"The question is will the cities and the county come together and present a united front to the Legislature or will all the various interested parties just go up and fight for what they want?" Corroon said. "I'm sure some of the cities would like to annex parts of the unincorporated county. That's what we'll have to figure out whether we can work together on something or go up there and fight for our own interests."

Jill Remington Love, chairwoman of the Salt Lake City Council, said she believes the county's survey will be beneficial in identifying challenges that may lie ahead for possible annexation but did not completely rule out an attempt by the city to annex parts of Millcreek in the future.

"If we thought it was worth a conversation, I don't think we'd be so discouraged (by the poll results) that we wouldn't go ahead with a conversation and try to educate folks about the benefits of being part of a city," Remington Love said. "Ultimately the residents have the say. If they don't want to become part of the city, then they don't."

Then the question is whether the Legislature will even listen.

Several people who responded to the survey said, "I don't know why I'm filling out this survey, the Legislature is just going to do what it wants to do anyway," said Janice Houston, a senior policy analyst at the U.'s Center for Public Policy and Administration.

"There is a real distrust in the legislative process among these folks."

Sen. Mike Waddoups, R-West Jordan, said the Legislature will listen.

"We're elected to represent the people," Waddoups said. "I definitely want to hear both the results and how the people react to them. ... We want to do what's best for the people living within the townships."

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Contributing: Jared Page.

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