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Transportation <br />11. Complete Green Streets: Create a network of multimodal green streets. <br />12. Mobility Options: Promote active living and alternatives to single- occupancy car travel. <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 />15. Purchasing: Adopt an environmentally preferable purchasing policy. <br />16. Urban Forests: Increase city tree and plant cover. <br />17. Efficient Stormwater Management: Minimize the volume of and pollutants in rainwater <br />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 sewer <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 and other <br />city sustainability efforts, and engage community members in ongoing education, discussion, <br />and campaigns. <br />25. Green Business Development: Support the expansion of the green business sector in your city. <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. The program is governed by a public - private <br />partnership of state agencies and non - governmental organizations and is led by the MPCA. <br />FIrn Urban Land <br />Minnesota <br />L'EAGUE yr <br />MGNN[sOTA <br />CITI[5 <br />4. <br />rids ti P E E <br />RCE <br />019 <br />Mlnneaela IlepoKmen! of Commerce <br />www.MnGreenStep.org <br />reat Plains <br />stptute <br />Cat <br />R ! R <br />