Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS).
Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS).
Efficiency
Require purchase of U.S. EPA WaterSense-certified products.
Require purchase of U.S. EPA WaterSense-certified products.
Add/expand public transit service.
Add/expand public transit service.
Replace the city's existing traffic signal indications with LEDs.
Replace the city's existing traffic signal indications with LEDs.
Arrange for assistance to commercial, retail and industrial businesses with water use reduction, pollution prevention and pretre
Arrange for assistance to commercial, retail and industrial businesses with water use reduction, pollution prevention and pretreatment prior to discharge to septics.
Clarify/establish one or more responsible management entities (RMEs) for the proper design, siting, installation, operation, monitoring and maintenance of septic systems.
Clarify/establish one or more responsible management entities (RMEs) for the proper design, siting, installation, operation, monitoring and maintenance of septic systems.
Facilitate creation of home/community gardens, chicken & bee keeping, and incorporation of food growing areas/access in multifamily and residential developments.
Facilitate creation of home/community gardens, chicken & bee keeping, and incorporation of food growing areas/access in multifamily and residential developments.
Decrease air emissions from vehicle idling, gasoline filling stations, business trucking, and pollutants/noise from stationary engines/back-up generators.
Decrease air emissions from vehicle idling, gasoline filling stations, business trucking, and pollutants/noise from stationary
Document that the local school bus fleet has optimized routes, start times, boundaries, vehicle efficiency and fuels, driver act
Document that the local school bus fleet has optimized routes, start times, boundaries, vehicle efficiency and fuels, driver actions to cut costs including idling reduction, and shifting students from the bus to walking, biking and city transit.