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5 <br /> • Chapel Hill <br /> On April 10, 2019, the Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution approving the <br /> membership list of 31 positions and appointed a representative. <br /> The current membership structure is included in the following table: <br /> Organization Representatives # of <br /> Positions <br /> Orange County BOCC Sustainability Director, Commissioner 2 <br /> Hillsborough Designated staff, Commissioner 2 <br /> Carrboro Sustainability Director, Alderperson 2 <br /> Chapel Hill Sustainability Director, Council person 2 <br /> CHCCS Sustainability Director, Board member, 3 <br /> Student <br /> Orange County Schools Designated staff, Board member, student 3 <br /> UNC Sustainability Director, Student 2 <br /> OWASA Sustainability Director, Board member 2 <br /> CH-Carrboro NAACP Representative, youth 2 <br /> Northern Orange NAACP Representative, youth 2 <br /> Orange/Chatham Sierra Club Representative 1 <br /> NC Cooperative Extension Representative 1 <br /> Durham Tech Representative, student 2 <br /> At Large Appointments Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough 4 <br /> UNC Hospital Representative 1 <br /> Total Members 31 <br /> County records indicate that the Council met seven times during 2021 with an average <br /> attendance of 15.9 members at each of the meetings. <br /> Mission Statement <br /> The Climate Council has adopted a mission statement to, "...accelerate joint action <br /> addressing the climate emergency by sharing successful strategies and identifying equitable <br /> opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide stewardship of the natural <br /> world, and protect all County residents from climate impacts. <br /> Recent Accomplishments <br /> The Climate Council prepared a report for the Board of Commissioners in April of 2021 that <br /> outlined the following accomplishments. <br /> • Created the Climate Action Reporting Database (CARD) where all 12 active member <br /> organizations documented over 200 climate actions taken to date by at least one of <br /> our members. <br /> 2 <br />