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National Trust for Historic Preservation_Green Lab PilotTHE CITY OF DUBUQUE Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque All-American City 2007 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: National Trust for Historic Preservation Preservation Green Lab Pilot Program Memorandum of Understanding DATE: December 30, 2008 The National Trust for Historic Preservation has invited three cities to participate in their Preservation Green Lab Program as pilot cities. Those three cities are San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; and Dubuque, Iowa. Assistant City Manager Teri Goodmann is recommending approval of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Trust for Historic Preservation that creates a voluntary partnership with the City of Dubuque to achieve common goals related to energy conservation and sustainability, which has as its core value historic preservation. Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser and Assistant City Manager Teri Goodmann have been working with the National Trust to identify ways to create a national model that emphasizes sustainable, smart energy systems with historic preservation using the Dubuque Warehouse Millworking District as the pilot model. At the heart of the discussion is the notion that the most sustainable building is one that is already built. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM/jh Attachment cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager THE CITY OF DUBUQUE Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque All-American City 2007 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding DATE: December 29, 2008 Introduction The purpose of this memorandum is to request City Council approval of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Discussion The Mayor and City Council have identified sustainability and the warehouse district revitalization as two of their top priorities. City staff has been working on numerous projects to support these priorities. Included in our work has been establishing relationships with Local, State, Regional and National partners to help us implement these priorities. This work has included on-going dialog with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser and I have been working with the National Trust to identify ways to create a national model that emphasizes sustainable, smart energy systems with historic preservation using the Dubuque Warehouse Millworking District as the pilot model. At the heart of our discussion is the notion that the most sustainable building is one that is already built. As a result of our efforts, Dubuque was selected by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to be one of three pilot communities across the country to participate in a Preservation Green Lab demonstration project. This project has at the heart of its mission the concept that the embodied energy (energy previously used to create a product or building) found in historic structures, needs to be at the heart of a city's sustainability strategy. The Preservation Green Lab in Dubuque will focus on the Millworking Warehouse District and the marrying of historic preservation standards with smart energy systems for adaptive building reuse. Attached is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which provides the framework for the city of Dubuque to work in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation on this initiative. This MOU has been reviewed by the attorneys for the NTHP and by City Attorney Barry Lindahl. The MOU identifies a vision for the partnership that includes: "Build a broader, more engaged constituency that understands the importance of historic preservation as a core value of energy conservation and sustainability". The MOU also identifies Mission that will be undertaken between the city of Dubuque and the National Trust which includes: • Share resources and coordinate strategies and plans. • Work to foster local, regional and national understanding of the Preservation Green Lab program and basic tenets of energy conservation including historic preservation as its primary principle. • Work to increase public participation in (and understanding of) issues that affect the environment including public policy and personal behavior change. • Identify communications or education challenges and opportunities for increasing public participation in energy conservation and sustainability practices. • Identify best management practices that can be used to further energy conservation and sustainability practices regionally and nationally. Request The requested action is for City Council to approve the Memorandum of Understanding and to authorize the City Manager to sign on behalf of the City of Dubuque. Cc: Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager 2 National Trust for Historic Preservation and the City of Dubuque, Iowa MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Trust) and the City of Dubuque, Iowa (City). This agreement creates a voluntary partnership of these two organizations in order to achieve common goals related to energy conservation and sustainability which has as its core value -historic preservation. These two organizations have come together to achieve these goals through collaboration and cooperation and specifically by launching and implementing a Preservation Green Lab pilot program in the City. Vision This Memorandum of Understanding provides a framework to: • Coordinate and collaborate on historic preservation, energy conservation and sustainability efforts, including implementation of Preservation Green Lab program using Dubuque as one of three initial pilot locations for the Trust; • Build a broader, more engaged constituency that understands the importance of historic preservation as a core value of energy conservation and sustainability; • Assist the City in the development of climate protection plan that incorporates historic preservation as a component of the plan; • Secure public and private commitments to fund the Preservation Green Lab pilot program for the National Trust and the City of Dubuque Mission The City of Dubuque and the National Trust will: • Share resources and coordinate strategies and plans. • Work to foster local, regional and national understanding of the Preservation Green Lab program and basic tenets of energy conservation including historic preservation as its primary principle. • Work to increase public participation in (and understanding of) issues that affect the environment including public policy and personal behavior change. • Identify communications or education challenges and opportunities for increasing public participation in energy conservation and sustainability practices. • Identify best management practices that can be used to further energy conservation and sustainability practices regionally and nationally. It is mutually agreed and understood by and among the parties hereto that• This Memorandum of Understanding reflects an entirely voluntary commitment among the parties hereto to cooperate and collaborate to achieve the vision and mission articulated herein. This Memorandum of Understanding in no way obligates or restricts the activities of any party hereto in any way. No member shall obligate, or purport to obligate, any other Member with respect to any matter. Either party may terminate this agreement with sixty days notice for any reason. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Memorandum of Understanding to be executed as of the dates written below. Signature Date Print Name and Organization Signature Date Print Name and Organization National Trust for Historic Preservation and the City of Dubuque, Iowa MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Trust) and the City of Dubuque, Iowa (City). This agreement creates a voluntary partnership of these two organizations in order to achieve common goals related to energy conservation and sustainability which has as its core value -historic preservation. These two organizations have come together to achieve these goals through collaboration and cooperation and specifically by launching and implementing a Preservation Green Lab pilot program in the City. Vision This Memorandum of Understanding provides a framework to: • Coordinate and collaborate on historic preservation, energy conservation and sustainability efforts, including implementation of Preservation Green Lab program using Dubuque as one of three initial pilot locations for the Trust; • Build a broader, more engaged constituency that understands the importance of historic preservation as a core value of energy conservation and sustainability; • Assist the City in the development of climate protection plan that incorporates historic preservation as a component of the plan; • Secure public and private commitments to fund the Preservation Green Lab pilot program for the National Trust and the City of Dubuque Mission The City of Dubuque and the National Trust will: • Share resources and coordinate strategies and plans. • Work to foster local, regional and national understanding of the Preservation Green Lab program and basic tenets of energy conservation including historic preservation as its primary principle. • Work to increase public participation in (and understanding of) issues that affect the environment including public policy and personal behavior change. • Identify communications or education challenges and opportunities for increasing public participation in energy conservation and sustainability practices. • Identify best management practices that can be used to further energy conservation and sustainability practices regionally and nationally. It is mutually agreed and understood by and among the parties hereto that• This Memorandum of Understanding reflects an entirely voluntary commitment among the parties hereto to cooperate and collaborate to achieve the vision and mission articulated herein. This Memorandum of Understanding in no way obligates or restricts the activities of any party hereto in any way. No member shall obligate, or purport to obligate, any other Member with respect to any matter. Either party may terminate this agreement with sixty days notice for any reason. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Memorandum of Understanding to be executed as of the dates written below. Signa e 1/5/09 Date Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Print Name and Organization Signature Date Print Name and Organization