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4, we can do our part <br />51 believe climate change represents the single biggest threat to civilization. Anything we can <br />do at the local level to prevent it or to serve as an example for higher levels of government, I <br />believe we should do. <br />In opposition: <br />+� 1- There are state and national arms of government to address the issue. We do not need <br />additional government spending, local ordinances and positions hired or time spent on the <br />issue. We should do more at the local level to ensure adequate police, fire, emt, schools, parks <br />and libraries. A looming city budget deficit shouldn't take on added responsibility. <br />+s 1 - While the intentions of the Climate Action Plan are worthy, we have so many flippin' <br />irons in the fire, this needs to take a backseat for the time being. <br />+5 2 - Redwood City's role should be to follow state guidelines and be middle of the pack in <br />zero carbon buildings. New purchases beyond 5-10 years should be of electric vehicles. Any <br />new public transit pursued in the next decade should take this into account as well. <br />+s 1: Let us not create a climate change bureaucracy, and added cost at the city level - state <br />regs override local anyway. <br />+s 1 are you guys nuts ? Redwood City has ZERO business doing anything like this. <br />+2 2. Well the concept sounds Noble the implementation would likely be messy. On our city <br />Council are not experts on global warming and climate issues. Nor do they <br />+2 1) such policies need to be enacted at higher levels of government; we should not waste <br />resources (other than to coordinate our local policies with higher-level orgs).PLUS, don't we <br />have more pressing issues to deal with, like public safety, managing enormous population <br />growth, etc? <br />+t 2 it makes more sense to have larger entities setting these policies -at least on a county level <br />+i 1 -this is a federal, state issue/action <br />