26/02/2024
Important Notice:
To All Receiving This Email:
Many thanks to all who sent emails to our Utah Senator (J. Johnson) and Representative (J. Kyle). We just learned that SB 252 left committee in the Senate, and still needs to be voted on by the Utah Senate and House of Representatives. And the current Utah Legislative session will adjourn this coming Friday, on March 1, 2024.
I am asking you to now send an email to all the Utah Legislative Senators and Representatives requesting to NOT vote for SB 252. I have attached a list of all the email addresses of the Utah Legislative Senators and Representatives, so it should be easy to just copy and paste the email addresses into your email. Feel free to use the sample text provided in the email below and whatever else you may want to say.
The situation with SB 252 is getting serious, and if passed, will likely make it impossible for Ogden Valley and other Utah communities to incorporate.
Please, your help is desperately needed, and feel free to forward this information to others who support incorporating Ogden Valley.
Many thanks,
Jan Fullmer
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From: Jan Fullmer
To: Jan Fullmer
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10:57:39 AM MST
Subject: RE: Request for IMMEDIATE HELP - Update
To All Receiving this Email:
The situation is a bit more serious if SB 252 passes - it could kill our entire Ogden Valley Incorporation initiative.
It is highly unlikely that any community could have 10% more revenues than expenses from the output of a Feasibility Study. That's nearly an impossible threshold to meet. Not only will this bill kill Ogden Valley's attempt to incorporate, but it would probably make it nearly impossible for unincorporated Utah communities to pursue incorporation from this point forward.
A special thank you to all who have already sent their emails to Senator Johnson and Representative Kyle.
Jan Fullmer
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From: Jan Fullmer
To: Jan Fullmer
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 08:46:44 AM MST
Subject: Request for IMMEDIATE HELP
To all receiving this email:
The incorporation team just got word of SB 252 (Senate Bill 252) which is going to go up for a Utah Legislature vote. If SB 252 passes, our Ogden Valley Incorporation effort will be significantly delayed by at least 1 - 2 years. The bill changes some of the requirements for the Feasibility Study that was just completed for Ogden Valley Incorporation and presented to the Ogden Valley Community by the Lt. Governor's office on 1/30/2024.
Your help is needed to flood our state representatives with emails right now, and your help will be very much appreciated.
Some background information on SB 252 is provided below, as well as the email addresses for the State Senator and State Representative representing Ogden Valley, and some sample text (kept simple) to consider for your email. If you live in Ogden Valley, please be sure to include your address. We can only speculate why this bill has been proposed at such a late time in the Utah Legislative session.
PLEASE, help! Thank you,
Jan Fullmer
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Senator Daniel McCay is sponsoring Utah SB 252 which will retroactively require that feasibility studies need to prove that a community’s revenues over expenses are greater than 10%. The current law that we’re operating under requires only 5% surplus (which we exceeded – but not the 10% bar). This bill is clearly designed to target communities like ours that are currently going through the incorporation effort.
We need to have our legislators oppose this measure immediately – the legislative session is nearing it’s close, so this is of utmost importance.
Please send your representatives a short (5 to 7 sentence) email asking them not to support this bill. And if you live in Ogden Valley, please include your home address with the letter.
The Utah Legislative representatives for Ogden Valley are:
John Johnson, Senator [email protected]
Jason Kyle, Representative [email protected]
Here is sample wording to consider for your email:
Please do NOT support SB 252. You are Utah Legislature representatives for Ogden Valley and we have been involved in the incorporation process for almost 2 years. The first required public meeting held by the Lt. Governor's office on 1/30/2024 showed incredible support for incorporation from the Ogden Valley community.
Our feasibility study has been completed and has shown that we meet the requirements of the current law
SB 252 appears to be designed to remove our legal and constitutional right to proceed with the incorporation effort and vote to become a city
Please represent the wishes of the majority of the residents of Ogden Valley by not supporting SB 252
