Thank you to all of you who spent so much time and effort in supporting candidates for Farmington City Council. Congratulations to Cory Ritz! Also, Carmen and Joel ran very good campaigns and deserve our appreciation for all of their efforts.

Our work as citizens is not completed. We need to stay active to ensure our voices are heard. Our efforts were a major contributing factor to denying UDOT's request to divide our city with another freeway. This issue is not over. I am confident that it will surface again.

Development issues will continue and will have a major impact on our city for many years to come. With Cory's election to City Council there should be two seats available on the Planning Commission. The Mayor has requested that individuals interested in applying for these appointed positions should notify him in writing. Let's get someone to step up and volunteer to fill at least one of these important positions.

Our efforts also resulted in one of the current city council members stating that a park in west Farmington is one of his top priorities. Let's remind him to keep his promises.

Once again, thanks to all who gave of their time, energy, and resources.

Roger Eggett
www.farmingtoncitizens.org

Thank you everyone who attended the Farmington Citizens planning meeting last Thursday night. The discussion was lively and entertaining. We were able to zero in on a plan for the Farmington Citizens Committee to help Joel, Cory, and Carmen get elected on November 6th. The plan involves signs, flyers, hitting the streets, and a good ol' fashioned "meet the candidates" party.

Now that a plan is in place a critical piece of the pie is missing, money. This community effort needs a contribution from you. Here is how you can donate. Just reply to this message with your information:

1) Your Name
2) Address
3) Phone number

Someone will come by to pick up your donation. Checks can be made out to "Farmington Citizens". Cash donations can be made as well.

The results of the primary election made it real that Joel, Cory, and Carmen can be elected to the City Council. There is just 4 weeks left until the General Election. The outcome of this election will materially shape our community. The newly elected City Council will decide major Farmington issues. The majority of these issues will be focused west of I-15.

Many of you have expressed a desire to help in this community effort even though you could not attend citizen meetings. Now is the time to help.

Reply to this message. Let's get Joel, Cory, and Carmen elected.

 

Farmington Citizens Committee
www.farmingtoncitizens.org

First of all congratulations to Joel, Cory, and Carmen for the outstanding success they had in the Primary Election. Check out farmingtoncitizens.org to see a breakdown of the voting data. The FA1 precinct which is the Farmington voters west of I-15. FA1 had a tremendous turnout and because of that Joel, Cory, and Carmen did so well. Thank you for the support.

The next Citizens Committee meeting has been set for October 4th at 8:00PM at Bob Wilkes Barn (1108 South 650 West). Prior to the meeting there will be a work session at 7:00PM for those who want to put together plans for the General Election. These plans will be presented at 8:00PM. Please plan on coming. Visit farmingtoncitizens.org for more information.

UDOT has posted a survey to its website. They are gathering opinions from South Davis County residents about road, rail, and bus projects. The survey is simple so please take a moment and voice your opinion. Please visit farmingtoncitizens.org for the link to the survey.

Lastly farmintoncitizens.com is trying to get an idea how the citizens community feels about the .25% sales tax increase for Davis County transportation projects that will be proposed on the General Election ballot. Visit farmingtoncitizens.org and cast your vote on the right side of the page. You can also post a comment if want to leave your opinion about the proposed tax.

This is a friendly reminder of two pre-election events coming up. Please come we would love to have you there.

1) 8:00PM Tomorrow Night (September 6th) Citizens Meeting at Robert Wilkes Barn (1108 South 650 West, Farmington). During this short meeting we'll be putting the last touches on what we can do to get the candidates elected on September 11th. Please come to help and to meet the candidates.

2) 6:00PM September 10th (night before the election). We'll be meeting in front of Eagle Bay Elementary School. We'll organize to spread out and canvas Farmington neighborhoods to encourage people to vote in the primary election the next day on September 11th.

If you have any questions just hit reply to this email.

See you tomorrow night.

Greetings from the Farmington Citizens Committee (farmingtoncitizens.org),

This is a friendly reminder to attend the Planning Commission public hearing this Thursday August 9th 7:00PM at the Community Center on 120 S. Main. This hearing is for the Planning Commission to consider UDOT's application to amend Farmington's transportation master plan for Option #3 of the North Legacy to Legacy Connector Corridor Preservation Study.

Even though this meeting is a Planning Commission meeting the City Council and the Mayor will be in attendance. There is a very good possibility that many State Legislators, many UDOT representatives, County Commissioners, engineers, and media will be there as well.

Everyone is entitled to 3 minutes of speaking time. Everyone should speak even if the same point has already been made by someone else. UDOT likes to play a numbers game with statistics. UDOT compiles statistics from meeting like these to determine how well their proposals are accepted. The more that speak and the more that speak against the proposal the better. Get your voice heard by speaking.

If you cannot attend the meeting or don't want to speak then please still make the effort to get your opinion heard. Here are your options:

• Have someone speak on your behalf. This gives the spokesperson for 2 or more people 5 minutes of speaking time.
• Drop a letter by the City Offices before 12:00PM. The address is 130 N Main, Farmington, Utah 84025
• Submit your comments by way of the Farmington City website. Here is the link to Farmington City's website contact form.

If you need more detailed information about the Connector issue please visit the "Connector Resource Guide" on our website farmingtoncitizens.org. Here is a direct link to the page: "UDOT North Legacy to Legacy Parkway Connector Resource Guide"

This is a friendly reminder that tonight (August 2nd) is the Farmington Citizens committee meeting. The meeting will be held in the barn of Bob Wilkes (1108 South 650 West) at 8:00PM. Tonight we will be:

• Getting reports on fund raising progress, voter registration progress, and website activity.
• Hearing from our endorsed candidates for City Council: Joel Cook and Carmen Samuelson (Cory Ritz is out of town).
• Discussing the August 9th Planning Commission public hearing for UDOT option #3 proposal.
• Getting the rest of our neighbors registered to vote.

We'll see you there. Oh, and bring a chair and mosquito repellent.

Due to the great work of Irene Snow and Tauna Homer it has been discovered many Farmington Utah residents are not registered to vote. The citizens committee has made it a goal to help all eligible Farmington residents who are not registered to vote get registered by July 19th. July 19th is the date of the next citizens committee meeting (check out the meeting time and location on farmingtoncitizens.org). August 10th is the last day people can register to vote by mail and be able to vote in the September 11th municipal primary.

The Davis County Clerks Office will allow books of voter registration forms to be checked out. With these forms we can help our neighbors get registered to vote. Going from neighbor to neighbor to get them registered is a daunting task for a few. We need more help in getting this task done in 1 week. This is a request for help. Please let us know if you can help. Send an email to admin@farmingtoncitizens.org with your contact information and we'll give you instructions on how to help in this coordinated effort.

This effort has been well organized. We just need more hands (and feet).

If you are interested in seeing who had declared to be a Candidate for the Farmington City Council please visit farmingtoncitizens.org. So far as of today 10 people have filed for the 3 available seats, including two incumbents.

We need your help.