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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 10: Implementation <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Collaborate with the Parks Commission to create park/city <br />land management standards/practices that maximize <br />native landscaping and low-maintenance management. <br />City Staff Ecological Improvement Project by Hennepin <br />County will install native landscaping in Silver <br />Point and Central Parks in 2025 <br /> Conserve drinking/groundwater resources by <br />strengthening a watering ordinance, water-wise <br />landscaping ordinance/guidance, and/or guidance on <br />rainwater harvesting. <br />City Staff Natural landscape ordinance adopted, opening <br />up additional natural landscape cover <br /> Develop a policy, grounded in City data, best practices and <br />specific local benchmarks, related to CO2 emission <br />reduction. <br />City Staff Climate Plan complete, implementation ongoing. <br /> Develop an Energy Action Plan that audits current city <br />facilities and identifies areas of energy reduction for city <br />fleet, and city-owned buildings. <br />City Staff Climate Plan complete, implementation ongoing. <br /> Consider development of an Energy Action Plan that <br />outlines community education, outreach, and <br />financing/incentives for private households and businesses <br />to invest in energy efficient appliances, vehicles, and other <br />efforts. <br />City Staff Review of recent multi-family projects has <br />incorporated EV charging and other green <br />infrastructure elements. <br /> Grow a robust urban tree canopy by develop a street tree <br />strategy that capitalizes on street reconstruction as an <br />opportunity to budget for and achieve urban canopy/tree <br />planting goals. <br />City Staff