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Mnnes'ta <br />Sustainable Community Forum: <br />Greening the Building Code <br />When: April 5th, 2011 from 12:00 to 1:30pm <br />Where: Roseville City Council Chambers, <br />2660 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113 <br />Cost: Free, please feel free to bring a bag lunch <br />if you would like. <br />Applied for 1.5 APA CM credits <br />About: The Minnesota Chapter of the United <br />States Green Building Council (USGBC) hosts <br />quarterly Sustainable Communities Forum to <br />support communities in their sustainability ef- <br />forts. The greening of the building code has ar- <br />rived with the creation of the International Green <br />Building Code and National Green Building <br />Standards. Join Nick Carver, Assistant Building <br />Official for the City of Maplewood, for an over- <br />view of both codes and learn how they work in <br />tandem with other green rating systems like <br />LEED. Find out how jurisdictions can custom- <br />ize a green building program through the use of <br />the minimum standards, special jurisdictional <br />requirements and project electives. Minnesota <br />examples of implementation will highlight cost- <br />effective strategies for implementation. <br />Speaker: Nick Carver has been the Assistant <br />Building Official for the City of Maplewood <br />since 1987. He has been active in the develop- <br />ment of green building codes through his role as <br />the Chairmain for the Green Building/Energy <br />Code Development Committee and as Secretary <br />for the Regional III International Code Develop- <br />ment Committee. In addition to being a State of <br />Minnesota certified Building Official, he is inter- <br />nationally certified as a Commercial Building <br />Official and Plans Examiner, as well as in Green <br />Building Standards. <br />Registration is taken by the USGBC at <br />htto://www.usgbcmn.orWevent-detail/?id=402. <br />For more information or questions, please con- <br />tact Rita Trapp from HKGi at either rita(@.hkai.com <br />or 612-252-7135. <br />planning minnesota April, 2011 <br />APA MN Legislative Committee Update <br />MI <br />How to Review all Planning Related <br />Bills on the APA-MN Chapter Website <br />Things are happening quickly, now, at the <br />Capitol. Bills are coming out of committees, <br />budgets are being discussed and new laws will <br />be on the books soon. <br />To stay in touch with what is happening inil <br />the 2011 Legislature, just check the APA-MN <br />website. Information on planning related bills <br />and their status introduced in the 2011 Session <br />can be viewed at: <br />http://www.mnaDa.com/leaislative committee..h. <br />To review bill language or the current status <br />on a bill in the session from this page, just <br />open the current Tracking Spread Sheet for <br />House and Senate and then just click on the <br />bill link. Look for more updates, soon. <br />lloisington Kneeler Group Inc. <br />123• North Third Street <br />s' f';'-- M� suite leo <br />• ,� ('s ® Minneapolis MN 55407 <br />I04 1512.2.2.J121) tli www.hkgi.co <br />CREATING place, .;i4t ENRICH people's lives <br />Planning <br />Landscape Architecture <br />Urban Design <br />MID Planning, Inc. <br />"Planning for your community's resource?' <br />lurail & Urban Land Use <br />oning <br />conomic Development <br />datural Resource Planning <br />rublic Participation <br />nergy Planning <br />t I5 <br />1 <br />Jean Coleman <br />Brian Ross <br />26341Vncent Ave. N. <br />612-588-4904 <br />www.cr+tannin. cam <br />