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Memorandum of Understanding Creating the Intergovernmental Climate Council of Orange County
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council consider the attached resolution to authorize the Mayor to enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Hillsborough, and Orange County that creates an Intergovernmental Climate Council of Orange County.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Laura Janway, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, ljanway@townofcarrboro.org, (919) 918-7326; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org, (919) 918-7327
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The purpose of this MOU is to bring together public officials from local governments and other organizations in a formal way with staff to share information related to the impacts of climate change and the mitigation of those impacts in Orange County. The MOU addresses Community Integration Recommendation #2 from its Community Climate Action Plan, which recommends expanding public partnerships to consider climate action more explicitly.
The MOU will create a formal group that will work to address one of the foundational themes of the Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan, climate action.
The Town's work to address climate action will benefit historically marginalized communities, who suffer and will suffer disproportionately larger impacts due to climate disruption. Racial Equity Pocket Questions are provided as Attachment C.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Orange County Climate Council began as an informal Climate Change Committee composed of four elected officials. The Committee provided a report to the Assembly of Governments meeting in January 2019 where the concept of establishing a more formal committee structure was discussed. Following this meeting, eac...
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