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Cottonwood -Holladay City Journal
OCTOBER 2015
C I T Y I N F O R M AT I O N
Council Member Lynn Pace to Head ULCT At the Utah League of Cities and Towns Annual Convention in Salt Lake City in September, Holladay City Council Member Lynn Pace was sworn in as the new President of the Utah League of Cities & Towns. The Utah League is an inter-local, government cooperative, serving 245 incorporated municipalities in the State of Utah. ULCT represents municipal government interests with a strong, unified voice at the state and federal levels and provides information, training and technical assistance to local officials on municipal issues in order to create a greater public awareness and
understanding of municipal responsibilities, governance and administration. Lynn Pace has been a member of the Holladay City Council since 2004. He is a senior advisor in the Salt Lake City Mayor’s office in charge of governmental relations and he supervises Salt Lake City’s lobbying efforts with the State Legislature. He is an active participant in the League’s land use task force and the Legislative Policy Committee. He also served as the Deputy City Attorney for Salt Lake City and is the past president of the Utah Municipal Attorneys’ Association. He is a member of the Honors College advisory board and also serves as an occasional adjunct professor at the University of Utah. He and his wife Lisa are the parents of seven children. When he is not working on City stuff, he enjoys hiking, gardening and raising backyard chickens.
SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY by Chief Don Hutson, Holladay Precinct Another school year is upon us and it is always exciting to see the schools in our community bustling with activity. This dramatic change in traffic patterns and pedestrian activity, however, also causes persons involved in public safety some concern about the well-being of our children as they travel to school. I believe we would all agree that obedience to the reduced speed limit in school zones is of critical importance to ensure the safety of children crossing streets near our schools. We will have officers conducting traffic enforcement in school zones throughout the city to remind the motoring public of our commitment to keep kids safe. That said, I would like to focus on a more subtle traffic issue I have observed at our schools. Utah Code 41-6-1401 states “….a person may not stop, stand, or park on any crosswalk” or “stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger within 20 feet of any crosswalk”. Some residents may have noticed Holladay City has put no parking signs in the area immediately surrounding some of the crosswalks throughout the city. The intent of these signs is to ensure
the crosswalk areas remain clear of traffic, and it applies to all parking, stopping, or standing, even if you are only stopped there momentarily to pick up or drop off. It is critically important to keep the crosswalk area clear to allow cars traveling down the road the visibility to see children as they are leaving the sidewalk toward the roadway, rather than as they are entering the roadway. I have personally observed cars pull to the side of the road and actually stop on the crosswalk, or very near the crosswalk, to drop their children off at school. I have seen this occur while children are actively trying to cross the street and crossing guards are trying to escort children across the street. This encroachment of the designated crossing areas by cars stopping to drop off or pick up children causes a significant safety hazard for those children trying to cross the street. Please be aware of this issue as you are dropping off or picking up your children from school. Try to find a spot to pull off the road away from any crosswalks or take the time to pull into the school parking lot to keep the roadway clear and less chaotic during drop off and pick up times. Thank you for helping us keep our kids safe.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Rob Dahle, Mayor rdahle@cityofholladay.com 801-580-3056 Sabrina Petersen, District 1 spetersen@cityofholladay.com 801-859-9427 Lynn Pace, District 2 lpace@cityofholladay.com 801-535-6613 Patricia Pignanelli, District 3 ppignanelli@cityofholladay.com 801-455-3535 Steve Gunn, District 4 sgunn@cityofholladay.com 801- 386-2605 Jim Palmer, District 5 jpalmer@cityofholladay.com 801-274-0229 Randy Fitts, City Manager rfitts@cityofholladay.com
PUBLIC MEETINGS: City Council – first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Planning Commission – first and third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
CITY OFFICES: Mon-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • 801-272-9450 4580 South 2300 East • Holladay, UT 84117 Community Development Finance Justice Court Code Enforcement
801-527-3890 801-527-2455 801-273-9731 801-527-3890
NUMBERS TO KNOW: Emergency 911 UPD Dispatch (Police) 801-743-7000 UFA Dispatch (Fire) 801-840-4000 Animal Control 385-468-7387 Garbage/Sanitation 385-468-6325 Holladay Library 801-944-7627 Holladay Lions Club 385-468-1700 Mt. Olympus Sr. Center 385-468-3130 Holladay Post Office 801-278-9947 Cottonwood Post Office 801-453-1991 Holliday Water 801-277-2893 Watermaster - Big Cottonwood Tanner Ditch system - Art Quale 801 867-1247