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Show Qx\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\‘ 6 - DECISIVE TIMES - SEPTEMBER 1993 many laws, rules, and regulations today that it is not possible to know many times I’ve seen rainbows do necessary. Currently we are faced with the issue of multiple dwellings on a lot which I am opposed to this, and I know why I live here! basically, but am mindful of the the letter. I realize we need rules to How about you?! need for housing for aged parents, etc. which needs to be worked out. Enforecement should be fair and equal, but court action might be the result for those who refuse to rainbow. As it wrapped around Castle Valley, I thought about the TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATES were contacted by Cris Coffey and asked to respond to these questions: I. What are your priorities for CV comply, as a last resort. in the next four years? If elected, how will you help work on these KEN DROGIN: I .' Priorities: My priority for Castle issues? What do you think will be our most pressing community problems in the next l5-20 years? 2. What qualifies you for the Valley’s future is to maintain a position of Town Council member? 3. What part do you intend to play in resolving conflicts which arise in this diverse community 4. In which area(s) of Town Council responsibility are you most interested in working—water, planning and zoning, clerk/treasurer, roads? 5. Which portions of the CV Zoning Ordinance and/or POA Covenants do you feel most need enforcing, and how do you think they should be enforced? RON DRAKE: feeling of goodwill among neighbors, and a low population density. I believe these two things are the key to a healthy and happy future. 2. Qualifications: I grew up in the city, and l appreciate the open Space and freedom we enjoy here. I have been here long enough to grow 60 foot tall Cottonwood trees. I found out the dreams I had when ling growth will be our challenge. 2. Four years experience on the Town Council, I feel qualifies me for peacefully coexist, but I would like to see as few as possible. The issue I am most concerned about for Castle Valley’s future is low popula— tion density and open space! DONOVAN ROBERTS: I. Priorities for CV in the next four years: Castle Valley is a small community and a young town in its infancy. We are diverse in age groupings, patterns of family organization, faith commitments, and life styles. I cherish the dream that we can live together respecting our differences, cultivate a shared destiny, and celebrate our solidar- 1 adapted to my surroundings. l have been stuck in the mud and the snow, and I am grateful for good neighbors. I have seen how scary ity. In order to do so we need to join in common cause and address several hard issues. I will identify only three; short-range, mid—range, and long-range concerns: A) We must immediately clarify and bring to final resolution the zoning ordinance that establishes a limit of fire can be in Castle Valley. I have one residential dwelling per five survived numerous grasshopper plagues. I placed my house in the acre parcel. 1 am in favor of maintaining this restriction. The geology of the valley and the quality of life we seek by deciding to make our home here commends this limita- I moved here were impractical, and path of flash floods, but I success- I. I have no particular priorities except to keep Castle Valley a desirable place to live and handle situations as they arise. I think in years to come we will feel pressure to allow smaller lot sizes. Control- all the rules, let alone follow each to fully built a berm to divert the water. I built a pond in a wash, and watched it fill up with mud in a few minutes. I was bitten by a muskrat while pulling apart a beaver dam in the irrigation ditch, but I am more careful now. I have seen sinkholes gobble up many cubic yards of dirt, and I have plugged these holes. I tion as one of utmost significance. B) Do we need to consider restric- tions on the size of homes and outbuildings per five acre parcel? As it stands, I am well within my rights to construct a home or barn the size of a Motel Super 8. Should I choose to do so, would you happily another term. I have also served on the POA Board and committees and have been involved in local govern- have seen how miserable life can be when people feud and do not communicate; l have seen how steps to protect our sub—surface ment since the formation of the POA in 1978. inspiring life can be when we work together. 3. Resolving conflicts: l have found that we have many more common ground water supply from contamination and depletion. This includes a close look at how adjacent state lands may in the future be con— verted into parcels for residential development. 3. Try to understand both sides of a conflict, listen to concerns and desires, and vote for the majority even if l don’t agree sometimes. 4. Thanks to dedicated efforts from many individuals, Castle Valley Drive has been dedicated to the county and is now paved. As a member of the Road Committee, I know that many of the side roads need attention to make life easier for those living on these streets, especially during spring run-off. 5. Idon‘t like having a lot of ordinances, but sometimes they are interests than we have conflicts, and that our biggest conflicts have arisen over misunderstandings. I will work to resolve conflicts by trying to communicate with people on both sides of an issue, and find be my neighbor? C) We must take 2. Qualifications: As a University Chaplain at Boston University and later as Director of the Center for Religion and Life at the University of common ground. Nevada-Reno, I was accountable to 4. Town Council work: If elected to the town council, 1 would like to help continue John Croo’s excellent work on water issues. 5. Enforcement: There are so the Presidents and University Trustees for program development, definition and supervision of budgets, and professional staff coordination. l have been an active |
