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28 <br /> 1 Chair Dorosin said to let the Clerk know if you are unable to attend a particular board or <br /> 2 commission meeting, and if that board does not have designated alternate member, Donna <br /> 3 Baker can let full Board know to see if anyone else wants to attend. <br /> 4 Commissioner Marcoplos said this is likely only an issue where a board has only one <br /> 5 BOCC representative, and perhaps a back up could be designated ahead of time for those <br /> 6 boards. <br /> 7 Commissioner Jacobs said this places the responsibility on the Commissioner to get in <br /> 8 touch with the alternate, which does not always happen. <br /> 9 Commissioner Burroughs said the BOCC should be paid more, as this job is getting <br /> 10 bigger and bigger. <br /> 11 Commissioner Price said certain boards have training requirements, so an alternate <br /> 12 would be ineligible to fully participate/vote. <br /> 13 Chair Dorosin said an alternate could just go and listen. <br /> 14 Commissioner Rich said it would be good to have someone present <br /> 15 Chair Dorosin said work with the Clerk if you are unable to attend a meeting such as <br /> 16 above. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 4. Discussion on Alternatives for Potential Environmental Impacts Section on BOCC <br /> 19 Meeting Agenda Abstracts <br /> 20 <br /> 21 BACKGROUND: <br /> 22 In response to an April 26, 2018 petition from the Board of Commissioners to potentially begin <br /> 23 outlining environmental impacts within agenda item abstracts, staff has prepared two draft <br /> 24 agenda abstract templates for Board discussion and feedback. Both templates are integrated <br /> 25 approaches that recognize and illustrate the three sustainability components of: <br /> 26 • Environment (related to the 2005 Environmental Responsibility Goal - Attachment C); <br /> 27 • Equity (related to the 2010 Social Justice Goal - Attachment D); and <br /> 28 • Economy (Financial Impact). <br /> 29 <br /> 30 The templates are as follows: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Attachment A— Minimal Edits — Current abstract format with integrated approach including <br /> 33 the impacts related to the 2005 Environmental Responsibility Goal. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Attachment B —Tabular Format—Walks abstract writers and readers through the elements of <br /> 36 the County's goals and their relation to the proposed action being requested of the Board. <br /> 37 The first of the attached draft templates makes the fewest changes to the current abstract <br /> 38 template in grouping the Financial, Social Justice, and Environmental Impacts together and <br /> 39 providing an open text field in which staff can select from the goals documents. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 The second template uses a tabular format to guide the selection of the relevant goals and <br /> 42 objectives that should be considered, and provides staff with an area to address the goals to <br /> 43 which the abstract applies. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The current Social Justice Impacts section of the abstract template allows staff to select the <br /> 46 relevant Social Justice Goals adopted by the BOCC in 2010 (note Attachment B). Similarly, the <br /> 47 County also adopted an Environmental Responsibility Goal with 10 related objectives in 2005 <br /> 48 (note Attachment C). The CFE also periodically adopts a State of the Environment report with <br /> 49 metrics to assess environmental impacts. For the Board's reference, the 2014 State of the <br /> 50 Environment Report can be found at this link: www.orangecountync.gov/Archive.aspx?AMID=63 <br />