Action Planning for a Sustainable Superior

Build compact housing near transit to maximize its use.

TOD

ACES recommendation to the Town of Superior Board to consider collaboration with the SEEDS Collaborative to land bank a key parcel of land.

Support a Letter of Intent for an emergency allocation of DOLA American Rescue Act Funds to land bank 102 Maple St. Superior for future net zero energy affordable housing under current R-L zoning or other highest and best use zoning as approved by the Town Board.

Encourage single family residential units to set aside a 5x5 plot for the planting of milkweed, etc for migrating Monarch butterflies, etc.

Sustainable Road Construction

There are many choices for using recycled materials for road construction. For example, use of plastic bottles combined with the existing crushed asphalt can be done on site. This eliminates hauling away the existing asphalt and using entirely new materials to reconstruct the road. https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2020-024 There are many other options including reuse of crushed concrete. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0181-99/fs-0181-99so.pdf https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf12771807/pdf12771807dpi72.pdf

Create more housing at smaller, more affordable price points so workers do not commute from far away, adding emissions.

housing for workers

Reduce grass areas, replace with pollinator gardens

There is already much talk of reducing the grassy areas in town that require a lot of water, fertilizer, and pesticides. I would love to see some of these areas not only replaced with xeriscaping but also pollinator & community gardens. Thank you for reading all of our ideas! Looking forward to seeing actions taken.

Work with Brixmor to reduce the oversupply of parking at Superior Marketplace.

A lot of impervious parking lot is going unused, especially in front of TJ Maxx, Michaels, Target, etc. Could be repurposed as additional development or green space.

Native Plant Botanical Garden

Consider replacing a large area of grass (possibly near the goose pond on mccaslin) with a native plant botanical garden. It would reduce the amount of water used for watering the grass, add another recreation area, and serve as an educational area for xeric/native plants. Also adds to the beauty of the area. Each plant would have a sign and information about it. And there would be take away pamphlets on how to recreate in your own yard.

Widely available composting

Require multi-home apartment/condo units to offer composting; provide incentives for businesses and communities who add composting in addition to recycling; share the benefits of composting to educate our community about why it's important and makes a difference.

A fire barrier between the houses and the open space