City of Lakewood announcement.
The City of Lakewood has begun to survey residents about their opinions on climate change. The survey will assess resident concern and what evidence and effects they have noticed.
The City invites the public to participate and offer their opinions about climate change.
The survey is available online and a printed copy was mailed to a sample of 1,000 Lakewood residents. Both versions of the survey are offered in three languages (English, Spanish, and Korean). The online survey is comprised of 20 questions and takes 2 to 6 minutes to complete.
This survey is part of a renewed emphasis on environmental measures at the City of Lakewood. In 2020, an Energy & Climate Change chapter was added to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The City has also established a Climate Change Work Plan to prioritize environmental efforts.
Once the survey concludes, its results will be presented to the Lakewood Planning Commission and City Council. The survey will be followed by an environmental justice assessment, which will investigate inequalities in air quality, tree coverage, and other areas throughout Lakewood.
Fix the potholes throughout all of Lakewood 1st would be a good start.
Stop barrel burning and fireplace trash burning in Lakewood would be good.
On the tree coverage issue, be very careful where the Lakewood Council is heading. If Lakewood tells a home owner, no, you can’t take that tree down and during a windstorm, it falls on their house. Lakewood is liable 100%.
I already talked to a few lawyer friends on that one and those lawyers said that was a no brainer. Matter of fact, Lakewood could get in a lot of hot water on any ruling about trees near houses.
Municipalities trying to address climate change is the epitome of hubris.
I have been impressed with the City of Lakewood’s management of our roads, parks, crime, and development over the past 20 years. There is nothing a city government can do to make any measurable difference in the climate, and each effort increases the cost to citizens.
Stay in your lane. The city of Tacoma passed an inane climate change bill recently, and crime is epidemic, the streets are miserable, homelessness is rampant. If the city cannot handle those challenges, how does it expect to impact something so large as climate?
They don’t. It is virtue signaling to an uneducated and indoctrinated public.
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