A major benefit to living in Dixie is the quality medical services available to residents. You have probably noticed Dixie Regional Medical Center is undergoing some significant changes with the addition of multiple buildings and some internal remodeling at the River Road Campus. Construction will take place over the next two years with completion slated for late 2018. The construction consists of two main components: the Dixie Consolidation/Expansion Project and the Precision Medicine Project. The consolidation project includes the relocation of all acute care services from the 400 East Campus to the River Road Campus along with expansion of key growing areas including inpatient beds, operating rooms, observation beds, and ancillary services. This project will add 400,000 SF to the hospital campus through the addition of a Women and Infants’ tower, an inpatient tower, and diagnostic and treatment expansion. The Precision Medicine Project consists of a new 118,000 SF building on the east side of the campus that will include all cancer services, genomics, and research and development. These projects will enable Intermountain to address the growing needs of the community. Terri Kane and her staff do a great job meeting the needs of the community at Dixie Regional Medical Center.

Plans for the annual Swiss Days Celebration scheduled for September 22th-24th are nearly complete, so mark your calendars and get the family ready for a good time. Swiss Days has experienced continual growth and the City is making additional changes this year to improve services for the venue near Town Hall. Property across the street from Town Hall was recently purchased by the City and the ½ acre site is currently being landscaped and will be used for the vendor booths during Swiss Days. More entertainment options are being planned this year as well.

The City Council will begin the process of reviewing the City General Plan for the South Hills and Downtown areas in July. There have been several well attended planning commission and city council meetings lately concerning proposed development in the South Hills and the impacts to the downtown area. These two areas are connected by the increasing impacts of tourism and recreational use in the South Hills and the resulting impacts to existing downtown commercial uses and adjacent residential neighborhoods. The Santa Clara Valley is at a cross-roads and change is coming. Residents can have a voice in how the change is managed by getting educated and being involved in the General Plan process. Get engaged so you understand land use regulations and the important property rights issues at stake.

A special thank you to Charlie Clayton for his tireless efforts identifying veterans buried in the Santa Clara Cemetery, and putting the American flags at each veteran burial plot over the Memo-rial Day weekend. Work continues on the design of a new Veterans Memorial near the Cemetery and renderings will be available soon for review by the public. Fundraising opportunities are cur-rently available for the memorial. Thanks also to the many volunteer Boy Scout Leaders and Scouts for putting the American flags on neighborhood streets in the City on holidays throughout the year. I particularly enjoy driving through the City on those days. This really is a great place to live.

Have a great summer and stay safe Santa Clara.
Mayor Rick Rosenberg (rickr@racivil.com)