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• Designating responsibilities for fuel conservation as to the Energy Conservation Task Group, Public Works Department, department heads and employees, • Providing for an annual Vehicle Fuel Conservation Action Plan setting out specific actions to be accomplished during the coming year for review and approval by the Board, in conjunction with the annual budget process. • Providing for data collection, reporting and performance measures to assess fuel conservation performance, • Establishing a framework of supporting programs including employee awareness, incentives, acquisition of fuel-efficient vehicles and equipment and so forth. Fuel Use, Costs and Performance Measures Public Works maintains a database of vehicle fiiel consumption and cost information from the County's fuel station and off-site fuel transactions. This will serve as the basis for measuring the County's success in reducing fuel consumption, As the Board wishes, this information may be presented in a variety of formats and varying levels of detail. Under separate cover, Public Works has provided a report covering Orange County vehicle fuel use and cost, Public Works also will provide a brief presentation of this information at the Board meeting. At the Board meeting, the Board may wish to provide direction to staff on the types of fuel usage information that it wishes to receive and the desired format for this information. Based on the current data, staff recommends three measures be used to assess the County's success in reducing fuel consumption and use of alternative fuels, These are year-to-year comparisons of: • Average miles per gallon for each department's vehicle fleet and for the County as a whole • Total miles driven by each department and for the County as a whole. • Number and usage of alternative fuel vehicles, For the future, staff is assessing other possible measures to measure success in conservation, while taking into account service delivery needs and requirements for each department, Next Steps Planned next steps include: At the December 13 meeting, staff will present a draft water conservation policy for the Board's consideration to address the need to conserve water resources, • Also at the December 13 meeting, staff will present a report on water consumption, costs and possible performance measures for tracking progress. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact related to adopting the policy or receiving the report. Any additional budget recommended for vehicle and equipment