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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> September 12, 2022; 7:00 pm <br /> Hybrid Meeting <br /> Present: Veronica Penn Beattie, Jessie Birckhead, Kristie Mather, Ian Morse, Elizabeth <br /> McWhorter, Jaya Nair(via Zoom) <br /> Absent: Reade Oakley, Kim Piracci (excused), Kim Livingston(excused), Bill Ward <br /> (excused), Jane Harris (excused) <br /> Staff: Wesley Poole, Chris Himi, Amy Eckberg(via Zoom), Kalani Allen <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Veronica Penn Beattie called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. <br /> II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> None. <br /> III. Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary—August I It', 2022 <br /> Motion by Jessie Birckhead; seconded by Veronica Penn Beattie; all in favor; none <br /> opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. Community Climate Action Grant Review <br /> Amy Eckberg began by introducing UNC intern Max Feldman. She then discussed the <br /> Community Climate Action Grant timeline and specified that projects are prioritized by <br /> social justice and racial equity. Amy informed the CFE that the total community project <br /> funding requested this year was $585,873 and the total school project funding requested <br /> was $368,000. The BOCC has only allocated$550,150 total and ($275,075) will go to <br /> the community organizations and the other '/2 will go to the schools. All community <br /> organization applicants are return applicants and Carrboro Chapel Hill City Schools are <br /> once again, the only school applicant. CFE members inquired about the status of <br /> previous unspent grant funding for schools and Amy said she is still working on it. The <br /> review timeline that has been established is CFE members conduct independent reviews <br /> between now and the next CFE meeting on October 10t'. Final scores/ranking will be <br /> discussed and agreed upon at the October 10t'meeting and if needed, a special meeting <br /> can be held on October 17t'. Jessie Birckhead had set up a Google Drive to put all of the <br /> applications in so Veronica Penn Beattie volunteered to add a Google Sheet to the shared <br /> folder to help organize the application review. Amy briefly discussed how everything <br /> was organized and stated that she would also add a"Suggestions for Improvement"tab <br /> for Q/A, etc. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />