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-3- <br />Priority <br />BOCC Comment <br />Environmental Responsibility <br />10. Adopt Environmental Responsibility goal. <br />Commissioner Jacobs is not aware of an "internal group <br />of department heads" who are working on environmental <br />Implement an environmental responsibility goal <br />stewardship — re: pesticide use, low flow use fixtures to <br />within County government. <br />public, etc. <br />Do we use sheep instead of mowers? Contact/work with <br />Duke Power regarding their use of pesticides? (John Link <br />asked David Stancil to take the lead on this initiative.) <br />11. Implement structure to advance Environmental <br />Responsibility goals within County government. <br />12. Develop and implement energy conservation <br />Commissioner Halkiotis commented that the progress on <br />initiative. <br />this was acceptable. <br />13. Develop sustainability /green building standards. <br />14. Implement the water resources initiative. <br />Commissioner Gordon noted that this was adopted by <br />bocc last May and that it is a top priority coming from <br />commission for environment. She noted that it was <br />important to concentrate on things that really helped the <br />citizens and that this was important to keep on radar. <br />Commissioner Carey noted that this initiative cuts across <br />a number of different departments, commissions and <br />staff and that all needed to play a role in fashioning the <br />outcome. <br />(John Link noted that this related to resource protection <br />and development and that he was leading a short term <br />working group to work through process.) <br />Commissioner Jacobs stated that he did not understand <br />the notation "the planning board would like to participate <br />etc..." — (reading from goal update) — what did this <br />mean? <br />