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38 <br /> Amy Eckberg said last year the project received $40,000 and this year they received an <br /> additional $40,000. <br /> Chair Bedford said asked if the Arts Center can do anything with the amount received. <br /> She said the committees are evaluating if they can do smaller arrays and also reapply in coming <br /> years. She said the Fleet Electrification Pilot is focused on an electric garbage truck. She said it <br /> was interesting that Chapel Hill got a grant to cover half the cost and it will be great to use this as <br /> a pilot to see if more of these are wanted going forward. Chair Bedford said she saw Mayor <br /> Weaver today and encouraged the Town of Hillsborough to apply. She said they will be applying <br /> in the future once they complete their Climate Plan. <br /> Commissioner Greene thanked Amy Eckberg and the advisory boards for their work on <br /> this. She said the quarter center tax allocation was hard to get in place, but she thought it could <br /> do exactly what it's doing now. <br /> Chair Bedford said it would be nice to share CHCCS's application with Orange County <br /> Schools so they can review it when they apply. She said she knows they have staffing restraints, <br /> etc. and having the application could be helpful. <br /> Amy Eckberg said the Commission for the Environment will also be strategizing over the <br /> coming months for how to include both school systems. <br /> Vice Chair McKee said, as someone who was wary of the tax increase when it first came <br /> about, he's happy with how the process has evolved and is glad he got out-voted. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to <br /> approve funding for the recommended Community Climate Action Grant projects for FY 2022-23. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> c. Orange County's Proposed 2023 Legislative Agenda <br /> The Board reviewed and discussed the proposed Orange County 2023 Priority Legislative Issues <br /> and any other potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the <br /> 2023 North Carolina General Assembly Session; and considered approval of the Orange County <br /> 2023 Priority Legislative Issues document for submittal to Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County's Legislative Breakfast with Orange County's legislative <br /> delegation, in conjunction with the 2023 North Carolina General Assembly session, is scheduled <br /> for February 27, 2023. The Board of Commissioners has historically approved a set of legislative <br /> issues each year for presentation to/discussion with the delegation. <br /> Based on a North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) request in summer <br /> 2022 for proposed 2023-24 statewide legislative goals, Commissioner Anna Richards and former <br /> Commissioner Renee Price worked with staff on a proposed 2023-24 legislative goals <br /> resolution/package. That proposed resolution was then presented to, and approved by, the <br /> BOCC in September 2022, and subsequently submitted to NCACC for consideration as part of <br /> the organization's 2023-24 Legislative Goals process. <br /> With minimal time having passed since the Board approved the September 2022 legislative goals <br /> resolution submitted to NCACC, and based on direction from current BOCC Chair Jamezetta <br /> Bedford and previous Chair/former Commissioner Price, staff has reformatted the content of the <br /> approved resolution into the attached document. It is proposed that the attached document, as <br /> may be amended, be approved and presented to Orange County's legislative delegation for the <br /> February 2711 Legislative Breakfast meeting. <br />