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Attachment 1 <br /> MEETING NOTES <br /> Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> January 14th, 2019 <br /> West Campus Office Building, Room 302, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough <br /> Item Title <br /> In Attendance: CFE Members: Bradley Saul, Laura Doherty,Jim Eichel,Carrie Fletcher, Lynne <br /> Gronback,Jeremy Marzuola, Kim Piracci <br /> Staff:Tom Davis, Brennan Bouma <br /> I. Call to Order. Saul called the meeting to order at 7:40pm. <br /> II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> Piracci suggested adding a discussion of the Chapel Hill Planning Board's <br /> upcoming vote to require solar for all development and the I-40 widening <br /> project. After some follow up questions, Piracci offered to do some more <br /> research on these topics and bring them to next meeting for discussion. <br /> Staff also reminded members that they had opportunities to send a liaison to <br /> several related boards and commissions. For the Solid Waste Advisory Group, <br /> Marzuola indicated an interest in attending one meeting to identify shared <br /> interests. For the Intergovernmental Parks Working Group, Gronback <br /> expressed interest in being the CFE liaison. For the Orange Unified <br /> Transportation Board, Marzuola and Saul said they would share the duties if <br /> allowable. Staff will investigate and report to the group. Saul suggested <br /> receiving regular updates on those meetings. <br /> III. Approval of Draft Minutes — November 12th 2018 <br /> The CFE considered approval of minutes from the last meeting. A motion to <br /> approve was made by Marzuola, seconded by Fletcher, and approved <br /> unanimously. <br /> IV. CFE Officer Election <br /> After Saul opened the floor for officer nominations Piracci nominated Saul to <br /> continue serving as chair. Saul accepted the nomination and no other <br /> nominations were made. Members voted unanimously to approve his election. <br /> Piracci then nominated Marzuola to serve as Vice-Chair. Marzuola accepted <br /> the nomination and no other nominations were made. Members voted <br /> unanimously to approve his election. <br /> V. BOCC Agenda Abstract Environmental Impact <br /> Bouma led a discussion concerning options to recommend to the BOCC for <br /> consideration of environmental impacts on BOCC agenda abstracts. Bouma <br /> reminded CFE members of the history of the BOCC's interest in exploring this <br /> and the CFE's discussion at the previous meeting in November. <br /> Bouma discussed examples of proposed abstract templates including several <br /> examples from the December 3rd BOCC meeting. <br />