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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/18/2018 - RESOLUTION 2018-124 APPROVING A PARTIAL WAIVER OFAgenda Item 15 Item # 15 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 18, 2018 City Council STAFF Brian Hergott, Facilities Project Manager Ken Mannon, Operations Services Director Ryan Malarky, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2018-124 Approving a Partial Waiver of LEED Certification Requirements for the Police Regional Training Campus. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to request City Council approve a partial waiver of LEED certification requirements for the new Police Regional Training Campus (Training Campus). In 2006, City Council adopted a resolution that requires all new construction projects of 5,000 square feet or more to achieve LEED Gold certification, except under limited circumstances. The City of Loveland, which is an equal partner in the Training Campus, does not have any specific LEED requirements for construction projects. City staff is requesting the partial waiver to reduce the costs of the project and in recognition that Loveland does not require LEED compliance for its new construction. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION In developing the design of the new Training Campus, Fort Collins and Loveland have been discussing LEED certification for the new Training Campus. The Training Campus is expected to include an administration/classroom building, a shooting range, a driving track, and a skid/skills pad. In 2006, City Council adopted a resolution which requires all new construction projects of 5,000 square feet or more to achieve LEED Gold certification except in limited circumstances, which include if it is not technically or economically feasible to meet the LEED Gold standard. The City of Loveland is an equal partner in the design, construction and operation of the Training Campus, and both cities will share the costs fifty-fifty. Loveland does not have any LEED requirements for its new construction projects, but they do support building efficiencies where there is a return on investment (ROI) of 10 years or less. City staff is requesting a waiver from the general requirement that the entire Training Campus meet LEED Gold certification as follows: A. The project team is requesting to certify only the 6,000 square foot administration/classroom building with LEED Gold designation. B. City staff is requesting the authority for the City Manager to negotiate LEED requirements on the remainder of the entire 44-acre project site, including the new 23,000 square foot shooting range. City staff would like to incorporate many green building principles into the shooting range building that will provide a good return on investment, such as a good building envelope along with efficient mechanical and electrical systems, but no LEED certification. Agenda Item 15 Item # 15 Page 2 In support of this request, City staff notes that LEED certification on the shooting range building would be difficult with the requirement of constant air exchanges for personnel safety for indoor ranges and the use of very specific materials. In addition, LEED certification for the remainder of the project site would require specific site features to control 100% of rain water. These items required for LEED certification would have significant cost impacts to an already tight budget. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Achieving LEED Gold for the entire project site would have a cost impact of $1.2M for an $18.5M project. Achieving LEED Gold for the Administration/Classroom Building will have a cost impact of $500K. -1- RESOLUTION 2018-124 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING A PARTIAL WAIVER OF LEED CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POLICE REGIONAL TRAINING CAMPUS WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins and the City of Loveland (collectively, the “Cities”) are currently designing a police regional training campus (the “Training Campus”) to be constructed at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Loveland; and WHEREAS, the Cities have agreed to share equally the cost of design and construction administration, by way of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Sharing of the Cost of Preliminary Design, Design Development, Construction Drawings, and Construction Administration relating to the Construction of a Regional Training Campus, authorized by City Council Resolution 2015-102, and executed by the Cities on or about October 23, 2017; and WHEREAS, staff from both Cities are negotiating a second intergovernmental agreement for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Training Campus, which staff intends to present to their respective City Councils in early 2019; and WHEREAS, staff intends that the Cities shall continue to be equal partners in the Training Campus, and that the Cities will share equally in the costs of construction, operation and maintenance of the facility; and WHEREAS, by Resolution 2006-096, the City Council adopted a requirement that all new City construction of 5,000 square feet or more must achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (“LEED”) Gold standards, except in certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, the Training Campus is located on a 44-acre site and will include an approximately 6,000 square foot administration/classroom building, a shooting range, a driving track, and a skills/skid pad, and therefore, would ordinarily be subject to the LEED Gold requirement; WHEREAS, the Training Campus will be constructed in the City of Loveland and because of its location, it is required to be constructed in accordance with the Loveland Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City of Loveland has no LEED requirements for its construction projects; and WHEREAS, the entire Training Campus project is estimated to have a total cost of $18,500,000; and WHEREAS, requiring LEED certification of the entire Training Campus site would result in an estimated cost of $1,200,000, while the reduced LEED requirement contemplated in this Resolution would cost approximately $500,000; and -2- WHEREAS, none of the exceptions in Resolution 2006-096 would apply to the Training Campus; therefore, City staff is requesting a partial waiver of the LEED Gold requirement to reduce the costs of the project and in recognition that Loveland has no comparable LEED requirement for its new construction; and WHEREAS, a partial waiver of the City’s LEED requirements in Resolution 2006-096 would recognize that Loveland, as an equal partner, does not ordinarily require LEED requirements for its construction projects; and WHEREAS, a partial waiver of said LEED requirements would afford both Cities a substantial cost savings, while still ensuring a significant portion of the project is subject to either LEED Gold standards or good green-building principles; and WHEREAS, because the City Council adopted the LEED requirements by Resolution 2006-096, City Council retains the authority to approve a partial waiver to those requirements by this Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals above. Section 2. That the City Council hereby approves a partial waiver of the requirements of Resolution 2006-096 for the police regional Training Campus such that only the administration/classroom building shall be designed, constructed and certified to a LEED Gold standard. Section 3. That the City Council hereby further authorizes the City Manager or his designee to negotiate with the City of Loveland regarding LEED requirements for the remainder of the 44-acre project site, including but not limited to the shooting range, with the intent that the City Manager and City staff incorporate as many green building principles, in their reasonable discretion, as will provide a good return on investment, but without any requirement for LEED certification. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 18th day of December, A.D. 2018. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk