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33 <br /> 1 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions community-wide by 26 percent by 2025 (from 2005 <br /> 2 levels). <br /> 3 Transition to a 100% renewable energy based economy by 2050. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 For the 2022-23 funding cycle, $550,150 in funding was budgeted to support climate action <br /> 6 projects that will benefit Orange County residents both socially and financially. Following the <br /> 7 direction of the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC), the process for soliciting and <br /> 8 selecting projects to receive funding was conducted through a formal Community Climate Action <br /> 9 Grant (CCAG) program. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 For this grant cycle, the BOCC reserved half of the total funding for this grant program ($275,075) <br /> 12 to be awarded to projects submitted by either of Orange County's two public school districts. The <br /> 13 remaining half($275,075) was to be made available to all other eligible general applicants in this <br /> 14 round. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 The Community Climate Action grant program received seven (7) applications in this round from <br /> 17 a variety of general applicants representing non-profit and public organizations whose total <br /> 18 requests add up to $585,873. No private sector applications were received. One (1) project, <br /> 19 totaling $368,000 was submitted from the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School district. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Grant applications were completed over the summer and reviewed and scored by the Commission <br /> 22 for the Environment (CFE) and the Human Relations Commission (HRC). In fall 2022, each of <br /> 23 these Commissions voted to forward their final scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 The following is a rank-order summary table of the combined project scoring and <br /> 26 recommendations. More details on each project are available in Attachment 1: <br /> 27 <br /> Total Rank* <br /> Proiect Applicant Funding Recommended Running Score Out of 7 <br /> Requested Funding Level total Out of applica- <br /> 26is tions <br /> General <br /> Applicants: <br /> Habitat Rooftop Habitat for <br /> $112,000 $100,000 $100,000 24.2 1 <br /> Solar Humanity <br /> Rebuilding <br /> Weatherization Together of $150,000 $25,000 $125,000 23 2 <br /> the Triangle <br /> Food Waste Eno River <br /> Monitors <br /> Farmers $4,500 $4,500 $129,500 21.8 3 <br /> Market <br /> 203 Solar Project Town of $89,243 $40,575 $170,075 17.1 4 <br /> Carrboro <br /> Fleet Town of <br /> Electrification Chapel Hill $74,600 $50,000 $220,075 17 5 <br /> Pilot <br /> Solar Roof The $134,664 $55,000 $275,075 15.8 6 <br /> ArtsCenter <br />