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Commissioner Miller asked if the contract with Goff Public was paid for by the County. Ms. Mitchell reported this was the case, but noted County Communications staff works with Goff on communication efforts. b. Review JDA Annual Report Ms. Mitchell stated per the Joint Power Agreement (JPA), the JDA must prepare an annual report at the end of each calendar year and submit to the City and County no later than February 15 of the following year. The JDA Annual Report for 2024 was presented to the JDA for discussion. Chair Wicklund asked if the JDA members had comments or questions on the annual report. Commissioner Monson recommended the traffic report that was completed by the County for Highway 96 be referenced within the report. She suggested a small section speak to what was ongoing and what the JDA was working towards. Commissioner Miller agreed with this recommendation. Chair Wicklund recommended the financials be added as well. c. Discuss Sustainability and Clean Energy Ms. Mitchell stated to accommodate the implementation of the Sustainability Design Guidelines and community engagement around sustainability and clean energy, staff have worked with LHB to develop a new scope of work. The JDA will be asked to consider a budget amendment at the next meeting. As a follow-up from the approval of the Sustainability Design Guidelines at the January JDA meeting, staff would like further direction on the waiver process from the JDA. Planned topics of discussion: • Acceptable and unacceptable justifications for waivers • Threshold for staff approval of waivers • Waiver request rubric concept Ms. Mitchell reported a draft of the Sustainability Design Guidelines Documentation Package was provided to the JDA. It was noted this document further describes the compliance process and includes worksheets for developers to provide technical details on their proposed project and a waiver request form. Rick Carter, LHB, commented further on the sustainability and clean energy guidelines noting the exceptions were rare. He reported the goal would be to pursue LEED Silver Certification. He discussed the funding and that that would be needed to achieve the proposed goals.