At-Large: Michael McKee

○ UDIA suggests support of legislation that could first bring internet access to rural Utah. When that has been achieved, GRPB could then focus on device access and education on how parents can set safeguards and accessibility in their homes as they see fit. ○ Internet access could be made cheaper if the costs of internet are dispersed among all Utah households as part of a Utah utility. When a family turns on their electricity, water, gas, maybe they should also be able to turn on the internet.

Mike McKee leads the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition. This group was able to bring in recreation funds for Daggett County, a railroad near the Uintah Basin, a road near the Navajo in San Juan County, water infrastructure in that same area, and other initiatives, like connecting a road to Flaming Gorge to Yellowstone.

● Opportunities

○ Several important regional infrastructure concepts that they are working toward are:

■ Air Quality Enhancing Concepts ■ Moab to Winslow (AZ) Railroad ■ Regional Recreation Planning ■ Salina to Alton Railroad ■ Natural Gas Product Manufacturing ■ Critical Highway Improvement Projects ■ Electrical Transmission and Generation Enhancements ■ Distributed Logistics Port Facilities in Rural Utah