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s Exhibit A Project Preface The City's Neighborhood Initiatives and Environmental Services (HIES) section was awarded Community Development Block Grant federal funding to address the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) through the application of a Cool Pavement treatment at several community parks. HIES worked with staff from the Public Works Agency to identify park construction projects.The first round of project funding complements the asphalt coating and restriping at Madison Park parking lot of 41,400 sq.ft and Campesino Park parking lot area of 10,400 sq. ft. Cool Pavement treatment at both parks was completed June loth, 2025. The Scope of the Project: University's Grand Challenges Initiative Team (GCIT)will perform a 2-Task Cool Pavement temperature data collection (TDC) of Madison Park and Campesino Park parking lots for the City of Santa Ana's Planning and Building Agency and Public Works Agency to integrate to the following Santa Ana general plan EJ policies: 1.3 Community—Collaboration, Conservation 1,10, Conservation 1.11, and Community 2.2. The Project is expected to: a) Create data measures for consideration of public educational purposes. b) Enhance Santa Ana communities' learning about the UHIE and heat mitigation strategies. c) Give hands on experience for GCIT students and community members working on a city Cool Pavement TDC project. d) Offer Chapman students the opportunities for involvement in community engagement and workshops in the community. e.) Provide members of the public access to real-time data that can determine the efficiency of the Cool Pavement installment. The GCIT comprised of professors and students, will provide methodological and analytical expertise to the research in all tasks of the project_The GCIT will specifically__________ 1. Supervise TDC activities 2. Monitor,collect and analyze temperature data. 3. Utilize and provide their own research equipment. 4. Present a data report designed to educate the public and encourage an increase in city tree canopy coverage. As the project manager of the City's Cool Pavement Pilot Project, the HIES team will facilitate research and community engagement in all tasks of the project. HIES will specifically: 1. Provide Public Works Agency with regular collection updates. 2. Schedule timely check-ins with GCIT to ensure that deadlines are met and deliverables are completed. 3. Provide support with outreach to neighborhoods to notify residents about onsite testing days. 4. Create a public involvement plan that includes opportunity awareness of city events, schools, and other community spaces. S. Collaborate with the City's Parks Security Services Park Patrol for security awareness during TDC activities. 6. Facilitate the scheduling of community engagement presentations. 9