FARMINGTON -- Developers involved in plans to build a $36 million transit oriented development adjacent to Station Park are already crying foul about possible assistance from Davis County for a similar project in Centerville.
They see nothing neighborly about county support for Legacy Crossing and they called for a meeting of developers, county commissioners, county economic development officials and members of the city council to air their concerns.
The Davis County Commission recently approved a move to forfeit 30 percent of its property tax for the next 15 years as a means to support development of Legacy Crossing, a mixed-use project on 28 acres in Centerville, west of Interstate 15. The project could include high-end apartments and office and retail space, including a 14-screen theater.
"It puts us at a competitive disadvantage," Ernest Willmore of Willmore Development said of county support for the Centerville project. Willmore Development has plans to build Park Lane Village, a 324-unit apartment complex on 17 acres of the 33-acre Park Lane Commons proposal.
Rich Haws of The Haws Companies, which is spearheading the Park Lane Commons project, suggested county support for the Centerville project creates a difficult environment for his project in Farmington. He called Commission Louenda Downs to echo his concerns.
"It's bad for Farmington and it's bad for the county," Haws said.
David Petersen, Farmington's director of community developer, has been asked to set up a meeting between county and city officials.
The Centerville Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing on a possible rezone in the Legacy Crossing area at 7 p.m. June 23 at city hall, 250 N. Main St.
A public notice of the hearing was included in packet materials for city council members for a recent meeting.
Farmington's transit- oriented development plan comes in the same region of the city on the west side of the intersection of I-15, Legacy Parkway and U.S. Highway 89, where a $250 million project initiated by CenterCal Properties, LLC, is expected to break ground later this year.
It is also the same region where the city has initiated work on a "road to the north" which is expected to cost as much as $7.8 million.
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