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( nmtnr ie pn mbr.senor Need t 1'1annin_for natural hazard= ',Lac and federal gaSOlille Lite., 1 io"c v r. the ',41..;:',&'• ct A t , 3•.: and diS t ter revenues from gasoline taxes should lac spent it J ranir populations and the evere we miter in parr to develop and improve ma„ transit yp : - ,•, f ,s oar could result Iron, global warming will sv stems and bicycle and pedesrtran path,. ) r :4 . !R require local governments to better anticipate Altetnarkely, go,.eminent research grants ea e . and respond to natural disasters. For instaner- and imuuuuat tax credits should be used to 1 an estimated t,i million Amcnuuu now live fosacntnc'<+able vne tgr�;om ca.especially non- "i � x in places that are vulnerableto wildfires.esp.. polluting fuel s ells for cars and buildings. dally in drought prone Western stares. Some states h n begun to reyuin that a local govern Wren rs need ro ensplav toning. minimum percentage of energy produced m ust c rnserva tion casements.and land anpusition Lone nom tcn sources _ 4 sou _ � - I . jae to keep development away from natural hat,- h and such as steep slopes tl ,odpl.uns to.nt.tl Aei'il ifl:flake cvrnone pas their : ; € '' areas, and fault lines. I heal building codes trite cont- ! need to be stria,‘'spCcially m areas vulaleir ro Businesses have re..eired enormous federal �a� hurricanes, and when addressing the resroFit subsidies for hav suing tnnber in national of pttbhe buildings to minunitcdant age from totem lot uunutg on ted ral lands. and for ; . • ' hurricanes and earthquakes. irrigating,crops and wattring livestock in the ;. y ,µ \A extern states. ICS nine to require that led- '' " '* • ;,� Pe Need 8: Revitalizing urban arras anal vial timber. minerals, and crater be sold at "v g :,..•..... oleltsr sit!;urb - marker aatec I he llS. C onfcrence of Mayors named It ,also rime ti,limit the federal mortgage .-ti:::?. ' ' brownfield cleanup and redevelopment its interest dedusuon to ime private residence number one pnoritys in 1.994. Recycled and to cap it at S20,000 a year. -Litt, would browntields are non creating housing. corn-- mean that people who pay more than about ;; _ mrrcial and industrial spate. emploc meat. S i00,0ttt1 tat a house mould receive only a la " a and tax base. (See`From Blight to All Right' partial mortgage interest deduction. The cap .°i in this issue.) would encourage housing on smaller lots. 5 l Restoring the federal historic preservation resulting in mote eompa t devclopmaat. • - f tax credit to its 19"6 level would help spur the rehabilitation of buildings in older down- Need 11: 51orr uronrc to prrserx• " e towns. I ax credits for new housing in eannal n mi.ing hard rape. tint open llare cities and older subr.tdrs would help attract local voters have been taxing themselves to a new residents. A land vale tax---a property buy land to add to the publi domain and to . , z tax that taxes land at ha h a rate than build- buy development tights an private land l ut y ri tats—would encourage redevelopment and the Funding for these 1 rogtams should be ��,,a'" tnhll development on vacant urban land augmented through state and federal sources, aria n As part°firs Stuart(irowth program,Mary Funding levels for four federal progr ass. in i ix a land oilers tax credits to employers who create 1 aruudar.should he es'landed: aS or more jobs its priority binding areas. • 1 he Pannl and Preservation Program is ro- "° �w� _ „ .' .' s mainly in cities and older suburbs, tal of just over SI billion authorir,d as oh din lirh,ut and inner-ring suburban schools 200-rI: will require significant state and federal in- • I he Iorest l egacv= Program [slightly more vestment.One of the most oFten cited reasons than ST t0tl million spent as of 2004 is •.( i 'l'.. for city dwellers moving to the outer suburbs • The Werlands Reserve Program rsh;htlsi is the decline of the quality of urban schools. mote than $2.u0 million spent as of _'00t)j: ','...,+ . • Fl e l and and \Y'arer t onserv:mon Pond Need 0: More eoergv t'ou-erurt ion ■authorised a Snot million .a year. but tepi- Anuriea s dependence on loreign oil is nor calls funded tt about ti 200 million a rear). sustainable in the long run. Driving less and requiring greater Fuel etiicietiev for motor Nerd 12: Int'ren'et rer'crlin+_ %chivies would reduce this dependen ce—-and Amer cans are acre lit m only about one-guar- reduce air pollution.l his timid be achieved ter of their trash A national venunaN. eon in parr by raking rite federal fuel e.ont ins tame, bill vs mild be a yuck,uniform.and lair standards for cars. pis:k-ups, minivan,_ and sav to eneour age moire receding. if states as sport unlit} vehicles- large as Ness Volk and as small as \ermont )ne way to discourage sprawl and improve san operate urceessnil rettu-nable Container air quality is to crake automobile use more programs,any state sun. expensive. -) his could be achieved I's [Ming A disinccnuv.In nc� font. of 1 tars on the