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<br />Building Code Board of Appeals <br />Minutes <br />February 21, 2008 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />same. Peter Geise seconds the motion. All members present approved the <br />election. <br /> <br />Staff Report - Mike Jones <br />Mike Jones wants to clarify the choices tonight to the Board of Appeals. These <br />choices are on the Built Green issues. The goal of tonight's meeting is to narrow <br />a proposal to be made to the City Council in March or April. Also, please be <br />reminded that the following Board of Appeals Members need their Ethics training <br />for 2008: Rex Olson, Bob Van Pelt, Mike Jones and Ron LoSasso. Beth Allen will <br />be sending you an email reminder of the upcoming training dates. <br /> <br />Policy Direction - Built Green <br />Mike Jones directs everyone to look at the spread sheet handout. This paper <br />shows the pros and cons of the Green Built programs that some of the <br />neighboring cities to Louisville have adopted. Mike Jones states that he has done <br />research and made phone calls to area Built Green programs to gather more <br />information. He reads from the handout some key points of comparison of the <br />pros and cons of Built Green programs. He asks everyone to pay attention the <br />HERS program. This is a 3rd party program who actually does the points, <br />inspections, and ratings on every house. HERS programs add costs of $500 to <br />$1000 per home. This would be an additional cost to Markel houses that the <br />home buyer would pay. HERS will test every home (see details on print-out). <br />Mike Jones states he feels very comfortable with Markel's current Green Built <br />product that they offer with every home they build. <br /> <br />Rex Olson encourages the Board to talk thru the HERS program. <br /> <br />Mike Jones reads from his HERS information and shares an overview in more <br />detail of this nationally developed program. <br /> <br />Peter Geise states builders are already mandated to "go green" from the supply <br />of building materials. (All the Board Members supported this opinion with multiple <br />interjections of support and examples of Peter Geise's statement.) <br /> <br />Peter Geise adds that Aspen has a good program that is also easy to adopt for <br />both residential and commercial. He asks if the City Council has allocated any <br />funds to support Built Green. <br /> <br />Mike Jones says there are no funds available currently and perhaps none to be <br />designated until 2009. <br /> <br />Matthew Berry proposes if we have to come up with something for Built Green, <br />but we have no money from Council, thus making the home buyers add an <br />additional $500 to $1000 per home, then why not just let HERS run their <br />