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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> September 13, 2021; 7:30 pm <br /> virtual Zoom Meeting <br /> Present: Bradley Saul, Kim Piracci, Frank Binkowski, Bill Ward, James Eichel, Eric <br /> Scheier, Carrie Fletcher, Veronica Penn Beattie, Ulrich Hartmond, Kristie Mather, <br /> Elizabeth McWhorter Jeremy Marzuola <br /> Absent: Kim Livingston(excused), Jaya Nair(excused), Alan Parry(excused), <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Kim Piracci called the meeting to order at 7:34 pm. <br /> II. Additions or Changes to the Agenda. <br /> None <br /> III. Approval of DRAFT Minutes from June 1411, 2021 <br /> Motion by V. Beattie; seconded by J. Eichel; none opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. Climate Action Tax Fund -Round 2 <br /> B. Bouma provided a brief summarization of the application and ranking criteria <br /> discussed in the previous meeting. Kim Piracci and Bill Ward officially recused <br /> themselves from the discussion due to individual involvement with two of the <br /> applications. Each application was sent prior to meeting and Bouma presented each for <br /> initial review. <br /> Bouma led the group discussion to review and submit individual ranking and comments <br /> to each application(8). After discussion, Jeremey Marzuola motioned for vote that <br /> Bouma will compile final thoughts, scores, and comments on the proposed projects and <br /> submit to BOCC (see attached), Frank Binkowski seconded, all in favor, motion passed. <br /> V. Updates and Information Items <br /> C. Hirni presented information on development proposal for Efland Industrial Park, a site <br /> plan for the same parcels involved in a previous proposal for the Efland Station project in <br /> the fall winter of 2020/21. <br /> VI. Adjournment <br /> Frank Binkowski motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:05 pm; seconded by Kristie <br /> Mather,none opposed; motion passed. <br />