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Orange County Climate Council <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> December 17, 2019 <br /> 3:30pm - 5:00pm <br /> Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill <br /> Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Paul Cough, Laura Janway, Kathy <br /> Kaufman,Adam Long, Melissa McCullough,Jonas Monast, Sara Pitts, Donna <br /> Rubinoff, Dan Schnitzer, Sammy Slade, Mary Tiger, Stephanie Trueblood,Joshua <br /> Van Mater,Jenn Weaver, <br /> I. Call to Order- Marcoplos called the meeting to order at 3:35pm. Council members <br /> introduced themselves for the benefit of new members. <br /> II. Approval of Draft Meeting Summary from November 21, 2019—Slade asked for an <br /> edit to clarify his November statement about Climate Change as referring to Council <br /> members taking responsibility for the climate debt as represented by historical emissions. A <br /> motion was made to approve the meeting summary as edited by Kaufman, and this was <br /> seconded by Slade.The meeting summary was approved unanimously. <br /> III. Approval of Climate Council Mission Statement— Members reviewed and made live <br /> consensus edits to a mission statement for the Orange County Climate Council as drafted by <br /> the Mission and Vision Committee: Hansley-Mace, Weaver, Richards, and Rubinoff.After <br /> removing references to "joint and individual action" and adding the term "climate <br /> emergency"time for this discussion closed and members agreed to take up the approval of <br /> the mission statement at the January meeting. <br /> IV. Discussion of Climate Action Reporting Database—Brennan Bouma and Josh <br /> VanMater led a discussion about the Orange County Climate Action Reporting Database <br /> (CARD)that they have started based on the Council's guidance and the desire for a gap <br /> analysis and updated and unified communication of current and past climate actions in <br /> Orange County. Before the meeting,Josh and Bouma filled in the database with content <br /> from the initial Ad Hoc Committee report. <br /> The CARD should enable all of the Climate Council members to report what they're doing <br /> now and have done in the past.The current plan is not to report future actions and best <br /> intentions.They would show up as gaps. <br /> Slade suggested that there be an opportunity for reporting members to share future plans <br /> as this will increase opportunities to collaborate. Council members agreed this would be <br /> helpful. <br /> Monast asked if there would be an element of helping communities to prioritize actions on <br /> top of reporting what's being done based on things like equity and GHG reduction potential. <br />