Grants and outside funding items in Orange County
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| Subject | Items |
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| Grants and outside funding | 102 |
| Budget and appropriations | 27 |
| Environment and sustainability | 23 |
| Housing and affordability | 20 |
| Health and human services | 17 |
| Farmland and open space | 11 |
| Transit | 9 |
| Contracts and procurement | 7 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 7 |
| Arts and public art | 6 |
| Historic preservation | 6 |
| Homelessness and shelter | 6 |
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The Arts Commission recognizes 38 grant recipients, 79% of 48 applicants, sharing $106,959.50 in state Grassroots Arts and county funds against $189,843 requested.
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A hearing on Orange County Transportation Services' applications for $515,928 in federal and state transit money for fiscal 2028, on a $764,366 program. It covers demand-response operations for seniors and people with disabilities, a mobility manager, and two 25-foot light transit vehicles.
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Three state grant agreements for transit administration, an accessible electric van and demand-response trips, carrying $540,821 in state and federal money and a $263,381 local match already budgeted.
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Awards the county's HOME-ARP money, of which $1,275,403 was set aside in May for rental assistance and supportive services, to Housing for New Hope, the only applicant.
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Where the county stands on a new Cost of Community Services study, paid for by a grant from the state's Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund.
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An update from the committee that reviews agricultural economic development grants.
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Hearing on the HOME consortium's report for July 2025 to June 2026: $464,907 was available, including local match and program income, and $169,322 went to tenant-based rental assistance.
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Hearing and approval of an application to NCDOT for $191,911 in federal and state rural transit administration money, with a $33,867 local match from transit tax funds.
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Hires Habitat for Humanity of Orange County for about four home repairs worth $180,000 of state money, and accepts a $273,000 NC Housing Finance Agency grant for the program.
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Ratifies a grant of up to $4,999 for replacement tablets used in damage assessment and shelter telehealth.
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Members review the scoring rubric and submittable questions for the 2026-27 Community Climate Action Grants. All scores are due by 9 a.m. on 5 October.
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The second budget amendment of the fiscal year.
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A funding request against the county's opioid settlement money, with an amended spending authorization resolution and a matching budget amendment.
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8.j Approval to Reallocate Returned Community Climate Action Grant Funds to the FY 2026-2027 Grant CycleMoving climate action grant money that was returned unspent into the 2026-27 grant cycle.
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Amy Eckberg presents on the climate action grant program, the longest item on the agenda.
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Sustainability staff review the Community Climate Action Grant's mission, its past awards and the scoring tools the commission uses.Reviewed
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Three items, taken together.Approved unanimously
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Accepts a Great Trails State Program grant from the state Division of Parks and Recreation for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail expansion at the Seven Mile Creek Natural Area, and authorizes the chair to sign.Approved on the consent agenda
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A grant application to the state Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to pay for a new cost of community services study, which compares what land uses pay in taxes against what they cost the county to serve.
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Update from the committee reviewing agricultural economic development grant applications.Staff or committee report Economic development incentivesFarmland and open spaceGrants and outside funding
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Fifteen consent items, including the first fiscal 2026-27 budget amendment, a state grant for a mobile integrated health program, financial policies for the transit tax working group, the Rigsbee subdivision preliminary plat, a reinstated interlocal agreement with Chapel Hill, and a Duke Energy grant for a flood detec…Approved unanimously.
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An amendment to the county's 2022 public-private broadband contract, extending service to another 105 unserved households. The original roughly $10 million deal aimed at about 6,370 passings, was cut back to 5,852 homes in autumn 2025, and has paid Lumos $9.2 million with about $800,000 in ARPA money left. 5,859 locat…Approved unanimously.
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Fourth-quarter transit work program amendments covering county administrative funding, a Chapel Hill Transit shift from operating to capital, and GoTriangle's Route 800 and TAP.Approved.
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An update on county climate action work.Received.
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Proclaiming Pride Month.Adopted unanimously — a vote Pittsboro's board took 4-1 six days later.
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How to spend the county's share of the national opioid settlement. Orange County expects $12,748,445 over eighteen years from the $26 billion agreement all 100 North Carolina counties joined.Recommendations received unanimously; staff directed to bring a final spending authorization resolution on 16 June, where it passed on the consent agenda.
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Upcoming retirements and new applications.
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A $381,456 federal award which, with match and programme income less a 10 percent administration allowance, gives the consortium about $450,000. Only two applications were received and both funded: $180,000 in full to Habitat for Humanity for repair and rehabilitation, and $271,981 to a homelessness partnership for te…
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The recommended list with outcomes attached. Funded: a community organising group at $25,000 and a health provider at $25,000. Not funded: $10,000 for disability access, referred to the aging department; $1,500 for a laundry service; $5,000 for a children's fund; $900 for a historical society, also referred to aging.…
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A substantial amendment to the county's HOME-ARP allocation plan, which governs federal pandemic-era housing money aimed at homelessness and housing instability.
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The public hearing on the draft annual action plan for the federal HOME Investment Partnership program, which funds affordable housing.
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A presentation on the origins of visitors bureaus and a comparison of the three in the Research Triangle. Orange County's was funded in 1992 by occupancy tax, runs $2.5 million with six staff, and works against roughly $300 million a year in tourism spending. New advertising promotes local businesses and the Ackland A…
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Chapel Hill's bus rapid transit federal risk review is nearing completion with a grant submission expected in February. Carrboro reported the Morgan Creek Greenway progressing. Triangle West is releasing a staffing study request for qualifications, contingent on funding. Hillsborough, GoTriangle, the tax district and…Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementGrants and outside fundingParks and recreationRoads and transportationTransit
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Sixteen applications requesting $619,095 against $267,750 available. Eight projects were funded in whole or part: a farm expansion at Twin Creeks park growing food for Table, student-installed riparian buffers in areas hit by tropical storm Chantal, Carrboro's home energy program for over 230 households, tree planting…Approved unanimously
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Changes to the small business grant guidelines. The board decided software is an eligible use of funds under inventory and supplies but training, licensure and certificates are not. It discussed requiring applicants to strive to pay a living wage and allowing one larger award per fiscal year. All applicants must now h…
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A petition from a county commissioner asking that the Community Climate Action Grant fund cover climate adaptation as well as mitigation. The commission discussed how the current grant process differs from the proposal and agreed changes are needed before next year's round.Supported; one member opposed, the vice chair abstained
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An update from the director of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology's Broadband Infrastructure Office on the federal BEAD program and the state's Stop Gap funding.
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III UpdatesStaff asked for help on a data analysis project for the repair and rehabilitation programme: working through the long-term repair assistance list, updating it, checking which applicants qualify for federal repair funds, and looking at where the properties are. Four board members volunteered.
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Whether to support Commissioner Sally Greene's petition to widen the Community Climate Action Grant fund to cover climate adaptation as well as mitigation.
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The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness reported system-level data submitted to HUD along with obstacles and successes. The main risk is the HUD Continuum of Care grant: the new funding notice mandates a 70 percent cut to permanent housing and guarantees only 30 percent of annual renewal funding, affecting p…
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A $14,000 application to the North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to update the county's 2006 cost of community services study, matched by a $2,000 gift from the county Farm Bureau, due December 22.
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An update on Orange County's Community Climate Action grant program.
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The board drafted framing questions for planning staff on how the land use plan addresses affordable housing, what challenges lie ahead in building it, and the rural buffer; and for economic development, noting there is currently no collaboration between that department and housing. Other plans: a March community meet…
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The commission finished its grant application discussions and decided how to allocate $267,750 among the selected applicants. It will continue drafting feedback for applicants, and set aside changes to next year's scoring for a later meeting.Selections and allocations approved
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Volunteers were sought to sort State of the Environment report data. Staff reported a repair café on November 15, a $765,000 agrivoltaics grant being co-written with Cooperative Extension, three sustainability interns at work, the Hillsborough Climate Challenge returning in 2026, and a Trees for the Triangle giveaway…Staff or committee report Environment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceGrants and outside funding
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Recognition of artists and organizations receiving 2025-26 county arts grants. Total funding available was $108,036 — $49,525 from the state arts council for the grassroots program, $28,800 in county artist support grants and $29,711 in outside agency funding — against $139,112.50 in requests. Thirty-one grants were a…
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A $97,503 state arts grant, partly funding a county Programs Coordinator position and partly sub-granted to local nonprofits and schools.Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimous
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Board discussed how state transportation funding is allocated and approved a draft project management plan for non-STIP funded projects, with minor amendments.Approved unanimously
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Update on the federal government shutdown's limited local impact so far, a $56,627 Choosing Home Program grant for home repairs, and a $34,430 Providing Elders Additional Sustenance grant funding biweekly food boxes for older adults with cognitive impairment.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingHealth and human services
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The commission began scoring 16 grant applications totaling $619,095 in requests against $267,750 available, prioritizing greenhouse-gas reduction.Scoring incomplete; to be finished at the next meeting.
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The amendment adds a second year of state grant funding, awarded through Alliance Healthcare, for the CARE mobile crisis team, a three-person unit run jointly with Chapel Hill that responded to 1,040 calls in its first year without an arrest 93% of the time.Approved as part of the consent agenda
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Staff described a pending grant application to the NC ADFP Trust Fund for up to $14,000, matched with a $2,000 gift from the Orange County Farm Bureau, to update the board's 2006 study on the cost of servicing farmland versus residential development.
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The county's required annual hearing on its HOME program report, covering about $539,000 in available funds, of which $169,166 was spent on tenant-based rental assistance; the public comment period runs through September 24.Public hearing opened and closed; no public comments received
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An amendment to the county's 2022 broadband grant agreement with Lumos (T-Fiber/T-Mobile) reducing the number of homes to be connected from 6,370 to 5,852, extending the deadline to July 1, 2026, and revising the $5.2 million remaining payment schedule; about 600 homes in three areas would be dropped from the contract.Approved 5-2; the board separately voted unanimously to reconvene the county's broadband task force
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Consultant Crystal Morphis of Creative Economic Development Consulting presents a draft strategic plan for the Economic Development Department.
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Staff present updated grant application guidelines and seek a board member to fill a vacant seat on the grant review committee.Sharon Hill volunteered for the vacant seat on the grant review committee.Discussion item Grants and outside funding
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Staff give an update on FY2025-26 budget items, including state grant funding for aging services.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingHealth and human services
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The Human Relations Commission is still scoring this year's grant applications; the environment commission will score once that finishes, using a new platform called Submittable.
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Approves $874,702 in combined federal, state, and local transit funding for FY 2027, covering rural transit administration ($219,202), operations for seniors and people with disabilities ($500,000), and capital equipment ($155,500). No one spoke at the hearing.Approved unanimously
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Staff reported first-year progress toward the county's goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050, including a new grant application portal and fewer available federal solar and climate grants than in past years.
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The Leadership Team debated splitting a reduced $44,000 Emergency Solutions Grant pot between the rapid rehousing program and the Inter-Faith Council's Homestart shelter, which had appealed for funding. The team ultimately awarded the full amount to rapid rehousing.Full $44,000 awarded to rapid rehousing; three recused, one opposed, rest in favor
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The board voted to submit its updated housing inventory for county review, heard that applications to the Long Time Homeowners Tax Assistance Program rose 90% amid the county's property revaluation, and noted the County Commissioners have approved the HOME Consolidated and Annual Action Plans.Inventory approved for submission to the countyStaff or committee report Grants and outside fundingHousing and affordabilityTax rate and revaluation
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Staff reported Home and Community Block Grant funding running about $7,000 below last year and that the takeaway lunch program at the senior centers is ending this month.
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Staff brief the commission on the 2025 Climate Action Grant program and new scoring tools for reviewing applications once the window closes in late August.
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Federal historic preservation funds have been released to the states.
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The board approved state and federal transit grant certification and pre-application documents required by the FTA and NCDOT for FY26 and FY27.Approved, part of consent agenda
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The commissioners adopted the budget the week before. It adds money for community-based services staff training and in-home services, and ends the Aging takeaway lunch programme, which runs through August while homebound recipients transfer to Meals on Wheels of Orange County. Federal and state funding was described a…Reported; adopted by the commissioners the previous week
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About 70 people attended the two trails community vision workshops. Community Climate Action Grant applications open in mid-June. The May clothing swap drew over 100 people. The Sustainability Annual Report is finished but not yet shared. A conservation easement and farm succession planning workshop runs 25 June and a…Staff or committee report Environment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceFees and utility ratesGrants and outside funding
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Orange County chose the more structured of the two spending frameworks and receives $12,296,286 over eighteen years; the state keeps 15 percent of North Carolina's settlement and the 100 counties share 85. Five programmes are funded for 2025-26 from fourteen applications, up from four, starting 1 July. The department…
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Projections show significant cuts to federal funding for state preservation programmes nationwide. Several key positions at the state historic preservation office are federally funded. County funding is holding for now, pending the impact of federal and state cuts.Staff or committee report Grants and outside fundingHistoric preservationIntergovernmental agreements
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The five-year plan for the HOME consortium of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and the county, allocated $367,013.59 for the coming programme year, weighted toward home repair and tenant-based rental assistance for households under 50 percent of area median income.Hearing held; three speakers. Comment period ran 7 May to 7 June
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The one-year plan carrying out the consolidated plan. Staff reported the county would receive $8,000 to $9,000 more than the figure in the draft.Hearing held; nine speakers, all supporting the home repair focus
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Outside agency funding recommended at $800,146. Chapel Hill took part in the human services recommendation but changed its process and did not interview agencies in person, which drew a commissioner's concern about a fragmented review.
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III UpdatesThe draft consolidated plan puts preservation and homelessness services ahead of homeownership assistance. The annual action plan and five-year plan go to the commissioners before the June recess. Staff are recommending more money for the Long Time Homeowner Assistance programme because of tax increases.Staff or committee report Grants and outside fundingHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
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The director reported FY24-25 grant activity and said the county manager has approved dropping the start-up grant. Members recommended focusing the programme on small businesses in the county.
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The county expects $12,748,445 over 18 years and has spent $376,438 since 2022 across eight Option A strategies. Of fourteen community applications, the committee recommended five: Piedmont Health $50,400, El Futuro $50,000, Freedom House $72,000, UNC SHAC $37,600 and the Reintegration Support Network $20,000.Recommendations received; final resolution set for 20 May
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The state historic preservation office approved the commission's 2024 activities, keeping the county eligible for Certified Local Government grants.
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A $200,000 grant will put solar on the Cedar Grove Community Center. Trails plan workshops are set for 18 and 21 May, and the county photo contest closes 31 May with few youth entries.
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The 2025-2029 plan and its annual action plan concentrate on tenant-based rental assistance and repair and rehabilitation rather than spreading money thinly. Total funding is about 60 percent of the 2010 figure. Repair has a waiting list fed by more than twenty organisations and is structured as a forgivable loan.
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166 awards over about twenty years, roughly $16 million. Annual funding has fallen to about $500,000 and the number of projects funded has fallen too, so awards are larger and fewer. Some contracts showed long lags between allocation and construction.
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The state board has identified the county's current election management software as needing replacement and secured grant funding for the transition. A demonstration including Electionware 5.2.4.0, the only version compatible with the county's voting equipment, was set for 15 April.Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementElections and districtsGrants and outside fundingSurveillance and cameras
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The school is now listed on the National Register, but needs deteriorated siding repaired, the roof tightened and the exterior painted before a dedication. Staff will pursue a Covington Foundation grant, possibly a challenge grant, and possibly county funding in 2025, and may hold a ceremony on the grant and place the…
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The first hearing on the county's next five-year consolidated plan, the framework for spending federal Community Development Block Grant and HOME money through the Orange County HOME Consortium. Chapel Hill runs the block grant program and the county's housing department runs HOME. Staff reported the county has spent…Hearing opened and closed, both unanimous
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The board received rankings from the Commission for the Environment and the Human Relations Commission and approved the recommended awards. Twenty-five applicants sought $1,151,873 against $262,500 available, and no school projects were funded this cycle. The highest-scored awards were $50,000 to plant 260 native tree…Approved unanimously
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The board extended the deadline in its 2022 agreement with Lumos Fiber from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025 to reach all 6,370 unserved locations. The county funded the partnership with $10 million in American Rescue Plan money paid against benchmarks: $1 million at signing, $3 million when 3,000 homes were pas…Approved unanimously
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The annual report to HUD on what the county did with HOME money between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. The county had $442,802.32 in HOME funds and $96,636.28 in matching money from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and the county, and spent $137,096.90, all on tenant-based rental assistance. Written comments were…Hearing opened and closed, both unanimous
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A memorandum on the UNC cogeneration facility and its air quality permit modification, and the first quarter FY 2024-25 American Rescue Plan update and financial report.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsEnvironment and sustainabilityGrants and outside fundingPublic facilities
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The annual report the board sends to commissioners. Accomplishments listed for 2024: recommending approval of the NC 54 multimodal corridor study, getting NC 10 and a regional transit center in Hillsborough onto the county's Strategic Prioritization 7.0 list, advocating for a Congestion Management and Air Quality gran…Staff or committee report Grants and outside fundingRoads and transportationSchools and educationTransit
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Amanda Garner reviewed revised guidelines for the Business and Agricultural Investment grant programs, including new reporting on jobs and sales generated by recipients, a "change of use" form, and a one-year follow-up expenditure report. Members discussed the living wage standard and outreach to minority-owned busine…Staff or committee report Grants and outside funding
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Amanda Garner presented two performance measures for the county's Vibrant & Diverse Economy strategic-plan goal, headed to the Board of Commissioners in early 2025: a 20% increase in the assessed value of non-residential property by June 2029, and one-year survival rates of 80% for Business Investment grant recipients…Discussion item Grants and outside funding
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Staff reported the county's agricultural economic development grant program has drawn about 15 applications this cycle, a record for the program.Staff or committee report Grants and outside funding
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The Board of Commissioners approved $58,000 in additional funding to continue in-home services previously paid for with ARPA money.Approved, $58,000
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Members finished ranking Round 4 Community Climate Action Grant applications and recommended splitting the county's full $262,500 pool among seven applicants.Approved unanimously: $19,800 Empowerment, $22,600 Eno River Association, $50,000 Habitat for Humanity, $12,000 Jubilee Healing Farm, $50,000 Solar Equity, $50,000 Trees for the Triangle, $58,100 Urb…
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The board accepted a $10,000 state grant for the America 250 program and approved the related budget amendment.Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimous.
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The council voted to approve a letter supporting the county's Great Trails State Coalition grant application for trail work connecting to the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.Approved
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The board acknowledged 33 local artists and organizations awarded a combined $106,116 in grassroots arts and artist project grants out of 65 applications.
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Members scored 25 grant applications totaling $1,151,873 against $262,500 available, recusing three colleagues tied to applications and agreeing to fully or partially fund the highest-ranked requests. The commission did not finish and will resume ranking in November.Not completed; continues in November
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Staff reported that four members with terms expiring December 31 — Regina Baratta, Aimee Vandemark, Patrick Fn'Piere and Jane Harris — will seek reappointment, and that the county received a $25,000 Duke Energy Foundation grant. Staff also previewed upcoming events and said the commission will begin the State of the E…Staff or committee report Appointments and personnelEnvironment and sustainabilityGrants and outside funding
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The county will stop the takeaway lunch program effective October 31, when the ARPA funding covering it ends.
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Staff outlined North Carolina's America 250 grant program marking the country's 250th anniversary in 2026; Orange County received $10,000 toward the effort, and a related $2 million community grant fund has $1 million left after awarding about $990,000 across 50 grants of $2,500 to $30,000, with a 15% match required a…
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Staff reported the commission's FY2025 budget was finalized at $10,000, less than the previous two years, and that no fair housing complaints came in during the month. Staff also flagged access trouble with the SharePoint site and the county's climate action grant application, a request to hold the commission's retrea…
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