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CFE Activities – 2020 <br />Item Resp. Party Next Steps <br />Fast Facts for a Greener <br />Orange <br />Bouma Bouma presented first four tips structured from SOE <br />report. Working with an intern to create a full list from <br />the 2019 SOE. Will be posted to CFE Facebook <br />page and Twitter forums. <br />Rights-of-Way Subcommittee Saul Official formation is pending CFE approval <br />Review and update of Forest <br />Management Policy <br />Land <br />Resources <br />Discussed at Committee breakout; meetings pending <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />Inventory <br />Ward / <br />Bouma <br />Working through final edits to data and calculations; <br />will be incorporating staff for comments and planning <br />to include in launching Climate Action Plan. <br />Climate Action Plan Ward / <br />Bouma <br />Initial work has begun to lay out scope and format. <br />Larger effort pending GHG Inventory completion and <br />notification of whether LEED for Cities and <br />Communities Grant was successful. <br />Carbon Fee and Dividend / <br />Fossil Fuel Divestment <br />Resolution(s) <br />Ward / Parry Parry commented on State Treasurers race this <br />year. May serve to hold this to pending election of <br />receptive Treasurer. <br />Landscape corridor planning Land <br />Resources <br />Request presentation by Eno - New Hope <br />Landscape Conservation Group in early 2020. <br />Idling Campaign Bouma Home created for “Driving is Exhausting” on OC <br />Sustainability webpage. Reached out to Orange <br />County schools to explore path for creation of <br />student green team. <br />Recent Achievements <br />x The State of the Environment is complete! <br />x We helped to host the 2019 Environmental Summit. <br />x Hosted ecostudio UNC student Kerina Patel researching the successes of the rural <br />buffer <br />x BOCC unanimously passed our “Best Practices on Roadsides and Rights-of-Way” <br />resolution <br />x CFE mentioned by County leaders several times during recent Our Climate Resolutions <br />event in Chapel Hill <br />CFE Meeting Ground Rules (Adopted 9/12/11) <br />1. Keep to agenda topic under discussion