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Member Hammer asked if staff foreseen a lot of additional changes, in terms of <br />building code. <br />Mr. Englund thought that gets very difficult for the State because their main <br />charging statement says codes cannot be put into place that will increase the cost of <br />construction. He thought what will happens when it becomes more of a standard <br />practice, the costs will go down and become standard. <br />Mr. Culver noted that is where some cities are pushing incentives onto developers <br />to put into place more sustainable efforts that meet these other standards that are <br />not necessarily required. <br />Vice Chair Wozniak asked how the incentives are funded, if not by TIE money or <br />something else available. <br />Chair Cihacek thought there had to be an income stream somewhere. <br />Mr. Culver explained there are grant programs out there as well for builders and <br />developers. Larger cities can offer up incentives as well that are outside of TIF. <br />Chair Cihacek wondered if Roseville could have a more stringent code then the <br />State such as a Green Building Code. <br />Mr. Englund indicated the city could adopt more stringent codes. There is another <br />level of what happens when a city requires something that does increase the cost of <br />development or rehabilitation or remodeling within the city. <br />Chair Cihacek asked how cost of construction is measured. <br />Mr. Englund assumed cost of construction is the estimated value at permit <br />submittal. <br />Member Misra asked how often are some of the landscape options included such <br />as rooftop gardens, native landscapes, and is the city some of this in some of the <br />larger new developments going on. <br />Mr. Englund indicated those items go to city Planning Department first, which are <br />more of the conceptual plans. When his department sees an actual construction set <br />of documents those go back to the City Planner to make sure that those documents <br />are meeting the requirements in planning. He indicated he does see a lot of the <br />native plantings and with the Engineering Department, a lot of the stormwater <br />management. <br />Mr. Culver noted that almost all development is required to do stormwater <br />mitigation. Staff is finding that more of the corporate users and residential users <br />that have a higher standard for aesthetics which will use more native plantings in <br />Page 8 of 9 <br />