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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date:January 20, 2026 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.6-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Community Climate Action Grant (CCAG) –FY 2025-26 Project Selection <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. CCAG 2025-26 Project <br />Descriptions, Scoring and <br />Comments <br />2. CCAG Project Status Summary <br />Including Estimated GHG <br />Reductions <br />3. PowerPoint Presentation <br />4. <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Amy Eckberg; (919) 245-2626 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: <br />1. To 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 2025-26 Orange County Community Climate <br />Action Grant Program; and <br />2. Approve funding for the recommended Community Climate Action Grant projects for FY <br />2025-26 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 Community Climate Action Fund to accelerate climate <br />mitigation efforts. The Fund supports the Board’s commitment to ambitious targets, including a <br />transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. The Climate Action Plan further builds on this <br />commitment by defining additional targets and identifying the actions and strategies needed to <br />achieve them. <br /> <br />For the FY 2025-26 funding cycle, $267,750 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 BOCC direction, <br />the selection process for awarding funds was conducted through the Community Climate Action <br />Grant program. <br /> <br />Sixteen (16) applications were received this year from applicants representing nonprofits, small <br />businesses and public organizations whose total requests add up to $619,095. Grant applications <br />were completed over the summer and reviewed by both the Commission for the Environment <br />(CFE) and the Human Relations Commission (HRC) in fall 2025. <br /> <br />The following is a rank-order summary table of the combined project scoring and <br />recommendations for funding. More details on each project are available in Attachment 1. <br />1Docusign Envelope ID: FE98AD8C-2A26-4FC1-9B3F-6DEB6E3A41EE