I'm very concerned that Layton City's long-term vision does not seem to include keeping our century farms around. In a picture provided by the city, included in the referendum packet, I noticed there are roads and buildings drawn right over the top of Day Farms u-pick and pumpkin patch fields. We do not need another apartment building, grocery store, gas station, restaurant or doughnut shop in Layton. We have plenty.
What our city needs, is to preserve our local farms. Once they are gone, we can never bring them back.
Layton City said that one of the amenities in the West Layton Village Center could be a farmers' market. I guess we don't need our farms … we can truck produce in once they are gone.
We have too much to lose by allowing Layton City to experiment with this new urban zone in the middle of our choice farming area.
Sean Tuckett
Layton