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o Specifv in the resolution—or direct city staff to determine later—a GreenStep coordinator for your city.The coordinator could be an existing city staff person or city staff position,or an elected official, or a community member. o E-mail vour resolution/contact information using the Contact web page.This will allow the MPCA to set up a web account/c'ity administrative page on the GreenStep Cities web site for your city. ➢ Congratulations!You are now recognized as a Step One GreenStep City!Formal recognition will take place at the next June GreenStep celebration event at the League of Minnesota Cities conference. Use Step One recognition artwork/materials located on your city's admin page,accessible by logging in from the GreenStep web site. 3. Post initial information on the GreenStep Cities web site o Enter simple information:city population,approximate number of city staff, city category,city web site address, names of any participating township(s)/school district(s),and contact information for the one person who will serve as your city's GreenStep contact/coordinator. o Provide brief detail on best practice actions areviouslv imalemented. For example,if you check off the action Promote biking, walking and transit under the Mobility Options best practice,tell us: ■ How many,for example, bike racks the city/the city and its partners installed;and/or ■ A web address on your city web site(if any)that talks about your efforts(or upload a planning document you may have used,such as an area bike plan);and/or ■ Any success measures(such as: bike path use increased 20%during 2016) ■ Any key partner(s)you may have worked with (for example,a local bike rack company) ■ The name and e-mail of the person most knowledgeable about this accomplishment so that other cities seeking to replicate your success can learn from them. Some cities may find it easier/cheaper to use a student intern to gather and post this information. Contact the GreenStep program coordinator to see if a RETAP member can help you with the inventory and posting. 4. Plan to implement new best practice actions o As needed.educate citv staff and ofFicials about GreenSteq and its sustainabilitv focus.Sustainability may not be the term used by your city, but current actions the city may be taking to increase city resiliency to financial pressures,to increase livability and to prevent future environmental costs certainly fall under the sustainability focus of GreenStep Cities and should be understood by elected and appointed officials and staff. o Use an existins workins�roup or convene a new one.The GreenStep contact/coordinator for the city should call together key people within city government(and outside of city government as appropriate at this stage)to make decisions such as the following.This group might be an existing or new city staff green team or an existing or new citizen commission or task force,or might be a civic group: ■ How to work with existing city/civic groups and initiatives to implement best practices ■ Who should be on a GreenStep steering committee(which could be an existing group),what this committee needs to do(e.g., review progress on implementing best practices),and how often it needs to meet ■ How the GreenStep steering committee should work with other city work groups and how often it should report back to the city council