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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />June 8, 2015 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />Orange County Solid Waste Administration Building <br />1207 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill <br />Time Item Title <br />7:30 I. Call to Order <br />7:32 II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br />7:35 III. <br />Approval of Minutes — May 11 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. <br />OWASA's Energy Management Plan <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority ( OWASA) is developing an energy management plan for its <br />water, wastewater, and reclaimed water utility operations and facilities. Terri Buckner ( OWASA <br />Board of Directors) will introduce the OWASA energy management plan and discuss the <br />possibility of the CFE collaborating with OWASA, the schools, and the towns on a panel <br />discussion of energy conservation and management (Attachment 2) <br />8:15 V. <br />2016 Orange County Bond Package <br />The CFE will consider asking the BOCC to reopen the process for determining the contents of <br />the proposed 2016 bond referendum (Attachment 3) <br />8:30 VI. <br />Green Building Incentives <br />The CFE will continue its discussion of potential incentives for energy - efficient construction, <br />following -up on the April presentation of Chapel Hill's pilot program. (Attachments 4 -5) <br />8:45 VII. <br />Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ CFE comments on draft changes to impervious surface rules (Attachment 6) <br />➢ Herbicide being used to control hydrilla in Eno River (Attachment 7) <br />➢ Electric Vehicle fast charger station installed in Hillsborough (Attachment 8) <br />➢ Electric Vehicle Workshop — June 18 Hillsborough (Attachment 9) <br />➢ CFE news article — Why Plant Natives (Attachment 10) <br />➢ What we can do to protect bees (Attachments 11 - 13) <br />➢ Fracking having difficult start in NC (Attachment 14) <br />➢ 2nd solar array at White Cross planned for Orange County (Attachment 15) <br />➢ NC Forest Service in Orange County — 2014 Annual Report (Attachment 16) <br />➢ Court denies challenges to EPA's ozone designations (Attachment 17) <br />➢ Duke Forest stewardship and sustainability tour — June 27 (Attachment 18) <br />9:00 VII. Adjournment <br />Nextmeeting; July (No Meeting) <br />August 13 (Hillsborough) <br />