
Joshua Frazier for Nibley City Council

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Boyd Hubbard's Questionnaire to All Candidates

Scott Larsen's Questionnaire to All Candidates

Ron Hellstern's Questionnaire to All Candidates

‎10/‎12/‎2011

Ron Hellsterns Questionnaire to All Candidates

These questions were written by Ron Hellstern, Corlyss Drinkard, and Barbara Wilden

1. Commercial development: Do you prefer restricting it to Highway 89 and/or Highway 165; or allowing small neighborhood shopping centers; or maintaining Nibley primarily as a residential area? Please explain:

2. Communications: Please describe all methods you would use to communicate with Nibley residents, including any that would gather public opinion on proposed legislation BEFORE the council votes on any issue:

4. Emergency Preparedness: How would you establish/improve Nibley’s ability to deal with disasters of any kind?

5. City beautification: What are your plans to “improve” Nibley City’s visible image? Should this be a function of city government?

6. Representation: Should the Nibley City Council membership be determined by electing representatives from within Districts, or should the entire City vote for any legal candidate? If you support Districting, should this be based upon geography or population?

7. Ordinance dilemmas: It has been mentioned that ordinances should not be created if they are not going to be enforced. What are your suggestions for reviewing, and possibly repealing,

ordinances not currently being enforced? (Examples: weeds, snow removal, animal land use, etc.)

Candidates' Responses To Questionnaire:

Kathryn Beus
Carry Cook
Joshua Frazier
Larry Jacobsen
Shawn Platt
Mike Smith

Kathryn Beus

1. Commercial Development: Nibley City currently is zoned and able to sustain commercial development along the two major highways that cross through our city, Hwys 165 and 89/91. Revenue is needed to maintain our city and to implement future plans. I feel that we could better utilize these areas and the infrastructure already in place to help generate sales tax revenue. Our largest source of revenue now is the money collected from sewer fees, money that comes from our personal budgets. I see the development of these areas as beneficial in two ways. 1. To help supplement the revenue that is collected from the residents by generating more money in sales tax and 2. Making Nibley an even more appealing place to live by the added convenience of having closer commercial relationships. As far as other locations for commercial development, the Nibley City general plan, which was created some years ago by a committee of Nibley residents, designates some commercial development in residential areas. This would create “walkable communities” with the idea of added convenience for the residents. The current lay of Nibley City, I feel, makes these developments unrealistic in my mind.

2. Communication: If I am elected to Nibley City Council my primary goal will be to be as accessible to the residents as possible. The agenda for upcoming Council meetings is sent to the council members a week before the scheduled meeting by the City Manager to help the council members be better prepared for the upcoming meeting. Ensuring that the Nibley City website is up to date would help the residents know what the content of the meetings would be as well as an email list that could distribute this information beforehand. Those interested in being on this list could sign up at the Nibley City offices and receive these updates. Also, I remember when was younger my next door neighbor, Debbie Lowry, was on the Council. She would talk to people on her walking routes and get ideas and opinions along the way. This personal touch is something that has impressed me many years later. Adding a face to a person really helps deliver that feeling of community.

3. Trails: As an avid runner and a mother of a young family that enjoys going on walks together, I feel that we need to continue to develop trails and bike paths within Nibley. According to our trails plan and our master plan Nibley City has many unrealized trail plans. The proposed locations in these plans and some current unfinished trails are along the Hyrum Slough, within some of the developments of 250 West, around our parks such as Gibbons Park and continuing along the Clear Creek subdivision. These trails are enhancements to the communities. As more trails are incorporated into our development plans they could be added by the developers as they are building new homes and subdivisions. The master plan already calls for such trails as part of the planned cluster like communities and provides and pays for them by clustering homes together and incorporating trails throughout the new development.

4. Emergency Preparedness: Currently Nibley City does not have an emergency plan in place in the event of a disaster other than our flood plan. The quick response and the successful mitigation of a potentially disastrous run off this past spring show that it is effective. I would propose that the Council establish a committee to evaluate proposals and adopt a plan to provide for our residents in case of other emergencies.

5. City Beautification: No one can deny that Nibley is a beautiful place to live. Part of this fact is the natural aesthetic value of our positioning in the Valley and the other contributing factor is the efforts that the City has put into making it beautiful. Our median planting strips, parks, and other projects have helped to set Nibley apart. I would like to see the continuance of these programs. Through my involvement with the Nibley City Tree Board I have been able to see what some of the city goals are and I feel that they benefit everyone. Not only do our property values go up because we live in such a well-thought-out community, but we get the privilege of living in such a pleasing place. The ideas that I support are having developers establish trees in the park strip as part of the development of an area. The trees would then all be the same size, type, and the uniformity would result in an area that is recognized by its foliage as well as dazzling springs with all the trees matching with their blossoms as you enter a subdivision.

6. Representation: The current way that the Council is elected as an at large election has made us question if representation would be more equally disbursed throughout different neighborhoods if we were to divide into districts and then each district would choose their council member. I feel it would be worth entertaining for a few reasons. The first being a sense of accountability. The residents within a certain district would have their own member who would be held accountable individually within his/her district for decisions made. Second, it would ensure that each area within Nibley would be getting representation. I don’t know if I understand the second part of this question as to whether the districts should be divided geographically or by population. According to Baker v Carr, the Supreme Court ruled that each person would have to have the same “weight” for their vote. In other words 1 person=1 vote. We would have to make sure that this standard is upheld.

7. Ordinance Dilemmas: If Nibley City has too many or unnecessary ordinances then I think the first step should be reviewing our current ordinances as a council to decide the unnecessary ones and then focus on their implementation. The Council as a whole is the governing body of the city and those that are responsible for the regulation of these ordinances need to be held accountable for fulfilling their duties.

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Carry Cook

1. I would be more inclined to keep commercial on Highway 89/91 and SR165, Commercial parks. I know in our annexation plan for the south portion of the city we have pocket style commercial, I personally am not a fan of this. I think our city is small enough that every one will have access to commercial by keeping it mainly to the highways.

2. I am in favor of gaining input from our citizens prior to proposed legislation. I would be willing to use any source of communication from email, blogs and meetings.

3. I like our parks and trails plan. I love the idea of having a walkable community, giving all our citizens access to parks and ideally the ones that are small enough that won't always have a game going on so that the young families will benefit as well. Funding, I look forward to having the opportunity to look into these area's. Private land rights are important so I would have to look at each situation.

4. Emergency preparedness, I agree we need to have something in place. I would like to look at several idea's to be prepared. Map's, safety locations, calling tree's, block captains, etc.

5. City beautification, my short answer is yes I think it is important and there are a lot of idea's for that. It would be more motivational than mandated.

6. Representation, I think that we are just know getting the excitement of our diverse city by the numbers that are running. It will be interesting to see if our citizens will show up at the poles to see that they are represented. I tend to think that we are not quite to distracting yet. But I am not opposed to looking at it.

7. I think it is beneficial to update our ordinances. I know that our staff has been working on getting our books in order. What I feel needs to happen is that we have a enforcement officer named (most city's this is part of the city planner position) that would handle all these issues.

In one of our P&Z meetings we were talking about the need to keep a log ( or to do list) of all the things we discuss and need to work on so that nothing gets lost in the work load. I think this is a great idea. It would be a great reminder and also give us feed back on what we are currently working on. I know that for example some of us would like to see our fence ordinance revised.

Thank you so much for everyone's help and donation of there time on this.

I would like to add that I am willing to take on a challenge and show that I can work hard. I have a lot of great skills that I feel will be an aid to our council. I am a problem solver, I like to listen and work out the issues, I know that I can work well with others and also communicate well with others. I know that if I am giving the opportunity I can do what needs to be done for our citizens and our city.

Thanks again Carrie Cook

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Joshua Frazier

In regards to commercial development, I will vote to uphold Nibley’s existing vision to “…encourage the preservation of open space and the rural heritage of Cache Valley.”

Many current residents live here for those very qualities. Preserving that, then, becomes an important commitment to our citizens. Nibley can maintain its residential community while still encouraging limited business growth. Highway 89 is an excellent place to allow for more tax revenue sources, such as Petersen’s Country Store. I would be very hesitant to allow small shopping centers if doing so would chip away at the small town feel many people expect and cherish.

I like this question for two reasons:

There is a need for improving early communication, rather than waiting until city council meetings to both announce AND vote on issues. People need to know that their voice is heard, AND that their opinion is used when city council makes decisions. I have talked to many residents who say that they no longer attend city council meetings because they were never listened to when they did.
I’ve already made some progress to improve communication. For starts, I have made every effort to make it easy for people to contact me, personally, on multiple formats, such as:

Website: www.nibleycitycouncil.com (my personal website)

Email: joshua@nibleycitycouncil.com

Cell phone: 1(801)390-5858

Facebook: www.facebook.com/nibleycity

This one-on-one communication is good, but it does not solve the larger picture. In contemplating a solution, I proposed to the city to create a discussion forum on their website. I also volunteered to create it. I was told that such a thing may be a good tool, but would create too large a liability for the city. Rather than relying on local government to solve the problem, I created a solution. It is a neighborhood online discussion group for the residents of Nibley by the residents of Nibley. Located at www.nibleycitycouncil.com/openforum, any citizen can read or reply to updates, post topics/concerns, and subscribe to topics. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT This is brand new, but already has received a lot of local input. I really think that this is going to be a valuable tool for timely and quality communication.

In addition, I encourage the city to announce the upcoming city council dates and topics in the yellow utility bill mailers and on the city’s main website. I can also create an email mailing list where people can easily subscribe or unsubscribe to announcements. Currently Scott Larsen maintains an email list and sends out announcements. I have appreciated him doing that and would like to see those announcements continue.

3. Trails & bike paths: Explain your opinion regarding trails and bike paths throughout the city and, if in favor, how those can be funded, where they might be located, and how to deal with private property rights vs. public access.

Trails / bike paths: In meeting with and talking with residents, I have heard many express their desire for parks, particularly those with kids who are involved in soccer, baseball and other sports. Parks add a nice atmosphere to a community, invite local gatherings and provide needed space and equipment for children to develop. I value parks and generally support them. I would want to make sure that there are adequate funds for building them, and that acquiring those funds does not burden the community with unnecessary taxes.

http://www.aswn.com/clients/status/nibley/GE3.htm shows the current and future parks as well as the Master Parks Plan. It looks like a lot of work has gone into this, but I would like to get more public feedback. Shawn Platt has mentioned the idea of an equestrian park and I’m sure that there are additional good ideas that we should tap into and discuss.

(This question is already a thread on the Nibley Discussion Group – Click here to see the topic )

Private property rights vs. public: We created government to protect the basic rights of life, liberty and property. In the name of “Community Rights”, personal property rights often get intruded upon. I’m not sure what the issues are on public access to parks and trails, or how they intrude on private property rights.

Sure, the community benefits when public rights are given more weight, but those benefits come at an expense to freedom and personal property rights. To the level that trails and parks intrude upon private property, parks may need to scale back or change. Certainly those whose private property is going to be affected should be granted the most weighted influence on the decision.

When faced with a decision to regulate Nibley residents on an item, I plan to err on the side of private property rights.

(This question is also a thread on the Nibley Discussion Group – Click here to see the topic )

4. Emergency Preparedness: How would you establish/improve Nibley’s ability to deal with disasters of any kind?

It is difficult for me to answer this briefly, but I’ll try to limit my response to some basics. We have seen, in recent years, what happens when people rely too much on government or FEMA to respond to a disaster. There are many examples that show the power of personal preparedness solving not only individual needs, but community needs as well. The more the people here can be self-reliant, the less strain would be put on Nibley City. When individuals are already accustomed to preparing for possible hardship, solving their own problems, and helping look out for neighbors, they will naturally use those abilities during a crisis.

I believe Nibley will be better able to deal with disasters if it is debt free and self reliant. I believe we can meet our own city needs without taking on debt or turning to the national or federal programs; even if they are cheaper or free, they come at a cost.

The use of credit must be reserved for emergencies because it weakens the ability to weather crises. Regarding government debt, George Washington said: “…avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertion in time of peace to discharge the debts…”

5. City beautification: What are your plans to “improve” Nibley City’s visible image? Should this be a function of city government?

Yes, I believe this is a function of city government. However, we should not go into debt to improve visible image. I love it when small towns have a nice entrance to the city, nicely maintained city areas for public use, and seasonal events, decorations, etc… These things not only build community spirit, but increase American pride as well.

I’m really not sure if this is a good idea or not. I can see a good argument either way:

For: Thomas Jefferson said: “The way to have good safe government, is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions he is competent to....It is by dividing and subdividing these republics from the great national one down through all its subordinations, until it ends in the administration of every man’s farm by himself; by placing under everyone what his own eye may superintend, that all will be done for the best.”

I think representation is important and if creating districts can help to accomplish this then I’m all for it. However, I would first like to spend some more time to see how it has turned out in other cities. I do not yet have an opinion on if it should be based on geography or population.

Against: Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It seems cities often deal with the issue of "North against South", "East vs. West", "south side of the tracks" or “Hollow road vs. not-Hollow road”.

I do not personally feel that Nibley is so divided, but this is a concern that I have heard people express several times. I feel that dividing the city into districts would only encourage feelings of “them” vs. “us”.

Anyone who currently wants to run for office should do so based on their merits, not their address.

7. Ordinance dilemmas: It has been mentioned that ordinances should not be created if they are not going to be enforced. What are your suggestions for reviewing, and possibly repealing ordinances not currently being enforced? (Examples: weeds, snow removal, animal land use, etc.)

If a law is passed, then residents should be able to count on the city to enforce it. This is especially true for the citizen who aids enforcement by filing a complaint. With limited city employees and salary funds, too many laws will clutter the books and burden the city with enforcement. The least amount of laws the better. All unnecessary or superfluous laws ought to be repealed, although this is harder to do than to say. Better is to not vote in frivolous laws in the first place. I plan to be very reluctant and conservative on creating new ordinances.

George Washington said: “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” Understanding this, we can be grateful for government, but very cautious in how we employ it.

(This question is also a thread on the Nibley Discussion Group – Click here to see the topic )

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Larry Jacobsen

We have discussed in the past reasons that I favor an appropriate level of economic development in Nibley to balance our sales tax revenues relative to other Cache Valley cities and to strengthen our property tax base. I believe Highway 89/91 and Highway 165 are appropriate corridors that will eventually attract commercial activity, and I am happy to limit commercial development to those areas. I support going a step further by continuing to limit development along Highway 165 to Neighborhood Commercial, a more restrictive and less intensive commercial zone.

I support any form of communication between residents and elected representatives that helps elected representatives understand how those residents feel about an upcoming topic. I especially favor communication that helps elected representatives understand why residents feel that way. To encourage a dialog that explores the why, I believe communication should not be anonymous. To the point, here are my thoughts on several specific types of communication.

I feel email exchanges are the best way for a resident to initiate a conversation with an elected representative. Personal visits and phone calls are also great, and an excellent way to dig into the details of a given topic. I am interested in reading residents’ opinions in on-line forums, and I have a strong preference for forums where participants use their real identities.

Of course, these methods of communication require Nibley’s residents to be aware of upcoming activities of the council, so let’s discuss ways to promote that awareness. I certainly support our existing methods of notification; specifically, agendas placed on the City website (nibleycity.com), published in the Herald Journal, and posted in at least three public places around town. To add to these methods, I believe we should start emailing agendas to residents who would like to be included in such a distribution. We could begin by asking Scott Larsen and Corlyss Drinkard (both have extensive lists) to contact their addressees and invite them to be on the city agenda email notification.

When I chaired a committee to amend our Animal Land-Use Ordinance a couple of summers ago, I found it very useful to have the draft ordinance posted to our website prior to our meetings. I feel we should do the same for all proposed ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.

I support trails and bike paths in our community to enable and promote a healthy lifestyle for our residents. I believe that the proper time to establish those trails is during the subdivision development process and that those trails should be located according to the Trails Master Plan in our General Plan (nibleycity.com/PDF/maps.pdf). During the past four years, we have been developing the trail system in Nibley using this process, and bit by bit, I believe we are getting there.

4. Emergency Preparedness: How would you establish/improve Nibley’s ability to deal with disasters of any kind?

One of the best ways to maintain and improve Nibley’s disaster preparedness is to work with established organizations that specialize in those activities. These organizations include the Cache County Sheriff Department and the Cache County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). I appreciate the disaster preparedness coordinated by local wards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I encourage members of that faith to invite all residents of Nibley to be a part of those preparations.

I will use this opportunity to thank the Nibley City employees who anticipated and responded to the threat of flooding on the Blacksmith Fork River last spring. Those preparations ensured our resident’s safety and averted major property damage within our city.

5. City beautification: What are your plans to “improve” Nibley City’s visible image? Should this be a function of city government?

The best way to keep Nibley looking good is by designing, implementing, and maintaining public property with the same passion and care that master gardeners have for their own backyards. We have finished some great projects towards this goal, such as the landscape medians on 800 W and 3200 S. In addition, we are working on some projects that include making Nibley a Tree City with the National Arbor Day Foundation. I thank the city employees that maintain our city property with such passion. By creating this “sense of place” with public property, it builds community character. Residents who are proud members of our community unsurprisingly take pride in, and care for, their own property.

I admit my current indecision on this question. On one hand, I believe the democratic election process correctly chooses the right batch of representatives – even if all five council members live on the same block. In addition, I worry that districting could fragment our community. One the other hand, the possibility of unfair treatment of a specific part of town with no council representation makes me think districting is appropriate. At this point, I am undecided.

If we do move to districts, then I believe we should draw geographic districts with roughly equal populations in each district.

7. Ordinance dilemmas: It has been mentioned that ordinances should not be created if they are not going to be enforced. What are your suggestions for reviewing, and possibly repealing,ordinances not currently being enforced? (Examples: weeds, snow removal, animal land use, etc.)

Overall, I believe we have an appropriate set of ordinances. Within the past couple of years, the Planning Commission and City Council have reviewed and amended each of the specific examples – weeds, snow removal, and animal land use – mentioned in the question. There may be other parts of the ordinance that need another look, and if so, then let’s do it. Admittedly, there have been times when we have fallen short on enforcement. This is not an easy task because no one, including representatives of the city, enjoys policing their friends and neighbors. In spite of that, we must do a better job of enforcement in the future.

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Shawn Platt

1st choice: Maintain Nibley as a residential “bedroom” community.
2nd choice: Restricting commercial development to highway 89 / 165
3rd choice: I don’t even want to consider allowing neighborhood shopping centers – to me it would destroy the rural atmosphere that I moved here for.

We do have commercially zoned areas with a few businesses in them. Commercial development needs to stay with in those zones. We need to support the existing business and help them to maintain and grow. We need to find ways to fill the existing empty commercial developments because empty run down buildings are an eye sore.

Nibley needs to utilize modern technologies to get the message out and to get people involved. I think the city council can greatly increase citizen involvement by using web broadcasts of their meetings. There are various free providers or ones for minimal costs such as Skype and Goto meeting.com that could webcast the meetings via a webcam or any camera built into a laptop. I would bring my personal laptop with a webcam to all city council meetings if the city does not have one that could be used. Think about the possibilities! In times of bad weather, sick family members or being sick yourself, those who are elderly or not able to get out could log into and view and or participate in all the council meetings. This would also allow any council member who might not be able to physically attend council meetings to log in and participate as well. At the minimum an audio broadcast should be available to all via the web or phone conferencing.

These webcasts and or phone conferences could also be stored for viewing or listening at anytime via the Nibley City webpage or the Nibley City Council BlogSpot I set up (nibleycitycouncil.blogspot.com) for up to a year as an example. All video and audio recordings beyond one year could be stored at city hall indefinitely for anybody to come and download. Currently the only medium for what occurred in city council meetings is a scrubbed and edited version posted days or weeks after the meetings.

We have television channels such as CSPAN that do nothing but broadcast Congressional and Senate meetings. Why can’t a simple webcast or at the minimum a free phone audio conference should be available to all of Nibley’s residents?

To address the rest of the question, it is good to see the email chain being utilized during this election process. I think this is great way to get messages out – I hope it only continues to grow. More and more people are getting their news via electronic means and to only use the newspaper and flyers at Maverick is highly ineffective.

I am not in favor of a trail or bike path system in Nibley.

We are so close to hundreds of miles of beautiful trails and roads in the canyons and mountains surrounding us that we need to take advantage of them.

The biggest issue I see is the rights of the individual property owner. I respect the rights of the property owner and if the property owner does not want a path / trail through their land, then it should not happen – end of discussion! I know there are ways to acquire right of way through private property and do not agree with such pursuits. This is an issue Nibley does not need to tackle.

There is also the big issue of funding to build and maintain the trails. The funding for the trail system would be substantial and I believe the funds would be better served elsewhere.

I think it is great to have bicycle paths marked along existing roads but that is as far as I would take it.

4. Emergency Preparedness: How would you establish/improve Nibley’s ability to deal with disasters of any kind?

This is a great question. What I offer here is only my view and I definitely think there is much more to look into on this issue.

Nibley by itself is limited in its scope to deal with disasters as we are dependent on the county sheriffs department and surrounding municipalities for other emergency services. The basic objectives of response at the local level should be to save lives; prevent an escalation of the emergency; relieve suffering by fulfilling the basic needs for shelter, food, water and medical care; protect property; and facilitate recovery from the emergency. Nibley City has the prime responsibility as the local authority to have a contingency plan to deal with any incident such as an emergency or a disaster event. Nibley City should be constantly involved in disaster management. Management of disasters cannot be an add-on, chaotic set of actions during a disaster. Rather, disaster management should be a clear plan or strategy with constant training in disaster management.

Disaster management must be an essential part of development plans and objectives. I wonder how much this was considered when the decorative island medians were built along 3200 South and 800 West. How during an emergency or disaster situation are emergency vehicles to get past vehicles along the sections of road that have the decorative island medians? There is no room for emergency vehicles to pass in those sections of the road which in itself can create an additional disaster to compound the one being responded to.

5. City beautification: What are your plans to “improve” Nibley City’s visible image? Should this be a function of city government?

I was not aware there was a problem with the visual image of Nibley that needed improving on. I personally do not have any plans to “improve” Nibleys visible image.

If the citizens of Nibley feel that Nibleys image needs to be improved, then open forums seeking the input of as many citizens of Nibley as possible should be held. Only after much consideration and compromise should things proceed. The answer to the second part of the question, I believe that the decision if this should be a function of city government is up to the citizens. The citizens decide if certain things they feel would add benefit to the image of Nibley and can agree on what it should be and how to fund it through due process. Working together with the local government the community can develop a shared vision and agreed upon goals for the visible image improvement of Nibley if so agreed upon.

I do not believe Nibley should divide into districts for voting. I think any citizen in Nibley should be able to vote their conscience regarding any candidate. I think districting would create invisible barriers that would only serve to divide and not unite the community.

What would happen should Nibley be districted and no one want to run for office or only 1 candidate decided to run? The purpose of having choices in the electoral process would be in danger. We need only to look at the districting / re-districting mess that is ongoing with our state to see that this would not be a simple and pain free thing to do. I believe it would be to our community’s detriment if districting should occur here in Nibley.

7. Ordinance dilemmas: It has been mentioned that ordinances should not be created if they are not going to be enforced. What are your suggestions for reviewing, and possibly repealing? Ordinances not currently being enforced? (Examples: weeds, snow removal, animal land use, etc.)

I believe in smaller government not bigger. I feel we have way too many ordinances on the books for Nibley. I think several special sessions of City Council need to be held to review the existing ordinances and repeal the obvious unnecessary ones and determine which ones should be done away with versus maintained. This needs to be done only with community involvement. The council and Mayor themselves should not be the only parties involved in this process. Many open forums need to be held with as much citizen involvement as possible. The ordinances to be reviewed at each forum need to be posted on as many avenues as possible – blogs, email, web pages, face book, webcasts, newspaper etc.

It is interesting to note that the recently passed ordinance of dogs not being allowed to leave deposits in parks and others property – was not a problem in the first place. It was stated that Hyrum has a similar type law and someone mentioned that it would be a good idea for Nibley to have one. Why I ask if there was no problem? Why create more regulations and more complications? The enforcement of said ordinance is a long process. Someone has to complain to the city who can call the Sheriffs department – or a citizen can call the Sheriffs department directly - who then would have to determine the problem (fun job there!) and if needed – issue a citation that then could be reviewed by a Judge who could then issue a judgment or fine.

I feel this is an example of unnecessary government growth when we should be shrinking in nature and scope.

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Mike Smith

I would like Nibley to stay a sleepy bedroom community.

Nibley City needs to have better communication to citizen’s, i.e. email, newsletter, city forum.

When I lived in Logan, my kids and I would ride bikes to the river walk every day. Nice job on Logan’s part. As far as walking trails here, that would involve everyone the trail / path would impact. Their privacy would have to be protected.

4. Emergency Preparedness: How would you establish/improve Nibley’s ability to deal with disasters of any kind?

Set up emergency evacuation routes, gather places for head count, communication signs for every home letting rescuers know if everyone is ok.

5. City beautification: What are your plans to “improve” Nibley City’s visible image? Should this be a function of city government?

Nibley city as a whole should address this issue.

As Nibley grows this needs to be strongly looked at, and if it is something the citizens of Nibley wants, then it is what we do.

7. Ordinance dilemmas: It has been mentioned that ordinances should not be created if they are not going to be enforced. What are your suggestions for reviewing, and possibly repealing, ordinances not currently being enforced? (Examples: weeds, snow removal, animal land use, etc.)

I am a strong believer, for not having laws to tell you to do something. If it needs cutting, cut it; if it needs shoveling, shovel it; if it doesn’t run, get rid of it; if you can’t take care of it, sell it. I understand that there does need to be laws / ordinances, because some people don’t / won’t do things. Maybe there should be an Ordinance Enforcer.

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