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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />September 14, 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 — August 10 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. <br />Energy Conservation / Management Forum <br />Terri Buckner (OWASA Board of Directors) and Gary Saunders will report on the initial planning <br />for a proposed community forum on energy conservation and management (Attachment 2) <br />8:15 V. <br />Green Building Incentives <br />The CFE will continue its discussion of potential incentives for energy - efficient construction. <br />Staff will report back on recent meeting with County Planning & Inspections (Attachment 3) <br />8:45 VI. <br />CFE Outreach / News Articles <br />The CFE will review recent and draft news articles intended to educate and inform the public <br />about issues highlighted in the Orange County State of the Environment (Attachments 4 -6) <br />9:00 VII. <br />Orange County Bond Referendum 2016 <br />The CFE will consider sending a representative to the September 15 BOCC meeting to provide <br />comments on the County's proposed 2016 bond referendum (Attachments 7 -8) <br />9:15 VIII. <br />Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ Chatham Co approves temporary fracking moratorium (Attachment 9) <br />➢ Hydrilla in the Eno River update (Attachment 10) <br />➢ Chapel Hill pollution prevention video wins national award (Attachment 11) <br />➢ Bolin Creek trail work raises erosion concerns in Chapel Hill (Attachment 12) <br />➢ Orange County Social Justice Goal - adopted 2010 (Attachment 13) <br />➢ OWASA wastewater and biosolids annual report (Attachment 14) <br />➢ OWASA hires sustainability manager (Attachment 15) <br />➢ Tree Harvesting in Orange Co brochure (Attachment 16) <br />➢ Duke Forest deer management program (Attachment 17) <br />➢ NC's curious response to EPA's Clean Power Plan (Attachment 18) <br />➢ Making Energy Work Conference — Oct 6 -7 (Attachment 19) <br />9:30 IX. Adjournment <br />Nextmeeting; October 12 (Hillsborough) <br />