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Phone Calls to me
by Dave Shearer 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

I have been receiving several calls over the last few days that I am just not able to pick up and talk to people. The problem is that I have laryngitis and cannot talk for a few more days. If you have a need to reach me I can still be reached by text or email. Sorry, for the inconvenience. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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GSL UP Causeway breach DELAYED!
by Dave Shearer 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

Below is a link to the story that became official yesterday. The breach will be delayed until sometime in December. http://www.sltrib.com/news/4392697-155/union-pacific-agrees-to-delay-breach Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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October 22 - GSLYC Year End Attitude Adjustment Party
by Janet Robins 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

The GSLYC Board has chosen to have a helluva' party for year end - instead of separate socials such as Wine & Cheese, Pumpkin Patch and the year-end banquet in November - we decided to combine the events and resources and have an Attitude Adjustment Party (although Janet's working title for the party was grab a bottle, hunker down and pray for daylight!) Our financial resources need to be conserved so we can weather out the storm another year until dredging happens. We hope you can all join us! The next worst thing after not having our boats in the water - is missing our friends! This social is open to both current GSLYC members as well as non-members. Please join us for the GSLYC Year-End Attitude Adjustment Party! We will provide dinner, live music from the band Marmalade Chill (the awesome band from Sailfest) - and we will also hold GSLYC Board elections and present race awards. Admission for current GSLYC members is free - and non-members will be $10 per person (includes dinner and live music). Party location is at the GSLYC Pavillon, dinner will be at 5:00 pm, followed by GSLYC board elections and race awards. The band will start at 7:00 pm. RSVP PLEASE so we make sure we have enough food! BYOB. Hope to see you all there! Send RSVP's to commodore(a)gslyc.org<mailto:commodore@gslyc.org> or leave message on the GSLYC FB page October 22, 2016 GSLYC Pavilion 5:00 pm - Dinner 6:00 pm - Voting for GSLYC Members and Race Award Announcements 7:00 pm - Live Music from Marmalade Chill Cost: Free to current GSLYC Members $10 per person for non-members

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Noon Today - Economic Analysis - Taxpayers will be forced to pay 72% of the Lake Powell Pipeline
by Janet Robins 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Regardless of whether you are for or against the Bear River Project and Lake Powell Pipelines - I urge you all to attend, if possible, the Economic Analysis of the Lake Powell Pipeline presented by University of Utah economics Professor Gabriel Lozada today at 12:00 pm in the Moot Courtroom of the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Every Citizen in Utah needs to be fully aware of how the funding of these projects will affect them (Utah taxpayers). During yesterday's Water Commission meeting - a GRAMA request revealed that water districts knowingly hid massive water rate increases from the public, to fund the Lake Powell Pipeline. A revelatory document obtained via GRAMA and analyzed by a group of PhD University economists reveals the Washington County Water District hid secret water rate increases from the public and legislators. While hiding the rate increases, the District's lobbyists (paid for with your property tax dollars) lobbied for funding for the $2-4 billion Lake Powell Pipeline and claimed they could repay the Utah taxpayers. Over the last year, the District repeatedly told the public and legislators they could repay the massive debt from the pipeline with just a 28-cent increase in water rates, according to media interviews. But the agency refused to share their repayment plan until the Utah State Records Committee ordered the District to release the plan to Utah Rivers Council. The University economists analyzed the District's repayment plan and found the agency intends to repay just 28% of the pipeline costs paid by Utah taxpayers. This means the District lobbied for pipeline funding by claiming they could repay Utah taxpayers while secretly intending to force Utah taxpayers to pay 72% of the pipeline's cost, a violation of Utah law. "No one would ever ask a bank for a loan while intending to repay just 28% of the debt, unless they're a scam artist" said Zach Frankel, Executive Director for Utah Rivers Council. "Yet that's exactly what water lobbyists convinced the Legislature to do." In 2015, the same group of University economists prepared a 41 page pro-bono analysis that found the $2-4 billion Lake Powell Pipeline will require a 570% increase in water rates and a 120% increase in impact fees in Washington County to repay Utah taxpayers. The District hired a consultant, paid $418,000 as of July 2016, to prepare a repayment plan to contest the findings. The consultant has a law degree and a bachelor's in hotel administration. The District's secret plan was cited by dozens of lobbyists at the 2016 Utah Legislature to pass a bill (SB80) funding the pipeline with $40 million per year in sales tax money. Yet the Legislature refused to fund the Medicaid gap, which needed about the same amount of money.

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Janet Robins
by Richard 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

This is Rich from C9, Could I get Janet's E Mail address, concerning the bear river project.

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Water Meeting at the Capitol Tomorrow - 3:00 pm
by Janet Robins 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Come stand with us and show our water officials they can no longer conduct these meetings isolated behind big oak doors, the public is watching! The Water Development Commission will be having a meeting to discuss the Lake Powell Pipeline repayment analysis. The repayment has long been shrouded in mystery, but it is looking like Utah Taxpayers will foot the bill. The meeting will be in the House Building Room 30 at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, September 20, 2016. It is on the lower level, but if you are having a hard time finding it please contact Darin at darin(a)utahrivers.org Lets come together and stop this catastrophe from happening! We hope to see you there and please share this with your friends! Janet Robins Commodore, GSLYC

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Draft State Water Strategy Plan Open for Public Comment
by Janet Robins 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Woo-hoo! The overwhelming amount of public pressure on the water advisory team worked (thanks to those who showed up at the meeting, as well as the reporters who brought light to the situation). Below is a link where you can read the proposed plan, as well as the opportunity to make public comments. This is your chance to speak up about how you feel about the importance of the Great Salt Lake, the need for protection of the lake for ecological and air quality reasons, how you feel about diverting water from the GSL for the Bear River Project, the Lake Powell Pipeline – and if you are willing to explore alternative means of conserving water BEFORE destroying our lake and rivers. Please read below! Janet Robins Commodre, GSLYC Ahoy Mates! Pardon my cut and pasting but in the interest of time I want to get this out as quickly as possible. Please take advantage of this opportunity to offer your important input in this evolving draft of the State Water Strategy Plan. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. Lynn The co-chairs of the Water Advisory Team have decided to open up the process and invite public comment on the draft of the Water Strategy Plan. This is great news since there is such great interest and think people would welcome the opportunity to be able to review the draft in its early iteration instead as things become more and more solidified. As such, here is the link to the PDF of the plan and I’m hoping that you will help spread the word with your cohort at the marina and beyond so they can be included. Deadline for comment is Monday, October 24th. It’s important to stay as close to the draft of the plan as possible and raise specific issues with specific statements of fact that you see or don’t see in the plan. You’ll notice that there isn’t much about GSL included so this is something that is definitely absent and needs to be a part of the strategic picture. Envision Utah put the report online and is inviting public comments: http://envisionutah.org/projects/utah-water-strategy Please let me know if you have any questions. And thanks for your help in distributing this to as many people as possible. In saline and September, Lynn Lynn de Freitas Executive Director FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake 150 S. 600 E. Ste 2B Salt Lake City, UT 84102 •••••• PO Box 2655 SLC, UT 84110--2655 www.fogsl.org<http://www.fogsl.org/> w- 801-583-5593 c - 801-450-6934 The mission of FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake is to preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the Lake through education, research, advocacy, and the arts. [unknown.jpg] Gulls by Charles Uibel

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Water Lobbyist's Secret Plan Exposed
by Janet Robins 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

From: Utah Rivers Council <info=utahrivers.org(a)mail69.atl11.rsgsv.net> on behalf of Utah Rivers Council <info(a)utahrivers.org> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:51 AM To: Janet Robins Subject: Lobbyist's Secret Plan Exposed [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a/images/9885e72d-4fb…] <http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3…> Lobbyist's Secret Plan for Bear River Water Grab and Lake Powell Pipeline Exposed! Thanks to everyone who attended Tuesday's Water Strategy Advisory Committee in which lobbyists unveiled their secret lobbying plan to fund Lake Powell Pipeline and the Bear River Water Grab. Although the public was not allowed to comment or see the secret plan, much of it was paid for with public tax dollars. The Utah Rivers Council stepped up and demanded the public be allowed to speak. Instead, the lobbyists turned off the lights and played a video while the public shouted their concerns about this shady process run by special interests. The charade was captured in this video<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> by our friends at HEAL Utah. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a/images/6576342e-0ca…] Council staff stood up and demanded the public be allowed to speak For two years lobbyists have stifled public input and withheld the truth that inexpensive alternative water sources are being ignored by these special interests in favor of pushing massive, destructive water projects. Now is the time to make sure our voices are heard! The Salt Lake Tribune published an excellent article<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3…> of the meeting and an editorial <http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> opinion, which is worth a read. Come Stand With Us Next Week as We Keep Their Feet in the Fire! Many of the same lobbyists will meet for Water Development Commission this Tuesday, September 20th at 3:00 PM. The lobbyists on this legislative committee are the very same people who lobbied for the Lake Powell Pipeline and the Bear River Water Grab. We can no longer allow these lobbyists to conduct their special interest business behind closed doors with no public scrutiny. Please come to the meeting and lets show our officials we are watching! Location: State Capitol in the House Building Room 30, lower level Time: Tuesday, September 20th at 3:00PM Is the Lake Powell Pipeline Affordable? Come listen to the work of a team of economists as they navigate through the smoke and mirrors that is the Lake Powell Pipeline. The University of Utah Economics Department has helped lead the discussion about the economics and financing of the proposed pipeline and its impacts upon residents slated to receive this water in Southwest Utah. How much more money must we spend before we say enough is enough? Location: University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law Building, Moot Court Room Time: Wednesday, September 21st at 12:00 PM When it comes to protecting our rivers there is always something to work on. Whether it is volunteering at our office, organizing events, or answering the call to action and attending these very important meetings, we need you! Join the movement to ensure our rivers flow from the snow capped mountains to the beautiful oceans and lakes we know and love. If you have any questions email Darin at darin(a)utahrivers.org During these public meetings, we are constantly reminded of the seemingly endless resources the water lobbyists have at their disposal. 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DREDGING UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

DFCM released the REBID Request For Proposal today for dredging Great Salt Lake Marina. It is unlikely any substantial dredging will be done until spring as it is anticipated that a successful bidder will need to proceed with getting a NATIONWIDE permit from ACOE. But it is possible emergency dredging may begin sometime late October or mid-November. This emergency dredging, in accordance with ACOE, will only allow us to dredge areas that must be done for rescue boat access to the lake. In order to get as much dredging done as possible the State has opened up options on how a successful bidder may dredge the marina. It is very possible that a coffer dam may be built at the mouth of the marina; ALL boats and docks would need to be removed from the marina in order for dry dredging. If the coffer dam and dry dredging is selected it would be necessary to pull all the boats sometime early spring. We will know more about this option by the end of October. Also Union Pacific has tentatively agreed to hold off breaching the causeway until sometime early to mid-December. They were scheduled to breach at the end of this month which would mean we could lose as much as 1.5' just from the breach alone within 3 to 5 weeks of breaching. Add that to the lake level loss from evaporation over the next two months and this would have devastating impacts to the lake levels in the marina. Holding off the breach until sometime in December should help some as the lake will hopefully already be rising again from winter snowpack and direct precipitation. I will keep you posted as I hear confirmed information. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Tuesday 9:00 am - Water Strategy Advisory Committee Meeting
by Janet Robins 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

Bear River Water Grab proponents are holding a meeting Tuesday morning, Sept. 13 to present their plan to proceed with this project and the Lake Powell Pipeline. This meeting is open to the public and we need you to join us to show water officials the public is watching. We can start the State on a path that has the best interest of our people and our wildlife. I would love to have a good presence of people there representing the GSL Marina Community. You don't have to speak up, I just need people to be there in numbers. Please, please, please attend if you can. There is strength in numbers! Water Strategy Advisory Committee meeting, Tuesday at 9:00 AM at the Department of Natural Resources located on 1594 W. North Temple. Janet Robins Commodore - GSLYC

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