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<br />2741 <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact N/A <br />Other Unit of Impact: <br />Please describe here <br />N/A costs to repair <br />structures otherwise <br />damaged by flooding <br />and erosion (if not for <br />the BMPs installed) <br />incalculable <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact N/A <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> (Please feel free to add rows if necessary to show any additional units of impact.) <br /> <br />16. Please describe any <br />avoided financial costs or <br />savings related to the <br />project and over what <br />period of time those costs <br />will be avoided/reduced. <br />Many low-income/underserved Orange County properties, <br />particularly in Tom’s Creek of Carrboro, suffer from flooding <br />and erosion that threatens their homes’ physical structures. <br />Eliminating persistent stormwater issues on their properties <br />can prevent their homes from requiring structural repairs that <br />can cost tens of thousands of dollars, thereby avoiding those <br />costs for years, decades, or into perpetuity. Holistically <br />bypassing roads and roofs for vegetative BMP installations <br />that naturally filter the stormwater that otherwise pollutes <br />surrounding waterways and drinking water sources could <br />save hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1) damage to <br />personal and public property that might otherwise be caused <br />by high-volume fast-flowing stormwater; 2) utilities costs <br />associated with filtering drinking water from otherwise <br />polluted drinking-water sources; 3) recreational income <br />(fishing, swimming, tubing, kayaking) that are negatively <br />impacted by high water-pollution levels, 4) environmental <br />costs related to the dependence of human quality of life and <br />native wildlife and plants on healthy waterways, 5) costs of <br />social services for students who may otherwise be <br />unprepared for the work force after high-school. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566