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i <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 6, 2001 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. ~•~ <br />SUBJECT: Delegate to Triangle Clean Cities Designation Celebration _ <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clean Cities Program MOU David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To authorize a member of the Board to attend-the Triangle. Clean Cities <br />designation celebration on March 19 and sign the non-binding Memorandum of Understanding <br />as a stakeholder in the Clean Cities program. <br />BACKGROUND: In the fall of 2000, the Triangle region was designated as part of the U.S. <br />Department of Energy's (USDOE) Clean Cities Coalition. This program is closely related to the <br />Cities for Climate Protection program administered by the International Council for Local <br />Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). <br />On March 19, a celebration and signing ceremony will be held at the McKimmon Center at N.C. <br />State University in Raleigh. Part of the Designation Ceremony will be an opportunity for <br />regional stakeholders to be recognized by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) <br />with the USDOE. <br />This non-binding document affirms the participating organizations' commitments to the <br />coalition's efforts as laid out in the Triangle Clean Cities Program Plan (generally, to voluntarily <br />consider altemative fuel and low emission vehicles). The Commission for the Environment is <br />currently working on this issue, and a grant has been submitted for the purchase of altemative- <br />fuel vehicles. <br />The Clean Cities regional program coordinator has asked that a representative of each <br />stakeholder board be on hand to sign the document as a participating stakeholder in the <br />coalition. A sample of the MOU is attached, along with excerpts from the Clean Cities program <br />plan. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact involved in signing the non-binding MOU. <br />The County has already taken steps to voluntarily pursue altemative fuel and low emission <br />vehicles. <br />