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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Potential Addition of an Environmental Impact Section to Agenda Abstracts <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services; <br /> Environment, Agriculture, Parks <br /> and Recreation <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) CFE Recommended Draft Abstract Brennan Bouma, (919) 245-2626 <br /> Template David Stancil, (919) 245-2522 <br /> 2) CFE Recommended Prompts for <br /> Environmental Impact <br /> 3) CFE Memo: Recommendation on <br /> including Environmental Impacts in <br /> County Agenda Abstracts <br /> 4) Recommended Agenda Abstract <br /> Form Incorporating Environmental <br /> Impacts <br /> 5) Recommended Environmental <br /> Impact Prompts Based on County's <br /> Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1.) Receive a recommendation from Commission for the Environment regarding the addition <br /> of an Environmental Impact section to agenda abstracts; and <br /> 2.) Consider approval of the updated abstract and prompts based on the County's <br /> Environmental Responsibility Goal. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its November 8, 2018 work session, the Board of County Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) reviewed staff-generated options on how environmental impacts could be holistically <br /> addressed in the framework of an agenda abstract. The Board provided feedback and proposed <br /> that the Commission for the Environment (CFE), which looked at the subject several years ago, <br /> review and advise on the topic. <br /> The CFE began discussing this topic in December 2018. Over the course of two subsequent <br /> meetings in January and February, staff presented the two draft agenda abstract templates that <br /> had been discussed by the BOCC, as well as several examples of the way an agenda item <br /> would be presented using each of the templates under discussion. <br /> The CFE endorses this initiative and recommends the attached Draft Abstract Template <br /> (Attachment 1) and the environmental impact prompts provided in Attachment 2 which are <br /> based on the County's Environmental Responsibility Goal and summarize relevant County <br />