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restrictions). Applicant will encourage its employees to sign up to be a big brother or sister with BGCSA as an approved organization for volunteering. WISEplace 1411 N. Broadway Santa Ana, CA 92706 VASEPIace- SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES. GoodfellasGroup WISEPlace is the only Orange County -based nonprofit leading the effort to end homelessness for unaccompanied women. WISEplace coordinates volunteer service opportunities for local businesses, and it will be listed as one of Applicant's approved organizations for employee volunteering Applicant utilizes an office workflow that is almost completely paperless. Our business utilizes technology to avoid paper for invoicing, receipts, and shipping manifests. Even our employee handbooks, training materials, and other employee documents are provided digitally whenever possible. Applicant has developed a comprehensive plan to ensure its footprint on the environment is mitigated as much as is feasible. This plan includes water conservation, zero waste, renewable energy, and transportation incentives to mitigate its environmental footprint. In conjunction with the exterior and interior tenant improvements required to repurpose the existing building and improve conditions at the project site, Applicant will incorporate modern and highly efficient energy, lighting, and HVAC systems, as well as water -saving retrofits to existing plumbing fixtures. Water efficient landscaping will be provided at the site to comply with City regulations, to soften the streetscape and parking areas, to provide shade, and to capture storm water runoff. Applicant will obtain an account and utilize recycling services from the City's solid waste collector. Employees will be educated and required to recycle and reduce waste at the workplace. Applicant will utilize post -consumer recycled products wherever practicable in the conduct of the business. Finally, the Company will provide a bicycle rack for the convenience of employees and to encourage the use of alternative transportation modes. Water Conservation Strategies Applicant will obtain a water audit from Sweetwater Authority and incorporate recommendations from the audit in the building improvement plans (low -flow fixtures, etc.). The Company will renovate existing landscaped areas with new water efficient, "watersmart" landscaping and irrigation. Zero Waste Strategies Applicant will use forward thinking strategies to reduce and eliminate its land fill waste where possible. These steps include: • The Company will recycle all construction waste from the tenant improvement process and, when the business is operational, it will participate in the city's recycling program for businesses • The Company will properly dispose of all cleaning products and similar hazardous materials used by the business at local facilities designated to accept such waste • The Company will contract with a waste hauler with composting services so that cannabis waste is not disposed of in a landfill • The Company will use post -consumer recycled packaging for sale of cannabis products EXHIBIT A - COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES PLAN -3-