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Attachment 1 <br /> <br />V. Fossil Fuel Divestment Resolution <br />Ward re-introduced the CFE to the climate change drivers behind this proposed <br />resolution, particularly in electricity generation and transportation, and how the <br />resolution proposes to impact them through redirecting County and state financial <br />resources away from fossil fuel companies. <br />Parry noted that in the context of the emerging lawsuits seeking damages from oil <br />companies for contributing to climate change, these companies can be considered <br />increasingly risky investments. <br />Eimers and Saul commented that they’d like to see a resolution that was shorter and <br />more uniformly specific. Eimers will help Ward in creating this, and potentially the <br />accompanying agenda item to include some further details. <br /> <br />VI. Committee Meetings <br />Saul proposed a change to the timeline of rolling out the State of the Environment report <br />to shoot for October-November of 2019 in order to avoid trying to compete with budget <br />discussions during the spring. Then in the following spring of 2020 there could be an <br />update and a reminder. This delay would also provide time to plan an event to <br />accompany the release if desired. Marzuola suggested that the debut of the report <br />could coincide with an existing fall event such as Local Fest. Saul noted that the CFE <br />could also partner with other like-minded organizations such as the Triangle Land <br />Conservancy similar to their “Wild Ideas” event. <br />Saul then shared a potential outline for the State of the Environment Report itself. Each <br />of 3 committees would have 2-4 main issues to present and each would get a page. <br />There may be multiple indicators wrapped into a single issue. There would also be a <br />summary page with a note about the process and the CFE. CFE members liked the <br />idea of a brief report. <br />Committees broke out and met for 30 minutes and then came back together and <br />provided brief summaries of their discussions. <br /> <br />VI. Updates and Information Items <br />None were included. <br /> <br />VII. Adjournment – Saul adjourned the meeting at 9:10 following the unanimous <br />approval of a motion to adjourn the meeting which was offered by Piracci and seconded <br />by Kaiser.