Slaterville planning commission reviews proposed annexation expansion as residents warn of traffic, sewer and growth pressures

Slaterville planning staff presented a proposed update to the city’s annexation expansion plan and described two optional areas under consideration: a blue area of about 236 acres and a red area that adds roughly 82 acres, which staff said would include about 16 additional residential improved properties in the red area. City staff emphasized the city would use existing or new special service districts and city funding to provide municipal services and would require that development generate sufficient fees or taxes to avoid leaving the city financially “upside down.”

The presentation drew more than an hour of public comment and questions from residents, who repeatedly urged the commission not to approve or facilitate large-scale development until roads, sewer, water and pedestrian protections are in place. "Until we have an infrastructure to support a project like this, it should not ever ever happen," Christine Grama told the commission, adding,…