Planning Commission keeps annexation plan map after Santa Clara comment; second hearing scheduled

The Ivins City Planning Commission received an update on the city’s annexation policy plan at its March 4 meeting and did not change the plan after a comment from Santa Clara referencing a 1996 interlocal agreement.

Mr. Haycock, a city staff member, told commissioners that Santa Clara had submitted a comment during the 10-day curing period after the initial public hearing. The Santa Clara comment noted a 1996 agreement that, according to staff, addressed certain areas south of Highway 91 and included commitments about not objecting to annexations in some locations. "It really doesn't impact what you're doing now with the annexation plan," Mr. Haycock told the commission, adding that the agreement does not prohibit Ivins from identifying land in its annexation plan and that there was no pending annexation application, nor had staff analyzed the agreement’s enforceability.

Commissioner Robinson asked whether a small area previously discussed would remain in Ivins’ annexation map; staff confirmed the map would remain as the commission previously requested. Commissioners discussed that the plan will remain as drafted and that staff would disclose Santa Clara’s curing-period comments when the plan returns for the required second public hearing. Mr. Haycock said the second public hearing required by state law will be scheduled in two weeks.