S.C.R. 7 Enrolled

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
2 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT CREATING THE JORDAN
3 RIVER COMMISSION
4 2012 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Chief Sponsor: Aaron Osmond
7 House Sponsor: Merlynn T. Newbold
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor approves the state's
12 participation in the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Establishing the Jordan River
13 Commission.
14 Highlighted Provisions:
15 This resolution:
16 . approves the state's participation in the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement
17 Establishing the Jordan River Commission.
18 Special Clauses:
19 None
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21 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
22 WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Establishing the Jordan River
23 Commission (Agreement), is an agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the
24 Department of Environmental Quality, the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, the Utah
25 Transit Authority, Utah County, Davis County, Salt Lake County, and individual municipalities
26 located within the Jordan River watershed;
27 WHEREAS, the Agreement is entered into by the members in order to develop and
28 implement comprehensive management plans for the Jordan River and its stream banks, to
29 encourage and promote multiple uses of the Jordan River, to conserve and protect the Jordan

30 River's natural resources, to maintain and develop recreation access to the Jordan River, and to
31 monitor and promote responsible economic development activities around the Jordan River;
32 WHEREAS, the participants in the Agreement are enthusiastic about cooperating on,
33 and coordinating decisions about, the Jordan River's future;
34 WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the Jordan River Commission currently consists
35 of a member of the Legislature whose district includes residents adjacent to the Jordan River, a
36 representative of the Governor's Office, a representative of the Department of Natural
37 Resources, a representative of the Department of Environmental Quality, a representative of the
38 Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, a representative of the Utah Transit Authority, an
39 elected official of Utah County, an elected official of Davis County, an elected official of Salt
40 Lake County, and an elected official of each municipality who is a signatory to the Agreement;
41 WHEREAS, the state should be a party to any ongoing dialogue and involvement in the
42 Jordan River's future and development and should be at the forefront of input and planning;
43 WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental
44 Quality, and the Utah Transit Authority have a desire and obligation to help the Jordan River
45 Commission succeed and commit to supporting the Jordan River Commission through
46 financial or in-kind contributions that may include office space, computers, telephone and
47 Internet, GIS mapping, copying and printing, and use of equipment; and
48 WHEREAS, the Agreement also provides that the Department of Natural Resources,
49 the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Utah Transit Authority may withdraw from
50 the Jordan River Commission if the executive director of the department gives six months
51 notice of its intent to withdraw, and the withdrawal does not materially adversely affect any
52 project or bonds previously approved by the Jordan River Commission:
53 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
54 Governor concurring therein, approves the Department of Natural Resources, the Department
55 of Environmental Quality, and the Utah Transit Authority entering into the Interlocal
56 Cooperation Agreement Establishing the Jordan River Commission.