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considerations. A sustainable approach inherently achieves effic environmental, economic, and social demands. An example of a sustainability policy the City has developed is Streets Policy. By integrating innovative and non-traditional design options and in community and stakeholders, the policy permits flexibility in ac of travel on existing streets to balance the needs of all corridor users. Complete street elements to be considered include: pathways, both on-road and off-road, crosswalks and crossings, stormwater drainage, trees and other landscaping opti public transportation facilities, bicycle facilities, on-street parking, and environmental corridors and wildlife movement. Another way the City of Roseville has incorporated sustainability is through the Parks and Recreation Renewal Program. The Parks Renewal program is a 3-year improvement program guided by the Parks and Recreation System Master Plan that allows community members to plan for the future of Rosevilles Parks and Recreation System. neighborhood meetings and implementation of park projects throug of the renewal program include recreation systems management, re rehabilitation, space acquisition, trail and pathway connections services, community facilities, and natural resources management As mentioned previously in this Plan, sustainability is a thread that is woven throughout the Citys Comprehensive Plan, and this CSWMP is an integral compone Comprehensive Plan. As in the Comprehensive Plan, this CSWMP will serve as a guide towards improving sustainability across all aspects of the City program and activities. Sustainability represents an approach that strives to achieve the most efficient use of community resources. It is a complicated concep City government and includes areas such as waste reduction, wate, and carbon- emission reduction. Nature is a good example to follow as it works to reduce runoff reduce soil loss through vegetation, enhance habitat, and reduce pollutants in storm runoff by infiltration and biological uptake. When we develop land, we change the natural system. Often, we increase both the peak runoff rate as well as the volume of runoff. The increase in both developed runoff rate and volume can be harmful to downstre degradation. This degradation has effects on habitat as well as water quality sediment loads. In addition to channel degradation, we also introduce new sediment loads and pollutants into the natural system through the development process. During construction, we can introduce new sediment loads by exposing previously vegetated soil. After development is completed, we often see a whole new set of pollutants in storm runoff. One example of how during development sustainability could be innto construction site practices would be to use woodchips as a const of rock. The woodchips not only help to remove the sediment from may also be reused elsewhere onsite at a later stage of construcfor final restoration. Furthermore, woodchips could be made on-site from clearing and g reducing the energy use and costs associated with transporting r Another sustainable construction practice example is using trenchless technologies to reduce Comprehensive Surface Water Management PlanROSEV120222 City of RosevillePage 26