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Grant program funding, etc.) Overall members are looking forward to leveraging how we can <br /> work together, shared learning opportunities, having fun, relationship building, networking, <br /> building scale-able projects together(i.e. Solarize the Triangle), using humor to connect, and <br /> overall excitement to have a clear mandate and opportunities to share what we are doing. <br /> 3. Review Climate Action Reporting Database (CARD)- <br /> Brennan Bouma from the Town of Chapel Hill provided a review of the CARD document which <br /> was created from the first Climate Council as a mechanism to capture the climate initiatives that <br /> are being worked on by member entities. It's a searchable document with a lot of functionality. <br /> It was noted that several jurisdictions referenced this document when crafting their climate <br /> action plans. This is something we can build upon and update moving forward. <br /> 4. Small Group Brainstorming Session <br /> Stephanie Trueblood from the Town of Hillsborough led a group brainstorming session intended <br /> to identify some of the ways we can collaborate on climate action initiatives/education <br /> opportunities. The group offered the following list of ideas: <br /> • Offer a "Year of " campaign similar to "Year of the Trail" —something with <br /> coordinated branding that we can all promote and build off of. Possibly do this year <br /> after year but change out the topic i.e. Year of Solar,Year of the Tree, Year of Energy <br /> Efficiency,Year of E-bikes,Year of No Plastics, etc. <br /> • LIDO—update regulations and add incentives <br /> • Advocacy for policy change <br /> • Offer demonstrations for community members and engage youth <br /> • Durham Tech (EV) maintenance trainings for town and county staff,workforce training <br /> opportunities <br /> • Stormwater, green infrastructure (319 grant)for communities <br /> • Use tech for education/outreach/involve communication departments <br /> • Climate challenge—month leading up to Earth Day <br /> • Coordinate with community groups—educational materials/outreach/tax credits <br /> It was suggested that we revive the Climate Council webpage so that the Towns can link to it and so <br /> folks can review meeting agendas, summaries as well as links to respective climate action plans <br /> S. Next Meeting <br /> Thursday, November 21St, 5-6:30pm <br />