2020 Administration Department Annual Report

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2020 Annual Report • Administration • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 35 SUSTAINABILITY What is “Sustainability”? Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future. Although it wasn’t always coined “sustainability”, St. Anthony Village has long valued the protection and wise use of our resources. With our mission statement “to be a progressive and welcoming Village, that is walkable, sustainable and safe”. Sustainability is an integral part of the day-to-day workings within City Hall. St. Anthony has developed a dynamic, accessible online city-wide Sustainability Tour story map in 2016 to showcase the City’s tremendous sustainability accomplishments. This highly visual map incorporates web-based mapping technology and allows residents and interested parties to locate and learn about twenty impressive sustainability projects within the City. The story map is intended to be a living tool that can be updated as more projects are completed and to track progress toward sustainability goals. The map can be viewed here: https://datalink.wsbeng.com/StAnthony-Sustainability/ GREENSTEP 5 In 2020, St. Anthony continued to focus on best practices to achieve our sustainability goals and maintain the 5th Step of the GreenStep Cities program. The City of St. Anthony was recognized by the League of Minnesota Cities at the annual conference for this achievement. The 5th Step is the highest level that can be achieved and only a few communities have attained the 5th Step. More information will be presented in the Public Works Department’s Annual Report.