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Sustainability Manager Updates
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The ESB receives routine updates from the Sustainability Manager.
1. The Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study and Climate Action Plan
a. The agreement was approved by County Council on May 23, 2023 and Cascadia Consulting Group was awarded the contract.
b. The kickoff meeting was held on June 21, 2023
c. In August 2023, Los Alamos County employees were asked to share their 2022 commuting habits. Final response total is 315.
d. Community Survey was open from September 19 to October 18. In total 552 Los Alamos community members completed the survey.
e. The Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report was presented December 11 and the County Senior Management team also received an update on December 13th.
f. Cascadia presented update and budget options to County Council on March 5, 2024.
g. CAP Polling Survey Working Group (Joseph Chandler and Erik Loechell, and I) met twice to discuss path forward. The group concluded that the Community Survey did capture community demographics, was statistically significant and no additional community survey is needed at this time. The Group will provide feedback on the poll questions that will be presented at the Community Workshop.
h. Hosted Community Workshop April 2, 2024
i. Next steps are interviews with focus groups and draft climate action plan to be presented to Council in July 2024.
2. 4 Climate Actions Video - with PAC-8, Los Alamos County produced a short video highlighting the climate action of four local residents who have taken climate action in their own personal lives. This video will be shared across the community and it’s purpose is to inspire other community members to take climate action.
3. Food Waste Composting Presentation was provided to Council on September 6, 2022. County Council voted unanimously to acknowledge and accept the ESB’s recommendation and direct the County Manager to implement a food composting system at Bayo Canyon using a windrow system; provide ...
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