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Show WESTERN AMERICANA at 7:30 p.m. at the Northwest e Center to conduct business. He said that time was an important factor and without Multi-purpos- Planning official representation Council In Process Of Forming nothing could be done. The matter of what to do with the $48,000 designated for the neighborhood councils could not be determined, said Darton, until the Planning Council was organized and working. Preston Naylor, representing Mayor Jake Garn, presented proposed plans for a citizens To Handle input council as part of the "Comprehensive Community Development Program" being will be comprised of two insure continued involvement members from each of the six until the Model Cities program ends April 30, 1974. prepared by the Salt Lake City government. councils and will work directly with the Joint Board and the small Model Cities agency staff with appointed Some opposition was expressed by members who thought the program would decrease the representation from their areas. Naylor said city citizen involvement plans were tenative and as they developed questions could be answered more fully. The proposed Salt Lake Model Cities Pfanning Council Xv vY recognized neighborhood Darton explained a new set of bylaws approved by the Joint Board which will guide the business of the Planning Council. According to the bylaws before the Joint Board could enact any project or programs, the recommendation of the Planning Council for such action would be necessary, explained Darton. es as necessary. e Northwest Center. Mel Darton, new Model Multi-purpos- Cities director, said to the neighborhood council members in attendance that "in some way citizen participation had to survive after Model Cities." The Planning Council will V j. vsalLlake free Model Cities news Business weekly community news for metro Salt Lake volume two Plans for setting up a Salt Lake Model Cities Planning Council to replace the original Coordinating Council were approved by the Joint Board of Commissioners in a recent meeting. The action was taken to better suit the decreasing work load as the Model Cities program is number Statewide Coalition Changing Framework may 3, 1973 thirty-fou- r L jiass v Ui'.. m 53 PISS; a! ,T.S.v 3 s i phased out. The proposed Planning Council would have two by Tim Funk representatives from each of the six neighborhood councils Whatever happened to the officially recognized by the Joint Board. This would cut the council size in half. statewide citizens coalition Task forces would be although its original proposed eliminated and to handle special problems would be appointed by the Planning Council. The new Planning Council concept is a combination of proposals made by former Model Cities director Pete Grundfossen, Coordinating Council Chairman Stan Holbrook and Tom Duggar, framework has changed director of the Association Valley-wid- e of Neighborhood Councils. The change came at the request of the Salt Lake City and County Commissioners on the Joint Board and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development which oversees the Model Cities program. An organization meeting to discuss the purpose and structure of the Planning Council was held Wednesday, April 25, at the Darton emphasized that the structure for the Planning still temporary and he Council told the neighborhood council members present that because is they were not the official Planning Council representatives, no official business could be conducted. Darton said the councils should appoint their two Planning Council representatives and have them meet on Thursday, May 3, neighborhood movement? Apparently it is alive completely. The coalition movement started shortly after several Utah residents returned from a citizens conference held last February in Denver to discuss the Nixon Administration cut back in funds. At the Denver meeting the residents were encouraged to go home and form strong citizen participation group coalitions on local and state levels. When they returned the residents held several meetings to see what the possibilities of forming a Utah coalition were. At the same time they contacted various citizens groups around the state to see what the reaction to forming such a coalition would be. A low profile was kept by all those participating to avoid creating misunderstanding about their intentions. Through their meetings and contacts it became apparent that there was confusion in many groups on what action to take in the face of the impending cut backs. It was also apparent, according to one of those working to form the state coalition, that "all over the state, without exception groups were saying, we're important to our community, we're strong enough. let's keep going. Eventually the Denver group concluded that working with the existing citizens participation structures was going to be more successful than trying to form something entirely new. "Beefing them up" is the present aim expressed by one coalition worker. The problem as he sees it is the coordination of the aims of the various groups with some coherent strategy - getting them all together with the same general purpose in mind. He hopes to bring together groups such as the individual neighborhood councils, the Valleywide Association of Neighborhood Councils, the Ad Hoc Committee and the Utah Association of Neighborhood Marlene Young, Neighborhood News editor, teaches classes in communication skills. also Neighborhood News Gains Recognition Councils and other special The Utah Press Women, local interest social action groups with the help of a communications network. chapter of the National Federation of Press Women, held its annual awards luncheon on Saturday, April 21 at the Alpine entered eight categories and won four first places, two second places and two third places. The four first place entries included Country Club. Each year Editorial, The network conceived would include a "mass information piece" such as a regular newspaper and telephone links between the various groups. As to forming a broad-base- d members of the statewide organization submit writing entries in several categories for newspapers and magazines. coalition operating with Judges from the BYU and the University of Utah Journalism many social action groups in the state, that plan seems to have passed away. What will finally happen is, of course, still up in the air. There are several different efforts underway to create new citizen participation structures and alliances. In the coming weeks, Departments consensus approval from the the Neighborhood examine the efforts. News will as well as other professional media people select first, second and third place winners in each of the categories. All first place winners become eligible for national awards to be determined later this summer. In 1972, the Neighborhood News entered six categories and placed first in three and second in three. In this year's contest. editor Marlene Marie Young Page Make-up- , Publication Regularly Edited by a Woman and Poetry. A brochure prepared for the Model Cities agency by Ms. Young received second place as did her entry in the news story category. The two third place entries were in the feature story and interview categories. "I was surprised and delighted that we received eight awards this year. I personally feel that the quality of the Neighborhood News improves with each issue and am happy that our efforts have been recognized," Ms. Young said. I |
