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(6) Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who add energy/sustainability <br />improvements or renovate using a green building framework. Completed <br />(7) Customize a model sustainable building renovation policy and adopt the language to govern <br />commercial renovation projects that: <br />a. Receive city financial support, and/or <br />b. Require city regulatory approval (conditional use permits, rezonings, variances, PUD <br />status). <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetail.cfm?bpid=2 <br />3. New Green Buildings <br />Optional BP <br />(1) Require by city policy that new city -owned buildings built in the future use a green building <br />framework. <br />Completed <br />If implementing this BP, complete <br />(2) Work with the local school district to ensure that future new schools are built using a green <br />building framework <br />at least action (1) or (2) and ... <br />(3) Customize a model sustainable building policy and adopt language governing new private <br />development projects that: <br />... complete at least ONE <br />additional action (3) through (5). <br />a. Receive city financial support, and/or <br />b. Require city regulatory approval (conditional use permit, rezoning, variance, PUD). <br />(4) Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who build new buildings that utilize a <br />green building framework <br />(5) Adopt environmentally preferable covenant guidelines for new common interest communities <br />addressing issues such as stormwater, native vegetation, growing food, clothes lines and renewable <br />energy. <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetaii.cfm?bELd=3 <br />4. Efficient Outdoor Lighting and Signals <br />Optional BP <br />(1) Require energy efficient, Dark -Sky compliant new or replacement outdoor lighting fixtures on <br />city-owned/private buildings and facilities. <br />(2) Require all new street lighting to be Dark -Sky compliant and all new traffic signals to be <br />Energy5tar compliant. <br />Completed <br />(3) Modify any city franchise or other agreement with a utility to facilitate rapid replacement of <br />inefficient street lighting. <br />Completed <br />If implementing this best practice, <br />(4) Coordinate traffic signals and/or optimize signal timing so as minimize car idling at <br />intersections yet maintain safe and publicly acceptable vehicle speeds. <br />complete at least TWO actions, <br />including one of actions (5) <br />(5) Use LED/solar-powered lighting for a flashing sign or in a street, parking lot or park project. <br />Completed <br />through (8). <br />(6) Relamp/improve exterior building lighting for city -owned buildings/facilities with energy <br />efficient, Dark -Sky compliant lighting. <br />Check <br />(7) Replace city -owned parking lot/ramp lighting with Dark -Sky compliant, energy efficient, <br />automatic dimming lighting technologies. <br />Check <br />(8) Replace the city's existing traffic signals with energy efficient LED or equivalent lighting <br />technologies <br />Check <br />http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDetaii.cfm?bELd=4 <br />5. Building Reuse <br />Optional BP <br />(1) Adopt an historic preservation ordinance/regulations to encourage adaptive reuse. <br />