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11/0912001 10:46 9196043002 M. CTV. RAWING PACE 00 /67 Introduction This report builds on work done by the Shaping Orange Coures Future (SOCF) Task Force and its Sustainabillty Committee. The SOCF Sustainability Committee report defined principles of suatainabllity and identified a preliminary set of 44 indicators to measure county progress regarding suaminablllty. The SOCF report was followed by a staff report assessing the feasibility of collecting data for these indicators. This staff report shows where there are gaps between data avalleblllty, and what the community would like to measure to assess sustainablity. The present report attempts to measure some of those indicators for which data is readily available, and suggests some alternative Indicators to fill gape, perticularlywhere data is unavailable for the original indicators. The report contains three sections. The fret section. Sustainebility: a Global Concept and Contest for Local Action, reviews the SOCF suslainebility definition and principles, and provides a context for understanding sustainability, what can be done on a local level, and the purpose of using sustainablllry indicators. The second section provides brief assessments for indicators for which dam wee readily available and collectable within the timaframe for completion of this report. The indicators are grouped into three major clusters, Economy: Creating and Maintaining Liveabllity, Environment: Respecting Environmental Limits, and Equity. Creating and Maintaining an Equitable Community. For some Indicators where date Is not available, alternatives have been suggestetl, and data collected an these as feasible. There are also some indicators from the original 44 that should still be considered though data collection for these is beyond the scope of this report . It is also suggested Nat a few cf the 44 Indicators be dropped. where data are lacking and the same aspect is covered by another indicator or the indicator does not appear to be key to county sustainability, Appendix A Ilsts the original 44 indicators and indicates the status or each (i.e. indicator status sheet completed, some data Collected, more feasible alternative suggested, ate.) In a few cases, new indicators for which data is available have been suggested to supplement the original set of Indicators. The end result is a recommended set of 42 indicators for which dam could be collected on a regular basis to provide a comprehensive view of the countys progress toward sustainability. This section ends with a brief synopsis of what the measurable Intl Inshore tell us about where Orange County is headed regarding sustainability. - The final section concludes the report with recommendations on ways to use the sustalnatillry, Indicators toward an Orange County Sustainablllry Plan.