draft city performance metrics for
Step 4 recognition
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Key Questions
 What does your city measure NOW?
 What do you WANT measure?
 What do you think about THESE
measures?
 Do you think you CAN measure
these?
 Do you CARE to measure these?
 Are there measures MISSING?
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City Government Operations
• Energy Use: Buildings
–
From B3: kBtu/yr; av. star rating
• Green Buildings
–
# qualifying or certifying under a GB
framework
• Renewable Energy:
Purchased & Generated
–
% LEDs; kWh/yr.
• Vehicle Fleet Efficiency
–
Av. MPG-fossil-fuel equiv.
• Employee Commuting
–
-- gal./yr.
• Water System Efficiency
-- kBtu & $/1000 gal./yr.
• Waste Water System
Efficiency
-- kBtu & $/1000 gal./day
MWh/yr.; # of projects & kW installed
• Street Lights
–
• Water Use
• Solid Waste
-- lbs./yr. & % by mgt. method
• Chemical Use in Parks
-- lbs. toxic pest/herb.
• [city-defined measure(s)]
Av. miles; mode share by %
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Buildings (community-wide)
• Energy Use
–
From utility: kBtu/capita/day
• Green Buildings
–
#/1000 pop. qualifying or
certifying under a GB
framework
• [city-defined
measure]
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Transportation
• Vehicle-Miles Traveled
–
From MnDOT: per person/day
• Location Affordability
–
From US Govt. website: average yearly
household costs as a % of income for
transportation + housing
• Transportation Mode
Share
–
–
From ACS: % trips by other than singleoccupancy auto (yearly average, of
overall or commuting VMT)
OR? % pop. w/in 1/2 mi. of once/hr.
or more transit?
• Bike Routes
-- miles marked bike lanes/paths
-- % pop. w/in 1 mi. of bike route .
lane . path?
• Sidewalks
-- miles/1000 pop.
• EV Charging Stations
-- #/1000 pop.
• [city-defined
measure(s)]
• Transit
–
% pop. w/in 1/2 mi. of once/hr. or
more transit
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Land Use
• Degree of Mixed Uses
–
From city-wide WalkScore.com
• Housing Diversity
-- Index of price points, size, lifecycles
• Density Range
–
DUA: most % least dense acre
• Urban Density
–
• [city-defined
measure(s)]
% DU at net density > 7 DUA
• Parking Supply
–
% land in off-street surface lots
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Environmental Management
• Stormwater
–
Blue Star rating
• Urban Tree Canopy
–
% coverage
• Nature: Quantity;
Access; Quality
–
–
–
% protected land
% pop. w/in ½ mile
TPL index score; water body
status
• Water Use: Total;
Peak; Losses
-- gal/resident/day and gal./CI job/day
-- ratio of max. day to av. day (yearly)
-- % (withdrawals minus sales)
• Solid Waste Diversion
-- lbs. waste/person/yr and % by mgt.
method
• [city-defined
measure(s)]
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Community & Economic Development
• Development
Efficiency
–
residential property tax/acre
per dwelling unit;
commecial/industrial
propertytax/1000 sq. ft.
• Employment &
Unemployment
–
Jobs/capita; % not employed
• Renewable Energy
–
–
kW installed public & private
# of projects
• Local Food
-- # of local food venues/1000 pop.
• Social Vitality
-- civic participation index (voting;
block clubs; faith; diversity)
-- crime; poverty; health; safety
-- educational attainment
-- arts
• GHG Inventory (break
out city ops)
• [city-defined
measure(s)]
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Contact: MnGreenStep.org
Philipp Muessig
GreenStep Cities Coordinator
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
651-757-2594
phillip.muessig@state.mn.us
Amir Nadav
Program Manager
Great Plains Institute
612-767-7292
anadav@gpisd.net
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