Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

APPENDIX A. OPEN HOU SE STATION RESPONSES Ashland Climate and Energy Action Plan: Baseline Public Input Summary Page | 10 WHICH RESULTS FROM T HE INVENTORY ALIGNED WIT H YOUR EXPECTATIONS? Total responses = 16  Residential energy and food (meat)  Bikes rule! I suggest that in our elec bill city of Ashland newsletter you start a climate alert-not conversation -an ALERT to get people’s attention to take ac tion NOW for our KIDS!  Personal transportation is icey  72,000 cars driven in 1 year. We need more public transport!  Residential goods exceeds transportation in emissions  Using public transit is climate changing!  Food is a huge portion of our carbon emissio ns  I knew transportation was a big emitter; polluter  Commercial and residential energy not huge  High % of inventory is transportation and energy sector  That total emissions have reduced  We, the residents are contributing the most problems  What happened to the CarShare? How much would this program help —  Better mass transit more convenient  Years ago CDL Trans promoted ride share —sponsor ride share  I didn’t have any expectations since I didn’t know there was an inventory HOW DOES THIS INFORM ATION CHANGE YOUR PERC EPTION OF THE CITY’S ROLE AND PRIORITIES IN MI TIGATING CLIMATE CHA NGE? Total responses = 42  I’d like the city to help offer gray water ‘packages’, solar installations and community meals, along with energy saving classes  Makes me feel t hat Ashland needs to take more drastic measures to decrease emissions before we reach a crisis  Take immediate and forceful action before it is too late  This convinces me of the merit of a legally binding plan to hold the city accountable for reducing emiss ions  Our plan needs to address climate change through a socially equitable lens and represent all people of Ashland  An opportunity to collaborate from bottom up  We need to include and consider communities of color and low income communities who see the mos t adverse effects of CC and are often hurt by env policy that doesn’t take the people into consideration