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Village of Weston, Wisconsin

2017 Green Tier Legacy Communities Annual Report

Sustainability Component of the Green Tier Legacy Charter

Report last revised March 16, 2017

This Report Covers the 2017 Annual Report

Sustainability Mission Statement: The Village of Weston strives to be the location of choice for living, working, and recreation. The Village is committed to excellence and delivery of cost-effective public services. Weston will promote sustainable new development and redevelopment that add jobs, products, services, and homes and that contribute to a sense of community and quality of life in the Village. Weston will protect, enhance, and celebrate natural amenities such as the riverway and wetlands, and will grow its sense of place through a network of attractive spaces, buildings, and activities. Weston will provide, maintain, and collaborate on trails, parks, playgrounds, and open spaces that encourage an active, engaged and healthy community. Weston will provide and support community facilities, utilities, and broadband communications that are cost-effective, efficient, support resident connections, maintain reasonable tax rates, and protect natural resources. Transportation

• Commuter Bike Route (MPO Bike Plan) o The Village continues to work with the Wausau Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to

list projects on the regional long range transportation plan, which includes supporting bicycling as a commuting option. Weston now has on-street bike routes that connect to other communities in the Wausau metro area. When performing improvements on roads along the bike routes, Weston intends to provide bake lanes or similar space to accommodate riders.

• Bike and Pedestrian Network Connection (Comprehensive Plan) o As Part of our Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Chapter, an emphasis has been placed on

the importance of constructing pedestrian and bicycle friendly paths and lanes as Village roads are being reconstructed or constructed.

• League of American Bicyclists Certification o Continue to maintain our Bronze certification status.

• Complete Streets o The Village plans to design new and improved roadways as Complete Streets serving motorists,

pedestrians, bicyclists, and adjoining neighborhoods. The Village also promotes interconnected streets.

• Street Maintenance Program o The Village spent the past two decades building a sizeable inventory of roadways. Maintaining

these roads is essential for commerce and daily transportation needs. Keeping existing road in good condition and engaging in strategic improvements will take priority over new construction projects.

• Road Diets o The Village utilized a technique in transportation planning called a road diet to improve safety

and congestion relief on public roadways, by taking an existing four-lane, undivided roadway, that serves both through and turning traffic into a three-lane segment with two through lanes and a center, two-way left-turn lane, and pedestrian lanes.

• Anti-Icing o The Village has added an anti-icing truck to the fleet by retrofitting an existing 1-ton truck with

a salt brine tank and spray bar. The process of spraying salt brine onto streets is called anti-icing.

Anti-icing consists of applying liquid salt brine to the pavement surface prior to anticipated snow or ice storms. Anti-icing significantly reduces the amount of salt used because it prevents snow from becoming compacted and bonded to the road surface, which allows plows to more effectively clear the streets.

Anti-icing will be applied on major thoroughfares, main intersections, bridge decks, hills and curves

Land Use

• Camp Phillips Corridor (Redevelopment) o Camp Phillips Road is the major travel way into the Village of Weston from State Highway 29.

The road struggles to keep up with traffic, and residential land uses along it reflect a quieter time. In collaboration with land owners and residents, the Village will advance redevelopment along Camp Phillips Road. The intent is to grow the local economy and tax base; increase commercial services, retail, and restaurants; provide sensitive transitions to neighborhoods; and beautify and unify Weston’s front door.

• Mixed Land Use Language o Within the Land Use Chapter of our Comprehensive Plan, we have added the allowance and

language for mixed use land uses within certain zoning districts. General description consists of: A carefully designed blend of commercial services, retail, office, multiple family residential, and/or institutional land uses, including mixed use sites and/or buildings, creating vibrant urban places and community gathering spots. Compared to the “Planned Neighborhood” future land use designation, “Mixed Use” areas typically are denser, more focused on non-residential development, do not typically include single family housing, and are generally located along major roadway corridors. All served by a public sewer system.

• New Landscaping Requirements o The Village continues to apply new landscaping requirements which were put in place to help

provide and maintain vegetation in a manner that promotes the Village’s natural resource protection, aesthetic, and public health goals.

• The Village received a $25,000 Urban Forestry Grant from the DNR. This grant is being used to towards our tree planting projects, creation of a tree ordinance and the Urban Forestry Management Plan.

• Tree Planting (Street trees) o Through our Natural Resources Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan and an updated Subdivision

Ordinance, the Village plans to require street terrace trees in new developments and street reconstruction projects, per the Village’s Complete Streets policy and zoning and subdivision regulations.

o Over the past couple of years, the Village planted over 300 new trees on Village-owned

property and in the right of ways.

• Tree City USA o Continue to maintain our “Tree City USA” status by maintaining trees in the public right-of-way

and on public lands, managing common tree diseases that threaten urban forest health, and serving as a resource for landowners to manage other mature trees and woodlands.

• New Permitting, Licensing, and Planning Software o In 2016, Village staff started working with a software company called InfoVision to implement a

new on-line permitting, licensing, and planning software called Evolve. This allows residents and contractors to apply for permits online, and removes the need to for printed paper materials. Along with implementing this software, will be the ability to pay for permits online, where currently, payments have to be made in person or through U.S. mail.

• We have a new residential subdivision (Misty Pines), where they were granted an alternative street design. Rather than the typical curb and gutter along the paved roadway, the installed ditches, then with sidewalk behind the ditch towards the private property. This design allowed for a rural section with urban features.

Energy

• Alternative Energy o Regulations in favor of:

▪ Solar Panels ▪ Wind Turbines ▪ Geothermal Systems

The Village’s Zoning Regulations allows for the construction and use of Solar, Wind, and Geothermal energy sources; however, places regulations to follow to ensure these are constructed and used properly as to not have any adverse impacts on neighboring properties.

• The Village of Weston has been going through fleet updates as we replace our vehicles and equipment. The new vehicles and equipment burn cleaner fuel and meet the new diesel emission standards.

• LED Street Lights Following the successful grant awarded to the Village from the State Energy Office, the Village was able to put into motion a $110,000 project to replace light fixtures throughout the Village with LED lights. In 2016, the Village installed 397 LED fixtures, which replaced existing High Pressure Sodium Fixtures. This will be a long-term benefit for the Village as we predict our yearly energy costs will drop and the lighting will also be better along our commercial corridors.

• The Village is in the process of offering its customers with online bill pay options. This will allow people to pay their bills from the comforts of their home, saving fuel and postage.

• Municipal Facilities Study – Reduce Energy Consumption o Plans for future replacement of municipal structures (I.e. Municipal Center, Parks Office, Police

Department, etc.) with keeping the reduction in energy consumption in mind by improving building efficiency, reducing heating/cooling costs, increase employee environments.

Water

• Asset Management (Beehive) o A new software program “Beehive” has been implemented and now in use to improve planning

and work scheduling and optimize labor and equipment use. This maintenance management system will help to track history and document certain events.

• VFD’s for Pumps at Well Houses o Variable Frequency Drives have been installed at Municipal well houses, which will eliminate

wasted water by eliminating high maintenance control valves prone to leakage and reduces energy consumption of pumping operations.

• Automated Meter Reading o The automated meter installation project is underway, and nearing completion. There are

about 5,000 water utility customers receiving updates or the new meters, to allow the meters to be read remotely.

o As previously reported, by using radio-read water meters, the Village of Weston Water Utility will save a great amount of time and energy used in our utility operators traveling from house to house to read water meters, where meter readings will, in the future, be done by a touch of a button by our Utility Clerk from her office computer.

o This service will allow the Village to go from quarterly utility billing to monthly utility billing.

• Stormwater Credits – Rain Barrel and Rain Garden o Each spring the Village holds a “How to Build a Rain Barrel” Workshop. Through these

workshops, participants receive education on the importance of conserving water, protecting our wetlands by being aware of what is washing from your yards, through the storm sewer system, to the wetlands, and how to take advantage of the storm water, by collecting it and reusing it for watering lawns, gardens, and other outdoor watering uses.

o Residents who have rain barrels installed or rain gardens are then offered a one-time storm water credit, which is equivalent to 68% of their annual storm water utility billing.

Waste

• “Sell It”, “Donate It”, “Pitch It” Campaign o In 2013, the Village held a “Sell It”, “Donate It”, “Pitch It” campaign as part of our annual spring

clean-up. Here we were encouraging residents who had unwanted items to first consider selling those items by taking part in our annual Village-Wide Rummage Sale, which typically occurs the first weekend in May. If people are unsuccessful in selling their unwanted items, we then encourage that they consider donating their items to non-profit locations, such as Goodwill. Lastly, if they were unsuccessful in selling or donating their unwanted items to take

part in the spring bulk-item drop-off, which occurs at our contracted refuse/recycling hauler’s location, where they can unload those items free of charge.

• Single-Stream Recycling Program o In 2014, the Village of Weston began its Single-Stream Recycling Program. Through this

program, all Village residents within single-family up to 4-unit residences (on one tax parcel), received a 95-gallon single-stream recycling cart, where all of their clean recyclables (plastics, glass, metals, paper, and cardboard) can be loosely mixed and placed within their cart. Prior to this, though recycling was collected dual stream, residents placed their recyclables within 18-gallon containers. This meant potentially several containers, open to the elements, carried to and placed at the edge of their property. By making recycling easier, more people are participating. The single-stream recycling cart keeps the neighborhoods cleaner, are easier to use, safer for the recycling driver and the resident.

• Home Composting Workshops o Since the start of the Single-Stream Recycling Program, residents started asking us what to do

with their food waste and yard waste. Working with Marathon County Solid Waste Department and Recycling Connections Corporation, we have held Home Composting Workshops in the spring of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and planning a workshop this June, to teach residents how to build your own home compost, and kind of yard waste and food waste can go in those, and how to properly manage the materials as they turn to compost.

• Residential Refuse/Recycling Waste Audit o In July, of 2017, a week-long waste audit was conducted by the Village of Weston, Advanced

Disposal Services, and Marathon County Solid Waste Department. The team inspected both the refuse and recycling carts of randomly selected houses to understand how well residents have interpreted the recycling program in the Village of Weston. Each day, about 20-30 homes were inspected during the audit. This was intended to provide the Village of Weston with in-site on how to improve the recycling program and education efforts. Each house inspected had a flyer taped to the refuse cart or recycling cart explaining any problems or congratulating them for good recycling practices.

• Free Cellcom Electronics Recycling Event o The Cellcom Electronics Recycling Event, held on August 3, 2016, was sponsored by Cellcom

along with RecycleThatStuff.com who collected the items recycled. The Village of Weston provided the location for the event in the parking lot of the Municipal center. The event was open to the public, not just Village of Weston residents, which resulted in an overwhelming amount of participation. There was so much interest in the event from the public, that Schofield Avenue was lined with cars coming from both directions. The event was successful and based on the response from the public, there is a clear need for more events like this one available for the residents. The amount of material collected came to a total of 33,000lbs of electronics. About half of that weight was made up of TVs.

• Village Electronics Recycling Event o Following the results of the 2016 free Cellcom electronics recycling event, the Village teamed

up directly with recyclethatstuff.com, to plan another electronics recycling event; however, at

this event customers paid a small fee for some of the items being dropped off. While we did not collect 33,000 pounds like in 2016, we did however still manage to collect 13,925 pounds of electronics, which is still a good result.

• America Recycles Week o As a way to increase proper recycling awareness, the Village of Weston held its third annual

contest during the week of November 7th – 11th, to celebrate America Recycles Day (which was November 15th). Through a coordinated effort by Village of Weston, Marathon County Solid Waste, and Advanced Disposal Services, random addresses were given to the Advanced Disposal Services driver. Drivers were also given a checklist to gauge how well residents were recycling. We had up to 25 inspections per day scheduled for each of the 5 refuse/recycling routes within Weston. The drivers were instructed to inspect both the refuse cart and recycling cart to verify that only allowed household recyclables were within the recycling cart, and that only household trash was within the refuse cart. If the contents within both carts passed inspection, that particular address was then recorded and entered in to potentially win one of the seven prizes being offered: 55” LG Smart TV, and $25.00 gift certificates to several local businesses.

• Rennes Recycling Event o Following a recycling presentation given to residents at the Renaissance Assisted Living facility,

by the Village and Marathon County Solid Waste Department, it was discovered that this facility was not offering a recycling program to the residents. The Village of Weston, Marathon County Solid Waste Department, Advanced Disposal Services, and LB Medwaste Services all teamed up the social director of the Renaissance, and put on a Recycling Event for the residents. Here we gave an educational presentation about the importance of recycling and of how to recycle. Along with the presentations, a paper shredding service was available to assist the residents who had an abundance of old confidential files to be destroyed.

Healthy Community

• Farmer’s Market with EBT o In July 2012, the Weston Farmer’s Market offered the needed resource to accept FoodShare

(EBT Cards). This system allows those families on the FoodShare program to swipe their EBT card at a terminal located at the market tent and receive tokens to use at participating vendors throughout the market. Tokens are then used to purchase food products, such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat, eggs, bakery items, spices and maple syrup.

• Lower Eau Claire River Water Trail – Canoe/Kayak Launch o In 2015, the Village approved the development of an Access Plan for the Eau Claire River. The

intent of this plan was to identify potential sites to access the river, stopping points, and signage locations throughout various communities along the Lower Eau Claire River. Following this plan, the Village constructed a canoe/kayak access location along the Eau Claire River, immediately adjacent to the Ross Avenue Bridge, on the corner of Ross Avenue and Babl Lane. This launch site was complete in time for the spring 2016, and is currently a popular spot for residents and visitors to access the Eau Claire River. The site now includes a parking lot along

with a toilet area. Plans are being discussed for putting in a second launch further down the river.

• Sidewalk Plan (new and fill in gaps) o A strong emphasis will be placed on filling gaps and completing projects in areas near schools

and parks and long arterial and collector roads. Filling gaps in the sidewalk or shared-use path network may happen as part of new subdivisions, with street reconstruction projects, or as stand-alone projects where need dictates.

• Complete Streets o Back in 2015, The Village of Weston Board adopted a Complete Streets policy, and directed

Village staff to develop implementation strategies to increase the usability of all streets for all modes of travel for citizens of all ages and abilities in the Village, via Resolution VW-15-14. The policy will be implemented through inclusion of Complete Streets improvements in roadway projects proposed in the Village’s Official Future Transportation Map and through an update to the Village’s subdivision ordinance, which occurred in 2016.

• Employee Wellness Program o In 2016, the Village of Weston implemented a wellness plan for all Village employees. This plan

started with a voluntary health risk assessment (consisting of a health questionnaire and biometric screening) for employees to participate in. The Village offered a financial incentive to get employees to participate. The goal is keep employees healthy and happy, as a way to keep healthcare costs down, and in keeping productivity up and employee turnover down. With this program, staff has been participating in wellness challenges, which has proven to also help bring workplace morale up. Through our Wellness Committee, we have now coordinated several employee wellness challenges, which received a pretty high participation rate. We continue to try to create challenges that interests all employees one way or another. Our upcoming challenge, starting April 1st, will be a “bingo” style challenge, where a variety of tasks will be found in the squares of each bingo card. This ranges from number of steps take, to number of miles walked, to participating in events, like archery, to something as simple as taking a day off for relaxation, or going to the local Farmer’s Market.

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Sustainability Strategies Scoresheet (Also known as Appendix 3 of GTLC Charter, Last Revised 02-08-2016 by Rick Eilertson)

Eliminate parking minimums from non-residential districts.

League of American Bicyclists certification. (Bronze 5, Silver 7, Platinum 10)

Identify four-lane roadways with fewer than 20,000 vehicles per day (AADT) and evalute them for "road diets" with bike lanes or on-

street parking

Transportation demand management strategies aim to reduce GHG emissions and VMT by influencing change in individual

behavior. These strategies encourage walking, bicycling, and transit as modes of transportation within a community and seek to

curb the number and length of trips by vehicle.

Require large employers seeking rezoning to set a price signal (cash-out or charge).

Employer-Based Programs

Require large employers seeking rezoning to provide subsidized transit.

Require large employers seeking rezoning to provide a TDM plan that would reduce trips by 20 percent over business as usual.

Set standards for placement and number (as function of intensity of use) for bike parking spaces.

Set parking maximums at X per square feet for office and retail uses.

Transportation system management strategies aim to reduce GHG emissions and VMT by improving the overall performance of a

transportation system. These strategies improve existing infrastructure, introduce new technology, and plan for the future of the

system.

Commuter bike routes identified and cleared.

Calculate lane-miles per capita for arterials and collectors, and show reductions

Require bike parking for all new non-residential and multifamily uses.

Develop and fully fund comprehensive maintenance program for existing roads.

Preservation and Improvement

Scheduled transit service at basic level (hour peak service within half-mile of 50 percent of addresses).

Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs/Projects

Charge impact fees for new roads.

Prepare a plan identifying disconnections in bike and pedestrian networks, prioritizing fixes and identifying potential funding sources

for the most important projects.

Any proposal to add lanes to a two-lane roadway shall be evaluated for a center turn lane, the preferred option over an expansion

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Funded and operating SRTS program (or functional equivalent) covering at least 10 percent of students.

Scheduled transit service at enhanced level (half-hour peak service within 75 percent of addresses).

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Track VMT or traffic counts and report on efforts at reduction (including those on this list).

Traffic Volume

Conduct annual survey of students' mode of transport to school.

This Sustainability Strategies Scoresheet is provided for member communities to track sustainability management strategies in

transportation, energy, land use, water, waste, and health. This scoresheet is intended to be dynamic and flexible. In the spirit of

continuous improvement toward superior environmental performance, suggested revisions to this scoresheet are always

encouraged.

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Electric Vehicles

Ban idling (more than 5 minutes) with local government vehicles.

Ban idling (more than 5 minutes) community-wide.

ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT

Zoning for office and retail districts permits floor-area ratio > 1, on average.

Require trees to be planted in all new developments

Vegetation Management

Vehicle Idling

Set a tree canopy goal and develop a management plan to achieve it

Community Energy Use Policies

Zoning code includes mixed use districts

Establish 75-foot natural vegetation zone by surface water.

Certification as Tree City USA

Public properties and rights of way mown or cleared only for safe sightlines and/or to remove invasive species.

Inventory wetlands and ensure no net annual loss.

Use PACE financing

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Water Protection

Community energy use strategies encourage energy efficiency and the use of renewable fuels to reduce total energy consumption

throughout the community

Zoning for office and retail districts requires floor-area ratio > 1, on average.

Mixed-use language from Smart Code TBA.

Measure Walkscore at 10 random residential addresses per Census tract, compute average, and improve upon overall score

Identify priority areas for infill development, including those eligible for brownfields funding.

COMMUNITY ENERGY USE

Create community policy and BMP guidelines on minimizing chemical use during vegetation management of public and private

properties

Certification as Bird City Wisconsin Community

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Provide public charging stations

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Natural resource management strategies seek to conserve, preserve, protect and promote a community’s greenspace, wildlife,

wetlands and waterways for this and future generations by promoting pervious surfaces and adequate setbacks.

Adopt traditional neighborhood design ordinance (If population is less than 12,500)

Create land bank to acquire and assemble priority infill sites

Zoning and development strategies work toward improving the overall environmental, economic, and social health of a community

by promoting mixed-use and infill development, walkable neighborhoods, and an overall sustainable lifestyle.

Infill Development

Develop an inventory of known contaminated properties for reuse planning, with possible GIS application


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Work with local utilities to calculate total electricity and natural gas consumption annually, beginning with the fifth year before

entering the program.

Adopt Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance (time-of-sale certification and upgrades).

Watt meters available to the public

Stoplights are LED or functional equivalent

Provide transit passes at 50 percent or more off the regular price and/or provide parking cash-out options for local government

employees.

Streetlights operate at 75 lumens/Watt or higher

Local Government Use

Reduce motor fuels use for non-transit activities --

State of Wisconsin Energy Independent (EI) Community designation.

Measuring Community Energy Use

Develop a water loss control plan with targets below the 15% required by the state and include a system-wide water audit

implementation and time table

Infiltration and inflow reduction by 10%

Develop a water efficiency and conservation plan for municipal buildings

WATER USE CONSERVATION

Water Conservation strategy options set baselines and goals for water and energy performance in municipalities. They measure

progress and promote water conservation by the government, business, and the community at-large.

Plan for replacing all toilets using > 1.6 gpf and annual progress sufficient to reach 90 percent replacement in 10 years.

WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

Setting goals for the sustainable management of water and wastewater infrastructure reduces costs; saves energy; and ensures the

protection of public health and the environment.

Develop and implement asset management plans that set targets for the sustainable maintenance, operation and renewal of

water and wastewater infrastructure.

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Use block rates and flat rates to encourage water conservation among residential, commercial, and industrial users.

Install waterless urinals in men's restrooms at municipal facilities (city hall, parks, etc.)

All outdoor watering by local government, excluding parks and golf courses, from rain collection.

Water Conservation

Calculate annual government fleet use of motor fuels, in gallons of petroleum and biofuels, beginning with the fifth year before

entering the program.

Develop list of lighting, HVAC and shell improvements to raise Energy Star Portfolio Manager or LEED EBO&M score

Municipal electricity purchases are at least 5 percentage points higher in renewable content than the statewide renewable

portfolio standard requires. Calculation may include self-generated power and purchased offsets.

Measuring Government Energy Use

Complete EPA Energy Star Portfolio Manager spreadsheet for government energy use. Or score existing buildings with LEED EBO&M.

All new and renovated municipal buildings must meet LEED Silver or greater.

Track water and sewer use annually, beginning with fifth year before entering program, and develop plan for reductions.

Include transportation energy/emissions as criterion in RFPs for purchases of goods over $10,000.

MUNICIPAL ENERGY USE

Municipal energy use strategies encourage municipal employees to conserve energy, preserve the environment, and decrease

greenhouse gas emissions from municipal facilities, services, and vehicle fleets.

Government Energy Use Policies


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Replace concrete channels with re-meandered and naturalized creeks, wetlands, or swales

Develop a regular street sweeping program to reduce total suspended solids

Work with commercial or light industrial businesses to develop stormwater pollution plans

Inventory all paved surfaces (e.g., by GIS mapping), and develop a plan for reduction

WATER AND DEVELOPMENT

Waters, Wetlands, and Wildlife

Provide incentives for protection of green infrastructure, sensitive areas, important wildlife habitat, or for the restoration or

rehabilitation of wetlands or other degraded habitats such as credit towards open space or set-aside requirements

Construction/deconstruction waste recycling ordinance

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTION

Identify key green infrastructure areas during plan development and/or implement a plan to acquire and protect key green

infrastructure areas

Land Development

Develop a system for identifying culverts that obstruct fish migration and install fish friendly culverts where needed

Water and Development strategy options link water conservation and the preservation of land, wetlands, and wildlife habitat while

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Waste Management and Reduction strategy options encourage municipalities and their citizens to divert organics and recyclables

from landfills and properly dispose of hazardous materials in an effort to reduce waste in a community.

Waste and materials management plan based on "zero-waste" principles, with specific goals, prepared and updated annually

Pay-as-you-throw system implemented by municipality or required of private waste haulers

Develop a municipal collection program that encourages the diversion of food discards, yard materials, and other organics from

landfills to composting or anaerobic digestion with energy recovery

Ordinances in place to reduce the usage of phone books as well as single-use shopping bags, styrofoam food containers and other

disposable packaging

Develop and promote programs that dispose of household hazardous, medical, and electronic waste

Use anaerobic digesters to process organic waste and produce energy

Implement municipal ordinances requiring manufacturer takeback for fluorescent bulbs, thermostats and other mercury-containing

devices

Mandatory residential curbside recycling pickup that covers paper, metal cans, glass and plastic bottles

Stormwater utility fees offer credits for best management practices such as rain barrels, rain gardens, and pervious paving

Community waste stream monitored at least annually . Waste reduction plan prepared and updated annually

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

Stormwater Management strategy options encourage the use of best management practices to achieve a reduction in the amount

of harmful pollutants introduced to our streams, rivers, and lakes.

HEALTHY COMMUNITY PLANNING

Policies and projects related to incorporating health living into community design- whether by built form, programs, education, etc.

in an effort to reduce trends in poor nutrition, inactive lifestyles, chronic diseases, such as obesity and heart disease, and other

negative health risk factors.

Use public education and outreach to promote recycling, backyard composting, product re-use and waste reduction

Set goals for increasing the recovery of resources from wastewater for energy generation (heat or electricity) and fertilizer.

Explore partnership options with high-strength waste.

Upgrade water and wastewater utility equipment (e.g., variable frequency drive motors) to achieve energy efficiency based on

total life cycle, triple bottom line costs (e.g. maintenance and replacement strategies in asset management plans).

Wastewater biogas captured and used in operations.

Financial assistance for sewer lateral replacements.


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Housing

Crime Prevention and Other Harm Reduction

Establish a program to make housing more affordable.

Establish a program to address chronic homelessness, such as "permanent housing".

Use by policy, ordinance or practice, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and active threat planning to make public

spaces, such as recreational space, crime free.

Establish and implement Harm Reduction strategies for alcohol outlet density and sexual oriented establishments (e.g. zoning

limitations)

Adopt an ordinance or policy that requires tobacco-free and e-cigarette free apartments or places limitations on such structures.

Adopt an ordinance or policy that promotes tobacco-free and e-cigarette free parks and/or public events on local government-

owned property.

Require sidewalks in new residential areas and establish a policy for adding sidewalks, as appropriate, in areas built out without

sidewalks.

Implement a Complete Streets policy.

Provide recreation programs for youth, adults, senior citizens and disabled persons.

Establish a pedestrian safety task force.

Adopt ordinances and programs to maintain a healthy housing stock (code enforcement, landlord licenses, volunteer program,

truth-in housing disclosure before sale, etc.).

Allow life cycle or adaptable housing options, such as "aging in place", accessory dwelling units, Universal or Inclusive Design,

Dementia Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, etc.

Implement strategies (urban agriculture, community gardens on public land, diversified farmer’s markets, expanded

traditional retail food options, ordinances to allow urban chickens and beekeeping and vegetable gardening in rights of

way) that help increase fresh food access in the community, in particular in areas with food insecurity (e.g., “food deserts”

and “food swamps”), including access by EBT and WIC participants.

Create a Food Systems Plan that addresses the production, distribution, value-added, marketing, end-market, and disposal of food,

and charge a new or existing governmental body to oversee the plan’s implementation.

Provide an on-street and/or off-street trail network connecting recreational areas in the community (e.g. safe routes to parks) and

other trip generators, such as shopping malls, ensuring all neighborhoods are included in planning and implementation.

Encourage pedestrian and bicycle site connections from front door of businesses or apartments to a public sidewalk and/or bike

lane ensuring connections to all neighborhoods.

Provide education and establish programming to encourage physical activity, especially by youth.

Establish an expanded public transit that serves commuters from all neighborhoods and major parks and recreation facilities, and

has racks on vehicles for carrying bicycles.

Adopt a resolution that promotes Health in All Policies at the community level (e.g., HEAL Resolution). Include that educational

campaigns supporting a program covered by the resolution are appropriately targeted to all of the populations addressed by the

program

Establish a Health Impact Assessments policy, including when an assessment is required and its scope

Add health policies in 1 or more of the community's plans, including the comprehensive plan, long-range transportation plan,

bicycle/pedestrian plan and open spaces recreation plan (embedded or stand-alone chapter) or develop a comprehensive,

community wide wellness plan.

Site schools in the Comprehensive Plan for accessibility with existing or new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure

Encourage the formation and/or support of Neighborhood Improvement Districts (NIDs), Neighborhood Development Corporations,

or other similar types of neighborhood reinvestment and enhancement strategies in plans or policies.


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prevent their abuse and entry into solid waste or wastewater.

Employee Health

Placemaking

Create and implement a climate change action plan that includes a carbon footprint study, and health related components on

reducing air pollution from combustion of fossil fuels and responding to heat episodes and flooding, focusing in particular on most

vulnerable populations.

Adopt an ordinance, including conditional use permits, on noise abatement for various zoning districts.

Implement a wellness program for employees of the local jurisdiction.

Encourage or partner with others, such as the Chamber of Commerce, etc., to advance workplace wellness programs within the

community.

Support placemaking at varying scale (neighborhood to major city facility) and permanence (temporary to permanent) through

programming, financial support and removal of regulatory barriers to promote healthy living and social capital in the community.

Adopt form-based codes or similar type design guidelines for healthy active living environments.

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