Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

APPENDIX A. OPEN HOU SE STATION RESPONSES Ashland Climate and Energy Action Plan: Baseline Public Input Summary Page | 14  Following Eugene in passing a science based ordinance  Begin becoming more resilient  Please explain difference between 2 & 4  Shift our culture so adaptation and mitigation are considered for all decisions  Continue to be proactive about wildfire prevention  Address extreme heat for elderly, disabled, homeless populations  Wildfire smoke will drastically affect health & economic viability of this co mmunity if we do not  Codify the plan in ordinance!  Much more attention to dealing with city wildfire readiness  Make the plan a legally binding ordinance so that the city and community are accountable for the plan  Produce most, if not all resources locally and provide more community projects  Reduce energy usage in public building (turn down heat and turn up ac)  The reduction of water for humans and wildlife  Water conservation and enhancements to reliability of water supply  We need to create a legally binding plan to reduce the risks of these impacts as soon as possible  Prepare for fire in the watershed and understand what we are doing doesn’t make Ash fire proof  No burn days w/o fire dept supervision?  Someone needs to be ready to help with the impacts on hea lth  Rain barrels city wide, maybe start with corporations, incentives for residential barrels  Drought proof Ashland w/ rainwater catchment esp in the ground w/permaculture.  Rehydrate the watershed with swales and sinking rainwater in the forest  Conservatio n of vital resources like water  Can’t solve the problem with the same people who get paid to make the problem worse!  Support for solar panels and experimental energy reduction solutions  Develop a science based plan to figure out targets to reach and build a legally binding plan to implement in Ashland  Continue w/ water conservation education —start to consider $ rewards  Google: GeoEngineeringWatch.org. Get the facts!  Constantly think how we can make it easier to conserve water -to want to conserve -to see/unde rstand the personal benefits of conserving in all way