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Bouma said that the Council’s meeting schedule was long-discussed and was hesitant to <br />change it. Acknowledging that Monast would continue in his work with the Policy <br />Committee, it was decided to revisit this discussion if getting to quorum became an issue. <br /> <br />III. Approval of Meeting Minutes from June 18, 2020 and July 16 <br />Council members had reviewed the minutes and had no comments or edits. Trueblood <br />moved to approve the minutes as written and English seconded. The minutes were <br />approved unanimously. <br /> <br />IV. Update from Climate Action Reporting Committee <br />Tiger reported that the committee had begun analyzing what is in the CARD now that it is <br />nearly complete. It will be a good tool to catalog and celebrate the climate actions being <br />done in the community as well as a tool to align actions and see opportunities where we <br />can share experience. There are quantitative summaries built into each row and column <br />helping to track how many organizations have done each action and how many actions have <br />been completed by each organization. <br /> <br />Tiger added that some key takeaways so far. Within the diversity of Council members, not <br />all fields are applicable. Most Council members have climate action goals and there may be <br />opportunities to align the time targets. Some actions are not as popular and may show an <br />opportunity for further action and partnership. <br />For the September event, this committee aims to share the CARD itself as well as a 1-page <br />summary of our key takeaways. <br /> <br />Bouma thanked the group for their ongoing work and pointed out the elements of a <br />Report CARD summary table that updates automatically. He pointed out that this <br />summary takes into account what is applicable to your organization in its calculation <br />of the percent that each organization has completed. Bouma invited members to <br />revisit the CARD in advance of the meeting to see if there are new actions that we <br />are tracking and need member input. <br /> <br />V. Update from Policy Committee <br />Trueblood reported that the Policy Committee has created and sent out a link to a list of <br />policy actions that members can take. Trueblood has worked to include descriptions of each <br />action in the table, as well as examples of where the policies had been implemented <br />elsewhere. <br /> <br />The Committee’s other group of creating a list of actions that are potentially more costly or <br />difficult and is adding detail and ranking them. <br /> <br />The group is currently looking for feedback from the Council to ensure that they are in the <br />right track before investing much more time in elaborating further. Trueblood asked the <br />Council if they would be interested in advocating for these policies or if these lists were <br />meant to be informational and coordinating resources similar to the CARD. Given the <br />budget constraints of the pandemic, should the Climate Council coordinate on the bigger <br />impact items and pool resources? <br /> <br />McCullough offered thanks for their work and supported the idea that the Council advocate. <br />Identifying actions with a good return on investment for governments and residents and <br />promoting them would be a good role for the Council.