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KPL/CENTRE BLOCK PROJECT COMMITTEE MINUTES
August 18, 2005 City of Kitchener
KPL/Centre Block Project Committee met this date, commencing at 8:30 a.m., Chaired by Hans
Pottkamper with the following members present: Carla Ladd; Ray Robinson; Craig Robson; Rod Regier;
Larry Gordon; Hans Gross; Marty Schreiter; Bruce MacNeil; and Jana Miller
Note: Prior to the start of today’s meeting, no delegations were registered
Approval of Minutes
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On motion by: Ray Robinson, it was resolved that the minutes of August 4, 2005 be accepted
2.Centre Block Components
2.1 Vision for Centre Block
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Committee reviewed a final draft vision statement for Centre Block which will ultimately
be included with the Terms of Reference
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KDBA and KPL representatives agreed with other committee members to fully support
the vision statement, which reads:
The redevelopment of Centre Block will represent a City of Kitchener partnership
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with the private sector featuring a new owned Central Library as a vibrant
cultural urban centre.
Through creative and economically viable partnership, residential and
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complementary commercial uses will maximize the potential for Centre Block as a
catalyst for day/night activity to sustain vitality in downtown Kitchener.
* the statement was further reviewed by S. Wright who made the additional
change, as indicated in bold, that was originally intended to be included
3.Request for Proposal (RFP)
3.1 Draft Template
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H. Gross provided Committee with a draft outline of the Terms of Reference document
for the RFP. The original 2002 RFP document was used as a base.
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In order to interest private sector developers, an outline of the process, demographics and
current projects could be included in an ‘introductory letter’ which would ultimately
become an executive summary of the project
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The ultimate goal would be to encourage short Expression of Interest submissions by
producing a document intended to promote development interest
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The introductory letter would include City Council’s vision and commitment to
revitalization of downtown (i.e. purchase of Centre Block lands; Economic Development
Investment Fund), emphasize what’s working and the impact it has had, by listing various
development projects over the past 24 months - Universities; Library; Museum; Market;
and Condos developments
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Upon further review, there were several areas that changes were suggested:
change ‘developer’ to say ‘proponent’
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Rework and combine Sections 5 & 6
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In Section 7, rather than use the words ‘current trends’, it was suggested to use a more
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accurate and measurable wording such as ‘current market activity’
Include all financial ‘need to know’ information, including budget constraints in
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Section 8
Section 9 to be tailored to P3 document
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Appendices – ensure Kitchener Wilmot Hydro’s needs are included
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Centre Block Environmental Audit – Phase 1 which will be completed by August
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26, will focus on the historical review of the site. It was the opinion of Committee
that Phase 2, which determines if the site is ‘clean’, should be done concurrently.
Action:
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Downtown Design Guidelines to be reviewed by Committee on September 30th
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H. Gross to incorporate the suggested changes and distribute to Committee prior to
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meeting of September 1
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R. Regier to prepare a marketing section which includes demographics and current
projects
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H. Gross, will use the completion of the Phase 1 audit as the basis for determining the
budget for a Phase 2 audit. The Phase 2 audit will be undertaken following a satisfactory
negotiated budget fee.
4.Kitchener Public Library
4.1 Project Updates - Penny Lynn Fielding, representing KPL
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Central Library Project is on target with the timelines as set out in the Expression of
Interest.
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The library is currently reviewing their website to bring all documents related to the
project together in one place.
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CBIP & LEED programs are being considered
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October 13
– an Open House at KPL main branch from 6:30-8:30pm will be held
seeking public feedback of schematic drawings of the library’s functional needs
4.2 LEED & CBIP
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Commercial Buildings Incentive Program (CBIP) is a Natural Resources Canada program
that encourages the design and construction of energy-efficient buildings. The program
is available for new buildings, additions, or extensive renovations of existing buildings.
The program provides two times the predicted annual energy savings to a maximum of
$60,000 with an additional $40,000 for the purchase of specific energy-efficient
equipment i.e. ultra-efficient T8 lighting and condensing or near-condensing boilers
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Staff felt that the new library could achieve 40-60% energy reduction resulting in as
much as $1 million over the next 10 years.
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It was noted that the Stanley Park Community Centre achieved 55% in reductions
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is designed to provide a
recognized standard for the construction industry to assess the environmental
sustainability of building designs.
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LEED has no financial incentives directly attached to it, however any building vying for
LEED Canada certification must meet the stringent requirements of CBIP.
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A point based rating system is used to determine the level of designation: Certified;
Silver; Gold and Platinum. It is the opinion of Enermodal Engineering, who are
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developing the specifications for the library project, that a Gold designation may be
achievable
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The benefits of being certified has potential of attracting funds from industries. The cost
of becoming certified (for the library project) would be approximately $9,000.
Action:
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The KPL architect’s energy sub-consultant will determine a realistic/achievable target
level for energy efficiency to be included in the Terms of Reference document
5.Other Business
5.1 Public Input
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Procedures that are clear, will need to be established on how we get public input/
exposure
Action:
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A sub-committee of C.Ladd; C. Robson, H. Pottkamper, M. Schreiter and B. MacNeil
will meet to formulate ideas of engaging the public in the Centre Block project and bring
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back a report for further discussion on September 1
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Public Comments
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Today’s meeting was then opened to those from the public for comments.
Regarding the former RFP – (G. Woolner) wanted to clarify that the former RFP was
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a two step process. C. Ladd responded that what staff learned from the first RFP in
2002 was that the information around the process was not clear.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:05am
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NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
CITY HALL, CONESTOGA ROOM, MAIN FLOOR
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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