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2 <br /> The Community Climate Action grant program received seven applications in this round from a <br /> variety of non-profit and public organizations whose total requests add up to more than $1.2 <br /> million. While staff fielded some questions from prospective applicants from the private sector, no <br /> private sector applications were received. <br /> Grant applications were reviewed and scored by the Commission for the Environment (CFE) and <br /> the Human Relations Commission (HRC). On December 14, 2020 each of these Commissions <br /> voted to forward their final scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br /> The following is a rank-order summary table of their combined project scoring and <br /> recommendations, and more details on each project are available in Attachment 1 (Project <br /> Descriptions, Scoring, and Comments): <br /> Total Rank <br /> Funding Recommended Score <br /> Project Applicant (Collaborators) Requested Funding Level Out of Out of 7 <br /> applications) <br /> 25is <br /> Solar Panels on <br /> Affordable Habitat Habitat for Humanity of $95,000 $95,000 21.7 1 <br /> Homes Orange County <br /> NAACP of Chapel Hill and <br /> Water Heater Carrboro (Rebuilding <br /> Replacement Together of the Triangle $122,100 $122,100 21.2 2 <br /> and Habitat for Humanity <br /> of Orange County) <br /> Cane Creek Reservoir OWASA $75,000 $75,000 19.6 3 <br /> 352.4kW DC Solar Array <br /> Tree Planting Program Town of Chapel Hill $40,000 $40,000 18.5 4 <br /> Solar-powered Electric Town of Chapel Hill $18,500 $18,500 17.7 5 <br /> Vehicle Charging Station <br /> Cedar Falls Park <br /> Multipurpose Field LED Town of Chapel Hill $220,000 $128,057 17.0 6 <br /> Light Conversion <br /> Forest Foundation (Green <br /> Orange County Eco- <br /> Oil Company, LLC; <br /> Innovation Park Greenway Transit $700,000 $0 12.3 7 <br /> Services, LLC; and <br /> Carolina Biodiesel, LLC ) <br /> Total (Max for 2020-21: <br /> $1,270,600 $478,657 <br /> $478,657) <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Climate Action Tax is projected to generate $478,657 in funds in FY <br /> 2020-21, and the Board of Orange County Commissioners intends to identify impactful projects <br /> and distribute these funds promptly to accelerate action on the urgent issue of climate change <br /> and help to further stimulate the local economy. <br />