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2 <br />The Community Climate Action grant program received seven applications in this round from a <br />variety of non-profit and public organizations whose total requests add up to more than $1.2 <br />million. While staff fielded some questions from prospective applicants from the private sector, no <br />private sector applications were received. <br />Grant applications were reviewed and scored by the Commission for the Environment (CFE) and <br />the Human Relations Commission (HRC). On December 14, 2020 each of these Commissions <br />voted to forward their final scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br />The following is a rank-order summary table of their combined project scoring and <br />recommendations, and more details on each project are available in Attachment 1 (Project <br />Descriptions, Scoring, and Comments): <br />Total <br />Rank <br />Funding Recommended Score <br />Project Applicant (Collaborators) <br />Requested Funding Level Out of <br />Out of 7 <br />applications) <br />25is <br />Solar Panels on <br />Affordable Habitat Habitat for Humanity of $95,000 95,000 21.7 1 <br />Homes Orange County <br />NAACP of Chapel Hill and <br />Water Heater Carrboro (Rebuilding <br />Replacement <br />Together of the Triangle $122, 100 122, 100 21.2 2 <br />and Habitat for Humanity <br />of Orange County) <br />Cane Creek Reservoir <br />OWASA 75,000 75,000 19.6 3 <br />352.4kW DC Solar Array <br />Tree Planting Program Town of Chapel Hill 40,000 40,000 18.5 4 <br />Solar-powered Electric Town of Chapel Hill 18,500 18,500 17.7 5 <br />Vehicle Charging Station <br />Cedar Falls Park <br />Multipurpose Field LED Town of Chapel Hill 220,000 128,057 17.0 6 <br />Light Conversion <br />Forest Foundation (Green <br />Orange County Eco-Oil Company, LLC; <br />Innovation Park Greenway Transit 700,000 0 12.3 7 <br />Services, LLC; and <br />Carolina Biodiesel, LLC ) <br />Total (Max for 2020-21: <br />1,270,600 $478,657 <br />478,657) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Climate Action Tax is projected to generate $478,657 in funds in FY <br />2020-21, and the Board of Orange County Commissioners intends to identify impactful projects <br />and distribute these funds promptly to accelerate action on the urgent issue of climate change <br />and help to further stimulate the local economy. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 74B52019-280F-41A8-B673-D36C5D62642B