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Attachment 1 <br /> Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> December 13, 2021; 7:30 pm <br /> ortual Go To Meeting <br /> Present: Kim Piracci, Kim Livingston, Bradley Saul, Frank Binkowski, Bill Ward, Eric <br /> Scheier, Jaya Nair, Kristie Mather, Carrie Fletcher, James Eichel, Elizabeth <br /> McWhorter, Ulrich Hartmond <br /> Absent: Alan Parry(excused), Jeremy Marzuola(excused), Veronica Penn Beattie <br /> (excused) <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Kim Piracci called the meeting to order at 7:32 pm. <br /> II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> Kalani Allen, DEAPR Administrative Support, requested to go ahead and notify the CFE <br /> of the upcoming annual Nature of Orange Photography Contest presented by DEAPR. <br /> Historically, the CFE has sponsored the contest and Kalani asked if they would like to <br /> continue and the CFE agreed to. Motion by Kim Livingston; seconded by James Eichel; <br /> none opposed; motion passed. <br /> III. Approval of Draft Minutes—November 8t", 2021 <br /> Motion by Bradley Saul; seconded by Carrie Fletcher; none opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. CFE Annual Report and Work Plan -Discussion <br /> Chris Hirni led a discussion on finalizing the CFE Annual Report and Work Plan that is <br /> due to the Clerk's Office by Friday January 14, 2022. With direction by the CFE, Chris <br /> completed edits to the document and the CFE agreed that the document was ready to <br /> submit. Motion by Frank Binkowski; seconded by Kristie Mather; none opposed; motion <br /> passed. <br /> V. Committee Breakouts <br /> The CFE broke out into committee assignments to discuss goals/projects for the year. <br /> VI. Updates and Information Items <br /> - Chris Hirni discussed staff findings on meeting frequency policy. Current meeting <br /> frequency of once per month is what has been agreed upon by the CFE and posted to <br /> the public but special/emergency meetings can be held if needed. If subcommittees <br /> would like to meet more often, then that is permissible,but if a quorum will be <br /> present then the subcommittee will need to post the upcoming meeting to the public, <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />