Colleen Fernald

<p>Age: 47</p><p>Hometown: Sebastopol </p><p>Occupation: Artist, sustainability consultant</p><p>Background: 4 years on the Russian River Watershed Council Board of Directors; 2006 Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Senate; organizer of 2002 Sebastopol Sustainability Conference and Festival</p><p>Web site: www.campaignforpeace.org</p><p>Priorities:</p><p>GROWTH</p><p>Problem: Traffic congestion and unaccountable development</p><p>Solution: Resolve current transportation challenges to serve the community and visitors; provide for accountable development in scale with our small town; investigate an electric trolley system; enhance safe pedestrian and bike routes</p><p>ENVIRONMENT</p><p>Problem: Threatened water and climate security</p><p>Solution: Continue to support Solar Sebastopol and Solar Sonoma County, and the Climate Protection Campaign; partner in more watershed protection projects; seek grants for a ground-water management plan</p><p>ECONOMY</p><p>Problem: We need to add community vitality</p><p>Solution: Ensure our safety and medical services are supported; redeploy Sustainable Sebastopol to protect our ecological health and social well-being; invigorate the local economy</p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/294377113" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1785367572&playerId=294377113&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="510" height="550" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>