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Redevelopment Plan Amendments for the Inclusion of Green Building Concepts in the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Area (B)
Explanation
On February 19th, 2007, the CRA requested the advisory boards consider incorporating language related to green buildings and energy efficiency into the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Area Plan, if that language was not already present. Environmentally friendly construction, or "green building" as it is often called, aims to achieve sustainability by incorporating principles, techniques, and materials that conserve natural resources and improve environmental quality throughout a building's entire life-cycle. Inclusion of these concepts in the Redevelopment Plan is necessary in order to authorize green building and/or energy efficiency requirements for CRA projects, whether supported through investment or tax increment recapture. It was determined that the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Plan lacked language addressing green buildings. CPUH approved this concept at the March 7, 2007 meeting. At that time, the advisory board asked staff to incorporate language in the districts' Redevelopment Plan such that green building concepts, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and LEED (or equivalent) certification are well supported in each document. Staff subsequently drafted proposed language supporting green buildings to be included in the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Plan.
The amendments to the College Park/University Heights Plan are located in the "Redevelopment Objectives and Initiative" section of the document. Language supporting green building practices and energy efficiency has been incorporated into district-wide general goals. A copy of the revised "Redevelopment Plan & Implementation" chapter of the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Plan is attached as backup; additions to the text related to green building concepts are highlig...
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