Regional Planning Program (RPP)

Purpose:

• The core mission of the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board (CIB) is to mitigate socio-economic impacts resulting from natural resource development on federal lands.
• Through the proposed program the CIB will provide stability for continuous quality planning throughout rural Utah.
• Provide funds for participating regional Associations of Governments (AOGs) to commit a full-time planner, whose time and responsibilities will be dedicated solely to the core mission and goals of the CIB.

Program Summary

• Establish a five-year program to implement the general goals of the CIB in each of the following five planning regions:

Bear River	Five County	Six County
Southeastern Utah	Uintah Basin



• The RPP will be flexible in its requirements to allow for the development and implementation of regional and local goals.
• The CIB will provide funding through an annual, renewable, contract for a full-time planner dedicated to the RPP in each region.
• The planner will assist communities in the region to address the impacts of natural resource development, including the cyclical nature of such development.

Goals:

1. Commit a full-time planner, who reports to the AOG, but whose time and responsibilities will be dedicated solely to the core mission and goals of the CIB.
2. Analyze the impacts of natural resource development.
3. Determine the needs of the communities impacted by such development.
4. Evaluate the communities’ assets and capacity to meet their needs.
5. Create capital improvements list for each county.
6. Provide technical assistance to communities to meet their planning needs.
7. Assist communities to prepare grant applications for planning and capital improvement needs, in particular, applications to the CIB.
8. Outputs and programmatic activities will have a direct relationship to the efforts of the communities and CIB to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of natural resource development.
9. Establish a system, that is mutually responsive to the CIB and AOG, for furthering and evaluating the program outcomes.

Planners:

1. Submit work product and quarterly reports to the CIB, updating progress on goals 1-9 above.
2. Coordinate planning activities that use CIB and other State funds.
3. Coordinate requests for State planning funds, including CDBG, Housing, Quality Growth and GOPB.
4. 4Provide planning services for communities by coordinating training, identifying funding sources, drafting requests for proposals, reviewing draft plans and ordinances, and advising, including attending public meetings – all with due consideration to the time and fiscal constraints of this program.
5. Attend training sessions and coordination meetings provided by CIB staff. (Initially contemplated to be in-person quarterly, but frequency and/or format may change.)
6. Respond to program evaluations and recommendations from CIB staff.

CIB Staff:

1. Provide training sessions and coordination meetings for planners to acquaint them with RPP requirements and other planning resources, including other agencies as appropriate.
2. Respond to requests and program concerns from the five AOGs and planners.
3. Provide the CIB with annual program information and review for their consideration in reauthorizing the AOG contracts for another year.

WORK DESCRIPTION

I. Regional Planning Activities (Mandatory)

A. Regional Inventory/Assessment Document
     Due January 15

B. Regional Capital Improvement List by County
     Due April 1

C. Vetting local requests for planning funds (Mandatory)
     Due according to the PCIFB trimester application schedule

II. Local Planning and Technical Assistance Activities (Mandatory, but mix and level flexible based on local
     needs)

A. Planning and Zoning, including General (Master) Plan

B. TA/Grantsmanship (Particularly CIB requests)

C. TA/Planning-consulting RFPs

D. Planning Training

E. Economic Planning

F. Plan Coordination

G. Other

CONTACTS

CIB STAFF

Department of Community and Culture
Division of Housing and Community Development
Permanent Community Impact Fund Board
324 S. State Street, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Fax: 801-538-8888

Keith J. Burnett
Fund Manager
801-538-8725
kjburnett@utah.gov

Gayle Gardner
Associate Fund Manager
801-538-8735
ggardner@utah.gov

Candace Powers
Associate Fund Manager
801-538-8765
cpowers@utah.gov

Sanobi Johnson
Executive Secretary
801-538-8627
sanobijohnson@utah.gov

STATE AGENCY PARTNERS

SUU Regional Services

Brain Cottam
Associate Director
(435) 865-8023
Fax: 435.865-8236
351 W. University Blvd.
Cedar City, UT 84720
CottamB@suu.edu

Division of Water Quality

Beth Wondimu
288 North 1460 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
(801) 538-6016
bwondimu@utah.gov

Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

Evan Curtis
801 538-1027
Fax: 801 538-1547
P.O. Box 142210
State Capitol Complex, Suite 150
Salt Lake City, Utah 81114
ecurtis@utah.gov

Division of Drinking Water

Michael Georgeson
150 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
(801) 536-0092
mgeorgeson@utah.gov