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3. Transportation Issues ♦ Alternative types of transport (including mass transit, bicycle, and pedestrian) ♦ Environmental impacts ♦ Economic impacts ♦ Concurrent, integrated transportation and land use planning ♦ Needs - based, community- oriented transportation planning 4. Environment & Natural Resources ♦ Land - loss of natural areas, rare species, natural corridors, wildife habitat and diversity, open space, farmland, and forest loss and fragmentation (particularly hardwood forests). ♦ Water - quality and quantity of ground and surface water; loss of aquatic habitat and diversity; and drinking water chlorination ♦ Air quality ♦ Energy 5. Responsive Governance & Quality Public Services ♦ Government accountability and efficiency ♦ Tax issues • Balance between residential and commercial base • Rising taxes ♦ Fair representation in government - Currently the County Commissioners are elected at large. This system is viewed by many to result in a lack of rural representation. ♦ Facilitated public participation (i.e. government encourages participation) ♦ Public services such as sewer, water, solid waste management, street maintenance, police, fire, education, and essential public facilities construction including school construction ♦ Information base for good decision - making • Sustainability indicators (these will let us know what direction we are headed) 6. Quality Community Life and Participation ♦ Preserving, sustaining and building a sense of community ♦ Civic participation ♦ Human rights and relations ♦ Full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to insure full access for the disabled ♦ Urban/rural gap ♦ Cultural diversity ♦ Cultural arts ♦ Recreation and parks ♦ Community centers ♦ Local history and historic preservation 0