Utah Admin. Code R926-14-4 - Utah State Scenic Byway Committee Organization and Administration

(1) The authorization of the committee, its membership, administration, powers, and duties are defined in the Designation of Highways Act, Title 72, Chapter 4.

(2) The committee shall conduct business to administer the State Scenic Byway program within the state. This business shall include:

(a) designating, de-designating, hearing appeals of segmentation denials of state scenic byways, and consideration of segmentation under a request for agency action;

(b) recommending considerations for state scenic byway and National and All-American Road recognition to the Legislature;

(c) recommending applications to the NSBP;

(d) prioritizing applications for Scenic Byway Discretionary funding and other funding that may be available; and

(e) other business as may be needed to administer the scenic byway program.

(3)

(a) The committee shall meet to conduct business necessary to administer the state scenic byway program.

(b) The meeting is intended to be an in-person gathering of the full committee at a single anchor location. Where the need arises, and as authorized by the Open and Public Meetings Act, Title 52, Chapter 4, the committee may hold electronic meetings.

(c)

(i) Any additional meetings called by the chair, including committee meetings to consider factors associated with a request for agency action to segment property adjacent to a scenic byway, may be held as either in-person or electronic meetings, at the discretion of the chair, as authorized by the Open and Public Meetings Act, Title 52, Chapter 4.

(ii) Electronic meetings may be fully electronic, i.e. each member may join on an individual remote connection, but an anchor location must be provided for the public at one or more connections, preferably at a conference room available to either the department or the Utah Office of Tourism, that is large enough to accommodate anticipated demand.

(iii) Electronic meetings may be via teleconference, video conference, web conference, or other emerging electronic technology, at the discretion of the chair, as long as adequate time is provided to set up the required electronic connections for participants and the technology used is generally publicly available.

(iv) All meetings, whether in-person or electronic, must be advertised and accessible to the public for both hearing and comment, which in the case of electronic meetings will require publication of connection details and anchor locations.

(v) The published agenda for electronic meetings needs to include details on the format of how and when public comment will be received and addressed by the committee. For example, comment during an electronic meeting may be taken continuously via a chat window, then read by the moderator during the time set aside for public input. For electronic meetings, public participants may be requested to hold their comments until a designated period is opened by the chair.

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Utah Admin. Code R926-14-4

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-18, effective 8/23/2016 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-21, effective 10/22/2024