1. How “green” is your community?
Score sheet
On a scale of 1 to 6 - with 6 being best, our community............
1. Encourages developm ent within or near the Worst............Best
existing “built-up” area or close to public
transportation? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
2. Encourages developm ent that is served by
existing rather than new water and waster water
facilities? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
3. Encourages developm ent in areas having no or
lim ited endangered or other ecological im pacts?
Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
4. Encourages developm ent that conserves water
quality, natural hydrology, habitat - water bodies
and wetlands? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
5. Encourages developm ent that seeks to preserve
irreplaceable prim e agriculture and unique
farm hand? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
6. Encourages developm ent that seeks to preserve
open space - forested and other habitat
conservation lands? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
7. Encourages redevelopm ent opportunities even if
the site is com plicated by environm ental
contam ination? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
8. Encourages developm ent that seeks to reduce
automobile vehicle use in favor of alternative
transportation - walking, biking and m ass transit? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
9. Encourages housing developm ent in close
proxim ity to em ploym ent opportunities to reduce the
num ber and length of vehicle journey-to-work trips? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
10. Encouragers location of schools to facilitate
physical activity - walking to and from school? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó

2. 11. Discourages developm ent of steep slope
topography to m inim ize storm water erosion by Worst............Best
preserving steep slope vegetation?
Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
12. Encourages use of conservation design
principles in new developm ent that seeks to
preserve open space to protect native habitat,
wetlands and water features? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
13. Encourages inter connection of existing and new
developm ent to prom ote sidewalk, pathway and
street connectedness? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
14. Encourages higher density developm ent to
prom ote m ass transportation efficiency and greater
walkability/ Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
15. Encourages developm ent that intersperses
owner and renter occupied housing available to a
wide range of household incomes? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
16. Encourages developm ent that orientates parking
away for street frontages to increase pedestrian use
of street frontages? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
17. Encourages use of m ass transit? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
18. Has a plan for direct and safe pedestrian
partway connections to local destinations,
neighborhood centers and other regional Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
com m unities?
19. Has to provide a variety of open spaces and
recreational facilities close to resident work and Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
hom e locations?
20. Encourages comm unity participation in project
planning by individuals m ost likely to be directly
im pacted by the project? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
21. Encourages comm unity -based local food
production prom oting direct access to fresh foods
while reducing long-distance food transport? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
22. Has requirem ents that lim it construction
activity pollution such as soil erosion, waterway
sedim entation and airborne dust generation? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó

3. Worst..........B
..est
23. Encourages energy efficiency and use of “green”
building products for new construction? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
24. Encourages low-im pact landscaping techniques
and “rain gardens” to reduce landscaping irrigations
supporting water conservation and ground water Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
recharge?
Encourages adaptive reuse of historic and other
buildings including reuse of scavenged building Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
m aterials when possible?
26. Encou4rahes building designs that reduce “heat
islands” that can effect the m icro clim ate
surrounding the building? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
27. Discourages light pollution by lim iting light-
trespass and am ount of light produced by
luminaries? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
28. Maintains a com prehensive plan describing the
goals for future developm ent of our com m unity? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
29. Provides a m echanism to educate the residents
of the com m unity of the goals to “green” the
com m unity? Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
30. Encourages com m unity participation in events Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó
promoting the “greening’ of the com m unity?
Please transfer you results to the attached
sheet for our collection.
Results will be posted on
http://greencitydevelopment.blogspot.com/

4. How “green” is your community?
Score sheet
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