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Orange County Commission for the Environment IIIIIIIIII'� VIII " " " "' "" "11111 "" Meeting Summary February 13, 2017 Solid Waste Management Administration Building, Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill Present: Bill Kaiser (Vice Chair), May Becker, Peter Cada, Jeremy Marzuola, William Newby, Alex Nickodem, Jeanette O'Connor, Alan Parry, Sheila Thomas -Ambat Absent: Lynne Gronback, Lydia Wegman, Rebecca Ray Staff: Dave Stancil, Tom Davis, Brennan Bouma I. Call to Order - Kaiser called the meeting to order at 7 :30. II. Additions or Changes to Agenda - No changes. III. Approval of Minutes from December 12, 2016. Cada motioned to approve the minutes as written. O'Connor seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously. IV. CFE New Member Introductions and Welcome - Alex Nicodem, Alan Perry, and Jeremy Marzuola introduced themselves. V. Continuing Action Items from Previous Meeting(s) - Members discussed items of ongoing interest and new interest: • Carrboro Climate Change Action Plan — No update as the Carrboro Board of Aldermen has yet to take up the plan. • CFE Newspaper Articles — All 12 of the articles that were initially considered have been written. Members are interested in continuing the series and agreed that it would be good to have a list of proposed articles with deadlines in order to ensure they get accomplished. The topic was referred to be discussed in committee breakout meetings. • O'Connor gave an update about the CFE Facebook page, that she is waiting to hear back from Beth Young about whether the CFE page is now officially accepted. • Ambat discussed an idea to use the County webpages to showcase the environmental initiatives of the County, ideally with an interactive mapping tool. • Marzuola discussed an idea to use the CFE Facebook page to drive people through links to check out the work the CFE has done, like the series of articles. • Stancil noted that 2019 would be the year of the next CFE State of the Environment Report. It would be good to have a plan of action by the end of this calendar year. VI. Upcoming Outreach Opportunities- were discussed. • Photo Contest is ongoing • Earth Evening will be April 28th. Kaiser volunteered to help. • Last Fridays in Hillsborough — April through October, the CFE has a booth. • FestiFall — large event • Bee City Activities in Carrboro • Hydrilla Open House — March 1St at 6:30, Cedar Grove Community Center.