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Attachment 1 <br /> Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> DRAFT Meeting Summary <br /> October 12, 2020; 7:30 pm <br /> virtual Go To Meeting <br /> Present: Bradley Saul (Chair), Kim Piracci, Jaya Nair, Elizabeth McWhorter, Frank <br /> Binkowski, Kim Livingston, Bill Ward, Jody Eimers, Alan Parry, Jeremy <br /> Marzuola, Carrie Fletcher <br /> Absent: Lynne Gronback, James Eichel, Laura Doherty <br /> Staff: Brennan Bouma, Chris Hirni, Wesley Poole <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Saul called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. <br /> 11. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> None. <br /> III. Approval of Draft Minutes from September 14th, 2020 <br /> Motion by Binkowski; seconded by Livingston; none opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. CFE Activities—2020 <br /> CFE discussed current activities with a brief status update for each item. <br /> V. Lands Legacy Action Plan 2021-2024 Recommendations <br /> CFE discussed LLAP recommendations drafted by Hirni and Land Resources <br /> Committee. CFE revised list according to comments and decided to re-draft and vote on <br /> final list to be submitted for inclusion into LLAP 2021-2024 at the November CFE <br /> meeting. <br /> VI. Community Climate Action Grant & Scoring Process <br /> Bouma presented the application and discussed the Grant evaluation process that the CFE <br /> will be using in November&December. Deadline for application submittal will be <br /> November 9th, 2020. <br /> VII. Updates and Information Items <br /> - Bill Ward discussed results from the last NAACP meeting regarding Rogers Road <br /> Methane Flaring and expressed the need for better, open channels of communication. <br /> - Bouma presented the Climate Council and Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, <br /> but did not discuss further. <br /> - Poole informed CFE of upcoming December 31 st, 2020 term expirations and stated that <br /> he would need confirmation from members interested in being re-appointed, no later than <br /> October 30th, 2020. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />