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Orange County Climate Council <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> June 18, 2020 <br /> 3:00pm - 4:30pm <br /> Online Meeting <br /> Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Cathy Cole, Ray DuBose, Caroline <br /> Hansley-Mace, Laura Janway, Kathy Kaufman, Adam Long,Jonas Monast, Sara Pitts <br /> John Richardson, Donna Rubinoff, Sammy Slade, Stephanie Trueblood, Robb <br /> English, Hongbin Gu,Tyrone Fisher, Dan Schnitzer, <br /> Public comments received by advertised deadline: Kunal Parthak indicated an interest in <br /> composting and said that he would be sending questions and materials in <br /> time for the next meeting in July. He has been added to the interest list. <br /> I. Call to Order, Additions or Changes to the Agenda - Marcoplos called the meeting to <br /> order at 3:06pm. <br /> Bouma offered an update on letter to Governor Cooper and sending—He noted that an <br /> Orange County Commissioner was about to object that it had been sent ahead of their <br /> approval.There appears to be confusion over status of Council as an Advisory Board. He <br /> also presented a summary of how this letter relates to the new Executive Order 143. <br /> Bouma also made an announcement that there is a bill moving forward now that should <br /> clear the logjam in Phase 1 Volkswagen Settlement funding. <br /> II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from May 28, 2020 <br /> Bouma referred to Kaufman's comments offered on the May meeting minutes that she <br /> emailed before the meeting and apologized for misspelling her name. Bouma said that he <br /> would fix that spelling and would spell out the "CARD" acronym the first time it's used in <br /> the notes. <br /> Kaufman motioned for the minutes to be approved with these changes, and Janway <br /> seconded.The minutes were approved unanimously. <br /> III. Update from Climate Action Reporting Committee <br /> Bouma reported that the committee had met and was proposing to push members to <br /> complete the CARD and make it public-facing ahead of the September event.This proposal <br /> was met with general approval by the Council. <br /> As a status update, Bouma informed the group that Tiger had surveyed the <br /> completeness of the CARD and that it appeared to be at least halfway complete <br /> given that several of the actions would not apply to non-governmental members. <br />