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CITY ADOPTS 2018 BUILDING CODES LOUISVILLE 2018 ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS The City of Louisville along with the Louisville Fire District In 20o.7,Louisville have adopted the 2018 International Building and Fire Codes successfully reduced our DECREASE with local amendments.The latest and greatest technolo overall energy related carbon gies for buildings are included in the 2018 Building Codes.To footprint by 11°7o MTCOn view these codes for free,please visit https://codes.iccsafe. across the community! org/category/I-Codes. Did you know the world's first known building code dates 50 CARBON FREE City facilities currently participate back to 1800 B.C.?Hammurabi was the ruler who established in multiple renewable energy the nation-state of Babylon (in modern day Iraq).Hammu programs.Today approximately So°Io of the electricity that runs City rabi's Code gave the world the first written building codes. buildings is carbon-free. They were unusually simplistic by today's standards but very matter-of-fact.For instance,"if a builder builds a house for IN PARTNERSHIP WITH XCEL ENERGY some one and completes it,he shall give him a fee of two shekels in money for each sar of surface." The City of Louisville is the first GRADUATE Just a reminder,we are starting to see our second wave of Colorado municipality to graduate roofing permits come through the doors from the June 2018 from Xcel's Partners in Energy program Hail Storm.Make sure your contractor has permitted the and enter into the newest partnership, Energy Future Collaboration. reroof work.You should have a permit card in the window or door of your house that is placed by the contractor and The City of Louisville is one of only issued by the City.If a contractor is reroofing your house and eight Colorado municipalities to you do not have a permit card,please call the City's Planning CITIES partner with Xcel through Energy and Building Safety Department at 303.335.4584 to verify Future Collaboration,which that a permit has been issued.Roofs that are not installed >j I`�I focuses on carbon-free planning. properly can lead to water damage of the structure and mold in the attic space and walls. In fall 2018,the City was awarded a zero-waste grant from Boulder County that will enable the City to increase its recy- CONSTRUCTION UPDATES cling capabilities in our parks,open space and downtown locations.Be on the lookout for these additions and get a Construction of two traffic signals at State Highway 42 and quick refresher on what can be recycled and composted by S. 104th and Dillon Road and S. 104th is underway but work visiting http://www.louisvilleco.gov/residents/sustainability/ has been delayed due to traffic signal pole manufacturing waste-and-recycling. and delivery issues.Concrete replacement work has begun on various streets within Louisville and will continue through Lastly,don't forget to join us on June 26th as the City cel July.Street resurfacing work will begin in early June and ebrates Bike to Work Day!Join us in front of City Hall (749 street reconstruction work will begin in early July.It is antici- St.) beginning at 6:30 am for pancakes,prizes and more! pated that construction of the State Highway 42 Underpass north of Hecla Dr.will begin in early June. CITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING Sanitary sewer main replacement and water line replace- ment will be bid in May and construction is expected Pending final approval,the City will receive just over$1.8 throughout the City from June to September.We ask for your million in federal funds through the Transportation Improve- understanding during construction and remind everyone ment Program (TIP).The projects(scheduled to be finalized to exercise caution when driving,biking or walking through by DRCOG in August) include a State Highway 42 Concep- a construction zone.If you have questions,please contact tual Design Plan,at-grade crossing improvements on South Public Works at pworks@louisvilleco.gov or 303.335.4608. Boulder Road between Main Street and Eisenhower and the You can also check out our City Construction Project Map at 104th Street trail connecting the regional Coal Creek trail to www.louisvilleco.gov/construction. the regional Rock Creek trail. Every 4 years,the Denver Regional Council of Governments GREEN SCENE (DRCOG)establishes a plan for the distribution of federal In partnership with Xcel Energy,the City continues to seek transportation funding in the Denver Metro Area,including new opportunities to further energy efficiency programs and Boulder County.The TIP will help to implement the multi renewable energy integration in municipal buildings and the modal transportation vision of the region through projects community. Building off of progress made in 2018,the City funded in 2020-2023.Through a competitive,sub-regional has started analyzing and developing emissions reduction (county)funding process,the City would be awarded and renewable energy integration goals. $1,828,293 in federal funds for the three projects.The proj- Page 4 • June 2019