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Van Mater and Bouma said that if there were a committee supporting the CARD,then some <br /> analysis, match-making, and action prioritization would be possible. <br /> Cough agreed that pointing out gaps is a good start and that prioritizing would go further to <br /> show an ideal structure. Rubinoff added that it would be good for the CARD to highlight <br /> opportunities for joint and collective action. <br /> Van Mater and Bouma said that many blanks will likely remain for Council members to fill in <br /> and we will uncover a lot that Climate Council participants didn't know was happening. Also <br /> given that projects are constantly evolving, we think it's going to be worth setting up a <br /> committee to carry on this effort. <br /> Marcoplos said that the committee structure will help push the idea forward and moved to <br /> take up the next agenda item where committees would be discussed and formed. <br /> V. Formation of Committees—Council members considered establishing committees to <br /> carry forward the Council's work on recurring and emerging focus areas such as climate <br /> action reporting, benchmarking against national standards, and climate justice outreach. <br /> After a review of previous discussions and some clarification of the proposed committee <br /> roles,two committees were formed: a Climate Action Reporting Committee to carry on the <br /> work of filling in the CARD for unified reporting and gap analysis, and an Identity and <br /> Standards Committee to contribute to branding Orange County as a community that cares <br /> about climate change and is ready to act, and to benchmark our actions against national <br /> standards such as the newly forming LEED for Cities and Communities. <br /> Members volunteered to join each of the two committees: <br /> Climate Action Reporting Committee:Josh, Adam,Janway,Tiger, Bouma <br /> Identity and Standards Committee: McCullough, Rubinoff, Kaufman, Bouma <br /> Rubinoff applauded the creation of a committee to explore the LEED for Cities and <br /> Communities standards as it might help to address an ongoing tension around sustainable <br /> urbanism in our communities. <br /> Weaver agreed with the need to discuss land use and pointed to the Transition Movement <br /> in the EU as an accessible approach along with LEED. <br /> Trueblood pointed out that this area has long had a reputation for environmental <br /> leadership, and it would be good to return more focus to that identity. <br /> Discussion on additional committees used the remainder of the meeting. Members <br /> suggested that the Climate Justice Outreach Committee idea be split into separate Justice <br /> and the Education/Outreach portions.There was also a clear and well-received proposal to <br /> create a committee to monitor and evaluate climate actions so that the Council could help <br /> identify the highest impact actions. It was decided to discuss this again in the January <br /> meeting. <br /> VI. Discussion of Council's potential role in building broad community support for climate <br /> action-Vice-chair McCullough briefly addressed the Council on whether and how the <br /> Council might help reinforce Orange County's identity and momentum as community that <br /> cares about the climate. She aims to continue to focus the Council's efforts on joint actions <br />