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Approving a partial waiver of the sustainable building ordinance for the restroom facility for the Victoria Park Multi-Use Field Improvements project at 1500 Victoria Way.
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WHEREAS, in January 2018, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul adopted the Sustainable Building Ordinance (Ord 17-60, Chapter 81) for (a) New construction or the major renovation of facilities owned or operated by the City of Saint Paul or the HRA, (b) New construction or the major renovation of any facilities of which the city or HRA are, or will become, the sole tenant, and (c) New construction or major renovation of any facilities within the City of Saint Paul receiving more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of city funding; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance requires that such buildings be certified under LEED for new construction and major renovation; certified silver, gold or platinum; or State of Minnesota B3 Guidelines; certified compliant; or Saint Paul Port Authority Green Design Review (if applicable); and
WHEREAS, the Victoria Park restroom facility is a 541 sq. ft. seasonal structure and costs associated with the administration of one of the rating systems as specified in the Ordinance would be disproportionate to the cost of construction of the restroom building; and
WHEREAS, the requirements of this chapter may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Saint Paul City Council, or, in the event that the expenditure of city funds is approved by the HRA, the HRA board of commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Victoria Park Multi-Use Field restroom building will comply with the applicable requirements of the Saint Paul Overlay portion of the Ordinance for a building without heating and cooling; and
WHEREAS, compliance with the relevant requirements of the Overlay portion of the Ordinance can be achieved with lower costs and administrative effort and ensures that the building will conserve energy, reduce use of potable water, and divert construction waste from landfills; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby waives the portion of the requirement in Chapter 81 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code, that the Victoria Park Multi-Use Field restroom building must be certified by one of the specified rating systems in the Ordinance and finds that the building does not need to meet those requirements of the Saint Paul Overlay which are not applicable to a seasonal building.