2025-065-E-County Mgr-Trees for the Triangle-Shade for Schools Tree Planting

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Page 8 of 24 5. Please select the jurisdiction(s) where your project is focused and briefly state how your project aligns with the relevant Climate Action Plans (2-4 sentences): Please name the action items from each relevant plan that best align with your proposed project. ☒ Carrboro: https://townofcarrboro.org/928/Community-Climate-Action-Plan ☒ Chapel Hill: https://www.sustainchapelhill.org/featured/2020/2/18/climate-action-and- response-plan ☒ Orange County: https://www.orangecountync.gov/3096/Climate-Action- Plan This proposed project aligns with the above plan(s) in the following ways: The Shade for Schools - Orange County proposal aligns with the Climate Action Plans of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro by leveraging Nature-Based Solutions, with a focus on the strategic and equitable planting of trees to enhance carbon sequestration and create a positive community impact. Trees for the Triangle applauds Orange County’s ordinances that preserve 33% of acreage from new development and aims to further these tree protection efforts. Inspired by the success of Chapel Hill’s 2020 tree plantings in historically underserved neighborhoods - funded by the Orange County Community Climate Action grant - we plan to expand these benefits to schools across the County region supported by this grant funding. Our project directly and indirectly aligns with numerous key actions and recommendations from the three Climate Action Plans, as detailed below: Orange County’s 2023 Climate Action Plan • Equity Goals (Social Justice Goals Resolution): o Foster a community culture that rejects oppression and inequity. o Ensure economic self-sufficiency. o Create a safe community. o Establish sustainable and equitable land-use and environmental policies. o Enable full civic participation. o Shade for Schools - Orange County: Advance equity and environmental justice by planting trees at schools in underserved areas, fostering a safer, healthier, and more sustainable environment. Promote community involvement, economic self-sufficiency, and civic engagement, ensuring that all students benefit from enhanced green spaces and climate resilience, and in turn, benefits their teachers, families, neighborhoods, and communities. • Green Community Goal (GC 2): Increase the tree canopy community wide. o Target: Give away 10,000 tree seedlings in 10 years (1,000 a year). o Shade for Schools - Orange County: Plant 260 trees, increasing the tree canopy community-wide, and distribute 2,600 tree seedlings, over 25% of Orange County’s target within just two years. • GC 2.1.2: Utilize “community scientists,” residents that support tree inventory efforts; partner with Trees for the Triangle. o Shade for Schools - Orange County: Fulfill partnership as Docusign Envelope ID: D22675F9-86C0-429B-8CAD-74E02C6C68FC