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07-17-20 E-NEWS: GOOGLE FIBER; SERVICE WEEKEND; VENTUREOUT!; JORDAN RIVER; HELP OUR KIDS; etc. View this email in your browser Announcements UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS NEWS GOOGLE FIBER TO INSTALL HIGH SPEED NETWORK THROUGHOUT MILLCREEK ---PAGE BREAK--- Pioneer week Chambers Ave. naming ceremony Mon., July 20, 10AM 3205 S Highland Dr Click here for info MILLCREEK. Millcreek is pleased to announce that Google Fiber will soon bring high-speed, high-bandwidth internet to residents of Millcreek. The City Council voted earlier this week to enter into a non-exclusive license agreement for the installation of a fiber optic infrastructure network in Millcreek. In short, Google Fiber is coming to Millcreek. Millcreek will become just the third city in Utah to receive Google Fiber, joining Salt Lake City and Provo in offering a new internet alternative for some and bringing much-needed internet services to others. The first connections are likely to be along our northern boundary adjacent to the company's infrastructure in Salt Lake City. At the City Council meeting earlier this week, Jacob Brace, Government & Community Affairs manager for Google Fiber Utah, said that the company has engineers ready to begin design work on the project immediately. He said that they are hoping to start connecting people as early as 1st or 2nd quarter 2021. Brace also said that the cost for a one gigabyte connection to a house will be the same $70 they have charged residential customers since the outset of the service. Brace said that Google Fiber is excited to work with the Millcreek Promise program to help overcome hurdles that create barriers for people to gain digital access. “We’re pleased by Google’s dedication to advance digital equity within Millcreek,” said Mayor Jeff Silvestrini. “Residents of Millcreek that have not had adequate access to the internet in the past will soon benefit from fast, reliable broadband internet through Google Fiber.” Mayor Silvestrini explained that the City's contract with Google Fiber is essentially a franchise agreement that gives them access to build within the City's right-of-way. Google Fiber will bear the costs of the build-out, including repairing any streets where they install their equipment. The City will receive 2% of the company's gross revenues, paid quarterly. Mayor Silvestrini said that the contract requires Google Fiber to exercise good faith to provide service to the entire City. "They've assured us that while they prefer to install in apartment buildings over running lines up people's driveways, they want to want as many customers as they can get," he said. Click here for the video of the City Council meeting where the new agreement was discussed, ---PAGE BREAK--- starting at minute 18:00. Millcreek has always been Connected by Nature, now we can be Connected by Google Fiber. Annual "Canyon Rim Cares" is Tomorrow MILLCREEK. The annual Canyon Rim Cares Service Weekend takes place tomorrow, July 18th, from 12-2 PM. To accommodate social distancing, this year's program will not include any large gatherings of participants. Instead, you are invited to drop off your completed service projects or donations at the Canyon Rim Park, where you'll also be able to grab a bite from food trucks owned and operated by local refugees. The four service projects this year are: ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Click on each event to learn more. Saturday, July 18th, 12-2pm Canyon Rim Park (3100 S Grace Street) ---PAGE BREAK--- McConkie family lighting up the night in Millcreek earlier this month. #MillcreekShines Light Up the Night for the span of 20 days at 10pm, for 10 minutes, from July 4th to 24th. Inside or outside, use flashlights, house lights, candles, phones or perhaps get creative with holiday lights. Participate one night, or for the span of 20-nights. Post your moments online and tag them #MillcreekShines. It will be great to see you! Wednesday, July 22 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off Wednesday, July 29 - Footloose Click here for more information ---PAGE BREAK--- Night Out Against Crime - August 4th Our third rolling car show will be rolling in just a few short weeks in conjunction with the annual Night Out Against Crime. Venture Out! has teamed up with the UPD to bring you an exciting lineup of cars! This show is sure to please as we ride in style to a neighborhood near you! Grab a cool drink, pull out a lawn chair, and meet us in YOUR front yard as classic and cool cars cruise down the street. Find out how you can get involved by visiting VentureOut.org. Picnic Pick Up & Go - Two more Thursdays! July 23 and 30 What’s better than a picnic in the park in the summertime? A picnic that includes some new eats the whole family can enjoy! Join Venture Out! and the Food Truck League as a new line up of food trucks meets us at City Hall every Thursday. Pick up your favorite or try something new and head to the nearest park to enjoy! ---PAGE BREAK--- Virtual Outdoor Exploration Fridays - July 24, 31, Aug 7, 14, 21 This free weekly online experience, weekly at 10:30 am, is perfect for kids ages 3-10. Click here to register. JORDAN RIVER PARKWAY. In 2008, Utahns came together to create a vision for the Jordan River Parkway. This vision, called the Blueprint Jordan River, helped to elevate the Jordan River from an overlooked and neglected drainage into a cherished community asset. Now it’s time to reaffirm this vision and chart a course for the next decade. The Jordan River Commission and Envision Utah invite you to share your ideas and dreams for the future of the Jordan River. Take the survey to weigh in, or visit blueprintjordanriver.org to learn more. You could win one of three $100 REI gift cards ---PAGE BREAK--- Help Fill the Elementary School Food Pantries MILLCREEK. Eagle Scout Troop 34 has partnered with the Granite Education Foundation to establish food pantries for Mill Creek Elementary School and James E. Moss Elementary School, both located in Millcreek. The troop has already built shelves for the pantries, now they need your help filling them with food. See the flyers above for information on the food drives on August 1st. You can also donate on line to help stock the pantries at either (or both) schools here: Moss Elementary or Mill Creek Elementary Click here to take the survey. ---PAGE BREAK--- USDA Honors Former Millcreek Resident The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services program is pleased to announce the selection of its employee and former Millcreek, Utah resident Gerald (Jerry) Wiscomb as the 2019 Wildlife Disease Biologist of the Year. Jerry grew up in Millcreek, Utah where he discovered his love for wildlife and the great outdoors. Jerry is one of more than thirty wildlife disease biologists nationwide working for the USDA Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP). The NWDP assists Federal, Tribal, and State agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations in addressing wildlife diseases that may impact the public, U.S. livestock and poultry, or our Nation’s natural resources by sampling thousands of wild animals each year for wildlife diseases of agricultural and human health concerns. Jerry is being honored for his professionalism and service to our Nation’s wildlife disease surveillance and emergency response efforts. During 2019, Jerry organized and completed a large scale plague mitigation Jerry also participated in one of the first pilot studies looking at the effectiveness of trained wildlife disease detector dogs to find avian influenza virus in the environment, and continues to assist USDA Veterinary Services’ experts with bison brucellosis activities in Yellowstone National Park. He is involved in Montana’s emergency response planning for the possible transboundary immigration of feral swine from Canada. Invasive feral swine are reservoirs of disease and may act as a host to a number of parasites, threatening the U.S. domestic swine industry. Jerry completed multiple deployments as a first responder to help with USDA’s efforts to control the outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease in California. Jerry started with Wildlife Services in 1998 as a specialist in Sacramento County, ---PAGE BREAK--- project to protect endangered black-footed ferrets in Montana. The project covered almost 2,000 acres and involved multiple state, federal, tribal and non-governmental partners. California. In 2004, he became one of the first wildlife disease biologists for the NWDP and eventually relocated to Montana in 2007, Utah in 2016, then back to Montana in 2019. NEED HELP TO BEAT THE HEAT? Cooling room available this weekend. MILLCREEK. With high temperatures expected this weekend, Millcreek and Christ United Methodist Church are partnering to operate a cooling room. The cooling room will be open at the church, 2375 E 3300 S, on Friday, July 17th and Saturday, July 18th from 2PM to 6PM each day. Please enter through the west entrance near the office and proceed to Chapel room #100. Social distancing protocols will be enforced and visitors will be required to wear a face covering when inside the building. People with of illness should not come. Masks and hand sanitizer will be provided if you don't have your own. UTA bus route 33 has a stop just outside the Christ United Methodist Church. UTA bus route information can be found on the UTA Website. If you know of neighbors, particularly residents who are older or have chronic conditions, we encourage you to look after them and let them know that cooling resources are available. ---PAGE BREAK--- WEAR YOUR MASK FOR THE GREATER GOOD We have been notified by Salt Lake City that construction activity is planned that will cause a temporary closure of 2000 East beginning on July 20th. We are notifying Millcreek residents as the construction location abuts our northern city limits. Please avoid the area. Click here for more information. MILLCREEK. Millcreek businesses have adapted to the challenges of the COVID19 pandemic and the difficulties it brings: safety for employees and patrons through social distancing, hand washing, masks Click here to see what special services Millcreek businesses are providing during this critical time. The list is updated weekly (and has gotten too big to post in full in this newsletter each week). If you would like to add your business information to this list, please email your message (up to 100 words) to [EMAIL REDACTED]. Note that all businesses with a valid business license in Millcreek are automatically members of the Millcreek Business Council. ---PAGE BREAK--- Meetings with the Mayor Fridays from 2-4pm have been set aside for citizens to meet with Mayor Silvestrini. Please call [PHONE REDACTED] to schedule a slot. Mayor Silvestrini (masked) conversing with neighbor on Crestwood Drive while heroic fire crews from all over the valley, including our own local UFA Millcreek, put out the wildland fire earlier this week. VISIT us at Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Copyright © 2020 Millcreek, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Forward Share Tweet