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Approval Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 21BCC000091 to Recognize $188,000 in Grant Revenue from The City of Durham to Soil and Water Department and Increase the Expenses to Implement the Southeastern Sustainability Community Fund Project
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Date of BOCC Meeting: March 8, 2021
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The Board is requested to approve budget amendment No. 21BCC000091 recognizing $188,000 in grant revenue from the City of Durham to the Soil and Water Department increase the expenses to collaborate with the City of Durham on a Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) grant. The project's primary goals are to address climate change by reducing stormwater runoff, streambank erosion, and flooding in low-income neighborhoods in the Ellerbe Creek Watershed of Durham and improving energy and water efficiency in homes in these same neighborhoods. The proposed project will install stormwater mitigation measures such as downspout disconnections, cisterns, rain gardens on homes and properties, and planting trees and stabilizing streambanks along streams that are vulnerable to erosion and flooding. It will weatherize homes in those same neighborhoods, install water-saving devices, and provide homeowners with information about available incentives for further energy savings. An important secondary goal is to provide disadvantaged students with an opportunity to learn green infrastructure job skills through participation in the Bionomic Education Training Center (BETC) program and job shadowing with Rebuilding Together of the Triangle staff.
The Soil and Water Department requests that the BOCC approve the Draft MOU (attached to this budget amendment) with the City of Durham for the $188,000 to be used as outlined in the grant request (see attached final grant document & budget). In summary, $100,800 would be allocated to the Durham Public Schools Career & Technical Education to pay for extended employment contracts for teachers to supe...
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