HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.052-05RESOLUTION #52
(SERIES OF 2005)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO AUTHORIZING
SPENDING FUNDS GENERATED THROUGH THE
RENEWABLE ENERGY MITIGATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1999, City Council approved Ordinance No.55
adopting the Aspen/Pitkin Energy Conservation Code, and
WHEREAS, the Aspen/Pitkin Energy Conservation Code allows that the funds be
spent in accordance with a joint resolution by the Aspen City Council and the Pitkin
County Board of County Commissioners, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Board of the Community Office of
Resource Efficiency approved a number of spending proposals, and
WHEREAS, the spending proposals meet the screening criteria of affordable housing,
cost-effectiveness, public visibility and education, environmental benefits, energy
efficiency, leverage, unique opportunity, new technologies and green design, and
WHEREAS, the Renewable Energy Mitigation Fund has a balance of approximately
$1,600,000 and the total of the proposed expenditures equal $756,000.
NOW, WHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1:
The Aspen City Council does hereby authorize the Community Office of Resoume
Efficiency to negotiate and secure contracts and manage the installation and/or
implementation of the following projects:
· Burlingame Ranch Phase 1, $361,000. This money will be used to install efficient
mechanical and lighting systems, photovoltaic systems, solar hot water systems,
spray foam insulation, and water efficient landscaping. Burlingame will meet energy
standards of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America program.
· RFTA Lighting Retrofit, $10,000. This money would be used to complete an
extensive lighting retrofit at the RFTA Bus Barn.
· Community and Minigrant Programs, $70,000. One half of these funds would
support an existing REMP program that provides small renewable energy and
energy efficiency grants, up to $1,000, to area nonprofits, schools, and businesses.
The remaining $35,000 will fund larger grants, up to $10,000, issued on a
competitive basis to nonprofits, schools, and businesses.
· Aspen Rescue/Fire Building, $25,000. This money would be used to optimize
mechanical systems at a new public building being constructed at the airport.
· Basalt Schools, $50,000. RE-1 is building new schools in Basalt, Carbondale, and
Glcnwood Springs. This money would be used on the Basalt schools to fund energy
modeling and building commissioning. Modeling can identify ways to improve the
proposed building's energy performance. Commissioning ensures that mechanical
systems arc installed and operate as designed.
· Solar Rebates, $50,000. Holy Cross Energy provides solar electricity rebates to its
20,000 customers in thc Roaring Fork Valley. This money would enable us to
provide similar rebates to the 2,500 customers of Aspen Municipal Electric who are
not served by Holy Cross.
· Green Design Grants, $100,000. Thc most cost effective time to incorporate
energy efficiency into new buildings is during initial design. CORE has recently
received a $25,000 grant from Rebuild Colorado, a state government program, to
help provide these services in the Roaring Fork Valley. The REMP funds requested
here would fund integrated design and mechanical system upgrades on five new
building projects, including: the City of Aspen's affordable housing project at the
Aspen Airport Business Center; employee housing at the Aspen Consolidated
Sanitation District; improvements to the Pitkin County Recycling Center; the Town
of Snowmass's Community Pool; and a new theater being built by the nonprofit
Thunder River Theater Company in Carbondale.
· CORE fees, $90,000. The bulk of these funds will compensate CORE for
developing, designing, and administering Renewable Energy Mitigation Program
initiatives. CORE's annual fee for this work is $75,000. The additional $15,000 will
fund a public awareness and advertising campaign about REMP's consumer
appliance rebates, solar incentives, and community grant opportunities.
Section 2:
The Community Office of Resource Efficiency will report in July 2006 to the Aspen City
Council regarding the progress and completion of the approved
Dated: July 27, 2005
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held July 25, 2005.
Kathryn S. KoCj~, City Clerk