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Ivins City News VOLUME 18 ISSUE 4 April 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

MEETING SCHEDULE 5:30 p.m. (Ivins City Hall, 55 N Main St.) Planning Commission April 3, 2018 April 17, 2018 City Council April 5, 2018 April 19, 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. 634-7719 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

Website: www.ivins.com

Bon Appetit Cover

April Agenda Items 2

Construction

Updates

3

Using Fire

Extinguishers

3

School Updates 3

Parks & Recreation 4-5

Pet Corner 5

BON APPETIT Chris Hart, Mayor

Recently Sandy and I joined several others to celebrate Aragosta Restaurant's third year in business. The meal was exquisite rivaling any to be had in the finest Vegas restaurant, the entertainment was great and we all enjoyed a splendid evening together. Aragosta Restau-rant, having earned five star status some time ago, was recently voted best restaurant in Utah by its patrons. Executive Chef Imi Kun modestly suggested that it will take him a few more years to actually earn that title, but no one in attendance that evening questioned its validity.

Not long ago, an Expe-dia.com article named Ivins City as one of the top fifteen “kid free getaways” in the country. We like “kids included” visitors too but it was nice to be recognized. In the article were mentioned three of our local businesses that helped earn us this designation. Red Mountain Resort & Spa topped the list includ-ing their outstanding Canyon Breeze Restau-rant. Executive Chef Chad Luethje describes his cuisine as “healthy gourmet”. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week with everything carefully prepared from scratch. His seven day rotating menu includes traditional seafood, steaks and poultry, but he also offers wild game, gluten free, and he accommodates vegetarian and other dietary preferences as well as allergy responsive al-ternatives. Unfortunately, many in our area aren't aware that Canyon Breeze is open to the public. In fact, they offer a locals discount and definitely ought to be on everyone's “must try it” list. Reservations are recommended for dinner and for special holiday brunches. They can be made by calling 435-652-5728 or at Opentable.com.

Second mentioned was Aragosta Restaurant having received some of the highest reviews on their website.

Chef Imi elevates dining to the level of art with his beautiful presentations. He turns “going out to dinner” into a full evening tast-ing extravaganza European style during which he personally greets each of his guests. His menu is varied including filet mignon cha-teaubriand, veal and seafood options includ-ing lobster tail all done to perfection. Reflect-

ing his roots, he also offers Hungarian gou-lash that is unbelievably good. I suggest that if you haven't eaten there yet that you make a reservation when an occasion comes along that you want to make extra special. Call 435-313-0611 at least two days in advance, or once again go to Opentable.com. Be sure to specify your meal choices, especially if you desire lobster.

Third on the list was the Kayen-ta Art Village experience that must include dining at Xetava Gardens. Located in one of the

most beautiful settings imaginable, the food prepared by Executive Chef Greg Federman and his staff matches the incredible surround-ings. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Greg's eclectic menu features excellent salads, ciabatta sandwiches, burgers, gyros and other main dishes all prepared with exceptional skill using the freshest ingredients. Beverage and dessert options are not to be overlooked ei-ther. One can dine inside or on the charming outdoor plaza. This too qualifies as a “must” dining experience. Xetava Gardens has been rated among the top three restaurants in the region on Trip Advisor and other travel sites almost since it opened. To make reservations or get directions call 435-656-0165.

The newest culinary arrival in Ivins is Chef Hog's Cafe at Tuacahn. Only open a month, Chef Hog's already has a loyal following coming from those who have frequented his two food trucks of the same name over the last year. Executive Chef Jeff Germain brought 30 years of experi-ence in Park City and Deer Valley with him when he moved here. The quality of his food has already earned him over 300 online five star ratings and appearances on the Travel Channel and Food Network plus a write up in USA Today. He describes his cafe as a Greek American family restaurant that indeed fea-tures Greek dishes and gyros, classic Ameri-can barbeque and soups that are to die for. While I was visiting with him recently Chef Germain pulled out his I-Phone and asked, “Siri, where can I find the best barbeque in Southern Utah?” Siri answered “Chef Hogs.” Repeating the question inserting “Greek food,” Siri once again replied “Chef Hogs.” His family-owned business has quickly made a name for itself, but Chef Germain takes even greater pride in his restaurant’s commu-nity spirit offering half priced meals to first responders and partnering with local police in

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APRIL AGENDA ITEMS

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

Planning Commission April 3, 2018

• Discuss & consider approval of a Final Plat for Red Mountain Vistas Townhomes located at approximately 300 West and Highway 91.

• Discuss & consider approval of an Amended Final Plat for Pomegranate Lane Subdivision located at approximately 140 South Main Street.

• Discuss & consider approval of an Amended Final Plat for Sentierre Phase 1A.

Planning Commission April 17, 2018

• Discuss and consider approval of Final Plat for Red Mountain Vistas Townhomes located at approximately Hwy 91 and 300 West.

• Discuss and consider recommendation on a Preliminary Plan for Townhomes 560 located at approximately 560 South 150 East.

City Council April 5, 2018

• Public hearing, discussion & consideration of Planning Commission’s recommendation on proposed Land Use/Zoning Amendment from School/RA-5 to Medium Density Residential / R-1-10 with Lot Averaging (average lot size 10,000 sq. ft.) for property located at approximately 200 West Center Street.

• Public hearing, discussion & consideration of Planning Commission’s recommendation on proposed Land Use/Zoning Amendment from School/RA-1 to Medium Density Residential / R-1-10 with Lot Averaging (average lot size 10,000 sq. ft.) for property located at approximately 580 West Normandy Road.

• Public hearing, discussion & consideration of Planning Commission’s recommendation to approve a Zoning Map amend-ment on 200 East between 200 North to 300 North from MH (Mobile Home) to R-1-7.5 (Single Family Residential mini-mum lot size 7,500 sq.ft.) for lots facing 200 East and R-1-5 (Single Family Residential minimum lot size 5,000 sq.ft.) for the two lots abutting 300 North.

• Continued discussion & consideration of a proposed Zoning text amendment regarding setback requirements in the Twinhome and Townhouse zoning districts.

• Discuss & consider approval of a Resolution supporting the Washington County Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Bill.

• Discuss & consider approval of a Resolution adopting the Municipal Wastewater Planning Program.

• Discuss length of multi-family buildings abutting property not zoned single family residential. City Council April 19, 2018

• Continued review & discussion of the Proposed Tentative Budgets for fiscal years ending 2018 and 2019.

the “Shop with a Cop” program that provides help to needy families around Christmas time. He certainly has a passion for what he does that is reflected in the outstanding food he and his outstanding staff serves in their restaurant, food trucks and ca-tering service.

And last but certainly not least is our fast food fa-vorite, The Icebox. Only in business now for about three years in their current location, The Icebox has quenched the thirst and satisfied the hunger of a great many Ivins residents and visitors including

me since it opened. An Icebox cheeseburger, battered fries and a peach smoothie is as good as it gets for me at lunch time. Troy and Jayma Dennett started their business in the small his-toric adobe building on the corner of Center Street and 200 East as a frozen yogurt bar. It wasn't long before patrons began asking for food so Troy set up a grill behind the store and they started cooking hamburgers at lunchtime. As demand grew the Dennetts took the plunge and remodeled the vacant building next door into the current Icebox. They planned an expanded menu for the new place with its full kitchen and ample inside

seating that has recently grown to include pizza. Jayma devel-oped their delicious house dressing and saw to it that the meat, produce and other ingredients were always fresh and of the highest quality. They currently serve breakfast, lunch and din-ner, and Chef Tomas will cook up pretty much anything you ask for. Every Saturday morning several of the Veterans from up the street come down for breakfast and he honors them with a freshly whipped batch of guacamole and the best meal they could ask for. The Dennetts, between their restaurant and con-cession business that serves the ball fields in Ivins, Santa Clara and St. George, employ around a hundred of our young people part time. What a great local success story.

We Ivins residents don't have to go very far to enjoy a great meal. We've got as good as it gets right here under our noses. It's yet another source of pride for me to point to these out-standing restaurants examples of the extraordinary nature of this place. So when you go out to dinner, please consider stay-ing close to home. Bon Appetit!

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Vista School Mr. Gibbs, Principal

Vista will offer a number of classes for children of all ages during the month of June. Class infor-mation and registration will be available on the school website and front office beginning Mon-day, April 23. All students participated in College Week, with a career fair, a tour of DSU for 8th grade students, and many classroom activities designed to show students of every age the ways they can prepare now for college. Parents attended a workshop on preparing financially for college.

Orchestra and band students will participate in the Middle School Music Festival at SUU in Cedar City this month. Choir students will travel to Clark County Nevada to perform at the County Fair. Vista Rising Stars show choir returned from a performance in Disneyland and will entertain Sun River residents.

The Art Extravaganza is open to all community members, Monday, April 23 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Come enjoy hands-on art projects for children, and student and faculty art on display.

Red Mountain Elementary Amy Mitchell, Principal Kindergarten and Preschool Registration are hap-pening at Red Mountain Elementary now.

We are starting what we hope to be an annual or even semi-annual tradition at Red Mountain Ele-mentary. We'd like to have a "Baby to Big Kid Shower" for new and soon to be mothers living in our RMES boundaries. This first event will be for ANY mom (in our RMES boundaries) in her last trimester of pregnancy or who has a newborn to 6 month old (even if you have older children). The party will be held for one hour on May 8th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. All in attendance will receive a new mom's kit that will include some wonderful children's books and a Target gift card. During the hour you will hear short presentations from our school principal, counselor, and nurse on simple ways to help your baby grow in to a school-ready child! In order to budget accordingly, we need to get a rough count of how many moms will be able to make it to this fun night! Please RSVP your name, address, and phone number to cher-yl.hutchings@washk12.org. If you have any questions, please call Cheryl Hutchings at the school at 435-656-3802.

We would like to give a big Thank You to the community for their help with our Code Camp and our Steam Fair. We had over 140 students attend the Code Camp. Students won medals and had a lot of fun working together. At the STEAM fair we had tons of support from our community busi-nesses! The students and parents were able to build things and see awesome items that showed how STEAM principles are applied in our com-munity. Both were a huge success!! A big thank you to parents, students, and community members who made it such a great experience! We look forward to having both again next year!

Construction Updates Tom Jorgensen, Assistant Public Works Director

Kayenta Debris Basins: Construction is about halfway complete on the pro-ject. The footings, lower walls, box culverts and headwalls have all been poured, with about three-quarters of the concrete work complete. Some addi-tional concrete work remains including finishing off the impact basins, drain towers, and the upper walls. The next phase of the project includes the earthen structures of both the dams. The project is anticipated to be completed by the end of May.

600 West 400 South Gap Fill: This project is complete, come look at the new realignment of 600 West and 400 South. 2MG Tank Project: Landscaping up at the tank is complete. A perimeter fence will likely be installed in April finishing up the project. Ivins Reservoir: The reservoir will be closed until the end of April. Work on the entrance and parking facilities are underway. The City is working to have these improvements completed for a reopening by the end of April. There will be continued construction after the reopening in April to install restrooms and landscaping. Road Maintenance: The City is doing some roadway maintenance during the months of April and May. Three types of treatments will be used this year, including a cape seal (chip seal with a slurry seal application on top of the chip seal), slurry seal, and a high density mineral bond. The major roadways that will receive maintenance include Taviawk Drive, Kwavasa Drive, the new section on Old Highway 91, and Center Street from 200 West to 200 East.

USING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Charles Peterson, Santa Clara-Ivins Deputy Fire Chief

Having a fire extinguisher in the right place and knowing how to use it is critical when a fire starts in your home or workplace. Fire extinguishers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but a five or ten-pound multipurpose fire extinguisher is an excellent choice for most homes and workplaces. A good plan is to have a fire extinguisher on each level of your home with an additional extinguish-er in the garage. Additional smaller extinguishers can be kept in the kitchen and car. Perform a physical check of your fire extinguisher every year, usually the same time you replace the batteries in your smoke detectors. Make sure the external condition is good—no damage or cracks on the base, hose, or nozzle. Lift, it up to make sure it is heavy. This means it still contains the extinguishing agent. Look at the pressure gauge to make sure it is still pressurized in an operable range (operable = green). Finally, the safety pin should be tied or otherwise at-tached to the extinguisher so it cannot come loose when it’s not supposed to. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards require disposable fire extinguishers be replaced every 12 years. So if yours is covered with grime and you cannot read the dial, it may be time to replace it.

So how do you use it? It turns out; all extinguishers have instructions printed on them. However, all you need to remember is this acronym: P.A.S.S. P: PULL the safety PIN from the handle A: AIM at the base of the fire S: SQUEEZE the trigger S: SWEEP from side to side If the fire continues to grow or the extinguisher is not effectively stopping the fire, your escape route could be threatened. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY and CALL 911! Your fire extinguisher only has about 30 seconds firefighting power. So know when to go. Your life depends on you getting out of a burning building.

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Benny Sorensen, Parks and Recreation Director

Ivins is still a place where you can bring your dog with you to the parks, however, we want to remind everyone that Ivins City (and Washington County) has ordinances that prohibit dogs from being upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the city while out of the immediate control of the owner or custodian. "Immediate control" means on a leash, or con-fined within a vehicle or pet carrier/cage. This ordinance is always in effect, even if you and your dog are the only ones around.

We would also like to remind everyone that it is also considered to be an infraction for the owner or custodian of an animal to permit the animal to defecate upon a public street, side-walk, park or other area, or upon the property of another unless the owner or custodian re-moves and properly disposes of all animal waste that may result. Please remember to pick up after your pet and please do not let them urinate on the grass or on trees as this can damage or kill the grass and trees.

We know that most pet owners follow these ordinances, but there are always those who just can’t seem do it! Please, if you are not in your own yard or at the dog park out on 600 West, your dog must be on a leash and the other end of the leash must be in your hand so that you have full control of your dog.

Your dog is welcome in most outside spaces in the city, but there are places where your dog is not allowed, these include; the tennis courts at UNITY Park, the Pickleball Courts at Desert Rose Park, the baseball fields at UNITY Park, the splash pad area at UNITY Park and the swimming/beach area at Fire Lake Park at Ivins Reservoir. If you are planning to go to one of these places, please leave your dog at home.

2018 Co-Ed Baseball Registration Extended There is still time to register for 2018 Recreation Baseball! We still have openings in coed T-ball (age 5 & 6) and Rookie (coach’s pitch age - 7 & 8). The age for each divi-sion is determined by the child’s age on July 1st. For ex-ample: if your child turns 5 before July 1st, they are old enough to play T-ball; if your child turns 7 before July 1st, they must play Rookie. When: Registration Began March 1 - Ends April 15, 2018 Where: The Ivins City Offices at 55 North Main or online at www.ivins.com League play begins approximately the week of May 15th and ends in mid-June

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Upcoming

Dumpster Dates

April 7th

April 21st \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

April 2nd April 16th April 30th

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/

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

Fire Lake Park - Construction on the parking area, restrooms and landscape is under way!

Desert Rose Park -Waiting on the restroom so that we can then place all the remaining walk ways and landscape. Cemetery - Preparing to install a retaining wall along the North-east side of the cemetery and then put in a concrete mow strip around the new section. Following these improvements, we plan to install irrigation, plant grass in the new section and pave all the driveways.

PARKS & TRAILS UPDATE

GREETINGS FROM THE IVINS ANIMAL SHELTER ADOPTION CENTER

Ivins Animal Shelter

We want to welcome Bailee Sleppy, our new Ivins Animal Shelter Manager and Santa Clara-Ivins Animal Control Officer. She came to us from Mesquite but was born and raised in St. George, even though she has been living in NV for the past ten years. Bailee comes from a horse and rodeo family. They all ride and train horses when not working. She is an outdoors girl who loves to play basketball whenever she has a free minute. Bailee is a hard worker, loves her job and is very excited to continue her Animal Control career with the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department.

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

SUPPORTERS)

Spring has arrived! The season of renewal, budding trees, spring flowers, and hopefully rain. This month Art in Kayenta will host the Chalk street painting festival April 28th and 29th. INKAS will have their table by Xetava restaurant. We’ll have items for sale for pets, pet parents and friends. All proceeds go towards helping homeless animals and the Ivins No Kill shelter along with projects that help the animals. Please come out and have a fun day supporting the Arts and INKAS (Ivins no kill animal supporters).

One bit of news to pass on: INKAS has decided not to hold a Spring yard sale. With Spring weather so unpredictable and usually very warm (last year 104) We will only have the fall yard sale in October. But please don’t let that stop you from your Spring cleaning for donations! IN-KAS always welcomes the odds and ends no longer needed or used. We offer pick up services! Or call to drop off donations.

INKAS Contact Information: Sara Dupre: 206-724-5902 Connie Butterfield: 435-817-1616 Inkas4pets@gmail.com