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COUNTY OF ORANGE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 19, 2007 Action Agentla Item No. $-G SU&IECT: ICLEI/CttiealCaunfiea far Climate Protectbn Progrem DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (VM) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: • ICLEI CCP Informational Pamphlet David StanciL 2452590 • Chapel Hill Town Council item, 10122/01 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: • Resolution-Commission for the Hillsborough 732.8181 Environment Chapel Hill 968<W i Ourhem 688-]331 Mebane 338.22]-2031 PURPOSE: To mnalder joining the lntemational Council for LOCal Environmantel lnltlatlvea (ICLEI) and the Cities and Counties for Gimate Protection (CCP) program, administered by ICLEI a[[he University of Califomla in Berkeley, California. BACKGROUND: Tha goal of the CCP program is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)emiasions that have been implicetetl in long-term climate change and are also the reeuk of ineffctenl use of fossil fuels. To qualify for the progrem, cities or muntlee (both c81ee antl counties may be members) must 1) contluct a loml emisalona enalyeia antl inventory of community and municipal GHG sources; 2) atlopt en emissions reduction target 3)tlmft an action plan to achieve [he target; antl 4) carry out implementation and monilodng. Tha ICLEI provides support in [he form of technical ass lance, annual ireining workehopa, publications, compe[Bive grants, antl access to a natwodc of partlclpaPmg local governments. The neetl for emissions retluction is shong in We Triangle, wM1ich ranks among the nation's 25 most ozone-pollutetl regions. On a relatetl cote, Triangle J Council of Governments qualified the Triangle region for the ILS. DeperimeM m Energys Clean Cties Progrem in November 2000, a voluntary, locally basetl Inttiative to expand the use of alternative foal vehicles. TM1ese programs are tlesignetl tc be complementary in helping protect the environment, and era also consieleM wM the BoaM's proposetl Air Quality goal, which inductee objectives relatedb examining emissions In the County vehicle fleet, pursuing arM promoting altema[ive-fuel vehicles, and retlucing emissions Countywitle. The BoaN of Commissioners also has under consitlem[bn a proposed Regulated RecyGable Materials OMinance, which while primarily focused on Me regulation of solid wastes, could also produce a semntlary benefit of improvetl air quality through hs provisions [ha[ would ban most open burning of waste in unincoryoratetl Orange County.