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SUSTAINLANECRITERIAGREEN&SUSTAINABLEDRAFTRECOMMENDATIONS

Thefollowing16criteriahavebeenidentifiedbySustainLaneasimportantcharacteristicsindetermininga

sustainablecommunity.Abriefdescriptionofeachofthesecriteriaisbelow.

1. CommutetoWorkSustainLanecriteriabaseduponinformationfromU.S.CensusandAmericanFactFinder:

Percentageusingpublictransit

Percentagewalkingtowork

Percentagebicycling

to

work

Percentagethatcarpool

Percentagethatdrivealoneinvehicle

AnadditionalsourceofinformationmaybetheAmericanPublicTransportationAssociation2008PublicTransit

Factbook.

2. MetroTransportationSustainLanecriteriabasedonfiguresfromtheTexasTransportationInstitutes2007UrbanMobilityReport.

Derivedatabasedonridershipmilesandareaofthecity(squaremiles).

3. MetroCongestionSustainLane

criteria

based

on

the

Texas

Transportation

Institutes

2007

report

(organization

is

associated

with

TexasA&M). Deriveaverageamountoftimespentwaitingintraffic.

4. AirQualitySustainLanecriteriabasedonaverageAirQualityIndexfromtheEPA,combinedwithEPACleanAirActNon

Attainmentinformation.

5. TapWaterQualitySustainLanecriteriabasedontheEnvironmentalWorkingGroupsDecember2005U.S.citydrinkingwater

database,NationalAssessmentofTapWaterQuality.

6. Green(LEED)BuildingsSustainLanecriteriabasedonthenumberofLeadershipinEnergyandEnvironmentalDesign(LEED)certifiedand

registeredbuildings,adjustedpercapita.AgreaterweightingisgiventoLEEDCertifiedthanLEEDRegistered,as

wellasforLEEDPlatinumorLEEDGoldbuildingsthanLEEDSilverorLEEDCertifiedbuildings.Theresultingtotalis

thennormalizedonapercapitabasis,usingtheadjustednumberofLEEDbuildingsper100,000people.

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7. LocalFood&AgricultureSustainLanecriteriabasedonthenumberofcommunitygardensandfarmersmarketspercity,withadditional

creditgiventothosemarketsacceptingWIC(women,infants,children)andfoodstamps.Thisdataisfromboth

NonGovernmentalOrganizations(NGOs)andtheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture,aswellasfromcities

themselves.

8. WasteManagementSustainLane

criteria

based

on

the

diversion

of

total

waste

from

city

landfills

through

recycling,

green

waste

and

compostingprograms.

9. PlanningandLandUseSustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Extentofurbansprawl

Percentofcitylandareadevotedtoparks

Citiespedestrianandbicycleaccessandplanning

Transitorienteddevelopment

Regionalplanningefforts

10.HousingAffordabilitySustainLanecriteriabasedon:

MedianU.S.housingprices

MedianU.S.incomes

Citieswithlivingwageordinances

11.NaturalDisasterRiskSustainLanecriteriabasedonthepotentialfrequencyandextentofdamagefromhurricanes,floods,tornadoes,

earthquakesanddevastatinghail.

12.GreenEconomySustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Greenor

LEED

(Leadership

in

Energy

and

Environment)

buildings

per

capita

Farmersmarketspercapita

Presenceofacityorpublicprivateincubatorforcleantechnologyindustries,includingrenewableenergy,

advancedtransportation,advancedwatertreatment,alternativefuels,greenbuildingandenergy

efficiency

Presencewithinthecityofagreenbusinessdirectory,eitherpublicorprivate

13.EnergyandClimateChangePolicySustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Citygreenhousegastrackingandcarbonemissioninventories

Carbonemissionreductiongoals

Overallrenewable

energy

use

Percentageforeachcitysalternativefueledvehiclesaspartofthetotalvehiclefleetwascreditedtocities

withsuchfleetsofgreaterthan12percentoftotalfleet

AdditionalcreditwasgiventocitiesthathadformallysignedontotheU.S.MayorsClimateProtection

AgreementbegunbySeattleMayorGregNickels,aswellastocitiesthathadinstitutedsignificant,wide

rangingmitigationoradaptationprogramsorhadmountedsignificantcitywideplanningefforts

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14.CityInnovationSustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Environmentallypreferablepurchasingprograms

Citycommercialgreenbuildingincentives

Cityresidentialgreenbuildingincentives

Carpoolingcoordination

Carsharingprograms(publicorprivate)

At

least

one

other

significant

city

innovation

or

program

not

accounted

for

in

the

other

five

areas

15.KnowledgeBase/CommunicationsSustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Whetherthecityhasanoverallplanforsustainability

Whetherithasasustainabilityorenvironmentaldepartmentthatmanagesandtrackssustainability

effortsacrossthecity

Whetherthecityisworkingincollaborationwithamajorfederalresearchlaboratoryorresearch

university

Whetherthecityisworkingwithanongovernmentalorganizationacrossthecity,ratherthaninonlya

singleneighborhood

16.WaterSupplySustainLanecriteriabasedon:

Eachcityswatersupply,inadditiontotapwaterqualityandpercapitaconsumption

Dependenceofwateronrainandsnowpack,levelofdroughtorotherconflict,suchasflooding,

populationgrowthrateandgallonsofwaterconsumedperpersonperday

Conservationprogramsandgoalsinplace

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