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3 star:Provide sources of non-potable water,or surface/rain water,for parkland irrigation;require all <br />city-licensed turf grass services to have staff certified at Level 1 in MPCA turf grass BMPs;transition to <br />all-electric equipment;introduce sheep/goats to keep grass mowed/invasives at bay;raise honey on city <br />land/buildings; other innovative methods. <br />b. Recycling/compostables collection; use of compost as a soil amendment. <br />c. Sources of nonpotable water, or surface/rain water, for irrigation. <br />6. Certify at least one golf course in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program. <br />7.Document that the operation and maintenance,or construction /remodeling,of at least one park building used an <br />asset management tool, the SB 2030 energy standard, or a green building framework. <br />8.Develop a program to involve community members in hands-on land restoration,invasive species management <br />and stewardship projects. <br />1 star:Create an annual event (can be in cooperation with other organizations)or ongoing 'adopt a <br />park'effort for volunteer trash cleanup of open space,buckthorn removal,etc.for parks or selected public <br />open space areas;educate community members about invasive species.Report gardens plots in city parks <br />under BP 27.3 <br />2 star:In addition to cleanup and removal of exotics (1 Star),engage community members in annual <br />restoration of natural areas (replanting shoreland buffers, restoring prairie, etc.). <br />3 star:Create and fund an annual city-wide event for cleanup and restoration,engaging residents in <br />most neighborhoods and creating a public promotion around the event;coordinate the use of unused <br />public land for seasonal community use (pop-up parks, gardens, art, etc.). <br />Local Food {BP No. 27} <br />Strengthen local food production and access. <br />Best Practice Actions <br />1.Protect working landscapes -agriculture and forestry -by adopting an ordinance or incentivizing one or more of the <br />following: <br />a. An agriculture and forest protection district. <br />b. A local food production district. <br />c. Incubator farms, emerging farmers, and land access. <br />2.Facilitate creation of home/community gardens,chicken &bee keeping,and incorporation of food growing areas/ <br />access in multifamily and residential developments. <br />3. Create, assist with and promote local food production/distribution within the city: <br />a. A farmer's market or co-op buying club. <br />b.An urban agriculture business or a community-supported agriculture (CSA)arrangement between farmers <br />and community members/employees. <br />c.A community or school garden, orchard or forest. <br />1 star:Summarize what exists in the city: a farmer's market, urban ag businesses, school garden, etc. <br />2 star:Report on supportive actions taken by the city such as use of city land for a farmer's market, <br />garden plots in city parks,rooftop gardens,hiring a garden/market coordinator,supporting season <br />extension techniques such as hoop houses or greenhouses;a winter farmer's market;donations from <br />markets/gardens to food shelves. <br />3 star:Report a permanent conservation easement on a school forest,orchard,garden;report on <br />percent of housing units within a 1 mile of a healthy food source (farmer's market,community garden, <br />CSA drop point,and stores with an NAICS code of 445110 or 445230);convert top level of a parking ramp <br />for a local food growing business; support a mobile food market to bring healthy food to people. <br />4.Measurably increase institutional buying and sales of foods and fibers that are local,Minnesota-grown,organic, <br />healthy, humanely raised, and grown by fairly compensated growers. <br />5. Assess, plan for, and enhance the community’s local food system.