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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />April 13, 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 — March 9 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. <br />Welcome New Member <br />Lynne Gronback was appointed to the CFE on March 17. See attached roster (Attachment 2) <br />7:45 V. <br />Chapel Hill's Green Building Incentives <br />John Richardson (Planning Mgr. for Sustainability) and Jesse Freedman (Energy Management <br />Specialist) will provide an overview of Chapel Hill's pilot program of "green building" incentives <br />for new construction. (Attachments 3 -5) <br />8:10 VI. <br />Proposed Amendment to Impervious Surface Rules <br />Michael Harvey (Orange Co. Planning & Inspections) will present a draft amendment to the <br />County's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that would provide additional opportunities for <br />residents to modify established impervious surface limits. (Attachments 6 -8) <br />8:30 VII. <br />Public Outreach <br />CFE members will review its plans to convey information from State of Environment report to <br />elected officials, schools, and the general public. (Attachments 9 -10) <br />8:50 VIII. <br />Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ BOCC response to CFE annual report and work plan (Attachment 11) <br />➢ Earth Evening (Hillsborough) — April 24 (Attachment 12) <br />➢ Hydrilla in the Eno River — April 29 Public Meeting (Attachment 13) <br />➢ The Nature of Orange photo contest (Attachment 14) <br />➢ Solid waste recycling program fee options (Attachment 15) <br />➢ Governor McCrory's budget for NCDENR (Attachment 16) <br />➢ Nutrient pollution damages streams (Attachment 17) <br />9:00 V. Adjournment <br />Nextmeefing; May 11 (Richard Witted Meeting Facility - Hillsborough) <br />