Land Use Planning to Reduce our Carbon Footprint in Ventura County.

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Land Use Planning to Land Use Planning to Reduce our Carbon Reduce our Carbon Footprint in Ventura Footprint in Ventura County County

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Land Use Planning to Reduce Land Use Planning to Reduce our Carbon Footprint in our Carbon Footprint in

Ventura CountyVentura County

Greenbelts of Open Space and Greenbelts of Open Space and Farmland Between CitiesFarmland Between Cities

Protecting Greenbelts is in the Best Interest of Cities

SOARSOARSave Open space &Save Open space &

Agricultural Resources Agricultural Resources

The SOAR boundaries protect The SOAR boundaries protect 400,000 acres400,000 acres

Compass Blueprint OutreachConfirmed Development Pattern

Why open space and farmlands Why open space and farmlands mattermatter

►Global climate Global climate change and peak change and peak oiloil

► Sustainable Sustainable agriculture & food agriculture & food securitysecurity

► Biological diversity Biological diversity and ecosystem and ecosystem functionsfunctions

►HealthHealth

RTAC Possible Factors-modeling capability self-

assessment

The Time to Act is NowThe Time to Act is Now