Draper City Town Hall meeting

TOWN MEETING. The Mayor and City Council will hold a Town Meeting on Tuesday, September 29, at 6:00 pm in the City Council Chambers. The agenda includes:

• Business Recognitions
• Swine Flu Update
  
• Draper City Garbage Service
  
• Economic Development Update

BBQ cancelled

The BBQ for SunCrest residents today, Friday, September 18th, has been cancelled. We will try and reschedule this event. The notification of the event was published in your SunCrest newsletter.

A Message From Greg Powers

A message to the residents of SunCrest from one of the candidates, Greg Powers, who is running for City Council:

I am running for Draper City Council and would appreciate if you could help me get the word out to SunCrest residents about where I stand in regards to their situation. If you could forward this message on to the members of your group I would appreciate it.

As of now we are in litigation and I don't know how it will turn out. I'm sure we will find many things the council could have done better in hind sight, but I'd like to address the future of SunCrest.

The council members are elected at large, therefore the city as a whole is responsible for their election. It was mistakes and misunderstandings between the council and SunCrest and Zions that would cause us to have to pay out a settlement, not mistakes from SunCrest residents. They are no more responsible than any other Draper resident who voted for the council members who made the mistake.

Whatever it turns out the mistakes were what got us into this, we all voted for those who were involved in the misunderstanding, whether we live in SunCrest or not we are responsible. So if there is a settlement between Draper and Zions all of Draper needs to pay it. The residents may not like it, but if they don't they should be upset with the council, not SunCrest residents.

I have a long time family friend who lives in SunCrest and I visit there often, we are all part of one community and we need to stand up, take responsibility for who we elected, and slug this out together. We are not SunCrest residents and Draper Residents.

WE ARE ONE DRAPER!

Greg Powers
(801) 884-9704

Meet the Candidates Night

On September 9th Draper Youth Council hosted a Meet the Candidates Night at Draper City Hall. Scott Blackmer wrote a thorough account of the meeting as well as a summary of the form of municipal government that we have in Draper City. Click here to view/download a .pdf of Scott's document.

Middle School Bus Resolution

Attention: Suncrest Timberline Middle School Parents & Students

Beginning tomorrow morning Sept. 1^st, the middle school students will have two buses to transport them in both directions. The district has allocated bus #675 (the question mark bus with Alberto as driver) and bus #710 (State of Utah bus with Doug as driver) to our SunCrest route. Two requests from the district are that the Mercer Reserve (Winged Trace) students continue to board the question mark bus as he will be making the stop at the designated spot. Also, once the student has chosen a bus to ride, they are asking that the student continue to ride that bus throughout the school year. This will help to better track the students in the event of an emergency.

Thank you for your patience while the district worked to resolve the crowding issue.

Sarah Kocsis
Dawn Berbert

NOTE: There was a new Ann Taylor cardigan found at the bus stop after the Middle School students boarded. Please call Tawny at 523.8198 for info.

Middle School Bus Information

Attn: Parents of Timberline Middle School Students

Please know that the District Transportation Office is aware of our concerns about the crowded bus situation in Suncrest and is working to remedy the problem by week's end. They are looking at buses/drivers/routes in order to find a driver and bus that is available to be a second bus for the middle school students in the morning. They have found a temporary solution for the return trip home so there will be a second bus (the snowflake bus) starting today to bring the kids home. But for now, the morning ride will require a little squishing and patience for those at the Information Center bus stop. They will be making a second morning run to pick up the kids at the Southfield bus stop.

Parents, please be patient and know that the transportation dept is working diligently to come up with a solution quickly.

Please note that this ‘temporary solution’ might affect the time that the Snowflake bus drops off the Ridgeline Elementary children in the afternoon…hopefully only by a few minutes.

Sarah Kocsis
Suncrest Transportation Safety Committee Chairman

Summit Academy Carpool

My daughter attends Summit Acadamy and I'm looking for a carpool for her. I saw the bus stop info for Ridgeline and thought it might be equally helpful to have some Summit info there.
Anyone interested can contact me directly at this email address or by phone...
Thank you for your help!
Amanda Moody
801.601.8441 home
801.898.0588 cell