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Orange County Commission for the Environment Meeting Summary February 131h 2023; 7:00 pm Hybrid Meeting • The group wondered if there was current information available so Kim Piracci agreed to reach out to the local environmental health department and Mark Randall agreed to reach out to Emily Sutton, the Haw Riverkeeper. Land Resources Subcommittee: Present: Jessie Birckhead, Regina Baratta, Jane Harris Absent: Kim Livingston Staff.- Chris Hirni • The Land Resources committee met and continued to review the Forest Canopy Policy document. The committee will present out on this project at the next CFE meeting as a next step towards moving the policy forward for consideration by the BOCC. VII. Updates and Information Items • Amy Eckberg introduced her UNC intern, Bladen Currier, then gave the CFE a status update on the Climate Action Plan. They are currently advertising the survey(in different languages) along with advertising the four upcoming focus groups. • Amy Eckberg gave the CFE an update on the Solarize the Triangle campaign. They are currently looking at applications for assessments to begin in May. • Amy Eckberg stated that they are doing a lot of work to get the word out about Orange County's Climate Action Grants in hopes of getting more diversity in next year's applications. • Chris Hirni notified the CFE that Earth Evening would be coming up on April 281n, 2023. Veronica Penn Beattie said that it would be discussed at the next meeting how the CFE would like to participate, so be thinking about it. • Chris Hirni presented the Eden View Subdivision review that he was involved with due to the conditional district rezoning application; he also discussed the Lawrence Road Development plans. VIII. Adjournment Kim Piracci motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:06 pm; seconded by Mark Randall; all in favor; none opposed; motion passed. Page 3 of 3