Messing up SLC's Good Thing
Mayor Ralph Becker has a really bad idea for the future of Salt Lake City's arts and science district — stick a five-story cop shop next to the award-winning Downtown Library and The Leonardo arts and technology museum.
Mayor Ralph announced today the $125 million "civic campus" that he wants to plunk down on the east end of Library Square. The project would include a high-rise police and fire headquarters and a three-story emergency-operations center.
A proposed bond to fund the project would go before Salt Lake City voters in November. You're probably wondering to yourself, didn't the voters dump a similar bond issue not too long ago — when the economy was booming?
You are right. Becker tells Trib reporter Derek Jensen that he hasn't polled the public and really doesn't have a sense of whether Salt Lake residents want to take on a huge public works project in a lousy economy. Says Ralph: We'll find out. That's one way to build consensus.
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So far, Mayor Becker is just proposing it. How is he going to find out what the public thinks without proposing it?
There is also the possibility of the city using the Barnes Bank building on the East side of 300 East as part of the complex.
Yes it was voted down in 2007, that bond was for $195 million, but it only lost by 300 votes. This bond would only be for $125 million so it could pass. I as a city resident will support the bond, as long as it's no on Library Square, on a neighboring block is fine with me, but Library Square is the wrong location.
agreed. terrible idea. Why not put it closer to the 4th south commercial core - Reinforce the boundaries of library square by making buildings that establish street walls around it, but don't take the open space away itself.
Doesn't anyone else remember that they tore down just such an eyesore so that they could build this world-class library? Not sure what ole' Ralphie is thinking here.
Talk about intentionally misleading the public Glen. Mayor Becker announced two different options, one on the east side and the other on the west side of 300 east and clearly explained this was the beginning of a public discussion about where the best location for the public safety complex is. Before you start with your predictable rant, pontificating against Mayor Becker, maybe you should collect a few facts. Since you use your blog to go after the Mayor so freqently, it's hard to take anything you write seriously.
Because nothing is too good for our resident parasitical class, maybe the Powers That Be will build a replacement library on the site of the existing public safety building on 200 South and 300 East.
SLCPD HQ right next to the Main Library ... dude ... what a buzz kill.
It would get in the way of the view that the whole library is designed to take in-- ridiculous.
Don't blame me. I voted for Jenny Wilson.
I love how everyone arm-chair quarter backs city government. Where do you all propose to build the new police headquarters? Oh wait, no doubt you nit wits think we can get along without police.
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