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Roads and water addressed at Fairfield Town Council meeting December 31, 2017, 11:01 amAt their November 9 meeting, Gurney told the town council and the public that there are several property owners in Fairfield whose property either crosses or extends into roads. The mapping project is an effort to get the roads platted so there is formal documentation filed with Utah County showing where the roads are and that they belong to the town. Gurney said the town was asking those property owners to dedicate the portion of their property that crosses or extends into the road to the town for future growth. Some of the property taxes paid by those landowners for those pieces would then be alleviated, he said. There is no obligation for property owners to do so if they prefer not to, Council member Tyler Thomas clarified later. Town Engineer Kent Withers said once the plat maps are recorded with Utah County they will then reassess the new tax description for the property and adjust the parcel lines. At that time, landowners Vern Carson and Carlene Carson signed the Fairfield Road Dedication Plat Maps. Landowner Danny Maltby viewed and discussed the map with the council. Because of complications with the property, he said he would like to further research this issue with the county and would contact Withers to further discuss it. Council members RL Panek and Tyler Thomas said they would contact other landowners who are affected by the road dedication plat map who did not attend the meeting to explain the process and details of the plat map. At the same meeting, Thomas presented a bid for the council to review from Fx Construction to extend the town culinary water line out to the new owners of Terry Messersmith's property. The estimated bid came in at $143,630 without engineering costs. If all five property owners participated in extending the culinary water line it would cost $28,726 per owner, Thomas said. Gurney said it would be beneficial for the town to participate in the costs of this waterline extension because it involves five landowners who would be connecting to the culinary waterline system. If the landowners have to drill their own private wells it hurts the town to not have them hooked onto the system. If the town's participation helps lower the costs for the landowners to participate the town will benefit more in the long run, he said Thomas agreed to schedule a meeting with all landowners who will be involved in the waterline expansion project to further discuss who is interested, details, costs and concerns. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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