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Image by Bettymaya Foott CONNECTING THE DOTS FY2020 ANNUAL ACCOUNTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE REGIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM FROM OUR LEADERSHIP In these uncertain times planning is Our third and final principle is that more important than ever. I’d like community development must be to share our three guiding principles viewed holistically. The true value we with you to introduce this report strive to provide is in connecting the and emphasize the importance of dots, whether that be people, places, planning for all seasons. It may seem tools, guides or resources — making counterintuitive but as one of our connections is what planning is really three principles states, planning is a about. process. It is in this process that we connect the dots that bring people The Community Development Office together to form a true community. (CDO) is thrilled to work with the Community Impact Board (CIB) and Another of our principles is that each the Associations of Governments community is self-determined. As (AOGs) regional planners. With the planners we are here to provide the goal to help our local communities’ resources each community needs to use their valuable and scarce develop in the manner they see fit resources, including amazing people, based on the changing circumstances to build their community their way. of their respective communities. Working with our regional planners On behalf of all the planners we thank we are better able to know our you for your service and for your communities. To build relationships support of planning in rural Utah. that help us learn the needs of each Together we are making a difference community and how to best serve in creating a viable and resilient place those individual needs. that generations past, present and future lovingly call home. Sincerely, KEITH HEATON 2 REPORT CONTENTS FROM OUR LEADERSHIP .................................................................................................2 REPORT CONTENTS ..........................................................................................................3 AOG REPORTS ....................................................................................................................4 BRAG ..........................................................................................................................4-5 UBAOG .....................................................................................................................6-7 SEUALG ......................................................................................................................8-9 SCAOG .................................................................................................................10-11 FCAOG ..................................................................................................................12-13 FY2020 SNAPSHOT ....................................................................................................... 14 STAFFING CHANGES/ CDO PRODUCTION..........................................................15 CDO MAJOR INITIATIVES .............................................................................................16 SMALL PLANNING GRANT FUND/ CIB SELECTION CRITERIA ..........................16 RURAL COORDINATING COUNCIL ........................................................................17 GNAR INITIATIVE .......................................................................................................18 COLORADO PLATEAU DARK SKY COOPERATIVE ...............................................19 TRAINING CURRICULUM/ STATE OF RURAL UTAH .............................................20 UTAH STUDENT COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE/ MAIN STREET .............................21 MAPPING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ............................................22 LOOKING FORWARD .....................................................................................................23 CAPITAL ASSET PLANNING/ COMMUNITY RESILIENCE/ PROGRAMS ..........23 GUIDING PRINCIPLES/ CDO TEAM MEMBERS ....................................................24 3 AOG REPORTS BEAR RIVER RPP SUPPORT BRIAN CARVER ZAC COVINGTON SCOTT MCCOMB CDO SUPPORT AUBREY LARSEN The Bear River Association of Leveraging CIB investments in the Governments (BRAG) Regional RPPs with other project funds, BRAG Planning Program is a diverse is able to provide two and a half collection of communities ranging full-time planners for the region, from the metropolitan Logan City of which broadens technical expertise over 50,000 people in population, and capacity to address a number to small towns of less than 100 of issues including natural hazards, residents. Some of the larger recreation, and housing. The RPPs communities have the resources have been busy conducting Pre- to provide for much of their own Disaster Natural Hazard workshops planning and management needs, and analysis for the Bear River while others are staffed entirely Region, as well as providing technical by part-time volunteers and lack assistance to the Six County AOG in technical training and capacity to their PDHM process. engage in anything more than the most basic public services. COMPLETED • 5th Annual Cache Summit: Land- The geography spreads from the west Use Planning Conference desert of the Great Salt Lake east across mountains and valleys to the • Bear Lake Overlook Trail Proposal Bear Lake and plateaus of western (Rich County) Wyoming. This creates a demand for planning and coordination across a • Bear River Valley Senior Center wide variety of issues from public Client Map Analysis (Tremonton) lands and natural resources, to • Box Elder County Affordable community infrastructure and public Housing Plan involvement management. • Deweyville Community Wildfire Preparedness Plans 4 COMPLETED CONTINUED ON-GOING • Honeyville Community Wildfire • Coordination with federal, Preparedness Plans state and local elected officials, planners, agencies and • Nibley Community Center organizations Environmental Site Analysis • Lewiston Main Street Pathway • North Logan Moderate Income Housing Plan Update • Mantua Trails Master Plan • Plymouth Community Wildfire • Willard 750 North Pathway Preparedness Plans Planning • Portage Community Wildfire • Shared Stewardship Planning Preparedness Plans Project with Utah Forestry Division and US Forest Service • Rich County Trails Plan • Six County Region Pre-Disaster • Rich County Trails Guide Mitigation Plan • Richmond Affordable Housing Plan • Bear River Region Pre-Disaster • Richmond 300 East Pathway Planning Mitigation Plan and Grant-writing • Tooele County Hazard Mitigation • Tremonton Malad River Trail Sign Planning Design • Tremonton Way-finding Signs • Willard Community Wildfire Design Preparedness Plans THE BRAG TEAM THE BRAG MUNICIPALITIES ASSISTED Box Elder County Plymouth Cache County Portage Cornish Providence Deweyville Rich County BRIAN CARVER ZAC COVINGTON COMMUNITY AND SR REGIONAL PLANNER Garland Richmond ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Honeyville Tremonton Hyde Park Wellsville Mantua Willard Nibley North Logan SCOTT MCCOMB LARA GALE REGIONAL PLANNER JUNIOR PLANNER 5 UINTAH BASIN RPP SUPPORT KEVIN YACK WILL WRIGHT CDO SUPPORT SKYE SIEBER KEITH HEATON The Uintah Basin Association of The updated one-year and 2-5 year Governments (UBAOG) provides Capital Improvement Lists (CIL) planning assistance to three counties were then reviewed by the planners comprising ten municipalities and before being sent to the UBAOG thirty-two special service districts. Executive Board for final approval. The Uintah Basin region consists of The approved one year CIL projects 8,478 square miles in area of which were then forwarded to the Permanent about 61 square miles is water with Community Impact Fund (PCIF) a population of approximately 56,205 Program for their administering and people. The region is exceedingly Board consideration. rural due to its remote location, the very northeast corner of Utah, and the In FY2020 UBAOG received and high amount of public and tribal lands provided technical assistance for comprising about 80% of the region’s 16 CIB project requests. Of those area. requests, seven were planning grants with six being from Uintah County UBAOG planners implemented the municipalities totaling $185,000 in new, more in-depth CIB process CIB funds and one being from Daggett described in last year’s report. In County (Manila) for $47,500. alignment with the new process UBAOG planners contacted all 42 entities to ensure that proper planning and priorities were established and to determine if public meetings were well-documented. 6 The remaining nine capital Further, UBAOG planners worked project requests showed closely with eight of the ten 5 in Duchesne County for municipalities to assist in the renewal a total cost of $8,994,000 of their Enterprise Zone designations in CIB funds of which through the Governor’s Office of $2,020,000 was in grants Economic Development (GOED). and $6,974,000 for loans. These designations are good for five Uintah County had 4 years and have proven valuable in requests at a total cost of assisting rural communities in their $4,709,000 in CIB funds of economic development efforts by which $2,630,000 was for offering important tax incentives, grants and $2,079,000 in thereby enabling eligible businesses loans. and areas to start/maintain their local operations vital for these rural areas In summary, the Uintah of Utah. Basin had 16 CIB requests in FY2019 for a total of $13,953,750 of which $232,500 were for planning and $13,723,000