HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-074 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION N0.08-74
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA ENDORSING THE CALIFORNIA GREEN
BUILDER PROGRAM (CGB) FOR NEW SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTION HOMES, AND REQUIRING
ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONS TO CITY
OWNED FACILITIES TO BE DESIGNED AND
CONSTRUCTED TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM LEADERSHIP
IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED)
CERTIFIED RATING (LONG RANGE PLANNING
PROJECT NUMBER LR08-0007)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.. Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby
find, determine and declare that:
A. The demand for resources including, but not to limited to, energy and
water, have grown, and it is expected that demand for resources will continue to grow in
the foreseeable future to support growing population and building needs.
B. Conserving energy and water, improving air quality, reducing pollution,
and conserving natural resources, reduces adverse environmental impacts.
C. Green building programs reduce energy and water consumption, improve
air quality, reduce pollution and conserve natural resources, which reduce adverse
environmental impacts.
D. Green building programs can have significant positive healthy effects and
improve the living environments for occupants over the life of the building.
E. The City of Temecula seeks to promote green building initiatives, policies,
and construction standards that reduce energy and resource consumption, conserve
water, improve air quality and conserve natural resources to reduce adverse
environmental impacts.
F. The City of Temecula supports the voluntary California Green Builder
Program as an effective first step to help meeting community economic and
environmental goals of the City.
G. The voluntary California Green Builder program has established
performance and prescriptive green building standards that can be easily adopted and
implemented by City staff.
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a H. The City of Temecula supports a commitment to sustainable building
practices, and will provide leadership and guidance in promoting, facilitating, and
instituting such practices in the community.
I. The City of Temecula finds that green building design and construction
decisions made by the City in the construction of City buildings can result in significant
environmental benefits and cost savings over the life of the building.
J. The City of Temecula also recognizes that it must lead by example in
order to have the general populace follow suit and therefore commits itself to the
practice of green building for new construction of city owned buildings.
K. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green
Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for
developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.
Section 2. Environmental Findings
Staff has determined that this Resolution to participate in the California Green
Builder program for the construction of production single-family residential homes, and
to require new construction of publicly owned buildings and facilities to be constructed
to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certified standard, would result
in positive benefits to the environment, public health, safety and welfare of the
community. The City Council hereby finds that this Resolution is exempt from the
. requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Title 14
of the Califomia Code of Regulations, Section 15308, Class 8 -Actions by Regulatory
Agencies for Protection of the Environment. The Resolution to adopt the California
Green Builder Program for production single-family residential homes, and to adopt the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for new construction of Municipally
owned buildings will result in the conservation of energy, water, and other natural
resources, resulting in positive benefits to the environment, public health, safety and
welfare of the community.
Section 3. Sustainable Citv Buildings
It is the intent of the City of Temecula to plan, design, and construct its buildings
in a sustainable manner approved by the City Council after the date of this Resolution.
The US Green Building Council's LEED rating system and Reference Guide shall be the
design and measurement tools used to determine what constitutes a sustainable
building under this policy. At a minimum, the LEED Cert~ed Vevel certification shall
apply to new construction and additions to existing buildings.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 22nd day of July, 2008.
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 08-74 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of July , 2008, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Roberts,
Washington, Naggar
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0
0
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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