HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-124-02/05/2019-APPROVING A PARTIAL WAIVER OF LEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE POLICE REGIONAL TRAINING CAMPUS RESOLUTION 2018- 124
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING A PARTIAL WAIVER OF LEED CERTIFICATION
STANDARDS 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 , the 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 respect 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 established a goal that all new City-
owned buildings of 5 ,000 square feet or more 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 standards;
WHEREAS , the Training Campus will be constructed in the City of Loveland and the
Cities ' staffs intend that because of its location it 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
$ 18 , 500,000 ; and
WHEREAS , requiring LEED certification for the entire Training Campus site would result
in increased costs beyond the requirements of the Loveland Building Code, while a reduced LEED
certification as contemplated in this Resolution would result in a cost reduction for the project; and
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WHEREAS,City staff has concluded that the building type,when taking into consideration
the overall constraints on the project site, does not lend itself to complete LEED certification for
the entire.site,and is therefore,requesting a partial waiver of the LEED standards as applied to the
entire site to reduce the costs of the project while still including alternatives to achieve maximum
energy and environmental efficiency as cost effectively as practical;and
WHEREAS, a partial waiver of the City's LEED standards in Resolution 2006-096 would
recognize that Loveland, as an equal partner, does not ordinarily require LEED design and
certification for its construction projects; and
WHEREAS,a partial waiver of said LEED standards would afford both Cities a substantial
cost savings, while still ensuring a significant portion of the project is subject to the highest LEED
standard practical or good green-building principles; and
WHEREAS, because the City Council adopted the LEED standards by Resolution 2006-
096, City Council retains the authority to approve a'partial waiver to those standards by this
Resolution; and
WHEREAS, City staff presented a version of this Resolution to City Council for its
approval on December 18, 2018, requesting a partial waiver from the LEED standards in
Resolution 2006-096 for the Training Campus; and
WHEREAS, City Council postponed consideration of this Resolution and directed City
staff to present the request to the City's Energy Board and to Council Finance Committee for
review and comment;and
WHEREAS, on January 10,2018, the Energy Board recommended to City Council that it
approve a partial waiver of the requirements of Resolution 2006-096 such that only the
administration/classroom building be designed, constructed and certified to the highest LEED
standard practical,striving for Gold,and to achieve exceptional energy performance with a defined
energy performance target; and
WHEREAS, the Energy Board also recommend that the remainder of the project should
follow LEED principles and achieve high energy performance with a defined energy performance
target;and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2018, the Council Finance Committee considered the Energy
Board's recommendations and further information from City staff regarding the design constraints
for the Training Campus concerning LEED and green-building standards; and
WHEREAS, the Council Finance Committee gave its support for: (1) excluding the
shooting range and the majority of the project site from the LEED boundary; (2) City staff
prioritizing project dollars on energy and building efficiencies with achieving the highest LEED
certification practical on the administration/classroom building;and(3)City staff following LEED
principals on the remainder of the project and prioritizing project dollars on energy and building
efficiencies.
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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 standards of
Resolution No. 2006-096 for the police regional training campus such that only the
administration/classroom building shall be designed,constructed and certified to the highest LEED
certification practical.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby further authorizes the City Manager or his
designee to negotiate with the City of Loveland regarding LEED standards 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 as will provide in their
reasonable discretion a good return on investment, but without any requirement for LEED
certification for the entire site.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 5th
day of February, 2019. C: or
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