FEDERALISM COMMISSION
Thursday, November 30, 2023 | 10:00 AM | 450 State Capitol

1.    Commission Business

·         Call to order 

·         Approval of the minutes of the October 10, 2023, meeting 

 

2.    Reporting Requirements

The commission will discuss statutory requirements to provide reports to the Legislative Management Committee and interim committee chairs.

·         Commission Staff

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

3.    Draft Legislation: State Resource Management Plan

The commission will consider draft legislation to address recommended changes to the state resource management plan statutes.

·         Commission Staff

·         Dillon Hoyt, Natural Resource Planner, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

4.    U.S. Forest Service Ruling on E-bikes

The commission has invited the U.S. Forest Service to discuss the recent policy change by the U.S. Forest Service on e-bikes and the impact this policy will have on access to public lands.

·         Representative Carl Albrecht

·         U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

5.    Commission Appropriations

The commission will hear from the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst regarding legislative appropriations to the commission and the authorized intent of these appropriations to the commission.

·         Steve Allred, Deputy Fiscal Analyst, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

 

 

 

6.    Federal Law Enforcement

The commission will receive a presentation on federal law enforcement actions in Utah.

·         Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

·         Sheriff Tracy Glover, Kane County

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

7.    Financial Summaries

The commission will receive a presentation on efforts to address centralized banking currency, environmental social governance, and fiscal health.

·         Utah State Treasurer’s Office

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

8.    AEON AI Contract

The commission will receive a presentation from AEON on the federal land valuation model. In 2019, the Commission on Federalism awarded Aeon a contract to create a federal land valuation model.  In May 2020, Aeon provided the Federalism Commission a demonstration of the developed federal land valuation model.  The Federalism Commission paid a lump sum for the creation of the land valuation model and voted to allow for quarterly payments of $5,000 for Aeon to maintain the model for five years. 

·         Representative of Aeon

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

9.    Other Commission Business

 

10. Adjourn