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•Q: Is this the style the Board desires? <br /> Strategy/Policy Feasibility Chart <br /> Benchmarks &Assessment Subcommittee (BAS) <br /> —Reorganized strategies into like topical areas (links to 2030 Comprehensive Plan) <br /> — Initial assessment of staff and budgetary needs (feasibility) <br /> — Sample metrics to evaluate progress. <br /> —Q: Is this a good model /template? <br /> Best Workplaces for Commuters Subcommittee <br /> 1) Ways to engage County employees in activities promoting environmental awareness <br /> and responsibility <br /> 2) Researched mechanisms to promote carpooling and more efficient employee <br /> commuting patterns. <br /> 3) Considered pros and cons of participating in the Best Workplaces for Commuters <br /> national program <br /> 4) Will need further assessment, with current resource and financial realities <br /> Potential Next Steps <br /> •Adopt an Environmental Leadership Policy <br /> •Review "Best Workplaces for Commuters" program and employee commuting options <br /> •Use Strategy/Policy Feasibility Chart feedback to refine for future actions, continue monitoring <br /> building conservation practices <br /> •Coordinate Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction efforts with ER Goal and 2030 Plan <br /> •Prepare County Energy Strategy (pursue Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency $) <br /> •ED Master Energy Plan (P-10) <br /> •Develop and monitor internal policies to make Orange County a Model Government <br /> •Participate in national and global efforts <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> •Receive the status report; <br /> •Approve Leadership Policy in principle, with needed changes, for future adoption; <br /> •Provide direction to staff on implementation actions — especially the strategy/policy feasibility <br /> chart template; and <br /> Note that any direction toward implementation should reflect current financial realities. <br /> He said while there was a lull in activity during the completion of the Orange County 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan (during the latter part of 2007 and much of 2008), additional work toward <br /> achieving the ER Goal has occurred. The ESAC created two subcommittees to explore <br /> commuting options, and to vet the draft action strategies identified by departments. <br /> Based on work of the ESAC and its two subcommittees, and research into other similar <br /> documents created by local governments across the nation, staff prepared a draft <br />