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Attachment 1 <br /> <br />Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> <br />Draft Meeting Summary <br />May 13, 2019 <br />West Campus Office Building, Room 302, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough <br />Present: Bradley Saul (Chair), Jeremy Marzuola (Vice Chair), Bill Ward, Kim <br />Piracci, Alan Parry, Matt Crook,Jeremy Marzuola, Jody Eimers, Laura <br />Doherty, Jim Eichel, Lynne Gronback, Will Stanley <br />Absent: Bill Newby <br />Staff: Tom Davis, Brennan Bouma, Dave Stancil <br /> <br />I. Call to Order – Saul called the meeting to order at 7:30. <br />II. Additions or Changes to Agenda – Alan requested that we add a discussion of <br />the draft Carbon Fee and Dividend resolution. Kim P requested that she be <br />allowed to introduce an issue to the CFE members for them to possibly consider <br />for the agenda of the next meeting. If time allows at end of meeting, it was <br />agreed that she could do so. Appreciation gifts from the BOCC were distributed <br />to the members. <br />III. Approval of Draft Minutes from April 8, 2019. Crook made a motion to approve <br />the minutes as written. Fletcher seconded. Approved unanimously. <br />IV. Activities Update <br />The Chair stated that the next goal for the State of the Environment report is to <br />have a new draft ready for the members to review at the June meeting. The <br />executive editorial committee is meeting next week to discuss the report. <br />Eco tips- nothing new on this item currently <br /> Forest management policy- The land resources committee has completed a draft <br />policy, but since the land resources coordinator position is currently vacant, this <br />item is waiting for the next staff person to pick up the issue. Brennan related how <br />several sustainability staff in the triangle area are currently working on this same <br />issue. Jody asked if Dave had spoken with Ruth Rouse at OWASA about this <br />since they are currently beginning to develop a similar policy for their properties. <br />Dave said yes he is aware of OWASA’s process on this. <br /> Rural Buffer Research project - Brennan discussed the fact that we may <br />potentially have an intern from UNC-CH to work on this project in the fall.