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<br />P.O. Box 8181 * Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Telephone: 919 245-2626 <br />Applicant Organization & Collaborator Information <br /> <br />Please provide the following information about the primary applicant organization: <br /> <br />1. Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): 02/1977 <br /> <br />2. Applicant organization’s Purpose/Mission (no more than 2-4 sentences): <br /> <br />Our Mission: As a community-owned utility, our goal is to reliably provide our customers with high- <br />quality water, wastewater and reclaimed-water services through responsible and creative stewardship <br />of the resources we manage. <br /> <br />Our Vision: We provide excellent service so that if our customers could choose their water utility, they <br />would always select OWASA. We are a trusted steward of the community, environmental, and financial <br />resources we manage. <br /> <br />3. Please provide a brief description of your organization’s past achievements in carrying out similar <br />projects and evidence of successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables (no more <br />than 2-4 sentences). <br /> <br />In October 2020, OWASA broke ground on its first solar PV project at the biosolids site on Berry Andrews <br />Road. Shortly thereafter, OWASA will add two roof-top solar projects at the 400 Jones Ferry campus. <br />These three arrays will total 308 kW DC. <br /> <br />In addition, the utility has an impressive track-record of successfully completing multi-million-dollar <br />capital improvement projects. <br /> <br />4. Living Wage: Does this organization pay permanent employees a minimum living wage? (Yes / No) <br />YES <br /> <br />If yes, is this organization an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer? YES <br /> <br />If no, please briefly explain. <br /> <br /> <br />5. Schedule of Positions: <br />a. Number of Full-Time Paid Positions: 126 <br /> <br />b. Number of Part-Time Paid Positions: 2 <br /> <br />c. Number of volunteers _0_ and average hours worked per volunteer per month__0__ <br /> <br /> <br />Please provide the following information about all significant collaborators and partners whether or <br />not they will be receiving grant funding for this project. Feel free to copy and paste Questions “a” <br />through ”e” as needed if you have more than one significant collaborator/partner: <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6F2DEF91-DA4B-449D-8062-2F5319D9C9CC