You Decide the Future of Millcreek. This is your opportunity to be heard.
What kind of a community do you want? What future do you want for Millcreek?
Plan to attend Millcreek Township’s Town Hall Meeting and Open House:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Skyline High School
3251 East 3760 South
Open House: 6 – 7
Town Hall Meeting: 7-9
Learn how the upcoming HB 40 Township Survey will decide Millcreek’s Future to:
- Remain in unincorporated county,
- Annex into a neighboring city, or
- Incorporate into the City of Millcreek
Moderated panel discussion with:
-SL County Mayor Peter Corroon
-SL County Councilman Mark Crockett
-SL County Councilman Randy Horiuchi
-Township Representative Jeff Silvestrini
-Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore, Cottonwood Heights
-Representatives from Salt Lake City, Holladay and South Salt Lake
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5 comments:
I have doubts as to the value of Council meember Randy Horiuchi's participation in the upcoming Twon Hall meeting. Mr. Horiuchi's apparent close contact and support of Sandy Mayor Dolan and that city's intent to build the first major theater leaves one to wonder where exactly does Horiuchi's interests really lie. We need a detailed presentation of potential tax changes, law enforcement, method of governance, operational council or commission structure were the two entities, Millcreek and S. Salt Lake to merge. As the state legislature has left most of us with doubts as to its competence in reflecting the interests of our local constituency, perhaps this entire matter needs a more incisive scrutiny than we have been afforded to date. Under the freedom of information act, the use of a browser or data collector such as google and requiring passwords and joining of particular service has given this entire approach to commentary as a blatent lie.
I came up away from the town hall meeting more informed. It is not possible to answer every question in one meeting. There was a study done by Salt Lake County, that is available on web site HB40.slco.org that gives more information about the financial side. I really like the County services we are receiving and the community we have. If the State legislature will let us, I prefer to stay a Township as we are now. I came from the meeting with the impression that our council is running into opposition, lack of understanding from other representatives.
I wonder, if we were to annex into Murray would we be eligible to receive Utopia services?
http://www.utopianet.org
However, I did hear from someone that when their area annexed into Murray their power utilities were still supplied by Rocky Mountain Power, not Murray city.
What is going to be the procedures for investigation associated with the EPA grant to cleanup West Millcreek?
Council Member Horiuchi's desire to be involved in the Millcreek Township issue smacks of the fox attempting residence in the proverbial henhouse. Having been a part of a preliminary group consideration of the Sandy plan and its possible fiscal miscues, I feel Horiuchi's association with the rather advantage seeking Mayor dolan to be much like havuing a nudist judge a fashion show.
Having lived in more than 12 cities and communities in my 74 years, I've come to respect the independence and sell achievement factors of such communities as the Millcreek. To join Salt lake City would be merely to be further taxed to support their somewhat nebulous but probably expensive delelopment of a downtwon urban center for residency and increased commercial funding. I read George Chapman's excellent commentary in the Oct. 5 SL Tribune. Not being a native Utahn I would still be very interested in helping he and others participating in the exloration of what is best for this fine community. Bill HB40' somewhat obtuse language and apparent intent by its authors reminds me of a volume on jurisprudence writtenin 1868 by an esteemed meember of the British High court in India; "Words are not as clear as a crystal but rather are covered with a translucent coat that too often disguises the intent and meaning of the speaker and understanding of the listener." When I express my self in writing, I never hide my identity as I appreciate the rights granted within the First Amendment and am not fearful of but rather expect there will be others who have the right to and will disagree with my thinking.
Thank you,
J. F. Oshust
754 E. shady Tree Ct.
SL City, UT 84106
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