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<br />1341 <br />5. Please select the <br />jurisdiction(s) where your <br />project is focused and <br />briefly state how your <br />project aligns with the <br />relevant Climate Action <br />Plans (2-4 sentences): <br /> <br />Please name the action <br />items from each relevant <br />plan that best align with <br />your proposed project. <br />X Carrboro: https://townofcarrboro.org/928/Community- <br />Climate-Action-Plan <br />X Chapel Hill: <br />https://www.sustainchapelhill.org/featured/2020/2/18/climat <br />e-action-and-response-plan <br />X Orange County: <br />https://www.orangecountync.gov/3096/Climate-Action-Plan <br /> <br />This proposed project aligns with the above plan(s) in the <br />following ways: <br />Carrboro and Chapel Hill: “to reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions while raising the community’s awareness of <br />and involvement in solutions to global climate change <br />and a post-carbon energy future, adaptation to changes, <br />and enhancement of ecosystem resilience.” <br />Recommendations are provided around the themes of <br />“community integration” and “ecosystem protection and <br />restoration”, among others. In addition to climate change <br />mitigation, the preferred results outlined by Carrboro’s <br />plan include “financial savings, the creation of new jobs, <br />improved air quality and public health, and healthier <br />forests and streams.” Our program outlined herein <br />addresses all of these. <br />Orange County: 1) “Providing for safety and welfare of all <br />Orange County residents” and 2) “long-range planning for <br />county needs (capital investment plan)” - these are <br />among Orange County commissioners’ top priorities, and <br />our program outlined herein serves them both. In <br />particular, our program addresses Orange County’s goals <br />to 1) “Implement planning and economic development <br />policies which create a balanced, dynamic local <br />economy, and which promote diversity, sustainable <br />growth, and enhanced revenue while embracing <br />community values; 2) “Create, preserve, and protect a <br />natural environment that includes clean water, clean air, <br />wildlife, important natural lands, and sustainable energy <br />for present and future generations”; and 3) “Ensure a <br />high quality of life and lifelong learning that champions <br />diversity, education at all levels, libraries, parks, <br />recreation, and animal welfare.” <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 1 - Social Justice and Racial Equity <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 6 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566