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Research and make recommendations about how Ramsey/Washington R&E can support food donation and food waste reduction in grocery stores and restaurants by offering funding, technical assistance, and other incentives or resources.
Evaluate the effectiveness of existing building deconstruction grant programs and incentives, and develop resources to encourage homeowners and contractors to reuse or recycle building materials rather than sending them to a landfill.
Research existing models and tools that help translate or calculate waste reduction and recycling numbers into climate or community impacts, and offer recommendations for how Ramsey/Washington R&E can adapt or develop such a resource for local use.
Analyze strategies and best practices for collecting food scraps from businesses, institutional settings (schools, hospitals), public entities, and other non-residential sources, as well as transporting food scraps to the preferred recycling facility; provide recommendations for how R&E should prioritize efforts for maximum impact moving forward.
Create a baseline heat risk assessment, including public health indicators and impacts, and refine the County's climate vulnerability index.
Determine what role Ramsey County can play to help cities within the county optimize resources; leverage the work of other communities in the areas of energy, resiliency and climate vulnerability; and accelerate results across the county. Identify cities within the county interested in working collaboratively with other local units of government to further their work on climate resiliency and adaptation.
To assess the feasibility of an electric car sharing program in a suburban community to improve access and mobility.
Investigate the feasibility of deploying a “smart city” network in Duluth that would allow staff to gather instant and location-based data for core city functions—including water meter reading, public safety, and emergency response—to ensure equitable access to services, and reduce energy and water use