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<br />The Community Climate Action grant program received eleven (11) applications in this round from <br />a variety of general applicants representing non-profit and public organizations whose total <br />requests added up to $614,540. Two (2) projects totaling $557,959 were submitted from the <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools districts. <br /> <br />Grant applications were completed over the summer and reviewed and scored by the Commission <br />for the Environment (CFE) and the Human Relations Commission (HRC). In fall 2023, each of <br />these Commissions voted to forward their final scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br /> <br />The following is a rank-order summary table of the combined project scoring and <br />recommendations. More details on each project are available in Attachment 1: <br /> <br /> General Applications:  <br />Name Project Name Description Amount  <br />Requested  <br />Recommended  <br />Funding level  <br />Rank <br />Total  <br />Score out  <br />of 26  <br />Points  <br />Habitat for Humanity Supplemental  <br />Weatherization  <br />Habitat’s Home Preservation  <br />program support. $55,000 $55,000 1 21  <br />Urban Sustainability  <br />Solutions  <br />Growing More than  <br />Rain Gardens  <br />Create a Green Infrastructure  <br />Workforce Development  <br />Apprenticeship Program  <br />$69,156 $69,156 2 21  <br />Town of Chapel Hill LED Lighting Upgrades  <br />LED Lighting Upgrade for  <br />Hargraves Community Center  <br />Basketball Court  <br />$95,000 $0 3 20  <br />Hillsborough United  <br />Church of Christ Solar Panel Project Rooftop Solar Installation $10,000 $10,000 4 20  <br />Binkley Baptist Church Let There Be (clean  <br />energy) Light! Install 50 solar panels $49,046 $49,036 5 18  <br />EMPOWERment Rooftop solar on  <br />PEACH apartments Rooftop solar installation $134,562 $61,623 6 18  <br />Club Nova Big Impact Small  <br />Footprint  <br />Support Installation of  <br />garden, greenhouse, terrace. $37,227 $37,227 7 17  <br />Eco‐Institute at  <br />Sanctuary Farm  <br />Community Garden  <br />Cooperative  <br />Expand Community Garden  <br />Cooperative and create a  <br />new Training Program  <br />$50,800 $0 8 17  <br />The Arts Center Haven for Outdoor  <br />Eco‐Classroom  <br />Solar Powered Shelter with  <br />16 places to charge up,  <br />explore, create, and learn.  <br />$41,729 $0 9 17  <br />St. Thomas More  <br />Catholic Church EV Charging Station EV Charging Station  <br />Installation $22,030 $0 10 16  <br />Triangle ECycling The e is for Equity.  Discount eBike with Voucher  <br />Pilot Program $50,000.00 $0 11 13  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: EB7B9CC8-B910-4965-AF93-0969E3E03E78