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7.16 Prioritize the installation of electric vehicle chargers at community facilities, for both County <br />vehicles and public parking. <br />7.17 All new County vehicle purchases, including average mpg, emissions equivalent per gallon of fuel <br />(or kWh), and estimated annual operation and maintenance costs shall be reported annually. <br />7.18 Prioritize the accommodation of active transportation options as part of the planning and design <br />of all roadway improvements to encourage non -motorized forms of transit. <br />Actions <br />Ta Develop and provide incentives for new development/redevelopment to pursue certification for <br />" green" site planning, construction, and post -construction practices. <br />70b Adopt policies and strategies across all County departments to reduce GHGs and become more <br />resilient to the impacts of climate change. <br />Tc Develop a County purchasing policy to prioritize products with low emissions over their lifecycle <br />and resiliency to the impacts of climate change. <br />76d Develop and implement incentives for energy -efficient or green design standards. <br />Te Prioritize urban tree inventories for primary urban areas such as Downtown Hilo, Waimea, and <br />Kailua-Kona. <br />7of Develop procedures to include street trees as part of public capital improvement projects. <br />76g Develop energy benchmarking standards for County buildings. <br />70h Develop and implement an electric vehicle charging plan with a station network map that identifies <br />regional gaps in service. <br />7ei Create a fleet transformation plan for each County department. <br />7ej Partner with government, private and nonprofit agencies, communities, and other stakeholders to <br />increase community -wide awareness and accessibility regarding reducing transportation costs <br />and emissions (e.g., the impact of keeping tires inflated on the efficiency of cars) through <br />education awareness programs. <br />76k Develop and implement a streamlined framework to report annual energy use of all County <br />facilities and all new County vehicle purchases. <br />Objective <br />Improve the identif40 <br />ication of climate change threats, <br />consequences, and evaluation of aadptation options. <br />Policies <br />Climate change threats <br />assessment of potential <br />8al Use accurate and up-to-date,, peer -reviewed scientific predictions and observations related to <br />climate change impacts to guide adaptation policy and land use decisions. <br />8e2 Support local and regional climate change modeling and monitoring programs. <br />3.0 Addressing Climate Change for Island -Wide Health I County of Hawaii General Plan <br />70 <br />