washington and assists local citizen groups, she . said. Salt Lake City She stressed the need to "infiltrate decision-makin- bodies" to assure citizen announced that Salt Lake City has been selected as the 1972 convention site for the organization which will be held sometime in October. Mama Johnson urged further study before Salt Lake joins the organization saying the only assistance they can offer is available. has been dealing with the for providing employment for disadvantaged citizens in Model Cities generated jobs, Mrs. Civish said. HUD will not honor verbal statements. Citizens must have documented information in if they want to file a complaint against their local program, she advised. She urged residents to get copies of Utah's notice of intent, and These notices deal with a state's intentions on how it will work with federal programs and how citizens will be writing A-8- 5 A-9- 5. involved. "The Model Cities staff can build trust and understanding by informing residents," she said. Other points raised in her report included what other monies were being identified and used by Model Cities and the need for coordination between Model Cities and other federal programs. V , 3" v r ' i. . - ! 4 V ' Y- 3 iMv . , $ V'' 3 i , I ' --v. 'F 'j "l demonstrations prevailed in Salt Lake City during the past week in response to renewed bombing in Viet Nam. Anti-wa- r - I'" -- Tl ?pf & y jK ..X, v. , V'5v problem of developing a citizen participation component and Hermaine J ex. Task Force Assistant, presented some of their ideas for the Council to consider. proposed changes. The mechanism v f v; y xv f The Government Task Force become fully informed in order to carry on after Model Cities is gone, Mrs. Civish told the group. a . Ik . organizational structure and distributed charts showing "Cities must have v v Council. "We have a responsibility to Urban Development and $71,000 from the Office of Economic Opportunity. .'V v and this is already She explained the present The national citizen participation organization has requested $51,000 from the Department of Housing and u , waj : vi s x .a 5 t' - 3; I3 : .3. . Mrs. Civish not a member of the organization and membership was discussed by the is k 'hfi g participation. technical I A- ? thirty-si- basic premise of these changes is to provide for a balance of power. Council members were asked to review the proposal and be prepared to vote on it at the next Council meeting on May 18. Marlene Marie Young, editor. Model Neighborhood News k KMyj'-'- y pi v.itkv 4 ' fWWfeaLKfc Neighborhood News Receives Awards Marlene Marie Young, editor of the Model Neighborhood News announced Monday that the weekly paper received six awards from the Utah Press Women in .its statewide writing contest. Competing with other daily, weekly and special interest publications in Utah, Ms. Young received first place in editorial writing, page makeup and for a publication regularly edited by a woman. Second place honors were won in poetry, news story writing and feature story writing. Judges were from the University of Utah Journalism Department and BYU. The awards luncheon held Saturday, April 21 in Tooele, Utah is an annual affair and all first place winning entries will be submitted to the National Federation of Press Women for national competition. Ms. Young, editor of the neighborhood paper since July 1, 1971, has also recently been appointed to the Salt Lake Tribune Common Carrier Board and to the Board of Directors of Sigma Delta Chi, a professional journalism society. She is serving as publicist for the organization and Utah correspondant to "Quill magazine. Sigma Delta Chi's national publication. "I was very proud to see the Model Neighborhood News win in all of the six categories in which we entered material. We have a challenge now to continue living up to such high standards, Ms. Young said. |