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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_February 2013February 2013 Upcoming Events City Council Meeting February 6 & 20 at 7:00 pm Rexburg City Hall Reminder: As of December 15 it is prohibited to park on city streets from 2 am to 7 am until March 1st Upper Valley Idol starts February 16th see back for more details Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra Concert March 6th 7:30pm Happy Valentine’s Day City offices will be closed February 18 for President’s Day Community Update Mayors Message: The days are getting longer. I do relish the thought of more sunshine and hope we get enough snow in the mountains for the coming water season. I really don’t care if we get snow here in the City of Rexburg; in fact I think we could do quite nicely without snow on our city streets. I have heard the usual com- plaints about our streets this winter and am often dismayed at the comments we receive. The streets in Rexburg are cleaner than those in Idaho Falls. Idaho Falls does not plow residential streets but we do. I recently traveled to Idaho Falls for meetings and was pleasantly surprised to see that our streets were bet- ter. Even Hitt Road had more of an accumulation of hard and packed ice than our Yellowstone highway or any of our arterials and even our residential streets. The cost for plowing our streets is at least five thousand dollars for each event. The streets are plowed when the snow reaches a depth of two inches and some- times we start before when more snow is on the way. It takes nine hours to clear our streets. If it continues to snow, we continue to plow and often con- tract outside equipment to come in to stay ahead of the downfall. We are colder than Idaho Falls and receive more snowfall as well. It seems like there is not that much of a difference in the two areas, however, it has a great effect on the condition of our roads. I want to commend our city road and street crew for the great work that they do. I want them to know that most of the city’s residents understand and ap- preciate their efforts. We live in a great city. If things such as our streets are less than ideal, it is because of conditions beyond our control. We try to plow the streets during the safest time for the public which is in the middle of the night. If you hear or are awakened in the early morning hours by the sounds of the snow removal crews just rollover and say a prayer of thanks for the men who have left their warm beds and homes in an attempt to make our streets safer for us as we travel to school and to work. Thanks to you all. -Richard S. Woodland All performances start at 7:00 pm Youth Performance February 16th Junior Performances February 22nd March 1st And Finals March 15th Senior Performances February 23rd March 2nd And Finals March 16th Tickets are available on the Arts Council Website: www.romancetheater.org and on our website: www.rexburg.org Page 2 February 2013 35 N 1st E Rexburg, Idaho 83440 208.359.3020 / fax 208.359.3022 customerservices@rexburg.org Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm To Whom It May Concern: Any person, firm, or corporation possessing property within the City of Rexburg bears the responsibility for keeping the sidewalks adjacent to said property safe and traversable. Required maintenance includes but is not limited to snow and ice removal. After being cleared from side- walks, driveways, parking lots, and other private land, snow should be stored on the property. Snow removed from sidewalks, driveways, park- ing lots, and other private land cannot be pushed across or into public streets. State criminal law prohibits any obstruction of the public roads, streets, or highways. If a property owner fails to remove snow and ice from a sidewalk adjacent to his or her property within twenty-four hours of notification by the City of Rexburg, the City has the right to remove the snow at the owner’s ex- pense, and the owner will be responsible for pay- ing a snow removal fee. (See Ordinance 1019 Art. I § A-C; Ordinance 1019 Art. III § A). The Rexburg Development Code requires every parking lot with more than four parking spaces to set aside the equivalent of 10% of the parking area for landscaping and snow storage. (Ordinance 1026 § 5.5[A][9]). Every property owner, however, should plan for and expect the responsibility of storing snow. Thank you for improving the safety of our city by complying with the snow removal laws. Sincerely, City of Rexburg The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra is preparing for their Winter Concert, Wed. March 6, 7:30 pm. This will be the first pro- gram for the interim conductor, Darrell Brown, to conduct. He is taking the position while Dr. Kevin Call and his wife serve an LDS mission in Canada. Brown is a full-time faculty member in the BYU-I Music Department, where he instructs students, directs ensembles, and teaches composition classes. Previous to his move to Rexburg, he has taught and con- ducted in Corpus Christi Texas, in Provo Utah, and in Camelot Schools in Kwekwe, Zim- babwe. His wife, Robyn, along with principal cellist, James Gordon, will be performing Concerto for Two Cellos by Vivaldi. Also featured in this concert will be Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral". This is a free concert and is sponsored by the City of Rexburg and the Rexburg Arts Council.