The View of the Data for all the Maps

So I promised everyone that I'd show all the data that supported the maps I've created. I used the parcel information provided by the county for each city. Then I added that to the layer I created for each individual rooftop then I manually entered in the data for each particular neighborhood.

Here you can see the information such as garbage day, elementary school, voting district, etc.

Thank you all for reading my blog. It was a pleasure to share my experience with you. Have a great Holiday Season!!!

City Council and Planning Commission Presentations

There were several instances where I was called upon to create presentations for the City Council and Planning Commissions. Eagle Mountain is in the beginning stages of updating its general plan and I had to present the beginning stages and purposes for having a general plan. I also had to create presentations for other small code changes. Below are some of the slide shots from a presentation about changing the coding for wind and solar energy systems in Eagle Mountain.

Only those lots that are a 1/2 acre or larger can have small windmill energy systems. I had to create these maps using ArcMap to demonstrate the number of affected houses.



After showing which houses would be affected by the coding changes we had to show where possible locations for the windmills could be in their yards. They had to be a certain distance away from any housing units in order to ensure safety.

Speed Limits

In Eagle Mountain there have been several new roads added and many older roads had their speed limits changed. I addressed those changes and created a map depicting the the speed limits of each piece of road in Eagle Mountain (even the dirt roads). I also marked in bright red the school zones. New elementary schools were being built in the area so I felt that it was important to show these areas of high importance.

Resume Help

The other day I stopped by the Career Services department at BYU to receive help with my resume. This actually was the perfect time to stop in there because I am trying to apply to various jobs in Arizona because we will be there in little over a month. They were able to provide with the "do's and do not's" of resume writing. I walked out of there with confidence knowing that my resume will be able to compete with other strong applicants for jobs. Now let's just hope we can find a job in this economy.

Eagle Mountain Needs A Grocery Store

Getting approval to building a commercial complex can be quite complicated. First a developer must submit a concept plan. This i just a very rough sketch of the buildings and maybe types of businesses that will eventually occupy the development. After the concept plan, other designs need to be submitted and they can include some of the recommendations made by the city staff. These revisions are called a preliminary plat and a final plat. Depending on the city the preliminary plat needs to be approved by the Planning Commission and the Final Plat needs to be approved by the City Council. The designs that are submitted need to meet the city codes. This first picture below is the plan submitted by a developer. During these first couple meetings with the developers we also met with real estate agents to see if the location is a good spot to bring in some bigger name stores. Eagle Mountain still does not have any grocery stores so this plan was submitted to bring in a more well known store.

The plan they submitted did not meet various parts of the city code so the Planning Director and I drew up some plans that would help it meet code. For example, there cannot be any parking spaces between the road and a building. And one part of the development must be a main corner entrance for the area. We made a few corrections and limited the number of parking spaces (grocery stores always have empty spots). Here is the drawing we submitted back to the developer.

I need to vent!!!!

I'm about as big as a suns fan around. I love them dearly and have watched for as long as I can remember and I'm not so sure I can continue to have my heart broken again and again. The first heart break came in the 1993 NBA Finals against the Chicago Bulls. Why, oh why did John Paxon have to make that shot...

Another heart break came when Robert "Cheap Shot" Horry checked Steve nash into the scorers table which caused Amar'e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw to get ejected because they stepped on the court.

Last year when Ron Artest got the rebound and threw up the ugliest shot known to man to win game 5 of the Western Conference Finals was another shot to the heart.

Now to watch this years team is truly frustrating. Hedo Turkoglu is a waste and is taking up way to much cap space. I'm not too pleased with the front office's decisions to bring on 18 different small forwards because now we have no presence down low in the post. The Suns will now struggle to have a winning record and make the playoffs for the next couple years and it pains me to see the careers of Steve Nash and Grant Hill end in such fashion. Someone please give me a glimmer of hope so I won't continue to suffer.

P.S. Living in Utah with all these Jazz fans has about killed me. It's definitely time to leave this state... AZ here we come!!!

Future Transportation Plans

Long range planning is extremely interesting to me. For this project we met with several different developers, private sector planners, MAG (Mountainland Association of Governments), and many others to help show the future needs of the city. With the rapid growth of Eagle Mountain and other surrounding cities there are few acceptable roads in and out of the city. Future plans will bring 2 or 3 new freeways into the valley where Eagle Mountain is located. 2 passes over the mountain towards Utah Lake and even a potential tunnel. There is still a large debate about building a bridge over Utah Lake. The majority of the population in Utah County is on the East side of the lake. But with the growing population on the West side of the lake there is a large need for easier access to the county center (Provo). Many are concerned about the wetlands and the destruction that will be caused to them. Others are concerned with traffic congestion and ease of access to Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs. Below is a map of the future roads in Eagle Mountain. It is still a small community but with rapid growth, new, main roads need to be constructed.