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Ivins City News VOLUME 17 ISSUE 1 January 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

MEETING SCHEDULE 5:30 p.m. (Ivins City Hall, 55 N Main St.) Planning Commission January 16, 2018 January 30, 2018 City Council January 4, 2018 January 18, 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) Ivins Satellite Post Office 555 S 200 E PHONE NUMBERS City Hall 628-0606 Animal Services 628-1049 Building/Zoning 634-9753 Justice Court 634-5728 Parks & Rec. 634-0689 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

Website: www.ivins.com

On the Docket Cover

January Agenda

Items

2

Neighborhood

Meetings

2

What’s Going On 3

Fire & Rescue 3

Parks and Recreation 4

Pet Corner 5-6

ON THE DOCKET Chris Hart, Mayor

2018 promises to be another year of accom-plishment in Ivins. There are a number of important projects planned, a community wide emergency preparedness effort to be launched and a significant change taking effect.

Primary among the projects underway are the Kayenta debris basins recently begun. Over the last decade, storm water management has occupied center stage here. We committed years ago to better control the flow of water through the city during major storm events. A series of studies have been conducted and many millions of dollars have been spent so far to build, expand and improve our storm sewer system, install curb and gutter, and pave the roads in the Historic Township, con-struct the Tuacahn detention dam, armor washes, and enlarge culverts. The two debris basins are designed to briefly capture, clean and slow the flows from major Kayenta washes that turned some of its roads into riv-ers during our last major storm. In addition, work is being done to further strengthen and clean out the series of dams that extend along the base of the Red Mountain. Though they've never been close to full, they are sub-ject to annual State inspection and compli-ance requirements. There are still other small-er projects on our Storm Water Capital Facili-ties plan some of which may be done this year and others that will have to wait for the budget to allow their completion.

Agreements have been reached and a final plan completed for the new access road and parking lot for Fire Lake Park at Ivins Reservoir. We hoped to have that done

months ago but the evolving project added some roadside parking, lockable gates, related improvements to Highway 91 and a continua-tion of the existing roadside trail to the beach area. In addition the rugged concrete spillway that has been both an eyesore and a safety concern will be replaced with a more “sidewalk” looking version. Other improve-ments in the park will likely include some landscaping and erosion control work.

With Bob Flowers, our Public Safety Director, leading the charge, we intend to launch an emergency preparedness program in the city this year. We hope to obtain participation and represen-tation from HOAs and neighborhoods as well as church and civic groups across the commu-nity. The program will include CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Team) training and the development of a city wide plan in the event a disaster of some kind occurs near us. I hope that you will take an interest, get involved and encourage someone represent-ing your area to become trained to coordinate a response among your neighbors.

The merger of Ivins and Santa Clara Fire and Rescue services is nearly complete. Santa Clara/Ivins Fire and Rescue is managed by Santa Clara's administrative staff in the same way Public Safety is managed by ours. Equip-ment, including our incredible new fire truck, and personnel have been combined and a plan to cover both areas using all existing facilities and strategically placing the fire apparatus is underway. This move allows us to have better coverage, expand our volunteer pool and im-prove response times while operating in a more efficient and economical way than we could independently. Nothing changes for us. In an emergency the 911 system gets us the help we need rapidly. Our Emergency Medi-cal Services team as part of the merger, will continue to provide the same outstanding service to both our residents as they always have, and with Santa Clara's advanced wildland fire equipment and crew, we are positioned to better handle brush fires that pose a danger to both our cities.

It appears by the number of applications that have come before the Planning Commission and Council that development will continue at a brisk pace. If the proposed projects materi-alize we will see some more affordable hous-ing options being built primarily near High-way 91 and in the Historic Township area. Prospective medical students are currently being interviewed for Rocky Vista's second class that will double their student population to about 270. Their own student housing will accommodate many of the new students but others will live off campus. Their affiliation with the Southern Utah Veterans Home and involvement with Vista School students will

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JANUARY AGENDA ITEMS

The following are some of the topics that may be discussed at the January Planning 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.

continue, and their community outreach will likely broaden with their expanded student body.

On the lighter side, the Kayenta Center for the Arts will offer its first full year of theater, concerts and other events. Tuacahn also has a great lineup of musicals and concerts scheduled.

All these topics and others will be discussed in more detail at our upcoming Neighborhood Meetings taking place on January 23, 24 and 25th (Tuesday through Thursday) at 7:00 PM at City Hall. It is suggested that the eastern third of the city attend on Tuesday evening, the center third on Wednesday and the west-

ern third on Thursday, but you're welcome to attend any one of the three as your schedule allows. I look forward to seeing you then.

Planning Commission January 16, 2017

• Public Hearing, discussion & consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for Kay’s Court Townhomes, located at approxi-mately 100 West 50 South

• Discuss and consider recommendation of Preliminary Plan for Kee Stone Village located at approximately 600 West and 280 South

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Westbrook Townhomes, located at approximately 200 South and 200 West

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Taviawk IX-T, located at approximately 781 West Wicasa Drive

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Taviawk XI-P, located at approximately 554 West Tearasinab Way

• Discuss and consider recommendation of proposed zoning text amendments, regarding carport restrictions and screening of recreational vehicles

• Discuss and consider recommendation regarding Transportation Master Plan Update Planning Commission January 30, 2017

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Phase 1 of Red Desert Subdivision located at approximately 350 North and 600 East

City Council January 4, 2017

• Discuss Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget preparation calendar & 5-year strategic plan

• Discuss and consider distribution of uncommitted Arts RAP Tax Funds City Council January 18, 2017

• Discussion regarding use of helicopters at Tuacahn per Citizen Request

• Discuss & consider approval of Development Agreement for Red Desert Subdivision located at approximately 350 North and 600 East

If you have an SAA account there is

no penalty for early payoff or larger monthly payments.

Neighborhood Meetings Dale Coulam, City Manager

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Neighborhood 1: 200 East to the East boundary Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Neighborhood 2: 200 East to 400 West Thursday, January 25, 2018 Neighborhood 3: 400 West to the West boundary All meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held at Ivins City Hall at 55 N Main.

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Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue Serving the Citizens of Santa Clara and Ivins, Utah Charles Peterson, Deputy Fire Chief

On January 1, 2018, Santa Clara Fire Department and Ivins City Fire & Rescue will become one fire department. The new department will serve both the cities of Ivins and Santa Clara. Both fire de-partments have been training together and responding to each other’s fire and medical calls for the past year. The new Santa Clara-Ivins Fire Chief, Dan Nel-son, reports the two fire departments have been training and working together well. We have been able to provide faster

emergency responses with more firefighters and EMTs with the two agencies working together. We have more volunteer firemen available during the day when most people have regular jobs. We simply are stronger together. Also, with this arrangement, Ivins and Santa Clara have been able to combine their funding to support the new fire department. The Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue merger follows a similar merger of the Santa Clara and Ivins Police Departments five years ago. The police department merger has been very successful hiring new staff and placing more officers in the field. The Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue Department plans to build on the success of the police merger. Both Santa Clara and Ivins are growing, adding new subdivi-sions, and new commercial structures at a fast pace. Both cities agree these allianc-es are an efficient and logical way to meet the needs of our growing communities. The average Ivins and Santa Clara citizen will see minimal change in their fire department and ambulance service. The same fire trucks and ambulances with the same firefighters and EMTs will be responding to their emergency calls. The San-ta Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue Department offices are located in the Ivins Main Fire Station at 90 W Center with open business hours of Monday through Friday unless they are on an emergency callout. The department can be reached at 435-674-1083. Visitors are always welcome to stop by, especially those under eight years of age.

Do You Want To Be a Wildland Firefighter?

The Wildland Division of Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue is looking for a few good men and women to become wildland firefighters for the 2018 wildfire sea-son. Applicants must be 18 years or older, in good physical condition, able to commit to working the fire season and be able to pass wildland firefighter training and exams. Fighting a wildland fire involves hard physical work in remote areas, working long days, camping out most of the time, and traveling the Western US as a fire

Vista School Mr. Gibbs, Principal

Wednesday, January 3rd will be the first day back to school after winter break.

In January, students can enter their original art, literature, photography, poetry and more in our Motivations creative contest with the theme “We Have Just One Earth, Handle With Care”. We would love to have judges from the community. If you are interested, please email PTO@vistautah.com.

You are invited to attend Vista's Multi-Cultural night on Thursday, January 11th from 6:00-7:30p.m. If you'd like to help by presenting a display or activity about a cul-ture, contact nrichins@vistautah.com.

January will also bring a Science Fair, along with Literacy Night on Feb 1.

Red Mountain Elementary Amy Mitchell, Principal We hope our Ivins community has a won-derful 2018!

A few important January dates for Red Mountain are:

• January 4th School Resumes

• January 6th Lego League Competition at DSU

• January 15th Human Rights Day (no school)

• January 29th Early Out Day for Teacher Development (school out at 1:15)

Kayenta Debris Basins: Construction is well un-derway for both the east and west debris basin dams. Both dams have been excavated and work has begun on the foundations and footings. Work is anticipated to continue until the end of April.

600 West 400 South Gap Fill: The City is plan-ning to realign 600 West to intersect with Old

Hwy 91 at a right angle. The realignment of 600 West also requires a realignment of 400 South for the two streets to intersect at right angles. Construction is antici-pated to begin in January with completion in February or March, weather permit-ting.

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Ivins Soccer Ivins Soccer Spring 2018 season is just around the cor-ner! Registration for the 2018 Season will be available online at www.ivinssoccer.com beginning Monday, January 1, 2018. Regular Registration will be open from January 1st - February 3rd and LATE REGISTRATION will be February 4th - 9th.

In-person registration can be done in the recreation building at UNI-TY Park (located behind the tennis courts) on the following 4 nights: Thursday, January 18th 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 23rd 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 25th 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 30th 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

For more information please visit www.ivinssoccer.com or call 435-673-2372.

Benny Sorensen, Parks and Recreation Director

March 3rd - Red Mountain 55k, 30K & Dirty Hurty

Half Marathon - Go to https://

redmountain50k.com/ for more information.

PARKS & RECREATION UPCOMING EVENTS

engine crew. Training is scheduled to begin in January and will involve Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights. Passing a certifica-tion exam, skills test, and pack test will be required. Full and part-time work will be available from April through September. All equipment for the job is provided, except fire boots. The job provides overtime when on fire assignments. Applicants will be interviewed, must pass a drug screening, and pass a physical ability test. Applicants must have a UFRA wildland certification or pass the UFRA training provided. Want to know more about a great opportunity? Give Ty Hansen, Wildland Fire Coordinator, a call at 435-619-1900. Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue also needs volunteer firefighters if you need to stay closer to home. Structural Fire Fighter training starts in March. Call 435-674-1083 for information.

FITNESS CLASSES (UNITY Park Recreation Room approx. 400 S 300 W) - Register online at www.ivins.com or 55 N Main (City Hall) Yoga Tuesdays 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. is Gentle Yoga Thursdays 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. is Gentle Yoga Single Class - $6.00 4 Classes - $23.00 8 Classes - $40.00 Taught by Kim Nally Yoga Flow Learn how to move your body and breathe efficiently and effec-tively as you develop strength, balance, and flexibility. Come release unnecessary tension and stress through a variation of pos-es, breath work, and deep stretches. Geared for ALL levels, Tuesday 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Single Class: $5.00

4 Classes: $18.00

Taught by Heidi Donio

Sand Hollow Aquatic Center Ivins City has an inter-local agreement with the City of St. George that allows Ivins residents to use the Sand Hol-low Aquatic Center for the resident rate. There is a leisure pool for fun and a lap pool for fitness, they offer swim-ming lessons and a variety of special events throughout the year. Sand Hollow Aquatic Center is a wonderful fa-cility and we encourage you to take advantage of the op-portunity to use it! 1144 Lava Flow Drive, St. George

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Upcoming

Dumpster Date

This month’s dumpster date

will be held on:

JANUARY 27, 2018

\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 January 8, 2018

January 22, 2018

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/

PETS OF THE MONTH

TRAP-NEUTER-RELEASE (TNR)

We have had many calls recently regarding our feral cats in the community. We offer a program called TNR (Trap-Neuter--Release). This program is made possible by Best Friends. We come to your home and set a humane live trap, fix the cats, vac-cinate and release them back where they were found. This en-sures as a community we will not have unwanted litters and helps keep the population down. If you have feral kittens, please call us as these kittens can be tamed down and placed for adoption. We have placed many feral kittens into great homes. Feral cats are the result of aban-donment and not spaying or neutering cats.

Below is a link that explains this program and gives some insight on these cats.

https://bestfriends.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-tnr

RESOURCES on ADOPTION

We have also had many of our wonderful residents coming in looking to adopt a dog. Recently we haven’t had many dogs available, but we have a list of some great resources to help you on your journey to finding that perfect companion.

Please call us or come by for more information.

Need help fixing your pet? Click on link below

https://secure.bestfriends.org/page/s/utsnassist

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. Stacey, Shelter Manager: strujillo@ivins.com

GREETINGS FROM THE IVINS ANIMAL SHELTER ADOPTION CENTER

Christi Taylor, Animal Control Officer

We have many cats still available here at the Ivins Ani-mal Shelter looking for their forever homes. We encour-age you to come down and look. Our pets of the month are Felix and Sybil. Felix is a bit shy but would make a great lap cat! Sybil is a great companion as well. She loves being pet and being right next to you!

We look forward to helping you find your new addition to the family.

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GREETINGS FROM INKAS (IVINS NO KILL ANIMAL SUPPORTERS)

By Sara Dupre

Every new year brings on the promise of achieving new dreams and goals. For 2018 INKAS, Ivins No Kill Animal Supporters, our volunteers are all excited to take on the never-ending, new challenges of helping homeless pets in our communities. Last year was amazing with so many adoptions. We know 2018 will be as successful and hopefully more homes will open for these shelter pets. INKAS will continue to work hard to support the shelter’s requests to make life more comfortable and safe while in their temporary home. Please make visiting the Ivins shelter first on your list when adding a new member to your family!

From all of us at INKAS, happy new year to our wonderful communities of Ivins and Santa Clara and may all your hopes, dreams and wishes be fulfilled.

INKAS Contact Information: Connie Butterfield – 435-817-1616 Inkas4pets@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook INKAS is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization