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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, 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”
, Salt Lake Tribune,
3/2/2018
- “West
side residents, environment groups sound alarm over inland port bill”, Deseret News,
3/4/2018
- Press
Release: Inland Port – Environmental disaster in the making?
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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”, 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)
Senator Jerry Stevenson (jwstevenson@le.utah.gov)
Senator Wayne Niederhauser (wniederhauser@le.utah.gov)
Representative Francis Gibson (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)
Diedre Henderson (dhenderson@le.utah.gov)
Brian Zehnder (bzehnder@le.utah.gov)
Lincoln Fillmore (lfillmore@le.utah.gov)
Howard Stephenson (hstephenson@le.utah.gov)
Daniel thatcher (dthatcher@le.utah.gov)
Jacob Anderegg (janderegg@le.utahgov)
Daniel Hemmert (dhemmert@le.utah.gov)
Margaret Dayton (mdayton@le.utah.gov)
Curtis Bramble (curt@cbramble.com
Peter Knudson (pknudson@le.utah.gov)
Ann Millner (amillner@le.utah.gov)
Allen Christensen (achristensen@le.utah.gov)
David Buxton (gbutxton@le.utah.gov)
Stuart Adams (jsadams@le.utah.gov)
Todd Weiler (tweiler@le.utah.gov)
Ralph Okerlund (rokerlund@le.utah.gov)
Lyle Hillyard (lhillyard@le.utah.gov)
Kevin Van Tassell (kvantassell@le.utah.gov)
David Hinkins (dhinkins@le.utah.gov)
Evan Vickers (evickers@le.utah.gov)
Don Ipson (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
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