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Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> October 141h, 2024; 7:00 pm <br /> Hybrid Meeting <br /> Present: Kristie Mather, Mark Randall, Jane Harris (via Teams), John Bucher, Matthew <br /> Ferguson, Regina Baratta, Lily Schacht, Aimee Vandemark, Patrick Fn'Piere <br /> Absent: Reade Oakley (excused), Ian Morse (excused), Veronica Penn Beattie (excused) <br /> Staff: Chris Himi, Wesley Poole, Amy Eckberg, Kalani Allen, Karina Nabors, Melony <br /> Gilles, Madison Buschek (Intern) <br /> I. Call to Order <br /> Chair Regina Baratta called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. <br /> IL Additions or Changes to Agenda <br /> None. <br /> III. Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary—September 91h, 2024 <br /> Motion to approve by Matthew Ferguson; seconded by Mark Randall; all in favor; none <br /> opposed; motion passed. <br /> IV. Community Climate Action Grant Round 4—Ranking <br /> CFE members were asked to rank the 25 applications they received for the Community <br /> Climate Action Grant on their own since the last meeting and enter scores into the <br /> scoring spreadsheet. Reade Oakley, Ian Morse and Veronica Penn Beattie were all asked <br /> to excuse themselves from the meeting due to their having directly turned in an <br /> application or being associated with one. There is only$262,500 available and <br /> $1,151,873 of requests, so the group decided to remove the lowest scoring applications <br /> from consideration and focus on funding those that ranked the highest. The group <br /> worked through the ones being considered and decided to fully fund some and partially <br /> fund others, providing reasons for their decisions in the comments section. At the end of <br /> the allotted time for discussion, the CFE was not finished the ranking process, so they <br /> decided to finish up at the next meeting in November. <br /> V. Updates and Information Items <br /> • Wesley Poole notified the CFE that(4) members had terms expiring on 12/31/24 and <br /> would need to be re-appointed if they wanted to remain on the board. Those were <br /> Regina Baratta, Aimee Vandemark, Patrick Fn'Piere and Jane Harris. All (4) <br /> members wanted to remain on, so Wesley Poole will prepare paperwork for Chair <br /> Regina Baratta to sign and send to the Clerk to the BOCC. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />