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Utahns For Responsible Public Spending records, 1988-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Utahns for Responsible Public Spending
Title
Utahns For Responsible Public Spending records
Dates
1988-1995 (inclusive)
Quantity
4.5 linear feet, (7 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 2 oversize folders)
Collection Number
ACCN 1548
Summary
The Utahns for Responsible Public Spending records (1988-1995) contains correspondence, clippings, press releases, notes, petitions, speeches, and memorabilia related to the activities of this organization in opposing the bid for the Winter Olympics. Included are materials produced by the Utah Sports Authority and various bid committees in support of Salt Lake City's bids for the Winter Olympics. Utahns for Responsible Public Spending was a group opposed to the Salt Lake City bid for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Utahns for Responsible Public Spending records (1988-1995) contains correspondence, articles, notes, petitions, Olympic committee information, venues information, Utah Sports Authority documents, government files, and other documents concerning Salt Lake City's bid for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The organization was founded in the late 1980s and was against holding the Olympics in Salt Lake City. Correspondence and various documents written by the Utahns for Responsible Public Spending (URPS), including notes, press releases, speeches given by Stephen Pace, mailings, information concerning charitable solicitations, a winter Olympics survey, volunteer information, public comment and question sheets, and articles from Citizens, an opinion newspaper, are housed in box 1. Information concerning a URPS lawsuit, petitions, voting districts, and voter registration forms can be found in box 2. Information about Olympic bid committees, including the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee, the United States Olympic Bid Committee, and the International Olympic Bid Committee, as well as resolutions, contracts, and financial documents produced by these organizations, comprise box 3. Utah Sports Authority documents concerning the Olympics are contained in box 4. Venues information, including proposals and records concerning the Olympic speed skating oval, ice sheets, the winter sports park, and the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, is housed in box 5. Governmental files, including agreements, information about the Salt Palace renovation and expansion, and other documents concerning government affairs, proposed sales tax increases, and state budget information can be found in box 6. News articles from 1990 to 1995 comprise box 7, and an anti-Olympics T-shirt is housed in box 8. Finally, oversize documents, including the Spring 1992 Citizens for True Tax Reform newsletter and a poster, "Financing and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games," are located in the two oversize folders.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Stephen Pace in 1995.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual items were transferred to the Multimedia Section of Special Collections (A0258).

Processing Note

Processed by Xan Morris in 1997.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Utah Ski Archive.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Documents

    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1989-1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1-6
    • Description: URPS Organizational Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Stephen Pace, Notes Written
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Press Releases
      Dates: 1989-1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9-13
    • Description: Speeches

      This folder contains "Remarks to the Eighth Annual State and Local Government: 'The Olympic Quest,'" "Earth Day Comments," and a media list.

      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: URPS Statement and Recommendations to the Utah Sports Authority Board

      A list of concerns about the Olympic bid and suggestions on how to resolve these concerns.

      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: Utah Department of Commerce, Charitable Solicitations

      This folder contains a government document stating reasons for the denial of the URPS application to solicit in Utah.

      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    • Description: Mailings

      This folder contains "The Winter Olympics: The Opponents Are Not the Loonies," "The Olympics--What Would It Do to You? What Can You Do To It?" and "Books, Not Bobsleds!"

      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: URPS Winter Olympics Survey
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
    • Description: URPS Volunteer List
      Container: Box 1, Folder 19-24
    • Description: URPS "Public Comment of Question" Sheets
      Container: Box 1, Folder 25
    • Description: "Winter Olympix Funny Munny"
      Container: Box 1, Folder 26
    • Description: Facility Use Application, Permit Fee Schedule, and Facility Use Rules
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 27
    • Description: Citizens

      This folder contains notes and correspondence regarding Stephen Pace's contribution of an article to this Salt Lake City newspaper, as well as copies of the publication itself.

      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 28
    • Description: URPS vs. Kendrick Cowley

      A lawsuit filed by Stephen Pace against Kendrick Cowley, Salt Lake City Recorder, in an attempt to aquire an extraordinary writ forcing Cowley to accept URPS initiative petitions.

      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1-11
    • Description: Petitions
      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12-25
    • Description: Voting Districts and Streets
      Container: Box 2, Folder 26
    • Description: Voter Registration Forms
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Olympic Committees

    • Description: Organization of Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee

      This folder contains a list of board of trustees members, standing committees, and chairpersons.

      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee, Mission Statement and Objectives
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: Salt Lake Winter Games Organizing Committee and Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee, Policy Manuals
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee, Facility Financial Analysis
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: "Salt Lake City's Olympic Bid"

      This folder contains an article on the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee's effort to win the 1998 Olympics.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: Olympic Contracts

      These folders contain a host city contract and the International Olympic Committee Contract.

      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Legislative Resolutions

      This folder contains resolutions showing support of the Olympic bid efforts.

      Dates: 1989-1995
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9-11
    • Description: Economic and Fiscal Impacts Reports
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    • Description: "The Economic Impact on the State of Georgia of Hosting the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
    • Description: Division of Facilities Construction and Management Olympic Financial Working Model

      This folder contains an organizational chart, overview of functional responsibilities, basic Olympic facilities construction schedules, and expanded description of tasks involved in the elements of the facilities contsruction schedule.

      Container: Box 3, Folder 14
    • Description: Environmental Concerns

      This folder contains an article, "Environmental Sensitivity of the Olympic Bid," by Marc Allred, and an "Environmental Platform."

      Container: Box 3, Folder 15
    • Description: Olympic Outline
      Container: Box 3, Folder 16
    • Description: Olympic Promotional Pamphlet
      Container: Box 3, Folder 17
    • Description: Olympics for Utah Schedule
      Container: Box 3, Folder 18
    • Description: Organization of the International Olympic Committee

      This folder contains a list of bid committee members and the countries they represent.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 3, Folder 19
    • Description: Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
      Container: Box 3, Folder 20
    • Description: Summer and Winter Olympic Sports, Professional Events, and Collegiate Events

      This folder contains a list of Olympic events and age/gender groups.

      Container: Box 3, Folder 21
    • Description: The Olympian, January 1989

      This folder contains a magazine devoted to Olympic topics.

      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 3, Folder 22
  • Utah Sports Authority

    • Description: Conflict of Interest Statement

      This folder contains a document stating the requirements for becoming a member of the Utah Sports Authority.

      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
    • Description: "Fresca United States National Cycling Championships: Schedule for the Utah Sports Authority Board of Directors"
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
    • Description: Mayor Depaulis' Recommendation to the Sports Authority

      This folder contains recommendations on the location and design of the Olympic speed skating oval.

      Container: Box 4, Folder 3
    • Description: Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
    • Description: "An Open Letter to the Utah Sports Authority"

      This folder contains a letter stating that the speed skating oval should not be built downtown.

      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
    • Description: Power of the Utah Sports Authority
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
    • Description: Promissory Note From the Salt Lake City Bid Committee to the Utah Sports Authority
      Container: Box 4, Folder 7
    • Description: Property Taxes Charged in Utah by Counties
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
    • Description: Proposed Winter Sports Authority Resolution

      This folder contains a statement that the Utah Sports Authority should approve all Olympic funding.

      Container: Box 4, Folder 9
    • Description: Meeting Agendas
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 10-11
    • Description: Legislative Sports Authority Act Amendments
      Dates: 1990-1995
      Container: Box 4, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Utah Sports Authority Actual Revenue and Expenditure Report

      This folder contains a document stating that Salt Lake City agrees to accept all of the conditions associated with hosting the Olympics.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 4, Folder 14
    • Description: Agreement

      This folder contains an agreement between the Utah Sports Authority, the State of Utah, the Salt Lake Bid Olympic Committee, and Salt Lake City.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 4, Folder 15
    • Description: Organizational Meeting Agenda
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 16
    • Description: Organizing Legislation
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 4, Folder 17
    • Description: Summary of Expenditure Authority
      Container: Box 4, Folder 18
    • Description: Winter Sports Facility Purchase Agreement Between the Utah Sports Authority and the Salt Lake City Bid Committee
      Container: Box 4, Folder 19
    • Description: Utah 1998 Olympics Financial Analysis Preliminary Information
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 20
    • Description: Facilities Sample Proposal Detail Page
      Container: Box 4, Folder 21
  • Venues

    • Description: Olympic Speed Skating Oval Materials

      This folder contains Salt Lake City and State of Utah planning documents and URPS materials.

      Container: Box 5, Folder 1-9
    • Description: Olympic Ice Sheet

      This folder contains documents produced by the Division of Facilities Construction and Management regarding site selection and speed of ice sheets.

      Container: Box 5, Folder 10-12
    • Description: Winter Sports Facilities Expanded Project Schedules
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 5, Folder 13
    • Description: Winter Sports Park

      This folder contains Division of Facilities Construction and management site selection proposals and "Summary of Proposed Terms for Sale of the Winter Sports Park to the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee by the Utah Sports Authority."

      Container: Box 5, Folder 14-15
    • Description: United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation

      This folder contains correspondence and descriptive literature.

      Container: Box 5, Folder 16
  • Government Files

    • Description: Undertaking Agreement

      This folder contains a statement that Salt Lake City is ready to undertake the responsibility of hosting the Olympics.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: Olympic Committee Agreements
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Salt Lake City's Bid for the Olympic Winter Games, Chronology of Events and Agreement
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4
    • Description: Salt Palace

      This folder contains documents and articles produced by the Salt Lake Bid Committee and other regarding the proposed renovation of the Salt Palace.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 5-10
    • Description: "Traffic Impact of Proposed Uses for the Existing Primary Children's Medical Facility"

      This folder contains a consulting firm's report to Intermountain Health Care.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 11
    • Description: "Administrative Rulemaking"

      This folder contains Chapter 46 of State Affairs in General, a volume of the Utah Code.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 12
    • Description: Sales Tax Legislation
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 13
    • Description: Salt Lake City Operating and Capital Budget
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 14
    • Description: "All Together Now"

      This folder contains an article stating the pros and cons of health care reform.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 15
    • Description: Adam Wallinsky, "The Crisis of Public Order"

      This folder contains an article describing the increasing crime rate and the decreasing police force in the United States.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 16
  • General Materials and Oversize Documents

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Subject Terms

  • Winter Olympics--Economic aspects--Utah
  • Winter Olympics--Social aspects--Utah
  • Winter Olympics--Utah--Organization and administration

Corporate Names

  • Utahns for Responsible Public Spending--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Memorabilia
  • Notes (documents)
  • Petitions
  • Press releases
  • Speeches (documents)
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