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Show Appendix F Salt Lake City/ U. S. Forest Service Memorandum of Understanding WHEREAS, CITY owns certain lands within the boundary of the Wasatch- Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties agree as follows; A. The SERVICE, through representatives of its Forest Supervisor will: 1. Solicit input from CITY in all land use planning done by the SERVICE on areas within said watersheds. 2. Authorize improvements needed by CITY to protect or develop water on National Forest lands within the watershed areas. Proposed improvements will be analyzed for compliance with all provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Multiple- Use Sustained Yield Act and other laws and regulations which apply to the management of National Forest land. 3. Authorize no water developments within the watershed areas until after consultation with the CITY. 4. Provide for collection of garbage from all developed picnicking and camping areas on National Forest lands in Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, and Millcreek Canyons. 5. Assume primary responsibility for the development and management of recreation sites on National Forest lands in Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, and Millcreek Canyons. 6. Assume primary responsibility for the development and maintenance of sanitation facilities to serve recreation users on National Forest lands in Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood and Millcreek Canyons. Authorize the CITY to install and maintain sanitation facilities on National Forest lands in these canyons to serve recreation users when requested by the CITY and when the SERVICE is unable to provide the necessary facilities. This authorization will comply with requirements of the Multiple- Use Sustainable Yield Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws and regulations which apply to the development of these facilities. B. The CITY through representatives of the Public Utilities Director, will: 1. Make available to the SERVICE, water necessary to supply existing developed recreation and administrative sites to be paid for at a rate not to exceed established rates Page 142 |