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15. Sustainable Purchasing Required BP 1. Adopt a sustainable purchasing policy or administrative guidelines practices directing that the city purchase at least: Complete action (1), and ... a. Energy5tar certified equipment and appliances and b. Paper containing at least 30% post -consumer recycled content. 2. Purchase energy used by city government - via green tags, community solar garden, 3rd party - with a higher renewable percentage than required by Minnesota law. ... complete at least ONE additional action. 3. Establish a local purchasing preference and, working with a local business association, develop a list of locally -produced products and suppliers for common purchases. 4. Require purchase of U.S. EPA WaterSense-certified products. 5. Set minimum standards for the percentage of recycled -content material in asphalt and roadbed aggregate or other construction materials, and for compost and warm mix asphalt use. 6. Require printing services to be purchased from companies certified by Minnesota Great Printers or by the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. F. Lower the environmental footprint of meetings and events in the city. 8. Use state and national green standards/guidelines for at least 3 categories of purchasing/investments such as electronics, cleaning products, flooring/coatings. lhttp://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDtlai I.cfm?bpid=l5 16. Urban Forests Required BP 1. Certify as a Tree City USA. Complete at least TWO actions. 2. Adopt best practices for urban tree planting/quality; require them in private developments and/or use them in at least one city project. 3. Budget for and achieve resilient urban canopy/tree planting goals. 4. Maximize tree planting along your main downtown street or throughout the city. 5. Adopt a tree preservation or native landscaping ordinance. 6. Build community capacity to protect existing trees by one or more of: a. Having trained tree specialists. b. Supporting volunteer forestry efforts. c. Adopting an EAB management plan / climate adaptation plan for the urban forest http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/bestPracticesDtiai I.cfm?bpid= 17. Stormwater Management Required BP 1. Adopt and use Minnesota's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS). 2. Complete a stormwater management assessment and be recognized for implementing the actions therein. 3. Adopt by ordinance one or more of the following stormwater infiltration/management strategies: a. A narrower streets provision that permits construction of 22- or 24-foot roads for public, residential access and subcollector streets (with fewer than 500 average daily trips).