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Show Residents Meet To Discuss Problems The Board of Trustees of People's Free Way, Inc., sponsored a resident's meeting Monday evening, January 29, at Jefferson School. Several specific problems and concerns came out of the meeting as residents listened to two speakers and then assembled in small cluster groups to discuss issues. The meeting was chaired by Lorella Smith, a Board member. Dr. John Geisler from the Community Development office at the University of Utah spoke briefly on conducted in a survey being the People's Free Way area. To date, 459 interviews have been attempted with 306 being termed successful. The completed interviews produced 1,045 responses in 16 basic categories of problems. The top three problems mentioned by Page 4 and health hazards such as unkept lots and dangerous vacant buildings. Mrs. Ruth Ross, Board President, talked about organizing the community and the value of residents involving themselves in neighborhood issues. Many of the people present did not understand what People's Free Way meant and Dorothy Pulley explained that it was a non-profcorporation made up of residents in a defined area who believed in the free way, the American way. Residents spoke out on flooding conditions in the People's Free Way area and the lack of uniformity in garbage pickup in the area. All participates agreed this type of meeting should be a it regular monthly affair residents are to be notified of the streets, curbs and gutters in ill repair; inadequate transportation February meeting. CHAT Council neighborhood councils. CHAT residents were shown a preliminary study of the Capitol Hill residential area. The study is being compiled by Eugene E. Carr and Albert L. Christensen of The study was shown in the form of a Neighborhood Architects-Planners-Allianc- items of Capitol Hill Neighborhood business hinged upon the fate of Senate Bills 3 and 4. These Bills propose construction of a state office building complex on Capitol Hill. According to Capitol Hill Awareness Team Chairman, Ron Molen, the impact the new state office buildings would have on e. slide presentation. by Laura Briggs CHAT Neighborhood Council met Saturday morning, January 27, at Horace Mann Junior High School. Residents who attended the meeting agreed that other Mrs. Ruth Ross, Board President of neighbors, direct publicity and follow through on special projects with legislators and Works For "The the Capitol Hill JOIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Meetings are held each first Monday of the month. Next meeting is February 5, at People's Free Way, 568 S. 300 West, at 7:30 p.m. Come, bring a friend and meet your neighbors! People's Free Way boundaries are from So. Temple and 13th South to State Street and the Freeway. See you February 5. and residents interviewed were Twenty members of the Dr. John Geisler explains survey. is neighborhood an issue of major concern. "It is doubtful if this area could survive as a residential sector of the city if the increased traffic created by the new office building were allowed to flow through the Capitol Hill streets and avenues. homes, old-styl- e designed in scale and size to complement one another and the hillside terrain, narrated Christensen during the presentation, "are much of what makes the Capitol Hill Neighborhood have an House of Representatives. Bea atmosphere all its own. Attention to details of construction one doesn't see often enough today that's important, too. Stone and concrete retaining walls, winding stairways, narrow little streets Silver Willis, H. V. and Glen Lloyd were appointed and inviting, passageways give to spearhead telephone contact. pedestrian feeling. Members of the CHAT Council agreed to be available as needed to help in contacting legislators in the Senate and Hall.-Modest-a -- semi-mysterio- a humane, "Pretty railings, old trees and ivy that grows on walls and climbs all over houses when it is scientifically stated that 'it just can't here' - all these factors contribute to the charm survive of this area," concluded Christensen. The slide presentation indicated that forty percent of the homes on Capitol Hill are in good condition. Ten percent are considered to be beyond repair. The balance need various repairs in order for them to comply with code specifications. |