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4 1 Joal Hall Broun said that they understand this but they want to know the financial implications 2 for their taxpayers and that all partners have time to review this if public money is used. 3 4 Commissioner Carey asked about how the RBC site figures into this. Chris Berndt said that this 5 is privately owned property and could possibly be used for a parking facility to serve Lot 2 and 6 the Wallace Deck area. Their consultants are looking at this but nothing has been finalized.. 7 8 Commissioner Gordon asked about pedestrian walkways and Lot 5, Chris Berndt said that this 9 could be shown as more pedestrian friendly, but still be a thru-street, 10 11 Alex Zaffron asked if looking at TTA phase 2 was too far into the future for planning in this 12 context and Cal Horton said yes, 13 14 Alex Zaffron asked if there was a rough figure for total square footage yield and Chris Berndt 15 said 380,000 square feet of residential, 16 17 2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions inventory and Action Plan (Orange County ERCD and 18 Towns) 19 20 Environment and Resource Conservation Director Dave Stancil said that a year ago, they came 21 before the Assembly of Governments and were charged with developing a scope of work and 22 an RFQ for pursuing a joint Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Action Plan. He said 23 that the origin of this goes back to 2002 when each of the local jurisdictions joined ICLEI 24 (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives).. ICLEI is an international consortium 25 of 400-500 local governments that are interested in taking steps to affect climate change and to 26 reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There are 66 different North American members of this. 27 Most of the members are in Europe and Asia. 28 29 He made reference to the handout entitled, 10 Things Local Governments Can Do to Cut 30 Global Warming Pollution" and encouraged everyone to read this, 31 32 He said that in April of this year, the designation of the Triangle region as non-attainment for 33 ground level ozone has gotten a great deal of attention and there have been local and state 34 efforts to begin addressing this non-compliance. Also, the jurisdictions have taken steps to use 35 alternative fueled vehicles within their fleets. Orange County will be attempting to co-locate with 36 Orange County Schools a new compressed natural gas fueling station over the next year. 37 38 Another issue, which has not been a big issue in the Triangle, but has in the Triad area, is 39 particulate matter, which is particulate that is emitted from smokestacks, fossil fuel burning, 40 vehicles, and power plants. The Triangle area does not appear to be non-compliant in this area. 41 42 As a part of ICLEI, each jurisdiction is asked to complete this inventory and action plan. In 43 2003, the staffs in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County noted that it might make sense to 44 do a joint plan. Since last year, they have developed a Request for Qualifications. The 45 submittal from the possible consultant is included in the agenda packet. The workgroup was 46 unanimous in recommending ICLEI Energy Services from Toronto. The estimated cost of the 47 project is about $40,000-45,000. A grant from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan 48 Planning Organization would fund 80% of the transportation related cost for this project 49 (approximately $8,000). If the formula that has been used in the past with joint projects is used, 50 which is a 43-43-14 split, the cost for Chapel Hill and Orange County will be about $15,000 and 51 the cost for Carrboro will be about$5,000. The funding has already been set aside in Orange