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5 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
6 ENCOURAGING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN VISION STATEMENTS,
7 GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THOSE VISION
8 STATEMENTS, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES IN APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER
9 LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES AND IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXECUTIVE
10 PROCESSES.
11 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
12 WHEREAS the Utah Tomorrow Strategic Planning Committee, working extensively with
13 executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government and their agencies, local governments,
14 organizations, and the public at large has developed vision statements, goals, objectives, and
15 performance measures for the future of Utah, that are set forth in the 1996 annual report of the
16 Utah Tomorrow Strategic Plan;
17 WHEREAS the Utah Tomorrow Strategic Plan can materially help Utah incorporate more
18 foresight, achieve economic efficiencies, and move toward proactive thinking in administering
19 state and local government;
20 WHEREAS cooperation and coordination in state planning and budgeting activities must
21 be encouraged whenever possible;
22 WHEREAS government should be encouraged to incorporate the vision, goals, and
23 objectives of the Utah Tomorrow Strategic Plan in planning activities, although their ultimate
24 implementation cannot be guaranteed;
25 WHEREAS the governor has identified six key objectives of his administration:
26 (1) Providing a World Class Education;
27 (2) Creating Quality Jobs and Business Climate;
1 (3) Improving Government;
2 (4) Enhancing the Quality of Life for all Utahns;
3 (5) Fostering Self-Reliance; and
4 (6) Protecting our Foundation of Community Values; and
5 WHEREAS the goals of Utah Tomorrow can help in achieving the governor's key
6 objectives:
7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature and governor adopt the
8 following vision statements, goals, and objectives and encourage their implementation and
9 consideration in appropriations, administration, and other government processes:
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12 Understand our diverse human heritage, nurture and protect Utah's cultural resources, and
13 create opportunities for cultural education and expression.
14 A. ALL UTAHNS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES
15 1. Increase the availability of cultural resources within communities throughout Utah.
16 2. Increase the use of Utah's cultural resources.
17 3. Strengthen the integration of cultural subjects in the public education curriculum.
18 4. Preserve Utah's cultural resources for future generations.
19 B. UTAH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CULTURAL
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21 1. Strengthen the competency of staff and boards of cultural programs.
22 2. Encourage cultural institutions and groups to meet recognized professional standards.
23 C. UTAH WILL NURTURE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
24 AND INSTITUTIONS
25 1. Increase cooperation, communication, and resource sharing among cultural
26 organizations and institutions.
27 2. Increase citizen and community involvement in cultural organizations and institutions.
28 3. Encourage public/private partnership support for cultural organizations and institutions.
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31 Build a statewide economy and infrastructure that supports a broad spectrum of opportunity
1 for all citizens while advancing the standard of living and maintaining a high quality of life.
2 A. UTAH WILL INCREASE EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, AND EMPLOYEE MORALE
3 THROUGHOUT THE STATE
4 1. Increase the employment in all geographic regions of Utah.
5 2. Increase the employment in rural regions of Utah.
6 3. Decrease unemployment in Utah.
7 4. Increase new business entities incorporated or registered in Utah.
8 5. Increase new jobs in Utah.
9 6. Increase the average annual compensation of new jobs.
10 7. Increase the average household income as a percent of the national average.
11 8. Increase the average income per job.
12 9. Decrease the poverty rate as a percent of the national average.
13 10. Promote responsible employer-employee relations, employment that is reasonably
14 accessible to individuals with disabilities, and work conditions that are free from sexual
15 harassment and discrimination of any kind.
16 11. Encourage work options that facilitate good family relationships.
17 B. UTAH WILL ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN ITS INDUSTRIES
18 1. Retain and expand existing Utah businesses.
19 2. Increase the number of corporate headquarters located in Utah.
20 3. Increase revenue generated per research dollar spent.
21 4. Increase new jobs in targeted industries and their average annual compensation.
22 5. Encourage the emergence of new companies from new technology.
23 6. Increase focus on technical sectors recognized as Utah strengths, including aerospace
24 manufacturing, biomedical/biotechnology, information technology, and natural resources including
25 agribusiness.
26 7. Develop alternate capital sources (e.g., venture capital).
27 8. Increase the amount of acreage available for industrial development.
28 9. Encourage the prudent and responsible exploration and development of natural
29 resources.
30 10. Increase the dollar amount of federal and commercial contracts awarded to Utah firms.
31 11. Increase the number of Utah companies actively exporting products to world markets.
1 12. Increase the dollar amount of exports as a percent of Utah Gross State Product.
2 13. Increase strategic business alliances between Utah and foreign companies.
3 14. Increase visitor length of stay and total spending by tourists.
4 15. Increase tax revenues from tourism.
5 16. Assist local governments in establishing and maintaining adequate infrastructure and
6 services to meet the needs of its citizens and visitors.
7 C. UTAH WILL ADJUST TO A CHANGING NATIONAL ECONOMIC CLIMATE
8 1. Provide adequate job training programs.
9 2. Increase private sector investment in employee training and retraining.
10 3. Increase retraining and employment of displaced workers.
11 4. Promote market-driven partnerships between business and education.
12 5. Involve local governments and other public entities in economic development.
13 D. UTAH WILL CONTAIN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS
14 1. Decrease Workers Compensation insurance costs while maintaining benefits and
15 solvency.
16 2. Increase worker productivity.
17 3. Reduce energy costs through energy efficient technologies, processes, and practices.
18 4. Maintain Utah's low cost of government.
19 5. Encourage freight cost savings through regional regulatory standardization.
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22 Educate our citizens by providing an environment that supports life-long learning and
23 occupational skills and that enables Utahns of all ages to reach their potential as productive and
24 responsible individuals.
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27 Public Education's mission is to assure Utah the best educated citizenry in the world and
28 each individual the training to succeed in a global society, by providing students with learning and
29 occupational skills, character development, literacy, and basic knowledge through a responsive,
30 statewide system that guarantees local school communities autonomy, flexibility, and client
31 choice, while holding them accountable for results.
1 A. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE AND
2 PERMIT STUDENTS TO ADVANCE BY DEMONSTRATING COMPETENCY AND
3 MASTERY OF SKILLS
4 1. Develop, disseminate, and offer a world-class curriculum that enables students to
5 successfully compete in a global society, and to succeed as citizens of a participatory democracy.
6 2. Incorporate the concepts of quality versus quantity; depth versus breadth; subject
7 integration and application; applied thinking skills; a global perspective; and character
8 development.
9 3. Promote a public education climate of high expectation and academic excellence.
10 B. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE FOR CHOICE OF
11 SCHOOLS
12 1. Offer a public school choice program, which gives students and their parents options
13 to best meet the student's personal education needs.
14 C. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE SCHOOLS
15 AUTONOMY FOR OBTAINING RESULTS
16 1. Empower each school district and public school to create its own vision and plan to
17 achieve results consistent with the Utah Strategic Planning Act for Educational Excellence.
18 2. Emphasize the involvement of educators, parents, and the community at large in the
19 educational process by allowing them to be involved in establishing and implementing educational
20 goals and participating in decision-making at the school site.
21 D. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE FOR IMPROVED
22 TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM
23 1. Establish, in concert with the State Board of Regents and the Colleges of Education, a
24 process for the review and revision of teacher certification requirements to be consistent with
25 teacher preparation in personalized education programs within the public schools.
26 2. Ensure competitive compensation, benefits, and incentive plans to attract and promote
27 excellence in the public education system.
28 E. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE FOR INCREASED
29 CLIENT INVOLVEMENT IN SHAPING ACADEMIC/OCCUPATIONAL OUTCOMES
30 1. Provide a personalized student education plan (SEP) or personalized student
31 education/occupation plan (SEOP) for each student that involves the student's parent or guardian
1 and school personnel in establishing the plan.
2 2. Incorporate an information retrieval system that provides students, parents, and
3 educators with reliable and timely data on the progress of each student.
4 F. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL USE TECHNOLOGY TO
5 IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES AND FOR THE DELIVERY OF
6 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
7 1. Support the development and implementation of technology plans for each school,
8 school district, and each of the public institutions of higher education.
9 2. Provide ongoing technical assistance and inservice training to school personnel
10 regarding the use of technology for educational services.
11 G. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE IMPROVEMENT
12 THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
13 1. Promote ongoing research and development projects at the district and school level that
14 are directed at improving and enhancing public education.
15 2. Provide for a research and development clearinghouse at the state level to receive and
16 share with school districts and schools information on effective and innovative practices and
17 programs in education.
18 H. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL EXPAND THE LEVEL OF
19 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION
20 1. Involve the Utah Partnership for Educational and Economic Development in the
21 provision of a clearinghouse of information and facilitating business/school partnerships.
22 2. Implement those programs and services that are consistent with the approved strategic
23 plan of the Utah Partnership for Educational and Economic Development, Inc.
24 I. UTAH'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE EFFORTS TO
25 EDUCATE THE STAKEHOLDERS
26 1. Provide a mechanism for the dissemination of information about strategic planning for
27 public education that is consistent with the Utah Strategic Planning Act for Educational
28 Excellence.
29 2. Compile and publish, for the state as a whole, a set of educational performance
30 indicators describing trends in student performance.
31 3. Conduct a statewide public awareness program on competency-based educational
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4 A. ALL UTAHNS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE POSTSECONDARY
5 EDUCATION
6 1. Further differentiate admissions standards and tuition levels between various types of
7 institutions.
8 2. Increase the proportion of postsecondary students attending community colleges and
9 applied technology centers.
10 3. Maximize the benefits of alternative delivery systems including telecommunication
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12 4. Establish nonresident tuition that covers full educational costs.
13 5. Establish more restrictive residency status requirements for undergraduates.
14 6. Improve and increase applied technology programs and enrollments.
15 7. Actively recruit women and minority students and students with disabilities.
16 8. Establish a system for periodic evaluation of regional postsecondary education needs.
17 9. Encourage cooperation between private and public institutions to help achieve access
18 to postsecondary education.
19 B. UTAH'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL PROVIDE
20 HIGH QUALITY, TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED EDUCATION DELIVERED BY QUALIFIED
21 FACULTIES WITH ADEQUATE LIBRARY, FACILITY, EQUIPMENT, ACADEMIC, AND
22 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
23 1. Recruit and retain quality faculty members, including appropriate representation of
24 women and minorities.
25 2. Provide adequate instructional, research, and library facilities.
26 3. Provide adequate academic support, such as library holdings and technology,
27 instructional equipment, computers, departmental resources, and student services.
28 4. Provide quality courses and programs consistent with institutional roles and missions.
29 C. ALL POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE SKILLS
30 AND KNOWLEDGE FOR MARKETABLE EMPLOYMENT OR ADVANCED STUDY AND
31 FOR THE SUPPORT OF LIFE-LONG LEARNING
1 1. Increase the number of students prepared for economic self-sufficiency.
2 2. Maximize institutional effectiveness and efficiency in facilitating student progress
3 toward learning goals.
4 3. Enhance life-long learning and critical thinking skills, cultural awareness and
5 appreciation, and civic responsibility.
6 D. UTAH'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL BE EFFICIENT,
7 EFFECTIVE, AND ACCOUNTABLE
8 1. Assess student outcomes to enhance effectiveness.
9 2. Conduct ongoing curriculum reviews to promote quality.
10 3. Provide faculty productivity reports and teaching evaluations.
11 4. Schedule, manage, and utilize facilities efficiently.
12 E. UTAH'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL PROVIDE A
13 HIGH QUALITY WORKFORCE
14 1. Advance and complement state economic development goals through faculty expertise,
15 research, training, and technology transfer.
16 2. Enhance and build undergraduate and graduate level education to prepare students to
17 meet economic and societal needs.
18 3. Expand university research and technology transfer initiatives.
19 4. Develop additional market-driven applied technology programs in colleges and Applied
20 Technology Centers.
21 F. UTAH'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL FOSTER
22 EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND THE
23 PRIVATE SECTOR
24 1. Increase cooperative efforts between business, government, and higher education.
25 2. Inform secondary school administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, and students
26 about academic program requirements and career information to encourage early student
27 preparation.
28 3. Coordinate common issues such as: concurrent enrollment, teacher education, applied
29 technology, telecommunications, special education, minority education, literacy, remedial
30 education, drug abuse, economic development, and shared facilities.
31 G. UTAH'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL CONTINUE
1 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AS A FUNDAMENTAL
2 INGREDIENT OF THEIR INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
3 1. Foster public service as an ongoing fundamental ingredient in the mission of Utah
4 colleges and universities.
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7 Enhance our local and global environment through prudent development, conservation, and
8 preservation of our natural resources while protecting public health, and preserve our sustainable
9 food and fiber resources.
10 A. UTAHNS WILL UNDERSTAND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE
11 ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, THE ECONOMY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE
12 1. Implement public education and public relations programs that consider the
13 interrelationship between environment, natural resources, the economy, and quality of life.
14 2. Promote excellence in environmental quality, including programs for air, water and
15 fauna, flora and soil, and for activities in pollution prevention, cleanups, emissions reductions,
16 public education, and cost-effectiveness of controls.
17 3. Provide leadership in the western region and nationally on environmental policy and
18 protection.
19 B. UTAHNS WILL ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN AIR QUALITY TO PROTECT
20 PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
21 1. Achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards on the Wasatch Front and minimize
22 degradation of air quality in areas of the state that are better than those standards.
23 2. Improve coordination of air quality monitoring and data collection.
24 3. Consider impact on air quality, economic impact, and cost and benefits of maintaining
25 air quality in evaluating industries.
26 4. Eliminate exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
27 C. NATURAL RESOURCES WILL BE USED AND INVESTED WISELY
28 1. Inventory all renewable and nonrenewable resources whose use offer potential
29 opportunities for enjoyment or economic benefit to Utah's citizens.
30 2. Manage Utah's renewable resources on the basis of sustainable yield.
31 3. Promote natural resource development while minimizing waste.
1 4. Mitigate the environmental effects of development and ensure reclamation to reduce or
2 eliminate those effects.
3 5. Conserve and minimize waste in use of our energy resources.
4 6. Promote the development and use of alternative sources of energy that mitigate
5 environmental impact.
6 7. Encourage partnerships between those parties who manage, develop, and utilize
7 renewable and nonrenewable resources.
8 8. Manage trust lands effectively, assuring that the interests of schools and other
9 beneficiaries are paramount.
10 D. LAND USE PLANNING IN UTAH WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CURRENT
11 POPULATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
12 1. Identify environmental, social, and economic consequences and resolve conflicts in the
13 overall best interest of Utahns in establishing planning and land use policies.
14 2. Encourage development of local General Plans.
15 3. Improve coordination between federal, state, and local government in land use planning.
16 4. Establish state land use guidance to promote coordination and consistency of plans.
17 5. Encourage the development of comprehensive and cumulative regional land use plans.
18 6. Recognize adopted local General Plans and communicate with local communities, state,
19 and federal agencies when making public investment decisions.
20 7. Consider the conservation and protection of existing air, water quality, and hydrologic
21 stream systems when developing local and regional land use plans.
22 8. Encourage local communities and state agencies to identify lands and develop programs
23 to protect critical open space.
24 E. UTAHNS WILL ASSURE CLEAN AND SUFFICIENT STATEWIDE WATER
25 SUPPLIES TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRESERVE BENEFICIAL WATER USES
26 THROUGH CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND POLLUTION CONTROL
27 1. Prevent contamination of drinking water sources.
28 2. Maintain or improve the quality of Utah's surface water and ground water.
29 3. Identify and develop water supplies to provide ample, good quality water for present
30 and future needs.
31 4. Reduce violations of state surface and ground water quality standards.
1 5. Protect from releases of storage tank contaminants.
2 6. Encourage water conservation and wise management practices.
3 7. Coordinate local, state, and federal water-related planning and management activities.
4 8. Protect Utah's diverse water interests through interdisciplinary recognition of balanced
5 economic, social, aesthetic, recreational, wildlife, and ecological values.
6 F. UTAHNS WILL PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM
7 EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER MANAGEMENT OF
8 SOLID, RADIOACTIVE, AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
9 1. Promote pollution prevention, reuse, and recycling to minimize waste generation.
10 2. Improve waste management procedures.
11 3. Properly manage waste statewide.
12 4. Improve the timeliness and increase the efficiency of site cleanup and emergency
13 response.
14 5. Minimize the amount of radiation exposure and environmental contamination from
15 radioactive materials.
16 G. UTAHNS WILL INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY, QUANTITY, AND QUALITY
17 OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
18 1. Increase the capacity of the state parks systems, upgrade facilities and infrastructure,
19 and enhance nongeneral fund state park revenues while maintaining the quality of the state park
20 experience.
21 2. Increase the availability of recreational trails.
22 3. Increase park and recreation opportunities.
23 4. Improve and increase access to Utah recreational waters.
24 5. Develop and adopt nongeneral fund funding methods to conserve and enhance
25 recreation opportunities in Utah.
26 6. Educate and certify boating and off-highway vehicle users to assure a safe, enjoyable,
27 and environmentally nondestructive experience.
28 H. ASSURE THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE FOR RECREATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC,
29 ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND INTRINSIC VALUES
30 1. Identify and protect critical wildlife habitat, including riparian zones along streams.
31 2. Manage and conserve Utah's wildlife and its habitats for present and future generations.
1 3. Maintain a broad public awareness of wildlife and its value to Utah's quality of life and
2 economy.
3 4. Perpetuate the traditional sports of hunting and fishing while simultaneously
4 recognizing and providing for additional recreational, scientific, economic, educational, and
5 intrinsic benefits of wildlife.
6 5. Maintain the state's "management authority" and jurisdiction over wildlife in Utah while
7 developing and fostering partnerships with federal, state and local governments, private businesses,
8 and citizens.
9 6. Increase the number of Class I and II stream and lake fisheries.
10 7. Provide the public with increased awareness of the availability and accessibility of
11 wildlife resources.
12 I. PROTECT, CONSERVE, AND DEVELOP UTAH'S AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
13 1. Protect agricultural land as a way to protect open space.
14 2. Encourage production in Utah of a sustainable supply of food and fiber.
15 3. Improve the desirable forage plants on rangeland while encouraging the use of best
16 management practices that protect and enhance the soil and water resources.
17 4. Enhance Utah's farmers and ranchers efforts to conserve soil and water.
18 5. Ensure consumers of a safe, wholesome, properly labeled supply of food, fiber, and
19 other agricultural commodities.
20 6. Ensure healthy and safe livestock, aquaculture, and domestic pets.
21 7. Ensure consumers of plants, grains, and seeds that are disease free and pest free, as well
22 as properly labeled agricultural commodities, and safe application of pesticides and farm
23 chemicals.
24 J. DEVELOP AND USE WISE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT ADD VALUE TO
25 UTAH-GROWN PRODUCTS
26 1. Enhance our agricultural resources, production capabilities, and marketing
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28 2. Enhance agriculture research in Utah for development of alternative products and
29 improve technology transfer.
30 3. Increase Utahns' understanding of the link between farming and ranching and their daily
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4 that protects our citizens.
5 A. UTAH WILL STREAMLINE ITS REGULATORY PROGRAMS FOR GREATER
6 EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSIVENESS WITHOUT COMPROMISING ANY ASPECT OF
7 THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC
8 1. Ensure that state and local licensing, permitting, and revenue collection processes,
9 including the filing of tax returns, are accurate, timely, easy to understand, and easily accessible.
10 2. Ensure the financial integrity of state-regulated banking and insurance entities.
11 3. Improve the timeliness and convenience of payment of taxes and fees for regulatory
12 programs.
13 4. Review state and local regulatory licensing and permit procedures on a regular basis.
14 5. Assure consumers that products and services are clean, safe, wholesome, and properly
15 labeled and measured or weighed.
16 6. Reduce insurance-related fraud in Utah.
17 B. UTAH WILL ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY PUBLIC COMPETITION WITH
18 PRIVATE PROVIDERS OF THE SAME SERVICES
19 1. Privatize state and local services when the private sector can effectively and
20 appropriately provide the function at or below the present government cost.
21 2. Support the efforts of the Utah Privatization Policy Board to identify appropriate areas
22 for privatization.
23 C. UTAHNS WILL BE PREPARED TO SUCCEED IN THE FREE ENTERPRISE
24 MARKETPLACE
25 1. Increase education of Utahns regarding entrepreneurship, free enterprise, investments,
26 and consumer protection.
27 2. Survey and publish the demand for, and requirements of, short and long range
28 employment needs.
29 3. Achieve a sufficient number of appropriately trained workers.
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1 Assure open, just, and accountable government.
2 A. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT WILL BE PROMOTED AND
3 PROTECTED
4 1. Ensure that government activities are open to the public and conducted in the open.
5 2. Promote citizen participation in the making of laws, rules, regulations, and policy.
6 3. Assure community diversity on boards, commissions, and task forces.
7 4. Increase the understanding of citizens as to how government works.
8 5. Increase public participation in the electoral process.
9 6. Improve citizen access to government information.
10 B. GOVERNMENTS IN UTAH WILL BE MISSION-DRIVEN AND
11 RESULTS-ORIENTED
12 1. Develop government services based on input from customers/citizens on their needs and
13 interests.
14 2. Continually evaluate laws, ordinances, rules, governmental procedures, and programs
15 to modify or eliminate those that are outdated and unneeded.
16 3. Ensure that government agencies and units have defined mission statements and
17 strategic/general plans.
18 4. Encourage the use of performance measures in government to evaluate and reward
19 results.
20 5. Reduce the costs of government.
21 6. Evaluate both public and private costs of laws, rules, and mandates.
22 C. UTAH'S GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTINUALLY STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE
23 1. Develop government services based on input from customers/citizens on their needs and
24 interests.
25 2. Improve communication, coordination, and partnerships among state, local, and federal
26 government agencies.
27 3. Provide information and services via the electronic highway.
28 D. UTAH'S GOVERNMENTS WILL RECRUIT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN QUALITY
29 AND EFFECTIVE PERSONNEL
30 1. Provide appropriate training regarding duties and responsibilities for all elected,
31 appointed, and career public officials and employees.
1 2. Provide professional development and career growth opportunities for all employees.
2 3. Provide fair and safe government workplaces.
3 4. Encourage diversity in the workforce.
4 5. Ensure competitive compensation, benefits, and incentive plans.
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7 Promote personal well-being by encouraging healthy lifestyles and disease prevention, and
8 by supporting access to quality health care at an affordable cost for all Utahns.
9 A. ALL UTAHNS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE
10 HEALTH CARE
11 1. Develop a basic health benefits package to be used by all providers.
12 2. Develop a minimum insurance package of primary and preventive health care services.
13 3. Increase the proportion of the population with health benefits coverage.
14 4. Increase Utahn's access to and appropriate use of primary, preventive, and long-term
15 health care services.
16 5. Increase access to health care services for Utahns with diverse cultural and linguistic
17 backgrounds.
18 6. Reduce the rate of increase of health care costs.
19 7. Improve and ensure health care quality through ongoing development and use of health
20 care measures and standards.
21 8. Reduce infant mortality in high risk areas.
22 9. Expand the use of appropriate and cost-effective disease detection methods.
23 10. Increase the proportion of Utah's children who are adequately immunized.
24 11. Improve and increase educational outreach opportunities for health and human services
25 workers.
26 12. Improve and ensure quality of emergency medical care through ongoing development
27 and use of health care measures and standards.
28 B. UTAHNS WILL ACHIEVE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE BY ADOPTING SAFE,
29 HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND PROMOTING SAFE WORK AND LEARNING
30 ENVIRONMENTS
31 1. Reduce disability and death due to unintentional injury.
1 2. Increase vehicle safety restraint use.
2 3. Increase the number of Utahns who have adopted preventive health practices.
3 4. Decrease the incidence of preventable disease.
4 5. Reduce the spread of HIV infection.
5 6. Improve the diet and nutrition of Utahns.
6 7. Promote a safe and healthful workplace free from recognized hazards.
7 8. Provide a fire-safe environment.
8 9. Encourage research and a proactive approach toward fire protection and prevention.
9 10. Decrease the teen pregnancy rate.
10 11. Reduce intentional injury-related deaths (homicide and suicide).
11 12. Reduce firearms-related morbidity and mortality rates.
12 13. Provide increased safety for emergency service providers when dealing with hazardous
13 material.
14 14. Protect the general public, property, and environment before, during, and after the
15 storage and on-site incineration of obsolete, unitary chemical weapons stockpiled in Utah.
16 15. Reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, and the nonmedical use of
17 prescription and over the counter drugs.
18 16. Reduce driving while impaired due to the influence of alcohol and drugs.
19 17. Establish and monitor comprehensive health status indicators to include the Centers
20 for Disease Control Healthy People 2000 indicators.
21 18. Foster consumer responsibility for personal health, self-care, and informed
22 decision-making in selecting health care services for themselves and their children.
23 19. Promote a safe and healthy school environment.
24 20. Increase Utah school children's access to health services and health education at school
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26 21. Encourage local EMS agencies to implement local injury prevention projects.
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29 Encourage self-sufficiency while helping those with special needs to lead productive,
30 fulfilling lives.
31 A. UTAHNS WILL INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF ITS CITIZENS WHO ARE
1 SELF-SUFFICIENT
2 1. Create incentives to encourage self-sufficiency.
3 2. Reduce incentives that encourage dependency.
4 3. Increase personal, family, and community responsibility for self-sufficiency.
5 4. Decrease the proportion of children born into poverty when only one parent accepts
6 legal responsibility for support.
7 5. Ensure the availability of sufficient, affordable dependent care for all Utahns requiring
8 it.
9 6. Ensure the availability of quality, affordable, fair housing.
10 7. Provide job training, retraining, and skills acquisition to prepare Utahns for jobs.
11 B. UTAHNS WILL HELP THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO LEAD LIVES THAT
12 ARE AS PRODUCTIVE AND FULFILLING AS POSSIBLE
13 1. Provide services to Utahns with special needs in the least restrictive and most enabling
14 settings.
15 2. Promote community acceptance and integration of persons with special needs.
16 3. Support families who choose to care in the home for their children with severe
17 disabilities, adults with disabilities, and elderly members.
18 4. Provide opportunities for work and supported employment to all those with special
19 needs who are capable of work.
20 5. Develop opportunities for volunteer work.
21 6. Ensure adequate levels and types of community-based services are available to reduce
22 the need for institutional care.
23 7. Ensure adequate care in public institutions serving the special needs population.
24 8. Provide needed mental health services for mentally ill Utahns.
25 9. Increase available housing serving homeless, chronically mentally ill Utahns.
26 10. Increase available housing serving Utahns with disabilities.
27 11. Decrease the need for homeless shelters throughout the state.
28 C. UTAHNS WILL PROTECT FROM HARM THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING
29 ABUSED, NEGLECTED, OR EXPLOITED
30 1. Encourage the qualities of nurturing and caring in Utah families.
31 2. Reduce the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children, adults, and the elderly.
1 3. Provide prompt services to children, adults, and the elderly who are in abusive or
2 neglectful situations.
3 4. Enable children who have experienced abuse, neglect, or dependency to be properly and
4 adequately cared for and free of abuse in a home that best meets their needs.
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7 Build a statewide economy and infrastructure that supports a broad spectrum of opportunity
8 for all citizens while advancing the standard of living and maintaining a high quality of life.
9 A. TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS WILL BE SAFE, EFFICIENT, AND WELL
10 MAINTAINED
11 1. Maintain and enhance Utah's transportation infrastructure.
12 2. Reduce the rate and severity of accidents and related damage.
13 3. Provide adequate access for Utah's rural and urban population, markets, and services.
14 4. Manage the flow of traffic in Utah's urban areas.
15 5. Increase the use of alternative transportation modes.
16 6. Encourage development of interstate and international transportation routes and
17 corridors.
18 7. Improve assistance to transportation network users.
19 8. Develop equitable funding mechanisms to maintain and enhance infrastructure.
20 B. UTAH'S PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF A
21 GROWING ECONOMY
22 1. Develop an electronic highway to information resources of Utah and the nation.
23 2. Increase both the availability and reliability of utility services including electric, gas,
24 telecommunications, and water.
25 3. Assure that state-of-the-art telecommunications access is available to all Utahns.
26 4. Develop an Integrated Emergency Management System coordinated at all levels of
27 government and the private sector to protect life, health, and property.
28 5. Reduce the percent of seismically vulnerable structures in the high-risk zones of Utah.
29 6. Determine and monitor risk and mitigate major losses from natural and technological
30 hazards.
31 7. Consider municipal and county General Plans in the placement of state facilities.
1 8. Increase utilization of existing state facilities to minimize the growth of new space.
2 9. Adequately maintain all state-owned facilities.
3 10. Encourage state agencies and local governments to adopt provisions in General Plans
4 for funding infrastructure expansion and maintenance, recognizing the full costs of increasing
5 services.
6 11. Ensure adequate public facilities for drinking water collection, treatment, storage, and
7 delivery.
8 12. Ensure adequate public facilities for wastewater treatment and disposal.
9 13. Maintain and improve the quality of drinking water in all public systems in Utah.
10 14. Maintain and improve public wastewater treatment facilities, methods, and procedures.
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13 Protect our society by supporting a justice system that allows Utahns to enjoy a quality
14 lifestyle consistent with the rights and liberties guaranteed under the United States and Utah
15 Constitutions.
16 A. UTAH WILL PROVIDE A COORDINATED JUSTICE SYSTEM
17 1. Increase the use of technological systems where they will achieve long-term cost
18 savings and increased efficiency.
19 2. Integrate automated systems within the justice community.
20 3. Develop complete and accurate criminal history database.
21 4. Avoid discrimination in all justice processes.
22 5. Encourage consolidation, cooperation, and interjurisdictional approaches where
23 appropriate to cross-jurisdictional issues, such as drug and narcotic investigations, consolidated
24 communications, gangs, white collar crime, and major felony investigations.
25 6. Improve the justice system's response to victims and witnesses.
26 7. Continue to emphasize victim restitution.
27 8. Develop a sentencing system that is coordinated with correctional philosophy, public
28 sentiment, and resources.
29 9. Coordinate substance abuse programs.
30 10. Develop methods to achieve higher compliance with and enforcement of traffic and
31 minor offense laws.
1 B. UTAH WILL ENFORCE ITS LAWS FAIRLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND
2 EFFECTIVELY
3 1. Provide equal access to criminal justice databases for all law enforcement agencies.
4 2. Assure adequate law enforcement personnel to staff proactive and preventive programs.
5 3. Provide effective standards, training, and certification for law enforcement officers.
6 4. Provide professional laboratory and technological services to all Utah criminal justice
7 agencies.
8 C. UTAH'S JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE AN
9 ACCESSIBLE, INDEPENDENT FORUM FOR JUST AND EFFICIENT DISPUTE
10 RESOLUTION
11 1. Process cases filed timely and efficiently.
12 2. Maximize the productivity of each jurist.
13 3. Attract and retain qualified and experienced career jurists.
14 4. Maximize the skills of jurists and the quality of court personnel.
15 5. Standardize, when appropriate, court practices and procedures statewide.
16 6. Lower the cost of litigation.
17 7. Improve the delivery of affordable legal services.
18 8. Provide greater access to efficient and affordable alternative dispute resolution.
19 9. Provide easy access to information regarding the structure and operations of the courts.
20 10. Improve sentencing by avoidance of unfair disparity.
21 11. Provide a secure and safe court environment for the public, litigants, witnesses, jurors,
22 judges, bar members, and court personnel.
23 D. UTAH WILL PROVIDE FOR INDEPENDENT, EFFICIENT, AND FAIR
24 PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE OF CRIMINAL CASES
25 1. Attract and retain qualified prosecutors and defenders.
26 2. Minimize ethical conflicts for prosecutors and defenders.
27 3. Continue to upgrade prosecutor and defender training.
28 4. Establish an effective and uniform case management and reporting system.
29 E. UTAH'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM WILL PROTECT SOCIETY AND PROMOTE
30 REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS
31 1. Reduce recidivism.
1 2. Reduce the rate of growth in the prison population.
2 3. Improve transition of inmates returning to society.
3 4. Provide effective supervision of offenders in the community on probation and parole
4 and adequate presentence services.
5 5. Address the needs of the seriously mentally ill offender.
6 6. Provide adequate mental health services and protect against the premature release of
7 criminal mentally ill inmates.
8 7. Prioritize space for violent and/or chronic offenders when determining incarceration
9 decisions.
10 8. Limit acts of violence in correctional facilities.
11 F. UTAH WILL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS TO
12 GIVE AT-RISK YOUTHS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS
13 OF SOCIETY
14 1. Increase the treatment and sentencing options for juvenile offenders with a chronic
15 offense history or a current first degree charge pending.
16 2. Develop innovative, humane, and cost-effective community-based alternatives to secure
17 confinement for juvenile offender populations.
18 3. Upgrade early intervention efforts for juvenile offenders.
19 4. Ensure adequate representation for juvenile offenders who have significant freedoms
20 at risk.
21 5. Expand community service and victim restitution programs statewide.
22 6. Provide immediate treatment intervention for victims and offenders in cases involving
23 sexual or physical abuse.
24 7. Provide for the needs for detention, shelter care, observation and assessment, and secure
25 facilities.
26 8. Provide specialized treatment and supervision for mentally disabled and mentally ill
27 juvenile offenders as soon as their illness or disability is identified.
28 9. Implement uniform statewide secure detention admissions guidelines.
29 10. Reduce the disparity of representation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system.
30 11. Minimize the impact of criminal gang activity on Utah's youth and communities.
Legislative Review Note
as of 12-4-96 1:48 PM
A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
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