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 | 8 Has anyone spoken to local solar companies to see if they will offer a discount to locals? Can this plan have a place holder for water/food/shelter if inu ndated with people who are displaced due to climate change (climate refugees)? Is the target carbon reduction or GHG emissions reductions? Those terms are not synonymous Under Natural Systems, Who decides what "the best science is? How will City Council take up the issue of codifying the plan into an ordinance? I'm trying to understand if the recommended actions in the draft plan will successfully lead to an 8% per year GHG reduction. How much of an impact with they actually have? If not enough , what is next? How does the plan fit affordable housing for the many lower income service works who work in this community? What other cities do you admire and copy? Does Ashland want to be exemp lary, a copy -able model for rapid, practical change? How can the strategies and actions be implemented sooner? Does the plan include strategies and actions regarding lobbying, working toward federal regulations for addressing climate change? Pledges Attendees made the following custom pledges at the open house: - Change light bulbs to LED. - Continue to eat local. - Convince my loved ones to eat less meat. - Save $ to buy an electric car. - Buy and use more regional products. - Be encouraged and have hope. - Reduce my personal carbon footprint by 15% annually and graph it to stay on track. - Look at solar on my house, look at EV car. - Get more active with Council efforts to pass and enforce the plan.