of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council www.chnc-slc.org SEPTEMBER 2013 Issue N o 138 If I Had A Hammer.. by Richard Starley T here’s a lot of development going on in the old neighborhood this summer. so much so that it looks like the 2008 recession is finally coming to an end. Here are just a few of the changes. 300 West Improvements Utah Dept. of Transportation (UDOT) has been busy this summer improving 300 West from North Temple to Victory Road. Improvements include new center cement barriers which no longer allow traffic to cross mid-block. Later, SLC’s Revelopment Agency (RDA) will replace some of these barriers with planted berms with trees and shrubs. Trees are also planned for sidewalks along both sides of 300 West. Marmalade District Lofts Nathan Anderson is once again developing townhomes, this time on the corner of 300 West & Reed Avenue (his own property). The final design is waiting approval because of variances to set-backs. The new development will feature multi-story townhomes which face east and west with access from Reed Ave. There is no demolition needed. Hansen’s Corner After several plan revisions, Hansen’s Garage’s fomer site at 200 West & 200 North is being developed into a three- story rental property. The building will house eight units with accessible units on the ground level. Off street parking will be included. Columbus Court Columbus Street no longer dead-ends at the top anymore. It now leads to a gated Columbus Court development of multi-story one-family homes. A birds- eye view of the development from 700 North off East Capitol Boulevard shows 5-6 homes being built this summer. Henry Walker Homes of Centerville is developing the area. According to the SL County Assessor’s site, current homes are between $500,000 and $700,000. Single Family New Homes & Remodels The Marmalade District is also seeing its share of single family home remodels or new construction. At 488 N. Centere Street, a single family home is being built on formerly fallow ground. Construction has closed Center Street for utility work. Around the corner at 530 N. Main, another home is being built. And in Ensign Downs, another residence is going up in one of the gated communities. We welcome all new residents to the neighborhood JOIN US for District 3 Candidate Remarks at our October Council Meeting OCTOBER 16, 2013 AT 6:30 PM East Capitol Building enter from East Capitol Blvd. The SLCPD Volunteer Corps. by Robert King N ot long after the 2009 incident in Bluffdale where a “Neighborhood Watch Volunteer” shot another “Neighborhood Watch Volunteer” the Salt Lake City Police Department decided to rename its mobile neighborhood watch program as the SLCPD Volunteer Corps. This change was not just semantic it also reflected Chief Chris Burbank’s desire to use trained volunteers not just on patrol but also in a variety of administrative duties. So what is the difference between Volunteer Corps (VC) and other groups? • VC Members must be 18 years and pass a background check. • They attend comprehensive training class, ride-along with police officers and serve an apprenticeship with a trainer/mentor. Many also attend the The Bulletin Stan Penfold Sherm Clow
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www.chnc-slc.orgSEPTEMBER 2013Issue No 138
If I Had A Hammer.. by Richard Starley
There’s a lot of development going on in the old neighborhood this
summer. so much so that it looks like the 2008 recession is finally coming to an end. Here are just a few of the changes.300 West Improvements
Utah Dept. of Transportation (UDOT) has been busy this summer improving 300 West from North Temple to Victory Road. Improvements include new center cement barriers which no longer allow traffic to cross mid-block. Later, SLC’s Revelopment Agency (RDA) will replace some of these barriers with planted berms with trees and shrubs. Trees are also planned for sidewalks along both sides of 300 West.Marmalade District Lofts
Nathan Anderson is once again developing townhomes, this time on the corner of 300 West & Reed Avenue (his own property). The final design is waiting approval because of variances to set-backs. The new development will feature multi-story townhomes which face east and west with access from Reed Ave. There is no demolition needed.
Hansen’s Corner
After several plan revisions, Hansen’s Garage’s fomer site at 200 West & 200 North is being developed into a three-story rental property. The building will house eight units with accessible units on the ground level. Off street parking will be included. Columbus Court Columbus Street no longer dead-ends at the top anymore. It now leads to a gated Columbus Court development of multi-story one-family homes. A birds-eye view of the development from 700
North off East Capitol Boulevard shows 5-6 homes being built this summer. Henry Walker Homes of Centerville is developing the area. According to the SL County Assessor’s site, current homes are between $500,000 and $700,000.Single Family New Homes & Remodels
The Marmalade District is also seeing its share of single family home remodels or new construction. At 488 N.
Centere Street, a single family home is being built on formerly fallow ground. Construction has closed Center Street for utility work. Around the corner at 530 N. Main, another home is being built. And in Ensign Downs, another residence is going up in one of the gated communities. We welcome all new residents to the neighborhood
JOIN USfor District 3 Candidate Remarksat our October Council MeetingOCTOBER 16, 2013 AT 6:30 PM
East Capitol Buildingenter from East Capitol Blvd.
The SLCPD Volunteer Corps.by Robert King
Not long after the 2009 incident in Bluffdale where a “Neighborhood
Watch Volunteer” shot another “Neighborhood Watch Volunteer” the Salt Lake City Police Department decided to rename its mobile neighborhood watch program as the SLCPD Volunteer Corps. This change was not just semantic it also reflected Chief Chris Burbank’s desire to use trained volunteers not just on patrol but also in a variety of administrative duties. So what is the difference between Volunteer Corps (VC) and other groups? • VC Members must be 18 years and
pass a background check.• They attend comprehensive training
class, ride-along with police officers and serve an apprenticeship with a trainer/mentor. Many also attend the
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SLCPD Citizens Academy.• They patrol only in pairs, in a city
owed police department vehicle or their own cars (with signage), are logged on and off patrol by police dispatchers via a specific radio call sign and respond as needed to 911 hang-ups, lost person searches, DUI saturations, etc.
• Volunteers may not be armed. They
serve as police “eyes and ears” only.• They do not detain nor apprehend,
and must follow dispatches.• Members can issue tickets for
unauthorized parking in accessible spaces, have participated in stake-outs, and collected intelligence on neighborhood trouble spots such as drug/gang or party houses.
• Monthly training is required and starndards are set for conduct and participation. Members put in hundreds of hours a year and some have over 15 years experience.
The Volunteer Corps is sponsored, trained and supervised by uniformed officers of the SLCPD. To join, contact
Georg Stutzenberger, area coordinator for Capitol Hill and Avenues (801) 510-1603 or [email protected].
Neighborhood BusinessStor-N-Lock
North on 300 West and 1100 North, you’ll find a Stor-N-Lock self-
storage franchise that has served Capitol Hill since 1995. According to resident managers, Don and Cindie Butterfield, eighty-percent of tenants live within two miles of the facility. Stor-N-Lock’s appeal to many is the gated security and on-site managers. Don and Cindie Butterfield have been Stor-N-Lock’s resident managers for the past three years. Prior to that, they were
teaching English to university students in mainland China. But Utah is home, and so to be closer to seven children and twenty-one grandchildren, they returned to Salt Lake City in 2010. They have worked to improve the Stor-N-Lock facility, making it noticeably cleaner and more inviting.
The 543 unit facility offers units from 5’x5’ to large garage sizes 10’x30’ and has less than a 20% vacancy rate. (This is down from 50%.) There are even
climate-controlled units to protect wood furnishings or pianos. Don has only had to auction one unit per month (due to tenant abandonment) while other area storage facilities have more. The facility sits on 2.25 acres and abuts Gateway Park and Wasatch Warm Springs. I asked Don how he likes living on the north end of Capitol Hill. He said he and his wife enjoy the neighborhood and their jobs. He is working with both Tesoro to the west and The Garage to improve their portion of Beck Street. Stor-N-Lock is open 7 days a week with fewer hours on Sunday. Contact Don or Cindie at 801-359-7200, or www.stor-n-lock.com.
The Garage on Beck
The Garage on Beck is the brainchild of owner Bob McCarthy. He
envisioned the Garage as SL’s only original roadhouse bar and restaurant. Bob bought the former Jimax Lounge in
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2009 and began an extensive remodeling program. Taking elements from five different garages, wood from three out-of-state barns and his expertise as owner of Stoneground in downtown SLC
(since 2000), he has poured thousands of dollars, eclectic design and heart into the Garage on Beck. His clientele come from all over the area and represent all segments of SL society. Everyone is welcome at the Garage. As the lone business along a stretch of Beck Street, abutting the Tesoro refinery, the Garage has had its share of issues. A 2012 fire almost took the Garage, save for the SLC Fire Department’s efforts. But most of the patio’s trees were destroyed, requiring new plantings. Tesoro then bought up all the land around the Garage making it impossible to expand their parking lot. Just this summer, SL City and UDOT resurfaced Beck Street in front of the restaurant, incorporating a bike lane into the shoulder of the road, leaving curb-side parking illegal. Bob tells the Bulletin that he regularly pays parking tickets for his patrons in order to keep his business viable. Negotiations with parking enforcement have gone nowhere so far. Even being in an industrial zone,
still some have complained of his late hour patio bands so that he has now installed a decibel meter to monitor the noise levels himself. Now in its fifth year, the Garage is a $1.4M business in spite of obstacles. The menu includes food not ordinarily found in a bar. The Garage imports bread from Philadelphia, uses local meats and ingredients, and with Chef Jason Shifflett, formerly of Biaggi’s and Metropolitan, offers Utah comfort food. Bob also wants the roadhouse to be known as a purveyor of good music – blues, jazz, rockability and acoustic. The first Thursday each month features Joe
McQueen, a 94-year old acclaimed sax player. Sundays are for acoustic music; Thursday nights are jazz. For a $5 cover, you can enjoy local and national talent, have some good food and enjoy the view of Ensign Peak to the east. The Garage on Beck is open afternoons and evenings M-F. Contact them at 801-521-3904 or www.garageonbeck.com.
~Tours Available in SeptemberChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Capitol Hill Wards invite you to tour
The Old Rock Church Built in 1929
413 West Capitol StreetEvery Wednesday in September
10am-1pmInvite your family, friends &
co-workers and learn more about this beautiful historic building.
From the Chair
The Board has taken on several tasks that have needed attention for years.
We’ve been busy. In August, we applied for for tax-exemption under IRS code 501(c)(3). Vince, Victoria and Shirley have revised our Bylaws. Once accepted, the Bylaws will change our neighborhood designations, name, and how we elect our Board. We applied for CDBG funds for the 300 North sidewalks between Almond and Quince Streets.
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Nominations for Board Member for Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council are due no later than October 16, 2013 (date of our
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Applications are on-line at www.chnc-slc.org, or can berequested from Michael Measom - [email protected]
Elections will be held during the November Council meeting. Only those who live, own a business or property in our area
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