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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> January 11, 2021; 7:30 pm <br /> wrtual Go To Meeting <br /> Present: Kim Piracci (Acting Chair), Jaya Nair, Elizabeth McWhorter, Frank Binkowski, <br /> Kim Livingston, Bill Ward, Jeremy Marzuola,Carrie Fletcher, James Eichel, Eric <br /> Scheier <br /> Absent: Bradley Saul, Alan Parry, Lynne Gronback <br /> Staff: Brennan Bouma, Chris Himi, Wesley Poole, David Stancil, Craig Benedict <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Piracci 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 December 14th, 2020 <br /> Motion by Binkowski; seconded by McWhorter; none opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. CFE Activities—2021 <br /> CFE Chair/Vice Chair decided previous to meeting that lack of updates to activities and <br /> necessity to move to first item precluded this item. <br /> V. Efland Station Environmental Review <br /> - D. Stancil presented a brief PowerPoint to summarize charge of the BOCC to the <br /> CFE review, items/information/public comment provided by staff, and potential <br /> options for CFE consideration. <br /> - Kim Piracci began discussion with allowances for each individual member to ask <br /> questions to County Planning Director related to project; Topics of concern included <br /> water usage, water system capacity, storm water control measures, air pollution and <br /> emission standards, EV charging stations,potential spills and catastrophic response, <br /> protected/critical watershed boundaries, open space requirements, <br /> - C. Himi provided documents as requested for additional review by CFE members and <br /> staff <br /> - After much deliberation and discussion over the formation of a letter utilizing a draft <br /> provided by Bill Ward prior to the meeting, with amendments provided by Bradley <br /> Saul prior to meeting, CFE members deliberated their individual and collaborative <br /> talking points to be included in said letter. Frank Binkowski made a motion to allow <br /> CFE draft recommending the BOCC not approve the rezoning request. Seconded by <br /> Elizabeth McWhorter; none opposed. Staff will draft letter with CFE members <br /> utilizing all of the above and have the CFE approve the draft via email within next <br /> business day. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />