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Commission for the Environment <br />C/o Orange County DEAPR, PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 919 -245-2510 <br />target audiences at the schools and at drive-thru establishments. Should the Board <br />wish to provide additional funding for this outreach, increasing the number of lunch- <br />hour and dinner-hour radio spots may amplify the idle-reduction messaging. <br />5.) Finally, the CFE underscored the importance of selecting indicators that could be used <br />to measure the success of this outreach effort. The Sustainability Coordinator will <br />explore this topic with the Schools. <br /> <br />The CFE explored the secondary interest areas of this petition and does not recommend any <br />action be taken on them at this time. A County administrative policy on idle-reduction would <br />be complicated by the need to distinguish between necessary and unnecessary idling of <br />County vehicles including emergency equipment and Sherriff’s vehicles. As for the inclusion <br />of the arts community and students in the creation of marketing materials, the schools <br />themselves indicated that previous similar efforts were not effective. <br /> <br />The CFE appreciates the interest of the Board of Orange County Commissioners in reducing <br />vehicle idling to improve the County’s local air quality and lower the County’s carbon <br />footprint. <br /> <br />Best Regards, <br /> <br />Orange County Commission for the Environment <br />