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Envisioning Our F utu r e

REPORT Survey Monkey Breakout Sessions. Envisioning Our F utu r e. Survey Monkey results. Who Responded?. How Important Is Each Issue?. Highlights of Breakout Sessions:. Energy supply. Sample comments.

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Envisioning Our F utu r e

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  1. REPORT Survey Monkey Breakout Sessions Envisioning Our Future

  2. Survey Monkey results

  3. Who Responded?

  4. How Important Is Each Issue?

  5. Highlights of Breakout Sessions:

  6. Energy supply

  7. Sample comments . . . • Why don’t we have a national energy policy and national Renewable Portfolio Standard? • Decentralized (distributed) is the way to go. • Need more discussions with people at local level to learn what they want and need. • Conservation, conservation, conservation.

  8. Water quality Nonpoint emphasis

  9. Sample comments . . . • Will we need permits in the future? Can we regulate nonpoints into compliance? • Will states be allowed by federal law to be laboratories of innovation? • All water problems are local. • Do all streams need to be fishable/swimmable?

  10. More sample comments . . . • Micro-scale biomass & other market uses of manure • We need to recognize the true cost & value of water. • It all comes back to finances/revenue. • This is not the beer-tasting seminar?

  11. Water supply

  12. Sample comments . . . • We have done the studies. We know there is not enough water. • Localities need leadership and resources from the state to address water supply challenges. • Outreach and education. • The Commonwealth holds water resources in trust for the public good.

  13. More sample comments . . . • Gray water uses. Potable water not always needed. • Accurate data needed regarding exactly what our water resources are. • Mega-projects???

  14. Land Redevelopment • Waste Management • Aging infrastructure • Air & Water Impacts • Planning • Land Conservation Societal growth

  15. Sample comments . . . • Business community needs to step up, demand what’s needed (forgetting Agenda 21debate), and help make it happen. • Volunteers help with litter & public works • During drought, the aquifer can fall 1 foot over a 50-mile area due to the water withdrawals of 2 facilities. What does this bode for the future? • We lose the equivalent of 2 Lexingtons to development each year.

  16. MoreSample Comments. . . • In some regions, we are left with shells of communities & infrastructure • Can private sector partner with state government to address issues? • Regional, collaborative solutions needed. • “Planning” has a negative connotation for many. • This time around . . . How can we move forward actually to resolve these issues?

  17. Yet more comments . . . • It’s become “in vogue” to hate government. That’s wrong. • Government can lead. We can all contribute. • State government can provide analytic tools & data to assist local governments in making decisions. • Share successes. • “Sustainability” is not a dirty word . . . & not a property rights issue.

  18. Comments continued . . . • Re-activate SWAT team (Local Assistance Team) to assist local governments & to look statewide. • Public/private partnerships of industry & local governments • Evaluate incentives & see if working well • Look at accountability (imposing costs/penalties) as well as incentives

  19. Climate trends

  20. Sample comments . . . • The Army Corps of Engineers officially acknowledged climate change in 2009. • Weather & sea level are changing – the reason doesn’t really matter, does it? • Two focuses: respond to emergencies; plan where we’re going in the future • Huge issues – bigger than anything we’ve ever dealt with before

  21. More sample comments . . . • In some low-lying areas, homeowners can’t even get insurance. • State take lead in developing risk models. Feds can do study if for a whole region. • Local planning is also vital. • US Corps of Engineers Silver Jackets will come out to help communities on request. • VIMS did study of recurrent high tides. SNR looking at platform to raise issues to next level.

  22. What will the FUTURE hold? A prediction from The National Intelligence Council

  23. MAJOR TRENDS: End of U.S. global dominance Rising power of individuals against states Rising middle class whose demands challenge governments Gordian knot of water, food, and energy shortages

  24. The future is “malleable.” • Our effort is to encourage decision-makers, • Whether in government or outside, • To think and plan for the long term • So that negative futures do notoccur • And positive ones have a better chance of unfolding. National Intelligence Council Report Issued December 10, 2012 Quoting Council Chairman Christopher Kojm

  25. Your thoughts . . . What should our next steps be?

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