Critical - another sneaky last minute move - please write your Senators & Representatives ASAP, the session ends Thursday, and they are trying to get things passed off at the last minute when no one is watching :o( ________________________________ From: FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake <snowyegret@fogsl.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:52 AM To: Janet Robins Subject: ACTION ALERT: URGENT! Watershed Protections [https://fogsl.z2systems.com/neon/resource/fogsl/images/20180108152511_323.pn...] LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - ACTION ALERT: URGENT! Watershed Protections FRIENDS has been tracking HB135, which would have limited a city's “Extraterritorial Jurisdiction” over their watersheds and their ability to maintain water quality standards. HB 135 died but Representative Noel has attached this to another bill, HB 255<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=0b6b68c0a223f3ee413d156400fbb7580m233010b6&linkId=433&secureId=83cnaXKOqMq7J%2B1XxVxzUQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0255.html>. HB 255 limits the circumstances in which a municipality may own property outside its boundaries and now coupled with language from HB 135, this bill also limits cities’ ability to regulate their drinking water upstream of their residents. Please call, email, or tweet your Utah Representative, Utah Senator, and House speaker Greg Hughes and let them know you OPPOSE HB 255 because you are concerned about protections for our watershed. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - ACTION ALERT: SB0234 Utah Inland Port Authority 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=0b6b68c0a223f3ee413d156400fbb7580m233010b6&linkId=435&secureId=83cnaXKOqMq7J%2B1XxVxzUQ%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. 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 House Bill 255 Extra-Jurisdictional Municipal Property To read the bill, click here.<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=0b6b68c0a223f3ee413d156400fbb7580m233010b6&linkId=434&secureId=83cnaXKOqMq7J%2B1XxVxzUQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0255.html> Senate Bill 234 Utah Inland Port Authority To read the bill, click here<http://www.z2systems.com/track//servlet/DisplayLink?orgId=fogsl&emailId=0b6b68c0a223f3ee413d156400fbb7580m233010b6&linkId=425&secureId=83cnaXKOqMq7J%2B1XxVxzUQ%3D%3D&targetUrl=https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0234.html>. 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