Town of Springdale News
November – December 2012
Citizens of the Season
Spring 2011
Mike Marriott
On rare and fine occasions, one person is in the right
place at the right time and knows the right people to
convince to make something happen that would be
otherwise impossible. Mike Marriott was that person this
summer and the new hiking/biking trail in Springdale is
the result. Almost 300 people from the LDS LaVerkin
Stake showed up one July morning to blaze the trail and
essentially finished it in one morning. A few days later
they came with friends – over 1000 people - to
Springdale’s 24th of July Extravaganza – also a Mike
Marriott creation.
In recognition of his organizational efforts, the grateful
Springdale Town Council has chosen Mike to be the
Citizen of the Season for Fall 2012.
Mike has also served on the Planning Commission since
2008, including a year as chairman. He and his wife
Kristen live in Canyon Springs with their daughter
Dulcinea.
Mike says he would like to turn the 24th of July in to a
great family tradition in Springdale. He also has ideas
brewing in his head about the 4th of July. He says, “I’m
all for lots of community celebrations. We don’t all have
to see eye to eye; we just need to get together and build
friendships and community.”
Of the new trail, he says “Hopefully the trail will last a
long time. Hopefully everyone will go out and enjoy it.
It’s a beautiful place to go.” We all thank him for
coordinating the immense effort of the many people
who made such a fine thing happen here in Springdale.
When we honor him, we also honor them.
Third Annual
Zion Joy to the World Festival
There is already excitement in the air and people are
planning their light parade entries! Many businesses have
already signed up to participate (more than last year!) and
even more are expected.
The Festival committee is still working out details of new
events this year, including Springdale’s 150th birthday
party, a 5k Elf Run and more!
Your favorites are back:
• Outdoor lighting contest: After November 15, start
stringing those outdoor lights! Get them up before
Thanksgiving because the judging takes place after the
tree lighting ceremony on the 24th
• Z-Arts 23rd Annual Art and Craft Fair at Canyon
Community Center November 23-24, 10 AM – 5 PM
• Music at the Mart: November 24 at 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Featuring Sunset Corner Bluegrass Band; December 8 at
5:30 – 7:00 pm featuring Soul What; Sol Foods
Supermarket
• Community Tree Lighting Party: November 24 at
7:00 at Sol Foods Supermarket Plaza; followed by
judging of Outdoor Lighting Contest
• Light Parade December 8, 2012; Lineup starts at 6:30
at Canyon Springs Road; Parade starts at 7:00 and ends
at the Canyon Community Center on Lion Boulevard.
• Ice Cream Social starts when parade ends at CCC.
Awards for the Lighting Contest and the Parade! The
traveling grand prize trophy will have travelled home to
Springdale Town…where will it go next??
• Fireworks! New Year’s Eve In the park at dark.
Canyon Community Center on Lion Boulevard.
• Z-Arts Gala: December 7th at the Switchback 6-10
pm.
New Things this Year:
• Springdale’s 150th Birthday Party Celebration at
2:00 PM December 1, Canyon Community Center,
featuring Hal Cannon, an audio-visual presentation by
Mike Marriott, choral numbers and surprises.
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118 Lion Boulevard
PO Box 187
Springdale, UT 84767-0187
435-772-3434
Fax 435-772-3952
www.SpringdaleTown.com
Sesquicentennial Celebration
One hundred and fifty years ago, the community of
Springdale was settled, the same year as the neighboring
town of Rockville and the City of St. George.
During this year’s Zion Joy to the World festival in
December, Springdale will celebrate its founding 150 years
ago.
Join us for Springdale’s 150th Birthday Party
Celebration at 2:00 PM December 1, Canyon
Community Center, featuring
Hal Cannon, an audio-visual
presentation by Mike
Marriott, choral
numbers and
surprises.
Outdoor Lighting
Extraordinaire!
Thanks to everyone who attended the outdoor lighting
event on Monday, October 29. For those who did not
attend, you really missed out. Here is the low down on
what you missed:
• Preserving the night sky with appropriate outdoor
lighting will bring economic, health, and safety benefits
to the Town.
• The Town’s outdoor lighting ordinance requires: all
light fixtures to be down directed and fully shielded, all
lighting to be confined to functional areas (no
architectural or landscape lighting), and all lighting to be
confined to the property boundaries.
• Lighting that was in place prior to 2009 (when the
ordinance was adopted) and is currently out of
compliance will need to be brought into compliance by
2016.
• This winter the Town will be conducting a lighting
review of all properties in Town to identify lights that
are out of compliance and need to be corrected. Your
property will be reviewed and you will be given a copy
of the results. This review is a courtesy to property
owners to help you begin the process of coming into
compliance with the lighting ordinance. It is not a
punitive enforcement action. It is being done in a spirit
of helpfulness. Please contact Tom Dansie at the Town
Office if you have any questions on the upcoming
lighting review.
Calendar of Events
Please see the Town Calendar included in this newsletter
If you would like to have an event included on the calendar,
you may call the Town Hall at 772-3434 or use the online form
on the Town’s website
(www.springdaletown.com/eventscal.html).
Zion Joy to the World, Continued
• Deadline for entry forms for light parade December
3; (Only pre-registered entries are eligible for prizes.)
Late entries will be allowed, of course, but not judged.
We’re trying this to make sure the judges and emcee
actually get the right names with the right entries. It
easy to get things mixed up because, hey, it’s dark out
there!
• 1st Annual Elf Run! All the runners will be dressed as
elves, can you believe it? December 8, at 4PM.
Beginning and ending at Zion Theatre with a jaunt
downtown. Pure fun.
• In conjunction with the Festival, Bumbleberry Theatre
is featuring the Rhett Thomas production Christmas
in Zion on Fridays at 7:00 and Saturdays at 2:00 and
7:00
• Drepung Loseling Tibetan Monks making a mandala
at the Community Center from December 15 through
18.
Keep your eye on the Zion Joy to the World Festival
website, which is more beautiful than ever, with new
information, new images, new calendar information and
even a video! www.zionjoy.com
Mark Chambers is chairman this year with board members
from Springdale Town, Zion Canyon Visitors Bureau and
Z-Arts. The committee hopes this will be the best festival
yet.
Lions Club Turkey Shoot
The Lions Club Turkey Shoot will be held on November
17th (Saturday). The shoot will be on Lion Blvd, just past
the Town Park and Water Treatment Plant from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Fun and Games will be at Wildcat Willies at 7 p.m. Hope
to see you all there.
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Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Impact Fee Facilities Plan and
Impact Fee Analysis for the
Town’s Parks and Recreation
Facilities
The Town of Springdale will be preparing an Impact Fee
Facilities Plan to determine the public parks and recreation
facilities required to serve new development. In
conjunction with the Impact Fee Facilities Plan, the Town
of Springdale will be conducting an Impact Fee Analysis to
determine the proportionate share of costs of new park
and recreation facilities reasonably related to new
development.
Questions regarding the Impact Fee Facilities Plan or
Impact Fee Analysis may be directed to Rick Wixom,
Town Manager or Thomas Dansie, Director of
Community Development.
Phone: 435-772-3434
Email:
[email protected] (Rick Wixom)
[email protected] (Thomas Dansie)
Town Color Palette Now
Applies to Old Buildings
The Town has a color palette that regulates the colors used
on all new buildings. The color palette has been in place
since 1992, and was substantially revised in 2006. Until
recently, if your house or business building was built prior
to the Town adopting the color palette you were exempt
from the Town’s color regulations. That has now changed.
All structures, regardless of when they were built, are now
subject to the Town’s color palette. Here’s how it works. If
your house is a color that is not on the color palette and
you want to repaint it you have two choices. First, you can
repaint the house the same color it is now, even if that
color is not on the color palette. Second, you can repaint
your house any color you want, as long as that color is
black. Wait, I mean, as long as that color is on the Town’s
color palette.
Check with Tom Dansie in the Town Office for colors
that are on the palette.
Time to Winterize your
Irrigation System
As a reminder to all irrigation users: Now is the time to
winterize your irrigation system. Don’t forget to insulate
any exposed lines and drain your system to avoid broken
lines due to freezing temperatures this winter.
Annual Senior
Christmas Dinner
The Annual Senior Christmas Dinner will be Tuesday,
December 18th at 12:00 p.m. in the Canyon Community
Center. Please call Clara (772-3242), Arlene (772-0323) or
Liz (66-6830) with reservations by November 11th.
Christmas program will feature live entertainment:
“The Gift of Christmas” by the Force from Hurricane,
UT., Santa and prizes.
Anyone 60+ is welcome to attend. Come join the fun
with the Seniors!
Utility Billing Changes
A reminder of upcoming changes to the Town’s utility
billing system:
Consolidated Billing Statements
The previous system only allowed one meter or utility
service per billing statement. If your property happens to
have multiple meters, you are used to seeing multiple
billing statements. If you have a culinary water account
and an Town irrigation account, you are also presently
receiving a billing statement for both water systems.
The new software will enable these billing situations to be
consolidated into one billing statement. This consolidation
is expected to be rolled out to utility customers this fall.
Emailing Statements
The other significant change is the ability to email monthly
utility statements. Many residents have asked for this
option and the previous software wasn’t able to produce
emailed statements.
If you would like to receive statements by email, please
visit the town website for an authorization form to fill out
and return to the Town Treasurer. The web address is:
http://www.springdaletown.com/services/water/.
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