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15 <br /> 1 Chair Rich asked if Bonnie Hammersley could provide the budget for the social justice <br /> 2 fund for 2020-21. <br /> 3 Bonnie Hammersley said the base budget is $200,000. <br /> 4 Chair Rich said there has been some discussion that people want to donate to this fund, <br /> 5 and asked if the process to do so can be explained. <br /> 6 Annette Moore said staff will add this information to the website. <br /> 7 Commissioner Bedford said her concern is that this program will need more funding, if <br /> 8 things do not get better. She asked if staff could provide a chart, not just for housing, but also <br /> 9 for the food programs, etc. on how funds are being spent. She said she would like to know how <br /> 10 much the need continues to expand. <br /> 11 Bonnie Hammersley said staff has been tracking every penny being spent on Covid and <br /> 12 non-Covid items since February, and if more funding is needed, staff will find it and can come <br /> 13 back to the Orange County Board of Commissioners with a proposed budget amendment. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Price for the <br /> 16 Board to: <br /> 17 1) approve the development of an Eviction Diversion Program in Orange County; <br /> 18 2) approve Budget Amendment#9-A appropriating $187,950 from the Social Justice <br /> 19 Reserve for the Program; and <br /> 20 3) authorize staff to seek funding for the Eviction Diversion Program from the Towns, and <br /> 21 donations from the communities and businesses. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair Rich said the Health Department had made arrangements to have a Covid-19 <br /> 26 testing site on Friday, June 51" at the Mt. Zion Church from 1:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 b. Guidance for Future Climate Action Fund Project Eligibility and Scoring <br /> 29 The Board received recommendations from the Climate Mitigation Review Team <br /> 30 updating and clarifying the eligibility and scoring for future Climate Action Fund projects; and <br /> 31 consider voting to approve the new guidance and provide it to the Orange County Commission <br /> 32 for the Environment (CFE) for their use in soliciting and scoring project applications for the <br /> 33 FY20-21 round of Climate Action Fund projects. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 BACKGROUND: <br /> 36 As part of the FY 2019-20 budget, the Board of Orange County <br /> 37 Commissioners authorized an additional '/4 cent property tax to provide an estimated $469,272 <br /> 38 dedicated to accelerating climate change mitigation through the new Climate Change Mitigation <br /> 39 Project in the Capital Investment Plan. Those funds have been awarded to a first round of <br /> 40 projects, and the process for soliciting and selecting projects is being refined and clarified with <br /> 41 the aim of creating a formal grant program. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 In mid-April, Commissioner Penny Rich asked Commissioners Renee Price, Sally Greene, and <br /> 44 Mark Marcoplos to serve as a Climate Action Review Team to review the first year's process <br /> 45 and make recommendations to the full Board of Commissioners during the June 2nd Business <br /> 46 meeting. Brennan Bouma was designated to serve as supporting staff, and both Steven Arndt <br /> 47 and Travis Myren also participated to offer assistance. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 The specific charge for this group was to: <br /> 50 1. Review the scoring process put in place by the CFE <br />