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05-28-21: RANKED CHOICE VOTING; MEMORIAL DAY; GRANITE TREES; VO; STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED; etc. View this email in your browser Announcements City Hall will be closed on Monday, May 31st, in honor of Memorial Day PUBLIC MEETINGS Mt Olympus Community Council NEWS Voters Will Be Able to Rank the Candidates for City Offices This Year, Eliminating the Need for Primaries MILLCREEK. The City's election will be different this year, as the City Council recently determined to participate in a legislatively authorized pilot project that implements the ranked choice method of voting. This will impact the filing deadline for Millcreek City Council candidates and how ballots will look. Millcreek Council Districts 2 and 4 seats, currently occupied by Dwight Marchant (D2) and Bev Uipi (D4), are up for election this year. Each elected representative will serve a four-year term. The period for eligible candidates to file a declaration ---PAGE BREAK--- Tues., 6/1/21, 6 pm In-person outside at Churchill Jr High 3450 E Oakview Dr Millcreek Community Council Tues., 6/1/21, 6:30 pm Join virtually HERE Canyon Rim Citizens Association Wed., 6/2/21, 7:00 pm Join virtually East Mill Creek Community Council Thurs., 6/3/21, 6:30 pm Join virtually HERE of candidacy with the Recorder's Office is August 10-17, 2021 during regular business hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., at Millcreek City Hall. Note that several other cities in the Salt Lake Valley are not participating in the pilot project , thus their candidate declaration deadline is next week. Those deadlines can be ignored, as Millcreek's is August 10-17, as indicated above. Ranked choice voting (also known as instant runoff voting) is a nonpartisan electoral reform that gives voters the freedom to rank candidates in order of choice. Instead of choosing one candidate, ranked choice voting allows voters to rank all candidates according to their preference (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) This sample ballot shows four different races in the Favorite Dessert Election. The races for Ice Cream and Cookie are each traditional-looking races between the only candidates who signed up. The Pie and ---PAGE BREAK--- Cake races are ranked choice voting among several candidates who signed up to run in each of those dessert races. Courtesy of When the counting begins, if one candidate does not receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round, then the runoff begins. When a voter's number one choice is eliminated, their second choice is included in the count for the second round. In each round of ranked choice voting, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated. This process continues until one candidate receives an absolute majority vote. Ranked choice voting removes the need to hold a primary election, thus shortening the campaign season by two months. Depending on the number of candidates who ultimately file to run, the elimination of a primary may reduce election related expenses for the City. Millcreek utilizes vote by mail through Salt Lake County. The General Election will be held November 2, 2021. Click here for more information. If you are unsure of which City Council District you will be voting in, visit the maps section of the Millcreek website and click on Millcreek Resident Information. DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY NOTICE In accordance with Utah Code Ann. 10-3-301, notice is hereby given that the following municipal offices are to be voted upon in the Millcreek 2021 Municipal Election to serve four-year terms: Council District 2 Council District 4 The period for eligible candidates to file a declaration of candidacy has been extended due to the Council opting into the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project (ranked choice voting) and will be August 10-17, 2021 during regular business hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., at Millcreek City Hall, 3330 S 1300 E, with the Recorder’s Office. The General Election will be held on November 2, 2021. Millcreek utilizes vote by mail through Salt Lake County. Questions may be directed to the City Recorder at 801-214- 2601. ---PAGE BREAK--- A MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE FROM MAYOR SILVESTRINI: This Monday our city offices will be closed for our observance of Memorial Day. Originally known as Decoration Day, this holiday has been observed since the American Civil War to remember those in our armed forces who perished in defense of our country, defending its core values: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They ensured, as President Lincoln said, that the government of the people, by the people and for the people did not perish from the earth. Memorial Day is also a day to honor those who served our country and put their safety at risk for our benefit. Please join me in thanking our veterans and in commemorating the fallen for the blessings of liberty they provided through their sacrifice. I wish you a fun and restful holiday. Please stay safe. Jeff ---PAGE BREAK--- Granite School District Planting Trees MILLCREEK. Residents living near or driving by Eastwood Elementary School this past week may have noticed newly-planted trees at the school. This was accomplished as a part of a Granite School District revitalization of some of the landscaping throughout the district following the massive windstorm last fall. The district lost almost 100 trees on the grounds of its schools as a result of the windstorm. As the storm cleanup began in earnest, workers noticed that a lot of other trees on school grounds were older and nearing time to be replaced. The district plans to plant more than 300 trees at approximately 80 different schools. So far, just under 100 trees have been planted, and 50 more will be planted during June. Crews were busy last week planting pine trees at Millcreek’s Eastwood Elementary. Tree plantings are an important component of the district’s plans, making sure a ---PAGE BREAK--- stand of trees is mature and ready to replace those that age out and die. Trees on school grounds create shade and pleasant environment for students and neighbors, help lower building temperatures and reduce heat islands on school sites. The lower temperatures created by trees help maintain the turf grass on playing fields. As an added bonus, the trees help contribute to cleaner air. Thanks, Granite School District, for your attention to these details. We are glad to see those new pine trees at Eastwood, and will be watching them over the next decades grow to their full potential. “The noblest art is that of making others happy.” – P.T. Barnum The first Thursday night VentureOut! food truck rally of the year is this coming ---PAGE BREAK--- Thursday. Come pick up the perfect to-go picnic from the best food trucks in the Valley, and then maybe mosey over to one of Millcreek's many parks. Check the VentureOut! Instagram and Facebook accounts next week for the truck lineup. June 3rd, 5 to 8 pm, MILLCREEK CITY HALL, 3330 S 1300 E Thursday Food Truck Night Then join us next Friday, June 4th, for the Night Circus and Movie Night at Canyon Rim Park. Weave your way through the stilt walkers and aerialists. Play nostalgic games to win prizes. Listen to Peter Breinholt starting at 6pm. He is one of the most beloved performers in the region; his debut record became the best-selling independently released CD ever in the state of Utah. Stick around until dusk to watch The Greatest Showman (PG). It'll be a night to remember! June 4th 6:00pm, CANYON RIM PARK, 3100 S Grace St Friday Festival & Millcreek Movie Night. Festival fun begins at 6:00 pm followed by the movie at dusk. Millcreek Lifts All Declarations of a Local State of Emergency MILLCREEK. In keeping with guidance from the Salt Lake County Health Department and state legislation, the City Council has lifted all Local State of Emergency Declarations that had been imposed related to the COVID-19 pandemic. What does this mean to the Millcreek business community? To support businesses who were impacted by the pandemic, the city had relaxed two main ordinance requirements: signage and parking. As the pandemic raged, businesses could place advertising signs in locations not normally allowed. For ---PAGE BREAK--- example, A-frames and blade signs were allowed in park strips and along roadways. Additionally, parking requirements were relaxed to allow restaurants and businesses to utilize portions of parking lots as outdoor seating or sales areas. Now that the State of Emergency Declarations have been lifted, all regular ordinance requirements have gone back into effect. Businesses will need to remove signs placed in park strips or along roadways, as well as and outdoor seating or sales areas that have been maintained in parking lots. Businesses will receive notice and be granted a period of time to make these changes. Support for our Millcreek businesses was a top city priority during the pandemic, and we are hopeful that the easing of these requirements assisted during the emergency. Our local businesses are the lifeblood of Millcreek and we are looking forward to a return to normal operations. We thank the business owners who faced many challenges to overcome the serious impacts of the last year and recognize their hard work. ---PAGE BREAK--- If you over age 50, take the survey HERE ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Features of I-80 Construction Next Week MILLCREEK. There will be lane shifts on I-80 between 1300 E and 2300 E next week. Westbound I-80 is scheduled to shift as early as Tuesday, June 1, and eastbound I-80 will shift the next day, June 2. Drivers can expect uneven pavement, including drainage grates in the travel lanes. Please use caution in the work zone and follow the posted speed limit. Learn more about the new traffic pattern and sign up for updates at udot.utah.gov/saltlakeeast. Contact the project team with any questions at [EMAIL REDACTED] or [PHONE REDACTED]. ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- HOW IS COVID IMPACTING MILLCREEK? Case Counts through yesterday (5/27/21)*: Millcreek (surrounding cities) cumulative and current cases by zip code: 84106: 3,551 total cases (25 current cases) 84107: 4,395 total cases (40 current cases) 84109: 2,570 total cases (18 current cases) 84117: 2,658 total cases (17 current cases) 84123: 4,859 total cases (43 current cases) 84124: 2,245 total cases (14 current cases) TOTAL: 20,278 (increase of 80 since 5/20/21, our last reported data). * The County's information is updated Monday through Saturday. ---PAGE BREAK--- Meetings with the Mayor Fridays from 2-4pm have been set aside for citizens to meet with Mayor Silvestrini (virtually only for the time being). Please call [PHONE REDACTED] to schedule a slot. VISIT us at Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Copyright © 2021 Millcreek, All rights reserved. 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