Community Input
I witnessed the most amazing public hearing I have ever seen two weeks ago. A dozen residents spoke on behalf of hundreds of residents, presenting detailed information in opposition to…
Youth Council
The Ivins City Youth Council added a lot of fun to this year's Heritage Days celebration with their potato cannon. The Youth Council began this spring to give the youth…
Ivins Arts Commission
The Ivins Arts Commission held an arts show, hands on painting workshops, and more at this year's Heritage Days celebration. Their goal is to encourage, foster, and promote arts and…
Why The SITLA Site’s Plan Is Wrong
Here is my second post about Rize Capital’s to rezone 113-acres of SITLA land just east of Puerto Drive and south of Mesa Vista Drive to “Resort Mixed Use” (RMU)…
Why I’m Against Short-Term-Rentals
UPDATE: August 10, 2022: The public hearing on this proposed development that was scheduled for August 18, 2022 has been cancelled. I expect it will happen at a future date…
Good News: Fire/EMS Staffing In Ivins
We got good news at last night’s joint meeting of the Ivins and Santa Clara City Councils about the operation of the Ivins Center Street Fire Station. Chief Parker and…
Has Ivins Fire/EMS Service Flatlined?
Five weeks ago, the Ivins City Council increased the budget for Fire/EMS to fund the re-staffing of the Center Street fire station. Santa Clara runs Fire/EMS for both cities (we…
Water: A Stream of Consciousness
Our home weather station says we’ve received 0.75 inches of rain so far this year. Patty and I are pretty sure we normally get at least 3 or 4 inches…
550 Homes? 250 Short Term Rentals?
UPDATE - July 26, 2022: The public hearing for this issue will not be on August 4th. The City sent out notices in time, but The Spectrum did not publish…
Ivins Meetings No Longer Live on YouTube
I just found out the City is no longer broadcasting meetings live on YouTube. That’s not really bad news. You can still see the meetings live on the governmental “Granicus”…