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COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2001 <br />Action Ageada <br />Item No. r_ <br />SUBJECT: Cities/Counties for Climate Protection Program <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />ICLEI CCP General Information Dave Stancil, 245-2590 <br />ICLEI Clean Air and Climate Protection <br />pamphlet TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Triangle Clean Cities Press Release Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To authorize staff to explore and report back on the potential for joining the Cities <br />for Climate Protection (CCP) program, administered by the International Council for Local <br />Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) at the University of California in Berkeley, CA. <br />BACKGROUND: The goal of the CCP program is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions <br />that. have been implicated in long-term climate change, and are also the result of inefficient use <br />of fossil fuels. To qualify for the program, cities or counties (both cities and counties may be <br />members) must 1) conduct a local emissions analysis and inventory of community and <br />municipal GHG sources; 2) adopt an emissions reduction target; 3) draft an action plan to <br />achieve the target; and 4) carry out implementation and monitoring. The ICLEI provides <br />support in the form of technical assistance, annual training workshops, publications, competitive <br />grants, and access to a network of participating local governments. <br />The need for emissions reduction is strong in the Triangle, which currently ranks among the <br />nation's 25 most ozone-polluted regions. In November, the Triangle J Council of Governments <br />qualified the Triangle region for the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities Program, a <br />voluntary, locally based initiative to expand the use of alternative fuel vehicles. The County is <br />already addressing many CCP-related air quality initiatives, through the Commission for the <br />Environment and the Alternative Fuels and Low Emission Vehicles (AFLEV) Work Group. The <br />cities of Durham and Chapel Hill are members of the CCP, and Wake County and the Town of <br />Cary are considering joining. N.C. State University's Industrial Extension Service is coordinating <br />a program at the regional level.