[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Re: Questions for Ordinance 8164

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Sender: Yates, Bob

Jane & Tom:


In addition to the questions that Jan has asked, please advise us why the energy conservation and green building requirements are to be applied to buildings for which a site review application is pending or has been approved. Builders presumably submitted site review applications in reliance on our code, as it now exists. Unless there is a compelling reason to give these significant revisions to our code immediate effect, I will advocate that, for buildings for which site review is required, the new code not apply if a site review application has been submitted or approved prior to Council's adoption of the ordinance.


Best,


Bob

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From: Burton, Jan
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 6:27 AM
To: HOTLINE
Subject: Questions for Ordinance 8164

Jane,
Following are the questions I have for the second reading of Ordinance 8164, to revise the energy conservation and green building requirements
., as published in the February 7 Council materials, page 84.


1.       Why are we repealing an international code, IECC 2012, to adopt a Boulder specific code (2017 Boulder Energy Conservation Code)? What are the advantages to the city and our residents? What will be the costs to maintain our own code?

2.       In addition to the estimated costs referred to in Attachment B, what is the estimated cost of other requirements (landscaping, etc.), and how will it change the cost of building or additions (estimated percentage)?

3.       Has anyone put a pencil to the total cost increase brought for all of our actions in impact fees, linkage fees, energy codes, etc. (What percentage cost increase will we see, and how will it end up in end user rents?)

4.       What budget will provide early adopter initiatives?

5.       I couldn’t find the July 19 memo referred to in the packet as Attachment G. What I would be interested in is the specific stakeholder feedback, and in particular, any feedback about costs of this new code. I am interested in what our architects, contractors, and developers think this code will do to the overall cost of construction, both commercial and residential as well as any thoughts to phase-in timing.
Thanks!

Jan Burton
Member of City Council