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PRIORITY 1 • d • - • . 4 0 • <br /> • Objectives <br /> 1. Identify the priorities and resources necessary to implement <br /> the Climate Action Plan. <br /> • • " • 2. Invest in our infrastructure to reduce the environmental <br /> • _ • impact of the County fleet/facilities and improve safety. <br /> 3. Improve educational opportunities for County staff and <br /> • - • • - • • - - community members on climate action and available <br /> resources to advance climate action projects. <br /> 4. Incentivize and promote sustainable agriculture and local <br /> - • • food systems development through supportive policy, <br /> funding, farmland protection and educational outreach. <br /> • • • • 5. Review land use policies to promote and connect <br /> Town, County, and private trails and open spaces. <br /> 6. Protect water supply/watersheds. <br /> • • • • 7. Conserve and protect high priority open space, including <br /> Natural Heritage sites, nature preserves, watershed riparian <br /> buffers, and prime/threatened farmland. <br /> 8. Include environmental stewardship objectives in the <br /> Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br /> Performance Measures <br /> 1. Implement 20%of Climate Action Plan strategies and <br /> document strategy completion in Climate Action Tracker. <br /> (16 strategies in five years). <br /> 2. Reduce the Energy Intensity(energy used in KBTU per <br /> square foot)of County facilities by 10%, to 6.0 KBTUS. <br /> 3. 20%of County non- Emergency vehicles are EV. <br /> 4. Number of individuals participating in education and <br /> outreach events— 1,500 within five years. <br /> 5. Percentage of employees trained in sustainable practices. <br /> — 100%of new employees and 50%of current employees <br /> within five years. <br /> 6. Increase the percentage of sustainable agriculture educational <br /> X workshops offered by 50%(Baseline 10 workshops). <br /> 7. Add three connectivity points between Municipal, County and <br /> other trail systems in five years. (Three connectivity points <br /> currently exist) <br /> 8. Reduce nutrient loading in water supply watersheds by <br /> investment in stormwater improvements and riparian <br /> conservation by spending 100%of allocated capital funds <br /> ($175,000 annually). <br /> w <br /> 9. Place 300 acres of priority natural areas and wildlife habitat <br /> 1 in permanent protection over the next 5 years. <br /> 10.Board's approval of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan on <br /> or before 12/25. <br /> 5 <br />