Get your Utah Dark Sky license plate and support dark sky activities at Utah State Parks. This specialty license plate was enabled by House Bill 88, passed in 2022.

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Here are the steps to get yours:

1.Fill out a Utah DMV form TC-203 to start your order. Then upload it to this google form with your contact information. The name of the special group license plate is “Utah’s Dark Skies” and the sponsoring organization is the “Utah State Parks.” Note that you need to sign the TC-203 form; you can do this electronically using your pdf viewer, docusign.com and/or by printing and scanning.

2. Sign up on our shopify site to pledge your support. The cost is $47.50: $22.50 for the plate itself, plus $25.00 for the (yearly) contribution to the Utah State Parks’
Dark Sky activities. www.darkskyutah.org/news-events/dark-sky-license-plate

3. Be patient: the state will start production only after 500+ orders. Shouldn’t be long!
Any questions, please email: utdarkskyplate@gmail.com

SALT LAKE CITY “EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS” – EHO PLAN

Salt Lake City is proposing to rewrite the SR Single Family Zones ordinance.  Your Greater Avenues Land Use Committee is discussing the elements of the proposed new ordinance, and will bring more information to Avenues residents via the GACC Land Use Page. A good summary article is HERE

10th East Senior Center Update

The County Council voted in its December 9th meeting to approve its 2026 budget, including funding allowing construction to continue on the 10th East Senior Center as they look for partners for program support at the center. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS Comment via email CouncilWebex@saltlakecounty.gov 

Look for updates in the January GACC newsletter, and more information at our January 7th Community Meeting.

The official County web page for the Center is HERE.

Questions about City Government or for the Mayor? 

Contact Alicia De León, Community Liaison

Districts 2 & 3, Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office

 Alicia.Deleon@slc.gov, 385-454-3824

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ADDS AVENUES UNIT

The Salt Lake League of Women Voters has formed a new Avenues unit that meets the third Thursday of every month at 4:30 p.m. at the Avenues library, 455 F Street. All are welcome! The February meeting is Thursday, Feb. 19 at 4:30 p.m. RSVP to Jeanine Kuhn-Coker at jkuhncoker@gmail.com or at (801) 808-5097.  To see all we are doing please visit https://www.lwvsl.org/

WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) ORDINANCE

The SLC Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Ordinance was approved by the City Council on Nov. 18. This was a State Legislature mandated ordinance, which regulates building codes, allowed building materials, and modifies landscaping rules in the designated interface area to reduce wildfire risk. See more info HERE.

4TH AVENUE WELL MITIGATION

Salt Lake City Public Utilities has found Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances in the 4th Avenue well water, which supplies up to six million gallons of drinking water per day to the City.  Public Utilities is working to remove these chemicals. Call 801-616-3336 for info, or email 4thavewell@slc.gov with Update in the subject line to get on the list for regular email updates about this work. See more info HERE and at https://www.slc.gov/utilities/water-quality-faqs/

SLC PUBLIC UTILITIES

CIP Projects Update

Below is a link for Public Utilities upcoming projects for the next 4 quarters that have a construction estimate of over $200,000. The dates shown are based on monthly updates performed for all projects and represent SLCDPU’s projected summary dates. These dates are subject to change based on the progress of current projects. SLCDPU reserves the right to cancel, postpone or add additional projects. https://image.email.slc.gov/lib/fe36117171640479771075/m/1/9865204d-c073-4933-8225-d4b279b2c151.pdf

If you have any questions about any of the upcoming projects, you are encouraged to speak with the relevant Program Manager over the utility: Water Distribution – Natalie Moore; Sewer Collections – Moriah Gamache;  Water Treatment – Michelle Barry; Storm Water – Sara Buckley; Irrigation & Dams – Bernard Mo;  Water Reclamation – Alex Christensen

HOMELESS RESOURCES

If you or someone you know is experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, please call 801-990-9999.  Youth may call 801-364-0744.

Families may call 801-569-1201.

Code Blue Nights visit

https://dhhs.utah.gov/code-blue-utah/