How We Created a Vision:
Process for Creating the Vision
To create a vision for the future of air quality in Utah, a team of experts gathered over a two-year period to share knowledge and extensively research and discuss options for improvement. Members of the Clean Air Action Team were selected by Governor Gary Herbert and Envision Utah to represent a spectrum of professional experience and political affiliations. Team members included healthcare professionals, legislators, business leaders, community leaders, and other experts from across the state. From 2013 to 2015, the action team met to identify Utahns’ choices related to air quality, create scenarios for public input, and synthesize a vision for the future. The Clean Air Action Team was also tasked with recommending immediate actions to improve air quality.
The action team used this information to create three different scenarios for the future of air quality in Utah. The three scenarios each represented different strategies that resulted in varying levels of air quality in Utah by 2050. These scenarios were presented to the public in the Your Utah, Your Future survey in spring 2015, and 52,845 Utahns weighed in.
After receiving public input on the three air quality scenarios, the action team met to frame a vision, including goals and strategies, to achieve what Utahns said they wanted for air quality in 2050. Several of these strategies have already been proposed by the Clean Air Action Team to policymakers for implementation.
Clean Air Action Team
Co-chairs
Lonnie Bullard
Dr. Elizabeth Joy
Dr. Michelle Hofmann
Members
- Stuart Adams
Utah Senate - Patrice Arent
Utah House of Representatives - Ralph Becker
Mayor, Salt Lake City - Bryce Bird
Department of Environmental Quality - David Brems
GSBS Architects - Rebecca Chavez-Houck
Utah House of Representatives - Jeff Edwards
Economic Development Corporation of Utah - Robin Erickson
Utah Clean Cities - Ryan Evans
Salt Lake Chamber - Matt Eyring
Vivint - Robert Gillies
State of Utah Climatologist - Andrew Gruber
Wasatch Front Regional Council - Susan Hardy
Mountainland Association of Governments - Roger Jackson
FFKR Architects - Ron Jibson
Questar Gas - Linda Johnson
Utah Air Quality Board - Terry Marasco
Utah Clean Air Alliance - Ben McAdams
Mayor, Salt Lake County - Dan McArthur
Mayor, St. George City - Nancy McCormick
AARP Utah - Robert Paine
Chief Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine - Angelo Papastamos
Utah Department of Transportation - Edward Redd
Utah House of Representatives - Robert Rolfs
Utah Department of Health - Steve Sands
Kennecott Utah Copper - Joseph Shaffer
Tri-County Health Department - Matt Sibul
Utah Transit Authority - Amanda Smith
Department of Environmental Quality - Peter Stempel
Stempel Form PC - Lowry Snow
Utah House of Representatives - Charles Sorenson
Intermountain Healthcare - Kathy Van Dame
Wasatch Clean Air Coalition - Vicki Varela
Utah Office of Tourism - Ted Wilson
UCAIR - Sarah Wright
Utah Clean Energy