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EXHIBIT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES PLAN EMPLOYEE CARE A Santa Ana company should be aligned to support the city. In this conception, we believe that the impetus is on us to hire employees from a pool of Santa Ana residents to the fullest extent possible. Mathias Fields has the following benchmarks in mind of our local hiring imperative: • January 1, 2023: 60% employees from Santa Ana • January 1, 2025: 80% employees from Santa Ana • January 1, 2027: 90% employees from Santa Ana While these are benchmarks we aim for, we intend to undertake several steps to meet them including working with the City, engaging with local workforce centers, and developing and utilizing targeted hiring practices, as well as annual reviews of our local hiring efforts and results. In order to retain local employees at the specified target of 90%, we must offer competitive salaries and benefits packages. As caring community stewards, we are prepared to offer the following total compensation packages to our employees: • Hourly salary ranges at a minimum base of $18.00, and up from there for salaried oversight positions (minimum hourly wage based on for a living wage in Orange County, CA per MIT)1 • Several health insurance plan choices, along with HSA/FSA add-ons • Dental and vision care plans • 120 hours of paid time off in the first 3 years, 160 hours in the 3-5 years of employment service period, and 200 for 5 years of service or more • Wellness incentives programs (gym membership subsidization, preventative screening coverage, etc. • Continuing education coverage (tuition reimbursement, workshop attendance sponsorship, scholarship opportunity support) • Retirement fund management and general budgetary support service support ENVIRONMENTAL CARE If the last decade in California as taught residents and businesses anything, it is the necessity of taking forceful and decisive action to protect the weather and geography of the State — and city — we all love. Droughts and 100+ degree weather not a future anyone wants. Thus, Mathias Fields, Inc. sees the following incredibly important actions it must take that will have substantial impacts in environmental arenas where they are most needed: • Energy o Efficiency o Mathias Fields aims to reduce our carbon footprint and strain on the energy grid. We have purpose engineered our facility to maximize our per sf production efficiency. o During the plan check process, we made the decision to convert from HPS to high efficiency LED grow lights which use 50% less energy than traditional HID lights. This also leads to a reduction in HVAC load and ultimately the load on the electrical grid.