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Climate Council Meeting Summary Notes – May 15, 2025 <br />Attending: <br />Climate Council <br />Members <br />Role Organization <br />Sally Greene Commissioner BOCC <br />Kristie Mather Board Member Commission for the Environment <br />Robb English Town Commissioner Hillsborough Board of Commissioners <br />Wendy Kuhn PRB Member Hillsborough Parks and Recreation <br />Board Representative <br /> <br />Greg Randolph CAT Team Member Carrboro Climate Action Team <br />Melissa McCullough Town Council Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Tom Henkel Chair Chapel Hill Environmental <br />Stewardship Advisory Board <br />Riza Jenkins School Board Vice Chair CHCCS Board Member <br />Sarah Smylie Board Member Orange County School Board <br />Patrick Florence Director of Construction Orange County Schools <br />Melanie Elliott UNC Sustainability UNC Sustainability Lead <br />Ian Scott Vice President of Advocacy The Chamber for a Greater Chapel <br />Hill Carrboro <br />Staff Role Organization <br />John Richardson Community and Sustainability Resilience <br />Manager <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />Brennan Bouma Sustainability Program Analyst Town of Chapel Hill <br />Stephanie Trueblood Public Space and Sustainability Manager Town of Hillsborough <br />Amy Armbruster Chief Sustainability Officer Town of Carrboro <br />Amy Eckberg Sustainability Programs Manager Orange County <br />Mel Gilles Sustainability Projects Analyst Orange County <br /> <br />• The group reviewed the agenda and, due to a scheduling conflict with a school board <br />meeting, decided to reschedule the November meeting. The meeting will now be held <br />the second week of November, on November 13, 2025 (same time, same location), <br />instead of the third week of the month. <br />• We received a presentation from two UNC-Chapel Hill students, Dheri Brown and <br />Serena Sherwood, who shared their Electrify research and campaign developed as part <br />of a class project with the Hussman School of Journalism. Their work provides valuable <br />insights and campaign materials that will inform our efforts to launch an Electrify <br />campaign in 2026. <br />• John Richardson, Amy Armbruster, and Mel Gilles presented on this year’s heat <br />resilience efforts. The presentation covered the Beat the Heat campaign, the Heat <br />Cohort, the Heat Action Plan, and a call to form a dedicated Heat Task Force. Council