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<br /> Orange County Climate Council <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />June 18, 2020 <br />3:00pm - 4:30pm <br /> Online Meeting <br /> <br />Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Cathy Cole, Ray DuBose, Caroline <br />Hansley-Mace, Laura Janway, Kathy Kaufman, Adam Long, Jonas Monast, Sara Pitts <br />John Richardson, Donna Rubinoff, Sammy Slade, Stephanie Trueblood, Robb <br />English, Hongbin Gu, Tyrone Fisher, Dan Schnitzer, <br /> <br />Public comments received by advertised deadline: Kunal Parthak indicated an interest in <br />composting and said that he would be sending questions and materials in <br />time for the next meeting in July. He has been added to the interest list. <br /> I. Call to Order, Additions or Changes to the Agenda - Marcoplos called the meeting to <br />order at 3:06pm. <br />Bouma offered an update on letter to Governor Cooper and sending – He noted that an <br />Orange County Commissioner was about to object that it had been sent ahead of their <br />approval. There appears to be confusion over status of Council as an Advisory Board. He <br />also presented a summary of how this letter relates to the new Executive Order 143. <br />Bouma also made an announcement that there is a bill moving forward now that should <br />clear the logjam in Phase 1 Volkswagen Settlement funding. <br /> <br />II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from May 28, 2020 <br /> <br />Bouma referred to Kaufman’s comments offered on the May meeting minutes that she <br />emailed before the meeting and apologized for misspelling her name. Bouma said that he <br />would fix that spelling and would spell out the “CARD” acronym the first time it’s used in <br />the notes. <br /> <br />Kaufman motioned for the minutes to be approved with these changes, and Janway <br />seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously. <br /> <br />III. Update from Climate Action Reporting Committee <br />Bouma reported that the committee had met and was proposing to push members to <br />complete the CARD and make it public-facing ahead of the September event. This proposal <br />was met with general approval by the Council. <br /> <br />As a status update, Bouma informed the group that Tiger had surveyed the <br />completeness of the CARD and that it appeared to be at least halfway complete <br />given that several of the actions would not apply to non-governmental members.