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<br />3041 <br />22. Please provide a brief <br />description of similar past <br />achievements or projects <br />and evidence of <br />successfully meeting <br />proposed budgets and <br />timetables (2-4 <br />sentences). <br />1) In early 2024, USS was awarded 1) $220,000 in funding <br />from the EPA to cover 60% of the costs of SCM <br />installations in the Bolin Creek watershed of Orange <br />County, NC, and 2) $69,156 from the Orange County <br />Community Climate Action Grant (OCCCAG) program to <br />match the EPA funding, providing 100% funding to install <br />sustainable stormwater infrastructure on underserved <br />properties in Bolin Creek. USS contract with nearby <br />Weaver Community Association, a Co-Op community <br />within the DEQ mapped area for the underserved, to treat <br />75% of roof-top runoff from 10 apartments with cisterns, <br />grass swales and a regenerative stream conveyance <br />(RSC). Several work days were held during which <br />community members, neighbors, and youth assisted with <br />installations. The project was completed in May and <br />publicly dedicated on June 1, 2024, at 102 Crest St. <br />Carrboro, with several elected officials from Carrboro, <br />Chapel Hill, Orange County, and NC attending. See the <br />full pictorial description of the completed project <br />(https://clarinet-cymbals-2lmg.squarespace.com/portfolio/weaver) <br /> <br />2) in November 2023, with $20,000 in grant funding from the <br />Triangle Community Foundation (awarded early last year) <br />and $12,500 from CDM Smith (awarded in December), <br />USS installed a 1500-gallon cistern at 1007 Braxton <br />Court, which was filmed as an educational video and used <br />for USS's training and certification of 5 public school <br />teachers at Millbrook High School in Wake County. These <br />teachers then taught and implemented the program <br />(available at <br />https://app.box.com/s/ju6g2vbgo4qxh6qxknvhx89grnse5nwu) with <br />28 students after school, completing cistern and rain- <br />garden installations on May 28, 2024, and receiving their <br />stipends at the end of the day. Via press release, <br />neighbors and the public were invited to stop by, witness, <br />and learn more about the USS program. <br /> <br />3) Other completed projects available upon request. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566