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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 /> <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 />• UDO – 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 />5. Next Meeting <br />Thursday, November 21st, 5-6:30pm