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Far West CRA deal hits obstacles: school district declines participation and retailer insists on anonymity
Summary
Developer and city officials told the CRA on Sept. 18 that design and right‑of‑way work for Far West Landing are advanced but that the Weber County School District has declined to participate in tax‑increment financing and the project’s targeted large retailer will not allow its corporate name to appear in public contract language.
Developer representatives told the Community Reinvestment Agency at its Sept. 18 meeting that site engineering and right-of-way work are advanced but that two issues are creating uncertainty: (1) the Weber County School District has declined to join the list of taxing entities that would share increment revenue, and (2) the large-format retail tenant the project has targeted maintains a corporate policy that prevents naming the company in public contractual language.
Drew Snyder, the project lead, said the development team has completed most civil design work, secured incremental agreements with some property owners and coordinated three calls with the Utah Department of Transportation about intersection improvements. “At this point we’re probably 80 or 90% designed on our civil set,” Snyder said, calling the project “on the 20‑yard…
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