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create a list of best practices for operations that are within the control of organizations <br />themselves. <br /> <br />Rubinoff added that an internal focus could also help to mainstream climate actions for <br />other organizations. <br /> <br />Hansley-Mace then said this Policy committee could also help to prepare for policies that <br />are under development at the state and federal levels. <br /> <br />Monast reinforced the idea that the committee would focus on actions that are in the <br />control of the 4 governments on the Council such as the linkage between urban and rural <br />areas or helping to influence Duke Energy in moving to low carbon energy production, and <br />then models could be developed for use elsewhere. <br /> <br />Marcoplos said that this sounded good and recommended that the research on current best <br />practices begin with NC, and called for a motion to create this committee. Monast made the <br />motion and it was seconded by McCullough, and passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Bouma then asked for volunteers who were interested in being a part of the new Policy <br />Committee and recorded the new members as: English, Hansley-Mace, Trueblood, and <br />Slade. The new committee members asked if John Richardson could be invited to be a part <br />of the committee to give a voice to Chapel Hill. Bouma agreed and also offered to send <br />Trueblood a recent list of local government sustainability actions that had been generated <br />by the Southeast Sustainability Directors Network. <br /> <br />VI. Update on Existing Committees – <br />Bouma said that there were no updates from the new Climate Action Reporting Committee <br />except that Josh Van Mater has agreed to serve as the co-chair with Bouma. <br /> <br />Shifting to Identity and Standards, Bouma then said that besides the LEED certification <br />effort, the Committee was formed with the idea of making appeals to community identity <br />to expand commitment for necessary climate actions. <br /> <br />Rubinoff said that it may be a good idea to split the performance tracking role of this <br />committee and the communications/identity role into two groups. <br /> <br />McCullough agreed. <br /> <br />Kauffman said that it may be good to do more brainstorming at first to help flesh out the <br />kinds of tasks that would support the formation of community identity around climate <br />action. <br /> <br />McCullough made an appeal to anyone with communication skills to join these committee <br />discussions, and Marcoplos and Cole both volunteered. <br /> <br />Trueblood offered to send a link to a webinar by the National Civic League on local climate <br />actions that made several good points in this area. <br /> <br /> <br />VII. Adjournment – Marcoplos asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting and this was provided <br />by Monast and seconded by McCullough. The Council voted unanimously to adjourn the <br />meeting at 9:02pm.