Youth City Council Update: Youth City Council is working on the Halloween Trunk or Treat that will be held on Halloween night at 6pm @ on the loop behind City Hall. Please line up your vehicles with trunks towards the curb between 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Trunk or Treating will begin PROMPTLY at 6pm. Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated trunks, so GET FESTIVE!! Also the Youth Council is working on a Veteran's Day Celebration and the Christmas Light Ceremony.
Veteran’s Day Celebration will be held on Friday, November 11th at City Hall. At 8am, a flag raising ceremony will be held with participants from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1481 and music from the Fremont High Concert Band. All Farr West Veterans are encouraged to attend. Breakfast will be served at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Monday, November 28, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall will be our Annual Holiday Lighting Celebration Lighting Celebration. Please join the celebration to kick off the holiday season. Come and enjoy musical selections from Pioneer Elementary, Farr West Elementary and Fremont High School Choirs. Lighting will commence at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments and a visit from Santa Claus to follow.
Approval of Business Licenses was given to: Chill Day Spa & Salon - Toni Moore and Mattress Direct of Ogden - Josh Balin.
Mike Beal thanked those who came out to the Smith Family Park cleanup for JustServe service project and Ken Phippen for organizing that service project.
There has been a lot of speculation on what is going in beside Burger King on 2700 North. The ideas were ranging from a sit down diner to Chick-Fila, but we’ve been told it’s a Dialysis Center.
Reports on projects by City Council: Boyd also reported that the sewer line is being engineered. Ken Phippen and Boyd commented that a telephone pole had to be moved for the road to be installed. Ken Phippen reported on trails and grants for Smith Family Park. Ken updated the council on the City's social media statistics. Ken reported on the service project at the Smith Family Park. Ken updated the council on other options for Fiber and commented that he will get more information.
A special thanks to our amazing C.E.R.T. Council who put on a fantastic event on September 24th. They held an Emergency Preparedness Fair with many vendors and agencies like Weber Fire District and Life Flight putting on demonstrations and providing helpful information for our citizens for times of emergency and disaster. Recently, there was an unprecedented storm here in Northern Utah and many areas were greatly affected. Farr West experience severe rainstorms that filled and overflowed detention, retention basins and homes was being flooded. Farr West City highly appreciates all of our citizens who were willing to get out and help their neighbors to minimize damage.
Gain A Lane project on I-15 update:
The project is currently 82% complete with concrete being placed and cured along a significant portion of the freeway from Willard to Brigham City. In order for the outer auxiliary lanes to be constructed, traffic has been switched onto the new pavement in several areas along the Box Elder construction corridor.
We encourage you to pay particular attention to your following distances throughout the project corridor and to construction vehicles entering and leaving the highway, as traffic often comes to an abrupt slowdown.
The I-15: Box Elder Project is projected to reach substantial completion by November 30, 2016, with additional striping and bonding scheduled to take place in spring 2017.
Farr West – Brigham: Day and nighttime construction activities are expected in all areas. Speed limit: 65 MPH along the construction corridor. Clear, grub, excavation, backfill and barrier. Fencing, sign relocation, paint and tape removal/installation with asphalt and concrete paving. Bridge and utility work continue along the construction corridor, with Intermittent, nighttime, single lane configuration.
I-15: New Traffic Configurations - Traffic Shifts Northbound – Southbound Along the Construction Corridor: In order for the outer auxiliary lanes to be constructed, construction crews have shifted motorists to new concrete pavement in several areas along the corridor.
I-15: Exit 351 - Willard, Pleasant View (Near Smith and Edwards)
Work on I-15 on and off-ramps at Exit 351 are scheduled to continue through late October. Maintenance of Traffic devices, construction personnel and equipment are onsite. Southbound on-ramp traffic has been shifted to the outside of the travel lane. All northbound and southbound ramps continue to remain open.
Single Lane Closures: Bridge and Paving Activities
Crews continue bridge activities, paint/tape installation, concrete paving and shoulder work along the construction corridor through late November 2016. Intermittent, nightly, single lane configurations in 3-mile segments both north and southbound with daytime and nighttime activities. (Sunday – Saturday)
I-15: Farr West to Brigham City - Bridge Work Continues
Bridge work continues along the I-15: Box Elder corridor with day and nighttime activities expected to take place in your area. Motorists and residents may experience an increase in noise, light, dust, vibration, construction personnel, vehicles and machinery in the area.
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Ken Phippen, Farr West City Council
Eagle Scout Project Success!
A few months ago a young scout approached me and asked if I had any ideas on projects for trails and pathways. I told him about our. General Plan which has a section addressing trails and pathways and there may be some ideas there.
He contacted me a few weeks later with a great idea and asked what his next steps would be. I told him that I thought his idea was awesome and fits right into our plans for improving and creating safe pathways throughout Farr West. I asked him to put together a nice presentation to present to the whole city council and that I was confident they would like it, approve it, and provide the necessary support for it (we did).
I've attached a little video of his presentation and the result of the work he and his fellow scouts performed.
THANK YOU AARON !
