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AGENDA <br />Commission for the Environment <br />March 14, 2016 <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. Approval of Minutes — February 8, 2016 (Attachment 1) <br />7:40 IV. Energy and Water Usage - County Buildings & Facilities <br />Bouma will provide an update on 2015 energy and water usage for County buildings and <br />facilities, and introduce some draft materials being prepared for "Orange County Waste Wise <br />Events" for CFE consideration and feedback. Finally, Bouma will provide a preview of some of <br />the County's sustainability initiatives that will be of interest to the CFE. (Attachments 2 - 3) <br />8:10 V. Impaired Streams in Orange County <br />Davis will present the State's draft list of "impaired" rivers and streams in Orange County and <br />explain how additional stream monitoring by the County in 2012 -14 added to the data upon <br />which these determinations were made. <br />8:30 VI. CFE Outreach Opportunities / News Articles <br />The CFE will review recent and proposed news articles intended to educate /inform the public <br />about issues highlighted in the Orange County State of the Environment. The CFE will also <br />discuss participation in upcoming Earth Evening and Last Friday events. (Attachments 4 -7) <br />9:00 VII. Updates and Information Items <br />Staff and /or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br />➢ CFE membership roster (Attachment 8) <br />➢ CFE Committee priorities — revised draft (Attachment 9) <br />➢ Eno River hydrilla management project update (Attachment 10) <br />➢ Coal ash dump in Chapel Hill (Attachment 11) <br />➢ Photo Contest 2016 - "The Nature of Orange" (Attachment 12) <br />➢ Solarize the Triangle (Attachment 13) <br />➢ Green schools save little money — John Locke Fdn report (Attachment 14) <br />➢ Natural gas leak a disaster in Calif (Attachment 15) <br />9:20 VIII. Adjournment <br />Nextmeefing; April 11 (Hillsborough) <br />