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18 <br /> 1 o Increased Inspection and Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures at County <br /> 2 Owned Sites <br /> 3 ➢ Growth Management <br /> 4 o Commission for Environment Review of Flexible Minor Subdivisions <br /> 5 o Service Demand Study Related to Current and Projected Growth <br /> 6 ➢ Information Technology <br /> 7 o Paperless Work Order System —AMS <br /> 8 o Computer Recycling Program with Schools <br /> 9 o Electronic Document Processing and Storage <br /> 10 ➢ Infrastructure-graph <br /> 11 ➢ Infrastructure=graph <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Anticipated Forces of Change <br /> 14 o Population and Service Demands <br /> 15 • Traffic Congestion <br /> 16 • Air Quality <br /> 17 • Impervious Surface Constraints <br /> 18 • Water Quality and Capacity <br /> 19 <br /> 20 ➢ Climate Change <br /> 21 o More Frequent and Extreme Weather Events <br /> 22 o Design and Operation Considerations of Major Systems and Equipment <br /> 23 o Emergency Management Reponses to Weather Events <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 In reply to a question from Commissioner McKee, David Stancil, Director of the County's <br /> 27 Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, said a voluntary program <br /> 28 through which farmers cooperated to monitor farm ponds for Hydrilla easily could be pursued, <br /> 29 perhaps through the Soil and Conservation Districts. <br /> 30 In reply to a question from Commissioner Rich, David Stancil said Hydrilla is no longer used in <br /> 31 home aquariums as typically as in the past, but it is not prohibited. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 In reply to a question from Commissioner Jacobs, Jeff Thompson, Director of Asset <br /> 34 Management Services, said the Sheriff's automotive fleet is getting higher mileage than in the <br /> 35 past, but as heavier vehicles they are generally going to be less efficient. <br /> 36 Commissioner Dorosin suggested that heavier vehicles — especially ambulances and buses — <br /> 37 be plotted separately from the rest of the County's fleet on the County Utilities Reduction: Goal <br /> 38 vs. Trends chart. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 In reply to a question from Commissioner Rich, Jeff Thompson said the fluctuation in water use <br /> 41 on the chart was due to new square footage on the west campus coming on line during 2009- <br /> 42 10. Many of those facilities have water reclamation projects associated with them. Some of <br /> 43 those projects are not working as well as County staff would like, and so there is intermittent use <br /> 44 of those systems. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Jeff Thompson also said the schools are not included on the chart. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Commissioner Rich said it would be good to see that data too. <br /> 18 <br />