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18 <br /> 1 Slide #5 <br /> Blue Strike Consulting Services: <br /> • Woman owned business <br /> • Over 100 climate action plans for local <br /> government, universities, and businesses <br /> • Local work performed for Durham. County, <br /> Research Triangle Institute and Town of <br /> Chapel Hill <br /> • Exceilent references and thoroughly <br /> researched proposal <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> K101M[CkROL[[NA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #6 <br /> Timeline <br /> • 60CC approval and authorization of proressionial service contract w1th <br /> 81"Strike Environmental and budget ameadmant#2-A authorizing <br /> $T15.d6rkf4r Rrgje�t <br /> • <br /> Contract executed with November 1,2422 start data <br /> • <br /> Kick-off Mig with key staff and stakeholders November 2022 <br /> Progect E melrne. November t.2022•Ccaber 3t.2023 <br /> r <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Richards asked for clarification on if the county has a climate action plan. <br /> 7 Steve Arndt confirmed the county does not have a climate action plan. <br /> 8 Commissioner Richards asked if the one-year time frame was suggested by the <br /> 9 consultant. <br /> 10 Steve Arndt said that it will take that long to develop it and that staff is comfortable with <br /> 11 that timeline. <br /> 12 Commissioner Richards said she liked that all the different goals would be synthesized <br /> 13 into one plan. <br /> 14 Steve Arndt said the consultant would also incorporate the climate action plans of Chapel <br /> 15 Hill and Carrboro. <br /> 16 Commissioner Richards asked him how he would respond to some of the comments that <br /> 17 the plan would be boilerplate. <br /> 18 Bonnie Hammersley said that there will be strong community engagement in the <br /> 19 development of the climate action plan. She said that Amy Eckberg, the Sustainability Manager, <br /> 20 would work with the Manager's office and there is sentiment sometimes when outside experts are <br />