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01 COUNTY OF ORANGE COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Draft Summary of Meeting November 12, 2001 Held at Orange County Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill , NC Members Present : Julie Tucker ( Chair) , Mark Smith , Roy Fortmann , Cara Crisler, Laura Cotterman , Johnny Randall , Hervey McIver, Dan Okun , Chris Wachholz, Annette Jurgelski and Commissioner Alice Gordon . Excused Absences : Richard Pratt, Lee Rafalow Staff Present : David Stancil , ERCD Directors Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Managers Bradley Decker, ERCD Interns Carol Melton ERCD staff. I . Call to Order Chair Tucker called meeting to order at 7 : 35 p . m . II . 2001 State of the Environment Progress Report Tucker provided an overview of the status of the 2001 State of the Environment progress report . She thanked intern Bradley Decker for compiling the draft sections prepared by each committee into single document . CfE members reviewed and discussed the draft report . Suggestions were made for editing the EIE Committee 's section , including adding more information on progress , removing the bond education example , moving the Cost of Community Services paragraph to the goals sub - section , and changing the format to match the other sections . It was agreed that Staff will edit the format , insert a missing paragraph , and add EIE committee information on progress to date . The Water Management Committee 's section was discussed next , which led to comments on the committee name . It was agreed that the committee would be re - named the Water Resources Committee , and that staff would incorporate BOCC goals into their section and make necessary formatting changes . Other suggested changes to the report included amending some negative sounding status statements to make them sound more positive and responsive . Chair Tucker suggested that the committees meet for brief breakout session to finalize changes and to give Staff their final edits . Fortmann inquired about an Executive Summary . Decker reported he had prepared a draft summary and that it had been sent to the Chair . It was agreed that the summary would be distributed to the members by email along with the final version of the report . It was also agreed that a one - sentence purpose statement be added to each committee section . Action to adopt the report was postponed until the December meeting because the BOCC 's retreat will be rescheduled from December to early 2002 . A revised draft report will be DRAFT - Meeting Summary Pagel of 4 CFE November 12 , 2001