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<br />December 21, 2009 Section 7: Implementation <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 64 <br />Mandatory requirements such as a RECO, CECO or a Green Building Ordinance are likely to <br />take several years to fully develop the necessary details and to develop community support and <br />buy-in for action. There are certainly proactive steps that can be taken, including the <br />involvement of key members from the real estate industry and meetings with stakeholders to <br />begin assessing the feasibility and scope of action. <br />Summary of mid-term priority actions related to building energy use: <br /> Establish a third-party or municipal financing program for energy efficiency retrofits <br /> Establish a third-party or municipal financing program for renewable energy systems <br /> Adopt a Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance (RECO) <br /> Adopt a Commercial Energy Conservation Ordinance (CECO) <br /> Mandatory green building ordinance for private new construction <br />Transportation and Land Use <br />More aggressive transportation and land use programs include expanding options for linking the <br />BART station to residential areas and places of employment. <br />Other innovative transit improvement projects may emerge in the mid-term. The future of the <br />bus rapid transit (BRT) line suggested by AC Transit is uncertain, but significant opportunities <br />exist to improve transit both corridor transit and cross-town transit to increase access, <br />convenience, speed of travel and frequency of service. It is recommended that the City <br />continue to monitor such projects, since East 14th Street is a key arterial linking activity centers <br />(e.g. Bayfair Mall) and employment centers such as downtown Oakland. While BART operates <br />in near proximity, a street-level transit option with more frequent local stops could help to further <br />revitalize the East 14th Street corridor and provide service for locations that feed into corridor <br />transit systems. <br />Another action with important greenhouse gas reduction potential is to focus efforts on <br />increasing the urban tree canopy and adopt specific goals, such as to expand the number of <br />trees by 5 to 10 percent. Trees reduce heat island effects in the City during the summer, as well <br />as sequester carbon from the atmosphere. <br />Summary of mid-term priority actions related to transportation and land use: <br /> Implement programs to increase BART ridership, such as expanding the San Leandro <br />LINKS program <br /> Support innovative transit improvement projects <br /> Increase urban canopy cover