Envision Utah The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing & Secret Government In Utah - Brookings Institute

And You Thought You Had A Say In What Happens In Utah?  But, You Are Just Endorsing A Pre-Planned Agenda.

"Utah may be the last place that comes to mind when one thinks about national innovation and leadership in regional planning. As a highly conservative state, Utah boasts a staunch property‐rights faction, along with a true western disdain for all things related to government control. With its strident skepticism of global climate change, and jealous regard for local control of all land use decisions, it would be surprising if Utah surpassed more liberal locales in its progress on regional cooperation and its adoption of quality growth ideas.1 And yet that is what has happened". ~ Brookings Institution UNLV Chapter

As to footnote #1... [1 In an example of how terminology can be critical, in Utah we do not use the term “smart growth,” as that is understood as planner‐speak for limited population growth and/or strong government coercion].

 

Brookings continues, "Utah has become an unlikely leader in regional planning through a voluntary partnership of key leaders, agencies, local government, and the general public. Given that regional planning efforts around the nation have generally evoked strong reactions from residents concerned about losing local control, the success of Envision Utah—the organization that emerged as a key driver of regional planning in Utah—in building a consensus around regional growth management holds lessons for other regions.

Envision Utah adopted several strategies that have distinguished Utah’s regional planning efforts from other regions and given rise to what can be called the “Utah model” of collaborative planning. Envision Utah found success by not only tapping into people’s shared values and aspirations, but also because of its significant public engagement, use of convincing, unbiased data to demonstrate the need to work regionally, and ability to garner broad buy‐in from important stakeholders in the community.

As more is learned from Envision Utah’s success in regional coordination, a number of takeaways appear relevant for other regions:

 Pay attention to the sustainability and capacity of the leading organization  Arm the public with clear data and analysis, skillfully marketed
 Package all proposals and principles to appeal to the values of the community

 Spend time initiating and maintaining the right political setup".  

In other words, market your plan with flashy propaganda, define the "values" of any particular community although they may not be theirs they only responded to your survey, use "leaders", including political/religious leaders who outwardly promote the sustainable agenda and, control the narrative.

Salt Lake City received a $5 million Sustainable Communities Regional Planning grant to create a Regional Housing Plan that will integrate housing recommendations with regional transportation plans. See portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/utah/news/HUDNo.2010‐10‐15. The award recognized the long‐term regional partnership comprised of local governments, MPOs, transit authority, the University of Utah, private enterprise, and Envision Utah itself. The team of individuals that had been working together and teaching each other cooperatively for many years was able to mobilize quickly to respond effectively to the highly competitive grant process. On a recent visit, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan recognized the unusual longevity of the loose coalition, saying: “Salt Lake City has not only been a leader, it’s also been a model for the entire nation with smart planning.” See Lee Davidson, “Housing Secretary Praises Utah Growth Vision,” ~ Salt Lake Tribune, June 2, 2011

Other insightful footnotes include:

9 The Cooperative County Plan is a multi‐year project designed to strengthen inter‐county relationships by linking regional planning efforts such as transportation corridors, utilities easements, and data collection. For more information see Salt Lake County Cooperative Plan, gis.rbf.com/slco/.

10 According to a study by Arthur Nelson and Matt Miller of the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah, the total acreage of the half‐mile buffers surrounding pre‐2010 Trax Stations is 9148 acres, which is 1.8% of the 516,428 acres in Salt Lake County. The total household growth in that area was 3420 households, which is 7.00% of the total household growth of 48,488 in Salt Lake County. The half mile 'buffer' near TRAX is getting denser than the county average, with more HH per acre: An increase of .374 HH/acre within the half mile buffer, compared to 0.093 for the county average. No Trax buffer lost HH from 2000 to 2010.

15 Bowing to branding superiority, the Coalition for Utah’s Future was renamed “Envision Utah” in 2007.

25 In November 2006, Utah County residents voted to increase their sales tax by $0.0025 to fund accelerated work on four light rail projects and the Frontrunner South line. These projects were initially part of the Wasatch Front Regional Council’s 2030 Long‐Range Plan. The additional funding accelerated the delivery of these projects 15 years earlier than projected. For more information see Utah Transit Authority’s Frontrunner South website at www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=Projects‐FrontLines2015‐FrontRunnerSouth.

31 See, for example, Alec McGillis, “More Cooperation Sought on Area’s Future,” Washington Post, June 21, 2006; Elizabeth Daigneau, “Utah Envisions a Sustainable Future,” Governing Magazine, January 2012; Casey Newton, “Utah’s Grass‐Roots Effort a Model Ariz. Can Follow,” The Arizona Republic, February 7, 2010; and Alan Best, “Utah’s Secret: Changing with the Times is Part of It,” Planning Magazine, October 2010.

38 Jon Huntsman, later Utah Governor, took over as board chair when Robert Grow was called away by the LDS Church to serve a three‐year mission. Greg Bell, now the Lt. Governor, succeeded Huntsman. Envision Utah has had great leadership and, in a real sense, has been an incubator for state leadership. Email correspondence with Alan Matheson, former executive director, Envision Utah and now Senior Environmental Advisor to the Governor of Utah.

40 Katherine Biele, “This is the Place: The LDS Church Eyes Barren Wetlands as a Future City within Salt Lake City,” City Weekly, March 10, 2010.

41 Correspondence with Alan Matheson, former executive director, Envision Utah and now Senior Environmental Advisor to the Governor of Utah.

43 Alan Matheson, “Envision Utah: Building Communities on Values.” In Carleton Montgomery, ed., Regional Planning for a Sustainable America: How Creative Programs are Promoting Prosperity and Saving the Environment, (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2011).

44 Envision Utah, “City Creek Receives Grand Achievement Award,” Press Release, August 21, 2012.

Now, I've been telling Utah that the Wasatch Regional Council, and those who head it like Andrew Gruber who is Metropolitan Planning Organization trained in Chicago and the American Planning Association is behind Agenda 21 in Utah for years.  They should be on everyone's radar, but there is very little reported on them.  You must realize these individuals and groups have to use deception in their words while also operating in plain sight to accomplish their United Nations goals while receiving accolades to keep the engine running.  I recommend everyone read the document published by the Brookings Institute, it will help you discover the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Is it any wonder why the United Nations selected Salt Lake City  to host 2019 United Nations NGO Conference in 2019?

With all the mind control fostered by using the cult mentality, Here's why this United Nations conference will be held in Utah instead of New York for the first time ever.  The education is complete! 

"This generation has so much to offer to help determine concrete actions to make communities more inclusive and sustainable," Alison Smale, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for global communications.

She continued,

"Driving out here from the center of town, one is struck by the number  of cars on the road," she added. "What are we going to do? Are we going to have conventional cars driving around for much longer? When will public transit — of which you have some great examples in Salt Lake — really become the mode of transport? Is that an impossible dream?"

 ~ Priceless!
If you haven't caught on yet, this whole Agenda in Utah is being DRIVEN by the guru of transportation, Andrew Gruber (MPO/WFRC), using Envision Utah to create a psyop in order to convince people IT IS THEIR IDEA!  THEY WANT YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR and packed like sardines into the city center where you are more easily CONTROLLED!   Check out Grindall61 videos he explains this very well, he also has many more videos on YT.

 

 

Links -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Institution
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http://sfppr.org/2012/06/agenda-21-attached-to-transportation-bill-under-consideration-in-house-senate-conference-committee/
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https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/additional-sales-tax-has-utah-county-residents-worried-officials-say/article_d7d432ba-af6f-5edd-95db-84fccf543711.html
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https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/lds-church-and-slc-development/Content?oid=2144174
http://pdf-freebooks.com/ebook.php?id=HW7B6Qz6MicC
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https://wfrc.org/
http://www.regionrising.com/speaker/andrew-gruber/
https://www.rtachicago.org/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCb6T1lop0E 
https://slcmayorblog.com/2018/08/23/salt-lake-city-selected-to-host-2019-united-nations-ngo-conference/
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900063176/united-nations-conference-utah-new-york-uvu-utah-valley.html 
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/grindall61/

Life On State Salt Lake County and Regional Planners Social Engineering Our Community

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The Life on State project establishes a shared vision for the future of our valley's central, historic corridor. The vision was built on broad involvement from residents and stakeholders along State Street, claims Wasatch Front Regional Council, a Metro Planning Organization social engineering every community along the Wasatch Front.  An un-elected board of state and local elected leaders under the direction of Andrew Gruber.  To uncover the was these organizations work and co-opt the community to accept THEIR PLAN as our own the following information is very enlightening.

The Raw Deceit of Envision Utah-

John Anthony - Sustainable Freedom Lab

 

Planners call Envision Utah a ‘national model’ for regional planning. The Brookings Institute cited Utah as a “leader in [voluntary] regional planning…”

Behind the inflated congratulations lies sophisticated deceit and manipulation fast becoming the standard for regional planning.

Envision Utah began over 15 years ago as a public-private partnership offering recommendations to cities and counties to preserve open space, increase transportation choices and more.

Envision Utah claims to have one of regional planning’s most successful outreach programs. Nearly 2,000 people attended 50 workshops and 17,500 responded to online and mail-in surveys. Yet, the turnout is no wonder.

In one of the longest-running marketing campaigns in planning history, Envision Utah proponents assured residents that joining the plan was voluntary. There would be no un-elected regional councils, no regional plan, and the community would design the planning scenarios. This ‘no-risk’ campaign effectively disarmed community members’ objections, leaving planners free to advance their programs beneath a mantel of “neutrality”.

But, Envision Utah’s promissory jargon belies the unscrupulous tactics they used to win residents’ approval for the same mixed-use-open space algorithm that has been rejected in Utah and communities across the country.

Marketing to values-

Early in the planning process, the Envision Utah steering committee hired nationally recognized polling firm, Wirthland Worldwide, to determine the ‘quality of life’ values held by community members.

Survey results revealed that most respondents saw their state as a “safe haven, where others shared their common sense of honesty, morality and ethics.” They placed these values in the context of children and their families.

Envision Utah proponents then used these values as the centerpiece of a targeted marketing strategy designed to impose the planner’s ideas community by community.

Renaming controversial ideas-

Since the survey indicated family interaction was a high priority, planners re-branded their efforts. Urban planning became the glue that held families together. “High-density living”, was recast as compact housing that allowed young families to locate near relatives. Grandparents were urged to buy condos near their children rather than worry about new zoning laws that could restrict single family homes. Planners rarely discussed their role in creating the “restrictions.”

Planners replaced the unpopular term “Smart Growth”, with the more benign, “Quality Growth Strategy.” In keeping with their targeted marketing, Quality Growth meant keeping the air and water clean for children and grandchildren.

The “chip game”-

In 1998 Envision Utah developed a unique “chip game” which allowed community participants to place chips, representing homes, on a map to decide the future layout of their community. In deciding where to place homes, people had to consider complex issues such sewage lines, utilities and other services. It was billed as people talking charge of their future. Yet, even this community activity was highly controlled.

Early on planners established basic understandings. More open spaces were needed, long work drives damaged the environment and urban sprawl was to be avoided. This left the players few planning options. It was no surprise when most participants decided in favor of the same mixed-use, transit oriented living the planners wanted all along.

Promoting the vague-

Envision Utah avoided creating a visible plan that could be analyzed. Instead planners talked about principles, and suggested, rather than advocated, transit-oriented living, mixed-use and open spaces. They then ‘nudged’ community members to “do the right thing” by barraging them with internet ads, newspaper articles and workshops educating Utahans to the dangers of not having these urban designs.

In one example, Utah Transit Authority’s “King of the Road” commercial showed a man driving his convertible top-down, humming to the 60’s tune. Meanwhile, the crawl says, “He doesn’t know the words…Also doesn’t know that UTA takes 81,000 cars a year off the road.”

In 30 seconds, the ad depicts young, carefree people who love freedom as clueless, while reinforcing the dubious assumption that driving less is undeniably beneficial. At best, it is undeniably controversial.

Winning through fear-

Often scare tactics employed half-truths as in this example from Envision Utah’s website:

“In urban areas, land close to existing job centers is rapidly disappearing, and if we’re not careful about how we grow, housing costs could skyrocket and force many of our good, hard-working neighbors elsewhere— excluding from our communities teachers, fire fighters, and our own children as they get their start in life. The further Utahans live from where they work, shop and play, the more they spend on car-related expenses.”

Notice the implied threat that if people do not live in a high density area, they could lose teachers, firefighters and even their own children (remember the values survey results) to rising costs. Little consideration was given to the exorbitant housing costs in other Smart Growth areas like, Seattle and Portland. The observation that car-costs rise if you move away from the urban center, overlooks the reality that, for many, this may be a worthwhile trade-off.

In spite of Envision Utah’s calculated posturing, there is little “neutral” about these statements.

The king of surveys-

Colorful, interactive online surveys still attract thousands and are promoted by Envision Utah and the state.

In this survey, targeting residents of Madison County, Utah, the planners explain that higher priced home costs are the result of larger lots and will require “individual families to sink wells and septic tanks.” Larger properties and self-contained services are positioned as burdens with no talk of the benefits.

Beneath the graph, planners note, “The more you spread out, the more expensive it is. This is not a judgment, just facts to think about. Road costs [are] paid by everybody.” The message is clear. Roads are costly, and if you want more, you are selfish since everyone else pays for them. There is no mention of the increased respiratory diseases, traffic congestion and exorbitant housing costs that accompany the high-density living planners are promoting.

As one seasoned planner observed, “Envision Utah uses the most biased surveys I have ever seen.”

Keys to success-

If Envision Utah has met success, it is mainly the result of distorted facts and a relentless, decade’s long marketing campaign creating the illusion that planners are neutral and participation is “voluntary.” One must wonder how many communities would volunteer if equal efforts were expended marketing the failures of compact living.

In spite of the deceptions, other regions, including Envision Missoula, Building the Wyoming We Want, Envision Central Texas, Louisiana Speaks, Superstition Vistas, Thrive 2055, and many more are adopting all or a portion of the Envision Utah model.

But plans that lure participants through deception can result in unwanted surprises.

Un-elected regional councils with the authority to mandate local zoning and regulations are the goal post of regional planning. Yet, Envision Utah created no new un-elected council. Urban designs are built upon pre-existing regional authorities like local Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Utah Transit Authority. But once the smaller regional plans are completed, there is little to prevent a consortium of their leaders from formalizing a single larger region. Will this happen? It’s hard to say.

But history shows, all it takes is a little deceit and a good marketing campaign.

 

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https://www.lifeonstate.com/

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http://wfrc.org/new_wfrc/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gruber-88823324

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https://www.lifeonstate.com/get-involved?platform=hootsuite

http://www.envisionutah.org/community-engagement/item/168

https://youtu.be/HOGuPynMOs4

http://www.envisionutah.org/component/k2/item/139-housing-cost-of-living

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http://envisionutah.net/scenarios/seagull/transportation-and-communities

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/issuesofourtimes/2015/10/26/does-envision-utahs-plan-have-a-firm-foundation/74633616/

https://i4.rideuta.com/mc/?page=DoingBusiness-TransitOrientedDevelopment

https://youtu.be/Rm-XusgA_CA

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