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Show Tuesday, March 23, 1999 The Daily Utah Chronicle - 3 Envision Utah Results Find Utahns Prefer Infill To Developing Rural Land Colby Era Chronicle News Writer Since January 1997 members of local communities have come together to decide the fate of Utah's urban development for the next 50 years. Envision Utah has put together local community action groups and released surveys to the public to gauge interest, options and factors in Utah's growth trend into the new millennium. Many factors are involved with the formation of this group. The Utah growth rate is on the rise at twice the national average, with a projected 2.7 million residents in the Greater Wasatch area by 2020 and an increased demand to meet the needs of these citizens being one of these factors. Envision Utah developed three scenarios to influence the public's decisions. They ranged from sprawling developments that claimed more agricultural and undeveloped land to one that encouraged infill and renovation. There were 570,000 questionnaires distributed and 17,491 completed. Of these, 11,214 were returned through the mail and 6,277 were done via website. The surveys had a 95 percent confidence rating. The questionnaire was apparently answered by more affluent and better educated members of the populace. This information is available on the Envision Utah website. Utah's COOL Conference a Highlight of Spring Break The University of Utah it hosted a national conference organization named "Campus Outreach Opportunity League" during spring break. Service-minde- d university students from across the nation engaged in workshops that germinated ideas for service as well as service projects themselves. Over 1,000 COOL conference participants served the community by planting trees, elementary up cleaning school playgrounds and many other projects. Keynote speakers included Harris Wofford, president of the Corporation for National Service; Adam Werbach, former president of the Sierra Club; and Dolores Huerta, director and founder of United Farm Workers. The Us Bennion Center non-prof- The survey also focused on what was important to Utahns. Air quality turned out to be the number one concern with 52 percent of respondents rating that as number one or two. A few other growth-relate- d topics mentioned were transportation options, total water demand and the amount of new and agricultural land consumed. Other concerns included the avery lot, walk-abl- e age size of a communities and the number y of homes versus condominiums. Respondents to the survey reported that scenario C was the best on 8 of 9 growth issues and much of its support came from its overwhelming advantage in air quality. The Group found few differences between the questionnaire and town meeting results. The results of the scenario questions were as follows: scenario C had 30 percent approval, scenario CD had a 26 percent approval, scenario D alone had a 9 percent approval and there was less than 4 percent approval for scenario A or single-famil- single-famil- B. ' Scenarios A and B are for the expansion of communities and using more land as opposed to infill and public transportation of A or D. All of these scenarios are evaluated in detail in past Daily Utah Chronicle issues as well as on the Envision Utah webpage at: www.envisionu-tah.or- EMM COMEDY YOU'RE LIVE ON g. LADIES Envision Utah is now going to take the results of the survey and attempt to construct a working model of what is important to the people and what scenarios are the best for residents of the area. They will create a hybrid scenario to gain the most public approval and best deal with the influx of new Utahns. Although some people believe we can deal with the new citizens by not allowing Californians and others to move here, this is not the problem. Most of the growth is internal. The birth rate in Utah is high. So Envision Utah wants people to get involved in the planning process. If we don't do something about it, the growth will overwhelm us. UNIVERSAL PICTURES and IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT present a BRIAN GRAZER W JENNA SAI WOODY BE jy ON SOUNDTRACK BECOHDSl "ED TV" DENNIS J Ell IHEPBISE production ROR DRUM MB SCORfiT SUPERVISOR tnivt HOIUEIIS SKIM f"'S" IT IT UMIVIRMt tTUDIOI IIIICTEi II www.ed-tv.co- m mm mt mm mi m Pickup your complimentary tickets at The Daily Utah Chronicle ou 1 I I 75(f Wash Thursdays and Fridays Between 2-- 7 pm ree Drying On Tumbling Tuesdays ASH hosted a benefit dinner with the donations of 50 local restaurants. Resources earned added to $1,240. On Wet Wednesdays David McEntlre jj, fffn! .'-i- i" Coin-o- p Drop Bundle Dry Clean Pool Tables 247 S.500 E.,Salt Lake City, phone 521.2534 www.stonewash.com |