North Central Climate Change Coalition (NC4) Meeting
North Central Climate Change Coalition (NC4) Meeting
DATE: April 19,2023
TIME: 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Remote REMOTE PARTICIPATION ONLY
Instructions for residents to participate remotely can be found on the homepage of the Town of Pepperell’s website. https://town.pepperell.ma.us/683/Remote-Public-Meeting-Participation
AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions
Approve minutes (February and March)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) updates and community reports
Revised MOU and Terms of Reference- review and approve proposed changes.
Job Skills and Tasks Report – review draft and approve
EPA Grant Opportunity – update on regional planning grant
Climate Chief Hoffer Fitchburg visit (rescheduled to date still being determined)
Rural and small community climate equity discussion
Ideas for possible future forums (Electric utility grid needs, possible MMA presentation, what else?)
Meeting Review and Items for May’s agenda
Adjournment
NC4 is composed of municipal and civic leaders across Massachusetts Congressional District 3 working on the frontlines of climate change resistance, resilience, and adaptation. We see first-hand climate change’s impacts to the health and well-being of our communities and to our natural and built environment. Our hopes are to harness the power of people and communities working together to build awareness and attract funding for regional efforts to address already baked in climate impacts and opportunities to create a healthier and safer future. The mission of The North Central Climate Change Collaborative (NC4) is to foster and strengthen regional municipal collaborative efforts to combat climate change through:
• shared projects, educational efforts, and best practices, and
• informing state and federal legislative actions.
Since convening on an informal basis in the Summer of 2021, people from communities in the 3rd Congressional District have met regularly to share knowledge on climate initiatives in their communities and ideas for how a regional group of communities could more effectively work together.