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Attachment 1 Bouma reported that another sustainability project the County is involved in is trying to figure out a way to get solar panels on the roof of the Rogers Road Community Center. He said it has been a learning process and one that had built good relationships. Bouma then introduced Muriel Williman with the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department. Bouma and Williman discussed their collaboration in support of waste reduction at County events that serve food through their Waste Wise Events initiative. This will be a voluntary program to educate and facilitate low or zero waste. Williman said she is also available to work with residents for events outside the county. CFE members provided feedback on draft Waste Wise materials: If these materials will be available to county residents, providing them in paper form is an important outreach tool. Robo -calls are also in schools beyond email. The schools have someone police the waste stream Checklist • Encourage volunteers to bring reusable containers (e.g., Tupperware) to take home leftovers; have containers for participants to take food home. • Remind people several times throughout the meeting about the opportunity to reduce waste and compost ■ Add Waste Wise talking points for during the event as a separate tool or add to one of the other tools On the caterer list, put the "Serves in Bulk" in green as an essential item • Add an intro statement at top of the caterer list to let people know how those caterers were chosen • Also move the statement about "If you'd like to be added... ", to the top. On the purchasing guide, add an "Item numbers updated as of [date]" Wegman thanked Bouma and Williman for their information. Davis asked to reorder the next two items on the agenda, and to discuss the CFE outreach items and opportunities first. Wegman agreed to making that change. VI. CFE Outreach Opportunities / News Articles — Davis reviewed a list of recent and proposed CFE news articles intended to educate and inform the public about issues highlighted in the Orange County State of the Environment. He noted that there is a need for identifying new topics for 2016. Kaiser suggested the CFE produce an article about climate change and the evidence of human - caused influences on climate change. Wegman noted it will need to be limited to 600 words. Davis noted the CFE could prepare a series of articles on this topic. Bouma said the CFE could summarize information from other articles rather than writing its own. Gronback said as a school teacher she often wonders about the effects of poverty on the environment. She said she has noticed increased littering along certain roadsides and perhaps the disparity of income among different parts of the community influences how certain neighborhoods care about the protection of natural resources. Gronback said she does not know yet what kind of article might be suitable but she wants the CFE to be mindful of this going on in our community. CFE members agreed it would be good to change the frequency of news articles to quarterly, but will wait for a quorum to vote on this matter. 2