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AT YOUR SERVICE March 2017 A bulletin of community news Interested in getting involved in your city government? The following positions are to be voted upon in the Ogden City 2017 Municipal Election: • Council Member Municipal Ward 1 • Council Member Municipal Ward 3 • Council Member At-Large • Council Member At-Large All positions are a four-year term. Candidate filing period is June 1 – 7, excluding Saturday and Sunday. Declaration of candidacy must be filed in person 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ogden City Recorder’s Office at 2549 Washington Blvd, Ste 210. Primary election to be held August 15 and general election to be held November 7. www.ogdencity.com/election This is how to do Ogden Restaurant Week Get ready as 25 of Ogden’s best independent, locally-owned restaurants feature a two-course lunch for $10 and a three-course dinner for $17. It’s Ogden Restaurant Week, April 6 – 15, and these taste bud tingling specials are the perfect opportunity to get out and sample something new from your favorite eateries or try a new place altogether. 1. With so many restaurants to choose from, start exploring your options and the menus at OgdenRestaurantWeek.com. 2. Decide which restaurants you want to visit. With 24 participating restaurants and only 10 days, this is the hardest step of all. 3. Reservations definitely aren’t required, but you may want to call ahead to ensure your spot at a table. 4. Make a night of it; there are plenty of things to do in downtown Ogden. The chefs and servers do an amazing job at Ogden Restaurant Week, and hopefully everyone in our community gets the opportunity to indulge in at least one restaurant during the event, but hopefully more! www.ogdenrestaurantweek.com Bonfire Yard Cleanup Ogden Fire Department will allow residents to burn plant items from their yards March 30 – May 30, as environmental conditions allow. Burn permits are required and must be obtained prior to burning. Apply for a permit online at www.ogdencity.com/burnpermit or call [PHONE REDACTED]. Permits are and the requested burn site will be inspected and approved by the Fire Department prior to a permit being issued. Items allowed to be burned are clippings, bushes, plants, and tree prunings incident to property cleanup and must be thoroughly dry. Absolutely no trash, rubbish, or tires are allowed. www.ogdencity.com/burnpermit [PHONE REDACTED] Neighbors Helping Neighbors Ogden’s volunteer division offers a program called Neighbors Helping Neighbors that matches community volunteers with homeowners who may be elderly or disabled and need a little help to maintain their property. Pull some friends together or get your business involved. Donated time and resources are always welcome, and a $1,000 grant is available for qualifying projects to purchase any needed materials. www.ogdencity.com/ ivolunteer Leaky toilet? It’s a common source of water waste Check to see if your toilet is leaking by adding food coloring to the tank. Now without flushing, wait to see if dye appears in the bowl. The presence of color indicates a leaking flapper valve that can easily be replaced for around $10. ogdenwater.com Looking for an internship? Think Hill Air Force Base Hill Air Force Base is expanding its use of paid federal internships for students and recent graduates. Email the outreach coordinator for details. [EMAIL REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- Published by Ogden City I Volume 24 Number 3 City Council Meetings Council Chambers I Tuesdays 6 p.m. Ogden Trails Network Municipal Building I Third Thursdays 4:30 p.m. City Planning Commission Municipal Building I First Wednesdays 5 p.m. [PHONE REDACTED] Facebook.com/OgdenCityUtah Twitter: @OgdenCityUtah Instagram: @OgdenCityUtah Web: OgdenCity.com See more at events.ogdencity.com March 3 First Friday Art Stroll I Downtown 6 p.m. Ogden Mustangs hockey vs Casper I Weber County Ice Sheet 7:30 p.m. 4 Snow Days at the Shaw Gallery I WSU Ogden Campus 10 a.m. ECAC Annual Art Auction Fundraiser I Eccles Conference Center 5 p.m. Ogden Mustangs hockey vs Casper I Weber County Ice Sheet 7:30 p.m. 10 International Fly Fishing Film Festival I Peery’s Egyptian Theater 7 p.m., www.flyfilmfest.com 13 Ogden Concert Band I Peery’s Egyptian Theater 7 p.m., Free Free dump passes for Ogden City residents To help residents dispose of items not allowed in the Dial-A-Dumpster program or the Green Waste facility, Ogden City is offering citizens two free dump passes to the Weber County Transfer Station. Passes are available through June 30 at the Public Works building, 113 West 29th St. Must have a Water account with Ogden City to qualify, please bring picture ID. www.ogdencity.com/greenwaste or [PHONE REDACTED] April 6 Ogden Restaurant Week through April 15 I Downtown 7 First Friday Art Stroll I Downtown 6 p.m. Ogden Climbing Festival through April 8 I Weber State University 12 Jazz at the Station I Union Station 7 p.m. Free trees for parking strip areas Ogden’s tree-lined streets establish the character of our neighborhoods, and the trees we plant today will be enjoyed by generations to come. Each year the City provides a Tree Nursery so residents can get a free tree to plant in their parking strip that matches the needs for the yard and the plan for the street. Beginning April 2, trees will be given away on a first-come-first-served basis, limit one per household, at Ogden’s Green Waste Facility located at 1845 Monroe Blvd. Residents must provide information about overhead power lines, the width of their parking strip, and the lot location, as well as a current Ogden Water bill and picture ID. The Green Waste facility also has for sale an abundance of premium compost $3/bag or $15/yard, wood chips $10/yard, and mulch $7/yard. [PHONE REDACTED] Water storage for emergency preparation Water is essential to survival and required in any emergency kit. Work to build a water supply to meet your family’s needs during an emergency. Store at least one gallon of water, per person, per day for up to two weeks Add an additional gallon per day, per person, for sanitation needs Use food-grade water storage containers, available at surplus or camping supplies stores or simply reuse two-liter soft drink bottles. Don’t use plastic jugs or cardboard containers that have had milk or fruit juice in them as the milk protein and fruit sugars don’t fully rinse out providing an environment for bacterial growth in your stored water. If you choose to use commercially bottled water, store the containers in a cool, dark place and observe the use by date as those containers will begin to break down over time. In addition to storing water, be sure to add water purification tablets to your kit so you can purify more water as needed during an emergency. emergencymanagement.ogdencity.com or redcross.org Burn calories while making new friends Ogden City Recreation offers sports opportunities for adults: ogdenrecreation.com or Facebook.com/ogdencityrec Leagues Register by Flag Football $425 March 27 Basketball $400 March 27 Softball $380 May 1 Softball Tournaments Register by Spring Thaw $250 April 18 Cinco de Mayo $250 May 2 EVERY WEEKEND CAN BE A VACATION