Thank you!

Thank you to the 40-50 SunCrest residents who attended the City Council meeting this evening. It is so important for our city officials to see that we are involved and interested in the process, and there were some excellent outcomes as a result:

1. The mayor suggested a Town Hall meeting in/for SunCrest prior to budget crunch time from now on (April-ish?). We can have questions answered and increase transparency, accountability and communication as a result.

2. A couple of Council members spoke to Barbara Blackmer's request that a resident or two be added to the TRSSD Council. In order to do that, a TRSSD Advisory Board needs to be created. City Attorney Doug Ahlstrom will start on that paperwork immediately, and we'd like to see some resident members appointed within the next couple of months.

3. The overall consensus seemed to be that the surplus will be used for better snow equipment to increase the level of snow removal service that we receive in the future. From now on, a pro-rated portion of our taxes will be set aside for equipment replacement each year so that we won't see a huge tax increase to replace old equipment.

4. It seems like there'a much better plan in place to justify where our money is going and that the rationale behind it is sound. TRSSD is to cover "costs in excess" of what other Draper residents pay, and the City is now thoroughly tracking that information.

Again, a HUGE thank you for taking time (little did we know that they wouldn't actually get to our 6:30 agenda time until 8:00 or so!!!) to attend and show your interest in the TRSSD issue. Stay tuned for updates on resident appointees to the TRSSD Advisory Board.