Restrictions specific

to political signs have

been removed from

the city sign

ordinance. Signs

cannot be in the

city’s right-of-way.

Craig Northup

appointed Woodland

Hills Fire Chief

David Pratt appointed

alternate member of

the Woodland Hills

Planning

Commission

Woodland Hills

Zoning Ordinance

amended to authorize

automatic renewal of

some business

licenses

Considered new salt

storage facility and

remediation of salt

damage in the old

storage area

Citizens to be

reminded that

emergency service

numbers for use after

normal business

hours are available

on the City’s web

site.

City Council Actions

September Happenings

Woodland Hills Days, Friday, the 9th

through Saturday, the 10th of September

City Council Meeting, Wednesday,

September 14th, 7 pm

City Council Meeting, Wednesday,

September 28th, 7 pm

Planning Commission, Thursday,

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September 2011

City Recorder:

Phone #: (801) 423-1962

Email: recorder@woodlandhills.cc

City Website: woodlandhillsutah.org

Send News Articles To:

news@woodlandhills.cc

Deadline for submitting articles for the

Woodland Hills newsletter is the 20th of

each month.

Woodland Hills Residents:

My name is Craig Northup and I have been chosen to be your new Woodland Hills Fire Chief. I would like say what an honor this

is. I also realize that I have some big shoes to fill from all of the Chiefs before me. Val Wilding, being the most recent, did some wonderful

things for this city and has now taken the role of Medical Training Officer. I would like the residents to know that we are very fortunate to

have the medical staff that we do. The training and knowledge they possess is some of the best in the county. But the most important thing

is, they care about the residents and love what they do.

Thanks you guys

I am excited to announce that I have chosen

Clint Mower to be Assistant Chief and Tyler Weddle to

be our Fire Training Officer. The two of them will bring

so much energy and many ideas to the team. The very

wise Mac Baldwin will remain Station Captain.

Although the Fire Chief has changed, our goals

as a department have not. Our top priority is to help you

as quickly and as safely as possible in times of need. I

always like how Val would say “If we can make a

difference in someone’s life in that time of need, then

we have succeeded.” We also have been concentrating

on fire prevention and fire preparedness. These are very

important tasks that were initiated by the fire department

but carried out by the residents. Most of you are familiar

with the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)

and the amount of brush that was removed from the city

in the spring. Thank you for responding to the task. This

is the kind of help we need to make our city a safer place

to live. This will remain a top priority for the fire

department and fire council.

If you have anything that we can do to help,

please feel free to contact me or let any one of our

department members know and we will take it into

consideration. We are here for the residents and we

enjoy what we do. I would also like to publicly thank all

the members of the departments within the city that have

donated their valuable time to train and respond to the

needs of others.

Please remember that we are moving into the

driest time of the year. We have been fortunate to receive the quantity and perfect timing of our rainfall this year. Let’s not let our guard

down. Please get familiar with our brush ordinance (go to http://woodlandhillsutah.org/, city standards, Public Safety, Chapter 3, pages 6-9)

and make sure your property is in compliance. IF YOU SMELL SMOKE CALL 911. The quicker we get on the fire the better chance we

have. Thank you for your time and have a great day.

Craig Northup, Fire Chief, Woodland Hills Fire Department, 801-891-5387, craignorthup@gmail.com

Utah County Celebration of Light Women's Health Fair

The Utah County Health Department will once again be offering the Celebration of Light health event for women between the ages of 40-64 years old on September 20 and 21 from 8 am to noon at the Utah County Health and Justice Building (151 S. University Ave, Provo). Free and low cost screenings for vision, bone mass, skin cancer, and blood pressure will be offered. Refreshments, give-aways, and educational materials will also be provided. Appointments are

necessary for many screenings, so please call 801-851-7031. Further details are available at www.UtahCountyHealth.org.

September Sheriff’s Blotter by Deputy Butters

From 07/15/11 to 08/15/11 Utah County Sheriff's Deputies responded to 18 calls for service in the city of

Woodland Hills. These calls included:

5 Parking Problems 4 Suspicious 2 Abandoned 911 2 Citizen Contacts 1 Medical

1 Alarm 1 Information 1 Unsecured Premise 1 Harassment

Please report all crimes and suspicious activity to the Utah County Sheriff's Office by calling Dispatch at

801-851-4100. For all emergencies please dial 911.

Adam

Johnson’s Eagle

Scout project

highlights the

community

center

Proposed Salt Storage Building by Councilman Fisher

Salt is a necessary evil in Woodland Hills. It is essential to keeping our roads open in the winter but it is a challenge to handle. Over

the last three years we have used an average of about 400 tons per year.

Our current approach of stockpiling salt along the access road from Woodland Hills Drive to the lower wells is only a temporary

solution. The adjacent environment is negatively impacted and the exposure to the elements causes handling problems.

Searching for a permanent solution has been a nagging problem. The best solution appears to be adding a salt storage building onto

the lower, east side of City Building where there are a lot of infrastructure supports that helps reduce the cost:

Use existing city property

The parking apron and storm water collection system will essentially eliminate fugitive material from getting into the

environment

The existing building will form one wall of the Salt Storage Building

Coordinate the landscaping

The more central optimum location within the city will improve snow removal time.

Protecting the salt from the elements eliminate the lumps that form when salt gets wet. This will increase the efficiency of spreading

the salt on the roads. Thus, salt usage will be reduced with a resulting cost savings. The exact saving is difficult to quantify, but

Corbett Stephens estimated that Elk Ridge saved 20% upon covering their salt pile. For us this would amount to an annual savings

of $2,500.

An engineering rendering of front (as seen from Woodland Hills Drive) and side (looking west from the retention basin) elevations

are shown in the accompanying figure. We have tried to make the appearance be compatible with the existing structure and

surrounding environment. The facility is estimated to cost about $60,000.

Yes, this will probably be one of the best looking salt storage structures in the country. But considering the alternatives of doing

nothing with the resulting negative environmental impact or purchasing property plus the infrastructure expense, this approach seems

to make sense.

We anticipate this project will be up for approval at the September 14th City Council Meeting. Since it is a lot of money, please let

us know what you think.

Proposed salt storage addition … front elevation

Recycle Update:

Steel Cans Added to List Our partnership with the South Utah Valley Solid Waste District, SUVSWD, has

been a huge success. Three bins are being hauled away each week. This is amazing

progress. A ton of recycle means less waste going to the landfill (extending its life)

and a modest income for SUVSWD both of which helps keep our costs down

Steels cans have been added to the list of all plastics, cardboard, paper, and aluminum. The only

major component we are not able to recycle at this point in time is glass. Recyclables do not

need to be segregated and can be put into any of the doors on the blue recycle

bin. The only requirement is that they are clean and dry.

We can improve the efficiency of the operation by collapsing boxes, crushing

cans and plastic bottles.

Thanks for your support. It is making a difference.

Parents-Help your children find their greatness!!! Join Salem City Royalty and UVU Alumni Community Service at our FREE "FIND YOUR GREATNESS DAY". Held

Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Salem Hills High School. Free workshops include Soccer, Cheer, Basketball, Art,

Dance, Drama, Volleyball and more! Choose FOUR Free Workshops ~ Ages 6-14. Pre-register at Salem City Office or

South Valley Gym between September 12-23, or register the morning of the event between 8-9 A.M. Don't delay, space

is limited! Workshops will be held between 9 A.M. and 1 P.M. and will be taught by local talent and UVU! For more

information go to www.uvualumni.org/cap, or pondtown.org ~ Meet the Wolverine! Enjoy Fun Prizes! Learn new

skills! FIND YOUR GREATNESS!!!

Proposed salt storage addition … side elevation

Tug Gettling: The deadliest disease Sunday, August 7, 2011

Rabies, the disease brought to public attention because of the movie

"Old Yeller," is the deadliest infectious disease on earth. In the next 24

hours, 150 people will die from this sinister disease, and it is not a

pretty death either. Symptoms such as painful headaches, nausea, flu-

like symptoms, brain and spinal cord inflammation, hallucinations,

convulsions, excess salivation, paralysis and an unwarranted fear of

wind and/or water precede death, which once the symptoms appear, is

imminent. This death, most often brought on by cardiorespiratory

failure, can only be viewed as a sweet release to those in the throes of

the lethal ailment.

The prognosis is so hopeless for those who have contracted the disease

that hospitals will sometimes turn patients away. This leads to

unreported cases throughout the world, so many experts believe that

the number of deaths attributed to rabies is grossly underreported.

Even so, 55,000 deaths are attributed to rabies every year.

In Jiangmen, a city of roughly 4 million in China, 42 people have died of rabies in the past three years. City

officials recently declared that it would be illegal to have dogs in the city as of Aug. 26. Those who own dogs

need to find homes for them elsewhere or risk having them removed and killed. This drastic measure is

because of the threat of rabies. The Chinese Ministry of Health reports that 2,400 people die every year from

the rabies virus. In 2009, a death edict was declared against dogs on the streets of Hanzhong, wherein payment

was made for each dog killed.

Approximately 98 percent of all human rabies cases worldwide are caused by bites from infected domesticated

dogs. This is what leads to the severe anti-dog methods like those being implemented in China.

Rabies cases in the United States are on the rise in many areas. In parts of Illinois, rabies cases have risen more

than 1,000 percent in the last decade (from 10 to 117). According to the Texas Department of State Health

Services the number of animals with confirmed rabies in the Texas Panhandle this year is 48, while Virginia

has experienced a 20 percent jump in confirmed cases since last year.

The strategy that has dramatically reduced the prevalence of rabies in a geographic region is the one employed

by the U.S.: to implement a mandatory rabies vaccination program for domestic dogs. Recently, this same

method was employed on the Filipino island of Bohol, where 10 people die from rabies every year. After

implementing a dog vaccination method, along with other strategies, the death rate was reduced to zero in just

three years. After five years of a dog vaccination operation, Mexico reduced the human death rate from rabies

from 60 per year to fewer than 20.

Lately the fight against rabies experienced a fantastic victory. An 8-year-old girl named Precious Reynolds,

from Willow Creek, Calif., survived the disease, one of only three people in the U.S. to have done so. In 2004,

a teenager from Wisconsin who had been bitten by a rabid bat became the first to survive; five years later a girl

from Texas survived.

Even with those three exceptions, rabies remains the infectious disease with the highest case fatality rate on the

planet. Dog owners everywhere would be wise to assure their dogs are completely and continually vaccinated

against this dreaded disease. It is not simply a responsible pet ownership concern; it is a grave and important

public health issue.

• Tug Gettling is the director of North Utah Valley Animal Services.

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