Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

APPENDIX A: PUBLIC C OMMENTS AND QUESTION S Ashland Climate and Ener gy Action Plan: Open House #3 Page | 6 Please consider the full range of ecological impacts of potential development (for solar) on the Imperatrice property - further surveys for rare and threatened species. Questions Panel Questions We are all in this together globally. To be successful, the whole human population must reduce or eliminate the production of greenhouse gases. So why is consumption given such a prominent place in the inventory? Won't the embedded GHG production go down as we all do the right thing? Q to Rich Rosenthal: Thank you for mentioning Standing Rock water protectors. My Q is would you please ask the city council to head a special public hearing to pass a resolution to stand with Standing Rock? Over 150 other cities across the US have already done it and we have lagged behind. Will the new position be at an administrat or leadership level to ensure they are at the decision/direction table? Any consideration of a regional waste -to-energy plant to convert kitchen/yard/ag waste to natural gas? What does reducing ones carbon footprint by 8% a year look like? What does one need to do? How are you interfacing with Jackson Co. planning for climate change mitigation, along with and federal agencies? Are those involved going to bring up the issue of the huge greenhouse gas amounts created by the raising of mainly cows and hogs for production of meats? Important to discuss diet and meat consumption. How does using wood as heating fuel get addressed? If we've already offered input online to the draft plan, should we do it again tonight? What is the condition of the ordinance ? What is the timeline for when we will know if it will be presented to the city council? What about partnering w ith local businesses to get them to help educate the public? Re: City Investments & Bank Accounts - Have they been reviewed to ascertain that our money is not supporting corporations or activities that are working at cross purposes to our climate change values and commitments? Couldn't SOU and AHS students do community education (for credit)? To all: How many walked, biked or took RVTD 4 mile s or more to get to this gathering? 4 miles or less most save for a few might have. Thanks to all. As an owner of a large adventure travel company in Ashland, can offering a carbon offset payment option help Ashland? Ca n the city assist in setting this up ? How many city council members are very supportive of this plan? Who needs convincing? Which are the champions? How can we get buy -in from already existing opposition to elements of the plan (people and regulations) - for example: biased influence of chamber of commerce on city council that opposes bike lane creation and AFR practices that are not using best availab le restoration practices : heli -logging, widespread thinning well beyond the WUI , cutting of 12" diameter trees;