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p � o <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMIS <br /> SION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT <br /> Meeting One , November lo , 1997 <br /> Summary of Conference Room , Hillsborough , NC <br /> Held in Orange County EDC Con <br /> (Prepared by Gene Bell , planne <br /> r III , Orange County Planning Department) <br /> June Dunnick, Roy <br /> Fortmann, Alice Gordon, Annnette <br /> Members Present : Andrew Burke , t Martini Daniel Okun, Richard Pratt, Kris Price , <br /> Jurgelski , Loraine Kohorn , <br /> Rosalinda Lldh, Scot <br /> Jane Sharp -MacRae , and Stephen Whalen . <br /> Members Absent : William Glaze and Lee Rafalow <br /> er III , Orange County Planning Department <br /> Staff Present : Gene Bell , Plann <br /> Welcome <br /> Dr . Alice Go <br /> rdon called the meeting to order at 7 * 3 0 PM • <br /> II , Introductions <br /> for seven years • Interested in schools/education, <br /> Commissioner prompted creation of <br /> Alice Gordon: Been County Stanford . Employed at <br /> es and growth Interest in environmental issues pphD r p <br /> environmental issu g psychologist by training , <br /> PI Board for six years . <br /> Commission for the Environment (CFE) • Center . Orange Count' son <br /> Frank porter Graham Child DevelopmentTransportation <br /> ed on regional issues and environmental issues . s Serves <br /> As commissioner , has concentrated <br /> Durham" Chapel Hill- Carrboro Tran Committee , the <br /> Board of Health; Triangle Trans <br /> le J Council of Governments , and the Water Resources integrate their work <br /> Advisory Council , Triang County hop <br /> focus of which is groundwater resources in OrangeCounty in Joint Planning Area. <br /> primary art of Orange <br /> with CFE eventually . Live in southeastern p en <br /> cademics . Started out as fisheries biologist , then <br /> largelyin forest <br /> Stephen Whalen : Background is Ina es and <br /> limnologlst, and oceanographer . <br /> From there moved to wetlands Now working <br /> ant rofessor, Department of Environmental Sciences <br /> and agri-ecosystems . As off p - � 01 toward Pittsboro . <br /> Engineering at UNC . Lives <br /> dro eologist by training . Been in this field for approximately 25 years . <br /> Have <br /> Richard Pratt : Hy g doin this) and well public sector (consultant to <br /> g pollution,, non-point <br /> worked in private sector as consultant (currently national studies on groundwater p <br /> EPA for many years) . Been involved inn diverse background <br /> as point source high level nuclear . Have had very <br /> company in Orange <br /> source pesticides as well p <br /> sues . Currently has own environmental data management <br /> for private <br /> in groundwater is reports and environme el Hi ? . <br /> Involved in preparing regulatoryWhitfield Road north of Chap <br /> County . e/ Sedgefield community along <br /> industry . Lives in Stoneridg <br /> ent Meeting 1 se November 10 , 1997 <br /> 0range County Commi <br /> ssion for the Environm - <br />