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Background <br />•The City has no existing policy or regulations for sustainable building. <br />•The Center for Energy and Environment and Hennepin County published a sustainable <br />building policy guide in 2021, with recommendations for policy frameworks and best <br />practices. <br />•MN Cities with sustainable/green building policies: <br />•Saint Paul, St. Louis Park, Eden Prairie, Edina, Maplewood, Minneapolis <br />•Rochester, Duluth, Northfield <br />Sustainable building policy basics <br />•A city can develop a sustainable building policy or ordinance to reflect the following components: <br />funding incentives, land use incentives, process incentives, and building size. Staff is researching <br />best practices for how to ensure policy compliance. <br />•A policy can include compliance with a third-party rating system (i.e. LEED, B3, etc) to encourage <br />standardization for sustainable building across the region. These rating systems are well-known in <br />the construction industry and allow developer flexibility to meet policy requirements. <br />•A policy can also include criteria for a Saint Anthony Village overlay which are specific to the City <br />and typically in addition to the third-party rating system. <br />22