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4. Propose new indicators <br />5. Propose new format <br />6. Time Allowing -Update indicators with new info <br />"What makes a good indicator/ data source? <br />• Authoritative source <br />• Regularly updated (based on the rate of change of what's measured) <br />• Well -known and used <br />• History of data <br />• Geographic scope and specificity <br />• County - collected <br />• Data quality — model versus direct measurement <br />• Replicability in the future <br />Key Questions: <br />Context - Questions and Examples: <br />• What other State of the Environment models are there? <br />• Mecklenburg County <br />• Others? Durham City Sustainability Report is a possible model <br />• Who else might be tracking the state of Orange County's Environment? <br />• OC Annual Sustainability Scorecard <br />■ County operations focused <br />• Orange County Lands Legacy Plan <br />• LCC — South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative <br />• Triangle Regional Transportation Model - MPOs /RPOs <br />■ Air quality and socioeconomic models for next 30 years <br />• Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project - TAWSMP <br />■ 30 year trends on water quality in triangle <br />■ USGS Stream Monitors <br />• UNRBA <br />• Jordan Lake Rules <br />• Jordan Lake One Water — future group that may be forming <br />• UNC — CH Collaboratory — Jordan Lake Watershed Study <br />• Others? <br />■ NC DEQ collects a limited amount of data in Orange County <br />