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Comp Plan Citizen Advisory Committee Packet 2008 02-21-08 \\ED Cl; 4 J= t T United City of Yorkville County Seat of Kendall County 1B36 800 Game Farm Road Yorkville, Illinois, 60560 p9 Telephone: 630-553-4350 <C.E \V� Comprehensive Plan Citizen Advisory Committee AGENDA Community Facilities Meeting Thursday February 21 , 2008 Yorkville Public Library 902 Game Farm Road Meeting Called to Order: 5 :30 p.m. New Business: 1 . Welcome (Anne Lucietto, Chair of Yorkville Plan Commission) 2, United City of Yorkville's Municipal Facilities Plan (Bart Olson, Assistant City Administrator-10 minutes) 3. Questions/Comments (5 minutes) 4. Meeting Tasks (Citizens Advisory Committee) A. Community Facilities Goals and Objectives (Discussion Groups - 30 minutes) B. Discussion Groups report back to Citizens Advisory Committee ( 15 minutes) C. Break (5 minutes) D. Review/Discuss (Citizens Advisory Committee) i. DRAFT Natural Resource Goals, Objectives, and Action Plans (20 minutes) ii. DRAFT Infrastructure Goals, Objectives, and Action Plans (20 minutes) 5. March 5°i Public Open House Information 6. Questions/Comments 7. Pickup A. Commercial and Industrial Land Use Background Materials Handout 8. Adjourn NEXT MEETINGS : 1 . Comprehensive Plan Public Open House Wednesday March 5, 2008 4:00 — 8:00 PM Yorkville Public Library 902 Game Farm Road 2. Commercial and Industrial Land Use Discussion Wednesday March 26, 2008 5:30 — 7:30 PM Yorkville Public Library 902 Game Farm Road Attachments: I . Langdon, Philip, `Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Alive," Planning Commissioners Journal. Winter 2003 2, McMahon, Edward, "Public Buildings Should Set the Standard," Planning Conunissioners Journal; Winter 2001 3, Press Release: "Greensburg, Kansas Becomes First City to Commit to LEED Platinum Green Building Certification" 4. "The Chicago Standard" — Chicago, IL. construction standards for public buildings FEATURE Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Afive by Philip Langdon ��;,� 0u exit Interstate 80 and contains two restaurants, a bar, banking In Hudson, many local people realized st6 ' in Hudson, Ohio, 14 miles and real estate offices, and a collection of what was lost, and a campaign has been north of Akron, YOU might not stores, Lindner believes "the stores must initiated to build a new mixed use devel- sense that anything is amiss. People from rely on attracting customers from a larger opment, including a large downtown throughout northeast Ohio love visiting area who will come to Hudson on nice- library, to try to offset the impact of the that picturesque t I old Ohio settled two weather days and browse through the gift earlier decision. Regrettably, however, shops " As she notes, "this further alien- officials in many other communities still centuries ago as part of Connecticut's ates the local shopper who might want a don't recognize how the location of public Western Reserve. People wall( Hudson's shoe store or something 'real."' buildings helps cause a downtown to rise well-kept Main Street business district or fall. When public facilities move out, The sho m stores built more than a cen- ;rj� " f' ft i 1 "''"''P' Y shop m' iV '' � � �� i ,',1��,1 � '� the downtown may spiral downward as its tury ago. They stroll across a tidy "village 0 retail activity withers and local people green." Hudson seems, on the surface, a • • invest their energy elsewhere A Boosting place where the center remains intact • ® the Downtown Economy. This article examines But in the past several years one aspect • , ® the vital role post offices, municipal halls, of Hudson has changed for the worse: in • libraries, courthouses, and other public 1997 the post office left its longtime loca- buildings play in downtowns and town tion on Main Street, reducing the role of centers, and what several communities downtown in local people's lives- "The have done to keep these uses from post office was important to downtown leaving. because it was a huge generator of foot The harm done to downtown Hudson SAVING THE POST OFFICE IN traffic," says Julie Lindner, a planning is mild compared to the damage that other AMIILRST, MASSACHUSE ITS consultant who lives in Hudson "You communities have suffered when one, Amherst, a western Massachusetts col- could not go there without seeing some- two, or even more of their principal public lege town of 35,000, first became anxious one you knew. It ensured that local people buildings moved out. A planner in a about the possibility of losing its down- would be downtown. It made downtown Southern city recalls that his downtown town post office in the 1980s. The Postal necessary, not just a bunch of cutesy lost part of its liveliness when the post Service announced that its building on shops in a quaint setting." office shifted to a location outside the cen- North Pleasant Street was no longer large Now that the post office has moved to tral business district. A while later, city enough and would have to be replaced by an automobile-oriented location just officials decided the old city hall was too a new one in an outlying commercial area, beyond the central retail area, those who small, so the municipal offices relocated The old post office, a Neoclassical live in Hudson have "no compelling rea- to a building that had become available building constructed in 1925, "was son" to go downtown, says Lindner, beyond downtown. Then, because so important to business people downtown, Though the Main Street business district much money was tied up in the new who relied on being able to walk to do city offices, local their postal activities," says Amherst Plan- ' - leaders passed up ning Director Robert R Mitchell. For 4'5 ^y an opportunity to years, many residents had tented boxes in S 1 y build a new library that building, just one long block from the downtown, even center of town "People met there to get though that was their mail and exchange local gossip," where the library's Mitchell says. "Many have rituals where _., director said the they pick up their mail and then go get facilities should coffee at a downtown restaurant or coffee be. One by one, shop That business would have been the departure of lost.." A major bus stop just down the e public buildings front steps made the existing post office left the center ever convenient for people who did not or Hudson3 Post Office was relocated to this spot outside the town center. weaker, could not drive. I PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL / NUMBER 49 / WINTER 2003 A '`F a.. }Iil ! t`I `�•. � � IIn! � G +Z h••+��'�•� y �• �.. • ' 11 • / 1 • • • o it 11•• • . • • . • 1 r • • rr nr • • . r n n • . • tr�1- y i ' t I, �Y ! l 45 h • • • • • r • to a 11 t % f 14. • • 11 • • • 1 1 • • t me 0 1 • 4 4 • a • •• vp • m� n ��;�y, t • r h ) • 5 y,. • r • • z 11 v; . • . . . . . _ • . . r r it I It 'It - v � T� i t ��R# rr � Lk I � � •'�A I i 3 FT'Y7v • 1 f •`i t f '�t3-i -,'�i£' P � a.:,� . • • IIf fi y h t rc +( A f f f y Ito a� "') --pu f'jt � i f:� 4 ! 1 ! � 1� hL`IL t C • _ • • • Ems._ -� i , '- • ' • . . . . • • • 11 1 . • • . ? a 'r t . ' • - • . • • . • Af�GTis••-° -:SSW " MI. It`y "zi vTM•" e,1 r 6ij t .a1 • . 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Most of the ground floor is with new buildings, some of them two, now occupied by a highly successful e r '' three, or four stories high, with a [nix of upscale restaurant called First 6r Lasti _er 4 retail, offices, and sometimes housing , Tavern In fair weather, sidewalk dining Downtown storefronts, half-empty in the enlivens the frontage of this striking � .i. 1970s, are now full 'The city's core looks mixed-use building, handsome and distinctive. Public build- Monroe Johnson, community devel jl ings helped make the revival possible, opment specialist for the city, says the � 'ha R' +. 3^�"'^�'}. T—`.mr .-c �` �N` � yj .� z• i `�'i. ` i a!>r 't � 3 r- `r'�1 '*n.� .. ,3A .. ' ` i i y '1 .. d \sot l4e ' t�j -,„. 1 one 'of the best Ways to enhance an ;t areas liveliness is to mix d$erent uses closely together, 71tat'can be one 0 r ` in buildings that wive pubhe purposes A, such as libraries the Hollywood L bury ®_ in the Hollywood nei hborhood oFPox[ land, Oregon, (shown above) occupies } part of atour-story huildmg that.opened ,,i _ in May 2002 in a join venture ltetween the Multnomah County Lrhrary systeta 3 and See (eye Hollywood LLC, a private developer. Otfciafs wanted a rooted use project, In Middletown, Connecticut, a new police headquarters was successfully integrated with ¢ ground floor prefetably'wtth housing on top TE;at Idea restaurant fit the revised zomng'fit a part of t}I;e city ss 1 PUBLIC AND PRrvAIE MIXED USES police headquarters enhances confidence where residential andcornme(nal Some communities bolster their in downtown safety, and he observes that opmentkudprevouslybeenkep[ apart downtowns by mixing government open- the stylish restaurant has become "proba- Mixed- ise development allows pebple to ations and for-profit enterprises in a new bly the most important commercial pres- live near the services tlreywantm cujoy ; building or a new complex. Middletown, ence on Main Street." explained john Warner oEthe Portland s ' I Connecticut, a city of 43,000, is one of Other cities have put government Debelopment Commission Thomas j those. In the mid-1990s, when the time functions in privately owned buildings as HackerAith teets'of Portland designed 1. came to build a new police headquarters, a way of jump-starting rehabilitation in the building to accominodam a 13 000 � Middletown considered a dozen sites. depressed blocks. A notable example is sgn? ?-f°otbmnch Library; 47mrxed T'he choice the city settled upon was a the effort led by Art Skolnik in Seattle's income apartments and 81§ squairfeet t Main Street block occupied by a vacant Pioneer Square Historic District in the of ground-IIo°ere ad space now occ t Sears store. Local leaders hoped the new early 1970s. SkolnIlk, operating from the pled byCaEfe Uno etel building, if it was attractive, would knit mayor's office, enticed municipal, county, Theupper floors cdntam 28 market the street together and aid the recovery of and other public entities to rent space in race apartriiencs and ap7rm eats;; a business district that had endured lean Pioneer Square buildings. That enabled reserve for people earl mgless thah 60 times the buildings to qualify for renovation Percent'of the areas med an Income: the loans. I'he lease commitments from ov- county ow s the hbra ywh le Sockeye Middletown officials realized that the g awns the residential r a nd eta l s ace The new police headquarters would do more ernmental entities helped spur neighbor P .. for Main Street's customer appeal i hood revitalization . Once the rtvate - new library is one l(eyetement of Port 11 f the P 1 ,an dk plan , strengthen the centerof the , building had stores or restaurants in its market rebounded, government offices were free to Hollywood Neighbo ground floor. The city decided to con- o elsewhere. Skolnik says, xhpod ako home to Ys the restored 1,SOOseat AnDecosryle struct a signature building with towers at "Pioneer Square is now mostly restored Hollywood Theatre and (ofspec alihter ::) each end — recalling a towered city hall and its become an active, vital part of the est m fans of anthorB eve r1 that had been demolished in 1960 — and m'ty continued on page 14 young Ramona cZtmnby aad her family 1.PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL, I NUMBER 49 7 w7 NTFR Inn3 D� f® A , Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Alive... Proximity exerts an enormous influ- continuedjrompagel3 ence. Moving a public building even a ke Camp lIS . f®i do1 111 Lt A L LESSONS FROM short distance can have a large impact on COURTHOUSE TOVITIs a downtown's economy in Boise, Idaho, A-"pubbc service. 1 . A campus" is the In Maryland, former Gov Parris Ada County recently consolidated all its answer some communities have used to offices — including the courthouse, the serve the" ublic efficiend and mSQme Glendening, as part of his Smart Growth 4. P Y county administration, prosecutors, and L.cases bolster the downtown_.'I ' In dhe - ,L- , , program, attempted to concentrate gov- ancillary staff who were scattered all the City of Midland and Midland aunt the ernment offices in central locations, such t3 tT as downtowns. One example is in Snow around downtown — into a single build- Michigan,were both in dim need of Ing roughly five blocks south and six ALL overiimentfacilities, sa MattOSt ar- Hill, the 2,409-population seat of g ys g blocks east of the old locations. "Lots of den, city planner for Midland ( o nla Worcester County About four years ago ty P P P the county government planned to build the smaller law firms are following the don, 41,000) The dtp offices were courthouse in that direction ," sa s Elaine downtown, and the county officeS were anew office annex outside of Snow Hill, Y% near the jail, to replace cramped facilities Clegg, co-executive director of Idaho scattered in several locations. Smart Growth. "It seems crazy that such Reloeaung the .city offices out of in town. "The governor went to Snow azy Hill and said if they built it downtown, a short-distance move could make such a downtown was considered but rejected m difference, but the 500 or so employees Cavorofconsolidatingc, , L LA county he'd put state money in the project," recalls John Frece in the Governor's no longer eat, shop on their lunch hour, offices as part of a "campus" i _', redevel- or even drive through downtown much opment project, located at the west end of Office of Smart Growth, g Considering the $ 1.5 million incen- anymore. It has only been six months, the downtown Main Street 1, 1., " ss dls rive offered by the state, the county and the businesses downtown are begin- trict. Also part of the govemnment cam- nin to feel the effect." pus, an abandoned Woolworth building decided to build the new space, for g approximately 120 employees, as an Experiences in two courthouse towns has ckina cCenter, a public offices for The nn Y in Pennsylvania illustrate some of Mackinac Center, a public polity research annex to the existing county courthouse Y I According toJenuiFer in the town's center, The results have the nuances of siting decisions. In Adamicik, Midland's Downtodrn Goord - been good, A new cafe opened, a restau- Doylestown, the Bucks County seat, nator, this has enabled the approximately rant expanded, and a drug store contin- county officials debated whether to build 250 city and oouutyemployees to easily ued operating despite earlier plans for a new courthouse down the hill from the shopor eat downtown during lunch hour closng, Michael Dresser reported inThe community's hub , The new location or after work Baltimore .Sun Other renovations and would have been only a five- or 10- Anodter advantage of the project business openings have also been minute walk away from the old court- Arm notes, has been that pazkng ts ' planned in Snow Hill — attributable in house, according to planning consultant shared by all LL the .attar's m the nine-block large part to the investment in the county Thomas Comitia, who conducted a coin- : redevelr,, Ltarea, , 1u dinggove?n offices, munity impact study for the borough . LL meI, I . . rches, and stores - ° I i� I Three local foundation3 The ° o ❑ o a o o WPmG �r Herbert 11. and Gram A DOW ° o ° o g ❑ o ° o v n v o EMI o a o 0 Foundation The Rollin M n o W ° o o ° c ° ei: o e e o o ° ❑ A p o c ❑ d a ❑ o p " o 0 o t e o� GerstackerFoundadon and - - - - ' - -` • - -- Ihe Charles J Sn°sarl5er ° ®' ® • 1�1 Foundation provided $3 $ >. 1 on on of the protects $143 �o ;e^p mdhon cost. n Though a campus Iilce i L . organization has beennsed m ° ¶ g othercommumueI as well rt _. ll - `� : Q� will pro duce Onlylaitedspm • • - • - -, N m% off benefits for downtopm �;. � retailers unlessthegovernment A LL, d, buildings are located within I� � � E LMg land Vin Catagodee easy wall mg distance of the �,/ sWb c miy NuXWa Rcm>y sccona rWa „ - a IS e O e U t`�—J//� r.. a+� ® Nultl�lo GaNH • Cwmnvrdtl spa Roar stores, restaurants, and other t ® • J kq{n, S y �� ® ❑tea • ome soaM Row bll5lttesseS.dOwnCOWn.. ' ` '* i iJ CommedN • novtmmmawnn AA l.AA y'"f - - nuWUmN • - • . DM❑ Mary o .. A' .,�. , j`S Olran 2 Governmental Campus area in °ccy F `� ""N�= `s ® Wawwi ' dowiitmvnMidland;'Mlchigait. .. ..- .- - LLr P"LANNING � COM°M ISSIONERS JOURNAL / NUMBER 49 / WINTER 2003 r' 1u� ^ Carson City, Nevada Nevadan state capital, Carson City (population, 54,000), has experienced what may be a unique twist y when it comes to the location of its city e� hall. About ten years ago, city ball was relocated From downtown to a site about a mile north of the city's center Untortu- nately, nothing too unusual about that, as 5 ,r J many municipal offices have moved away ='u _ s from their historic downtown locations. I he twist in Carson City: city hall has returned to downtown (shown below),. According to Walter Sullivan, Carson City's planning and 'community develop- The new Lawirnce, Kansas, Arts Center has helped boost the small cityk downtown ment director, the return to downtown reflected local leaders' desire to "make a But that distance would have been long the employment base will remain, within statement about the importance of down- enough to harm the downtown of the easy walling distance, town," and "to strengthen the citys efforts 8,227-population borough. "If the court- ARTS CENTERS IN THE CENTER at downtown redevelopment." The return house moves, the retail shops, stores and has involved about one hundred employ- restaurants will suffer," said Comitta " While the focus of this article has been on buildings such as post offices ees, including the mayor and city manag- "'Mom and pop' businesses would be the g P er's offices, as well as the city's board of first to go " His warning seems to have and town halls, in many communities an supervisors. The downtown relocation registered Bucks Count now appears arts center can provide the linchpin for g Y PP was eased when a rehabbed former bank . likes m expand the existing courthouse strengthening downtown.. Y P g In Lawrence, Kansas, debate centered building became available, rather than erect a new building away Sullivan notes that that the move back from the community's n a community Arts Center in an old tY s center Carnegie library building owned by the downtown has added to downtown's . In West Chester, the 18, Carnegie vitality. In addition, local officials have'' tion seat of Chester County, the initial city, which the arts group bad outgrown, benefited Crum now being within walking thinking among the county judges was Meanwhile, a local industry made an distance of the State being within wal somewhat different. The judges were attractive offer to build a new center on a donated site outside the downtown. Also reinforcing Carson Citys down inclined to construct anine-story court Linda Finger, city/county planning town revival: the opening of a new down- building right in the borough's center, town post office in 2001. Inadditioii, close to the existing one The problem director,od said the mayor and the govern- downtown has seen the construction of a was that the new facility would have fog body established s ad hoc commit- new main fire station and the remodeling , ' tee to review options for renovating a required demolition of about a dozen and expansion of the public library downtown building or finding another small buildings Helpful thou downtown location. Through the efforts of several local business owners and ty, it can be a mistake to put them where developers a better alternative was they displace tax-paying buildings — devised. A new arts center, as well as especially tax-paying buildings that con- commercial buildings, apartments, and a 4 �} tain local businesses retail center were developed within the the stores and Other enterprises in downtown district. The Arts Center con- West Chester's town center were im or- P tinues contributing the vitality of the arts ,' tant to the community's character, says community to the central city and has Comitta, who lives in West Chester and been an anchor to redevelopment, Finger occasionally consults for its borough gov- says ernment. Eventually the Chester County Near the Arts Center a new Municipal commissioners and judges decided to Court building has also gone up. "None build the new court facilities a block and of this happened quickly," Finger notes, a half away — an outcome that Comitta "but over a three- to four-year time span, City Hall is back downtown in Carson City, regards as nearly ideal. Existing business- with a lot of public involvement and Nevada. The State Capitol can be seen in the: es and buildings will continue to be, and connnucd mpage 16 background PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL. / NUMBER 49 / WINTER 2003 i Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Nive.., useful for giving down- continued front page 15 town a boost, but they - ' working together creatively to meet both have to be skillfully public private-sector needs. " integrated into their P P The distance between local govern- surroundings , Since the went and the arts is literally the length of bombing of the Okla- —_ a flight of stairs in the small town of Noma City Federal Antrim, New Hampshire As former Building, this has - Antrim planning commissioner David become harder to Essex recounts, "two years ago propo- accomplish, especially nents of a $900,000 Town Hall renovation for courthouses and x ayli Y won a surprising Town Meeting vote from federal facilities. In notoriously frugal residents in part by New Haven, Connecn- ' jdemonstrating the Town Hall's impor- cut, Mayor John DeSte 'a' .' =y.. . Lance as a venue for civic organizations, fano,Jr worked to get a ` The landscaping in front of the federal courthouse in downtown notably a very active theater troupe that new FBI building erect- Minneapolis integrates security and aesthetics. would have been without a performance ed in the downtown, space if the upstairs auditorium had not but it has turned out to be not much of an as a force to help strengthen downtowns " been renovated and brought up to code." asset, The building stands far back from While federal buildings need to satisfy According to Essex, the plan passed in the street behind a black metal fence and "the paramount concern of worker and large part because of the "homework" an array of barriers The barriers and the visitor safety," they do not have to become done by a committee that carefully retreat from the street make for an fortresses. Moravec also points to the use worked through the details of the renova- unfriendly environment Pedestrian life, of berms and other landscaping tech- tion plan before the Town Meeting vote. which is critical to downtown vitality, niques to provide sufficient "stand off diss- DESIGN MAKES A DIFFERENCE cannot tolerate much of this. lances" for vehicles, while offering an But responding to security concerns is aesthetically pleasing environment. As Public buildings that generate com- not necessarily incompatible with com- Moravec notes, it is essential to have high- munity activity and social life are more munity-sensitive design Even large Ceder- quality architecture and design that will critical to a downtown than are more rou- al office buildings and courthouses can be result in buildings that can "be a source of tine government office buildings. Post integrated with their surroundings in an pride for generations " offices, for example, serve and attract attractive manner, and remain vital com- SUMMING UP: individuals from throughout the commu- ponents of downtown districts.. nity, giving them opportunities to social- According to Joe Moravec, Commis- The presence of public buildings is ize and filter through a town or city sioner of the General Services Admini- one of the keys to a strong and vibrant center. The same is true for town halls, stration's Public Buildings Service downtown or town center. Many commu- libraries, and arts centers. (responsible for the siting and design of cities have seen economic and social ben- Government offices that have less federal buildings), GSA remains firmly efits when the post office, the municipal daily involvement with the public can be committed to "using the federal presence building, the public library, and other important public buildings stay or expand downtown Conversely when they leave, Online "Holly Springs, Mississippi, is a town of the fabric knitting downtown together around 9,5000, southeast of Memphis.. In the Comments; around start to unravel. mO - mid-1980s, the Postal Service announced that "Besides creating activity the dow imarn post office, on the town square, Philip Langdon is a downtown, public buildings have another would be moved to a locadon on the western writer and associate editor t`+ quite importantrole: they connect us to our city limits The Chamber of Commerce and of New Urban News, a >s community5 past and carry our identity into the Downtown Merchants Association, bol- .`� the future. While popular culture focuses on national newsletter on + p p stered by three downtown banns, launched a v r t individuali rebellion, and roodessness, civic design and development tY campaign m ]seep the post office downtown ` ,,,;t3 ;y�;^" spans are one of the rare manifestations we After much negotiation, the Postal Service He is also the outlier of { have left of community and depth of common agreed to leave the downtown location open A Better Place to Live: - e (I values and culture through time They provide for specific services, while moving other ser. Reshaping the American p that sense of comfort, continuity, and place so vices to the new location.. This arrangement Suburb (University of important to the human psyche " has worked for everyone," Massachusetts Press, 1994. Langdon's previous - Ilene Watson, Planner, Kelowna, British -ivy Owen, Commmuty Development Coordinator article for the PCJ, "New Development, Traditional Columbia for the Mississippi Band of Cimctaw Indians (arid Patterns, " appeared in PCJ 436, Fall 1999- He former C . Director, Holly Springs, Mississippi) lives in New Haven, CT, and can be reached at plangdon @snot net PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL / NUMBER 49 / WINTER 2003 t FEATURE ® Buildings Should Set the Standard by Edward T. MrMahon ~ our community is glowing , sense of place. They give communities most beautiful and important buildings — Perhaps it needs a new elemen- something to remember and admire. The and these buildings were almost always tary school, a fire station, or a challenge facing public architecture is to located downtown or in other central bigger courthouse. Where should these Provide every generation with structures locations. In the last half of the 20th cen- buildings be constructed? What should that link them with their past, fill them fury, however, public buildings were they look like? And how much public with pride, and reinforce their sense of frequently relegated to little more than money should be invested to ensure belonging, utilitarian boxes, We designed schools quality design and construction? Public buildings should set the star- and libraries that resembled correctional George Washington offered an dard in a community. Public buildings facilities, and built fire stations and post answer to these questions more than 200 with civic stature, quality materials, and offices that looked like warehouses At years ago when he said, "public buildings prominent settings project a sense of per- the same time we moved many of our in size, form and elegance must look manence and human scale that expresses public buildings from downtown to new beyond the present day." the dignity and importance of public locations on the strip far from town. People have long understood that institutions. SEEHING HIGHER QUALITY public buildings can help nurture feel- During the 18th, 19th, and first half PUBLIC BUILDINGS ings of heritage and community that of the 20th century, throughout America People appreciate public buildings enrich a nation and its people. Public city halls, courthouses, post offices, and that express the dignity, permanence, buildings and spaces create identity and public schools stood as the community's continued on page 4 ��-;� ,�.."r�`T'"` f'. `i�'�� r" '�-� ' r- ? ''r-j s. �1` �.�pL,�3 ��,�„ 'yrx't-°� 4 . Rp , • _ l+'_,�`•"V.G''� ins�..?.-r �t >�. -Jl'ii 1 -0 h•- t i F f� 1 r y""'v.w, �s `nti`.�. fyi�� e- b s2 a��, r Y'":hf * "" . cc .„r � ' ( c, r-- � i � , �� L �f � y,�E� 1.� �•"�� .. r'- tL . n r-•�s"ra L a .L � 4 [—;� c: �?m r ti � � X44 rc G r ^'0` `V_ PP r - e '•- t Built in 1884, the Shackelford County Courthouse in Albany, To= recently received a $1. 7 million grant systems threugh the Texas Courthouse Preservation ;mgram (described on page 7) to repair and upgrade its electrical and plumbing systems PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL / NUMBER 41 / WINTER 2001 ' vH yU 1 g �ir'A EA 1� i • 111• •1 / " r ' • � • ' Ir ��b��l �,�� t u ?_ ro'3 � • • • • • • • • .Y 1��.� s� f ..- I � � rc G.i4 � .-s. .3 � S � -r �-.. 1 4 � T • t • • • 1I I • I I • T 1'°^'TM ,mq ^ • 11 1 � 1 i I . �•!I . �1 • ' • t1 • 1 L ([rj�r Sr • 1 •1 1 • • It • • • 1 • 1 • ' 1 • • • 1• ' 1 • • • • tz (Jn ,ti # ry c �� 1 "ttv �'`I , - . � yy�`P`� ��t . ��1Ik1 �t� hp♦-....Ak� � t*in�' N Is ' .trt 1 4{tIS 1�� 5f �j�`�rf• . 11 A'P" r "ryv3� iv lCOC Fy "Cal r � 1 } Y� r. Y ; 3};IJ1.1% '4 IT'sik 11 ' MI5 t we s/. r '"P pf ✓x} f 31G r' k7 I�MM M 1 �v ... I-y 1� ��r'-'f✓ _� �� vs. �j»>;�"'xi-,;,r .[a n• J1. .•y �s 't` y� �41 �.1.�• .:.r`+i �.—�_ ��' .E++t"� na'. r `5 � r-°w.. -t-'. E'2�tifl s.� .v > >. 1 ' � �'� _ 3?_!�r.,nY Fs• :- ':` � - 21 6� s,� U'� � -W N�� 1 �FIffi 1 1 I II I / /1 / 1 / • 1 • • • 11 The Postal Service is the most visible Federal Modem and ubiquitous federal institution in IC Requirements: Fire Stations America . Indeed, in many small towns, the local post office is the only federal In May 2000, Congress Rebecca Zurier in her fasci- milding. Because of the unique presence codified Executive Order 13006, originally nating book, The Ametican Firehouse, of post offices, many citizens equate their signed by President Clinton in 1996. The observes that: "By the time the United treatment at the hands of the post office Executive Order provides, in part, that States entered the space race, the Amen- "The Federal Government shall utilize can fire station, though filled with an with their relationship with the Federal acid maintain, wherever operationally appro- impressive array of equipment, was likely Government in general priate and economically prudent, historic to be one of die least impressive buildings The daily visits that citizens make to properties and districts, especially those in the community. And somehow the pub- local post offices have shaped the devel- located in our central business areas. - . . lic — architects, city building departments, opment pattern of many towns. Busi- When locating Federal facilities, Federal neighbors, and the firemen themselves - ness districts have grown up around agencies shall give first consideration to his- bad come to expect no better" post offices, allowing postal customers torte properties within historic districts If no While Zurier attributes part of this to shop, dine, and take care of other such property is suitable, then Federal agen- trend to municipal cost-cutting, she also needs in one convenient area. For exam- cies shall consider other developed or unde- notes that many no longer consider fire- ple, a 1990 survey of Iowa communities veloped sites within historic districts. fighters "folk heroes" — instead viewing by the National Trust for Historic Federal agencies shall then consider historic them as municipal blue-collar workers Preservation's Main Street Program properties outside of historic districts, if no who "do not need or deserve aesthetic found that 80 percent of consumers who suitable site within a district exists " buildings." shopped downtown did so because of As the National Trust for access to the post office. Historic Preservation noted in Des rte their role as communi applauding the May 2000legis- r ' p ty lation, "The signing of H.R — institutions, man ost offices have been i yp 834 ended a long wait for moved from downtown or town center codification of the Clinton locations to outlying sites, frequently in Executive Order issued in 1996 commercial strip developments. Local as a means of making the Feder- residents and officials have often al government a major partner received little notice of these shifts. in the fight against urban Moreover, it has not been uncommon sprawl." : T � for these relocations to contradict poli- n : y Gies set out in community comprehen- Post sive plans , '.� ice Bill Two small town fire stations. A typical, post WWII garage- style building (above) and n mom thoughtfully designed Currently, there is no statutory The "The Post structure in Port Royal, South Carolina (below) . Good design requirement for the Postal Service to Office Community Partnership is possible. consult with the community or their Act" introduced by Congress- customers before making relocation man Earl Blumemmer, Senator ' decisions. What's more, the Postal Ser- Jim Jeffords, and Senator Max _ r vice considers itself exempt from local Baucus, in addition to requir- zoning and building laws m and has fre- Ing community notification of �3 e quently ignored them.. possible post office relocations, ®® ��®r- 1 _ would require the Postal Star- attempt When the Postal Service made no q attempt to coordinate its facilities plan- nee to consider, among other ®® ning with the Portland, Oregon land use factors: �N vV i n� .- ° the extent to which the post plan, and then refused to build side- office a office is part of a core down- walks to a major new postal facility, town business area; Congressman Earl Blumenauer got mad. He introduced legislation - "'The Post ° any potential effect co the relocation, closing, consolidation, or Office Community Partnership Act" - in construction on the community served the 105th Congress that would require by the post office, and the Postal Service to obey local land use ° whether the community served by the and planning laws and work with local post office opposes a relocation, closing, continued on page 6 consolidation, or construction. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL I NUMBER 41 1 WINTER 2001 cri�= 1 • • . . ' r - 9 t'.'t''.r. • . 'v " • • . . � . 1 I . • . � •. • � 1 t 1 i14. �LLff•.� y� 11 Y. yl t , [.,.t " '4- '44-G."k:+:w }[s ' J-F 'a•` k r s 3A* It Mll LL If It rr wa��K ...x >s "vr4 . Fs rak4 '�Ri �$r '''�� v.�-I' - ra ✓c t' if9' v„ "{r hr'!+`} ecr J v £ ! r tm �'_ { rx:. >� ' [?� i its SrJ j"r 'fl s > 'a- e5 yKf EL y 5. A * v# < r ! 12 k'-16 4.�'k sq: "' " 2 t's, 3 awn- ' L++su 's ) •�: dk'' 2 --t�'a'"' 'd 'S _ +&'r !"aa"`"k. y -rx� Zr i r i'-r�'7 o. X a 3 .. l ��y It � �o 'tea � �� ._.'" �� c -•k� v a � x "' t fa.,'�]d a-5 '{/V.i, �',��' B � 1 lV I d4 t o b .{ a IP, ! s4a� ..It. uI I It r I • !e! > 5 [4�xu[[ur t*i i � 1 S:3}_r { �Z3a - 3 Y1 .---�- �'-• 1 � emu, 1 1 r .u� t�"Ir �� +tk !yr,..�:'^a .I°` t w�h lY " "r .r • �a K S m II ]r-r iI Cill It r ui T I . .1 pw L 1 � f r- I f Lr + r .' t�"'ar'4.j4'. I ._ f ,«✓ €- ^i „ i71f ., , t1�� 71 f ? ::� f- 1f, ,�� _ , W. NAr `r The Second Empire style Lampasas County Courthouse was built in 1884, The Romanesque Revival style DeWitt County Courthouse in Cucm, Texas A $2.3 million preservation graft will allow for essential structural repairs was dedicated in 1897. In 1998, the National Trust government use But many of them — includ- $50 million initial allocation. Many of the for Historic Preservation ing some of the oldest and most amhitec- counties received funding to develop archi- named Texas' courthouses to its orally distinguished — have fallen into tectuml plans for courthouse renovations, list of 11 most endangered his- disrepair due to inadequate funding for the first step in the preservation process, toric places in the United States. As the preservation and routine maintenance.” while others received funds to cover actual National Trust noted: "The historic seats of Instead of taking offense at the National repair and restoration work. county government in Texas represent some 'trust listing, Governor George W. Bush and The Texas Historical Commission, which of the finest works of public architecture in the Texas 1 egislature responded positively — administers the grant program, found the the Lone Star State — and the nation Their and rapidly — by establishing an innovative response to the program "overwhelming' location and design helped establish each program to provide state matching grants to and noted that "the need is so great that we countys unique identity while embodying counties needing to renovate their old court- presently have 99 counties needing more the majesty, solidity and egalitarian ideals of house buildings Within little more than a than $201 million for courthouse restoration democratic government. All 225 of the state's year, grants ranging from $37,000 to over projects." Additional grant funds will be historic courthouses are still community $3 million have been distributed to some 47 sought during the next session of the Texas focal points, with 201 remaining in active counties, making full use of the Legislatures Legislature.. Courthouse Grant Criteria Eligibility for a grant requires the 4 ".. county to have adopted a master preser _ vadon plan for its courthouse. in adds- r , lion, the Texas Historic Commission i © I gives weight to the [allowing criteria (among others) in scoring applications: it • Status of the building as ❑fmrcfloting rap' courthouse before and after the project ! • The cmmtyf willingness to place a preservation easement on the courthouse n-- -x: Age and historic significance of the a r:•. courthouse -. ;r;,. ' ° - • Degree to which the courthouse is endangered c - " "` �� • Extent of the matching grant provided The Ice Cotmty Courthouse in Giddings, Texas, � by the county was designed by noted Toros arzhitectJ Riley The Denton County Courthouse-on-the.Square, in Gordon in the Romanesque Revival style, and ° Evidence of the comntyN efforts to protect Denton, Texas, is home to the county commission- completed in 1899- Lee County was awarded a mid enhance surrounding historic prop- ers' and county judges offices, as well as a muse- $2.3 million preservation grant to repair the erties, and promote other county-wide um The County received a $462,000 preservation buildmgY masonry, restore its windows, and preservation efforts grant to enable preparation of architectural plans replace several mechanical systems and specifications for the courthons8 renovation . PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL / NUMBER 41 / WINTER 2001 Courthouse Public Buildings... Edward McMahon is a I Tn continued from page 6 Land use planner,, attorney, rr` Action r l ' comes to designing and siting new facil- and director of The Con Courthouses have long servation Fund's "Amery x ; served as places for the public to attend,, ities, there are other equally important can Greenways Program considerations. Public buildings should whether' towimessatrial, attend anexlii- � He is former president bition, or participate in a demonsuation, set the standard in a community. For of Scenic America, a na- As authors Herbert A. Johnson & Ralph those who argue that cost should be the tional non-profit organza- K. Andrist have noted, "A century ago tie: overriding factor, consider what Oscar tion devoted to protecting ) courthouse was the scene of most local Wilde once observed, "a cynic is a man Ainericaf scenic landscapes. McMalum§ column entertainment, including concerts, the- who knows the cost of everything and appears regularly in the Planning Commissioners apical performances, and various exhibi- the value of nothing." ♦ Journal. does, More often, though, it was court _ trials and political debate that drew: crowds into Elie building."' Courthouses , On°Line °The comments on the postal service today still serve as foul points when Comments struck home. Outs is about to move into ma o[ public issues or concerns arise, wit- their n d Steak s doom Shake an 5ll by t other ) P "Excellent article! Our small old§ and Steah and Shake and all that other ness our familiarity with the courthouses community, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, is present- stripped out mess. Their, soon to be former, of Leon, Palm Beach, Browaid, and Dade ty building a new City Hall downtown. We location was in the heart of town, The post Counties spent the money Eo do it right.' Our current office serves as a sort of 'gossip fence in City Hall was built in 1903 and the desire of many small towns. You see neighbors and ' Historic Comon & R of New dart[ State, by our City Council was that the new City Hall friends there often and catch up on news. Herbert t Johnson 7 Ralph K Andrisr (Columbia would last 100 years also. rbere an na 'frille It also serves the local businesses and banks University Press, 1977) in the building design, but the construction in town. Our mayor land the mayor of the is pleasing to the eye and will keep the center neighboring town) attempted to stop the Resourcest of government downtown It is scheduled for move. They went out seeking signatures opening in the spring of 2001. " on petitions, they went to Indianapolis to Designing the City: A Guide - Al Arnold, Rice Lake, Wisconsin (Mayor petition legislators, and even m Washington �Tc�for Advocates and Public when the new City Hall design was completed) D.C. It didn't work - the Post Office is Officials, by Adele Fleet n' moving!" "McMahos article seems very timely, Bacow (Island Press, 1995). considering the ongoing battles between - Christine Mucller, Dearborn County, Indiana (. Cities: Bach From the Edge, by Roberta communities and their post offices. Our "Martin County, Florida is in the third Brander Gratz with Norman Mintz (John town was fortunate in keep its post office in year of a five-year program to construct or Wiley & Sons, 1998),. the existing location by helping the Postal replace libraries in eacb of the county'; his- "Keeping the Post Office Downtown," Service negotiate new delivery track access toric communities 'I he libraries am individ- by ILennedy Smith and Laura Skaggs, across an adjacent property which facilitated ually designed to reflect the character of each Fonrm News, National Trust for HISCOI an addition to the building. Otherwise, the of the communities to reinforce their individ- Postal Service might have moved the post ual identities High quality and a 'presence in Preservation, July/August, 1997. office to a bigger site somewhere on the each community have been emphasized in fringes of the community." the design criteria. The two libraries that -Anon Henson, AICR Planning & Zoning an already in use have been extremely well Department, Milton, Vermont received and, as a side benefit, have had significant AREprivate sector i financial sup Out thanks to Calvin Beale and James pott.. Long far generously allowing us to use Jill'� 7hatsupport several of their courthouse photos.. Beale is due, at least in pan, to the is Senior Demographer with die US civic pride the Department of Agricrdturel Economic : ; new libraries Service. Long worhs as a Sys- 1 tr- [ems Anal st or the Saturn Corporation ,.. ' have in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Bothare a r�.;. . ; >� .; generated" love of photographing historic court- _ William house buildings To see more of BealeS s _ ~' o",TML rB. t Thomton, photos, go to' wwwers.itsdagov/brief- Martin Coun- ing/rural/photos/;for additional photos ty, Florida by Lang: go to: www telalinh ned-scaevola/ View of the main library in Stuart, Florida ' PLANNING COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL It NUMBER 41 / WINTER 2001 S;u Greensburg, Kansas Becomes First City to Commit to LEED® Platinum Green Building Certification Landmark Resolution Passes to Rebuild Tornado-damaged City Buildings with U.S. Green Building Council's Highest Level of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability January 2, 2007 (Washington, DC) — The U.S.. Green Building Council (USGBC) is pleased to announce that the city of Greensburg, Kansas has passed a resolution to certify all city-owned buildings LEED® Platinum, making it the first city in the U.S. to pass such a resolution. LEED Platinum is the highest rating a building can achieve under the USGBC's LEED Green Building Rating System. LEED is a voluntary, consensus-based program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. Greensburg, devastated by a massive tornado on May 4, 2007, has focused its recovery on rebuilding as a model green community. On December 17, 2007, the City Council adopted a resolution that all city buildings greater than 4,000 square feet will be certified LEED Platinum and be required to reduce energy use by 42 percent over current building code requirements. "The city of Greensburg has taken the extraordinary step of committing to rebuild their community to a new vision, not settling for simply recreating what had gone before," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. "By committing to a recovery plan based on green building, the community's leadership has set a path that will result in a healthier, more livable city for its citizens, turning a crisis into an opportunity that is an example for us all," Following the Council's historic vote, City Administrator Steve Hewitt said, "I am so excited about being the first city in the U .S. to adopt this system for a town. I am ecstatic about this commitment and what it is telling the world about our town's character and where we are headed," Mayor John Janssen said, "This is just another important step in our recovery and our intentions to come back as one of the greenest towns in America." BNIM Architects of Kansas City, Missouri, worked closely with the city to draft the resolution and to educate the community on the benefits of LEED Platinum certification. The firm is also developing a comprehensive master plan to rebuild Greensburg based around the principles of economic, social and environmental sustainability . "BNIM is pleased to help Greensburg achieve its goal of rebuilding in a sustainable, energy efficient manner that will result in significant operational savings for years to come," said Stephen Hardy, associate of BNIM Architects and project leader for the Greensburg comprehensive master plan. "This is a landmark resolution for Greensburg and makes the city a model for communities across the nation." Local, state and national organizations and agencies have been instrumental in promoting green building best practices for Greensburg and helping the community plan for future generations. The green rebuilding effort has support from Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the U .S . Department of Agriculture. The U,.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and its subcontractors are providing technical assistance on all aspects of energy use and building design in Greensburg. The town and its citizens have undertaken many innovative programs and projects that have already positioned this rural community as an innovator with an ambitious vision for the future.. As part of the town's "Green Initiative," 10 commercial and public buildings in Greensburg have already committed to being LEED certified,. This number is especially impressive given the fact that only six buildings currently have received LEED certification in the whole state of Kansas and that this small rural community had a population of only about 1400 before the tornado. For more information on Greensburg's sustainable rebuilding initiative: www.bnim.com/greensburg. Last year, USGBC created an incentive for green projects aiming for LEED Platinum and LEED projects fees are waived for projects registering and certifying at the LEED Platinum level. Additionally, projects that were certified under LEED for New Construction are eligible to register to re-certify under LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance for no additional charge. Re-certifying as an existing building allows projects to verify, measure and manage their building's performance over time. For more information: www.usgbc.oro/LEED. f�k About USGBC The U .S. Green Building Council is the nation's leading nonprofit organization composed of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations working together to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Since its founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 13,000 member companies and organizations, a broad portfolio of LEED® programs and services, the industry's popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a network of 72 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. The Council's vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org . About LEED® The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating SystemTM is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category,. LEED can be applied to all building types including new construction, commercial interiors, core & shell developments, existing buildings, homes, neighborhood developments, schools and retail facilities. LEED for Healthcare is currently under development and is expected to be released in early 2008.. Incentives for LEED are available at the state and local level and LEED has also been adopted nationwide by federal agencies, state and local governments, and interested private companies. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org/LEED, t <� The City of Chicago has adopted The Chicago Standard, a new set of construction standards for public buildings. The Chicago Standard was developed to guide the design, construction and renovation of municipal facilities in a manner that pro- vides healthier indoor environments, reduces operating costs and conserves energy and resources. It also includes provisions for outfitting, operating and maintaining those facilities. The Chicago Standard takes advantage of new building technologies and practices to enhance the well-being and quality of life of everyone working in and using these buildings, as well as the neighborhoods in which they're located. The Chicago Standard is derived from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Green Building Rating System developed by the U,S. Green Building Council (USGBC) , a nonprofit coalition representing all segments of the building industry. The LEED rating system is the most widely used and accepted standard for green building in the United States. It also is a certification tool. Points are awarded by the USGBC. to buildings that incorporate the design and construe- tion practices and technologies listed in LEED. By accumulating points, a building can achieve a rating of LEED Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum. Although originally developed for use in the City of Chicago's municipal facilities, The Chicago Standard can be used as a guide for any construction or renovation project, public or private. All buildings that adhere to The Chicago Standard will be eligible for the LEED Certified rating. Buildings that incorporate additional LEED practices not found in The Chicago Standard (but listed as alternate points at the end of it) may be eligible for a LEED Silver, Gold or Platinum rating. For more information about the LEED practices and technologies that make up The Chicago Standard, visit the U.S, Green Building Council's web site at www.usgbc.org. City of Chicago - Richard M. Daley, Mayor The Chicago Standard The Chicago Standard consists of 46 practices and technologies from the LEED rating system that are reasonable and appropriate for the design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings in Chicago As in LEED, these practices and technologies are organized in six categories: Sustainable Sites Matefials & Resources Practices for sustainable site development include selecting sites that are Strategies for conserving resources include reusing existing buildings; not environmentally sensitive; designing the building with a minimal establishing goals for landfill diversion and adopting a construction waste footprint to minimize site disruption; designing the site to maintain nat- management plan to achieve those goals; using regionally-produced ural stormwater flows by promoting infrltmtion; using vegetated surfaces materials and materials with recycled content; and installing Forest and open-grid paving or high-reflecting materials to reduce heat absorp- Stewardship Council-certified wood-based materials and products. Lion; and selecting a site and providing amenities to encourage occupants' use of alternative modes of transportation Indoor Environmental QuahLy Practices that improve indoor environmental quality include developing ti'�'rii(.E 1` E 111C1ei1C'�' and implementing an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management Plan for the Strategies for maximizing water efficiency within a building include construction and pre-occupancy phases of the building; specifying low- using innovative technologies such as ultra low-flow fixtures and occu- VOC materials and products in construction documents; and designing pant sensors, and reusing stormwater and greywater for non-potable the building to maximize interior daylighting and views applications such as toilet and urinal flushing, mechanical systems, irri- gation, and custodial uses.. Inllvvation Y Design Process O� �' Practices that reflect innovation in design—such as those that subsum- E11L'' 1 Ci.�i l A11110s�)llere tially exceed an energy performance or water efficiency level specified by Practices for enhancing energy efficiency include engaging a commission- LEED—may be awarded additional points by the USGBC, ing authority and adopting a commissioning plan to ensure that building systems operate as intended; designing the building envelope and systems to maximize energy performance; and providing at least 50 percent of the building's electricity from renewable energy technologies on-site or oH- site. Practices for reducing ozone depletion include installing hearing, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment that uses no chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorotluorocarbons (HCFCs) CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION The construction and mnovation standards listed below are from the LEED Green Building Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovator, Version 21, dated November 2002. Each standard is labeled either a "Prerequisite" or a "Credit" Prerequisites, such as Sustainable SitesiEmsion & Sedimentation Control, are required by The Chicago Standard Credits, such as Sustainable Sir&Sim Selection, are worth one point each, except where otherwise indicated; a total of 26 construction and renovation points is required by The Chicago Standard. Alternate Credits, listed at the end of this document, may be substituted for those listed below, Alternate Credits also can be used to supplement the requirements of The Chicago Standard, enabling a building to qualify for a LEED Silver, Gold or Platinum rating. Design teams am encouraged to use the Alternate Credits in this way to achieve the highest possible LEED rating SUSDUNTABLE. SITES WATER EFFICIENCY • Erosion & Sedimentation Control (LD-ED Prerequisite 1) Water Use Reduction: 20% Reduction (LEED Credit 3 .1) • Site Selection (LEED Credit 1) • Alternative Transportation: Public 'rmnsportation Access ENERGY & ATMOSPHERE (LEED Credit 4 1) • Alternative Tmnspoitadon: Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms • Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning (LEED Credit 4.2) (LEED Prerequisite 1) • Alternative Transportation: Parking Capacity (LEED Credit 4 4) • Minimum Energy Performance (LEED Prerequisite 2) • Stormwater Management. Rate and Quantity (LEED Credit 6. 1) • CFC Reduction in HVAC&R Equipment (LEED Prerequisite 3) • Heat island Effect: Non-Roof (LEED Credit 7 .1) • Optimize Energy Performance: 20% New Bldgs/l0% Existing • Heat Island Effect: Roof (LEED Credit 7.2) Bldgs. (LEED Credit 1 1, worth 2 points) • Light Pollution Reduction (LEED Credit B) • Additional Commissioning (LEED Credit 3) • Ozone Protection (LEED Credit 4) !.. • Measurement and Verification (LEED Credit 5) • Green Power (LEED Credit 6) Dca.uled Informsnon chow :he It quiremcnts of those. Pit:raquc it<s and Credits can be found at vwv; Ictdilmiding org INDOOR ENVIRONI\IE NTAL QU: ILIT' K; TERIALS ti RESOURCES • Minimum IAQ Performance (LEED Prerequisite 1) , Storage & Collection of Recyclables (LEED Prerequisite 1) • Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control (LE-ED Prerequisite 2) • Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors and • Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (LEED Credit 1) Roof (LEED Credit 1 .1) • Construction IAQ Management Plan: During Construction • Construction Waste Management: Divert 50% from Landfill (LEED Credit 3 1) (LEED Credit 2 1) • Construction IAQ Management Plan: Before Occupancy • Recycled Content: 5°ro' (post-consumer + 12 post-industrial) (LEED Credit 3 2) (LEED Credit 4 .1) ^ Low-Emitting Materials: Adhesives & Sealants (LEED Credit 4.1) Regional Materials: 20% Manufactured Regionally • Low-Emitting Materials: Paints and Coatings (LEED Credit 4 2) (LL-ED Credit 5 .1) • Low-Emitting Materials: Carpet (LEED Credit 4.3) Certified Wood (LEED Credit 7) • Low-Emitting Materials: Composite Wood (LEED Credit 4 4) • Indoor Chemical & Pollutant Source Control (LEED Credit 5) INNOVA'TION' & DESiGi PROCESS- • Thermal Comfon: Compliance with ASHRAE 55-1992 (LEED Credit 7 1) Innovation in Design (LL-ED Credits 1 .1 and 12) • Daylight & Views: Daylight 75%m of Spaces (LEED Credit 8 1 ) LEED Accredited Professional (LEED Credit 2. 1) • Daylight & Views: Views for 90% of Spaces (LEED Credit B .2) FURNITURE , FIXTURES & EQUIPMENT The furniture, fixtures and equipment Credits listed below are from the pilot version of the LEED Rating System for Commercial Interiors, dated July 2002 . These Credits set energy efficiency requirements for equipment and appliances, and recycled content and emissions requirements for furniture and furnishings Achieving these Credits will not result in any additional LEED certification, but is good practice for any We of building. Detailed information about the Credits can be found at wwwleedbuilding.org. ENERGY & :A:TNJC) SPHERE TND00P\ ENVIRONIvIEi TA.L QUALITY Optimize Energy Performance: Equipment & Appliances Low-Emitting Materials: Furniture and Furnishings (LEED Credit 1.4) (LEED Credit 4 .5) IVLATERIALS AND RESOURCES Recycled Content: Use 5% post-consumer or 10% post-consumer + post-industrial (LEED Credit 4. 1) 0P'EPvr1TION AND iVIAINTE'.NANCE The operation and maintenance Credits listed below are from the pilot version of the LEED Rating System for Existing Buildings, dated January 2002 . Achieving these Credits will not result in any additional LEED certification, but is good practice for any type of building Detailed information about the Credits can be found at wwwleedbuilding org. STUTAINABLE SITES INDOOR ENVTRONITOENIT:'`L QUALITY • Green Site and Building Exterior Management to Reduce Green Housekeeping (LEED Credit 5) Impact on Local Environments (LEED Credit 9 1) • Low Impact Site and Building Exterior Chemical/Fertilizer/Pest Management Program (LE-ED Credit 9 .2) ENIERGY & .ATMOSPT IERE • Continuous Commissioning and Maintenance (LEED Credit 3) ALIE~ RNATE CREDITS The Credits listed below are from the LEED Green Building Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovations, Version 2 1, dated November 2002 These Credits are not specified in The Chicago Standard; however, they should be reviewed for applicability on a project-by-project basis and used as replacement points in the event that any points from The Chicago Standard are not achievable. Earning points for some or all of the Credits below, in addition to meeting the requirements of The Chicago Standard, may make a building eligible for a LEED Silver, Gold or Platinum rating Design teams am encouraged to use the Alternate Credits in this way to achieve the highest possible LEED rating. Detailed information about require- ments of the Credits can be found at wwwleedbuflding. org. SUSTAINABLE SITES NLATERIALS & RESOURCES • Development Density (LEED Credit 2) • Building Reuse: Maintain 100% of Existing Walls, Floors and • Brownfield Redevelopment (LEED Credit 3) Roof (LEED Credit 11) • Alternative Transportation: Alternative Fuel Vehicles • Building Reuse: Maintain 100% of ShelItSwcture & 50% of (LEED Credit 4. 3) Non-Shell/Non-Structure (LEED Credit 1..3) • Reduced Site Disturbance: Protect or Restore Open Space • Construction Waste Management: Divert 75% from Landfill (LE-ED Credit 5. 1) (LEED Credit 2. 2) • Reduced Site Disturbance: Development Footprint • Resource Reuse: 5% (LEED Credit 3. 1) (LEED Credit 5. 2) • Resource Reuse: 10% (LE-ED Credit 3 .2) • Stormwater Management. Treatment (LEED Credit 6. 2) ^ Recycled Content: 10% (post-consumer + 1/2 post-industrial) (LEED Credit 4.2) Regional Materials: 50% Extracted Regionally tiAV;1TEP EFFICIENCY (LEED Credit 52) • Rapidly Renewable Materials (LEED Credit 6) • Water Efficient Landscaping: Reduce by 50% WEED Credit 11) INDOOR ENVIRUNN.IENTAL OU.�.LITY • Water Efficient Landscaping: No Potable Use or No Irrigation � (LEED Credit 1 2) • Ventilation Effectiveness (LEED Credit 2) • Innovative Wastewater Technologies (LEED Credit 2) • Controllability of Systems: Perimeter Spaces • Water Use Reduction: 30% Reduction (LEED Credit 3.2) (LEED Credit 6.1) • Controllability of Systems: Non-Perimeter Spaces (LEED Credit 6.2) ENERGY & AHVIOSPI ERE ° Thermal Comfort: Permanent Monitoring System (LEED Credit 7.2) • Optimize Energy Performance (LEED Credits 1 ,2 - 1 9) • Renewable Energy: 5% (LEED Credit 2.1) 1NNt`)\;",'\ l [ (v�N L)E� �. Lr?'�' }� {�,(v� LL� �i Renewable Energy: 10% (LEED Credit 2 2) Renewable Energy: 20% (LEED Credit 2 3) • Innovation in Design (LEED Credits 13 and 1.4) City of Chicago Richard K Daley, Mayor