Urgent Action Alert - please review the information below and send emails to the Senators and Representatives asking them to OPPOSE this bill. This bill would be extremely detrimental to the Great Salt Lake. Janet Robins GSLYC Commodore ________________________________ From: FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake <snowyegret@fogsl.org> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 9:36 AM To: Janet Robins Subject: ACTION ALERT -- Utah Inland Port [https://fogsl.z2systems.com/neon/resource/fogsl/images/20180108152511_323.pn...] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - ACTION ALERT: SB0234 Utah Inland Port Authority Dear FRIENDS, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake echoes the following action alert composed by Great Salt Lake Audubon: The Utah Inland Port Authority Bill SB 234S01<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=418&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0234.html>, which surfaced late in the 2018 session could override the existing Master Plan and would give the State the final decision on siting facilities for a global inland port in the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ). Salt Lake City's NWQ Master Plan took years of public dialogue to finalize. It includes an important Natural Area that provides a critical buffer between development and the lands and wetlands along Great Salt Lake's shoreline that helps to protect the millions of birds that depend on the Lake every year. The Master Plan also supports quality jobs and clean, high-tech light industry in the development zone. State control potentially could mean an oil tank farm or coal port based on legislative discussion at the Capitol. If you haven't been following this fast developing story, here are some short articles, and editorial and a press release that give good background: * “Proposed trade hub in northwest Salt Lake City gets few tweaks, but city leaders see more changes as it heads to Senate”<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=414&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://greatsaltlakeaudubon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=770358572899c80e9561f4d28&id=189275e85f&e=b0d6443297> , Salt Lake Tribune, 3/2/2018 * “West side residents, environment groups sound alarm over inland port bill”<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=415&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://greatsaltlakeaudubon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=770358572899c80e9561f4d28&id=595547d6fe&e=b0d6443297>, Deseret News, 3/4/2018 * Press Release: Inland Port – Environmental disaster in the making?<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=416&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://greatsaltlakeaudubon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=770358572899c80e9561f4d28&id=b266c58608&e=b0d6443297> - See the comments provided by members of the westside communities, the landowners, the air quality groups and the conservation groups at today’s Press Conference at the Capitol. * Tribune Editorial: “State should keep its hands off Salt Lake City’s territory”<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=417&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://greatsaltlakeaudubon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=770358572899c80e9561f4d28&id=f7f385ff35&e=b0d6443297>, Salt Lake Tribune, 3/4/2018 Now is the time to make your voice heard. Tell the leaders of the Executive Appropriations Committee and your Utah State Senators: * You are OPPOSED to the Utah Inland Port Authority Bill - SB 234S01 Urge your legislators to: 1) Postpone any legislation for an inland port, and give the affected public, local communities and neighbors a chance to voice their opinions 2) Honor the NWQ Master Plan and keep NWQ land use planning decisions in the hands of Salt Lake City Send your comments to the leaders of the Executive Appropriations Committee: Speaker Greg Hughes (greghughes@le.utah.gov<mailto:greghughes@le.utah.gov>) Senator Jerry Stevenson (jwstevenson@le.utah.gov<mailto:jwstevenson@le.utah.gov>) Senator Wayne Niederhauser (wniederhauser@le.utah.gov<mailto:wniederhauser@le.utah.gov>) Representative Francis Gibson (fgibson@le.utah.gov<mailto:fgibson@le.utah.gov>) AND to any or all the Republican Senators. Here's a list of Senator email addresses: Wayne Harper (wharper@le.utah.gov<mailto:wharper@le.utah.gov>) Diedre Henderson (dhenderson@le.utah.gov<mailto:dhenderson@le.utah.gov>) Brian Zehnder (bzehnder@le.utah.gov<mailto:bzehnder@le.utah.gov>) Lincoln Fillmore (lfillmore@le.utah.gov<mailto:lfillmore@le.utah.gov>) Howard Stephenson (hstephenson@le.utah.gov<mailto:hstephenson@le.utah.gov>) Daniel thatcher (dthatcher@le.utah.gov<mailto:dthatcher@le.utah.gov>) Jacob Anderegg (janderegg@le.utahgov<mailto:janderegg@le.utahgov>) Daniel Hemmert (dhemmert@le.utah.gov<mailto:dhemmert@le.utah.gov>) Margaret Dayton (mdayton@le.utah.gov<mailto:mdayton@le.utah.gov>) Curtis Bramble (curt@cbramble.com<mailto:curt@cbramble.com> Peter Knudson (pknudson@le.utah.gov<mailto:pknudson@le.utah.gov>) Ann Millner (amillner@le.utah.gov<mailto:amillner@le.utah.gov>) Allen Christensen (achristensen@le.utah.gov<mailto:achristensen@le.utah.gov>) David Buxton (gbutxton@le.utah.gov<mailto:gbutxton@le.utah.gov>) Stuart Adams (jsadams@le.utah.gov<mailto:jsadams@le.utah.gov>) Todd Weiler (tweiler@le.utah.gov<mailto:tweiler@le.utah.gov>) Ralph Okerlund (rokerlund@le.utah.gov<mailto:rokerlund@le.utah.gov>) Lyle Hillyard (lhillyard@le.utah.gov<mailto:lhillyard@le.utah.gov>) Kevin Van Tassell (kvantassell@le.utah.gov<mailto:kvantassell@le.utah.gov>) David Hinkins (dhinkins@le.utah.gov<mailto:dhinkins@le.utah.gov>) Evan Vickers (evickers@le.utah.gov<mailto:evickers@le.utah.gov>) Don Ipson (dipson@le.utah.gov<mailto:dipson@le.utah.gov>) Get your comments in TODAY, if possible. The legislative session is almost over! Sincerely, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake and Great Salt Lake Audubon Senate Bill 234 Utah Inland Port Authority To read the bill, click here<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=788e415b8b185de17d38ccda41cbee817m1139788&linkId=406&secureId=83cnaXKOqMrfqeHf1PWdbQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0234.html>. 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