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Show Salt Lake City Watershed Management Plan ' 99 Implementation: Salt Lake City will facilitate the opportunity for residents, property owners and other interested parties to provide input to the department on regulations and management direction in the canyons, by forming a Watershed Partnership. Explanation: The canyon residents feel that they have not had adequate opportunity to express their concerns over management issues in the watershed. This partnership would provide that opportunity. 3. Lack of partnerships to further augment watershed management. • Recommendation: Seek additional partners from jurisdictional agencies, educational institutions, civic organizations, and private enterprise to strengthen watershed management. Explore the option of developing a technical advisory committee similar to the Jordanelle Technical Advisory Committee to assist in watershed management. Implementation: Ongoing. Explanation: Existing partnerships provide excellent watershed management. There will always be room for additional improvements utilizing new partnerships. The Wasatch Canyons Coordinating Committee ( WACCO) was formed several years ago to serve as an advisory board for addressing watershed issues, but WACCO was not an effective body and was disbanded. Salt Lake City will explore forming a new technical advisory committee that is modeled after the Jordanelle Technical Advisory Committee. A new technical advisory committee aimed at strengthening watershed management would include all major jurisdictions along with the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Division of Water Resources. Page 83 |