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P a g e 9 o f 12 <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 have not identified any negative side effects of the projects. <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 <br />how you will act based on their input. <br /> <br />If awarded, our plan is to share the positive impacts of this project with Town residents. We <br />are also considering park signage that would promote and educate about the positive impacts <br />of the project. <br /> <br />18. Please describe any other aspect of your project that is relevant to Social Justice and Racial Equity. <br /> <br />The Town will state a preference for and/or seek out minority and women-owned business <br />enterprises (MWBE) to bid on this project. Also, community members who are part of <br />organizations renting the fields will continue to have access to fee assistance and scholarship <br />programs to enable participation regardless of income. While some participants qualifying for <br />such assistance may identify as a part of a historically marginalized group such as a racial or <br />ethnic minority, we do not assume that this is or will be true of all beneficiaries of this <br />recreation access program. <br /> <br />Emissions Reduced <br /> <br />19. How many tons of greenhouse gas emissions will your project reduce/avoid each year? <br /> <br />We estimate an annual electricity savings of 38,850 kWh, resulting in a reduction of 19,425 <br />pounds of CO2e per year. <br /> <br />20. For how many years will this emissions reduction take place as a result of your project? Please <br />consider the expected lifetime of the technology/program/impact etc. <br /> <br />The LED lighting fixtures are estimated to last as many as 25 years, and the Town intends to <br />continue investing in LEDs or a more efficient lighting technology in the future. <br /> <br />21. Please describe the location of the emissions reduction. Where would fossil fuels have been burned <br />if not for your project? For projects creating electricity usage reductions, it can be difficult to <br />determine the location of the power produced. Please feel free to state “Grid-tied electricity <br />reduction” <br /> <br />Grid-tied electricity reduction. <br /> <br />22. Please describe any other aspect of your project that is relevant to the amount of emissions that it <br />will reduce or avoid. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 74B52019-280F-41A8-B673-D36C5D62642B