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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />March 9, 2015 <br />7:30 D.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 — February 9 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. Reports <br />➢ Intergovernmental Parks Work Group (Wegman) <br />➢ Orange Unified Transportation Board (Saunders) <br />➢ NC Clean Tech Summit (Bouma) <br />7:50 V. County installs new DC Fast Charger stations <br />Bouma (Orange County Sustainability Coordinator) will provide an overview of the County's <br />recent installation of DC Fast Charger stations for electric vehicles. (Attachment 2) <br />8:10 VI. Committee Meetings <br />The CFE will consider a draft schedule for developing articles for public outreach on subjects <br />from the State of the Environment report. The CFE will then break out into its standing <br />committees (Air & Energy, Land, Water) to continue work on priority tasks. (Attachments 3 -4) <br />8:45 VII. Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ Commercial food waste recyclers in Orange County (Attachment 5) <br />➢ Hydrilla -borne bacteria affecting bald eagles (Attachment 6) <br />➢ County may propose $125M bond (Attachment 7) <br />➢ Orange County Proposed Legislative Agenda 2015 (Attachment 8) <br />➢ Criminal charges filed against Duke Energy for coal ash spills (Attachment 9) <br />➢ House bill would require incineration of sewage sludge (Attachment 10) <br />➢ 8,000 acres protected around Jordan Lake (Attachment 11) <br />➢ New Tesla battery will power your home (Attachment 12) <br />➢ Planetary boundaries guiding human development (Attachment 13) <br />➢ 4th graders to receive one -year pass to national parks (Attachment 14) <br />➢ Your electric vehicle may not be so green (Attachment 15) <br />9:00 VIII. Adjournment <br />Nextmeefings; April 13 (Solid Waste Admin. Building — Chapel Hill) <br />May 11 (Whiffed Building — Hillsborough) <br />