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Transportation <br />& a:. A <br />11. Complete Green Streets: Create a network of multimodal green streets. 010 <br />12. Mobility Options: Promote active living and alternatives to single -occupancy car travel. MO <br />13. Efficient City Fleets: Implement a city fleet investment, operations and maintenance plan. <br />14. Demand -Side Travel Planning: Use Travel Demand Management and Transit -Oriented Design <br />Environmental Management <br />f3,¢&*, <br />15. Purchasing: Adopt an environmentally preferable purchasing policy. f ¢ (' <br />16. Urban Forests: Increase city tree and plant cover. <br />17. Efficient Stormwater Management: Minimize the volume of and pollutants in rainwater runoff. <br />18. Parks and Trails: Enhance the city's green infrastructure. <br />19. Surface Water Quality: Improve local water bodies. <br />20. Efficient Water and Wastewater Facilities: Assess and improve drinking water and wastewater <br />facilities. <br />21. Septic Systems: Implement an effective management program for decentralized wastewater <br />treatment systems. <br />22. Solid Waste Reduction: Increase waste reduction, reuse and recycling. <br />23. Local Air Quality: Prevent generation of local air contaminants. <br />Economic and Community Development <br />24. Benchmarks & Community Engagement: Adopt outcome measures for GreenStep <br />and other city sustainability efforts, and engage community members in ongoing <br />education, discussion, and campaigns. a A <br />25. Green Business Development: Document the use of assistance programs for green <br />business and job development. <br />26. Renewable Energy: Remove barriers to and encourage installation of renewable energy <br />generation capacity. <br />27. Local Food: Strengthen local food and fiber production and access. <br />28. Business Synergies: Network/cluster businesses to achieve better energy, economic and <br />environmental outcomes. <br />Minnesota GreenStep Cities grew out of a report to the 2009 Legislature. Governed by a public-private partnership of the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and several non-governmental organizations, the program is led by the MPCA. <br />� s <br />LE41 <br />MINNLSO'&'�i so T_ <br />CITIES <br />www.MnGreenStep.org <br />ate , <br />S,9instasaafa <br />