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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> September 9th, 2024; 7:00 pm <br /> Hybrid Meeting <br /> Present: Kristie Mather, Mark Randall, Ian Morse (via Teams), Jane Harris (via Teams), <br /> John Bucher, Matthew Ferguson, Regina Baratta, Lily Schacht, Veronica Penn <br /> Beattie, Aimee Vandemark, Patrick Fn'Piere <br /> Absent: Reade Oakley,Nicholas Stover <br /> Staff: Chris Himi, Wesley Poole,Amy Eckberg, Kalani Allen, Karina Nabors, Melony <br /> Gilles (via Teams), Madison Buschek(Intern, via Teams) <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Chair Regina Baratta called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. <br /> II. Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> Amy Eckberg requested to introduce her intern, Madison Buschek, whenever she logged <br /> in and let her tell everyone what she has been working on. <br /> III. Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary—August 121h, 2024 <br /> Motion to approve by Matthew Ferguson; seconded by Kristie Mather; all in favor; none <br /> opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. Community Climate Action Grant Round 4—Discussion <br /> Veronica Penn Beattie created the scoring spreadsheet for Round 4 of the Community <br /> Climate Action Grant, so she briefly went over the spreadsheet with the CFE before <br /> removing herself from this portion of the meeting along with Ian Morse (they were asked <br /> to do so by Regina Baratta via prior e-mail since they both submitted a grant application). <br /> Reade Oakley will also be removing himself from discussions and scoring due to <br /> submitting an application as well. Amy Eckberg notified the CFE that they received 25 <br /> applications to review, so with only $262,500 available and $1,151,873 of requests, this <br /> is going to be a lot of work. The CFE began with a broad overview of the Community <br /> Climate Actions Grant applications, then discussed specific application sections, ranking <br /> criteria, and reasonable scores. The group went through scoring one of the applications <br /> as a whole in order to familiarize everyone with the process. CFE members are asked to <br /> fill out the scoring spreadsheet for each application on their own and come to the next <br /> meeting in October ready to discuss. <br /> V. New Member Applications <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />