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Council accepts Sapp Brothers’ offer to pay for trail construction if verified, sets $200,000 minimum
Summary
Toquerville council agreed in principle to accept a payment in lieu from Sapp Brothers to build an eight-foot trail along the parkway, contingent on a city verification of the developer’s engineer estimate and a minimum payment of $200,000.
The Toquerville City Council voted Aug. 6 to accept, in principle, a payment in lieu of constructing an eight-foot trail along the parkway from Sapp Brothers, with several conditions: the developer must provide a written cost estimate prepared by a licensed engineer, the city must verify that estimate, and the council set a $200,000 minimum threshold for acceptance.
City staff said the developer — which has constructed an informal borrow ditch along the frontage road — offered to either build the trail or provide a cash payment for the city to construct the trail later. The council discussed trade-offs: building now could be wasted…
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