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10 <br /> Slide #10 <br /> FY2025-35 Recommended Capital Investment Plan <br /> • Climate Change Mitigation Project Status <br /> FY2023-24r <br /> Supplemental weatherization to Habitat for Humanity $55,000 In progress Shade for Schools Trees for the Triangle $50,000 In progress <br /> home repair projects <br /> Green infrastructure and Green Infrastructure Workforce Urban Sustainability $5g,700 In progress <br /> pprenticeship program for Urban Sustainability $69,156 Completed Development Program Solutions <br /> range County Schools Solutions Rooftop Solar on St.Joseph's Solar Equity $50,000 In progress <br /> Hillsborough United CME Church <br /> Rooftop solar Church of Christ $10,000 Completed <br /> Electrical Panel for Solar Project EMPOWERment $19,800 In progress <br /> Rooftop solar Binkley Baptist Church $49,036 Completed Prairie Restoration and <br /> Rooftop solar on Peach Reforestation Projects Eno River Association $22,600 In progress <br /> panments EMPOWERment $61,623 In progress <br /> Food Forest Jubilee Healing Farm $12,000 In progress <br /> Installation of gardens,terrace Club Nova $37,227 In progress <br /> and greenhouse Rooftop Solar on Habitat Homes Habitat for Humanity $50,000 In progress <br /> LED light campus changeover CHCCS $94,014 Completed <br /> 54-panel solar panel pedestal <br /> ith battery storage and EV Orange County Schools $188,029 In progress <br /> harging stations <br /> �1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 10 <br /> Chair Bedford said she wanted to discuss community resilience hubs. She said right now <br /> there are just schools being used but if people need to be housed for a longer period and <br /> schools need to start back would they need to house people in a different place. She asked if <br /> the $212,000 is intended to buy generators. <br /> Amy Eckberg, Sustainability Projects Manager, said there was some funding allocated to <br /> establish some resilience centers, and they are looking at having them serve as areas that can <br /> provide refuge during storms when the power is out. She said ideally, they would run off of solar <br /> power. She said that the value of these centers was evident during Helene. She said they are <br /> looking at the Senior Centers for the hubs. She said she was excited to announce that they just <br /> received a grant for solar installation on the Cedar Grove Community Center for almost <br /> $200,000 from the State Office of Energy. <br /> Chair Bedford said that is wonderful. She asked if it would come back and if some of the <br /> $212,000 could be used for some of the RENA expansion to create one of these hubs. <br /> Amy Eckberg said yes. <br /> Alan Dorman said all community centers and senior centers have whole building <br /> generators. <br /> Chair Bedford asked if the funds are needed then. <br /> Amy Eckberg said the funds would also be used for solar and battery backup storage <br /> along with other resilience features. <br />