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Nate Martinez, Comcast’s local government affairs manager, and Justin Canning, Comcast construction manager, explained the company’s planned build — a mostly underground fiber system with an estimated 60,000 feet of cable in town and an aerial fraction where pole access is available. Martinez said Comcast’s goal is to bring “a cable television system capable of high-speed broadband Internet to your town” and that the company intends to work with the town on permits, locates and project timing.

Councilors pressed Comcast for a commitment to provide service to four remote homes east of town that currently lack nearby utility lines. Comcast said those properties are included in the proposed build map shown to the council and agreed to include the map as an exhibit to the franchise agreement.

Town legal counsel and Comcast’s negotiators also agreed language about build timing and easement difficulties: Comcast provided draft language allowing up to one additional year if, despite commercially reasonable efforts, the company cannot obtain necessary easements or permits for particular portions of the required service area. Under the council’s resolution, Comcast will have 30 days to accept the final language. If Comcast does not execute the revised agreement within that period, the authorization lapses.

The council approved Resolution R2025-16 authorizing execution of the franchise agreement (motion recorded; seconded and passed). Vote tally recorded in the meeting: RL — yes; Tyler — yes; Michael — yes; Richard — yes; Holly — yes.

Comcast said it expects construction to take several months once permits are secured and that the company will work with town staff to coordinate inspections, pole applications and public-works scheduling to minimize disruption. The company drew a tentative timeline during its presentation and said it would provide engineering exhibits and a construction manager to coordinate on-ground work once the agreement is finalized.

Ending: Comcast and the town agreed to exchange a final redline of the franchise document and the company was given 30 days to sign; the council approved the resolution authorizing final execution contingent on that step.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Session - TC 25-09-17 Audio","oneSentenceSummary","Council authorized a franchise agreement with Comcast to bring fiber-based broadband to Fairfield and approved a resolution that gives Comcast 30 days to accept revised language clarifying required service and build commitments.","taxTitle","Fairfield, Utah County, Utah","taxId",79989,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455689,"Fairfield council splits on airport overlay; asks state for clarifications on easements and boundaries",4869,9501000,14370000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5782366-104e8dc12a23afbe20bb618c4f6684a0&start=9501&end=14370","/articles/6455689/Utah/Fairfield-council-splits-on-airport-overlay-asks-state-for-clarifications-on-easements-and-boundaries","Fairfield’s Town Council spent more than an hour debating whether to adopt an airport overlay and the map that would trigger special land-use and easement requirements around the West Desert Airpark.

Several council members said the state and the airport — not the town — should drive the overlay process and pay for any easement acquisitions the sponsor must obtain under its grant agreement. Others said state law (cited by town counsel) requires municipalities to adopt an overlay and that the council must act so development applications inside the “influence area” trigger the statutory easement and notice provisions.

Mayor McKinney and council members said they were concerned about the overlay’s real-world impact. If the town adopted a larger, more restrictive overlay, it could force the airport sponsor to offer aviation easements to nearby property owners — including large operations such as landfills and an adjacent industrial park — after those properties had been developed. Councilors said that outcome could impose substantial costs and legal conflict for people who have already invested under the town’s existing development rules.

Town Attorney Todd Sheeran told the council the applicable statute requires a municipal overlay related to airport-influence areas and explained the overlay triggers a developer’s obligation to offer an avigation easement to the airport owner at fair market value as a condition of plat or building permit approvals. Several council members asked staff to request clearer guidance from the state on the statute’s technical details, including the precise method for measuring the influence area and how the statute’s protection triggers apply to previously developed land.

The council discussed the state grant signed by the airport sponsor — the grant language directs the sponsor to acquire rights or adopt zoning that protects the runway approaches. Several councilors said the state should be accountable for ensuring the sponsor fulfills those terms because the state awarded the grant that funded the runway extension.

No new overlay map was adopted Wednesday. Instead councilors asked staff to contact state aviation officials to clarify which set of technical criteria the town should use and scheduled follow-up work so planning commission and council can consider the clarified information. Council members chose to continue the topic at a later meeting and asked planning staff and counsel to bring back a clear, defensible recommendation supported by state guidance or definitive engineering analysis.

Ending: The council paused the overlay effort pending additional state guidance and asked staff to convene planning commission and the airline/airport stakeholders for a clear technical recommendation.","Councilors debated whether to adopt an airport-overlay map now or require the airport sponsor and the state to produce the official overlay and associated easement documentation. Members asked staff to seek state guidance and to continue discussion at a follow-up meeting.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455694,"Fairfield council delays final industrial-park deal, adopts updated water rules",5420,191000,5611000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5782366-104e8dc12a23afbe20bb618c4f6684a0&start=191&end=5611","/articles/6455694/Utah/Fairfield-council-delays-final-industrial-park-deal-adopts-updated-water-rules","The Fairfield Town Council voted Wednesday to adopt an updated town water ordinance and to delay final approval of the Fairfield Industrial Park development agreement so attorneys could finish drafting changes the council discussed.

The council approved ordinance 2025-15, revising water regulations and setting a baseline volume of 0.9 acre-feet of culinary water per lot for commercial and light-industrial parcels in the town’s new industrial park. The measure passed on a voice vote recorded as: RL — yes; Tyler — yes; Michael — yes; Richard — yes; Holly — yes.

The ordinance change follows a lengthy presentation by developer representatives and planning staff on water banking, phased delivery, monitoring and other protections the town would require before lots are sold or building permits issued. Planning staff described three tools built into the development plan and the draft agreement: a water bank that the developer would seed with an initial quantity, phased water delivery tied to buildout, and a post-construction usage study so the town can adjust requirements for later phases.

Wayne Taylor, who presented planning updates to the council, said the design of the development agreement and ordinance allows a phased approach: \"we moved the ordinance forward in that manner.\" Developer representatives told the council they expected an initial deposit of water rights for the project and proposed guardrails so the developer can adjust inventories as lots sell. One development speaker told council, \"we're not gonna have 47 buildings all of a sudden go up overnight,\" describing a phased lot-sale plan and on-site well/well-house arrangements.

Speakers at the meeting pressed several operational details. Council members and staff discussed a 10-acre-foot “water bank” concept, a trigger to replenish that bank if it dropped to 5 acre-feet, and the town engineer or a mutually agreed consultant to validate metering and use. Staff said transfers of additional water rights from the state can take months; Planning staff reported the state sometimes estimates up to eight months for a rights transfer. The developer reported it had demonstrated 45 acre-feet of water as part of the project’s preliminary plat.

Council members also considered how to handle special uses in the industrial park. The developer asked for a permanent allowance for a lightweight crane use and proposed a 50-foot height limit for permanent cranes; council members asked for more specific language limiting the number of permanent cranes and clarifying when temporary construction cranes would not count as a permanent use. Town legal counsel and staff agreed to draft specific special-use standards and include them in the development agreement or the association’s CC&Rs, with the council to review final wording.

After extended discussion the council agreed to let town and developer attorneys finalize draft language on water easements, crane rules, setbacks and final plat requirements and to return an edited agreement to the council next week for final action. The council’s motion to adopt the water ordinance explicitly left a mechanism for later adjustment: the ordinance allows the town council, by resolution and with engineering evidence, to revise the volumes if monitoring and regional studies warrant it.

The council’s staff and the developer also discussed fire-protection requirements, meter sizing for high-demand uses, pump-house footprints and road-setback/easement tradeoffs. Staff said building permit-level reviews will require site-specific engineering that may trigger additional water requirements for any user whose predicted use exceeds the developer-supplied allotment. Council members repeatedly emphasized the town needs measurable usage data after the first phase so later phases can be adjusted.

The council did not adopt the development agreement on Wednesday. Instead members directed legal counsel to finalize the edits agreed in the meeting and bring a redlined draft back for a final vote at the next council meeting.

Ending: Council direction left a clear sequence: (1) attorneys will revise the development agreement to incorporate the water-banking, special-use and setback language discussed; (2) staff will continue to refine the water-easement and metering language to make sure building permits cannot be issued without required water in place; and (3) council will reconsider the final agreement and recorded plat at its next meeting.","Council agreed to a revised water ordinance setting 0.9 acre-feet as the baseline water requirement for commercial and light-industrial lots and postponed final approval of the Fairfield Industrial Park development agreement to allow attorneys to finish agreed edits.","actionData","errors"]

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