Arlington Green appointed to Cty Energy/Environment Task Force
| From: | John Reeder |
| Sent: | Mon 1/18/10 4:38 PM |
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Thank you for appointing Mr. Davis as a representative of the Arlington Greens on this task force. We look forward to providing input through him and receiving feed back on the progress the task force is making. Mr. Davis is an accomplished aviation transportation economist and environmentalist and longtime Arlington resident; he will make good contributions.
Sincerely,
John Reeder
on behalf of the Arlington Green Party
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:47:06 -0500
Dear John –
Thank you for your letter regarding the Community Energy and Sustainability Task. I appreciate your support for the effort and your interest in having a representative of the Green Party participate. As you know, the CES Task Force is a serious effort to identify goals for the reduction of countywide greenhouse gas emission, and the strategies and actions necessary to reach those goals. This is a bold and ambitious undertaking for a local government, but I believe Arlington is up to the task and may well establish a model for others to follow.
Since announcing this initiative, I have heard from many individuals and organizations expressing their interest in participating in the process. As a result, we have created a category of official “Liaison” to the Community Energy and Sustainability (CES) Task Force that includes such organizations as the Nature Conservancy, George Mason University and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. I would welcome Steve Davis as a Liaison from the Arlington Green Party, and have copied him on this email. We will include Steve on the appropriate email distribution list unless we hear otherwise.
Establishing official Liaisons is meant to further open the process to other valuable organizations that can contribute to this effort. A Liaison will:
Receive CES Task Force meeting agendas and most meeting materials (via email);
- Have reserved space at official CES Task Force meetings to observe, though not participate in discussion;
- Be encouraged to attend and participate in Community Energy Town Hall Meetings and other public forums;
- Be encouraged to comment on and contribute to the development of the Community Energy Plan between official CES Task Force meetings; and
- Be listed by name and organization in the final version of the Community Energy Plan as a Liaison to the CES Task Force.
The first meeting of the CES Task Force was held on January 15. Future dates are: March 19, May 14, July 16, September 17, November 18 and January 14, 2010. Meetings will be held at the Arlington Central Library unless otherwise stated. Full information from the CES Task Force will be regularly refreshed at www.arlingtonva.us/energyplan.
John, there are no political parties represented on the CES Task Force. But based upon your letter, I agree that it is a good idea to invite our local political parties to participate if they are interested, so I will be inviting both the Arlington Republican and Democratic Committees to identify an official Liaison to the CES Task Force as well.
Best,
Jay
Jay Fisette
Chair, Arlington County Board
2100 Clarendon Boulevard
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
703-228-3130 Office
From: John Reeder
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:14 AM
To: Jay Fisette
Subject: Energy/environmental taskforce
Chairman
Arlington County Board
Arlington, VA January 7, 2010
Dear Jay:
Congratulations on your election as the chairman of the county board.
We also congratulate you on appointing a task force to address environmental sustainability in Arlington. As you know, the Arlington Greens have long advocated better environmental program in our community.
Unfortunately, it appears that you have neglected to invite any Arlington Greens to participate on your taskforce. We think this is unfortunate. We ask that you appoint a Green to this task force: Mr. Steve Davis. We previously nominated Mr. Davis for the Environmental, Energy and Energy Conservation Commission.
In early December, I contacted you and indicated that we would like to have Mr. Davis appointed to the Environmental, Energy and Conservation Commission. At that time, you did not indicate that you were thinking of creating yet another environmental advisory group.
We would like your new taskforce to be non-partisan and objective and insightful, and to have recommendations that can be accepted by the Arlington community as legitimate. It appears to us that this task force is disproportionately composed of represenatives of fossil fuel dependent companies and associations who are unlikely to come up with meaningful recommendations to move Arlington to less fossil fuel use.
The Arlington Green Party is the primary opposition party in Arlington in local races. We would hope that you see the wisdom of including Greens on the taskforce.
We would be glad to meet with you to discuss our ideas.
Sincerely,
John Reeder
on behalf of the Arlington Green Party