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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br />February 13, 2017 <br />Solid Waste Management Administration Building, Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill <br /> <br />Present: Bill Kaiser (Vice Chair), May Becker, Peter Cada, Jeremy Marzuola, William Newby, Alex <br />Nickodem, Jeanette O'Connor, Alan Parry, Sheila Thomas-Ambat <br />Absent: Lynne Gronback, Lydia Wegman, Rebecca Ray <br /> <br />Staff: Dave Stancil, Tom Davis, Brennan Bouma <br /> I. Call to Order - Kaiser called the meeting to order at 7:30. <br /> <br />II. Additions or Changes to Agenda - No changes. <br /> <br />III. Approval of Minutes from December 12, 2016. Cada motioned to approve the minutes as written. <br />O’Connor seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously. <br /> <br />IV. CFE New Member Introductions and Welcome - Alex Nicodem, Alan Perry, and Jeremy <br />Marzuola introduced themselves. <br /> <br />V. Continuing Action Items from Previous Meeting(s) - Members discussed items of ongoing <br />interest and new interest: <br /> <br /> Carrboro Climate Change Action Plan – No update as the Carrboro Board of Aldermen has yet to take <br />up the plan. <br /> CFE Newspaper Articles – All 12 of the articles that were initially considered have been written. <br />Members are interested in continuing the series and agreed that it would be good to have a list of <br />proposed articles with deadlines in order to ensure they get accomplished. The topic was referred to <br />be discussed in committee breakout meetings. <br /> O’Connor gave an update about the CFE Facebook page, that she is waiting to hear back from Beth <br />Young about whether the CFE page is now officially accepted. <br /> Ambat discussed an idea to use the County webpages to showcase the environmental initiatives of <br />the County, ideally with an interactive mapping tool. <br /> Marzuola discussed an idea to use the CFE Facebook page to drive people through links to check out <br />the work the CFE has done, like the series of articles. <br /> Stancil noted that 2019 would be the year of the next CFE State of the Environment Report. It would <br />be good to have a plan of action by the end of this calendar year. <br /> <br />VI. Upcoming Outreach Opportunities- were discussed. <br /> <br /> Photo Contest is ongoing <br /> Earth Evening will be April 28th. Kaiser volunteered to help. <br /> Last Fridays in Hillsborough – April through October, the CFE has a booth. <br /> FestiFall – large event <br /> Bee City Activities in Carrboro <br /> Hydrilla Open House – March 1st at 6:30, Cedar Grove Community Center.