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1f. Approval of Environmental Excellence Award Nominations CITY OF CHANHASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone 952 227 1100 Fax 952 227 1110 Building Inspections Phone 952 227 1180 Fax 952227 1190 Engineering Phone 952 227 1160 Fax 952227 1170 Finance Phone 952 227 1140 Fax 9522271110 Park & Recreation Phone 952 227 1120 Fax 9522271110 Recreation Cerlter 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone 952 227 1400 Fax 952 227 1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone 952 227 1130 Fax 952 227 1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone 952 227 1300 Fax 9522271310 Senior Center Phone 952 227 1125 Fax 952 227 1110 Web Site www c! chanhassen [fin us u MEMORANDUM TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager FROM: Jill Sinclair, Environmental Resources Specialist DATE: e~. November 27,2006 SUBJ: 2006 Environmental Excellence Awards REQUESTED ACTION (Simple majority vote of the City Council) Authorize the presentation of 2006 Environmental Excellence Awards to the following award winners on December 11, 2006: · Boy Scout Troop 346 · Lakewinds Natural Foods · Rutledge Construction Company · K. Hovnanian Homes DISCUSSION Environmental Excellence Awards are given by the City of Chanhassen to recognize environmental improvements and encourage environmental stewardship throughout the community. These awards are designed not only to recognize achievement, but also to communicate new ideas and help educate the members of the Chanhassen community. For 2006, four nominees have been recommended by the Commission. Boy Scout Troop 346 volunteered to do storm drain making in the South Lotus Lake neighborhood. Approximately 150 markers were applied to street drains. They cleaned around each drain, removing any litter or yard waste. The scouts also distributed stormwater run-off education materials to all the homes in the area. Their application is attached. Lakewinds Natural Foods has installed 57 solar panels on the rooftop of its Chanhassen store. These panels can produce over 12,000 KW per year. Lakewinds hopes to be able to produce all of their needed energy from these panels and sell any excess back to the utility companies. The store also uses the heat from refrigeration compressors for pre-heating the hot water heater and warming the building. Lakewinds has an extensive recycling program throughout The City of Chanhassen · 1\ growing community with clean lakes, quality selmols, a downtown, bUSinesses, Winding trails and beautiful parks A great place to live, work and play the store and collects phones, reading glasses, plastic bags and batteries from its customers. Lakewinds promotes reduction and reuse by rewarding customers who bring their own bags when shopping. The application from Lakewinds Natural Foods is attached. Dan Rutledge, owner of Rutledge Construction Co and Chanhassen resident, says a friend told him about vehicles that run on vegetable oil. Dan was intrigued and after researching the method decided to give it a try in his company's skid steer. Dan bought a 5 gallon pail of vegetable oil and poured it into the machine. It ran great and didn't smell too bad either. Dan now runs all of the company's skid steers on vegetable oil which he collects from various restaurants and the Carver County Environmental Center. The company's backhoe also runs on the oil during the summer months. Dan Rutledge/Rutledge Construction Company was nominated by the Environmental Commissioners. Liberty on Bluff Creek development activities began this year. The developer, K. Hovnanian Homes, has incorporated many Best Management Practices into its process and strives to exceed general requirements and practices. Each home built within Liberty on Bluff Creek earns the Energy Star designation for energy efficiency. K. Hovnanian also teams with trade partners who employ environmentally friendly practices such as their lumber supplier who recycles all wood scrap generated on site. K. Hovnanian' s application is attached. The award presentation is scheduled for the December 11 City Council meeting. RECOMMENDA TION The Environmental Commission recommends the following awards for the recipients: Chan Bucks - Boy Scout Troop 346 Plaque - Lakewinds Natural Foods Plaque - Rutledge Construction Company Plaque - K. Hovnanian Homes ATTACHMENTS 1. Application from Boy Scout Troop 346 2. Application from Lakewinds Natural Foods 3. Application from K. Hovnanian Homes g:\plan\js\ec\projects\ee award\ee award memo 06.doc ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD APPLICA TION FORM Application Deadline is Octoher 27, 2006 34\t1 Name:l-f A Q P>y. AI\.JDli t Kt'l')ni De..\I.I:NE of BSf\ \n:J.){.> . Address or Location of · f'.-1 Entry: or\~$)(~\frL (,1-\-; 1)040 Slwb_Shufe. Yy<\\(~,Ch~~se:ef1. N , 55:3i7 Contact Person: f\1\J~~ r ~ ll~~ Dev \ f.JE.. Phone Number: C;S 2., - 1'-1"1 -'1 ,CO Address:7in40 ?tl.L,~ '~"ore_, $.n 'J'e.-, ~has~.N Phone Number: Ol ~L"~ L\ ..(." 00 Category: If in Category B, (business name) certifies that it is in compliance with all city I state and federal regulations. G Activity Description: 'P\CC\SE .:;e.e. AHPrchcd ~c.Ylp\loN' -t- pO-pefv--'by'"L (Additional narratives, photos or other formats to describe project are encouraged. All documentation will be returned upon request. ) Release of Information The City of Chanhassen and the Chanhassen Chamber of Commerce reserve the right to use winning entries for promotional purposes through newspaper articles, tours, or other means. I agree to allow the city to publish my address, name and description of project. This release is only valid for winning entries. sign~~~ ~SAT\bCP 341v ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: Our Patrol of Scout Troop-346 met at our house and discussed the idea about solutions and helping our environment. We all are interested in swimming and enjoying Lotus Lake because we have scout meetings at our home and we use the lake. So we want to keep it clean and we thought about trying to keep the bad stuff from flowing into the drains and into Lotus Lake. Our project was decided that we could help by making everyone aware of what is going into the drains and down to the lake. So, the city, the Lotus Lake water quality team, and Mr. Aslesen helped to support our idea by providing us with bright orange safety vests, goggles for eye protection, and plastic gloves. We met again at our home and began the several day projects. We cleaned the curb area next to the drains then applied very sticky black glue and placed the round Medallions which stated "Drains to Wetlands & Dump No Waste" on the entire sewer drains in and around the area. We placed these on many community drains in many Chanhassen communities. (See attached Medallion sample). We also put door hangers on the neighbors and around the areas which described yards & road ways and how they drain directly into Lotus Lake. It is about polluting and what we all can prevent erosion. The work was hot and we were very tired but all of us in Troop 346 and the adult leaders & parents felt good about how we helped our environment and our neighborhoods that we Ii ve in. We all went out for pizza & pop to celebrate.. ... l.. ~ .c:. 0) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~' ~ ~ja llJ ~ .~ \ .~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ i<t: ~ ~ -.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ w -- t- ") ~ ~ , d ~ a z 09t6 'oN ~~ ~< o~ '~Q.. ~\n ...J(<'\ t)::t- ~ ~ -- L.. 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Hovnanian Homes of Minnesota (formerly Town & Country Homes) Address or Location of Entry: Intersection of Bluff Creek Boulevard and Audubon Road Phone Number: 952-253-0460 Date Submitted: November 3. 2006 Category: Business If in Category B, K. Hovnanian Homes certifies that it is in compliance with all city, state and federal regulations. Activity Description: Liberty on Bluff Creek Liberty on Bluff Creek is a new residential community in the city of Chanhassen with development activities beginning in 2006. The 444 new homesites will consist of four housing choices ranging in type and size offering many life cycle housing opportunities to the current and future residents of Chanhassen. K. Hovnanian Homes (formerly Town & Country Homes) partnered with the city of Chanhassen to develop plans that would offer many amenities to our residents with a heightened emphasis on the environmental and development Best Management Practices to ensure minimal disruption to the surrounding environment. Site Planning: The site planning process evolved over numerous discussions with city staff and elected and appointed officials to develop plans that preserved the Bluff Creek Overlay District while designing a site that offers four distinct housing choices within a single community. These efforts led to a plan that dedicates approximately 39.6 acres of land within the Bluff Creek Overlay District to the city of Chanhassen to ensure that it is maintained in its natural condition in perpetuity. The tree replacement plan exceeds the city's Bluff Creek Overlay District standards by approximately 30% and all homesites comply with the city's setback requirements. Land Development: The K. Hovnanian Homes team strived to meet and exceed development and construction Best Management Practices to ensure compliance with all NPDES regulations. In that regard, we have installed numerous protection measures to ensure creek protection. Through the use of heavy duty silt fence, seeding/mulching, wood fiber blanket and a natural vegetation buffer outside the grading limits, we have been able to minimize the disruption to the creek corridor throughout the land development activities. Throughout the rest of the community, we have implemented many of these same best practices in the less environmentally sensitive areas. For example, seeding and mulching is standard in all graded areas. Wood fiber blanket has been installed on slopes to ensure stabilization and minimize the potential for erosion. The treatment of on-site stormwater management is an important element of any community and we have partnered with the city and our engineering team to create stormwater management ponds that are able to manage the quantity and the quality of the stormwater that is directed to each pond. Housing Construction: K. Hovnanian Homes works with trade partners that implement environmentally sensitive practices during house construction. For example, our lumber supplier recycles wood scrap generated on site and depending on the size of the scrap; it is used for various other applications (i.e. pallet and shipping crate creation, composite lumber materials, etc...). Our trade partners help us maintain our "Clean and Green" appearance by implementing daily cleaning efforts. Energy Star Certification: K. Hovnanian Homes is the first large home builder in Minnesota to voluntarily work with the Environmental Protection Agency to construct homes that are Energy Star Compliant which exceeds Minnesota Building Codes. Every home built by K. Hovnanian Homes earns the energy star designation through the implementation of best building practices to ensure that our new homes are energy efficient thus reducing our residents energy costs and helping to preserve our natural resources. Within our communities, we implement Optimum Value Engineering which enhances the performance of the insulation and eliminates unnecessary materials and openings which would otherwise inhibit the energy efficiency of our homes. Through these series of measures, K. Hovnanian Homes is committed to developing communities and constructing homes that are environmentally sensitive and of high value to our residents. Weare proud of our partnership with the city of Chanhassen to develop the Liberty on Bluff Creek community which is a showcase of our commitment to Best Management Practices while offering many life cycle housing opportunities to the current and future residents of Chanhassen. Additional narratives, photos or other formats to describe the project are encouraged. All documentation will be returned upon request. Release of Information: The City of Chanhassen and the Chanhassen Chamber of Commerce reserve the right to use winning entries for promotional purposes through newspaper articles, tours or other means. I agree to allow the city to publish my address, name and description of project. This release is only valid for winning entries. Signature / / ;; / ('~?-:('