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 | Key Strategies for Neighborhood Implementation Consideration
Chapter | Comp Plan Policy  # | POLICY | Social | Enviornmental | Economic | Strategies as stated for local implementation consideration
 | LAND USE Strategy 1: Target Growth in Unique Neighborhoods
LU | 1.1 | Guide the development of housing in [NAME], commercial areas within [NAME], and in Residential Corridors |  |  | $ | Identify sites where small scale multifamily housing and neighborhood serving commerce can be located.
LU | 1.12 | Balance the following objectives for Neighborhood Centers through the density and scale of development: accommodating growth, supporting transit use and walking, providing a range of housing types, providing housing at densities that support transit, and providing open space and recreational opportunities. | Social | Envr | $ | Identify specific characteristics of the Neighborhood Centers within specific districts that are amenable to the density and scale of development that will accommodate growth.
LU | 1.13 | Establish boundaries for Neighborhood Centers that reflect existing development patterns and functional characteristics of the area. |  | Envr |  | Establish boundaries for Neighborhood Centers within specific districts.
LU | 1.14 | Plan for growth in Neighborhood Centers. | Social | Envr | $ | Prepare guidelines and potential scenarios that will allow and encourage growth in Neighborhood Centers to occur.
LU | 1.15 | Promote Neighborhood Centers as compact, mixed-use communities that provide services and employment close to residences. | Social | Envr | $ | Identify sites in Neighborhood Centers within specific districts where compact developments that provide services and employment close to housing.
LU | 1.17 | Promote a place, amenity, or activity that serves as a community focus and emphasizes the special identity of individual Neighborhood Centers. | Social |  |  | Identify sites within the public realm and activities that characterize the special identity of Neighborhood Centers within specific districts.
LU | 1.18 | Provide connections for bicycles and pedestrians to community facilities (e.g., parks, recreation centers, libraries, etc.) and to activities that support the residential population; and to adjacent areas of the city (see bicycle and pedestrian policies in the Transportation Plan and the [NAME] and Recreation Plan). | Social |  |  | Identify bicycle and pedestrian connections to community facilities and activities within Neighborhood Centers.
LU | 1.2 | Permit high density residential development in Neighborhood Centers, [NAME], the Central Corridor, and Downtown. |  | Envr | $ | Identify sites where high density residential multifamily housing can be developed.
LU | 1.21 | Balance the following objectives for Mixed-Use Corridors through the density and scale of development: accommodating growth, supporting transit use and walking, providing a range of housing types, and providing housing at densities that support transit. | Social | Envr | $ | Identify specific characteristics of [NAME] within specific districts that are amenable to the density and scale of development that will accommodate growth.
LU | 1.22 | Establish boundaries for Mixed-Use Corridors to guide development activity, monitor growth and other development conditions, and evaluate performance toward meeting objectives for providing services. |  | Envr |  | Establish boundaries for Mixed Use Corridors within specific districts.
LU | 1.23 | Guide development along Mixed-Use Corridors. | Social | Envr | $ | Prepare guidelines and potential scenarios that will allow and encourage growth in Mixed Use Corridors to occur.
LU | 1.24 | Support a mix of uses on Mixed-Use Corridors. |  | Envr | $ | Identify sites on Mixed Use Corridors where a mix of uses can
LU | 1.25 | Promote the development of more intensive housing on Mixed-Use Corridors where supported by zoning that permits mixed-use and multifamily residential development. |  | Envr | $ | Identify sites on Mixed Use Corridors wer more intensive residential uses can be developed.
LU | 1.27 | Provide connections by bicycle and pedestrian facilities to adjacent areas. | Social |  |  | Identify bicycle and pedestrian connections between [NAME] and adjacent areas.
LU | 1.31 | Promote a broad mix of uses Downtown (e.g., commercial, office, government, housing, visitor attractions, etc.), so as to attract greater numbers of people to Downtown. | Social | Envr | $ | Identify sites where uses attractive to employers and employees, residents, and visitors can be developed.
LU | 1.33 | Promote the growth and diversity of housing opportunities in Downtown’s urban villages at a level sufficiently high to increase the residential population so that a broad mix of commercial retail can be developed and sustained. | Social |  | $ | Identify sites in Downtown where more intense multifamily housing can be developed.
LU | 1.34 | Strengthen neighborhood connections to [NAME] through development and improvements that support and complement Downtown businesses and urban villages. | Social |  |  | Identify measures that will encourage greater usage of connections between Downtown and adjacent areas.
LU | 1.4 | Promote the development of housing that provides choices for people of all ages, including singles and young couples, families, empty-nesters, and seniors. | Social |  |  | Identify sites within each district where housing for residents of all ages can be developed.
LU | 1.41 | Promote the development of a range of housing types and housing values in each of the 17 planning districts. | Social |  |  | Identify sites within each district where housing of various types and values can be developed.
LU | 1.45 | Maintain and enhance retail commercial areas throughout the city by promoting standards that make them vital and attractive: | Social | Envr | $ | Identify techniques and guidelines for enhancing commercial areas within each district.
LU | 1.46 | Encourage the expansion of compact commercial areas in Neighborhood Centers and [NAME] to further the objectives of both categories of neighborhoods. |  |  | $ | Identify areas of potential expansion of compact commercial areas in Neighborhood Centers and on Mixed Use Corridors.
LU | 1.47 | Ensure that streets in compact commercial areas conform to certain criteria: use of traditional urban building form, streetscape amenities, and traffic calming measures. | Social |  |  | Identify locations in Neighborhood Centers and on Mixed Use Corridors for the installation of streetscape amenities and traffic calming measures; identify sites where new and rehabilitated development can conform to traditional urban building form.
LU | 1.5 | Facilitate the redevelopment of commercial areas where existing buildings are no longer considered functional to accommodate viable retail and businesses. |  |  | $ | Identify commercial areas and buildings that area no longer functional to accommodate businesses; prepare guidelines for redevelopment of these areas and buildings.
LU | 1.51 | Prepare a study of commercial zoning districts citywide to determine the amount of commercial zoning best able to provide goods and services for residents, employment districts, and visitors in various areas of the city, as well as the amount of commercial zoning best able to be integral parts of the city’s economy; recommend changes to the zoning districts based on the study. |  |  | $ | Identify commercial areas within each district where commercial zoning should be changed to accommodate other, more viable, uses.
LU | 1.52 | Prioritize the development of compact commercial areas accessible by pedestrians and transit users over commercial areas more readily accessed by automobile. Discourage new and expanded auto-oriented uses. | Social | Envr | $ | Identify auto-oriented uses that should be phased out as redevelopment opportunities arise.
LU | 1.53 | Encourage changes to the design of existing auto-oriented commercial buildings and areas with elements of traditional urban form to minimize impacts on the pedestrian realm. | Social |  |  | Identify auto-oriented uses that could be redesigned consistent with traditional urban form when they are rehabilitated or otherwise altered.
LU | 1.55 | Collaborate with public and private schools elementary and secondary schools in conjunction with construction or major remodeling. | Social |  |  | Establish guidelines for neighborhood collaboration when school buildings are constructed or otherwise altered.
LU | 1.6 | Explore the potential for accessory units in Established Neighborhoods | Social |  |  | Identify neighborhoods where accessory units can be developed.
LU | 1.7 | Permit neighborhood serving commercial businesses compatible with the character of [NAME]. | Social |  | $ | Establish guidelines for the development of neighborhood serving commerce in individual [NAME] within specific districts.
LU | 1.8 | Encourage the development of townhouses and smaller multi-family developments, compatible with the character of [NAME]. | Social |  | $ | Establish guidelines for new and rehabilitated townhouses and smaller multifamily developments.
LU | 1.9 | Encourage the development of medium density multi-family housing along Residential Corridors (see [NAME]). | Social |  | $ | Identify sites along Residential Corridors where medium-density multifamily housing can be developed.
LU | LAND USE Strategy 2: Provide Land for Jobs
LU | 2.1 | Ensure the availability of sufficient quantities of land suitable for existing and new employment centers; prepare an inventory of properties zoned for industrial and commercial uses that have the potential for redevelopment as employment centers. |  |  | $ | Identify sites for employment centers within specific districts.
LU | 2.15 | Redevelop underutilized or vacant land in railroad corridors. |  | Envr | $ | Identify sites in railroad corridors that can be redeveloped.
LU | 2.2 | Promote the redevelopment of outmoded and non-productive sites and buildings so they can sustain existing industries and attract emerging industries to [NAME]; focus on issues that include, but are not limited to, energy efficiency, water conservation, and broadband capablility. |  | Envr | $ | Identify non-productive employment center sites for rehabilitation or redevelopment.
LU | 2.4 | Focus the growth of employment centers in Downtown, the Central Corridor, industrial corridors, and on larger tracts of land, where there is infrastructure capacity and where redevelopment as employment centers, or as mixed-use development that includes employment centers, could occur. |  |  | $ | Identify potential employment centers within specific districts.
LU | 2.5 | Encourage the redevelopment of sites on arterial streets zoned for B2, B3, and TN2 uses as employment centers. To that end, facilitate redevelopment through a program of assembling parcels to create sites sufficiently large to accommodate smaller scale industrial and office uses. |  |  | $ | Identify sites on arterials streets for potential employment centers.
LU | LAND USE Strategy 3: Promote Aesthetics and Development Standards
LU | 3.11 | Encourage the coordination of business signs to achieve greater consistency among business signs and signs of community interest and to reduce visual clutter. |  |  | $ | Prepare a business sign strategy for commercial areas within specific districts.
LU | 3.12 | Preserve and support parks and open space as part of the natural eco-system and as critical elements in the public realm. | Social | Envr |  | Prepare community supported techniques for preserving and supporting parks and open space within specific districts.
LU | 3.14 | Include public art policies in small area plans and other planning documents. | Social |  |  | Prepare public art policies for specific districts.
LU | 3.16 | Facilitate collaboration between artists and the community to identify opportunities for public art and to discuss civic issues that may inform the artist’s work. | Social |  |  | Identify opportunities for public art within specific districts.
LU | 3.17 | Preserve significant public views through standards that regulate such impacts as height, bulk, scale, and view corridor (Figure LU- O ). | Social | Envr |  | Identify measures to preserve significant public views as noted on [NAME]
LU | 3.18 | Support the protection and enhancement of the visibility of architectural landmarks. | Social | Envr |  | Identify architectural landmarks within specific districts.
LU | 3.2 | Prepare design standards that provide a transition between single-family houses and nearby taller buildings. | Social | Envr |  | Identify where design standards for transition areas between single family houses and nearby taller buildings, prepared for citywide use, can be applied.
LU | 3.6 | Encourage improvement of safety through design, as outlined in Design for Public Safety. | Social |  |  | Identify potential redevelopment sites where standards for safety through design can be applied in connection with new construction or rehabilitation.
LU | 3.8 | Enhance the city’s physical and aesthetic environment by preventing the indiscriminate removal or destruction of trees where practicable and by protecting large trees and exceptional trees that are historic, ecological, or aesthetic (see tree policies in the [NAME] and Recreation Plan). | Social | Envr |  | To the greatest extent possible, identify trees of unique history, ecology and aesthetics.
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TR | TRANSPORTATION Strategy 1: Provide a Safe and Well-Maintained System
TR | 1.1 | Complete the streets. | Social | Envr | $ | Support and Collaborate on design of transportation projects to help accomodate all users.
TR | 1.1 | Maintain sidewalks, street crossings, and bikeways year round. | Social | Envr | $ | Promote snow shoveling campains, connect seniors who may need help with maintenance  to neighbors, and spread information about its importance
TR | 1.11 | Raise motorist awareness of pedestrians and bicycles, and raise bicyclist awareness of traffic laws and pedestrian rights. | Social |  |  | Could target campaigns and education to locations with high incidence of bike or pedestrian crashes
TR | 1.12 | Partner with schools, nonprofits, other government agencies, and businesses to educate people about bicycling and walking. | Social
TR | 1.13 | Establish freight corridors to enable the prompt delivery and transfer of cargo and to reduce noise and air pollution in adjoining neighborhoods. |  | Envr | $ | Maintain truck routes for frieight to help protect residential streets from this traffic.
TR | 1.2 | Examine alternatives to enhance safety through right-of-way design, including narrowing or removing lanes on roads. | Social |  |  | Explore the role of "road diets" on neighborhood streets
TR | 1.7 | Minimize and consolidate driveway curb cuts on commercial streets as opportunities arise. |  | Envr | $ | Work with residential and commercial property owners on issues that will change circulation or increase alley use (where an adopted plan calls for shared use alleys)
TR | 1.8 | Support the completion of Residential Street Vitality Program (RSVP), an ongoing program to reconstruct and improve the appearance, function, and safety of [NAME] streets. | Social | Envr |  | Neighborhoods can also use this opportunity to add stormwater or traffic calming features
TR | TRANSPORTATION Strategy 2: Provide Balance and Choice
TR | 2.1 | Create true transportation choices for residents, workers, and visitors in every part of the city. | Social | Envr | $ | Support development plans that encourage multi-modal transportation options
TR | 2.11 | Create more seamless connections between pedestrians, bicycles, transit, and automobiles. | Social | Envr |  | Encourage secure bicycle parking facilities, bicycle-sharing programs, and wide sidewalks to  accommodate pedestrians and amenities.Discourage the construction of new Park & Ride facilities in favor of increased feeder bus service, carpooling, and better pedestiran and bike facilities.
TR | 2.13 | Expand the parking management toolbox. | Social | Envr | $ | Explore implementation of Parking Improvement Districts, shared parking, TDM planning,  and limited time or metered parking. Provide feedback on how to improve the residential permit parking system, and discourage the demolition of housing or historic resources for new surface parking lots.
TR | 2.15 | Encourage investment in new enforcement technologies that can help to expand parking enforcement and reduce the City’s costs. |  |  | $
TR | 2.18 | In cooperation with St. [NAME] and CapitolRiver Council, assemble stakeholders from all major downtown sectors to revisit downtown parking policies and project trends, and create a long-term Parking Management Plan. |  | Envr | $
TR | 2.3 | Promote creative in-fill housing near transit corridors to increase transit supportive density and housing choices. | Social | Envr |  | Support added residential density near station areas, including accessory units or "granny flats"
TR | 2.4 | Develop a strategy for investing in a broad range of infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, street and traffic improvements to support the growth of existing employment, services, parks, and schools. |  |  | $ | Support road projects that meet multiple goals.
TR | 2.5 | Build Central Corridor LRT. | Social | Envr | $ | Support planning and design efforts; work closely with the City and Met Council to support  businesses and residents before, during, and after construction
TR | 2.6 | Focus on the improvement and extension of bus service and facilities on existing transit routes, and on new routes to serve proposed LRT stations in collaboration with Metro Transit. | Social | Envr | $ | Support and integrate transit facilities into your local community.
TR | TRANSPORTATION Strategy 3: Support Active Lifestyles and a Healthy Environment
TR | 3.1 | Support cooperative efforts in streetscape design, landscaping, pedestrian-scale lighting, and other amenities for people. | Social | Envr | $ | Public-private partnerships can help fund and maintain above-standard amenities.
TR | 3.11 | Provide safe citywide connections to schools, libraries, parks, and recreation centers, with improved crossings and comfortable pedestrian environments at high demand destinations. | Social | Envr |  | Safety issues and project priorities should be identified.
TR | 3.12 | Support the work of planning initiatives that promote public health and physical activity, such as Active Living Ramsey County and Design for Health. | Social | Envr
TR | 3.13 | Support partnerships to establish a bicycle-sharing program in Saint Paul. | Social | Envr |  | Potential to partner/learn from Minneapolis program, Nice Ride Minnesota
TR | 3.14 | Collaborate with non-profit, volunteer, and business organizations to coordinate bicycle counts at sample intersections and on selected routes. | Social |  | $
TR | 3.3 | Strengthen pedestrian pathways between housing, transit, and neighborhood services. | Social
TR | 3.4 | Develop and maintain a complete and connected bikeway system. |  | Envr |  | Identify and support bike projects in your area.
TR | 3.8 | Promote “bicycle boulevards” as a new type of bikeway. | Social | Envr |  | Work with the City to implement these "quiet routes" to serve all levels of bicyclists and to calm residential auitomobile traffic.
TR | TRANSPORTATION Strategy 4: Enhance and Connect the City
TR | 4.11 | To create livable neighborhoods and compact commercial areas, promote and fund traffic calming measures. | Social |  |  | Locally-initiated projects like "Paint the Pavement" can build community and make streets  more safe.
TR | 4.12 | Explore the use of neighborhood circulators to serve gaps in community connectivity. | Social |  |  | Identify gaps in transit and explore a range of options for meeting demands (examples include  the Como Park weekend shuttle, and the West Side youth circulator)
TR | 4.3 | Work with the Port Authority, adjoining cities and counties, commercial railroads, and logistics companies to address the limited ability and growing demand for processing freight at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Intermodal Yards in the Midway Area. |  | Envr |  | Participate in frieght planning, balancing residential and commercial needs.
TR | 4.5 | Work with the federal, state, and metropolitan agency partners and the Metropolitan Airports Commission to maintain a regional aviation system that balances commercial demand and capacity while being compatible with the community. | Social |  | $
TR | 4.7 | Connect neighborhoods that have poor sidewalks or little access to trails and bike routes, especially east and north of Downtown. | Social | Envr |  | Identify sidewalk gaps.
TR | 4.8 | When redevelopment opportunities become available, reinstate the traditional street grid pattern to increase neighborhood connectivity. | Social | Envr |  | Identify existing "superblocks" and other pedestrian barriers in your district plan.
TR | 4.9 | Provide better alternatives for accessing community events (see Policy PR-1.16). | Social | Envr
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P&R | PARKS AND RECREATION Strategy 1: Promote Active Lifestyles
P&R | 1.1 | Ensure convenient and equitable access to parks and recreation facilities. | Social |  |  | Explore options for better connections/access to parks and recreation facilities
P&R | 1.2 | Complete the trail and bikeway system. | Social | Envr |  | Identify possible locations for trails and bikeways that meet neighborhood and citywide connection goals.
P&R | PARKS AND RECREATION Strategy 2: Create Vibrant Places
P&R | 2.1 | Require that location and design of parks, open space, and trails be an integral part of large-scale redevelopment projects. | Social | Envr |  | When identifying large redevelopment opportunities, consider how parks, open space, or trails will be impacted and what new needs might be created.
P&R | 2.11 | Involve all constituents (residents, park users, interest groups) in setting balanced priorities for planning, development, programming, maintenance, use of facilities, physical enhancement, or development of facilities and/or open spaces, and other park-related matters. | Social |  |  | If improvements to parks, trails, recreation facilities, or programming are suggested, prioritize the proposed improvements according to community need.
P&R | 2.9 | Manage and protect parkland effectively and appropriately by working to reduce encroachments and pursuing strategic acquisitions to fill any existing gaps or changing needs in the parks system. | Social |  | $ | Identify gaps and/or changing needs in the [NAME] system at the neighborhood level.
P&R | PARKS AND RECREATION Strategy 3: Promote a Vital Environment
P&R | 3.1 | Pursue opportunities and partnerships to acquire land specifically for open space and natural-resource protection, especially: |  | Envr | $ | Identify opportunities for open space and natural resource protection.
P&R | PARKS AND RECREATION Strategy 6: Connect the Entire City
P&R | 6.1 | Connect parks to new transportation investments, especially the Central Corridor LRT line. | Social | Envr |  | Identify opportunities for connections between Park and Recreation facilites and transportation investments
P&R | 6.11 | Work to close gaps in the trail system to ensure seamless connections for bicycles and pedestrians across the city of all ages and abilities. | Social | Envr |  | Identify gaps in the trail system and propose options for closing them.
HS | HOUSING Strategy 1: Build upon [NAME] in the Evolving Metropolitan Housing Market
HS | 1.1 | Increase housing choices across the city to support economically diverse neighborhoods. | Social |  | $ | What types of housing are most needed in the district to expand the diversity of housing options (income, age, family type, and/or tenure) and to meet demand?
HS | 1.2 | Meet market demand for transit-oriented housing. | Social | Envr | $ | Where in your district may it be appropriate to develop transit-oriented housing? (List specific sites or corridors)
HS | 1.3 | Revitalize the city by developing land-efficient housing. |  | Envr | $ | Where in your community may it be appropriate to develop land-efficient (medium or high density) housing? (List specific sites or corridors)
HS | 1.7 | Track the preservation, rehabilitation and construction of mixed-income housing within the broader geographic area identified as part of the Central Corridor. | Social |  |  | Are there specific housing developments (affordable or market-rate) that already exist that have rehabilitation and/or preservation needs in your district?
HS | HOUSING Strategy 2: Preserve and Promote Established Neighborhoods
HS | 2.1 | Encourage homeowners and property managers to make passive green improvements to their properties. |  | Envr |  | Are there neighborhood-specific or citywide sustainable practices or approaches to be carried out or promoted within the district related to the housing stock?
HS | 2.1 | Maintain the vitality and high quality of life in existing stable neighborhoods by engaging in a variety of actions: | Social |  |  | Which public infrastructure improvements should be made to support housing vitality in the district? Which current or new programs/initiatives (neighborhood-based or City government-led) support housing vitality in the district?
HS | 2.13 | Continue to assess vacant housing conditions with City/HRA partners such as community development corporations, nonprofit organizations, private developers, district councils, and block groups, and prioritize City/ HRA revitalization assistance to areas with less vibrant housing markets. | Social |  | $ | Which partnerships exist (or are proposed) within the district to address the vacant housing stock?  Which strategies will be used to revitalize areas with greater housing vacancy?
HS | 2.14 | Promote existing and innovative new programs and incentives that support rehabilitation of one- to three-unit residential properties, especially in areas with less vibrant housing markets. | Social |  | $ | Which programs or strategies might be utilized/promoted to rehabilitate the existing owner-occupied and small (1-4 unit) rental housing stock in the district?
HS | 2.18 | Support the expansion of housing choices for seniors, particularly in neighborhoods that are underserved. | Social |  |  | Where in your district may it be appropriate to develop senior or "lifecycle" housing options? (List specific sites or corridors).  Alternatively, which strategies might be utilized to promote physical adaptations of existing homes for greater accessibility/visitability and to allow greater "aging in place"?
HS | HOUSING Strategy 3: Ensure the Availability of Affordable Housing Across the City
HS | 3.1 | Support the preservation of publicly-assisted and private affordable housing. | Social |  | $ | Are there specific housing developments (affordable) that already exist that have rehabilitation and/or preservation needs in your district?  (These may be publicly-funded, run by a nonprofit housing provider, or privately-owned/managed).
HS | 3.2 | Support new housing opportunities for low-income households throughout the city. | Social |  | $ | Where in your district may it be appropriate to develop housing opportunities for low-moderate income households? (List specific sites or corridors)
H2O | WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Strategy 1: Ensure a Safe and Affordable Water Supply System
H2O | 1.11 | Continue programs that ensure the overall safety and quality of water reaching the consumer. | Social | Envr |  | Support efforts of SPRWS to promote replacement of lead-pipe water service to properties during street reconstruction.
H2O | 1.14 | Encourage the provision of clean drinking fountains in public spaces. | Social |  |  | Consider drinking fountains as part of streetscape and public realm (including parks) improvements planning.
H2O | 1.19 | Expand and broaden general public education efforts. | Social | Envr |  | Consider neighborhood or district council involvement in SPRWS education efforts.
H2O | 1.6 | Become a regional leader in public education for water conservation. | Social | Envr |  | Consider ways in which your neighborhood or district council could participate as a partner in public education regarding water conservation.
H2O | 1.7 | Promote and advocate ways to reduce indoor water use through better fixtures and appliances and also by changing personal habits. |  | Envr |  | Consider ways in which your neighborhood or district council could participate as a partner in advocating for and enabling water conservation.
H2O | 1.9 | Advocate for reduced lawn watering needs through the use of native plants, rain barrels, gray water for irrigation, drip irrigation systems etc. |  | Envr |  | Consider ways in which your neighborhood or district council could advocate for/aducate regarding landscaping and water re-use practices that help reduce the need for lawn watering.
H2O | WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Strategy 2: Reduce Pollutant Loads to Water Bodies
H2O | 2.1 | Reduce the negative impacts that alleys in the city have on water quality and water resources. |  | Envr |  | Consider encouraging property-owner driven efforts to isntall best-management practices or perform alley maintenance that helps reduce stormwater pollution.
H2O | 2.1 | Ensure delivery of public education programs on urban water quality in collaboration with other organizations. | Social |  | $ | Consider neighbohrood or district council involvement in watershed and city educational efforts regarding urban runoff, stormwater management best practices, and water quality protection.
H2O | 2.12 | Reduce the negative impacts of rooftop runoff on water quality and water resources. |  | Envr | $ | Consider encouraging and educating regarding simple measure homeowners can take, such as directing downspouts away from paved/impermeable surfaces or installation of rain barrels.
H2O | 2.14 | Explore ways to reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality from existing sites. |  | Envr | $ | Consider acting as a liaison to large property owners regarding education of stormwater best management practices.
H2O | 2.2 | Disseminate knowledge of the regulations regarding surface water management and engage citizens and other stakeholders in meeting regulations through best management practices. | Social |  |  | Consider neighbohrood or district council involvement in watershed and city educational efforts regarding urban runoff, stormwater management best practices, and water quality protection.
H2O | 2.4 | Establish a Litter-Free Saint Paul campaign in conjunction with district councils and other non-profits. |  | Envr
H2O | 2.7 | Reduce erosion throughout Saint Paul. |  | Envr |  | Consider neighbohrood or district council involvement in watershed and city educational efforts regarding urban runoff, stormwater management best practices, and water quality protection.
H2O | 2.8 | Reduce the negative impacts that roadways in the city have on water quality and water resources. |  | Envr |  | Consider supporting design guidelines that reduce paved surfaces or incorporate permeable pavement.
H2O | 2.9 | Reduce the negative impacts that parking lots in the city have on water quality and water resources. |  | Envr |  | Consider supporting design guidelines that reduce paved surfaces or incorporate permeable pavement.
HP | HISTORIC PRESERVATION Strategy 1: Be a Leader for [NAME] in Saint Paul
HP | 1.12 | Prioritize the retention of designated historic resources (or those determined eligible for historic designation) over demolition when evaluating planning and development projects that require or request Cityaction, involvement, or funding. |  | Envr |  | Are there any historic buildings threatened with demolition in your neighborhood?
HP | 1.3 | Update ordinances, policies, and other regulations, including the Saint Paul Zoning Code, that discourage or disconnect with City goals for historic preservation. | Social |  |  | Are there changes to City policy, plans and regulatory rules that would help address preservation issues in your neighborhood?
HP | 1.7 | Develop partnerships with district councils and preservation organizations to fund  and promote preservation initiatives. | Social |  |  | How can community-based organizations partner with the HPC and preservation organizations to further preservation efforts in your neighborhood?  What funding resources might be available?
HP | HISTORIC PRESERVATION Strategy 3: Identify, Evaluate and [NAME]
HP | 3.1 | Implement an ongoing survey program to identify and evaluate all types of historic resources in Saint Paul, including buildings, structures, objects, archaeological sites, districts, and landscapes (see Appendices HP-A and HP-B). | Social |  |  | Are there buildings, sites or areas of your neighborhood that are worthy of survey and possibly designation?
HP | 3.11 | Make the designation of significant historic resources as heritage preservation sites a priority for the City Council. | Social |  |  | Is this a priority in your neighborhood?  Are there particular sites you want to see designated?
HP | 3.12 | Designate historic resources, such as buildings, structures, objects, archaeological sites, historic districts, and landscapes as [NAME] heritage preservation sites or historic districts. |  | Envr |  | Identify sites, buildings, districts, etc. in the neighborhood with potential historic or architectural significance; recommend them to the HPC for further study and evaluation.
HP | 3.7 | Identify and evaluate historic resources in Saint Paul systematically and comprehensively (see Appendices HP-A and HP-B). | Social |  |  | Are there buildings, sites or areas of your neighborhood that are worthy of survey and possibly designation?
HP | HISTORIC PRESERVATION Strategy 5: Use Historic Preservation to Further Economic Development and Sustainability
HP | 5.11 | Use historic tax credits to encourage affordable housing. |  |  | $ | Are there sites in your neighborhood where historic buildings could help meet the need for affordable housing?
HP | 5.3 | Realize the full economic potential of key historic resources. |  |  | $ | Are there historic resources in your community that have economic potential?  Where?  [NAME] might they contribute to the economic vitality of your neighborhood?
HP | 5.4 | Invest in historic resources along transit corridors as part of a larger neighborhood revitalization and reinvestment strategy. | Social | Envr | $ | How might the protection and enhancement of historic resources fit into a broader neighborhood revitalization strategy?
HP | 5.5 | Develop land use and regulatory incentives to make it easier and more feasible to rehabilitate resources designated as heritage preservation sites (see Strategy HP-1). |  | Envr | $ | Are there and land use and regulatory incentives that you think would help rehabilitate historic buildings in your neighborhood?
HP | 5.7 | Partner with [NAME] to increase its capacity to improve historic resources through its revolving loan program. |  |  | $ | Are there sites or areas in your neighborhood that might benefit from participation in a revolving rehabilitation loan program?  Where are they?  What is the need?
HP | HISTORIC PRESERVATION Strategy 6: Preserve Areas w/ Unique Architectural, Urban and [NAME] that Enhance the Character of the Built Environment
HP | 6.1 | Determine the character-defining features of each neighborhood that should be preserved; incorporate these features into area plans and master plans for new development. | Social |  |  | What are the valued character-defining features of your neighborhood?  Architecture?  Landscaping pattern?  Street design?  How should they be preserved?
HP | 6.2 | Increase community awareness about the distinctive features and characteristics of [NAME] neighborhoods. | Social |  |  | How can the neighborhood publicize and celebrate its distinctive features?
HP | 6.3 | Explore the creation of neighborhood conservation districts. |  | Envr |  | Is a neighborhood conservation district a "fit" in your neighborhood?
HP | 6.6 | Assist neighborhoods in addressing design issues related to the retention and preservation of neighborhood character. | Social |  |  | Are there threats to preserving the neighborhood's special character?  What are they?  How might they be addressed?
HP | 6.7 | Partner with organizations that support preservation and redevelopment efforts in neighborhood commercial districts and along commercial corridors. | Social |  |  | What organizations in your neighborhood are focused on the vitality of neighborhood commercial districts?  How might preservation strategies help their efforts?
HP | HISTORIC PRESERVATION Strategy 7: Provide Opportunities for Education and [NAME]
HP | 7.3 | Educate the public about the importance of designating, preserving, and protecting historic resources. | Social |  |  | How could this be done most effectively in your neighborhood?
HP | 7.6 | Improve the process to notify all property owners when their property is being considered for designation, is initially designated, and/or whenever a designated property changes ownership. | Social |  |  | How can the district council and other community-based groups help with this?
HP | 7.7 | Educate property owners and developers about City goals and review processes for historic preservation. | Social |  |  | How can the district council and other community-based groups help with this?