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