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<br />2836 <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact $104 per lb. N <br />$170 per lb. P <br />$75,000 EPA <br />+OCCCA <br />Other Unit of Impact: Please describe here <br />costs to repair structures <br />otherwise damaged by <br />flooding and erosion (if <br />not for the bmp’s <br />installed) <br />incalculable <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact No cost incalculable <br /> <br /> (Please feel free to add rows if necessary to show any additional units of impact.) <br />24. Please describe any avoided <br />financial costs or savings related <br />to the project and over what <br />period of time those costs will <br />be avoided/reduced: <br />Many low-income/underserved properties in Tom’s Creek of <br />Carrboro suffer from flooding and erosion that threatens their <br />homes’ physical structures. Eliminating persistent stormwater <br />issues on their properties can prevent their homes from requiring <br />structural repairs that can cost tens of thousands of dollars, thereby <br />avoiding those costs for years, decades, or into perpetuity. <br />Holistically bypassing roads and roofs for vegetative bmp’s that <br />naturally filter the stormwater that otherwise pollutes surrounding <br />waterways and drinking water sources could save hundreds of <br />thousands of dollars in 1) damage to personal and public property <br />that might otherwise be caused by high-volume fast-flowing <br />stormwater; 2) utilities costs associated with filtering drinking water <br />from otherwise polluted drinking-water sources; 3) recreational <br />income (fishing, tubing) that are negatively impacted by high water- <br />pollution levels, 4) environmental costs related to the dependence <br />of human quality of life and native wildlife and plants on healthy <br />waterways, 5) costs of social services for students who may <br />otherwise be unprepared for the work force after high-school (the <br />stipends these students receive for participation in the program <br />often go toward maintaining their families). <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 2C2F66C4-424F-4660-AF8A-A623B6D7194E