Not “purple”. Or “blue”. Or heaven-forbid “orange” policies.  No, we’re talking “green” policies.  (I guess “green policies” is a bit more flexible and sounds better than  “chlorophyll policies”.)

Anywho, at tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting, the commissioners are scheduled to vote on two new policies as part of the application process for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2010 Green Communities Certification program. Decatur is currently certified “Bronze” by the ARC, while both Cobb County and Roswell are certified “Silver”.

The two new policies are:

1. No net loss of tree canopy for city-owned & maintained properties.
2. Green building incentives, which will give expedited plan review and public recognition to buildings that include one or more the following components: “green building” certifications, solar energy for new construction and Watersense certification for new homes.

For more info on these policies, see Stevens’ note on page 13 of the meeting materials.

Now here’s a question for all you environmental types: don’t solar energy incentives encourage cutting down more trees?