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Resolution 2009 - 21 <br />Resolution of the City of University City <br />For Green Housing Development <br />Whereas <br /> the City of University City has the desire to improvement the quality of the life <br />in the northeast quadrant of the city and have residences live healthy and sustainable <br />lives; and <br />Whereas <br /> the City of University City wants to demonstrate to the community, the region <br />and the United States that dense, low-middle income urban neighborhoods can be <br />made sustainable through concerted and creative efforts of dedicated professionals and <br />City staff; and <br />Whereas <br />, the City of University City has invested in five properties on the 6600 block of <br />north side of Bartmer and the south side of Crest Avenues (herein after the Test Block) <br />for the purpose of building five new green homes and setting an example for the region <br />of how infill urban development can reach the highest level of LEED certification and be <br />affordable to the average citizen; and <br />Whereas <br /> the City of University City desires that all citizens residing on the Test Block <br />live in healthy, energy efficient homes that also minimize storm water runoff, conserve <br />water resources, and that as a result have reduced operational costs; and <br />Whereas <br /> the City of University City desires that there be strong and thorough <br />community outreach to the citizens in the Sutter Heights neighborhood where the Test <br />Block is located so that the community informs development in this neighborhood; and <br />Whereas <br /> a consortium made up of Arcturis, BOA Construction and the Washington <br />University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts submitted a proposal dated <br />August 31, 2009 to build design and build five LEED platinum homes at 6600 and 6630 <br />Crest and 6621, 6637 and 6639 Bartmer; <br />NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved <br /> that the City Council desires to make the Test <br />Block the greenest existing urban neighborhood in the United States, the City is <br />authorized to: <br />work with Washington University and Arcturis <br />1) to design the five homes for <br />LEED platinum certification and to be harmonious with the existing vernacular but <br />to be forward looking in design; and <br />work with BOA Construction <br />2) to insure the homes are built to the specifications <br />of Arcturis/WU and receive the highest level of LEED certification possible, <br />preferably Platinum; and <br /> <br />