Agenda - 06-07-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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41 1 Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill Town Council, 2 including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem. 3 4 Lee Pavao worked closely with Orange County leaders, the Board of County Commissioners 5 and Visitors Bureau, the Seymour Center, and many Orange County staff on community related 6 projects. 7 8 Lee Pavao was a champion of economic development and tourism and worked closely with 9 Orange County and Chapel Hill to establish a welcome center with associated programs. 10 11 In 2012, Lee Pavao received a standing ovation when he became a recipient of the Order of the 12 Long Leaf Pine award for his 30 years of volunteer service in Orange County. 13 14 Lee Pavao received many honors for his volunteer service including the Chapel Hill Historical 15 Society's 2014 Town Treasure Award, the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau's Tourism 16 Leadership Award and dozens of additional accolades. 17 18 In memoriam and appreciation of Lee Pavao, the proposal to name a conference room in the 19 recently relocated Orange County Visitors Center as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room" is 20 presented to the Board of Commissioners for consideration. 21 22 Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, introduced the item. 23 Chair Price said it was well-deserved. 24 By consensus, the Board stated its intent to consider adopting a resolution at a future 25 business meeting to name a conference room at the Orange County Visitors Center "The Lee 26 Pavao Conference Room." 27 Commissioner Greene said the Laurie Paolicelli was in the audience and that Lee Pavao 28 was a special friend of hers. 29 30 c. Report of the Climate Council Review Sub-Committee 31 The Board discussed the report and recommendations of the Climate Council Review Sub- 32 Committee and authorize staff to draft an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding that 33 details the membership, charge and boundaries of work, meeting frequency, appointment 34 process, and staff responsibilities of the Climate Council as outlined below. 35 36 BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners created a Climate Council Review Sub- 37 Committee to review the Orange County Climate Council in the Fall of 2021. The Board 38 appointed Commissioners Jamezetta Bedford, Amy Fowler, and Anna Richards to serve on the 39 Sub-Committee. The petition that initiated the Sub-Committee stated that the Sub-Committee 40 may recommend a restructuring of the Climate Council because of this assessment. 41 42 The Sub-Committee reviewed background materials, conducted a survey of current and former 43 climate council members, interviewed Climate Council members, and reviewed other models for 44 intergovernmental information sharing and coordination. This work is described in detail in the 45 Sub-Committee Report (attached). 46 47 Based on the research conducted by the Sub-Committee, the Sub-Committee is recommending 48 a reorganization of the Climate Council that is modeled after the Intergovernmental Parks Work 49 Group. This new structure and charge would be codified in an intergovernmental Memorandum 50 of Understanding (MOU) that details the membership, charge and boundaries of work, meeting 51 frequency, appointment process, and staff responsibilities.