Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

APPENDIX B. OPEN HOU SE COMMENT CARDS Ashland Climate and Energy Action Plan: Baseline Public Input Summary Page | 28 Comment A good open open house. Not enough attention on health problems that Ashlanders will be dealing with. This involves psychological health. CERT is not set up for this. Something new is need ed. Don't have slides we cannot read even if you apologize for them. Otherwise informative. You handled disrupter well. Legally binding action plan. I would love to see an ordinance passed along with the plan to ensure we see the benefits of the goals we set and establish Ashland as a progressive/historic actor in the fight against CC. Thank you for your work! BIOMASS PLANTS esp. small to moderate scale to convert excess biomass in local woodlands to electricity while mitigating wildfire danger. Loca lized food systems and bio -filtration/constructed wetlands off storm drains! Suggestion: Methane from city waste and possibly forest waste and bloom energy fuel cells used by Google to presently generat e power at at least once of their installations, a YouTube search a year back gave me the info that bloom enlarges fuel cells. Do not use the precious metals that abuse miners. This is already designed technology that is compaly presently installed. Natural gas and bloom energy -> fuel cell, electronics -> 120V commercial, 60 HZ AC Reduces methane and generates cheap power Thanks for your efforts. Have city of Ashland strongly promote walking and biking over private automobile use by having downtown Main St. go on a road diet. Narrow the traffic lanes, eliminate the third lane, add bike lane, widen sidewalks. Work with the food co -op to offer electric bike delivery to members instead of them driving down to the co -op and driving back home. Offer a rebate to Ashland residents for purchasing an electric bi cycle. Preparing for drier hotter conditions. Making sure our water sources are enough to keep up with future development. Add more public transportation. Add more solar panels to community structures. Work with state agencies to increase fiscal incentiv es for commercial solar installations. 1. System by which residents can purchase panels that will be placed on roofs that are not theirs. A roof with 40 panels (10 to each owner) would then have 4 owners credited with the generated power and the credit taken off their home bill. 2. We should set up a system whereby Shakespeare theater goers could ride an RUTD b us rather than drive downtown. 3. Stores would use motion detecting lights rather than leaving lights on all night. I think this would also facilitate bette r policing.