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Daggett County holds public hearing on vacating Manila right of way for proposed health clinic
Summary
The Daggett County Commission opened a public hearing to receive comments on permanently vacating a recorded right of way in the town of Manila so the county can create a parcel for a proposed 18,000-square-foot health clinic. Tri County Health voiced support; no formal vote was taken and the hearing was adjourned.
A Daggett County Commission member opened a public hearing to receive public comment on permanently vacating a recorded right of way in the town of Manila so the county can create a parcel for a proposed new health clinic.
The hearing, held as part of the commission's meeting, focused on a right of way shown on the original plat for the town of Manila that would have run west from First West to Second West through the park. County staff said the town has already transferred ownership of that right of way to the county, and the public hearing was to take comment on vacating it so the county can parcel the land and convey it to the clinic developer or operator.
County staff explained the property-transfer and funding rationale for the request. A county staff member said the transfer to county ownership has already occurred and that the county plans to parcel the property and transfer it through the local mechanism referenced in the meeting (referred to in the record as “MBA”/“NBA”) in order to avoid reducing federal PILT payments that are tied to mineral lease receipts. “It has to do with mineral lease funds and our ability to maintain our pilt,” the staff member said.
A representative of Tri County Health spoke in support. “support the we support the clinic. We have that on the record,” the Tri County Health representative said. Tri County Health also asked about the project timeline.
County staff gave a construction timeline: final plans are under review by the county building inspector, and the county expects to post bid documents in the weeks before a planned bid opening and contractor selection on April 22; if a contractor mobilizes promptly, staff said the county is hoping to break ground in May. “We're hoping May, I think, sometime in May to break ground,” a county official said. The staff member described the project as an approximately 18,000-square-foot building for Daggett County that will include space for the clinic as well as offices, a conference room, an exercise/physical-therapy space, and future space for dental and optometry services and a pharmacy.
No formal motion or vote on vacating the right of way was recorded during the hearing. The commission adjourned the public hearing by acclamation at 9:33 a.m. The next procedural steps described on the record are completion of any adjustments from the building inspector's review, advertising the project for bid, selection of a contractor, and then mobilization to begin construction.
Background and next steps: the transfer of the town-recorded right of way to county ownership was described on the record as already completed; the public hearing was limited to receiving comment on permanently vacating the right of way to allow parcel creation. The county described a funding concern tied to the use of mineral lease funds and potential effects on PILT (payments in lieu of taxes) if certain funds are used; details about the specific transfer mechanism referenced on the record (variously called “MBA” or “NBA”) were not further defined in the hearing record.
No additional public commenters were recorded on the transcript and no formal decision to vacate the right of way was made at the hearing.
