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Hanson, Jim
From:
Woods, Carolyn
Sent:
Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:32 AM
To:
Hanson, Jim
Cc:
Bartle, Donna; Elected Officials
Subject:
FW: Atlantic Beach, compete in the Earth Hour City Challenge
Jim and Donna,
I think that with the growing concern over going green and protecting the environment
we should keep a running log of all the ways that the city is striving to meet these
challenges, money and energy saved, emissions cut and all of the other tangible savings.
I know Jim has implemented policies, we have initiated recycling and the city has acquired
grants that strive to improve our city's carbon foot print but all of this is mostly invisible to
the casual observer. I also understand you have busy schedules but as the chari=er
outlines as part of the clerks duties:
(4) Provide the city commission with periodic reports as requested about the effectiveness and efficiency of
the legislative programs of the city government; and
I think it would be helpful in a number of ways to have this information collected and
made available on the website to make it easier'for everyone to see in a demonstrative
way all the good and constructive things the city is doing.
I will bring this up at our next commission meeting to see if there is a consensus.
Thank you,
Carolyn Woods
Atlantic Beach City Commissioner
904 -241 -8973
From: World Wildlife Fund [ecomments @wwfus.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Silva [smsilva @bellsouth.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:05 AM
To: Woods, Carolyn
Subject: Atlantic Beach, compete in the Earth Hour City Challenge
May 3, 2012
Ms. Carolyn Woods
800 Seminole Road
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 -5444
Dear Ms. Woods,
As a Atlantic Beach resident, I'm writing to urge you to help protect
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my family and our city from the harmful consequences of increasingly
extreme weather by participating in WWF's Earth Hour City Challenge, a
competition among cities to prepare for a changing climate.
More and more, communities in Florida are facing stronger coastal
storms, higher temperatures, drought, and sea level rise. We aren't
alone. Cities throughout our country are on the front lines of
increasingly extreme weather, from more intense heat waves and
wildfires to droughts, rainstorms, and floods. As climate change
worsens, dangerous weather events are getting more frequent or severe -
or both.
But our city can take practical measures at the local level, to prepare
for these weather extremes, protecting us from more costly and
dangerous problems in the future. Infrastructure improvements other
proactive actions will save us money and keep our families and
communities safer and healthier.
How is our city preparing for these climatic changes? And are we doing
enough?
With this letter I challenge our city to compete in WWF's Earth Hour
City Challenge! I hope you will participate and protect my family and
fellow residents by preparing for the increasingly extreme weather our
community is already facing. Learn more at
worldwildlife.org/citychallenge.
Sincerely,
Ms. Shawn Silva
1838 Ocean Grove Dr
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 -5843