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Goal 3. Protect Water Quality and Supply Objectives: • Satisfy water quality standards and protect the water quality of all streams from point and non -point pollution, particularly those used for public water supplies; and guide growth to prevent the necessity of new discharges into public water supply watersheds • Protect critical habitat for rare aquatic species • Ensure individual water /waste water systems and oil tanks are not polluted /non - polluting • Continue efforts to determine groundwater capacities and establish policies to protect groundwater and limit its use to its carrying capacity • Reduce per capita water use (through conservation, efficient use, and recycling strategies) Goal 4. Protect Air Quality Objectives: • Protect the respiratory health of all people; achieve and surpass national ambient air quality standards for particulates, carbon monoxide and ozone • Pursue objectives listed under Transportation related to air quality • Promote improved indoor air quality, particularly with respect to cigarette smoke Goal 5. Reduce Solid Waste and Conserve Energy Objectives. • Initiate simple energy accounting studies to monitor trends in energy use, particularly per capita use • Adopt conservation strategies in building design and construction, particularly for local government and schools • Encourage the use of alternative energy sources, such as solar; consider subsidizing alternative electrical production • Promote reduction, reuse and recycling of solid waste and the elimination of the use of toxic chemicals; meet Orange County's adopted goal of 45 % solid waste reduction by 2001 and 61 % by 2006 Responsive Governance and Quality Public Services Goal 1. Involve a Wide Variety of Citizens in Planning and Decision - Making Objectives: • Increase representation of rural and minority residents on governing boards, and address concerns of rural and minority residents that they do not have a meaningful impact on local decision - making • Ensure adequate representation for citizens living outside municipal boundaries, but inside municipal planning jurisdictions • Establish more effective participation and decision - making processes in land use matters Goal 2. Minimize Taxes and Encourage Efficient Use of Tax Dollars Objectives: • Provide services as efficiently and at as low a cost as possible;. encourage fiscal responsibility; and promote and maintain efficient use of resources • Quantify (where possible) the effects of different patterns of growth on local budgets and tax burdens • Explore legislative options for increasing compensation for the loss of property tax base and cost for local government services due to UNC • Increase the non - residential proportion of the property tax base Goal 3. Provide a Central Information Base for Decision- Making