Minutes 10-19-2021 Virtual Business meeting

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5 The Orange County Board of Commissioners thanked each of these retirees for their service to Orange County and for their dedication in meeting the primary mission of Orange County, in serving residents with fairness, respect and understanding. Chair Price said this idea came about while working on her Monday Memo and realizing that there has not been an opportunity to recognize those who are retiring from Orange County, due to Covid-19. Brenda Bartholomew, Human Resources Director, indicated the recognized retirees present on the call first, including Angela Rockett, Blair Pollock, and Trudy Lucas. She then recognized the other listed retirees who were not present. Commissioner Hamilton thanked the retirees for their years of service to Orange County. Chair Price thanked retirees for their dedication and wished them the best in their retirement. She said it will be hard to replace them. 5. Public Hearings None 6. Regular Agenda a. Community Climate Action Grant (CCAG) — FY 2021-22 Protect Selection for General Applicants The Board received the grant project funding recommendations from the Human Relations Commission (HRC) and the Commission for the Environment for the FY 2021-22 Orange County Community Climate Action Grant Program; considered approving funding for the recommended Community Climate Action Grant projects for FY 2021-22 as outlined in the attached report; and received and considered approving the request from the HRC to shift one point in the scoring rubric from "Time to Complete" to "Social Justice/ Racial Equity" in future rounds of grant funding. BACKGROUND: As part of the FY 2019-20 budget, the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) created the Orange County Climate Action Fund dedicated to accelerating climate change mitigation actions in Orange County. This decision was motivated in part to help the County meet the climate change mitigation goals set by the Board in recent years: • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions community-wide by 26 percent by 2025 (from 2005 levels). • Transition to a 100% renewable energy based economy by 2050. For the 2021-22 funding cycle, $536,665 in funding was budgeted to support climate action projects that will benefit Orange County residents both socially and financially. Following the direction of the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC), the process for soliciting and selecting projects to receive funding was conducted through a formal Community Climate Action Grant (CCAG) program. For this grant cycle, the BOCC reserved half of the total funding for this grant program ($268,332.50) to be awarded to projects submitted by either of Orange County's two public school districts. The remaining half ($268,332.50) was to be made available to all other eligible general applicants in this round.