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City Council Meeting Minutes September 27, 2022 Page 4 of 6 prefers we act with the cohort and not unilaterally. The cost of improvements to vacant buildings would most likely cause those buildings to remain vacant. Iona Kearney, Louisville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, stated that as a board we are not against the desire for greener infrastructure, but on behalf of some of the membership we have discovered some unanswered questions regarding existing businesses, and the vacant buildings. Mike Deborski, Louisville, stated he attended one of the meetings and was the only business operator in the room. More outreach to businesses may be required. He would like to see more of a "carrot" approach rather than a "hammer" approach. Rick Kron, Louisville DBA and resident, stated he would like to see participation in the cohort and to act with the cohort not before it does, adopt a "carrot" approach. This is a new construction only discussion and should not be applied to existing businesses. Tiffany Boyd, Louisville, encouraged the Council to vote yes and include the energy performance standards. The cohort will bring a lot of municipalities together but Louisville will have a jump start on future standards. Josh Cooperman, Louisville supports the efforts to mitigate climate change and favors the performance standards. This system is used in Boulder. He supports the City's participation in cohort. If Louisville pushes ahead they could inform the cohort. Mayor Stolzmann stated there is an urgency to respond to the climate emergency and the longer we defer and delay the worse it will get. We can't just wait for other people to address the problems. She stated the highest emissions we have are from transportation and building. Xcel will be at 87% carbon free by 2030 and possibly fully carbon free by 2050. The way to address new building is to address building codes. She stated the majority of the comments she has received are based on inaccurate information. She noted that building new buildings with old measures will only cost more to retrofit in the future. She added incentives would be great if we could afford them. Mayor Stolzmann suggested going with Option 1 or 2 with modifications. With option 1 she would like to see an all -electric requirement and for Option 2 to modify the net zero code calculations. She is in favor of adding in all -electric requirements. She is interested to hear what exemptions people would like to see and the details for those. Mayor Stolzmann stated she hears a lot about incentives but they are not really set up to benefit commercial property owners as they are putting out the capital to upgrade and the tenant gets the benefit of a lower energy bill. Councilmember Dickinson stated we have a shared goal as a community, Council, and staff. Our community believes we are in a climate crisis and we have to do something.