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1 19 <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE ai <br /> � �, � �� St) <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS � <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> c6jPJ J Meeting Date : January 18 , 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . <br /> SUBJECT : Cities/Counties for Climate Protection Program <br /> DEPARTMENT : ERCD PUBLIC HEARING : ( Y/ N ) No <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> ICLEI CCP informational pamphlet Dave Stancil , 245 - 2590 <br /> ICLEI Clean Air and Climate Protection <br /> pamphlet TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Triangle Clean Cities Program Plan Hillsborough 732 - 8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 688 -7331 <br /> Mebane 336 -227 - 2031 <br /> PURPOSE : To authorize staff to explore and report back on the potential for joining the Cities <br /> for Climate Protection ( CCP ) program , administered by the International Council for Local <br /> Environmental Initiatives ( ICLEI ) at the University of California in Berkeley , CA . <br /> BACKGROUND : The goal of the CCP program is to reduce greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions <br /> that result in decreased air quality , long - term climate change , and reduced cost efficiency . To <br /> qualify for the program , cities or counties ( both cities and counties may be members ) must 1 ) <br /> conduct a local emissions analysis and inventory of community and municipal GHG sources ; 2 ) <br /> adopt an emissions reduction target ; 3 ) draft an action plan to achieve the target ; and 4 ) carry <br /> out implementation and monitoring . The ICLEI provides support in the form of technical <br /> assistance , annual training workshops , publications , competitive grants , and access to a <br /> network of participating local governments . <br /> The need for reduction in GHG emissions is strong in the Triangle , which currently ranks 17th on <br /> America ' s 25 most ozone - polluted regions . In November , the Triangle J Council of <br /> Governments qualified the Triangle region in the U . S . Department of Energy ' s Clean Cities <br /> Program , a voluntary , locally based initiative to expand the use of alternative fuel vehicles . The <br /> County is already addressing many CCP air quality initiatives , through the Commission for the <br /> Environment and the Alternative Fuels and Low Emission Vehicles (AFLEV ) Work Group . The <br /> cities of Durham and Chapel Hill are members of the CCP , and Wake County and the Town of <br /> Cary are considering joining . N . C . State University ' s Industrial Extension Service is coordinating <br /> a program at the regional level . <br />