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CFE Activities – 2019 <br />Item Resp. Party Next Steps <br />Fast Facts for a Greener <br />Orange (for County <br />newsletter) <br />Piracci / <br />Bouma <br />Continue to find source(s); send any new ideas to <br />Bouma via email. <br />Forest Management Policy Land <br />Resources <br />Land Resources has prepared draft; pending CFE <br />review and comment. <br />Rural Buffer Research Project Saul / Bouma In progress; focus is on comparative measurements <br />of sprawl. <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />Inventory <br />Ward / <br />Bouma <br />Moving forward on final calculations. <br />Fossil Fuel Divestment <br />Resolution <br />Ward Parry editing; CFE review; next step? <br />Carbon Fee and Dividend <br />Resolution <br />Ward / Parry Resolution has been drafted and reviewed; next <br />step? <br />Climate Action Plan Parry / <br />Bouma <br />To begin after GHG inventory complete. <br />Idling Campaign Bouma Received signs and delivered to schools; installation <br />underway along with Driving is Exhausting <br />Campaign; schools are using our template to work <br />on a letter to parents; discuss expansion to drive-thru <br />establishments. <br />Landscape corridor planning Multiple Request presentation from Eno - New Hope <br />Landscape Corridor Group for early 2020. <br />Other <br />Recent Achievements <br />x State of the Environment Report <br />x 2019 Environmental Summit <br />CFE Meeting Ground Rules (Adopted 9/12/11) <br />1. Keep to agenda topic under discussion <br />2. Share relevant information <br />3. One person speaks at a time after recognition by the Chair <br />4. Everyone is invited to participate in discussions - no one person should dominate discussions <br />5. Strive to reach consensus first before voting