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Climate Council Meeting Summary Notes - November 21, 2024 <br />Attending: <br />Climate Council <br />Members <br />Role Organization <br />Amy Fowler Commissioner BOCC <br />Kristie Mather Board Member CFE <br />Robb English Town Commissioner Hillsborough Board of <br />Commissioners <br />Wendy Kuhn PRB Member Hillsborough Parks and Recreation <br />Board Representative <br />Randee Haven-O’Donnell Council Member Carrboro Town Council <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 />Jonathan Smith Orange County Cooperative <br />Extension Director <br />NC Cooperative Extension <br />Staff Role Organization <br />John Richardson Community and Sustainability <br />Resilience Manager <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />Brennan Bouma Sustainability Program Analyst Town of Chapel Hill <br />Elizabeth Houghton Sustainability Outreach <br />Coordinator <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />Laura Janway Sustainability Coordinator Town of Carrboro <br />Amy Eckberg Sustainability Programs <br />Manager <br />Orange County <br />Mel Gilles Sustainability Projects Analyst Orange County <br /> <br />The group broke up into small groups to discuss what our successes, obstacles and opportunity areas <br />were when it came to tackling climate change. Below is a summary table of some of the discussion <br />points: <br />Successes: Obstacles: Opportunities: <br />• School bond <br />• School solar Projects <br />• Orange County multi- <br />modal Transportation <br />• Transportation $ going <br />out West <br />• Getting charging <br />infrastructure <br />• Career Technology in K- <br />12 schools helping to <br />build workforce <br />• Collaborative Regional <br />Grant work