CC RES 91-029 RESOLUTION PROMOTING THE USE OF MATERIALS WITH RECYCLED CONTENT IN PUBLICLY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING PROJECTS

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• CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 91-029 AN RESOLUTION PROMOTING THE USE OF MATERIALS WITH RECYCLED CONTENT IN PUBLICLY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING PROJECTS WHEREAS, pursuant to Hennepin County Board of Commissioners Resolution 90-11- 842R1, by July 1, 1991, an additional 10% financial incentive is offered to municipalities which have adopted comprehensive procurement policies and specification policies for publicly funded construction or remodeling projects which give equal or preferential consideration to materials with recycled content; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that to ensure, wherever practical and appropriate, that materials with recycled content are used in the construction or remodeling of municipal facilities, for the City of St. Anthony, the council requires the following: 1. Within twelve months, subsequent to the effective date of this policy, the City • Manager or his/her designee of the City of St. Anthony conduct a review of existing construction or remodeling projects and service specifications to determine whether such specifications promote or exclude the use of recycled products, reusable products, or products designed to be recycled, for use by department agencies, offices, boards, and commissions. 2. In the event that such specifications prohibit or otherwise exclude the use of recycled products,such exclusions or requirements should be eliminated unless the operating department or entity can reasonably demonstrate that the recycled product would be impractical, is unproven, or would not achieve necessary performance or design standards. 3. Within the same 12 month period, all City departments and agencies must make recommendations to the City Manager or his/her designee to ensure that performance standards and specifications for products used in construction or remodeling of municipal facilities do not prohibit the use of products with recycled content. Departments are to initiate or recommend policy changes to ensure that specifications incorporate a requirement which promotes use of materials and products with recycled content wherever practical and appropriate, or they must reasonably demonstrate that either the performance requirements of the product will be compromised or that a product with recycled content is impractical or will otherwise negatively impact • health, safety or operational efficiency.