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Advisory Board Meeting

Town of Cary · Environmental Advisory Board
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 6:00 pm · Conference Room 21275, 316 N. Academy Street, Cary Town Hall, Cary, NC 27513

Advisory board meeting Environment and sustainabilityLand conversion and large development

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What's on this agenda

Cary's environmental advisory board drafted and adopted its 2025-26 work plan on November 18, unanimously, working through it with staff in the meeting itself.

The rest was member sharing and staff notes. Members compared experiences with homeowners associations and the difficulty of getting anywhere with them, and one described an apartment complex dropping disposable cups from its common space.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The chair described an invasive plant class she had taken through the town and encouraged members to watch a Homegrown National Park video before it came down on November 29. The board's book discussion was pushed to January.

Written public comments were shared with the board and attached to the minutes.

How the votes went

The 2025-26 work plan was adopted unanimously on a motion by McQuaid seconded by Richards. The agenda and the October 14 minutes were approved without objection.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (6)

Discussion item · 3Other · 2Procedural · 1
  1. For any public interested in listening to the meeting, please call 1-650-479-3207 and enter access code (2556 773 9047) and password (99646737), followed by # when prompted.
    Other
  2. 1. Instructions for submitting public comments
    Procedural
  3. 1. Board Member Profile
    Discussion item
    A board member gave her member profile.
  4. 2. Member HOA Share
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityLand conversion and large development
    Members shared experiences with their homeowners associations and the difficulty of making progress with them, and with an apartment complex that stopped using disposable cups in its common space.
  5. 1. EAB Work Plan Creation and Adoption
    Other Environment and sustainability
    Speaker: Sarah Justice, Environmental Outreach Program Coordinator
  6. 1. Book Discussion Follow Up
    Discussion item Environment and sustainability
    Speaker: Mia South, Chair

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