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The Climate Action Plan has six categories of recommendations to guide the community in pursuing a 50% reduction in per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Please see the plan on the Town's website (htth: / /www.townofcarrboro.org/ 928 /Community - Climate - Action -Plan) if you are interested in learning more about a particular recommendation. Community Integration • Create Grass Roots Partnerships to Engage Community • Expand Public Partnerships • Create Green Neighborhood Program • Integrate Climate Action with Local Living Economy • Expand Capacity • Facilitate Low Cost Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects • Integrate Climate Action and Social/Equity Initiatives Building Energy Efficiency Measures • 50% challenge • Energy audit/performance rating • Energy performance beyond minimum requirements for new development • Create rental property task force /process • Create rental property registry /certification Transportation • 50% challenge • Enhance transit service • Improve vanpool/carpool options • Further promote walking, biking, transit • Limit idling in school loading zones • Improve bike /ped infrastructure Renewable Energy • Pursue community solar projects • Pursue downtown geothermal heating and cooling • Create rental property task force and process Ecosystem Protection and Enhancement • Pursue stormwater utility • Evaluate extent to which the deer population and climate change affect native plant ecosystems. • Accelerate /expand organic waste collection /composting • Tree preservation, protection and conservation • Improve regulations and community capacity to discourage invasive plants and encourage native plants • Pursue watershed restoration actions to protect local streams from changes in rainfall due to climate change Food Choices • 50% challenge • Develop local dietary consumption and associated GHG profile