300 N & Seven Peeks Blvd

Good news! The Provo Pipeline project is progressing north.

Access to our neighborhood from Center Street, Seven Peaks Blvd., & 300 N. is partially open. It has the northbound lane split into two-way traffic and the same for the round-about.

Also, the buses should stop using our neighborhood as their detour by the end of the month. Should be.

Solicitors

I feel like we get a lot of solicitors in our neighborhood. I try to be polite, but I just hate being interupted. A few months ago I put a "No Soliciting" sign on my home. I still get people knocking on my door. I checked to see if Provo has any laws protecting my rights. Well, guess what, they do!

Selling door-to-door in Provo requires a license. A city ordinance passed two years ago requires solicitors to undergo a background check and to wear an ID badge showing their names, company, and date their license expires.

The ordinance also prohibits a solicitor from knocking or ringing the bell at a residence with a "no soliciting" sign, and continuing to solicit after a person has clearly communicated a lack of interest. If asked to leave, the solicitor must do so immediately.

For more information, call Provo City Licensing at 801-852-6532. To report a violation, call Provo City Dispatch at 801-852-6210.

Here is a link I found on the Mayors Blog:

http://provomayor.blogspot.com/2011/04/beware-of-unlicensed-solicitors.html

Don't let the solicitor tell you they don't need to wear it, or that the city has it on file.

The Provo City Code, section 6.09.110, says the identification badge "shall be worn prominently on the solicitor's person while soliciting in the City."

This is the badge they are to wear visibly.



Neighborhood Watch

Hello!

I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know how the Neighborhood watch is going.

I've been in touch with the Provo police department and they were extremely helpful in wanting us to be successful in this endeavor.  The following is the email I received from the Community Policing Coordinator:

It is unfortunate that your neighborhood has been subject to property thefts and damage.  It sounds like you have done the best thing as far as prevention measures go - educating for the purpose of crime prevention.  We cannot stress enough, the importance of securing our homes and property to avoid falling victim to the opportunist burglar or thief.  Whilst this simple step may not stop every criminal, is goes a long way to making their job harder, and less likely to be successful.  This following link is great resource online that you and your neighbors may wish to make use of, if you haven't already seen it. http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety

It is great that you wish to set up a Neighborhood Watch Program.  The Officer who is over your Neighborhood is Officer Patrick.  Please do not hesitate to contact him with any questions you may have about safety, security, or help with your NW program.  Our officers are able to attend Neighborhood Meetings - I would make contact with your Officer ahead of time so that he may be able to schedule it in accordingly.  His direct line is 801 852 7352, and he also has email rpatrick@provo.utah.gov .  His work schedule actually runs Tuesday through Friday, so he will be informed of this correspondence tomorrow morning. 

We also have a couple within the City who are very active in Neighborhood Watch, and they offer free training and advice to others wishing to start up a Watch area.  Their contact information is: Mr & Mrs Gallagher, 801 372 5571.  They are members of McGruff Safehouses, and the Utah County Crime Prevention Council.  Kristi Jensen is another community resource you may wish to contact - she coordinates Mobile Watch, and has run the program for over 10 years.  This differs from NW in that it is an active citizen patrol.  If you wish to have more information on this program, please let me know and I will have her call you.  Or you can email her direct at myrivergrove@yahoo.com . 

With regards to Extra Patrols, I have added your area to our 'Extra Patrol' List, which both COP officers and Patrol Officers make note of.

I hope I have covered most of your concerns - I will contact Officer Patrick tomorrow and have him call you.  Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Janna-Lee Haigh

Community Policing Coordinator

I have spoken with Officer Patrick and he is on board with attending any meetings we might have to help train us on how to use the Neighborhood Watch program effectively.  

What I most need is someone or a couple of people who are willing to lead this project.  I can help in any way needed, but my time is limited as I am trying to work with lawyers to get paperwork ready for our big vote coming up.

If you are interested, or know of anyone who is, please contact me and I can forward all the information to you.

Thank you,

Emily

Neighborhood Watch

We are still in need of block captains for a neighborhood watch program the HOA wants to set up.
You can comment on the blog or email the HOA members to volunteer.
Please spread the word about the blog to your neighbors so we can get everyone added.

Thank you

Buses & Construction Update

From our HOA president Emily:

Hello

 I just wanted to give an update in regards to the buses and the construction near our neighborhood.

 Gary Brinton called again today to let us know the following:

 -The bus company will not be training in our neighborhood anymore.  They will only go through our neighborhood to use the detour.

 -The city says the construction will end April 11 so after April 11, we should not have any more detour traffic.  The city also said that to move the detour to 300 N would not be possible because of the lack of room for it to be safe.

 -If there are any other concerns, we have in regards to Seven Peaks please contact Gary Brinton directly.

 Thanks!

 Emily

Thank you Emily for taking care of this for us!

Update on Tour Buses

Thank you to everyone who took an interest  and concern about these tour buses. Many people called and it looks like at this moment these bus drivers are getting stopped and told about the changes being made. They are not to use out neighborhood as their obstacle course to train their driver. There was one concern that I wasn't aware of, is that our streets weren't made to withstand the weight of these tour buses driving constantly as they have been doing. They WILL still be using the neighborhood to get to and from Seven Peaks, but they were told to follow the detour sign. Read the email below.


They can barely make the turns, almost hit those mailboxes

Email from Emily:

I just got off the phone with Gary Brinton and this is the situation with the buses...

--Gary talked with the owner of the bus company and they have agreed to stop using our neighborhood roads as training for the drivers.  The owner (who is not in Utah) has sent out an email to all the instructors to only use the detour and to get out of the neighborhood as soon as possible.

--In addition, Gary has been stopping any and all buses that he sees today and telling each instructor verbally that this neighborhood is NOT an appropriate place for them to train their drivers.  He says that if we should see any, to do the same.  Tell the instructor that they should have received an email from Jason to get out of this neighborhood ASAP.

--The bus company will actually be leaving end of April.  This company only trains from January to April so we should not see anymore buses after April.

--Gary is also talking with his contact in the mayor's office, Dixon Holmes, about re-engineering the detour so that it doesn't have to come through our neighborhood at all.  He's asking for an exit at 300 N so that people coming and going in and out of Seven Peaks will have a way out without entering our neighborhood.  He doesn't know when the construction will end, but he will contact me as soon as he knows more.

--Gary is working hard on this issue and asks that we don't take anything to the city or police until he has worked with the mayor's office in resolving this issue.

When Gary calls back, I will let you know what the update is.

Thanks!
Emily

I assume that is Mr. Brinton. He stopped that bus, stepped inside, then got back into his car.