Responses from Doyle W. Sexton, candidate for Mayor
Changing the zoning ordinances will help improve Ogden, but helping the business man lower his taxes will help bring in more business and be a better change for Ogden.
2. The UTA and the Wasatch Front Regional Council have proposed a streetcar or bus rapid transit system for Ogden, which would connect downtown with WSU and McKay-Dee Hospital via Harrison Blvd. The present administration favors instead a gondola line over a similar route. The administration has also proposed streetcar routes in other parts of Ogden and neighboring cities. What are your views on these competing proposals?
Street cars will help us have cleaner air and if they keep fair prices, then people will use them.
3. If elected, would you favor or oppose the sale of any city-owned open space along the benches for private development? Please explain.
I oppose the sales as I think the houses are high enough on the bench.
4. Should you be elected, do you plan to recommend changes in the way Ogden deals with waste, recyclables, water conservation, and/or protecting our aquifers and watershed areas? If so, what changes will you recommend, and why?
Yes, I will recommend any change that may improve our recyclables and water conservation.
5. The current administration supports rewriting Ogden's Sensitive Area Overlay Zone ordinance in such a way as to eliminate the current ban on construction on land sloped at 30 percent or more, and to increase the density of development that is permitted on other steeply sloped lands. What are your views on these proposed changes?
I favor a law that bans construction on land sloped at 30 percent or more. I am not in favor of increasing the density of any development.
6. Ogden's urban and foothill trails are a valuable recreational asset for residents and an important factor in drawing visitors and businesses to Ogden. If elected, what changes (if any) would you propose to the city's trail system?
I would want to make sure the hiking trails are safe and up to date.
7. Do you favor designating a portion of the National Forest lands above Ogden as federally protected wilderness? Why or why not?
Yes, we need to save more land than we have for our wildlife.
8. The current administration has recently reduced the city's energy and carbon footprint by buying renewable energy credits and hybrid vehicles and by initiating the Fresh Air Fridays program. Do you support these programs? Would you favor expanding them? Why or why not?
Yes, I support those programs and would be in favor of expanding them. This would provide cleaner air and healthier environment.
9. What other environmental issues would you address if elected?
I think environmentally if we can get the street car in and get it working right so it meets our needs and eliminates half the car travel that will help clean the air.