From: Cameron Diehl [mailto:
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 5:45 PM
To: Kenneth Bullock
Subject: ULCT Friday Facts for January 9, 2015

Hello folks,

Happy New Year! I wasn’t going to write until I knew for sure that the Utes still had our football coach. Hence, it has been awhile. We will post all of the assistant coach openings at Utah and USU on our job board but at least we both won our bowl games! BYU still has their football coach though—which may or may not be reassuring, depending on your point of view!

Today’s FF will reference Monday’s LPC meeting, transportation, and Local Officials Day.

I)Legislative Policy Committee on Monday, January 12 at noon… both at Zions Bank and ONLINE!

We will meet on Monday at noon on Jan 12 in the Founders Room. If you cannot come, we invite you to our first ever online LPC webcast. Former Ephraim Council Member Don Olson requested this service and we are ready to rock and roll. You will find instructions and tips on how to log in and make this a successful webcast event at the bottom of this email. Please login by 11:45! You can find the November minutes here and the agenda here. We also have updated our LPC roster which is here. Please check the roster; each city/town can have up to 3 voting members (elected or appointed; 4 members if your city is represented on our board) and your city/town determines those members. WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION. This is the first time in my tenure at ULCT (which began in 2006) that we are holding a LPC in the weeks leading up to the session. Why? Every day brings a new transportation development and we want to bring you up to speed and foster dialogue on transportation and other issues. Please come prepared to discuss transportation and any other issues on your radar.

II)Transportation

Since our previous weekly email, Team ULCT has been extremely busy. Ken Bullock and your correspondent have met with Senate and House leadership, Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, Legislative Transportation Committee members in the House and Senate, county leaders, and UTA officials to discuss the varying funding concepts that are under consideration. The House has one proposal that is a starting point. The Senate is still putting together their starting point and the Governor is supportive of transportation funding in general but has not officially endorsed any approach yet. Team ULCT is lobbying for a local option quarter cent dedicated to local transportation and many policymakers are receptive to that concept.

How can you help? Do the Transportation T3: 1) pass a council resolution endorsing increased transportation funding (found here) that will demonstrate to legislators that your city/town will support them if and when they authorize a local option sales tax, 2) participate in the Utah Transportation Coalition (details here), and 3) reach out to your legislators about the needs in your community. Participating in the Coalition will empower your city to participate in the communications campaign and access the toolkit of social media messages, graphics, data, newsletters, and bill inserts. Contact Abby Albrecht for more information at . If you want data about your city’s transportation needs, please contact Nick Jarvis at ULCT at . When your city/town passes a resolution, please notify me at . We are collecting them so that we can declare to legislators on Local Officials Day (Jan 28) that 100+ cities and towns around the state have passed resolutions proclaiming our support for increased transportation funding.

Finally, here are some recent local news stories on local transportation:

Check out Fox 13’s story on Pleasant View’s infrastructure needs and passage of the transportation resolution here, the Salt Lake Tribune’s story on the House proposal here, and the Logan Herald Journal on Logan City’s consideration of the transportation resolution here.

III)Local Officials Day on Wednesday, January 28

Mark your calendars! We invite you to join us for LOD on January 28. First, we invite your youth councils to the capitol at 8:30 am to debate an upcoming bill on whether passing a civics test should be a requirement for graduating from high school. Second, your youth councils will participate in a Your Utah, Your Future planning exercise led by Envision Utah. At the same time, Team ULCT will offer a legislative briefing for city leaders. Third, we will host a lunch at the Salt Lake Marriott with city leaders, legislators, and other policymakers where we will discuss transportation funding. The icing on the cake? The great Terry Bradshaw will address us during lunch. Join us! Register here.

Have a great weekend! See you on Monday at LPC.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WEBINAR

1-If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting (or even if you have),Test your connectionat

2-Once you have tested your connectionJoin the meetingat

  • Mobile Devices:
  • Following the this link: it will open a prompttoInstall theAdobe Connect Mobile app.(if you don't already have it).
  • Once you have downloaded it, open the app andEnter in this URL: thenClick "Next"
  • Select "Guest,"(unless you are already a member)thenType your Name and Organization,thenClick "Enter"
  • Computers:
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  • Select "Enter as Guest," (unless you are a registered user) then Type your name and Organization, then Click "Enter Room"

3- Once in the room you will be able to:

  • Watch the presenter
  • See what is being shown on the projector
  • Hear comments and questions from those in attendance
  • Ask questions to the presenter who will share them with those in attendance

We are excited about this new opportunity for you to participate in LPC. If you have difficulties, you can contact ULCT’s Brandon Smith on his cell phone at 702-524-5236. Please note that once the meeting has begun at 12 p.m., he will be busy with other meeting responsibilities and may not be able to answer. Below are some tips that will help avoid or identify any questions or issues you may have so they can be addressed prior to the start of the meeting.

Tip 1- Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are better suited than Mozilla Firefox for this webcast event.

Tip 2- Please TEST your computer using the test link above in advance

Tip 3- Please try logging in advance

Please log in by 11:45!

Cameron Diehl

Director of Government Relations

Utah League of Cities and Towns

50 South 600 East Suite 150

Salt Lake City, UT 84102

801-328-1601 (o)

801-910-3912 (c)