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3. Water Supply – Continue to educate county residents about our water supply and what steps can be taken to improve/maintain quality and quantity of future water supplies. (Status: Unchanged) 4. Identify key entities and agencies involved in regulating and managing water resources. Land Resources Committee Meeting Notes: Land Resources Committee Priorities: (Marzuola, O’Connor, Wegman, Gronback) 1. Food Waste - Work with Solid Waste Administration to support and encourage composting throughout Orange County. 2. Native Plant Habitats - Renew collaboration with NC Botanical Garden and others to identify significant roadside habitat for native plants; then ask NCDOT and other utilities to eliminate the use of herbicides to manage vegetation in those special roadside habitats. 3. Native Landscaping - With the goal of educating homeowners and businesses on reasons to choose a diversity of regionally native species for landscaping and other ways to promote biodiversity, we will seek out partners and try to make opportunities for education and funding known to the community. 4. Write articles for publication or posting related to the following topics: a. County Parks that are open and discussion of Summer Events; b. Explaining and highlighting environmental impact report of Durham-Orange Light Rail; c. The relation between land use and alternative energy generation. VIII. Updates and Information Items – Information on the following items was provided: a) Continuing Action Items from previous CFE meetings, including: SOE 2019 Planning, CFE Facebook page, b) DEAPR Earth Evening event, April 28th, 2017, c) Clean Energy and Air Op-Ed, d) “Climate Change Reality” Mailing, e) CFE Climate Change Articles, f) WaPO Climate Change Article IX. Adjournment- Kaiser motioned to adjourn, Thomas-Ambat seconded. Meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm. Summary by B. Bouma, AMS Staff Next meeting: May 8, Richard Whitted Building, Hillsborough