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<br />2436 <br />17. Are the impacted residents <br />already aware of the potential <br />positive and negative impacts <br />of your project and the steps <br />you are taking? If not, please <br />describe your plan to engage <br />with them and how you will act <br />based on their input: <br />We are working with the Carrboro Stormwater Manager and the <br />Stormwater Advisory Commission to conduct six education and <br />outreach events in areas that have stormwater-challenged <br />properties in Orange County. Teachers and students enrolled in <br />the after-school program funded by OCCCA will also be involved <br />in selection and outreach for the most effective bmp installation <br />sites in the underserved communities. <br />18. During and after the project, <br />what will your continued <br />engagement with the <br />community be? <br />To ensure long-term bmp maintenance, our contract requires <br />property owners to commit to maintaining their bmp for 5 years. <br />To ensure this, USS will continue to seek funding and pay USS <br />teachers and their afterschool (and/or summer) students to <br />perform site checks and provide Green Infrastructure <br />maintenance services every 1-2 years into perpetuity for bmp <br />installations on low-income properties. It is our goal to have <br />community funding so that we can offer Green Infrastructure <br />Apprenticeships to our youth and they can assist property owners <br />with maintenance, enabling USS’s continued and long-term, in- <br />person engagement with these residents and their community. <br />19. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to Social Justice and <br />Racial Equity: <br />Though the program will install real projects that will reduce CO2 <br />emissions, sedimentation, erosion and waterway pollution in real <br />time, its biggest benefit is the important, practical, job-ready skills <br />it provides participating public school teachers and students, who <br />can’t help but educate others and expand the public’s <br />understanding and use of these sustainable stormwater best <br />management practices. In addition to their environmental <br />benefits, these bmp’s also beautify the neighborhood with native <br />and flowering plants that have historically only been associated <br />with wealthier (and generally white) neighborhoods and <br />homeowners’ associations. <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 2 - Emissions Reduced <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 2C2F66C4-424F-4660-AF8A-A623B6D7194E