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<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 subm itted 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 /> <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 proje ct <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 /> <br />The information below describes the scoring, ranking, and reasoning of the review of general <br />applications. <br /> <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 pros pective <br />applicants from the private sector, no private sector applications were received. <br /> <br />Grant applications were completed over the summer and reviewed and scored by the <br />Commission for the Environment (CFE) and the Human Relations Commission (HRC). On <br />September 13, 2021, each of these Commissions voted to forward their final scoring and <br />comments to the BOCC. <br /> <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 /> <br />Project Applicant Funding <br />Requested <br />Recommended <br />Funding Level Running total <br />Total <br />Score <br />(Out of <br />25 pts) <br />Rank* <br />(Out of 7 <br />applicati <br />ons) <br />Low Income HVAC <br />Replacement <br />Rebuilding <br />Together of the <br />Triangle <br />$113,000 $113,000 $113,000 22.8 1 <br />Neighborhood <br />Energy Resiliency <br />Project (NERP) <br />NC Sustainable <br />Energy <br />Association <br />$115,000 $90,000 $203,000.00 21.2 2 <br />Food Waste <br />Monitor <br />Town of <br />Carrboro $4,000 $4,000 $207,000.00 20.4 3 <br />Food Waste <br />Monitor <br />Eno River <br />Farmer’s <br />Market <br />$3,765 $3,765 $210,765.00 19.6 4 <br />Sustainability <br />Upgrades (Bike <br />Rack and Charging <br />Carrboro Arts <br />Center $17,000 $17,000** $227,765.00 18.4 5 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: E86DD11C-7C3F-4DD6-97F0-CADB5D52D35A