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Ivins City News VOLUME 18 ISSUE 9 September 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

MEETING SCHEDULE 5:30 p.m. (Ivins City Hall, 55 N Main St.) Planning Commission September 4, 2018 September 18, 2018 City Council September 6, 2018 (Cancelled) September 20, 2018 POST OFFICE Main Branch/New Service Santa Clara: 628-2112 Satellite Post Office Ivins: 628-1381

UTILITY PAYMENT DROP BOX Ivins City Office: 55 N Main (Northwest Side of Building) PHONE NUMBERS City Hall 628-0606 Animal Services 628-1049 Building/Zoning 634-9753 Justice Court 634-5728 Parks & Rec. 634-7719 Police Dispatch 634-5730 SCI Public Safety (Ivins) 674-5503 SCI Public Safety (Santa Clara) 652-1122 Public Works 634-0689 Utilities 628-0606 Emergencies 911 Anonymous Tip Hotline 673-8488

Heritage Days Cover

Outgrowing 1-2

September Agenda

Items

2

Pollution Prevention is

Important

3

Put a Lid on Grease

Fires

4

Construction Update 4

School Updates 4

Ivins Preparedness

Seminar Schedule

5

Parks & Recreation 5

Pet Corner 6

OUTGROWING Chris Hart, Mayor

Last month I wrote about our growing community. A conse-quence of that, is that we are outgrowing some of our current City facilities. The

Ivins City Cemetery has expanded twice since I became mayor and we’ll need to add yet an-other section within 2 to 5 years. Ultimately utilizing all the land allocated to the present cemetery, including the current dumpster site, and an upper section now used as part of our Public Works yard, it is anticipated that it will only meet our needs for another 10 to 15 years.

Our Public Works yard has served us well, but is undersized and will become increasingly inadequate as the cemetery expands. Our City Engineer, Chuck Gillette, pondering a solution, set his sights on a piece of BLM land south of the City limits extending from Main Street to 600 West. He suggested that we submit a Rec-reation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) appli-cation to the BLM to acquire the hundred acre parcel as the site for a future Public Works yard and a second cemetery with the current Public Works yard becoming the long awaited home of our Parks and Recreation Department. The City Council visited the site several

months ago, liked what they saw, and the plan-ning began. The final site plan attached to the application includes not only the original two components, but also a 23 acre regional park (nearly twice the size of UNITY Park) and an additional fifteen acres of rocky hillside, con-ceptually dedicated to a junior mountain biking trail system, and perhaps an integrated frisbee golf course. Trail heads and parking for both mountain bike and equestrian trail access, a pickle ball complex, a scenic perimeter walk-ing trail, and a dog park are other anticipated features.

This is a long term project with phasing and financing plans included as required elements of the application. The exciting prospect is that if approved the BLM will likely require com-pensation only for the cemetery portion of the project at half its appraised value. With in-creasing land costs, nearly prohibiting the de-velopment of parks and other recreation areas, this acquisition would provide an undeniable benefit to both current and future residents of our fair City. There's still a long way to go however. With the application and letters of support from Santa Clara and Washington County submitted, we will next be required to provide an environmental study hoping that no endangered species or archaeological artifacts are present on the site. It is expected that a final decision is at least 3 years away so work would likely not begin for 5 to 7 years.

Our current City Hall has also served us well

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SEPTEMBER AGENDA ITEMS

The following are some of the topics that may be discussed at the September Plan-ning Commission and City Council meetings. This is not a complete list and the complete agendas will be posted on the website www.ivins.com 5 to 7 days prior to the meetings. Agendas may be amended up to 24 hours prior to a meeting. Check the website the day before the scheduled meeting for the final agenda items to be discussed. If you have questions regarding any of the agenda items, please call or e-mail Mike Rodriguez at 435-634-9753 or mrodriguez@ivins.com for Planning Commission questions or Kari Jimenez for City Council questions: 435-628-0606 ext. 705 or kjimenez@ivins.com.

Planning Commission September 4, 2018

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Best Acres, located at approximately 200 South between 100 West and 200 West.

• Continued discussion regarding possible overlay amendments.

• Concept Plan Report for Snow Canyon Resort, 113.12 acres located approximately at the intersection of Puerto Drive and 400 South.

Planning Commission September 18, 2018

• Continued discussion regarding possible overlay amendments.

City Council September 6, 2018 – No Meeting – Heritage Days!

City Council September 20, 2018

• Concept Plan Report for Snow Canyon Resort, 113.12 acres located approximately at the intersection of Puerto Drive and 400 South.

for nearly 25 years, but despite doubling up staff assignments, splitting office spaces, sectioning off part of the Council Cham-bers for a conference room, and housing up to three of our staff in larger offices, we've outgrown the building. Coincidentally the SCI Police Department, our combined Law Enforcement Division of Public Safety has outgrown the section of the Santa Clara City Offices that our sister city and partner has graciously provided since the merger occurred over 4 years ago. The plan is to re-purpose our current City Hall to become the new Law Enforcement Building and to build a replacement City Hall just north of the current one. Since Ivins City manages our com-bined Law Enforcement, it's only natural that its headquarters would be here.

The replacement City Hall would be funded by the sale of a City owned parcel of prime development property on East Cen-ter Street that was acquired to perpetuate a land donation by the Blood family to Ivins City that we provided as the site for the Southern Utah Veterans Home. The location and likely orienta-tion of the replacement City Hall are perfect to incorporate solar photovoltaic and solar thermal components as well as passive solar features. My hope is that we can build an ultra “green”, highly LEED certified “net zero” building that can function independently under its own solar generated power and heat. The new building and its design concept are support-ed by the Blood family, as the final destination of their extraor-dinary contribution to the City over 40 years ago, that will be recognized on a plaque prominently displayed on the new building. Since growth will continue to occur in Ivins, the new

City Hall will also be designed to be expandable in the future.

Ivins has only reached half of its anticipated build out popula-tion, so careful planning for the facilities needed to provide essential City services and recreational opportunities for our residents is an important effort. We’ve been fortunate to have had City Managers, Department Heads and Staff that have stretched resources and optimized efficiencies in the past, squeezing all they could out of all we had. We will continue to employ that mindset moving forward, striving to be practical and thorough as we develop plans to satisfy future needs, and will always be respectful of the resources that you, our resi-dents, provide for us to use in serving you.

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Pollution Prevention is Important Ivins City Public Works Department Did you know that all water running in the streets will go into a storm drain that takes it straight to the local rivers? I would guess that most are not aware that the State has identified the Santa Clara River and the Virgin River as water quality impaired due to high concentrations selenium and dissolved solids? We need to be certain that the activities we are involved with do not make this problem worse. Cleaner rivers are better for our parks, fish habitat, birds, and safer for us to recreate.

Here are some things that you can do to help:

• Sweep up your concrete surfaces, don’t spray.

• Wash your car at a carwash or if you do wash at home try to do it in an area where the wash water will absorb into the ground rather than into the gutter.

• Do not overwater your landscaping. This water will deliver contaminants straight to the river especially if you are using too much fertilizers and pesticides.

• Dispose of oils, chemicals and paints properly. See our website: ivins.com for information on proper disposal. Most chemi-cals are best to be used up for its intended purpose, but if you must dispose of something a perfect opportunity is upcoming at the Washington County Landfill on October 27th, 2018 called the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day. The land-fill will take your household waste for free. This is a common event held twice per year. For more details see the landfill web-site: wcsw.org

• Keep our community clean of litter and trash. Don’t be afraid to pick up trash even if it isn’t yours. Pick up your pet waste and dispose. There are several community programs to help us keep the City clean:

As part of the Community Cleanup Program, the City provides dumpsters at the City Yard 460 N and 100 W next to the Cemetery at least one Satur-day per month and sometime two Saturdays. Use these opportunities to keep the community clean. September 15th & 29th and October 20th are the next upcoming City Dumpster Day Cleanup

The Adopt-a-Block Program is a program where individuals, families, neighbors, or service groups may sign up to act as a steward over a part of the streets. Signup today to become an official Adopt-A-Block member.

A “Big Shout Out” to our program members: Frankie Fleming, Jolley & Gooch Family, Monarch Health Sciences, Adel Murphy, Belmont Family, Calvin & Wendy Dunbar, Papanikolas Family and Ivins City Vol-unteer Fire Dept. Also a Special Thanks to Frankie Fleming for being Ivins #1 Helper.

Pollution Prevention Hotline 634-5730 It is against the law to dump hazardous chemicals into the street, a Stormdrain or a wash. If you see someone deliberately dumping into the Stormdrain system, please con-tact Ivins City Public Works (435) 634-0689 or after hours call the emergency pollution prevention hotline so that the community can appropriately respond. This hotline has been set up by the communities participating in the Dixie Clean Storm Water Coalition which includes Ivins, St. George, Washington and Santa Clara.

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Put a Lid on Grease Fires! Charles Peterson, SCI Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief Unattended cooking continues to be the number one cause of residential fires in the United States. Moreover, cook-ing fires are the leading cause of fire injuries by far. Of these, grease fires are the most common and are preventa-ble. The most important thing for you to do is stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you have to leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stovetop. Cooking oil is hot—much hotter than water—and can catch fire without warn-ing. Be ready! Always have a pan lid near when cook with oil or greasy foods like bacon.

• If a fire starts in a pan, don’t panic!

• Put the pan lid or baking sheet onto the top of the burning pan.

• Turn the burner off.

• Never pick up the pan and move it! Grease can splash out start a bigger fire and burn you.

• Never use water to put the fire out! Water will cause the fire to flash out of the pan and spread the fire.

• Never leave a pan of oil or greasy foods alone. It takes just moments for a fire to erupt.

Remember, you have the solution to putting out a grease fire right in your own hands—the pan lid. It cuts the supply of oxygen that feeds the flames and puts the fire out. Whenever you’re cooking with grease, always keep a pan lid on the counter next to you where it will be handy. A fire extinguisher in the kitchen is also a good idea. When using a fire extin-guisher follow the “PASS” method. Pull the pin - Aim at the base of the fire - Squeeze the handle - use a Sweep motion. Moreover, if the fire is too big or you do not feel comfortable using a fire extinguisher, evacuate the house and call 9-1-1. If you are burned:

• Stop, drop and roll slowly to put out the fire on your clothes.

• Cool the burn with cool water, never ice. Cool water lowers the skin temper-ature, stops the burning, helps numb the pain and reduces swelling.

• Take off hot, greasy clothing quickly.

• Cover the burn. After cooling the burn with water, cover it with a clean, dry dressing, like a cloth or bandage.

• Don’t use ointments, sprays, butter, or toothpaste—only cool water.

• Get medical help. Don’t underestimate how serious a burn can be.

Construction Update Tom Jorgensen - Assist. PW Director of Administration Fire Lake Park: The park opened August 1st and will likely remain open dur-

ing the remaining construction. There are several items yet to be constructed

to finish off the park including the permanent bathrooms, some paved walking

trails, landscaping, etc. Come and enjoy the park but understand that certain

areas will still be closed off while construction continues.

Highway 91 Storm Drain and Sewer Project: A storm drain line and sewer

line will be extended down Highway 91 from 400 West to 200 West. The pro-

ject will begin early September and will likely continue through the end of

September.

Vista School Mr. Gibbs, Principal

Vista School has had a great start to an-other wonderful school year! Come enjoy performances from our students at Herit-age Days and Swiss Days. You are invit-ed to watch the dance and theatre Shake-speare competition pieces on Friday Sept 21 at 6:00pm, in preparation for Vista students to compete and learn at the Utah Shakespeare Festival at the end of the month.

Vista offers after school classes for all ages. Students do not have to be enrolled at Vista to participate. Class registration is still available. For more information, go to http://www.vistautah.com/after-school-programs.

Vista School Foundation seeks to en-hance, enrich, and extend the quality of education provided to the Vista School community. The Foundation seeks to generate non-public dollars as an alterna-tive revenue stream. For more infor-mation, please contact Principal Gibbs at sgibbs@vistautah.com.

Red Mountain Elementary Jenny Leavitt, Principal

Please Help!!!

Volunteers Needed! Please come help at a great school, right here in Ivins! Red Mountain Elementary is looking for volunteers to come tutor students one on one with their reading. A half hour per week, or more if you want! If you can read, you can help! If interest-ed, please contact Sara Cox (435)668-2483 (call or text) sara.cox@washk12.org

Www.readgraduatesucceed.org

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Benny Sorensen, Parks and Recreation Director

We will be celebrating Ivins Heritage Days the 6th, 7th & 8th of this month! and as you can see from the schedule on the front of this news-letter, the committee has planned many fun activities, so come and cel-ebrate Ivins Heritage with us.

2019 Youth Basketball Registration Begins in October 1st & 2nd Grade Division (co-ed) Thursday Evenings 3rd & 4th Grade Division (co-ed) Tuesday Evenings Registration begins – October 1 Registration ends – November 15 Games begin in January For more information about this and other recreation and parks activity at www.ivins.com

FITNESS CLASSES (UNITY Park Recreation Room approx. 400 S 300 W) - Register online at www.ivins.com or 55 N Main (City Hall)

Gentle Yoga Tuesdays 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Thursdays 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Single Class - $6.00 4 Classes - $23.00 8 Classes - $40.00 Taught by Kim Nally

FITNESS PROGRAMS

Ivins City Emergency Preparedness Seminar – September 13, 2018 'How to Prepare Our Homes for Emergencies' Washington County Emergency Services – Director Pete Kuhlmann Pete will cover what to do to our homes so we can be better prepared for emergency situations. How to provide for the safety of ourselves and family members. What we might do in advance to help prevent damage to structure and especially belong-ings. Training will be provided on how to assess structural damage to our homes, when and how to turn off utilities and when not to. Earth quake preparedness will be part of the presentation.

As a reminder, all seminars are presented on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Ivins City Council Chambers – 55 N Main, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Come early, starting at 6:30 p.m. there will be displays of emergency preparedness items. Our team has re-searched what’s currently available and selected just a few of the very best emergency preparedness items for display. This is a great opportunity to see what’s new and pick up a few great ideas. Our seminars are suited to all preparedness levels. For fun, we will have a special door prize drawing at the end of each seminar!

Ivins City Emergency Preparedness Seminar – October 11, 2018 ‘Have an Emergency Preparedness Plan’ Southwest Utah Public Health Department Paulette Valentine – Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Paulette will discuss the importance of having an emergency plan, especially a ‘family plan.’ How we, as neighbors and friends can build more disaster-resilient communities. How the ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’ program works in Ivins.

If you have questions about the Ivins City emergency preparedness program and how you can get involved call Kent Cook, at Ivins City – (435) 628-0606 ext. 701

FIRE LAKE IMPROVEMENTS

Walking path being

installed around the

peninsula area

Future drinking foun-

tain and shower/

foot wash

BEACH AREA

www.rcprepared.com

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Upcoming

Dumpster Dates

September

15th & 29th

Dumpsters are located just east of

the cemetery at the top of 100 W.

They are available on a first

come first serve basis beginning

at 8 a.m. and close by 3 p.m. or

once full.

BLUCAN

Recycling Days

September 3th September 17th

For more information go to

blucan.org

Pollution Prevention

Hotline:

(435) 627-4020

Many of us mow our lawns and

we always want things to look

neat and clean. When you cut

your grass, don’t leave the clip-

pings out in the street to be

“washed down the drain” as it

does not go to a treatment plant.

Please keep the clippings out of

the storm drain by having the

mower blow the clippings up

onto the lawn. Use a broom, rake

or leaf blower if necessary to

clean the street after mowing.

Remember Only Rain In The

Drain!! Brought to you by the

Dixie Clean Storm Water

Coalition.

For more information go to

www.sgcity.org/stormwater/

GREETINGS FROM THE IVINS ANIMAL SHELTER ADOPTION CENTER

Bailee Sleppy, Ivins Animal Shelter Manager

Where to Meet the Pets: Ivins Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

474 North 200 West, Ivins, Utah Phone: 435-628-1049

Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

GREETINGS FROM INKAS (IVINS NO KILL ANIMAL

As our daily temperatures continue to cool down, September and October are really heating up with events that shouldn’t be missed!!!

First, you read about our low-cost microchipping clinic for dogs in the last newsletter. So just to remind everyone, it will be held on Septem-ber 15. The hours are 10:00 to 1:00 at the Ivins Shelter. $25 includes lifetime registration and no appointment is needed.

Saturday, September 22, is the Santa Clara car show at the Canyon View Park (1400 Canyon View Dr). INKAS will be there from 9:00am - 5:00pm with a booth full of fun gift items.

Friday through Sunday, October 12 - 14 is the Kayenta Art Festi-val. The INKAS booth will be there and we look forward to a busy three days. The hours for the Art Festival are 11am - 7pm Friday and Saturday and 11am - 5pm on Sunday.

Friday and Saturday, October 19 - 20 is the INKAS yard sale. We have received wonderful items and our inventory is AMAZING! The sale is at 359 S. Puerto Dr., Ivins from 8am - 2pm each day. Should you wish to donate items for the sale please contact Connie at 435-817-1616 or Sara at 206-724-5902. INKAS is happy to arrange pick up for any donations.

We hope to see you at these events!!!

Lois Hewitt- President 435-414-4802 Sara Dupre- Secretary 206-724-5902 INKAS4pets.org INKAS is a 501(c)3 organization

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