Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
McCullough briefly updated the Council on the status of the LEED for Cities and <br />Communities grant and turned to the Committee’s desire to split its members to <br />have the “Standards” element of its charge to go the Policy Committee and the <br />“Identity” portion to form the beginning of a Communications Committee that the <br />Council had discussed previously. <br /> <br />The Communication Committee would help to frame issues for the Council, and <br />potentially get out ahead of the messaging of opposition groups, work on in-person <br />engagement post-COVID. They could also survey residents or align with other <br />messaging campaigns. <br /> <br />Marcoplos asked for comments and discussion and added that Comm committee <br />could begin with basic definitions and aligning language. <br /> <br />Slade asked who the audience would be. There may be more value is to advising the <br />entities that are a part of the Council on issues of interest to County residents, and <br />to help hone our language. Or are we talking about public messaging campaigns? <br /> <br />McCullough reminded the Council that they had already discussed many of these <br />points. Not everyone on the Council is on the same level of scientific understanding <br />information. This committee could 1. )Get all members up to speed, 2.) inform local <br />governments represented on the Council as well as others. Perhaps this committee <br />could communicate with local government environmental advisory boards and <br />synergize support. 3.) Provide regular engagement. This is an interesting <br />opportunity to reach out to the public, for example having a table at street festivals <br />to collect input. The committee, once formed, could lay out it’s charge more fully. <br /> <br />Kauffman added that the committee could also put pieces in the local media and <br />build support for local actions. <br /> <br />Marcoplos called for a vote to create the Communication Committee. <br /> <br />McCullough made a motion to dissolve the Identity and Standards Committee and <br />create a Communications Committee per the discussion, and this was seconded by <br />Marcoplos. The motion passed unanimpusly. <br /> <br />McCullough then called for volunteers and the following members indicated their <br />interest: Bouma, Rubinoff. McCullough, Kauffman, Cole and Marcoplos <br /> <br />Marcoplos then said that we can add more members based on need and interest as <br />we move forward. <br /> <br />McCullough indicated her interest in joining the Policy Committee as well. <br /> <br /> <br />V. Update from Policy Committee and Discussion <br />Trueblood updated the Council on recent discussion and work of the Policy Council, saying <br />that the easiest way to understand is to go back in time. The initial task given to committee