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<br />Support the goals of the River des Peres Watershed Coalition. <br /> <br />Address the upstream conditions that produce storm water and pollution. <br /> <br />Actions and Solutions <br /> <br />Form and promote a regional task force (commission) to deal with flooding and <br />pollution in River des Peres. <br /> <br />Create and generate public & private funding to solve the problem. <br /> <br />Eliminate sewage discharge into River des Peres. <br /> <br />Get Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the EPA to reclassify River <br />Des Peres as a stream not as a sewer. <br /> <br />Remove impervious concrete and other impervious liners. <br /> <br />Beautify the banks especially in Heman Park. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Flooding and Storm Water Management <br />Key Issue Goals <br /> <br />Create a coalition of municipalities and other governmental groups to develop and <br />implement a regional solution to this problem. <br /> <br />Develop and implement a city wide permeable paving ordinance for U City. <br /> <br />Repair and improve aging infrastructures. <br /> <br />Exceed the goals of MSD and the EPA for storm water management in U City. <br /> <br />Actions and Solutions <br /> <br />Reactivate the regional Clean Water Task force. <br /> <br />Find private or public funding sources to install permeable surfaces in U City. <br /> <br />Help MSD pass fees for excessive run off on properties. <br /> <br />Develop and provide incentives to implement storm water management. <br /> <br />Seek federal funding to buy out properties located in flood plains. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sustainable Development and Design <br />Key Issue Goals <br /> <br />Produce net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2025. <br /> <br />Embrace the goals of the Green Practice Commission. <br /> <br />Make sustainable development part of school and community education. <br /> <br />Actions and Solutions <br /> <br />Require and provide tax incentives for LEED Certification for new city and <br />business construction. <br /> <br />Develop a Property Assess Clean Energy (PACE) Program for U. City. <br /> <br />Use native plants on all public property in U City <br /> <br />Create more urban vegetable gardens throughout U City. <br /> <br />