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Orange County · Commission for the Environment
Monday, December 8, 2025

Regular meeting Environment and sustainabilityGrants and outside fundingParks and recreation

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Commission for the Environment planned to weigh a petition from Commissioner Sally Greene. It would widen the Community Climate Action Grant fund to cover climate adaptation as well as mitigation. Members were also due to approve a final draft of their annual report and work plan for January submission. They also planned to decide whether to keep sponsoring the Nature of Orange photo contest.

The agenda set aside time for a State of the Environment report round table and sub-committee breakouts on the year's projects. It also listed updates on the commission's RIPPLE environmental awards, whose application window opens December 1 and closes February 1. No summary of the meeting is on file.

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Agenda items (7)

Discussion item · 3Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1
  1. III Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary — Nov. 10, 2025
    Minutes approval
  2. IV Nature of Orange Photo Contest
    Presentation Environment and sustainabilityParks and recreation
    The year's winning photographs, with a request that the commission continue sponsoring the contest.
  3. V CFE Annual Report and Work Plan
    Staff or committee report Environment and sustainability
    Edits and additions to the annual report and work plan, with a final draft to be approved for January submission to the clerk.
  4. VI Climate Action Grant Petition
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityGrants and outside funding
    Whether to support Commissioner Sally Greene's petition to widen the Community Climate Action Grant fund to cover climate adaptation as well as mitigation.
  5. VII State of the Environment Report Round Table
    Discussion item Environment and sustainability
    Status of the report's sub-topics, missing material and which emerging issues to cover.
  6. VIII Sub-Committee Breakouts
    Discussion item Environment and sustainability
    Committee breakouts on goals and projects for the year, reporting back to the full commission.
  7. IX Updates and Information Items
    Staff or committee report Environment and sustainability
    Committee summaries and the commission's RIPPLE environmental awards, whose application window opens December 1 and closes February 1.

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