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Tooele Council reviews WinCo Foods water‑rights request, agrees to bring corrected resolution to vote
Summary
The Tooele City Council discussed a request from WinCo Foods for 18.45 acre‑feet of water rights tied to a new store and pad sites; councilmembers proposed waiving the store portion (11.83 a.f.) while selling pad‑site water at the city rate and requiring building permits within two years.
Tooele City Council members spent the bulk of their Jan. 7 work meeting reviewing a resolution authorizing a water‑rights allocation for a proposed WinCo Foods development, then directed staff to return a corrected resolution for a business‑meeting vote that evening.
The item, presented by Economic Development Director John Perez, seeks 18.45 acre‑feet of water rights and cites an estimated project capital investment of $67,712,000 and creation of "210 full time jobs, 75 part time jobs," with pro forma sales and sales‑tax estimates included in Exhibits A and B. Perez noted the cost‑benefit analysis is required by UCA §10‑8‑2. "This is a resolution authorizing a water rights allocation for Winco Foods," Perez said when introducing the item.
WinCo representatives described the company’s development approach and rising construction costs. "Number 1, we will build our food store first," said Greg Goins, vice president of real…
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