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Page 9 of 21 <br /> <br />Collaborators and Partners <br /> <br />In some projects, collaborators and partners provide essential capacity and connections. If collaborators <br />or partners are an essential part of your project whether or not they are receiving grant funds, please <br />use this section to provide more details. If you are not working with collaborators or partners, please <br />feel free to write N/A in this section and move to the Social Justice and Racial Equity section. <br />13. Please describe one to three <br />key partnerships/collaborations <br />that add the most value to the <br />success of the proposed <br />project: <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 1 - Social Justice and Racial Equity <br /> <br />14. Who will directly or <br />indirectly benefit from <br />your project? Please be <br />as specific as possible <br />on the characteristics <br />of those who will <br />benefit including, <br />gender, race, age, <br />income level and <br />geographic location. <br /> <br />Also, what are the <br />demographics of the <br />area where your <br />project takes place? <br /> <br />Does your project help <br />to address any racial <br />disparities in the <br />location it is proposed <br />for? <br /> <br />Please list any data <br />sources used and show <br />the steps of any <br />calculations: <br />More than 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions from Town operations come <br />from the vehicle fleet, and those emissions are generated in chapel hill <br />neighborhoods and parks. <br />Garbage trucks are used daily to provide their essential service in every <br />neighborhood across Chapel Hill. These heavy-duty vehicles drive long <br />distances each year and burn thousands of gallons of diesel fuel in the <br />process. Their pattern of stopping and starting during those miles, reduces <br />their efficiency and increases the wear-and-tear on the vehicle’s brakes. This <br />driving pattern becomes an efficiency bonus when using regenerative braking <br />in an electric vehicle. Garbage trucks also return to the depot each night, <br />which can enable them to be fully recharged for the next day. These factors <br />make them an ideal fleet vehicle to electrify to help reduce lifetime costs and <br />neighborhood-based emissions. <br />Commercial zero-turn lawnmowers are critical pieces of equipment that <br />maintain the functionality of 1,376 acres of parkland and open space. This <br />space is distributed across town to bring it close to town residents (an <br />interactive map of the Town’s parks can be found here: <br />https://www.townofchapelhill.org/Home/Components/News/News/17866/4048) <br />Both of these vehicles also begin their workdays early in the morning and <br />often operate close to residential areas. The large reduction in vehicle noise <br />associated with operating the electric versions of these vehicles would improve <br />the livability of all Chapel Hill neighborhoods as well as reducing the fumes <br />and noise that dozens of front-line Chapel Hill staff face each day when <br />fueling and operating these vehicles. <br />Based on the most recent census figures, Chapel Hill’s racial demographics <br />are as follows: 71.3% white, 13.5% Asian, 10.2% Black, 73.2% Hispanic or <br />Latino, and 3.8% all other categories. These proportions generally align with <br />overall County racial demographics except for the Asian category which is <br />70% higher than the County’s overall proportion. In part this is due to <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 494A0BDA-FFC8-478D-826D-7FA71E3E3A5C