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City Council Meeting Minutes September 27, 2022 Page 3 of 6 1. Setting Energy Performance Standards for Different Building Types — projects would be required to meet a maximum energy use allowed per square foot also called Site EUI (Energy Use Intensity). 2. Implementation of Appendix CC — Zero Energy Appendix for Commercial Buildings a. Enforcing Appendix CC only b. Enforcing Appendix CC and all -electric building requirement Council could look for exemptions for carbon offset and all -electric requirements. Appendix CC penalizes businesses that would need to go offsite to procure renewable energy. Ms. Schlaepfer went through calculations for multi -family and office buildings to meet the requirements. The consulting team recommends the City move forward with policy option 1. This option provides flexibility in fuel sources, doesn't require solar, EUI targets are easier to achieve, and doesn't require exemptions. While this doesn't align with the regional goals, it does align with the City of Boulder codes. Mayor Stolzmann asked for clarification on the statement that all -electric and offsite solar might not be feasible for some building types. The consultant gave hospitals, restaurants and manufacturing as examples. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney asked what phase 2 of the regional code cohort what would look like. The discussions just started but they are looking at the codes for the City of Boulder, City of Louisville, City of Denver, State of Massachusetts and other net zero code standards. Crested Butte just enacted all -electric code with the exception of restaurants. They also require all commercial buildings over 5000 sf to install renewable energy onsite. Councilmember Dickinson asked what other cities in the cohort have passed the IECC 2021. Superior, Longmont, and Louisville. Erie, Lafayette, Broomfield and Northglenn are moving forward with adoption. Public Comments Mark Oberholzer, Louisville resident and business owner, stated the business community is not ready for a code change and the infrastructure isn't ready. Businesses are still trying to recover from the Marshall Fire, supply chain issues, there are still a lot of empty commercial buildings in the city. This is just not the time to add a new stress to the business community. As for infrastructure, it's hard to know what Xcel's current make up of energy supply is and it would be irresponsible to get ahead of the curve. He