Item G08BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: August 19, 2009
Bulk Item: Yes No
Division: Growth Mana ement
Staff Contact Person: Natileene Cassel
Contact number: 292-3470
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval and ratification of members to the Green Initiative Task
Force (GITF) for a one-year term, the appointments are for District 2 David Tuttle, District 3 Jedde
Regante and Donna Windle, District 4 Steven Grasley and Jeffrey Pinkus, and District 5 Joel Reed and
John Hammerstrom. All of the appointments are being renewed for an additional one-year term
beginning September 29, 2009 and expiring on September 28, 2010.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The GITF consists of two members from each commissioner district
appointed by the district's Commissioner and ratified by the BOCC. Each member of the GITF serves
a one-year term and that may be renewed for an additional one-year term. The term of members from
District 2, District 3, District 4 and District 5 will expire on September 29, 2009. Each of the present
members for these districts have served for one year and are eligible to remain on the task force until
September 28, 2010. The term of District 1 members will not expire until June 2010.
Other members of the GITF, who are not appointed by the BOCC, consist of one voting
member from the Village of Islamorada, City of Layton, City of Key Colony Beach, City of Marathon,
and City of Key West; and one non -voting member from FKAA, Keys Energy, and Florida Keys
Electric Cooperative.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:: The Green Building Task Force was created in 2008 by
Resolution #177-2008 to become an advisory board to the BOCC to recommend green standards for adoption as
local amendments to the Florida Building Code. Resolution 345-2008 specifically stated that the term for
members shall commence September 29, 2009. Resolution 121-2009, enacted in April 2009, changed the
mission and name of the advisory board. The name was changed to Green Initiative Task Force.
At the July 2009 meeting, the BOCC approved the GITF to apply for a grant from the state to
request funding up to 1.2 million dollars for a County Department of Energy Efficiency and Conservation. GITF
will sunset pursuant to its enacting resolution on October 1, 2010.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: None
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: approve.
TOTAL COST: N/A INDIRECT COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No _
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: _N/A
COST TO COUNTY: None SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 7/09
RESOLUTION NO. 177-2008
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ESTABLISHING A
GREEN BUILDING CODE TASK FORCE TO RECOMMEND
GREEN STANDARDS FOR NEW BUILDING CODES
WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 16, 2008, the Board of County Commissioners
(Board) approved the creation of an advisory board to recommend green standards for
building to be adopted as local technical amendments into the Florida Building Code;
and
WHEREAS, this approval included terns of office and determination of the appointment
process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners for
Monroe County, Florida: <
Section 1. There shall be a Green Building Code Task Force composed as follows:
a. Two members shall be appointed by each commissioner from his or her district,
shall be ratified by the Board, and shall be voting members.
b. The following .utilities and municipalities throughout the keys shall appoint a
representative directly involved and familiar with the operation of the utility, the
municipality, or the building code to serve on the Green Building Code Task Force
as follows:
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative
Keys Energy
Village of Islamorada
City of Layton
City of Key Colony Beach
City of Marathon
City of Key West
c. Representatives from the municipalities shall be voting members of the task
force. Other utility representatives shall sit with the task force and provide input and
comments, but shall not vote.
Section 2. Each member shall serve a term of one year which term may be renewed
for one additional year. Any vacancies shall be filled for the duration of the term.
Section 3, The purpose of the Green Building Code Task Force shall be to make
recommendations to the Building Department to pursue a local amendment to the
Florida Building Code to include environmentally sound "green" building practices. When
such recommendations are finalized and made to the Building Official, he shall present
them to the Board to determine whether a cost/benefit analysis should be done in order
to mandate Local Technical Amendments to the Florida Building Code.
Section 4. The task force shall meet at least quarterly during business hours. A
quorum shall not be necessary to hold a meeting; however, no action may be taken
except by a majority of a quorum at any meeting. Growth Management shall provide
staff to take minutes and coordination.
Section 5. The Building Official and another member of the Growth Management
Division designated by the Division Director shall attend each meeting.
Section 6. The Green Building Code Task Force shall sunset August 1, 2010, unless
it has accomplished its purpose earlier, in which case it shall be terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida at
a regular meeting held on the 18th day of .rune , 2Q08.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes
Commissioner George Neugent Yes
Commissioner Dixie Spehar Yes
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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APPROVW, FORM
RESOLUTION NO. 345 -200 8
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 177-2008 TO CHANGE THE TERMS
AND SUNSET DATE OF THE GREEN BUILDING
CODE TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the Green Building Code Task Force was approved in concept at the
meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on April 16, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 177-2008 dated June 18, 2008, established the membership
and terms of office for the Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force is not meeting until September 29, 2008;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida:
Section 1. The terms of office of the advisory board members appointed by the members
of the Board of County Commissioners shall commence September 29, 2008,
Section 2. The sunset date of the Task Force in Resolution No. 177-2008 shall be
changed from August 1, 2010 until October 1, 2010.
Section 3. In all other respects Resolution No. 177-2008 shall remain unchanged.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting held on the 15" day of October, 2008.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Yes
Commissioner George Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
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RESOLUTION NO. 121 -2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY RENAMING THE GREEN BUILDING CODE TASK
FORCE TO THE GREEN INITIATIVE TASK FORCE; CHANGING
THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE MADE TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, RATHER THAN THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE TASK FORCE PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ON LOCAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
BUT ON GREEN STANDARDS FOR IMPLEMNTATION IN MONROE
COUNTY TO IMPROVE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND CREATE A
MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2008 the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved
the creation of an advisory board by means of Resolution No. 177-2008 to recommend green
standards for building to be adopted as local technical amendments into the Florida Building
Code, and
WHEREAS, the Green Building Task Force has had their first four (4) meetings to meet
and discuss the goals and objectives as outlined by Resolution No. 177-2008; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 177-2008 directs the Task Force to recommend local technical
amendments to the Florida Building Code in order to enact (environmentally sound) building
techniques and practices to protect the environment; and
WHEREAS, after four (4) meetings, the Task Force has discovered that there have never
been any local technical amendments ever adopted as "green building regulations"; and
WHEREAS, it is not feasible to make local technical amendments to the Florida
Building Code to promote environmentally sound building techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, green building programs are incentive based rather than regulatory based,
and
WHEREAS, government should and needs to lead by example; and
WHEREAS, there are many organizations such as the ICC, USGBC and others that are
working to have the Florida Building Code updated to adopt environmentally sound building
techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, implementation should be a final step in adopting green building practices
and therefore the task force must first collect and analyze data prior to making recommendations
on implementation; and
WHEREAS, 83% of Florida's carbon footprint is created by building; and
WHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes $3.1
billion for energy assistance grants for states that adopt and administer the national model
building energy codes; and
WHEREAS, after further research and discussion it was concluded that there are other
methods to meeting the goal of green building rather than through local technical amendments,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
The name of the "Green Building Task Force" shall be changed to the "Green
initiative Task Force"
The scope of authority shall be changed from "recommendations of changes to
local technical amendments to the Florida Building Code" to
"recommendations of environmentally sound practices and techniques to
protect the environment"
The recommendations of this task force shall be made to the Board of County
Commissioners rather than to the Building Department,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15thday of April 2009.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro
Commissioner Kim Wigington
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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MayorlChairperson
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CHRISTINE M. LIMBERT-BARROWS
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2008-2009 BOCC Appointed Members Green Initiative Task Force
and Term of Office by District
Dist 1 (Kim Wigington)
Les Faust term expires on June 8, 2010
Christopher Fogarty term expires on June 8, 2010
Dist 2 (George Neugent)
David Tuttle, term expires on September 29, 2009
Michael Welber, term expires on September 29, 2009
Dist. 3 (Heather Carruthers)
Jedde Regante, term expires on September 29, 2009
Donna Windle, term expires on September 29, 2009
Dist 4 (Mario DiGennaro)
Steven Grasley, term expires on September 29, 2009
Jeffrey Pinkus, term expires on September 29, 2009
District 5 (Sylvia Murphy)
Joel Reed, term expires on September 29, 2009
John Hammerstrom, term expires on September 29, 2009