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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 8, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 3 <br /> SUBJECT: Energy and Environmental Updates — CFE Renewable Energy Work Group; <br /> Environmental Responsibility; State of the Environment 2014 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> (AMS); Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks and <br /> Recreation (DEAPR) <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A) August 8, 2012 NC WARN Letter Dave Stancil, DEAPR, 245-2510 <br /> B) August 30, 2012 BOCC Chair Rich Shaw, DEAPR, 245-2510 <br /> Letter to NC WARN Jeff Thompson, AMS, 245-2658 <br /> C) January 22, 2013 CFE Memo to Wayne Fenton. AMS, 245-2628 <br /> BOCC - Proposal for a Renewable Blair Pollock, Solid Waste <br /> Energy and Efficiency Work Group <br /> Convened by the CFE <br /> D) Work Session PowerPoint <br /> Presentation Slides <br /> http://orangecountync.gov/Asset <br /> E) Memo and Background - State of <br /> Environment 2014 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive information on three related environmental and energy topics — the <br /> Commission for the Environment's proposal for a Renewable Energy Committee (RENEW) to <br /> explore renewable energy and sustainable development opportunities; the annual <br /> Environmental Responsibility in County Government report (including the Energy Scorecard); <br /> and the upcoming State of the Environment 2014 Report and Environmental Summit. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 1. Commission for Environment Proposed Renewable Energy Work Group: In August <br /> 2012 the BOCC received a letter from NC WARN recommending Orange County form an <br /> Alternative Energy Task Force "to encourage the county to incorporate local sustainable energy <br /> production and energy efficient strategies." The BOCC referred this request to the Commission <br /> for the Environment (CFE) to consider the issues and report back to the BOCC. <br /> The CFE discussed potential approaches for incorporating alternative energy and efficiency into <br /> the County's future planning, and developed a proposal for BOCC consideration. The proposal <br /> was handed out at a January 29, 2013 BOCC work session, but there was no time during that <br />