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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Augtast 29, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~__ <br />SUBJECT: Joint Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Action Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource <br />Conservation <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT <br />1) Memorandum of Agreement, with attachments <br />2) Proposed Contract with IES <br />3) Information about Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2598 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review a memorandum of agreement and other plans for the proposed joint <br />initiative with the towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill for a Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />Reduction Inventory and Action Plan, and executing a contract ICLEI Energy Services of <br />Toronto to undertake the project. The Chapel Hill Tawn Council and Carrboro Board of <br />Aldermen approved the MOA and project in .June of this year. <br />BACKGROUND: At the Assembly of Governments meeting of September 2003, the elected <br />boards from Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro agreed to collaborate together on a <br />proposed project to address greenhouse gas (or GHG) emissions. As members of the <br />International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and the Cities for Climate <br />Protection program, the three local governments have jointly committed to undertaking an <br />inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and an action plan to effect reductions in emissions. <br />The Boards agreed to pursue the project with the County's Environment and Resource <br />Conservation Department serving as project coordinator. <br />As reported at the September 2004 Assembly of Governments meeting, a joint staff work <br />group from the three jurisdictions and UNC developed a scope of work and solicited qualified <br />firms through a Request for Qualifications during late 2003 and early 2004. After several <br />months of qualifications review and clarifying questions, the staff work group agreed on a <br />recommended consultant for the project, ICLEI Energy Services (IES) of Toronto. During the <br />last six months, the staff work group has developed a proposed Memorandum of Agreement <br />