underway, and ticket sales can be estimated. It is the SLOC's intent to collaborate fully with the state
and see that the Olympic Games will be a wonderful experience for the people of the state, the
visitors, and everyone involved.
Rep. Tanner asked Mr. Joklik what the SLOC is going to do to rebuild public confidence,
in the SLOC and the 2002 Olympic Games.
Mr. Joklik said he is aware of the negative feelings and the distrust that many people have.
He indicated that in repairing the vision of the Olympic Games, there are two issues involved. One
is that the SLOC has to give to the people of Utah assurance that the people involved in the Olympic
Games are stewards hired for their jobs after careful scrutiny. The other issue is that the SLOC has
not been good at communicating to the people of the state the benefits of hosting the Olympic
Games. He told the committee that the SLOC needs to put in place a good communications team
which will communicate with the people of the state about the Olympic Games in a way that some
of these negative feelings and distrust will be disposed of.
Ms. Mueller asked Mr. Joklik if the SLOC is putting steps into place to make its meetings
more open and better advertised and if the meetings will be in facilities and locations that the public
has the right to attend.
Mr. Joklik explained that the by-laws prescribe that the meetings of the board are open to the
public and are duly advertised. Ms. Mueller asked if that would include the executive committee
meetings. Mr. Joklik said the executive committee meetings are not open to the public according
to the by-laws, but the board meetings are. Ms. Mueller said she would take issue with all executive
committee meetings being closed. She would assume that there are a number of business dealings
taking place in executive committee meetings that should be in the public forum.
Ms. Patricia Owen, Associate General Counsel, clarified statutory requirements applicable
to SLOC board meetings.
Mr. Kelly Flint, General Counsel, explained that the way the by-laws are constructed, the
governor and the mayor have discretion in the appointments to the executive committee. The
executive committee is a discussion body and the decision-making authority is in the board. The
executive committee makes recommendations to the board and all votes, including the votes on
contracts, have to be taken in open meetings.
Ms. Mueller thanked them for the clarification, but she reiterated that her concern is that there
is a fair process in executive committee meetings.
3. Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee (SLOC) Bank Line of Credit and Schedule for Reimbursement of Sales Tax Diversion to State and Local Governments - Mr. Brian Allred,
Research Analyst, distributed and reviewed a Timeline of the Olympic Winter Games from June
1989 to May 2002. He indicated that Mr. Crabtree has been in negotiations with banks regarding
the line of credit that is needed and he will present information regarding that negotiation, the
revenues that are coming in, and what kind of expenditures are going to be required.
Mr. Gordon Crabtree distributed and explained the basis of SLOC's revenue and expenditure
numbers. He outlined the major funding sources for the Olympic Games, the major uses of the
funds, the SLOC Budget Policy, the SLOC bank line of credit, the SLOC "Line of Credit" general
bank terms, and the impact of not matching the payment to the state with SLOC revenues. He
indicated that he would hope the committee would consider sponsoring some legislation for the 1998
General Session that would allow the payment date to match the revenue stream of the organizing
committee.
4. Budgetary Procedures Related to State Services for 2002 Olympic Winter Games -Ms. Patricia Owen, Associate General Counsel, reminded the committee that at the last meeting various
agencies discussed potential impacts of providing services related to the games and potential
budgetary issues connected to those services. She gave a brief overview of the budgetary processes
and procedures that could be used in payment of the state services related to the games and provided
the committee with copies of her remarks.
Mr. John Massey, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, discussed the budget process and
some general ideas of what the Fiscal Analyst's Office could do in terms of quantifying the impact
on state agencies. He stated that the role of the Fiscal Analyst's Office now would be to encourage
the agencies to: 1) start to plan for their needs; 2) decide what those fiscal impacts are going to be
on their budgets; and 3) start to include those needs as part of their request to the governor in their
regular budget process.
Ms. Lynne Koga, Director, Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), said that in
terms of the revenue side of the budget, OPB did an economic analysis in 1994 indicating that over
the ten-year period from 1992 to 2002, state and local government positive revenue impact was
about $108 million. Some of the $108 million OPB would have already recognized because of the
economic impact of the construction of the Winter Sports Park. She indicated that what OPB will
have to do when they update the economic analysis is to quantify how much of the $108 million has
already been realized. She indicated that the latest estimates for sales tax diversion collection are
between $65 and $69 million.
Ms. Koga stated that there would potentially be four sources of funding for agencies: 1) the
agencies' existing base budget; 2) the appropriation out of sources that have been discussed; 3)
federal grants; and 4) actual contracts with the Olympic Committee.
and appreciate any kind of policy or legislation that the Legislature could pass in helping rural Utah
in the future as they look towards planning and making advancements.
Ms. Mary Alice Page, Uintah County Planner, indicated that the community support in the
rural areas is very broad-based, but their problem is that they are far away from a lot of the
infrastructure and they look at different things to support their winter activities. The rural areas
expect and hope to be positively impacted and to benefit through their area's association with the
2002 Olympics in the winter sports usage of their area. She also told the committee not to forget the
rural areas of Utah in their legislative actions. She distributed a Winter Sports Study for Daggett,
Duchesne, and Uintah Counties.
Sen. Myrin explained that this committee is advisory to the Sports Authority and the Sports
Authority is given the charge to develop sports statewide, not just winter sports. The Sports
Authority's focus now is on the Olympics, but there are programs statewide that the Sport Authority
needs to be involved with in the future.
6. Adjourn -
It was decided by the committee to hold its next meeting at 1:00 p.m on November 21st.
MOTION: Mr. Winder moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:05 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.