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Re: [GSL-Marina] CORRECTION URGENT ACTION - Exec Appropriations Committee
by Gerrish 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Well you folks getting into politicking here is something else of interest to anyone with love for the great Salt Lake. Senate Bill 281 would fund a large diversion on the Bear River, further exacerbating low lake levels. Please take the time to look at this Facebook post from Utah Rivers counsel and act accordingly. https://www.facebook.com/UtahRivers/posts/653168464788766 While the effects of this diversion won't be as immediate as dredging, the long-term effects will be much more significant overtime. Gerrish Willis Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 3, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Janet Robins <janet(a)thesafetyconsortium.com> wrote: > > --_000_BY1PR0701MB16093F56F09D22DF84EBD53FAD110BY1PR0701MB1609_ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I don't know what day it is anymore - they meet WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (not= > tonight) > > Janet Robins > The Safety Consortium > 400 W. Lawndale Dr. > Salt Lake City, UT 84115 > > Phone: 801-746-2462 > Fax: 801-803-6266 > > From: Janet Robins > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 3:43 PM > To: gsl-marina(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: URGENT ACTION - Exec Appropriations Committee > > Through the efforts of Dennis Gwyther at the Capitol today we have an updat= > e. > > The Democrats are on board with us - the Republicans are the ones we need t= > o work on. We have people going to the Capitol tomorrow to give them some = > info - and hopeful

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CORRECTION URGENT ACTION - Exec Appropriations Committee
by Janet Robins 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

I don't know what day it is anymore - they meet WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (not tonight) Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266 From: Janet Robins Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 3:43 PM To: gsl-marina(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: URGENT ACTION - Exec Appropriations Committee Through the efforts of Dennis Gwyther at the Capitol today we have an update. The Democrats are on board with us - the Republicans are the ones we need to work on. We have people going to the Capitol tomorrow to give them some info - and hopefully be able to talk to a few and sway them. The Executive Appropriations Committee meets again tonight and tomorrow night - from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Senate Bldg Room 210 (East Building upstairs from the Cafeteria) I NEED EVERYONE THERE BOTH NIGHTS - Bring any other adult you can find - we need to be there in masses (having only a handful of people is going to send the wrong message) - that means you bring your wife, your kids, your neighbors, your employees, any other person that doesn't look like a vagrant you picked up off the street I don't care - I just need that room packed - if we only have a handful of people show up - we are doomed - they need to see our presence Before anyone gives me an excuse why they can't be there - I will be driving back and forth from Roosevelt so I can be there Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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URGENT ACTION - Exec Appropriations Committee
by Janet Robins 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Through the efforts of Dennis Gwyther at the Capitol today we have an update. The Democrats are on board with us - the Republicans are the ones we need to work on. We have people going to the Capitol tomorrow to give them some info - and hopefully be able to talk to a few and sway them. The Executive Appropriations Committee meets again tonight and tomorrow night - from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Senate Bldg Room 210 (East Building upstairs from the Cafeteria) I NEED EVERYONE THERE BOTH NIGHTS - Bring any other adult you can find - we need to be there in masses (having only a handful of people is going to send the wrong message) - that means you bring your wife, your kids, your neighbors, your employees, any other person that doesn't look like a vagrant you picked up off the street I don't care - I just need that room packed - if we only have a handful of people show up - we are doomed - they need to see our presence Before anyone gives me an excuse why they can't be there - I will be driving back and forth from Roosevelt so I can be there Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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Re: [GSL-Marina] Dredging the Great Salt Lake Marina
by Fred Austin 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Mr. Hays, Thank you for your email. I certainly hope you can find the funds necessary to do the right thing, which is to dredge the Great Salt Lake Marina. I also hope that you and your staff have impressed upon the powers that be that the State of Utah has a very large liability exposure relative to providing rescue resources on the Great Salt Lake. Even if the marina is closed, which it seems will be the likely outcome, there will still be many users on the lake. For example, swimmers, rowers, SUP users, swing keel sailboats, dinghy’s, duck hunters, brine shrimpers and the occasional airplane crash that will require rescue resources. Further the Great Salt Lake is in the flight path of commercial and military aircraft. Heaven forbid one of them might crash into the lake, but it is very possible and would require a massive response from the Great Salt Lake Marina (not the Utah Lake Marina). What will be your position when there is a fatality on the lake due to the fact that Utah was unable to provide rescue services because the rescue boat as well as other rescue resources were unable to leave the marina and access the lake. It will happen. I sincerely hope you and your staff have planned for the worst case scenario. It is much more than just sailing on the Great Salt Lake. Fred Austin From: Fred Hayes [mailto:fredhayes@utah.gov] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 1:09 PM To: GSLsailor(a)aol.com; gonzofun.dg(a)gmail.com; natasha.Hardman(a)zionsbancorp.com; fmaustin(a)comcast.net; tsowles(a)fierofp.com; lgoldner(a)sage-env.com; henry.boland(a)gmail.com; jakeut(a)comcast.net; Dennis Hartley Subject: Dredging Hello folks; Over the course of the past week or so, I have heard from each of you about the current situation regarding the dredging of the Great Salt Lake Marina. I wanted to provide you an update on our ongoing efforts. Please understand that we are sympathetic to your concerns and are trying to find resources to address the need. We have continued to work with legislators in an attempt to find additional money to facilitate the dredging of the GSL marina. Whether or not those efforts will bear fruit will play out over the course of the next 10 days as the 2015 Legislature winds to a close. I trust that each of you have visited with you own elected Representatives and Senators in a similar effort. I know that some of you have visited with Governor Gary Herbert's office, as have we, in an effort to gain their support for additional appropriations. I know from my own conversations with Governor Herbert's staff that the Governor is concerned about the situation. Unfortunately, the decision is out of his hands as the Legislature is the body that has the ultimate authority to establish the state's budget. In the event that language in the appropriations bill is not modified to identify funding to go to GSL, the much discussed $1.5M will be used as proscribed in the appropriations bill to dredge the Utah Lake Marina. However, I have our construction and maintenance coordinator, our financial manager, and our senior staff looking at every pot of money that we have access to in an effort to identify funding in our current appropriation that might be redirected to the GSL marina. I am hopeful that these folks will be able to find enough that we can at least do some dredging at GSL to help alleviate some of the low water problems there. With tight budgets, however, coming up with extra cash is a pretty tall order, and the likelihood of finding the full $1.2M is pretty slim. Please continue to work with your legislators. Impressive and amazing things can happen during the waning days of the session. Personal contacts generally work better than group emails. If you are uncertain as to who your elected Senators and Representatives are, you can find that information at www.le.utah.gov Fred -- Fred M. Hayes Director Utah Division of Parks and Recreation 1594 West North Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 801-538-7336 (Office) 801-699-0811 (cell)

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The State can't "Manage One Small Marina", let alone all of the currently Federal Lands
by Janet Robins 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Currently Utah wants to spend MILLIONS of our taxpayer dollars on a lawsuit against the Feds (that our own state legal counsel says is probably non-winnable) to seize control of Federal Lands in Utah. Yet, we all know what happens when the State controls these lands, they CAN'T EVEN MAINTAIN ONE SMALL MARINA. They keep telling us they are "looking" for the money, yet they have no problems wasting millions of dollars on this lawsuit... http://www.sltrib.com/home/2240202-155/rally-at-capitol-blasts-utahs-land-g… Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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Encouraged
by Janet Robins 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

A lot of you saw the "group" letter Fred Hayes sent out today (yes, you all go the same letter) Basically it says they are trying real hard to get the money, but they might not be able to get it all - BS! They have neglected this marina so long, the only thing that will help it and help our boats is to be fully dredged. On the good side - I went to the HB148 Public Lands Rally today - I talked to a lot of people. I approached a lot of duck hunters and got their support. I talked to the Utah Rivers council (that's something we need to address next year). But the thing I was happiest about, was EVERYONE I approached, said "Oh yeah, I've heard about this" - so we have done an amazing job getting the word out. I am preparing packets of info with a copy of the tribune article to go to everyone on the Exec Appropriatiosn Committee this week. I think what we NEED now is face to face contact with these people - so anyone who is willing to go lobby, please please please do so. I am out of town Thursday and Friday - but I can talk you thru the lobbying process, it is easy. We have come this far - let's finish this nonsense! Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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Dredging - Volunteers to go to Capitol
by Janet Robins 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

?My week is going to be challenged for time - I will have packets of information ready to go to each Senator and Representative regarding dredging, but I need volunteers to go to the Capitol and do that. I can explain to each of you how to do it, or hopefully some of you that have already gone will be able to show them the ropes. Past experience has been that very few of them will actually come talk to us - so don't worry about any face to face conversation. I just need to get the packets delivered. Let me know if you would be available to go to the Capitol for a few hours Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Janet

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Tribune article
by Janet Robins 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

It appears the article did not make today's Salt Lake Tribune - I am hopeful this means it will be in Sunday's paper (which is better for us, because it has more circulation. Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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Dredging - Salt Lake Tribune
by Janet Robins 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Heads up - everyone look for a Salt Lake Tribune article regarding dredging in Saturday's paper, followed by an op-ed piece written by Bill Keshler (hopefully on Sunday) Just remember, the fights not over - any group of people who would go to the extreme's they do to heel a boat over to get out of the marina, can certainly handle a few State bureaucrats :o) Janet Robins The Safety Consortium 400 W. Lawndale Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-746-2462 Fax: 801-803-6266

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March 21st Barbecue & Meeting
by Harbormaster 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

GSL Slip Renters. Jeremy Shaw (the complex manager) and I had a meeting today about the dire snowpack and what do we do if we just don't get much more snow this year. It was a good meeting and we have some plans as to where to put all the boats that may need to pull out and how to accommodate them. Again, neither he or I know any information on dredging yet and are likely not going to know anything for a few more weeks. One of the topics I discussed with him is just trying to keep the marina community together the best we can during these challenging conditions. He is fully onboard with this. So we want to invite the whole marina community out to a free day on Antelope Island on Saturday, March 21st. Parks will comp all entry fees on the island as well as host a free lunch barbecue down at the historic Fielding Garr ranch house. We chose March 21st for a few reasons. The first is that March is a great time to be down at the ranch as it will be too early in the season for the pesky no-see-ums and mosquitos. And the trees and plants will be budding. Antelope Island is quite beautiful in the spring and a wonderful place to visit. The other reason for the March 21st date is that the legislative session will be over and we should know whether money will or will not be appropriated by then for dredging. And we will also know much more about where we are with snowpack and what impact that will have with lake levels this summer and fall. Both Jeremy and I will be available to discuss all these issues with you with much more certainty. We can also discuss needs for Crane Days this spring and plans for dry storage in the marina parking lot if the need arises to pull most of the boats from the marina. I will need RSVP's for this outing so that we can plan entry passes for each vehicle as well as plan for meals. I would expect the outing to start around 11am on the island with the barbecue around noon followed by a question and answer period. Please RSVP to dshearer@gslmarinacom For those with dogs please remember that Antelope Island is a regular park with wildlife. Leash laws are strictly enforced. And also remember that even though the buffalo look so tame and cute they do not like to be petted or approached. They WILL charge. Don't pet the buffalo. Thank you. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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