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d. In addition, all City of Eugene buildings and facilities shall be operated and maintained in a sus- - tainable manner using the LEEDT"'1 Green Building Rating System for Existing Buildings (LEED- EB) as a guide. Certification of existing buildings under LEED-EB will be evaluated for techni- cal acid economic feasibility and pursued on a case-by-case basis as funding is available. 2. It is Citv policy that sustainability elements will be considered part of the standard costs of building maintaining and preserving_public assets. One of the goals adopted by the City Council is that on- • going financial resources will be adequate to maintain and deliver munici 1 services, including fund- ing for the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of L' i ty uildings and associated facilities. While incorporating principles of sustainability may increase the initial cost of public building construction, maintenance and preservation, the expectaiion is that reductions in the long- term costs of building operation and maintenance will meet or ezccc:d the irii~Iial incremental costs. We concerned that the current language may not be true.... ' i,lie~ that adequl` funding will be . available to cover the added cost....yet we're not sure holw l address the fact tha Chas clearty .indicated that it will not provide ongoing financial res~~r~rces to thirpor~ As lon us then is a clear exemption available to us, our ability to manage out ucti vibes as a s~~l f-sustaining operati . is preserved. If on the other hand, there are no available exet.,~y~/inits rr~a~l~jle Airport reeves no City funding, this becomes an unfunded mandate. It's possible tJurt ot/r er dedicated funds could face the same dilemma. 3. Construction of City owned and operated buildin<~s may be exempt from-l.CED certification based on a findin that certification would not be econc~mi~a l h ~~ -stainable. Tl . ~ ability to fund public building projects must also meet the test of reasonable s. In t ~c ca~e~ivhe ertification at the~Si.lver level is not cost-neutral, the requir ment for certificati may be decrease to a "Certified" level or waived a) if those costs-are more th° 1 O~Y~ above the estinrat~d cost of construction without those measures or b) if the additional costs arc n<~t c1i`~~ ihlc to be covered by the projectfunding source., To ensure the appli- cation of this exe~> ht i on i s u sc~l _j a cciously, a find i n Q the need for certification at lower than the Silver level or waiver of the certification requiremtl~r will be made available to the public prior to construction ~f a pr~~ j c c t. [Alternate e~cmption l~rr~ nape s~rbb~stcd by Brad& Bob: b) the City's sustaipability and certification goals ~Yrequirements lone not beer formally accepted by the organization providing external funt~ing; c) there is a signilicat~t redurir4on in operating or capital funds due to unforeseen external conditions; .and d) the City 11]~inager termines that the interest of the public is best served by an exemption. Monitoring and Evaluat i o n ,~ To ensure that the City-wide application of the sustainable building policy is implemented in the most cost~effective way, the application of the policy needs to be monitored, and the performance of the various City programs with building activities periodically evaluated and reported to the Environmental Policy Team. It is recommended that across-Department team, coordinated by the Facility Management Division, be charged with developing an evaluation tool and a reporting process. The members of the team would represent all parts of the organization that implement the sustainable building policy. The team would be charged with developing a report on new construction and renovation projects that identifies the number 7