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24 <br /> 1 Roll call ensued <br /> 2 <br /> 3 VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner Greene, <br /> 4 Commissioner McKee, Chair Price); Nays, 2 (Commissioner Bedford and Commissioner <br /> 5 Hamilton) <br /> 6 <br /> 7 MOTION PASSES <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Michael Harvey and Chad Abbott expressed appreciation to the board. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> 12 recess the meeting for 3 minutes. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Roll call ensued <br /> 15 <br /> 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 17 <br /> 18 RECONVENE MEETING <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Price asked for a motion to reconvene the meeting. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> 23 reconvene 9:19 p.m. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Roll call ensued. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 VOTE: Ayes, 6 (Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner Greene, <br /> 28 Commissioner Hamilton, Commissioner McKee, Chair Price); Nays, 1 (Commissioner <br /> 29 Dorosin) <br /> 30 <br /> 31 MOTION PASSES <br /> 32 <br /> 33 6. Regular Agenda <br /> 34 <br /> 35 a. Community Climate Action Grant - Project Selection for FY20-21 <br /> 36 The Board received the grant project funding recommendations of the Human Relations <br /> 37 Commission and the Commission for the Environment for the FY20-21 Orange County <br /> 38 Community Climate Action Grant Program, and considered approving funding for the <br /> 39 recommended Community Climate Action Grant projects for FY20-21. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 BACKGROUND: <br /> 42 As part of the FY20 budget, the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) created the <br /> 43 Orange County Climate Action Fund dedicated to accelerating climate change mitigation actions <br /> 44 in Orange County. This decision was motivated in part to help the County meet the climate <br /> 45 change mitigation goals set by the Board in recent years: <br /> 46 • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions community-wide by 26 percent by 2025 (from 2005 <br /> 47 levels). <br /> 48 • Transition to a 100% renewable energy based economy by 2050. <br /> 49 <br />