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The mission of Ashland’s Conservation Commission is to educate and advocate for the wise use of resources by the city government and the people of Ashland. The commission meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Meetings are open to the public.

The Conservation Commission consists of nine voting members including one representative each from the solid waste franchisee for the City, Southern Oregon University, and the Ashland School District, and six other voting members.

The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Commission are to educate and advocate for the wise and efficient use of resources by the City of Ashland and Ashland citizens.

The Commission recommends to the City Council the adoption of policies, implementation strategies and funding related to:

Recycling, source reduction and solid waste/landfill issues;
Electric conservation issues;
Water conservation issues;
Resource conservation issues;
New power resource decisions, but not decisions involving wholesale power contracts;
Renewable Resource decisions;
Education of citizens about resource efficiency issues

For a complete list of the various conservation programs available to residents and businesses within Ashland, please go to www.ashland.or.us/conserve

For information on the City's Climate and Energy Action Plan, please go to www.ashland.or.us/climateplan

Established	Meetings	Length of Term
1996	Meets 4th Wednesday, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Community Development Building, 51 Winburn Way	Members (3 year terms expiring April 30)

Members

Name	Title	Term Begin	Term End
Julie Akins	Council Liaison	2/5/2019	12/31/2020
Roxane Beigel-Coryell	SOU Representative - Chair
Risa Buck	Commissioner - Position 1 - Vice Chair	8/2/2016	4/30/2022
Larry Cooper	Commissioner - Position 3	3/19/2019	4/30/2020
Adam Hanks	Staff Liaison
Marni Koopman	Commissioner - Position 2	8/8/2012	4/30/2022
James McGinnis	Commissioner Chair - Position 5	6/5/2018	4/30/2021
Marion Moore	Commissioner - Position 6	1/15/2019	4/30/2021
Jamie Rosenthal	Recology Representative
Bryan Sohl	Commissioner - Position 4	6/19/2018	4/30/2020
David Sommer	ASD Representative