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10 1 Commissioner Richards asked if there is a requirement to complete within a certain time 2 frame, without this scoring criteria. 3 Brennan Bouma said the target for all projects is a one or two year implementation. He 4 said the intention of the Board, upon initial proposal of these scoring criteria and waiting, was to 5 stay open to lots of different kinds of projects. He said there could be a longer running project 6 with higher impacts, and that is baked into the broad eligibility and scoring. He said the point 7 heard form Human Resources Commission (HRC) members was that it is not uncommon for an 8 applicant to put in a 1-2 year time scale, and it is not a hard bar to reach, so it makes sense to 9 take a point from this area for social justice and racial equity. 10 Commissioner Hamilton said she wants to get an understanding of the 203 project and 11 the bike rack. She said both seem to be for projects that have not started, and asked if there is 12 a timeframe for when solar would be put on given the overall project conjections. 13 Brennan Bouma said there of course would need to be a building before the solar 14 installation, and this was a question from the reviewers as well. He said in the application, they 15 said it was likely they would be able to break ground and move forward on project within 2 year 16 time period, but reviewers had questions about whether that was feasible given current labor 17 and material shortages. 18 Commissioner Hamilton said as long as the climate tax exists, money will come in every 19 year. She said to tie up that money, when the project may not start for 2 years, does not make 20 sense to her. She said she would prefer to look at projects that will start within a year in order 21 to have the impact, and then there will be money for projects further out in another funding 22 cycle. 23 Brennan Bouma said there may be benefit to securing money upfront in order to design 24 with the green roof and solar array. He said this is perhaps one reason why they may be 25 applying for this funding early. 26 Steve Arndt, Asset Management Services Director, said the 203 Project design is 27 complete. He said he expects they will start in February or March with site clearing and 28 developing. He said obtaining funding will allow proper planning to occur and ensure it can be 29 installed during course of construction. 30 Chair Price asked if there was discussion as to why the HRC wanted to take a point 31 away from time to complete rather than just adding a point to social justice and racial equity and 32 making it a 26 point scale. 33 Brennan Bouma said he believes their intention was to stay within the 25 point scale 34 provided. 35 Commissioner Greene said 25 looks like a good number to work with, but there was 36 internal discussion of different numbers at different times. She said it would not bother her if the 37 scale was out of 26 points instead of 25, to keep the points for time to complete, but is also 38 happy to honor the HRC's recommendation. 39 Chair Price said she is concerned about diminishing the importance of time to complete. 40 Commissioner Fowler asked if it would be a one year time frame for the food waste 41 monitors. 42 Brennan Bouma said yes. 43 Commissioner Fowler asked if, it proves to be beneficial, the applicants would find other 44 funding or apply again. 45 Brennen Bouma said yes. 46 Commissioner Fowler asked if the 203 Project is the project that is also partially the 47 library. 48 Brennan Bouma said yes. 49 Steve Ardnt said yes, it is the library and the skills center. 50 Commissioner Fowler asked if reviewers gave feedback about the requests that were 51 not recommended for funding related to that project.