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Home My WebLink AboutCFE agenda 031119 AGENDA Orange County Commission for the Environment March 1 it", 2019 7:30 p.m. West Campus Office Building, Room 302, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough Time Item Title 7:30 I. Call to Order 7:32 II. Additions or Changes to Agenda 7:35 III. Approval of Draft Minutes — February I1t" 2019 The CFE will consider approval of minutes from the last meeting.Action needed (Attachment 1) 7:40 IV. Committee Meetings Following a brief presentation of the status of the 2019 State of the Environment project,the CFE Committees will meet to discuss their SOE issues. (Attachment 2 and 3) 8:40 V. Committee SOE Issue Discussion Each Committee will be given an opportunity to discuss their SOE issue(s)with the entire group. 9:00 VI. Updates and Information Items Staff and/or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: ➢ Updates: ➢ Earth Evening 2019—April 26th, 2019 ➢ 6:00—8:00 pm. in River Park, Hillsborough ➢ April 4t" BOCC Work Session ➢ Skip the Straw Month Individual ➢ Any other new information from CFE members and staff 9:05 VII. Adjournment • Next Meeting; April 8th,Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill CFE Activities — 2019 Item P rty Next Steps Drafts of SOE issues: CFE Committees should have final drafts of all issues Land I Water I Air and Energy by end of March SOE website B. Saul/AW Collect images SOE event K. Livingston K. Livingston talking with other environmental groups C. Fletcher about partnering on event organization. L. Gronback "Eco-tips" in county K. Piracci Bouma will import Piracci's draft Eco-Tips into folder newsletter B. Bouma on Google Docs for CFE to review. Forest Management Policy Land Livingston and Bouma will draft memo updating BOCC Resources on status and start discussions with other Triangle area groups on existing and proposed policies. Rural Buffer Research Project B. Saul Submit research ideas to grad students in UNC B. Bouma Planning Dept. before August 2019. Greenhouse Gas Emissions B. Ward Submit request to MPOs for transportation data. Get Inventory B. Bouma Solid Waste, utilities data. Finalize report. Fossil Fuel Divestment res. B. Ward CFE review Ward's current draft. Carbon Fee and Dividend res. Ward/Parry Parry editing. Fletcher maybe ask Marcoplos to introduce resolution to BOCC. Climate Action Plan Parry/ Bouma Idling Campaign B. Bouma Received signs, need to deliver to schools. Drafted a letter to parents, send to schools for their review. Discuss expansion to drive-thru establishments. Landscape corridor planning April or May 2019 update from Collaborative Conservation Group? Other Earth Evening -April 261", 6 to 8 pm, River Park DEAPR annual photo contest Recent Achievements • BOCC unanimously passed "Best Practices on Roadsides and Rights-of-Way" resolution • CFE mentioned by BOCC members several times during recent Our Climate Resolutions event CFE Meeting Ground Rules (Adopted 9/12/11) 1. Keep to agenda topic under discussion 2. Share relevant information 3. One person speaks at a time after recognition by the Chair 4. Everyone is invited to participate in discussions/no one person should dominate discussions 5. Strive to reach consensus first before voting DRAFT MEETING NOTES Orange County Commission for the Environment February 1 ith, 2019 Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill Item Title In Attendance:CFE Members: Bradley Saul,Alan Parry, Bill Ward, Kim Piracci, Lynne Gronback,Jody Eimers, Laura Doherty,Will Stanley,Jim Eichel,and Carrie Fletcher Staff: Brennan Bouma, Kim Livingston Interested Citizen: Brigitte Vaughn I. Call to Order — Saul called the meeting to order at 7:30pm Additions or Changes to Agenda — Bouma suggested adding a II. discussion on the Eco-tips for the weekly Orange County newsletter or tweets drafted by Piracci. Saul added this item to the agenda before committee meetings. III. Approval of Draft Minutes — January 14th 2019 The CFE considered approval of minutes from the last meeting. Saul added an edit to the draft minutes to received regular updates from designated CFE liaisons on other boards and commissioners. A motion to approve as amended was made by Ward, seconded by Stanley, and approved unanimously. IV. Chair Update Saul recounted discussions from the recent Our Climate Resolution event in Chapel Hill. The CFE was mentioned many times at the event, which indicates the leadership is listening to the CFE and that the CFE is in a position to influence policy. The meeting discussions demonstrated that the leaders want to hear from groups such as the CFE and be as proactive as possible. Saul said that in December, the BOCC adopted the Wildflower Resolution. Livingston mentioned that she had received positive comments from other people working in the environmental field around the Country about the adoption of this resolution. Saul discussed the Green New Deal resolution passed by the BOCC on January 22, 2019. The BOCC endorsed the resolution and wants to form a committee to study climate change as well as request David Price endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's resolution. Saul discussed the reformatting of the 2nd page of CFE agenda which now lists current activities, CFE member responsible for the action, next steps, and recent achievements. Saul reminded the CFE that in April, the BOCC will need the 2019 CFE actions. V. CFE Activities and Concerns for 2019 Saul led a discussion to identify activities the CFE would like to pursue in 2019, in addition to concerns and emerging issues the group may consider in 2019. See updated Activitieson March 2019 agenda. VI. BOCC Agenda Abstract Environmental Impact Bouma led a discussion concerning options to recommend to the BOCC for consideration of environmental impacts on agenda abstracts. CFE decided to add back into the draft the impacts to natural resources category as well as adding example metrics. Eichel motioned to approve the template as amended and send it to Dave Stancil for him to present to the Board of County Commissioners in March. This was seconded by Fletcher, and approved unanimously. VII. Idle Reduction Campaign Update Bouma updated the CFE on the status of this petition item. The petition is closed, yet Commissioner Marcoplos remains interested. Bouma discussed the draft letter to parents and signs for schools. Gronback encouraged a more direct focus on a campaign for kids to ride the school bus. Suggestions were made to add a section of suggested alternatives to driving children to school. CFE would like to explore ways to measure the effectiveness of the campaign. Parry suggested that the kids could encourage their parents through incentives. Parry suggested turning over ownership to the schools and having Bouma give teachers a set of resources to encourage idle reduction. Eimers suggested having the schools report back their successes if they choose to participate. Bouma requested that CFE members send any edits to the letter to him. Addition Eco-tips Piracci led a discussion on Eco-tips to be sent out via Orange County emails or tweets. Todd McGee sends out weekly emails and tweets and an eco-tip (fact, suggestion for action, and further information) sponsored by the CFE could be added. Piracci suggested calling the section "Climate Corner." This was countered by others saying that the eco-tip could have a broader focus. The structure should be that of a tweet. CFE should create a list of "evergreen tweets"that Todd McGee pick from and post as needed. Bouma will send out Piracci's suggested eco-tips. Saul suggested that the CFE review this by email. Piracci suggested making the tips actionable and to follow a consistent format. VIII. Committee Meetings CFE Committees met to discuss issues and indicators for the 2019 State of the Environment report and made plans to finish a first draft by the March CFE meeting. IX. Updates and Information Items None were discussed. X. Adjournment- Fletcher 1st, Parry 2nd Fletcher motioned to adjourn and this was seconded by Parry. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm. Attachment 2 Updated SOE 2019 Timeline: 2019 Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Graphic Designer Produce PDF based on Web Site GG QUO y �0 Update to y�0 Indicator Data, Produce PowerPoint Qte Graphs,Write- Presentation Up = R Finalize Format and Image4 OL 0 c ii Edit Pages, Committees Andrew Edit Collectively Report Final Edit M Produce Draft Edit Their (common of Report Z Report Sections voice) Plan Event Event SOE 2019 Issues Status Attachment 3 March 4, 2019 Land Resources Committee Issue (Indicator) Status/Needed Steps Facilitator(s) • Draft in progress • Ready for fleshing out/comments/edits- Jeremy Land Use at al Jeremy (Kim L) (Protected Land) • Graphic of land use categories- perhaps UNC student with Bradley • Needs Image(s) • Roughly '/4-1/3 of the way through identifying Forest Extent points- still need to keep Dingling Bradley, (Tree Cover) Sketch of topic complete-feel free to Jeremy add/comment/edit what is currently there • Needs image(s) Agriculture • Draft in progress? Lynne • Draft complete Solid Waste Ready for comments/edits- everyone (unknown) Graphic of waste composition in prep- Bradley ? • Needs Image(s) Biodiversity Draft complete (Bird Populations) Ready for comments/edits- everyone Bradley • Tables and figures need to be tidied- Bradley Water Resources Committee Issue (Indicator) Status/Needed Steps Facilitator(s) • Draft complete Water Quality Ready for comments/edits- everyone Laura • Needs image(s) Hydrologic Effects ? Jody of Climate Change Drinking Water • Draft complete Will • Ready for comments/edits Air and Energy Resources Committee Issue (Indicator) Status/Needed Steps Facilitator(s) Climate Change • Draft electric vehicles page under preparation (mitigation) • Draft page on conversion to "all-electrical" Bill W, Kim P Air Toxins ? Bill N, Jim • Draft in progress on renewable energy • Draft in progress on energy Renewable Energy conservation/efficiency Matt, Alan • Ready for comments/edits- everyone • Needs image(s) Climate Change Number of billion dollar disaster events in NC Brennan (resilience)