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Orange County Commission for the Environment Meeting Summary April 10, 2017 Solid Waste Management Administration Building, Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill Present: Lynne Gronback (Chair), Bill Kaiser (Vice Chair), May Becker, Jeremy Marzuola, Jeanette O'Connor, Alan Parry, Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Marshall Gray, Matt Crook Absent: Lydia Wegman, Rebecca Ray, Peter Cada, Alex Nicodem, Bill Newby Staff: Tom Davis, Brennan Bouma I. Call to Order – Gronback called the meeting to order at 7:31. II. Additions or Changes to Agenda - Bouma gave an update on the CFE Facebook page setup. III. Approval of Draft Minutes from March 13, 2017. Gray motioned to approve the minutes as written. O’Connor seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously. IV. CFE Annual Work Plan Discussion with BOCC – Kaiser discussed meeting with BOCC on March 28th concerning CFE Annual Wok Plan. CFE officers met with BOCC on March 28th to provide the annual update on the CFE workplan. Kaiser and Bouma presented to the BOCC highlighting the CFE’s work on hydrilla, and ongoing series of educational articles. V. Carrboro Climate Action Plan Update- O’Connor led discussion concerning Carrboro effort. O’Connor also serves on the Carrboro Climate Task Force whose work began in 2014. They worked together for 2 years with staff to create the plan, meeting at least once per month.  Created a 2 part plan: 1.) The town works to control mitigate their own operational footprint; 2.) Citizens will organize and work on specialty areas which would have a larger impact. They are now moving into the next phase of monitoring goal progress. One specific focus area is how to create incentives for renters/owners to become more efficient and reducing the carbon footprint.  Randy Dodd was the person who managed the final plan. Helped to coordinate the subgroups.  Gronback asked about the diversity of the Task Force. The Task Force had good gender diversity, but not racial or socioeconomic diversity. The Aldermen are hoping that additional and more diverse input can be gathered in the next phase. Gronback mentioned that school Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) could be a good idea since they are often diverse and the structure is already in place.  Not much input from businesses on many items, but there was one recommendation that focused on business interests in the final version.  Took a lot of guidance from ICLEI, and wrote it in a very accessible way so that it would be most useful.  50% GHG reduction per capita by 2025 is a bold goal, but it is arguably attainable. Energy efficiency and fuel economy standards are going.