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ATTACHMENT F <br />Regular Planning Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – Wednesday, September 7, 2022 <br />Page 10 <br />Mr. Miller reviewed the Sustainable Building Features through Incentives with <br />the Commission. <br />Member McGehee indicated she liked the list but when she went through them <br />they all seemed equivalent. She did not see a high and a low. She thought it <br />would be different depending on the kind of project proposed. She thought the <br />developer should be able to get points for doing any of the things on the list. <br />Member Pribyl explained it depends on what the City’s goals are by doing these <br />things because some of these are much more rigorous and require a lot more <br />investment and time as well as costs than others so she would not say they are <br />equivalent. <br />Chair Kimble indicated that was going to be one of her questions and was not sure <br />if these all needed to be listed or make a statement but there are a lot of <br />companies that are startingto incorporate elements of LEED but not get the <br />certification and her question was if the developer had to get the certification or a <br />percentage to qualify. She knew this was a start but this was one of the questions <br />she had because there are companies that are not getting certifications anymore <br />but are still making huge progress in sustainability. <br /> <br />Ms. Gundlach stated that is the exact issue staff has been talking about. Staff <br />thinks the first one on the list is the crème de la crème and what the City would <br />look for and if achieved would get the most points available in order to unlock <br />some of the incentives. Some of the other ones, developments could pursue those <br />without doing the LEED B3. Staff also talked about the fact that it is expensive to <br />go through the LEED process and there is the ongoing monitoring and <br />maintenance to make sure that they are continuing to honor the requirements <br />under LEED. If the City does not require it, the City does not have the expertise <br />to be tracking that. Once the building permit is issued it is not tracked and that is <br />going to be a challenge with this incentive’s conversation in general. If the <br />development does not want to get the actual certifications they certainly could <br />unlock some of these other standards. <br /> <br />Member Schaffhausen indicated because of what was recently proposed with <br />regard to the number of EV Stations like it being one, she thought what they have <br />done is created an incentive so as demand increases the City is actually providing <br />an incentive so there would be no reason really to go in and increase the number <br />of expectation for EV charging stations, in her mind, technically. She thought if <br />there was a required number of one that fear to providing an incentive there would <br />not be a reason to actually increase the number of required. What that means is <br />the way it is listed now is actually ok. <br /> <br />Ms. Gundlach wanted to clarify that where it states ten percent/twenty percent, <br />they are exceeding the requirements for EV charging by ten percent and by <br />twenty percent. The development still has to meet the minimum requirement and <br /> <br />