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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 10, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Community Climate Action Grant (CCAG) — FY 2024-25 Project Selection <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. CCAG 2024-25 Project Amy Eckberg, (919) 245-2626 <br /> Descriptions, Scoring and <br /> Comments <br /> 2. CCAG Project Status Summary <br /> Including Estimated Greenhouse <br /> Gases (GHG) Reductions <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1. Receive the grant project funding recommendations from the Commission for the <br /> Environment (CFE) and the overall scores and comments from the CFE and Human <br /> Relations Commission (HRC) for the FY 2024-25 Orange County Community Climate <br /> Action Grant Program; and <br /> 2. Approve funding for the recommended Community Climate Action Grant projects for FY <br /> 2024-25 as outlined in the table below and further described in Attachment 1. <br /> BACKGROUND: As part of the FY 2019-20 budget, the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) established the Orange County Climate Action Fund to accelerate climate change <br /> mitigation efforts within the County. This initiative was motivated in part by the Board's ambitious <br /> climate goals, including a full transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. The recently adopted <br /> Climate Action Plan establishes additional climate goals and outlines the actions and strategies <br /> that will enable Orange County to achieve these objectives, including the Community Climate <br /> Action Grant. <br /> For the FY 2024-25 funding cycle, $262,500 was allocated to general applicants to support climate <br /> action projects designed to benefit Orange County residents both socially and financially. The <br /> Board did not approve any climate funding for schools this year. In alignment with the Board of <br /> Commissioners' direction, the selection process for awarding funds was conducted through the <br /> Community Climate Action Grant program. <br /> The Community Climate Action grant program received twenty-five (25) applications in this round <br /> from a variety of applicants representing nonprofits, small businesses and public organizations <br /> whose total requests added up to $1,151,873. Grant applications were completed over the <br /> summer and reviewed by both the Commission for the Environment (CFE) and the Human <br /> Relations Commission (HRC) in fall 2024. Each of these Commissions voted to forward their final <br /> scoring and comments to the BOCC. <br />