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Lake Elmo planning liaison outlines GreenSteps and recent sustainability work
Summary
Ashley, a planning-department liaison, told the Lake Elmo Parks Commission the city is at Step 5 in the GreenSteps Cities program, recently earned a Gold Leaf award for two actions, and is tracking several projects — FuelCloud for fleet fuel tracking, a U of M grass study and water-rebate outreach — that will inform future city sustainability work.
Ashley, a planning-department liaison, briefed the Lake Elmo Parks Commission on the city’s participation in Minnesota’s GreenSteps program and recent sustainability work.
She said Lake Elmo joined GreenSteps in 2012 and that the city is “currently at step 5,” which requires ongoing measurement and tracking of sustainability metrics. Ashley described GreenSteps as a voluntary recognition program that lays out 29 best practices and roughly 181 possible action items across categories such as land use, water, energy and materials.
The presentation noted the city recently received a Gold Leaf award, which the Gold Leaf director described as a companion…
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