Farmington City Council meet last night (9/18/07). On the agenda was to hear Tim Taylor's report. Tim Taylor was hired by Farmington City to review UDOT's Legacy Connector proposal. The major topics of discussion were the Park Lane interchange, alignment of Legacy Connector, and a new I-15 interchange at Shepards Lane. Here are two of his recommendations (wording taken directly from the formal report):

"Based on the lack of technical information provided in the UDOT Corridor Preservation study, we recommend that the City wait to consider UDOT’s request to amend the Master Transportation Plan to include a preservation corridor until UDOT completes an Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)."

"We recommend that the City consider an amendment to the Master Transportation Plan to remove this alignment option. This recommendation should be considered in conjunction with the recommendations in Appendix F related to a local access interchange at I-15/ Shepard Lane."

After listening to the discussion by City Council members and Planning Commissioners there was a consensus to deny UDOT's request to amend Farmington's transportation master plan for option 3. The sentiment was expressed by the Mayor as well as Planning Commissioners that more information is needed to make a decision. Either a Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) needs to be performed to provided the information Farmington City needs to decide on the alignment of the Legacy connector.

No vote was taken as the Planning Commission still has to make a formal recommendation to the City Council. The Planning Commission will formally make the decision on what to recommend to the City Council at the September 27th meeting. Notices will be sent to west Farmington Residents of the public meeting and public hearing. Since the Planning Commissioners are anticipated to deny the request little public comment should be expected unless someone is in favor of UDOT's proposal.

The City Council is planning on making their decision on UDOT's application at the October 2, 2007 meeting.