FarmingtonProjects and policy tracker
Development, roads, public projects and policy proposals before Farmington’s Planning Commission and City Council, with every hearing and vote. 4 are still being decided.
At a glance
Farmington tracks 5 projects through its Planning Commission and City Council.
By where they stand: in review (3), tabled (1), and approved (1).
By type: public project (2), subdivision (2), and development agreement (1).
Public project
In review
Farmington is looking at hiring American Ramp Company to both design and build an All Wheels Park, a facility for skateboards, scooters, bikes and similar wheeled sports. The Oct. 20 agenda lists the agreement as a business item but gives no price, site, funding source or design. Under a design-build contract one company handles both jobs, so the contract itself would settle the cost and scope. The agenda does not show how the council voted, and the meeting's minutes will not be approved until the council's next meeting.
Status supported by the dated project source, Tue, Oct 20. See the project updates.
Subdivision
In review
The Oct. 20 council agenda lists three linked requests for a development called Phoenix Way: a schematic subdivision plan (the first look at lot layout), a preliminary planned unit development (a PUD trades flexible lot rules for a negotiated site plan) and a development agreement. The agenda does not give an address, acreage, number of homes or applicant, and the packet is not posted with it, so those details are unconfirmed. Approving a schematic plan does not authorize construction.
Status supported by the dated project source, Tue, Oct 20. See the project updates.
Subdivision
In review
Approx. 1771 W 950 N
Garbett Homes is asking Farmington for three approvals for townhomes near 1771 West 950 North: a schematic subdivision plan, an amendment to the project master plan that governs the larger area, and a development agreement. The Oct. 20 agenda lists them as business items without unit counts, layout or the specific changes to the master plan, and the packet is not posted with the notice. The council's decision is not yet in a posted record.
Status supported by the dated project source, Tue, Oct 20. See the project updates.
Public project
Tabled
1384 S Frontage Rd, Farmington
The Utah Department of Transportation wants two city-owned parcels in Farmington for the I-15 widening: parcel 2885, where the city has a skate park and a field, and parcel 2885B, which covers easements. The proposed price for parcel 2885 is $1,734,300 plus a $1,500 timeliness incentive, with UDOT's estimated cost to rebuild the park features at $1,527,873, and a UDOT surplus public works yard valued at $415,000 credited against the price. The easements are listed at $16,400 in the staff memo and $19,400 in the contract, and the materials do not fully reconcile on what the city nets. On Oct. 6 the council voted 5-0 to table the contracts because items remained to be worked out. They returned on the Oct. 20 agenda, and no result is in the records yet.
Last action: Tabled by the City Council, Tue, Oct 6
Development agreement
Approved
Approx. 2150 W 450 N · 7 acres
Farmington Meadows is a subdivision near the new West Davis Corridor whose open space was set aside under a conservation easement so the neighborhood could be clustered and gain extra lots. The owner of a roughly 7-acre piece of that open space keeps cattle there and wants to build a hay barn, and it was unclear whether the original easement allowed one. After a hearing at which nobody spoke, the council voted 5-0 on Oct. 6 to approve a second amendment. It says the change fits the easement's existing terms and clarifies that the owner may build a structure supporting the existing uses. The city also owns a 15-foot strip around the property, held for a future trail, which the owner crosses to move hay and cattle. Council members asked staff to sort out that access but said they did not want to give up the trail strip, and no access easement was approved.
Status supported by the dated project source, Tue, Oct 6. See the project updates.