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New Brighton Climate Action Plan 7 -5 CAP ACTIONS Strategy Action Greenspace and Trees GT 3: Reduce heat island effect through reduction of Community-wide “dark” im- pervious surface coverage, particularly in neighborhoods identifled with high- er heat island impacts, by 5% from 30.8% to 25.8% by 2030 and 10% by 2040. GT 3- 1 Explore strategies for reduction of parking pavement including: • Reduction of requirement ratios in zoning ordinances and encourage use of “proof of parking” strat- egies to minimize initial parking construction. • Community-wide stormwater fee based on a property’s permeable surface area and stormwater management efforts • Explore ways to incentivize commercial, schools, and religious congregations to share parking space. GT 3- 2 Require all commercial development projects receiving City-funding, PUD approval, and/or Condi- tional Use Permitting to implement heat island mitigation strategies including cool surfaces, solar- friendly landscape shading strategies, impervious surface reduction, and breeze capture. GT 3- 3 Explore creation of a Heat Island Reduction Incentive and Award program prioritizing areas of the City with the highest heat island coefflcients as identifled in the City's 2021 Ground Cover, Tree Can- opy, and Carbon Sequestration Study. Incentives and awards from governments, utilities, and other organizations can be an effective way to spur individual heat island reduction actions. Incentives might include below-market loans, tax breaks, product rebates, grants, and giveaways. Awards can reward exemplary work, highlight innovation, and promote solutions across the public and private sectors. GT 3- 4 Create a demonstration "cool" roof, green roof, green/live wall, and/or vertical garden project. GT 3- 5 Update existing parking lot tree requirement to a performance-based ordinance that increases the amount of pavement to be shaded by trees, solar panels, or a green roof. GT 4: Increase climate resilience, biodiversity supportiveness, connectivity, and ac- cessibility of City’s parks and open spaces. GT 4- 1 Increase the diversity of urban tree species to improve overall urban forest resilience, especially for native trees. GT 4- 2 Share existing or develop information resources on native plant and tree species, eliminated or re- duced pesticide use, high mow deck settings, and other beneflcial greenspace practices to promote biodiversity. GT 4- 3 Prioritize planting and preservation of native species of plants and trees on public and private proper- ty through education, incentives and other promotional programs. Ensure that landscaping require- ments articulated in the zoning code include the preservation of the maximum possible tree cover, the use of native plantings and the preservation of natural areas whenever possible; also, reduction of lawn space.