1) APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED/UNDER REVIEW – APRIL 2012
a) Commercial-Industrial Code revisions Public Hearing – under Council review.
b) St. Michael’s Church addition (approved)
c) Sandy High School pole building and greenhouses design review (approved)
d) Sandy High School tennis court cover design review (withdrawn)
2) BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITY – APRIL 2012
a) Total value for the month is $1,189,312.
b) 2 permits for single family dwellings with a value of $380.015.
c) 2 permits for additions to single-family dwellings with a value of $8,536.
d) 15 commercial permits with a value of $800,761.
e) 0 other permits.
3) MAIN STREET (from Jason McNeil, Main Street Manager) A logo, a Vision Plan, a new Executive Committee, and a busier than ever First Friday were all part of this month’s excitement with Sandy Main Street. The committees continued work on many of the ongoing Main Street projects this past month:
- Steering Committee: The Steering Committee is still heavily focused on downtown property and business owner outreach, which will be gearing up in early May. We hope to get word the word out on how Main Street can help all downtown stakeholders and property owners as we look at new ways of expanding and improving the program. A new Executive Committee of the Steering Committee officers began meeting in early May to focus on some important administrative tasks, including incorporating Sandy Main Street as a non-profit with the IRS and improved data collection on downtown properties, businesses, volunteers and events. The committee also approved the new Sandy Main Street logo this month. The logo will be used on event banners, posters and flyers, brochures, marketing materials and the like.
- Promotion Committee: The committee continues to focus on expanding First Friday events and having Sandy Main Street merchandise made to be sold at downtown retailers. A local photographer has taken some photos to be used on greeting cards and postcards that will be used to promote Sandy Main Street and will also be a small (but hopefully growing) source of revenue for the Promotion Committee. First Friday participation is increasing each month, with 24 participants in May. The committee hopes to include more service businesses in the future and also to partner with businesses located outside of the downtown district that want to set up at a downtown business for First Friday. We want to be able to include as many Sandy businesses as we can in the event, while also keeping the focus on the downtown area.
- Economic Restructuring Committee: This month the committee began the work of utilizing data in the Downtown Sandy Market Analysis to develop a Vision Plan for downtown. The idea is to identify potential clusters and other opportunity areas that could strengthen the business climate for the downtown district. The committee is also still working with business and property owners to see how we can help support their enterprises in downtown Sandy.