Sustainability InitiativeSustainability Initiative
Sustainability InitiativeSustainability Initiative
• Affordable Housing• AIDS and Gonorrhea Rate• Air Quality• Airport Noise• Asthma Morbidity• Bike Lanes• Block Clubs• Brownfield Sites• Carbon Dioxide• Combined Sewer Overflow
• Downtown Transportation • Graduation Rate• Healthy Weight• Homelessness• Homicide Rate• Infant Mortality Rate• Lead Testing of Children• Permeable Surfaces• Renewable Energy• Students in the Arts• Teen Pregnancy Rate• Urban Tree Canopy• Water Quality• Workers Earn a Livable Wage
Target SettingTarget Setting
Helpful guidelines:• Clear and measurable• Data is accessible• Based upon other standards• Challenge us but reachable• Don’t be afraid to revise
Citizen inputCEAC
Staff inputECT
Policy makers
Reduce Teen Pregnancy Reduce Teen Pregnancy RateRate
Reduce pregnancy rate among teenage girls aged 15 through 17 Reduce pregnancy rate among teenage girls aged 15 through 17 to 46 pregnancies per 1,000 girls in that age group by 2010to 46 pregnancies per 1,000 girls in that age group by 2010
Teen Pregnancy Rates among females aged 15-17 residing in Minneapolis by race/ethnicity, year-
year1,2,3,4
2010 Target
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Rat
e per
100
0 fe
mal
e popula
tion a
ged
15-
17
American Indian
Black
Asian/PacificIslander
Hispanic
Minneapolis
White
2010 Target
1. Clear and measurable2. Data is accessible3. Based upon other standards4. Challenge us but reachable5. Don’t be afraid to revise
Air QualityAir Quality Reduce moderately unhealthy days in Minneapolis to few than Reduce moderately unhealthy days in Minneapolis to few than
35 per year by 2015, with further reduction thereafter.35 per year by 2015, with further reduction thereafter.
YearGood days
Moderately
unhealthy days
Unhealthy for
sensitive groups days
Unhealthy days
2003 289 75 1 0
2004 297 66 2 0
2005 281 80 3 1
Air Quality Index in Minneapolis – all days
1. Clear and measurable2. Data is accessible3. Based upon other standards4. Challenge us but reachable5. Don’t be afraid to revise
Carbon DioxideCarbon Dioxide Reduce CO2 emissions from municipal operations by 12 percent by Reduce CO2 emissions from municipal operations by 12 percent by
2012 and by 20 percent by 20202012 and by 20 percent by 2020 Reduce citywide emissions by 12 percent by 2012 and by 20 Reduce citywide emissions by 12 percent by 2012 and by 20
percent by 2020percent by 2020
1. Clear and measurable2. Data is accessible3. Based upon other standards4. Challenge us but reachable5. Don’t be afraid to revise
Additional InformationAdditional Information
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/environmhttp://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/environment/Sustainability-Initiatives.aspent/Sustainability-Initiatives.asp
Daniel HuffDaniel Huff612-673-5863612-673-5863daniel.huff@[email protected]