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Page 13 of 21 <br /> <br />Orange County (Outside of Chapel <br />Hill/Carrboro) - Indirect <br />Outside of Orange County - Indirect <br />Total 82,393 <br />Income <br /> <br /> <br />Low-income (80% of the Area <br />Median Income and Below) Please <br />see income table in the appendix <br />13,975* indirect <br />Total 13,975 <br /> <br />*Of Carrboro’s 8,990 households, 3,975 are at 80% or below (Reported by Anne-Marie Vanaman, Town <br />of Carrboro); Of Chapel Hill’s 21,000 households, approximately 10,000 are at 80% or below (Reported <br />by Nate Broman-Fulks, Town of Chapel Hill). <br /> <br />15. Please describe any ways in which low-income or marginalized communities/households were <br />engaged in the creation of this project proposal. <br /> <br />A public meeting was held on September 19, 2019 in which board members discussed and voted on <br />funding for OWASA’s solar projects. Community members were invited to comment at this meeting; <br />no comments were received. In early 2020, a letter and email were sent out to neighbors living within <br />2,000 feet of the project site informing them of the solar project and asking for feedback. In March, <br />a public information meeting was held at the Cane Creek Reservoir to hear public feedback on the <br />project. Mary Tiger and Eagle Solar also participated in radio interview in February of 2020. <br /> <br />Engagement Type Date Participation <br />Initial Email Feb. 12, 2020 146 sent <br />Printed mail Mar. 2, 2020 70 mailed <br />Phone calls from public Feb. 12-Mar. 11, 2020 2 received <br />Email Reminder Mar. 11, 2020 149 sent <br />Public event Mar. 11, 2020 2 attended <br /> <br />16. Please describe any potential negative side effects of the project and describe the steps you are <br />taking/will take to eliminate or minimize these impacts to any low-income or marginalized <br />communities/households. <br /> <br />We are not aware of any potential negative side effects of the project. <br /> <br />17. Are the impacted residents already aware of the potential positive and negative impacts of your <br />project and the steps you are taking? If not, please describe your plan to engage with them and how <br />you will act based on their input. <br /> <br />The email and letter and Neighborhood Information Meeting mentioned in question 15 informed <br />residents and interested stakeholders of the potential positive and negative impacts of the project. <br />If funding is secured, we plan to hold another Neighborhood Information Meeting to engage the <br />public and collect feedback on this project, as well as other efforts undertaken by OWASA to build <br />more resiliency and sustainability into our operations. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6F2DEF91-DA4B-449D-8062-2F5319D9C9CC