March 2023 | Vol. 05 Iss. 03
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MILLCREEK’S MAYOR PRAISES
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VOWS TO FIGHT FOR POLICE By Zak Sonntag | z.sonntag@mycityjournals.com
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illcreek is making strides on infrastructure, homelessness, and fighting for Unified Police Department, said Mayor Jeff Silvestrini during his annual State of the City address in February. Addressing a live audience at Millcreek City Hall, Silvestrini said he was proud of his administration and impressed by the community’s civic involvement. “Given everything that’s happen to our city, especially this last year, the word for our city is that Millcreek is ‘engaged,’” he said, in an address infused with anecdotes of civic behavior.
Homelessness
The mayor’s voice cracked with emotion when he shared the story of Canyon Rim resident named Jason, who came to the aid of an unsheltered person discovered “freezing to death” on his front lawn. “So (Jason) asked him to come into his house to get warm,” and “before giving the man a ride downtown to a resource center…he took him up to REI and bought him a pair of winter boots. And that’s the kind of community we have and that what makes it so special,” Silvestrini said. The mayor stood firmly behind the city’s agreement to Mayor Jeff Silvestrini during his annual State of the City address. (Millcreek City) provide an overflow shelter for unhoused persons at the former Calvin S. Smith Library. “Our willingness to open up a temporary overflow shel- may put the neighborhood in a “high risk situation.” “I’m committed…to make sure that Salt Lake City and The mayor coordinated additional police resources for Millcreek don’t become like some of the other unfortunate ter is helping to address that problem,” he said. The overflow shelter had been met with resistance from the shelter to allay concerns in surrounding District 2 neighcities around the country that have unsheltered folks everycommunity members who worried unsheltered populations borhoods. where, all over the street,” he said. Continued page 11
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