B. SUPAC's members consist of each Participant's duly-
appointed representative, except that two members may be appointed by
the Washington County Mayor's Association, and two Washington County
Commissioners may serve as members. One member shall represent the
Paiute Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with that member being as
designated from time-to-time by the Paiute Tribe. Members appointed by
Participants may be changed at the will of each respective Participant.
In addition, ex-officio members may join in SUPAC's meetings upon the
chair's invitation.
C. The governor shall chair SUPAC, and shall appoint a vice
chair to coordinate SUPAC's activities and conduct meetings in the
governor's absence. The vice chair need not otherwise be a member.
D. SUPAC may create Topical Advisory Groups (TAGs) to
advise and assist SUPAC as to specific issues, topics, problems,
controversies or opportunities. TAG members are appointed by the chair
or vice chair, upon the advise of SUPAC participants- TAG members may be
selected from among any combination of SUPAC members, citizens,
stakeholder representatives and staff experts. Each TAG's assignment and
membership shall be reflected in SUPAC's minutes. Each assignment shall
be finite and specific. Any TAG's assignment or membership may be
amended in the manner originally established. SUPAC's chair or vice
chair shall appoint a director to each TAG. The director is responsible
to call and chair TAG meetings and to otherwise direct or forward the
accomplishment of the TAG's specific charge. Each TAG's director shall
periodically report the group's activities and recommendations to SUPAC.
Except as specifically approved as part of SUPAC's budget, TAG members
bear their own participation expenses.
III. Area of Interest and Purposes
- A. SUPAC's "Area of Interest" is all of Washington County,
Utah, and those areas of Utah's Iron and Kane counties within the
Colorado River drainage.
- B. Relative to the area of interest, SUPAC's purposes are
to:
- Minimize duplication of efforts, expenditures and proceedings with
respect to the planning processes of the Participants;
- Facilitate the establishment of shared goals and strategies for
resource management and development;
- Promote awareness and understanding of the legal requirements and
objectives which motivate the planning processes of the various
Participants;
- Enhance intergovernmental cooperation and public participation in
addressing issues which relate to or affect the stewardships of more
than one Participant;
- Serve as a non-binding forum for the discussion and consensual
resolution of issues, grievances, misunderstandings and disputes among
the Participants; and
- Serve as a clearinghouse for the exchange of information relevant
to the planning processes of the Participants.
IV. Limits
This memorandum of Cooperation does not:
- A. Modify in any way the respective duties, obligation,
rights, privileges or immunities of the Participants;
- B. Require the Participants to expend money in excess of
appropriations authorized by law and appropriately allocated to each
Participant;
- C. Legally bind any Participant, the continued
involvement of each Participant being wholly voluntary, nor
- D. Give rise to any delegation or relinquishment by any
Participant of jurisdiction or authority over any issue.
V. Meetings and Other Activities
- A. SUPAC will meet at least once each calendar quarter at
the call of the chair or at times and places established by the majority
vote of the members.
- B. SUPAC shall mail a notice of its meetings and provide a
copy of the anticipated agenda of its meetings to persons requesting
notice. Those requesting notice may be required to pay a modest annual
fee, not to exceed $15 to reimburse the cost of providing notice.
- C. Minutes shall be maintained as to all of SUPAC's
meetings. Copies of the minutes shall be distributed to each member for
review, amendment and adoption at a subsequent meeting. Copies of
approved minutes shall be provided to others upon request and upon
payment of the reasonable cost of reproducing an distributing the
minutes.
- D. SUPAC may engage in other activities which are
reasonably related to forwarding its purposes and which are not
inconsistent with any law or policy governing the Participants.
VI. Expectations of Participants and Members
- A. Work with diligence to forward the accomplishment of
SUPAC's purposes;
- B. Be open, hones, accurate and complete in relevant
communications;
- B. Address concerns of other members and participants in
a swift and civil manner;
- C. Recognize and respect each Participant's
responsibilities, authorities and goals;
- D. Share details of each Participant's legal planning
requirements and planning calendars;
- E. Share collective science, skills and data for mutual
benefit;
- F. Assist SUPAC to identify critical resource management
priorities which may affect private property owners, governmental
agencies or growth and development within the area of interest;
- G. Educate and inform other Participants and members of
the environmental, social and economic needs within the area of
interest; and
- Seek to coordinate planning processes for the various agencies so
that the opportunity for public comment can be conducted on an
interagency-basis.
VII. Staff, Funding and Bank Account
- A. The vice chair may hire staff and maintain office
resources to the extent reasonably required to accomplish SUPAC's
purposes, but may do so only in a manner consistent with funding
available under paragraph VII.B., and budgets developed from
time-to-time under paragraph VII.C. The Participants will, to the
extent practicable, assist with the office resource needs of SUPAC.
- B. While this Memorandum of Cooperation cannot and does not
require the Participants to allocate funds for the operation of SUPAC,
the Participants may voluntarily agree to provide funding or in-kind
contributions to SUPAC to facilitate its effective operation.
- C. From time-to-time the members shall consider and approve
an operating budget for SUPAC. The budget shall set forth available
revenues under VII.B., anticipated reimbursements under V.C. and V.D.,
as well as anticipated expenditures. SUPAC may not deficit spend.
- D. Each Participant shall bear the expenses incurred by its
appointed members(s) in connection with their service with SUPAC. The
vice chair shall be reimbursed by SUPAC for actual expenses reasonably
incurred, but shall not otherwise be compensated.
- E. A review of SUPAC's expenditures and operations shall be
conducted from time-to-time by the Five County Association of
Governments, which shall act as SUPAC's fiscal coordinator.
VIII. Statements of Participants's Roles and Responsibilities
To encourage understanding by Participants and members, each
Participant shall provide to the vice chair, for distribution to all
members, a succinct statement of the Participant's roles,
responsibilities and objectives relative to the area of interest.
IX. Amendments
Any change or amendment to this Memorandum of Cooperation may be
made only with the consent of all parties hereto.
X. SUPAC's
Sunset
At SUPAC's first meeting in each calendar year after 1994, each
participant shall be asked to affirm its continued participation in
SUPAC. Such affirmations shall be recorded in the meeting's minutes.
Any Participant not affirming continued participation is discontinued as
a participant to this Memorandum of Cooperation, unless the participant,
within 30 days of the relevant meeting, submits a letter to the chair or
vice chair affirming continued participation. If more than half of the
original participants fail to affirm continued participation, this
Memorandum of Cooperation is inoperative 30 days after the relevant
meeting.
XI. Signatures
Twenty (20) counterparts of the Memorandum of Cooperation shall be
singed. Each participant shall receive a fully-executed counterpart.
Each is deemed an original.
SIGNED on the dates listed below by the indicated
representatives of the specific participants.
The following
agencies signed the original agreement which is on file with original
signatures with the individual signatories:
USDA FOREST SERVICE
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
SOIL
CONSERVATION SERVICE
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
UTAH DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
UTAH DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
UTAH DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
UTAH DEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
UTAH DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
GOVERNOR OF UTAH
WASHINGTON COUNTY MAYORS
FIVE
COUNTY AOG
KANE COUNTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY WATER DIST
PAIUTE TRIBE
WASHINGTON COUNTY
IRON COUNTY
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Last Update: July
9, 1995