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IVINS — Ivins residents have delivered a message to their city leaders: Less resorts and tourists, and more trails and dark-sky regulations. Yes to more restaurants and roundabouts, no to more short-term rentals and streetlights. High marks for quality of life, and jeers for growth and development.
The message comes from the results of a survey sent out to every Ivins resident in November that combined with a series of town hall, Ivins City Council and planning commission meetings will ultimately build the basis for a new general plan for the city.
When the survey results were presented to the Ivins City Council during their Dec. 15 meeting, Mayor Chris Hart said it couldn't be overstated how significant the results will be to the city's future.
"As a planning commission and City Council, our job is to drive the bus and drive it there to where the people of the city want it to go. We now know the stops," Hart said. "This was a monumental effort, one not done in the city before, and it's given us a monumental amount of data. We've never really known as well as we know now what our residents thought."
