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11_.11.aITER, =o To: John Link, County Manager Cal Horton, Chapel Hill Town Manager Steve Stewart, Carrboro Town Manager From: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Joint Staff Work Group Date: September 29, 2004 Subject: Status Report and Recommendation - Joint Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Action Plan Project At the Assembly of Governments meeting on the 29th, our joint staff work group' would like to provide a status report on our work toward identification of a consultant for the planned Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory and Action Plan. If the boards are ready to proceed, we would propose to bring back to each individual board a Memorandum of Agreement and a recommendation for contract to perform these services. Background In 2002 and 2003 Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County joined the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and the Cities for Climate Protection program. As members of ICLEI, the local governments have committed to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Internationally, over 400 local and national governments are members of this organization. There are 66 member governments in North America - ranging from Annapolis, Maryland to Windsor, California - but Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County are the only member local governments in North Carolina. The City of Durham is a member of the Clean Cities Coalition but not of ICLEI. (Information about ICLEI is provided as Attachment 1). One of the first actions toward reducing GHG emissions requested of member governments is an inventory of emissions and the development of an action plan. At the April 29, 2003 Assembly of 1 - The Joint Staff Work Group includes the following members - from Carrboro, Trish McGuire and Noah Ranelis; from Chapel Hill, Chris Berndt, Phil Hervey and David Bonk, from Orange County, David Stancil, Karen Lincoln, and Tina Moon; and from UNC, Cindy Shea.