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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />August 10, 2015 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />Richard Whitted Meeting Facility (Room 250) <br />300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough <br />Time Item Title <br />7:30 I. Call to Order <br />7:32 II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br />7:35 III. Approval of Minutes — June 8 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. Advisory Board Appreciation <br />7:45 V. <br />Hydrilia in the Eno River Update <br />Tom Davis will update the CFE on the results from the initial two months of using herbicide to <br />help control the spread of hydrilla in the Eno River east of Hillsborough. (Attachment 2 -3) <br />8:00 VI. <br />Green Restaurant Challenge <br />Elizabeth Zander (Chapel Hill Environmental Stewardship Advisory Board) will present ideas for <br />the proposed Green Restaurant Challenge and other potential opportunities for CFE <br />consideration and collaboration (Attachment 4) <br />8:20 VII. <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 5 -6) <br />8:45 VIII. <br />Photo Contest Winners <br />Staff will present the winning photos from "The Nature of Orange" photography contest, which <br />is co- sponsored by the CFE. The goal of the contest is to inspire people to help document the <br />beauty and diversity of our natural resources and our residents connecting to their environment. <br />(Attachment 7) <br />8:50 IX. <br />Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ Proposed changes to impervious surface limitations rule (Attachment 8) <br />➢ CFE memo re 2016 bond package (Attachment 9) <br />➢ CFE news article — Why Plant Natives (Attachment 10) <br />➢ IfOniyFrackers Used Best Practices— Wm Schlesinger op ed (Attachment 11) <br />➢ Blackwood Farm Park opening (Attachment 12) <br />➢ Pilot solar energy project at Rogers Rd Community Center (Attachment 13) <br />➢ Orange joins quarantined area for emerald ash borer (Attachments 14 -15) <br />➢ Recycling fees for computer /TV makers could be eliminated (Attachment 16) <br />➢ Update on OWASA Mitigation Tract forestry activities (Attachment 17) <br />➢ EPA environmental justice screening and mapping tool (Attachment 18) <br />➢ 2014 Hottest Year on Record (Attachment 19) <br />➢ $125 M for climate change campaign (Attachment 20) <br />➢ Climate change literacy (Attachment 21) <br />➢ Effective insect repellents without DEET (Attachment 22) <br />➢ Are stormwater BMPs a source of mosquitos? (Attachment 23) <br />9:00 IX. Adjournment <br />Nextmeeting., September 14 (Chapel Hill) <br />