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Scan the QR code on page 2 Email Francis Lilly at [EMAIL REDACTED]. Call your city council representative. Page 4 Attend a map presentation at any one of the four community council or city meetings. Details on page 4. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: very ten years, after the completion of the Census, cities are required to adjust council district boundaries to ensure that each district has roughly the same population. State law mandates that the City Council must adopt new district boundaries within six months after the Utah State Legislature completes its redistricting process. Millcreek needs to adopt new district maps by May 16, 2022. City staff has prepared three proposals as a starting point for the conversation. Please look at the maps on pages 2 and 3 of this newsletter. Then give us your feedback by scanning the QR code or email your thoughts to Francis Lilly at flilly@ millcreek.us. Or call your city council representative. Presentations on the maps will also take place at each of the four community councils. Dates and times of these meetings are listed on page 4. Your timely feedback is very important. A final council decision must be made on May 9th, 2022. 2022 City Council Redistricting E Why Redistricting and Why Now MILLCREEK 3330 S 1300 E Millcreek, UT 84106 PRESRT STD US POSTAGE PA I D PERMIT 7148 SLC, UT When Millcreek incorporated, we chose a form of government where we elect four City Council members from districts, and a Mayor at-large. After each United States Census, state governments, municipalities, and other public entities are re quired by law to adjust the district boundaries for their elected offices to ensure that each district has roughly the same amount of people in it. As you probably know, this nationwide redistricting effort has been in the news lately. Recently, the Utah State Legislature approved new Congressional districts that give Millcreek the distinction of being the only city in Utah to have four members of Congress. State Law requires that the City Council adopt new district bound aries within six months after the legislature completes its redistrict ing process. Although we hear stories across the country of voters feeling disenfranchised through a redistricting process they had little control over, the City Council and I believe that voters should choose their representatives, and not the other way around. We want to make sure that you have an opportunity to weigh in the potential changes to Millcreek’s Council districts before the City Council adopts a new dis trict map on May 9, 2022. The proposed changes discussed in this edition of the newsletter are a response to growth that has hap pened in Millcreek in the last ten years. Most of that growth is occur ring west of Highland Drive, which is resulting in Districts 1 and 2 becoming smaller in area than they have been up to now. Since the law requires each district to be roughly equal in population, this change is unavoidable. We asked city staff to prepare redistricting maps for you to review, using the guidance from the Utah Independent Redistricting Commis sion. Please review these maps, they divide population roughly equally and are proposed as a starting point for our community discussion. They can be modified but the goal is to implement best practices of nearly equal populations, logical and understandable boundaries and hopefully keeping incumbent coun cil members representing as many of the people who elected them as possible. This is your opportunity to let us know how you want your new City Council district boundaries to look like for the next ten years. MAYOR’S MESSAGE We Want to Hear From You JEFF SILVESTRINI Millcreek, Connected by Nature I Volume: 6 Issue: 2 I March Special Edition I millcreek.us S P E C I A L E D I T I O N ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 3 We would love to hear your feedback! Scan the QR code on the right to be taken to a short survey where you can share your thoughts on the proposed City Council boundaries. For more information on how the proposed City Council boundaries compare to the current boundaries, scan the QR code on the right or visit the Maps page at millcreek. us to see our Interactive Story Map. The purpose of redistricting is to create an equal distri bution of population within each council district. The Utah Independent Redistricting Commission (UIRC) has issued the following guidelines to assist cities through this process: • When drawing districts, the official population num bers from the 2020 census must be used. • Districts must be contiguous and reasonably compact. • Districts must follow natural boundaries such as streets and rivers. • Districts must be drawn to create four districts. • Districts must be as nearly equal as practical, with a deviation no greater than 4.0 percent. • Current elected officials stay located in their desig nated district. Although Millcreek is not formally regulated by the UIRC, Millcreek City Code states that "The city is divided into four districts of substantially equal population, as shown on the map and district boundary descriptions on file in the city, and which are designated Districts 1, 2, 3, and Factors to Consider: Current Boundary Map and Possible New Maps Story Map CURRENT BOUNDARIES 1 2 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- 2022 COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND CITY MEETING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK MILLCREEK POPULATION CHANGE: 1,241 26,000 27,000 MILLCREEK HOUSING UNITS CHANGE: 447 26,380 26,650 2010 2020 26,203 26,139 YOU CAN ATTEND ANY OF THE FOUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BELOW REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE. 4 millcreek.us Millcreek City Hall, 3330 S 1300 E Millcreek, UT 84106 Main: (801) 214-2700 DESIGNED BY BLUE CAIRN MEDIA © 2022 MILLCREEK NEWS The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute published First Insight— 2020 Census Utah Counties and Communities, a fact sheet which contains information about growth for all cities and towns in Utah during the 10 years between the 2010 Census and 2020 Census. According to the study, the average growth in Utah is 18.1 percent. Further, the Institute found that cities throughout the state are growing at different rates, some very minimally, and some at a rapid pace. Between the Census conducted in 2010 and the Census conducted in 2020, Millcreek grew below the average rate at an estimated 2.0 percent, whereas Herriman City grew above the average estimate rate at 153.1 percent. Over time, city council districts become unequal in population distribution. Redistricting is required to ensure that there is an equal number of constituents in each district every 10 years the U.S. Census population data is released. Growth in Millcreek MT. OLYMPUS COMMUNITY COUNCIL DAVID BAIRD, CHAIR [EMAIL REDACTED] [PHONE REDACTED] Meets Monday, 6:00 pm Churchill Junior High School or Online CANYON RIM CITIZEN’S ASSOCIATION ROBERT PETERSON, CHAIR [EMAIL REDACTED] [PHONE REDACTED] Meets Wednesday, 7:00 pm Online Only For Now MILLCREEK COMMUNITY COUNCIL JAMIE WALKER, CHAIR [EMAIL REDACTED] [PHONE REDACTED] Meets Tuesday, 6:30 pm Millcreek City Hall or Online EAST MILL CREEK COMMUNITY COUNCIL NANCY CARLSON-GOTTS, CHAIR [EMAIL REDACTED] [PHONE REDACTED] Meets Thursday, 6:30 pm Millcreek City Hall or Online CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 SILVIA CATTEN [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 CHERI JACKSON [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 BEV UIPI [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] STAY UP TO DATE ON MILLCREEK SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER FOR INFOR MATION AND CITY MEETING AGENDAS: MILLCREEK.US/217/NEWSLETTERS JOIN US FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY 2ND AND 4TH MON WORK MEETINGS: 5 PM, REG MEETINGS: 7 PM MILLCREEK CITY HALL, 3330 S 1300 E MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED AT MILLCREEK.US COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS MAYOR, JEFF SILVESTRINI [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] STAY IN THE KNOW AND MAKE YOUR VOICE KNOWN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 THOM DESIRANT [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] Mount Olympus Community Council Mon, April 4th 6:00 pm Churchill Junior High School or Online Millcreek Community Council Tues, April 5th 6:30 pm Millcreek City Hall or Online Canyon Rim Citizens Association Wed, April 6th 7:00 pm Online Only East Mill Creek City Council Thurs, April 7th 7:00 pm Millcreek City Hall or Online Millcreek City Public Hearing Mon, April 11th 7:00 pm Millcreek City Hall City Council Meeting for Final Adoption Monday, May 9th 7:00 pm Millcreek City Hall FOR ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING TIMES GO TO MILLCREEK.US NOTE: COMMUNITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES DO NOT CORRESPOND TO CITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES