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Attachment 1 <br /> <br />Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br />December 11, 2017 <br />Richard Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough <br />Present: Lynne Gronback (Chair), Bill Kaiser (Vice Chair), Bill Ward, Matt Crook, <br />May Becker, Jeremy Marzoula, Bradley Saul, Will Stanley, Marshall Gray, <br />Kim Piracci, Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Alan Parry <br />Absent: Peter Cada, Bill Newby <br />Staff: Tom Davis, Kim Livingston <br /> <br />I. Call to Order – Gronback called the meeting to order at 7:29. <br />II. Additions or Changes to Agenda – The order of the agenda was changed to <br />accommodate Marzoula who was late to the meeting. Davis made an <br />administrative addition to the agenda and added the 2018 calendar. Saul asked <br />if the SOE was on the agenda. Gronback agreed to revisit it early next year. <br />Saul suggested the Facebook page be made public. <br />III. Approval of Draft Minutes from November 13, 2017. Kaiser made a motion to <br />approve the minutes as written. Thomas-Ambat seconded. Approved <br />unanimously. <br />IV. Annual CFE Election – Kaiser nominated Saul for Chair. Parry moved his <br />nomination. Approved unanimously. Kaiser offered to continue as Vice Chair. <br />Stanley moved his nomination. Approved unanimously. <br />V. Orange County Roadside Wildflower Conservation – Livingston led <br />discussion of the letter sent to the CFE from staff at the NC Botanical Gardens <br />concerning the protection of native wildflowers along Orange County roadsides. <br />After considerable discussion, consensus was made to ask Johnny Randall to <br />attend an upcoming CFE meeting to discuss his request. The main questions <br />that arose where as follows: <br /> Is the data collection effort complete and is there a map displaying the <br />areas with significant wildflower populations? <br /> What are the Botanical Garden’s objectives? <br /> What would be the CFEs role in this? What is the NC Botanical Garden’s <br />role in this? <br /> What is the timeframe for getting the request completed? <br /> Should the CFE take the role of educating the citizens on this matter?