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EAB CONSIDERING COMMERCIAL LEED GOLD MANDATE

The city’s Environmental Advisory Board (EAB) is set to consider a proposed resolution in early June that would ask city council to investigate/consider mandating LEED Gold certification in all new non-residential construction. The resolution would also seek to require that all city buildings that are largely remodeled or new building that are constructed be LEED Silver certified. On the residential side, the resolution calls for strengthening the green points building requirements. This would mandate installation of Energy Star rated appliances, compact florescent light fixtures and the use of compact florescent bulbs. The resolution would have to be adopted by City Council before such requirements would become law.

FOURTEEN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT

The City Council seat vacated by the recent death of Tom Eldridge has attracted 12 candidates to run in the July 10 special election. The election will be conducted by mail. Since only one seat is available voters can expect to see several of the candidates running again in the November election when as may as seven seats will be contested. Among the candidates in the special election is former council member Matt Appelbaum, former planning board member, Alan O’Hashi, and Water Resource Advisory Board member Ken Wilson. Early word is that area moderates and business leaders are looking favorably on newcomer and IT entrepreneur Angelique Espinoza, and Eugene Pearson, who came in seventh in the 2005 election. Others who qualified for the July ballot are: Eric Bodenstab employed at Best Western Boulder Inn; CIRES staffer Philip Bradley; Smooth Motors Manager Shawn Coleman; Medicare Ombudsman Philip Hernandez; loc al author and Colorado Link, Inc. employee Kathryn Kramer; Susan Peterson; Tom Riley, residential services director at Imagine!; Johnny’s Cigar Bar owner John Welch; and Frank Zoldak, owner of The Landscape Guild.