HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 11-19-19 Item 4-a - Driving is Exhausting Campaign 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 19, 2019
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Driving is Exhausting Campaign
DEPARTMENT: Community Relations/Asset
Management Services
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
None Todd McGee, 245-2302
Brennan Bouma, 245-2626
PURPOSE: To receive a short presentation from and recognize members of the Phillips Middle
School Green Team, including parent volunteer Mary Parry, that collaborated with other
students in the district to launch a community education campaign called Driving Is Exhausting.
BACKGROUND: The student-led Driving Is Exhausting campaign attempted to spark
awareness about the links between transportation, health and climate change. Yard signs were
posted on all Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools campuses from October 28 through November
10, 2019, encouraging drivers to turn off their cars when waiting for more than 10 seconds.
The students created a website ( /ww.Driving lsExhausting.con that offers an Idle-Free Schools
Toolkit to help students generate more awareness and action. Resources included on the
website are aimed at helping the community reduce idling around the schools and encouraging
everyone to prioritize biking, walking and taking the bus whenever they can, reducing traffic and
air pollution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal associated with
this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The following Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact is associated with this item.
• RESULTANT IMPACT ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND AIR QUALITY
Assess and where possible mitigate adverse impacts created to the natural resources of
the site and adjoining area. Minimize production of greenhouse gases.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation
and recognize members of the Phillips Middle School Green Team and their adult advisers for
the Driving Is Exhausting campaign.