Benefits
Wisconsin Green Tier - Legacy Communities
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Recommended Strategy Options
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Health / Quality of Life
Action:
Outcomes and Measures
Policies and Procedures
Description
3rd Party Certifications
Transportation
Eliminate parking minimums from non-residential districts, permit shared parking
1 0 0 Parking supply requirements: where parking is required, establish a mechanism for parking reductions in
districts where minimums exist, and establish parking maximums.
Require that any facility with more than 20 employees and on-site reserve non-
Transportation Demand ADA employee stalls closest to the building entrance for car-poolers and
0 0 0
Management provide a price signal by charging employees for parking or crediting
employees for not using parking.
Sufficient service (at least half-hour headways on weekdays) must be provided
0 1 1 Transit:
within a half-mile of 80 percent of all addresses.
The municipality must require bike parking for all non-residential and multifamily
0 0 1 Bicycle parking:
residential uses.
0 0 0 Neighborhood electric vehicles: The municipality must allow NEVs on appropriate roadways.
0 0 0 Salt: No road salt on local streets.
0 1 1 Safe Routes to School: Establish at least one Safe Routes program for every 10 schools in the locality.
All road projects on minor and major arterials shall accommodate transit,
0 0 1 Complete streets: pedestrians and bicycles. On-street parking shall be provided in commercial
districts.
Adopt a resolution prioritizing transportation system maintenance over new lane-
0 1 0 Fix-it-first: miles. Establish an added process for approving expenditures on new lane-
miles, such as a supermajority vote of the governing body.
Evaluate trends in traffic annually. Develop a plan for reducing traffic by such
0 0 1 Traffic Reduction planning: measures as providing alternative modes, incentivizing compact and mixed-use
development, or Traffic Demand Management and parking policies.
An analysis to evaluate disconnections in the bike and ped networks
(impassable highways, unlinked cul-de-sacs, etc.) shall be performed, with top
1 1 2 Bike-ped plan:
10 needed links identified and submitted programming via local government,
MPO/STP or WisDOT Enhancements funding processes.
Prohibit on- or off-road vehicles from idling on public or private property for
0 0 0 No Vehicle Idling:
more than five minutes.
The municipality shall solicit citizen input on roads and streets that might be
narrowed to facilitate more greenspace, more developable space, or more
1 0 0 Road diet survey:
bike-ped space. Staff shall indicate such nominated road segments on a map
and present it to the governing body and relevant committees.
Any proposal to expand a two-lane road with 20,000 or lower Average
Annualized Daily Traffic as a four-lane must be examined as a Two Way Left Turn
0 1 0 Street design:
Lane (TWLTL) before approval. The governing body must explicitly vote against
the TWLTL before moving ahead with a four-lane project.
Provide a locality-wide Walkscore, calculated by picking 10 random residential
addresses from each populated Census tract and taking the mean of their
Walkscores, of at least 60. Or, where this is not achieved, provide a plan for
2 0 2 Walkscore:
improving the locality-wide Walkscore for review and approval by the Green
Tier Legacy steering committee. Such a plan should include annual increase
goals and a mechanism for annually evaluating progress.
Bicycle Friendly Community Apply for The League of American Bicyclists - Bicycle Friendly Community Award
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Award Score a Bronze level or higher
0 0 0 0 0 Land Use
Where previously undeveloped land is proposed for development, capital costs
Impact fees and special
0 0 0 1 0 for transit, roads, storm water facilities, and other municipal services shall be
assessments:
assessed to the development to the extent possible under current statutes.
Show downward trend in water use and sewage output on a gallons per
1 2 1 1 1 Domestic Water / San Sewer
household , per business unit of output.
Institute a storm water utility charge of at least $X per X units of pervious surface
(roof, pavement, etc.) Such charges may be offset by BMPs to infiltrate storm
water, including rain barrels, cisterns and terrace rain gardens. Pervious
0 2 1 0 0 Stormwater:
pavement and green roofs shall reduce the storm water charge. Alternatively,
stormwater BMPs may be used to meet this criterion. Cities subject to regulation
can receive points in this area for exceeding minimum requirements.
A GIS survey of tree cover shall be performed and reviewed annually. In areas
with gross FAR of 1.0 or less (not including agricultural areas), if aggregate tree
1 2 1 1 1 Forest:
coverage declines, the applicant must submit a plan for reversing the trend for
approval by the steering committee.
Evaluate proposed developments of more than either five dwelling units or
20,000 square feet of non-residential space for their effect on area-wide SOV
traffic. Staff shall communicate findings to their Plan Commissions and local
1 1 1 1 1 Land-use planning: legislative body. Require that all non-residential developments of more than
50,000 square feet requiring rezoning or conditional use permits submit a
transportation demand management plan that mitigates traffic going to and
from the site.
Indetify, proactively target and pre-position underutilized or blighted properties
that occupy potentially vital areas within the urban fabric. Leverage
2 1 2 2 2 Infill Development Programs
brownfields and remediation programs and utilize TIF funding to attract private
capital for redevelopment.
Smart Code, TOD and TND zoning Adopt zoning code language that permits and codifies compact, mixed use,
1 0 1 1 1
and Development codes pedestrian and transit oriented development.
0 0 0 0 0 Urban Design
Inventory all surface parking in the municipality (may be estimated by GIS
remote sensing) and reduce this amount by 10 percent per capita within 10
0 1 0 0 1 Surface parking/heat island: years. Submit a plan to the steering committee and provide annual progress
estimates. Additionally, for any new surface parking constructed, require at
least one shade tree for every 10 stalls.
Not counting lands zoned for open space (parks, wetlands, etc.) and
0 0 1 1 0 FAR: agriculture, aggregate potential Floor Area Ratio under zoning shall increase by
at least 1% per year.
Policies to manage business and
1 Policies to include energy assessments at time of sale/lease, provide EE
household energy use information with application for building permit, Watt meters available to pubic
Require LEED-ND certification for any new large (neighborhood scale)
1 1 1 1 1 LEED-ND
development.
0 0 0 0 0 Municipal operations
Establish a Property Assessed Clean Energy program, initiated with at least $1 for
every resident in the locality. The program must finance energy efficiency
1 0 0 1 0 Efficiency financing: measures, but may also finance renewable energy and water saving measures.
(A similarly sized Pay As You Save program, running through municipal or private
utility bill tariffs, may substitute for the PACE program.)
Department heads in Engineering, Public Works, Planning, Traffic Engineering
and other departments as the participant deems necessary shall attend a
1 1 1 1 1 Staff training:
Legacy Community training to be organized by the steering committee. A point
person is designated.
For existing municipal buildings over 10,000 GSF complete an EPA Energy Star
Portfolio Manager spreadsheet. Buildings scoring less than 67 should be
1 0 0 1 0 Energy Star: subjected to an energy audit. Develop a list of lighting and energy
improvements to raise Energy Star score. All new major equipment purchases
decisions shall be based on applicable efficiency standards.
Inventory all streetlights to determine the cost of 1) safely retiring all mercury
vapor lights and 2) insuring that all streetlights meet or exceed 75 lumens/watt.
Outdoor, Roadway Lighting & Budget for 10 percent of this cost up to $10 per resident per year. New lighting is
1 0 0 1 0
Signals: Dark Sky compliant. Inventory all traffic and crosswalk signals to identify those
using incandescent bulbs. Budget for their replacement over 10 years, up to $10
per resident per year.
 The municipality’s renewably generated electricity shall be at least 5
percentage points higher in terms of mix than the existing renewable portfolio
standard for any given year. If a local supplier’s mix does not meet that
1 0 0 0 0 Electricity purchases: standard, the municipality may close the gap by participating in its voluntary
green energy program or by generating its own wind or solar electric energy. If
these measures are insufficient, the participant may request permission from the
steering committee to purchase offsets.

Curbside recycling is available for household and yard waste. Drop-off recycling
1 0 1 0 0 Expanded Recycling/reuse: is available for electronics and chemical/medical waste. All municipal buildings
have mandatory recycling programs for paper. Audit paper use and follow
reduction plan. Investigate Biogas and biofuels outlets for organics.
Energy/water audit and Municipal operations are audited for energy and water efficiency and a
1 0 0 0 0
performance contracting: funded plan, which could be a performance contract, is adopted.
Assess and score existing municipal buildings according to the LEED-EBO&M
1 1 0 1 1 LEED EBO&M: rating system scorecard. Produce a list of recommendations and actions to
attain LEED Silver level at a minimum.
1 1 0 1 0 Mowing rights of way: Roadside medians and shoulders mown only where needed for safe sightlines.
Provide transit passes at 50 percent or more off the regular price and/or provide
1 0 0 1 1 Employee commuting:
parking cash-out options.
Recycled products (e.g. paper), locally produced, low mercury and low VOC
1 0 0 1 0 Purchasing:
content products given preference in purchasing decisions.
Use only captured rainwater and/or graywater for landscape irrigation at
0 1 0 0 0 Landscape watering.
municipal buildings. May be extended to parks and golf courses.
Require new and substantially renovated municipal buildings to meet LEED Silver
1 1 1 1 1 LEED BD+C:
level at a minimum.
Ongoing monitoring of motor fuel use and new vehicle purchases to meet
1 0 0 1 0 Fleet Vehicles:
SmartWay Elite standards.
0 0 0 0 0

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113 Total Benefit

Other ways to satisfy the criteria: Existing certification or aggregate measures can be

Tier -1 Charter Member: Signatory to Charter and prepare an

EMS based on ISO 14001 within first year of participation.
Achieve 45 points

Tier -2 Charter Member: Signatory to Charter and have an EMS

based on ISO 14001 in operation, show superior environmental
performance in annual report, have no enforcement actions
outstanding.
Achieve 75 points