HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005727renewableenergyAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
REGULAR MEETiNG DATE: July 27, 2005
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Resolution of the BOCC authorizing expenditures of funds
generated through the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program
STAFF RESPONSIBLE:
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE:
Tony Fusaro
Chief Building Official
This is the public hearing of a resolution that would approve
the commitment of REMP funds of $791,000 as approved by
the CORE board. This resolution was approved at first
reading on July 13, 2003.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve at public hearing.
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO, APPROVING EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS
GENERATED THROUGH THE
RENEWABLE ENERGY MITIGATION PROGRAM
Resolution # No. -2005
RECITALS
1. On January 26, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County
approved Ordinance No. 8 adopting the Aspen/Pitkin Energy Conservation Code,
which established the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program (REMP).
2. The Aspen/Pitkin Energy Conservation Code allows that the funds be spent with the
approval of the Board of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency and in
accordance with a joint resolution by the Aspen City Council and the Pitkin County
Board of County Commissioners.
3. The Board of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency approved the
following ten spending proposals:
· Burlingame Ranch Phase 1, $361,000. This money will be used to install efficient
mechanical and lighting systems, photovoltaic systems, solar hot water systems, spray
foam insulation, and water efficient landscaping. Burlingame will meet energy
standards of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America program.
· RFTA Lighting Retrofit, $10,000. This money would be used to complete an
extensive lighting retrofit at the RFTA Bus Barn.
· Community and Minigrant Programs, $70,000. One half of these funds would
support an existing REMP program that provides small renewable energy and energy
efficiency grants, up to $1,000, to area nonprofits, schools, and businesses. The
remaining $35,000 will fund larger grants, up to $10,000, issued on a competitive
basis to nonprofits, schools, and businesses.
· Pitkin County Airport Rescue Firefighting Building, $25,000. This money would
be used to optimize mechanical systems at a new public building being constructed at
the airport.
· Basalt Schools, $50,000. RE-1 is building new schools in Basalt, Carbondale, and
Glenwood Springs. This money would be used on the Basalt schools to fund energy
modeling and building commissioning. Modeling can identify ways to improve the
proposed building's energy performance. Commissioning ensures that mechanical
systems are installed and operate as designed.
· New Centm3~ Transportation Foundation, $25,000. Transportation produces more
than 40% of the valley's greenhouse gas emissions. NCTF is working with RFTA,
CORE, and the Canary Alliance to promote transportation choices, trails, and
improved transit services. This money would fund NCTF's "Clean Cars, Clean Fleets,
Clean Fuels" program.
· Solar Rebates, $50,000. Holy Cross Energy provides solar electricity rebates to its
customers in the Roaring Fork Valley. This money would enable CORE to provide
similar rebates to customers of Aspen Municipal Electric and other valley residents
not served by Holy Cross.
· Green Design Grants, $100,000. The most cost effective time to incorporate energy
efficiency into new buildings is during initial design. CORE receives numerous
requests for such technical assistance, has received a $25,000 grant from Rebuild
Colorado, a state government program, to help provide these services in the Roaring
Fork Valley. The REMP funds requested here would fund integrated design and
mechanical system upgrades on five new building projects, including: the City of
Aspen's affordable housing project at the Aspen Airport Business Center; employee
housing at the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District; improvements to the Pitkin
County Recycling Center; the Town of Snowmass's Community Pool; and a new
theater being built by the nonprofit Thunder River Theater Company in Carbondale.
· Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, $10,000. This nonprofit group coordinates
regional climate action. Its director, Stephen Saunders, a former congressional staffer
for David Skaggs and Gary Hart, is building a broad-based, nonpartisan, regional
coalition to support local, state, and national climate policy.
· CORE fees, $90,000. These funds will support a full-time CORE employee to
develop, design, and coordinate existing and new REMP projects. Of the sum,
$15,000 will be used to fund a public awareness campaign about our consumer
appliance rebates, solar incentives, and community grants.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the BOCC, that it does hereby approve the
expenditure of $791,000 for the above projects with the following provisions:
1. The Renewable Energy Mitigation Fund has a current balance of approximately
$1,600,000, and the total of the proposed expenditures equal $791,000.
2. The Community Office for Resource Efficiency will report to the Pitkin County
Board of County Commissioners regarding the progress and completion of the approved
projects in June, 2006.
Resolution No. -2005
INTRODUCED, FIRST READ, AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13,
2005.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON
July 17, 2005.
ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON
., 2005.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE
ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON ,2005.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
By By:
Jeaneffe Jones
Deputy CountyClerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Dorothea Farris, Chair
Da~:
JohnEly, CountyAfforney
MANAGER APPROVAL:
Hilary Fletcher Smith, County Manager
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
THROUGH:
Tony Fusaro, Chief Building Official
Cindy Houben, Community
Development Director