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I am also a firm believer that local control of environmental protection programs, when <br />conducted by a well-managed, technically competent, and publicly accountable <br />organization, is the best way to protect and maintain the public health and quality of life <br />in our community. My goal as an LRAPA board member would be to restore public and <br />industry confidence in LRAPA's board and programs, so that the survival of this regional <br />air agency will no longer be in doubt. <br /> <br />The quality of the air we breathe is a civic issue that affects everyone. How we <br />characterize, improve, and maintain the quality of our air has a tremendous influence on <br />the livability of our entire community. Therefore, if given the oppommity to serve as a <br />City of Eugene citizen representative on the LRAPA Board of Directors I will work to <br />ensure that we know as much as possible about what is in the air we breathe, find win- <br />win solutions to improve the quality of our air, and to develop and sustain organi?ational <br />programs which do that in a efficient and effective manner. <br /> <br />Serving as an LRAPA board member would be an opportunity to use my professional <br />skills and experience in service to the community, and to promote local air quality - two <br />important personal goals. <br /> <br /> 3. Briefly describe your involvement in relevant community groups and <br /> activities. <br /> <br />I have served on the Oregon Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel, the Oregon <br />Green Permits Advisory Committee, and the Pollution Prevention Coalition of Lane <br />County. I also represented LRAPA staff on the agency's most recent Strategic Planning <br />Committee. I have also worked extensively with the Oregon Department of <br />Environmental Quality, the United State Environmental Protection Agency, and <br />numerous regulatory and non-regulatory committees focused on environmental and air <br />quality monitoring, protection, and improvement. Examples of my involvement include <br />membership on the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program <br />Administrators/Association of Loc, al Air Pollution Control Officials' <br />(STAPPA/ALAPCO) permitting, emissions monitoring and inventory, and pollution <br />prevention committees, and the US EPA's Rapid Inventory Development Pilot Project. <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />