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Description
Arlington County Board members answer questions on decisions made at the July's 2021 Board Meeting.
A
B
Sure
we
had
two
two
pieces
of
guidance
for
the
manager.
One
relates
to
the
issue
of
electric
buses.
We
have
20
25
and
20
35
community
energy
plan
goals
and
to
reach
those
goals.
We're
going
to
have
to
shift
from
our
current
natural
gas
fleet
to
electric
and
natural
gas
is
better
than
diesel,
but
electric
is
the
standard
that
we
have
to
get
to
and
there's
what
we
said
is
for
2024
and
then
further
for
2025.
B
When
we
have
our
bus
maintenance
facility
come
online,
we're
going
to
be
moving
towards
electric
buses
as
the
buses
that
we
purchase
and
we
had
some
language
in
there.
That
reflects
the
reality
that
we
have
to
work
with
staff
and
the
realities
of
the
market,
but
we
are
making
a
commitment
to
moving
in
this
direction,
and
this
is
really
in
response
to
a
number
of
advocates
and
a
number
of
residents
who
said
we've
got
to
work
on
this.
We've
got
to
do
this,
and
so
that
is
a
huge
first
step.
C
Two
things:
first
of
all
anything
we
do
and
any
guidance
we
give
about
electrification
of
our
own
county
fleet
during
the
normal
budget
and
the
the
annual
the
annual
operation
operation
budget
and
now
the
guidance
on
electrifying
our
bus
fleet.
All
this
is
not
just
to
reduce
the
fossil
fuel
dependency
of
our
of
our
vehicles.
This
also
works
for
every
citizen,
because
this,
the
infrastructure
that
has
to
be
in
place,
the
infrastructure
we
have
to
study
for
and
implement,
is
actually
the
infrastructure
that
will
serve
everybody
else's
electrification
efforts.
C
So
there
is
a
real
deal
benefit
from
the
county
government,
leading
with
sustainability
improvements
for
every
single
one
in
arlington,
every
single
resident.
Then
it's
the
guidance
of
actually
presenting
budgets
and
presenting
our
capital
improvement
plans,
and
next
year
will
will
go
back
to
normal
this.
This
year's
israel
is
a
bridge
plan,
is
actually
to
be
able
to
report
that
each
and
every
investment
we
make.
How
does
this
investment
improves
on
advances
ours
on
our
sustainability
goals?
C
This
is
climate
emergency
response,
we're
talking
here
and
climate
emergency
response
has
to
materialize
in
specific
action,
and
we
have
to
be
able
to
report
how
our
each
each
and
every
measure
we
take
each
and
every
allocation
of
of
money.
Taxpayers
money
helps
to
advance
on
these
goals.
This
is
what
the
the
essence
of
the
guidance
we
gave
to
the
county
manager
to
think
how
we
do
that.