Hi-ho, hi-ho! / To a meeting you must go! / There’s lots to know / So don’t be slow, / Please go! (see info right below):  

Everyone is going to be there, so join the happy throng Wed., Oct. 7 for the Annual Fall Meeting of UPCC. Make sure to mark your calendars.

Go to many meetings! The city often seems short on funds for sidewalks, parks, signs and traffic studies but long on meetings. Savvy citizens ask cogent questions the speaker du jour didn’t expect. Everyone’s enlightened. Recently we learned that the city surveyed Denver people’s favorite places which often are parks, vistas and open spaces, exactly what UP folks always rate number one along with trees. The mayor’s proposed city budget comes out soon so read, comment, be sure parks and vistas are his primary concerns.      

Also, the Department of Transportation has added “and Mobility” to its name as a nod to other means than automobil-ity, but solutions to being multi-modal are “very expensive!” UP hopes to get a traffic study proposal to the city for South University Blvd. with the help of DU and University Neighbors west of DU. Interested? Contact University Park President Traci Samaras or Transportation Chair Vaughan Kendall at UPCC.us. The city aims to link transportation with land use and add transparency, inclusiveness, higher tech, firmer inspection charges, sign code update and new recycle bins in parks.  

DU is increasing campus safety, creating a park by the new engineering building, studying parking issues and trying to curb student drinking, believing neighborhoods can help by limiting the saturation of liquor licenses in nearby establishments. However, DU does not get involved in local business zoning matters.  

UP School is off to a great start: Restaurant Night Sept. 24 at 5 Guys Burgers & Fries. Part of your payment goes to the school for worthy use.  

The total eclipse of the supermoon will be Sun., Sept. 27, 7:07p.m. to 10:27p.m. A supermoon occurs is when the moon is at its closest point to Earth. Witness it, thanks to the Denver Astronomical Society’s lawn telescopes and the big one in Chamberlin Observatory. Star Night is Sat., Sept. 19, 8:30 p.m.  For more information, visit denverastro.org.  

Coyotes are back, so get the pan-lids out to scare those guys off the property. Call or email 311 for assistance, info, reporting.  

If you have news/views please contact Diana Helper, chapinhelper@aol.com or 303-733-4902.