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AGENDA <br /> <br />Orange County Commission for the Environment <br />April 9, 2018 <br />7:30 p.m. <br /> Richard Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough <br />Time Item Title <br /> <br />7:30 I. Call to Order <br /> <br />7:32 II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> <br />7:35 III. Approval of Draft Minutes – February 12th, 2018 <br /> The CFE will consider approval of minutes from the February meeting. Action needed <br />(Attachment 1) <br /> <br />7:40 IV. SOE 2019 <br /> UNC Chapel Hill capstone students will present their work and recommend updated <br />environmental indicators and possible formats for the 2019 State of the Environment report. <br /> <br />8:25 V. Discussion of Draft Resolution <br /> The group will discuss a draft resolution encouraging the State of NC to divest from fossil fuel <br />companies. Action needed (Attachment 2) <br /> <br />8:40 VI. No Idling Campaign Petition <br /> <br />Commissioner Marcopolos requested the CFE review information and provide a recommendation <br />to the BOCC concerning supporting a “No Idling” campaign in the county. Action needed. <br />(Attachments 3 and 4) <br /> <br />9:00 VII. Discussion of Committee Priorities and Functions <br /> <br />The group will discuss the functions of the CFE committees, and then the committees will meet <br />independently to determine the priorities that each group would like to work on in 2018. <br />Action needed. (Attachment 5) <br /> <br />9:20 VIII. Earth Evening 2018 <br /> The group will briefly discuss CFE participation in the 2018 Earth Evening event in Hillsborough <br />that is scheduled to take place on April 27th. (Attachment 6) <br /> <br />9:30 IX. Updates and Information Items <br /> Staff and/or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Continuing Action Items from previous CFE meetings: <br /> <br /> Updates: <br /> <br /> https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2018-triangle- <br />area <br /> GenX/Emerging contaminants Coast Watch article (Attachment 7) <br /> <br /> Any other new information from CFE members and staff <br /> <br />9:35 X. Adjournment <br /> <br /> Next Meeting: May 14th, Southern Human Services <br />Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill <br />