2026 Utah Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Advisory Committee Grant Scoring Meeting
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
April 30, 2026 08:00 AM
Event End Date & Time
April 30, 2026 03:00 PM
Description/Agenda
April 30th: 8am- 3:00pm
8AM:
Welcome
Confirm whether a quorum is present. If so, the meeting may proceed with the required 9 out of 17 members in attendance.
Recording is started
Approval of minutes
Pre-Scoring Meeting
Review of Agenda & Procedures:
Noemi will explain the scoring procedure, the agenda and virtual protocols
Members of the public will be asked to identify themselves by entering their name in chat or changing their username for the public record. We ask that they remain muted until the public comment period.
Committee members attending virtually may use the Raise Hand function on Google Meets anytime they have a question and they will be called on.
Scoring Procedure-
The Utah Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Advisory Committee will review, discuss, and vote on the project applications that seek funding from the grant programs (see attached list)
The committee may adopt some procedures that will shorten the review time for the committee, while still allowing for sufficient time to review the remaining projects and considering various factors for a fair assessment to determine funding.
Special consideration should be made for rural counties. Another consideration that should be taken into account is for projects that can serve a variety of outdoor recreation activities.
Patrick will periodically show the committee where the funding is going by both county and outdoor recreation activity.
NOTE: A committee member may motion to reconsider a project at any time. With only three reviewers per application, a single critical score can significantly lower the average, making some projects worth revisiting during the scoring meeting.
Lowest ranked projects: If a motion is made, the committee may vote to review only the applications that received scores above a minimum level. Rule 357-16-7 (2b) states that 'All but the lowest ranked projects will receive a review during the scoring committee.'
Highest ranked projects: A committee member may make a motion to have the committee vote for a grouping of the highest ranked projects. If this were done, the committee could then spend the time concentrating its scoring efforts on the mid-ranked projects.
If a motion is made and seconded, the committee may vote on a choice to fund all projects in the top tier by a given percentage. No motions can be made to deliberately NOT fund a project.
Committee members take turns presenting on the grants, followed by a discussion on the strengths, weaknesses, and summaries of each of the remaining applications. A motion can then be made to fund the project and if the majority of the committee votes to award funding, that project will receive funding.
If we plan to evaluate all 126 applications (not including Regional Asset Tier), the ideal would be to give up to 2 minutes to consider each project, which could be broken down as follows:
30 seconds for reviewer presentation
1 minute discussion of the project by the committee
30 seconds for motion and voting procedure.
If reviewing fewer than the full amount, up to 3 minutes can be taken.
For the Regional Asset Tier ONLY. The committee will vote to fund and will need to specify the amount of funding awarded to the project. The committee should consider that partial funding may result in significant delays for the start of a project.
Over the two days, the committee will review:
Regional Asset Tier presentations: will occur April 30th between 9:15- 11:10 AM and May 1st between 9:30- 11:15 AM.
Recreation Restoration Infrastructure
Mini Grants
Community Parks and Recreation
Regional Asset Tier
9:15 AM: Regional Asset Tier Presentations Begin
11:30AM: Lunch Break
12:30- 12:45 PM: Public Comment
12:45 PM: Resume Application Discussions
3:00 PM: Adjournment
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals requiring special accommodation during this meeting should notify Tara McKee at 801-538-8686 prior to the meeting. Please note these meetings may take place at various locations and interested citizens should confirm location any specific meeting.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
Google Meet Video Conference:
https://meet.google.com/qms-vdmm-jer
Google Meet Mobile App Meeting Code:
qms-vdmm-jer
Telephone (backup):
330-887-2013 PIN: 470 153 587#
Other Information
YouTube 'LIVE' stream:
Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant Advisory Committee (Day One) 4/30/2026
https://youtube.com/live/qZ1xEXdocZg
Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant Advisory Committee (Day Two re-post) 5/1/2026
https://youtu.be/2hxNvOk200A