Does the plan promote a shift away from gas/diesel vehicles to electric or other non-fossil fuel transportation options through strategies appropriate to the municipality? (Actions could include promoting the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, providing education and outreach to potential users, supporting non-fossil fuel vehicle availability through outreach to vehicle dealers, etc.) Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan facilitate the development of walking and biking infrastructure through strategies appropriate to the municipality? (Actions include studying, planning for, seeking funding for, or implementing improvements that encourage safe and convenient walking and biking; adopting a “Complete Streets” policy, etc.) Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Does the plan demonstrate the municipality’s leadership by example with respect to the efficiency of municipal transportation? (Actions include purchasing energy efficient municipal and fleet vehicles when practicable, installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure, etc.) Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Other (please use the notes section to describe additional approaches that your municipality is taking) Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: 8. Does your plan’s energy element contain a statement of policy on patterns and densities of land use likely to result in conservation of energy? Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Does the plan include land use policies (and descriptions of current and future land use categories) that demonstrate a commitment to reducing sprawl and minimizing low-density development? (Actions could include adopting limited sewer service areas, maximum building sizes along highways, policies or zoning that require design features that minimize the characteristics of strip development [multiple stories, parking lot to the side or back of the store], and requirements that development in those areas be connected by means other than roads and cars; adopting a capital budget and program that furthers land use and transportation policies; etc.) Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan strongly prioritize development in compact, mixed-use centers when physically feasible and appropriate to the use of the development, or identify steps to make such compact development more feasible? (Actions could include participating in the state designation program, such as obtaining state designated village centers, downtowns, neighborhoods, new Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #:
town centers, or growth centers; exploration of water or sewage solutions that enable compact development; etc.) (please use the notes section to describe additional approaches that your municipality is taking) Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: 9. Does your plan’s energy element contain a statement of policy on the development and siting of renewable energy resources? Yes No Does the plan evaluate (estimates of or actual) generation from existing renewable energy generation in the municipality? Municipalities should be able to obtain this information from regions. Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan analyze generation potential, through the mapping exercise (see Mapping standards, to determine potential from preferred and potentially suitable areas in the municipality? Municipalities should be able to obtain this information from their regions. Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Does the plan identify sufficient land in the municipality for renewable energy development to reasonably reach 2050 targets for renewable electric generation, based on population and energy resource potential (from potential resources identified in the Mapping exercise, below), accounting for the fact that land may not be available due to private property constraints, site-specific constraints, or grid-related constraints? If N/A, please describe how you are working with your regional planning commission to ensure overall regional objectives are achieved. Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan ensure that any local constraints (locally designated resources or critical resources, from12B and 12C under Mapping, below) do not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the provision of sufficient renewable energy to meet state, regional, or municipal targets? If N/A, please describe how you are working with your regional planning commission to ensure overall regional objectives are achieved. Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan include statements of policy to accompany maps include general siting guidelines), including statements of policy to accompany any preferred, potential, and unsuitable areas for siting generation (see 12 and 13 under Mapping, below)? Yes No Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan maximize the potential for renewable generation on preferred locations (such as the categories outlined 12E in the Mapping standards, below)? Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: Notes: Does the plan demonstrate the municipality’s leadership by example with respect to the deployment of renewable energy? Yes No N/A Page: Paragraph #: