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2 <br /> districts. The remaining half ($268,332.50) was to be made available to all other eligible general <br /> applicants in this round. <br /> Only one project totaling $68,616 has been submitted from either School district, and no funding <br /> allocated for the schools has yet been recommended for approval. Attachment 2 provides <br /> additional information. In light of the Board's interest in supporting school climate action projects <br /> and the special challenges facing schools as they operate during a pandemic, the current grant <br /> deadline for school projects will be extended through the end of November. County staff have <br /> already begun reaching back out to the schools to offer direct assistance in generating project <br /> proposals for this extended FY2021-22 round of funding as well as the FY2022-23 round of <br /> funding set to open later this year. <br /> The information below describes the scoring, ranking, and reasoning of the review of general <br /> applications. <br /> The Community Climate Action grant program received seven (7) applications in this round from <br /> a variety of general applicants representing non-profit and public organizations whose total <br /> requests add up to more than $880,000. While staff fielded some questions from prospective <br /> applicants from the private sector, no private sector applications were received. <br /> Grant applications were completed over the summer and reviewed and scored by the Commission <br /> for the Environment (CFE) and the Human Relations Commission (HRC). On September 13, <br /> 2021, each of these Commissions voted to forward their final scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br /> The following is a rank-order summary table of the combined project scoring and <br /> recommendations, and more details on each project are available in Attachment 1: <br /> Total Rank* <br /> Project Applicant <br /> Funding Recommended Running total Score Out of 7 <br /> Requested Funding Level Out of applicati <br /> 25 is ons <br /> Low Income HVAC Rebuilding <br /> Replacement Together of $113,000 $113,000 $113,000 22.8 1 <br /> the Triangle <br /> Neighborhood NC Sustainable <br /> Energy Resiliency Energy $115,000 $90,000 $203,000.00 21.2 2 <br /> Project (NERP) Association <br /> Food Waste Town of <br /> $4,000 $4,000 $207,000.00 20.4 3 <br /> Monitor Carrboro <br /> Food Waste Eno River <br /> Monitor <br /> Farmer's $3,765 $3,765 $210,765.00 19.6 4 <br /> Market <br /> Sustainability <br /> Upgrades (Bike <br /> Rack and Charging Carrboro Arts $17,000 $17,000** $227,765.00 18.4 5 <br /> Station element Center <br /> only) <br />