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5. Document that a development project certifies under the LEED for Neighborhood <br />Development program and is awarded at least one of the following credits: <br />a. Transportation Demand Management. <br />b. Housing and Jobs Proximity. <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetail.cfm?bpid=14 <br />BP # 15 required BP #15 and BP #16 and ONE other <br />BP required <br />BP #15, BP #16, BP #17 and ONE <br />other BP required <br />15. Sustainable Purchasing Required BP Required BP Required BP <br />1. Adopt a sustainable purchasing policy or administrative guidelines/practices directing that <br />the city purchase at least: <br />a. EnergyStar certified equipment and appliances and <br />b. Paper containing at least 30% post-consumer recycled content. <br />2. Purchase energy used by city government/distributed by a municipal utility from renewable <br />energy sources. <br />3. Establish a local purchasing preference and, working with a local business association, <br />develop a list of locally-produced products and suppliers for common purchases. <br />4. Require purchase of U.S. EPA WaterSense-certified products. <br />5. Set minimum standards for the percentage of recycled-content material in asphalt and <br />roadbed aggregate or other construction materials. <br />6. Require printing services to be purchased from companies certified by Minnesota Great <br />Printers or by the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. <br />7. Lower the environmental footprint of meetings and events in the city. <br />8. Use state and national green standards/guidelines for at least 3 categories of <br />purchasing/investments. <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetail.cfm?bpid=15 <br />16. Urban Forests Optional BP Required BP Required BP <br />1. Certify as a Tree City USA. <br />2. Adopt best practices for urban tree planting/quality; use them in at least one development <br />project. <br />3. Budget for and achieve urban canopy/tree planting goals. <br />4. Maximize tree planting along your main downtown street or throughout the city. <br />5. Adopt a tree preservation or native landscaping ordinance. <br />6. Build community capacity to protect existing trees/plant resilient species by certifying at <br />least one or more local staff/volunteers. <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetail.cfm?bpid=16 <br />17. Stormwater Management Optional BP Optional BP Required BP <br />1. Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS). <br />2. Complete the Blue Star City stormwater management assessment and be recognized for <br />implementing the actions therein. <br />3. Adopt by ordinance one or more of the following stormwater infiltration/management <br />strategies: <br />a. A narrower streets provision that permits construction of 22- or 24-foot roads for <br />public, residential access and subcollector streets (with fewer than 500 average daily <br />trips). <br />b. For sites less than one acre, retain the water quality volume of 1.1 inches of runoff <br />from all impervious surfaces for new and fully-redeveloped construction sites. <br />c. For non-MS4 permittees, adopt an illicit discharge prohibition rule or ordinance <br />and an erosion and sediment control ordinance. <br /> <br />Required action Complete action (1), and ...Complete action (1), and … <br />Environmental Management Category: BPs 15 - 23 <br />If implementing this BP, complete <br /> <br />If implementing this BP, complete <br /> Complete at least ONE action <br />… complete at least ONE <br />additional action. <br />… complete at least ONE additional <br />action. <br />If implementing this BP, complete <br />at least ONE action.Complete at least ONE action.Complete at least TWO actions.