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<br />2041 <br />9. Are the impacted residents already aware <br />of the potential positive and negative <br />impacts of your project and the steps you <br />are taking? If not, please describe your <br />plan to engage with them and how you <br />will act based on their input. <br />With the help of the Carrboro Stormwater <br />Manager and the Stormwater Advisory <br />Commission, USS is conducting six <br />education and outreach events in <br />stormwater-challenged areas in Orange <br />County. Teachers and students enrolled in <br />the after-school program funded by OCCCA <br />will also be involved in selection and <br />outreach for the most effective BMP <br />installation sites in these underserved <br />communities. USS staff will continue to <br />contact neighborhood associations and/or <br />churches and, if necessary, will knock on <br />prospective property owners’ doors to <br />personally educate them about USS’s free <br />stormwater management installations and <br />their benefits. <br />Our organization’s website presents a <br />detailed documentary of our most recent <br />projects, including before and after pictures: <br />https://clarinet-cymbals-2lmg.squarespace.com/portfolio; <br />especially view the Weaver Community <br />property: https://clarinet-cymbals- <br />2lmg.squarespace.com/portfolio/weaver. USS <br />followup will help ensure the properties are <br />maintained. <br />10. During and after the project, what will <br />your continued engagement with the <br />impacted community be? <br />Please see above. To ensure long-term BMP <br />maintenance, our contract requires property <br />owners to commit to maintaining their BMPs <br />for 5 years. To ensure this, USS will continue <br />to seek and secure funding to pay USS <br />teachers and their afterschool (and/or <br />summer) students to perform site checks and <br />provide Green Infrastructure maintenance <br />services every 1-2 years for USS <br />installations on low-income properties. Our <br />goal is to utilize community funding to offer <br />Green Infrastructure Apprenticeships to our <br />youth, through which they assist property <br />owners with maintenance, enabling USS’s <br />continued and long-term, in-person <br />engagement with these residents and their <br />communities. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566