The Annual Farr West City Easter Egg Hunt will be held SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at Mt. View Park located at 1500 N 1700 West. The Easter Egg hunt is open to Farr West Residents ages 0-12. Please bring your own basket. (In case of inclement weather, the Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Farr West Rec. Center.) Please call (801) 731-4187 with any questions.
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Farr West is currently seeking volunteers to help with the Annual Farr West Freedom Festival! The Festival will be held on Tuesday, July 4th with several activities occurring the week preceding the 4th. Some activities require advanced planning, if you are interested in helping with our 4th of July please call Councilman Boyd Ferrin @ the City Office @ (801) 731-4187 right away! Farr West City truly appreciates all the community involvement in the 4th of July festivities. We have a lot of fun activities planned for the week of the 4th of July capped off with an evening of fantastic fireworks. Farr West City is always striving to better our celebration and would appreciate any corporate or private sponsor to help increase our wonderful fireworks display. If you’re interested in donating, please contact Andrea or Lindsay at the City Office @ (801) 731-4187. A big thank you to all our past donors!
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Sign-ups for T-Ball, Softball and Baseball will be held March 1st - April 1st . Sign-ups are for children in K-9th
grades.
Prices are as follows: K, 1st & 2nd grades - $45.00 (includes jersey) 3rd through 9th - $50.00 (does not include jersey) Fee does not include pictures.
Watch for sign-up info for Flag Football in the next newsletter and online at www.farrwestcity.net/recreation
Questions? Contact the Rec Center at (801) 409-0077
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! ! ! ! The Rec. Center SUMMER hours begin JUNE 1, 2017 and are as follows: Mon -Thurs 5:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fri - 5:30 am-10:00 am & 4:00 pm-7:00 pm Saturday 9 am-Noon and Sunday - CLOSED
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From Councilman Phippen: Grants: • Another Major RAMP grant for > $320,600.00 was granted for Smith Family Park (pending County Commission) • 3 EZ RAMP Grants will be submitted in April (share ideas) Trails: • Farr West Active Transportation Plan getting traction thanks to feedback from the Open House in Dec. We will form committee to plan & coordinate city/region wide interconnecting pathways. • Proposed path from Smith Family Park to the Rail Trail which will contain a bike lane and human/equestrian friendly pathway. This will run past the north end of Remuda and enable citizens to safely get to & from the park.
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Parks Committee Representative: • Bids were awarded for $461,142.04 to complete some major items in SFP including: roads, parking & trails. These items are scheduled to be completed by the end of May 2017. • Plans for phase III are well under way. Look for Major Construction activities this spring & summer. • 2018 Freedom Festival will be held at SFP with fireworks over the pond.
Web Interface/Social Media: • Our website farrwestcity.org, Facebook, & Twitter continue to be one of our most effective communication tools
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From Councilman Gwynn: With the most recent storm water and sewer infiltration events on the north end of the city as well as in neighborhoods in the center of the city we have learned about the power and effectiveness of volunteerism and community involvement in helping our neighbors. To all of those who helped - thank you. If you would like to learn more about how you can contribute more to Farr West during an emergency or crisis please consider becoming a member of the Farr West Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Please call Vicki Ross at 801-686-5128 for more information. In response to these events the Planning Commission and City Council are currently working on city code amendments and an additional chapter to the city code to resolve the illegal sump pump installations, as well as develop language that will dictate if and when the city's Emergency Response Plan will automatically be activated and who activates it.
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From Councilman Jay: Spring is not quite here yet, but it is only a few weeks away. It is not too early to take a look around our yards and open areas, especially those visible from the street, and see what needs to be cleaned up. We can all work together to make Farr West as beautiful as possible.
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From Councilman Ferrin: With all the water this year mosquitos could be an issue. The WMAD is preparing and is ready to fight this war on our pesky little friends. Please visit the website at www.webermosquito.com for information about what you can do to help prevent mosquitos.
Road projects for the year have been sent out to bid, as we get ready to start those projects will we post on Facebook of any road closures or detours.
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From Mayor Dickemore: I would like to thank our Public Works employees (Nate, Dave, Robbie and Matt) for all of their hard work in snow removal, flooding and laying pipe this winter. Another thank you to Randy Marriott Construction for their help in laying the pipe during our flooding emergency and Commissioner Kerry Gibson for his aid in cutting 4000 North during this same time. We appreciate the residents for attending our open house in December and their input they provided on the direction of the city.
