The Pioneer Post Volume III Issue 11 Marriott-Slaterville City Newsletter November 2001 1195 West 400 North. Marriott-Slaterville City, Utah 84404 Telephone 627-1919 Facsimile 627-1880 The Sheriff's Weber Metro Gang Unit presented a Gang Awareness Night on November 1, at Pioneer Elementary School for community awareness. Detective Gary Worthen and Vernon Hairston said that there are presently 100 active gangs in Weber County. A gang is defined as "three or more people who engage in unlawful, criminal behavior." Gang members frequently use symbols, names, letter or colors to show their affiliation. Things You Can Do To Help Keep Your Kids From Getting Involved In Gangs: 1. Try to Learn more about gangs in your area. 2. Report any suspicious activity to the police. 3. Watch for graffiti and immediately remove graffiti by calling Juvenile Court Graffiti Removal 629-8752. 4. Participate in programs that deter crime in your neighborhood. 5. Teach youth early that gangs are detrimental. 6. Youth need punishment for bad behavior, and rewards for good behavior. 7. Families need to spend more time together. 8. Parents and other adults need to be role models for the youth. 9. Kids need a safe place to share their feelings. 10. Kids need other adults (besides parents) in their lives who care about them. 11. Listen to your children and ask their opinions. 12. Parent should set firm limits with children and teens. 13. Do not allow your kids to dress in gang-style clothing. 14. Get to know your child's friends and the friends's parents. Parents should look for any drastic changes in their children behavior, including associating with a new group of friends, using a different style of language, desiring a great deal of privacy, acquiring new possessions without the ents knowledge, claiming gang affiliation, or dressing in gang-related clothing. For youth, getting out of a gang isn't easy, but it can be done. Kids should find people, especially adult, who think they are special, and will keep supporting and encouraging them. Believe in yourself. Gangs are a deadend street - no matter who you are, what you have done, or where you live, "YOU DESERVE BETTER." Sincerely, City Recorder Board of Canvassers TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001 - 7:00 PM 1. Call to Order. 2. Canvass of the election results for the November 6, 2001 municipal election. 3. Adjourn. Planning Commission Agenda WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 - 7:00 PM 1. Call to Order/approval of minutes. 2. Application for rezone by Grant Stanger at 1200 West 700 South. 3. Conditional Use Permit #2001-05 by Ray Jensen for an accessory building large than 1000 square feet at 1427 W 400 N. 4. Zoning ordinance amendment by Ray Jensen to modify the requirements for an accessory building large than 1000 square feet in an RE-20 zone. 5. Ordinance 2001-02 regarding Agriculture Protection Area Amendments. 6. Subdivision Ordinance revisions. 7. Adjourn until November 28, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. Planning Commission Agenda WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2001 -7:00 PM 1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance.