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<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 /> <br />SUBJECT: Community Climate Action Grant (CCAG) –FY 2024-25 Project Selection <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. CCAG 2024-25 Project <br />Descriptions, Scoring and <br />Comments <br />2. CCAG Project Status Summary <br />Including Estimated Greenhouse <br />Gases (GHG) Reductions <br /> <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Amy Eckberg,(919) 245-2626 <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />1Docusign Envelope ID: 257985C7-FC41-4937-8E64-B610C38DBA58