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P a g e 10 o f 22 <br /> <br />9. Please choose the primary <br />climate change mitigation focus <br />for this project (select all that <br />apply): <br />☒ Energy Efficiency <br />☒ Renewable Energy <br />☐ Beneficial Electrification <br />☒ Carbon Sequestration <br />☒ Other (Please describe): Reduced urban heat island effect from <br />shading associated with green roofs and solar panel installations. <br />10. Has your organization or have <br />your collaborators/partners <br />completed projects of this type in <br />the past? If so, what funds were <br />used? <br />☐ Yes <br />☐ Funding used (Please describe): <br />☒ No <br />11. If this project is not selected for <br />funding in this round, what other <br />funding might be used to support <br />it within the next 5 years? <br />☐ Other capital or operational funds <br />☐ None. This is a unique opportunity. <br />☒ Unknown (please describe): It has not yet been determined how <br />these features will be financed without this funding. The Town and <br />the County have both committed significant funding (Town: <br />$12,000,000.00, County: $15,638,255.00) but the absolute project <br />cost will not be known until it goes to bid at the end of 2021/early <br />2022. <br /> <br /> <br />12. Please select the jurisdiction(s) <br />where your project is focused <br />and briefly state how your <br />project aligns with the relevant <br />Climate Action Plans (2-4 <br />sentences). <br /> <br />Please name the action items <br />from each relevant plan that best <br />align with your proposed project: <br />☒ Carrboro: https://townofcarrboro.org/928/Community-Climate- <br />Action-Plan <br />☐ Chapel Hill: <br />https://www.sustainchapelhill.org/featured/2020/2/18/climate- <br />action-and-response-plan <br />☐ Orange County: In progress, please instead show alignment with <br />the Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities. <br /> <br />This proposed project aligns with the above plan(s) in the following <br />ways: <br />This project helps the Town of Carrboro fulfill Buildings <br />Recommendation #1 in its 2017 Community Climate Action Plan, <br />which directs the Town to work to reduce emissions attributed to <br />Carrboro buildings by 80% by 2030. <br /> <br />The green roof aligns with the ecosystem protection and <br />enhancement section of the Community Climate Action Plan as well <br />as the plan’s Buildings Recommendation #1 to reduce emissions <br />attributed to Carrboro buildings by 80% by 2030. <br /> <br />The project also aligns with goals related to facility energy <br />efficiency and renewable energy outlined in the Town’s municipal <br />Energy and Climate Protection Plan. <br /> <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 08DD74BE-CE96-4D90-9C72-8BD18C25E2E7